Several days later.
The new mountain peak had been fully renovated, and a few simple immortal caves had been built. The plane had suffered no further upheavals, and the array patterns that had surfaced across the earth had faded away.
Apart from the merging continents and widespread flooding, there seemed to be no other unusual signs. Even the Heaven and Earth rules had returned to normal.
In the courtyard atop the mountain, Chen Lin and Xin Yueling sat facing each other.
On the stone table between them lay a pile of spirit flowers and spirit herbs giving off a peculiar medicinal fragrance-several dozen plants in all.
"Brother Chen, these are most of the spirit herbs I obtained. Although I entered the central area, I went with two Void Refinement elders from my lineage, and the patriarch was there as well, so I had to hand over quite a few. If that place hadn't fallen into turmoil afterward, I probably wouldn't have been able to keep even these."
Xin Yueling explained the situation with complete candor.
Chen Lin expressed his understanding, but he did not stand on ceremony. With a sweep of his sleeve, he put away every last spirit herb, making the corners of Xin Yueling's mouth twitch.
Nor was he finished. After putting away the herbs, Chen Lin continued looking at her.
Xin Yueling forced out a smile and produced a jade slip.
Then she explained, "Brother Chen, I'm not particularly skilled at pill refining, and I cannot disclose my lineage's pill formulas to outsiders. All I can give you are some formulas I obtained while exploring. I hope you understand."
Chen Lin nodded and took the jade slip.
When he extended his divine sense into it, he discovered that it contained quite a few pill formulas, more than