Pure Yuan Pills

"I couldn't hide it from Father's discerning eyes. I've already entered the Yuan Dan Stage."

Lin Xiao smiled and readily admitted it.

"Just as I expected, you've become a Minor Yuan Dan Stage expert. Our Lin Family will now leap to become the strongest force in Qingyang Town."

An unnatural flush immediately rose on Lin Zhentian's aged face.

There were no Yuan Dan Experts in Qingyang Town. The Lei Family, the town's strongest force, only had five Sky Origin Stage experts. Their patriarch, Lei Bao, was at the same level as Lin Zhentian: merely Peak Sky Origin Stage.

It could be said that once any faction produced a Yuan Dan Expert, it would immediately gain an overwhelming advantage over all the others.

"No rush. Why not wait until Father enters the Yuan Dan Stage as well before our Lin Family dominates Qingyang Town?"

Lin Xiao smiled as though he had everything under control.

"Wait until I enter the Yuan Dan Stage too? You know my cultivation. Although I entered Peak Sky Origin Stage many years ago, I'm still some distance away from the Yuan Dan Stage."

Lin Zhentian gave Lin Xiao a puzzled look, then his heart stirred. "Could it be that you have a way to help me break through quickly?"

He knew his third son's temperament well. He was steady and never spoke without reason. At that thought, a ripple actually rose in Lin Zhentian's heart.

"With this, Father should be able to enter the Yuan Dan Stage within three months."

Lin Xiao casually tossed out a jade bottle. Lin Zhentian caught it and opened it, only to see three pills lying quietly within, each emitting dense fluctuations of Origin Energy.

"Th-this is? Pure Yuan Pills?!!"

The well-informed Lin Zhentian's hands trembled as he looked at Lin Xiao with a quavering gaze.

Pure Yuan Pills were pills formed when a Yuan Dan Expert compressed their purest Origin Energy into pellets. They were immensely beneficial to cultivators, and their cultivation effect was countless times stronger than Yang Yuan Pills refined from Yang Yuan Stones.

One Pure Yuan Pill was equivalent to one hundred Yang Yuan Pills, or one thousand Yang Yuan Stones.

Although Pure Yuan Pills were immensely valuable and effective for cultivation, they were also far rarer. A Minor Yuan Dan Stage expert needed a full month of painstaking effort to condense a single Pure Yuan Pill, meaning a month without any cultivation progress.

Thus, the value of Pure Yuan Pills was many times greater than that of Yang Yuan Pills.

"Yes, three Pure Yuan Pills should be enough for Father to attempt a breakthrough into the Yuan Dan Stage."

Lin Xiao nodded with certainty.

"Enough, enough. They're absolutely enough."

His face flushed red, Lin Zhentian was so excited that his words became incoherent. He looked at Lin Xiao with deep gratitude. "Third Brother, you've truly put thought into this. You condensed three Pure Yuan Pills for me, wasting more than three months of cultivation time."

Lin Xiao only smiled without speaking. As a Peak Minor Yuan Dan Stage expert, he did not need a month to condense a Pure Yuan Pill; a little over half a month was enough. Still, he did not correct Lin Zhentian's assumption.

"No need for three months. With your Pure Yuan Pills to help me, I can successfully break through to the Yuan Dan Stage in two months."

Lin Zhentian clenched the jade bottle in his hand and declared confidently.

"Then your son shall congratulate Father in advance."

Lin Xiao timely flattered Lin Zhentian, making him burst into hearty laughter.

"Here, this is the reward your grandfather gave you for winning the Clan Competition: two stalks of Grade 3 Spirit Medicine. You're also permitted to enter the clan's Martial Arts Hall, though I doubt these things will be of much help to you."

After returning, Lin Xiao handed a brocade box to Lin Dong.

Lin Xiao knew Lin Dong's current cultivation level. Grade 3 Spirit Medicine would probably not be very useful to him, and Lin Xiao had already taught him most of the Lin Family's martial arts. There was no need for Lin Dong to make another trip to the Martial Arts Hall.

"Well, something is better than nothing."

Lin Dong casually accepted the brocade box and opened it. Inside lay two blood-red ganoderma mushrooms, as though flames burned across their entire bodies, faintly releasing a strange fragrance.

Grade 3 Spirit Medicine, Fire Blood Ganoderma!

"Go on. As for your grandfather's words about working hard, you don't need to take them to heart."

Lin Xiao smiled dismissively. What a joke. With his genius son's current cultivation—Minor Yuan Dan Stage—did he really need to prepare seriously for the Hunting Competition? Bullying a bunch of children who had not even reached the Earth Origin Stage would be as easy as playing around.

After returning to his room, Lin Dong closed the door. He took the two Fire Blood Ganoderma from the brocade box and brought them near his left hand. With a thought, an extraordinarily mysterious rune immediately appeared in his palm.

That was right, this was the Ancestral Stone.

After Lin Dong entered Body Tempering Stage 6 and a seed of Origin Energy was born within his body, he could use Origin Energy to activate the Ancestral Stone and store it inside himself, no longer needing to worry about it being exposed.

"Buzz, buzz~"

The two Fire Blood Ganoderma near his left palm rapidly withered, eventually turning into a pile of powder that fell to the floor, as though their medicinal essence had been siphoned away by some unknown existence.

At the same time, six fiery-red pills, still carrying a trace of warmth, appeared in Lin Dong's palm.

"Time to cultivate."

Lin Dong sat down cross-legged and swallowed all six fiery-red pills in one gulp. The refined energy contained within the pills immediately dissolved and burst through every limb and bone in his body.

"Qingyang Cultivation Technique, circulate!"

Lin Dong quickly activated the Lin Family's ancestral cultivation technique, guiding streams of incomparably refined energy toward the Yuan Dan deep within his Dantian.

Half an hour later.

"Phew!"

As he exhaled a breath of turbid air carrying a faint white mist, Lin Dong's cultivation cycle came to an end.

"The Yuan Dan Stage really requires far more energy than the Earth Origin Stage and Sky Origin Stage. After taking the pills made from two stalks of Grade 3 Spirit Medicine, my cultivation has only increased by this little."

Lin Dong sensed the Origin Energy that had increased within his body and frowned slightly.

"Isn't that because your Lin Family's ancestral cultivation technique is utter trash? You're already a Yuan Dan Expert, yet you're still cultivating the Third-Class Manual Qingyang Cultivation Technique."

"Although you used the Stone Talisman to deduce and improve the Qingyang Cultivation Technique, increasing its circulating meridians from four to seven, that still can't change the fact that it's a Third-Class Manual."

Seeing Lin Dong finish cultivating, Little Marten flew out as well, unable to bear the loneliness.

A Cultivation Technique Manual was a special method for guiding and tempering Origin Energy. On Tianxuan Continent, Cultivation Technique Manuals were generally divided into three grades: First-Class Manuals, Second-Class Manuals, and Third-Class Manuals.

For example, the Azure Origin Art Lin Dong currently cultivated could open four hidden meridians. These four meridians led directly to the skin. During cultivation, one only needed to activate the cultivation technique to absorb the energy of heaven and earth through these four meridians and convert it into Origin Energy.

Its speed was countless times faster than a martial artist absorbing energy through breathing.

Under normal circumstances, Third-Class Manuals could only open a single-digit number of meridians, Second-Class Manuals could open a dozen or so meridians, while First-Class Manuals could open dozens of meridians in one go.

Some even more miraculous manuals could directly use a special method to create endlessly circulating vortices within the skin and flesh.

Once such vortices formed, even when a martial artist was not cultivating, the vortices within their body could still operate independently, continuously drawing Origin Energy from heaven and earth for cultivation.