Haiye's Nascent Form

Lin Hai's figure returned to the Xiao Clan courtyard silently, as if he had merely gone out for a stroll.

Yao Chen was currently hovering in mid-air, guiding Xiao Yixian as she controlled a faint, eerily dark-colored poison flame at her fingertips, while Xiao Yan was on the other side, sweating profusely as he practiced his Dou Technique.

Seeing Lin Hai return, Yao Chen immediately floated over, his expression respectful.

Lin Hai did not engage in idle chatter; with a flip of his palm, four jade boxes radiating rich energy fluctuations and medicinal fragrance appeared on the stone table.

The moment the jade boxes were opened, the various rare medicinal herbs neatly arranged inside emitted halos of light, the majestic energy causing the ambient energy of the entire courtyard to become significantly more active.

"This is... the ingredients for the Supreme Pill! And... four sets!" Yao Chen's soul body gave a violent jolt.

"Mm, traded for them in Sky Medicine City." Lin Hai's tone was flat, as if he had simply bought four bundles of cabbage. "Adjust your state as soon as possible and refine them into pills."

"Yes! Rest assured, My Lord! This old man will surely give his all!"

"This old man needs to meditate and adjust for a day to raise my soul state to its absolute peak before I can begin refining," Yao Chen said.

"Very well." Lin Hai nodded.

Yao Chen said no more, immediately transforming into a streak of light and diving back into the black ring to focus on his preparations.

After Yao Chen went into seclusion, Lin Hai did not rest.

He found a quiet room and took out a batch of spirit jade he had collected while looting the Magical Beast Mountain Range and the Hengduan Mountain Range—material that was warm in texture and capable of bearing soul power.

A wisp of pale golden flame curled around his fingertips (not a Heavenly Flame, but rather spirit fire highly condensed from his Peak Spirit Saint cultivation). As the flame danced, its temperature was high enough to instantly vaporize refined steel, yet it was perfectly controlled within a tiny space.

Piece after piece of spirit jade was easily melted and shaped in his hands, transforming into palm-sized, flawless white jade pendant blanks.

Following this, he pressed his fingers together like a blade, using his powerful soul force as a carving tool, and began to etch incredibly complex spatial runes and soul-imprint runes inside the pendants.

This process held no difficulty for him, and his efficiency was shockingly high.

In less than half a day, dozens of exquisitely crafted sound-transmission pendants, containing strange energy fluctuations within, were completed.

These pendants could resonate with one another through the identical soul imprint at their core. As long as they were on this continental plane, no matter how far apart they were, they could conduct one-way transmissions or two-way communication within a certain distance, sufficient to meet the initial communication needs of the Haiye organization.

Just as he finished refining the final batch of pendants, Lin Hai's mind stirred. He sensed a familiar icy aura rapidly approaching Wutan City, followed by over a dozen other auras, all at the peak of the Great Spirit Master level.

A moment later, the Xiao Clan guards nervously came to report that the Supreme Elder of the Miteer Clan, Haibodong, requested an audience.

Lin Hai directly sent a voice transmission to let him in.

Soon, Haibodong walked quickly into the courtyard, accompanied by fifteen sharp-looking guards dressed in Miteer Clan attire.

Although these guards were only at the peak of the Great Spirit Master level, their eyes were sharp and their movements methodical; they were clearly elites carefully cultivated by the clan.

"My Lord!" Upon seeing Lin Hai, Haibodong immediately bowed, his attitude even more respectful than before.

The fifteen guards behind him did not understand the situation, but seeing the Supreme Elder's posture, they hurriedly followed suit, kneeling on one knee without daring to lift their heads.

"Rise." Lin Hai's gaze swept over the fifteen men, feeling reasonably satisfied. "Is this all the manpower?"

"Replying to My Lord, this is only the first batch of core backbone members who are absolutely loyal and skilled in tracking and intelligence analysis. We can draw more from the clan and the Imperial Palace later as needed." Haibodong replied quickly, simultaneously handing over a high-grade storage ring. "My Lord, this is all the relevant medicinal herbs I could mobilize. Most of the Miteer Clan's inventory is here, and Elder Jia also sent a portion from the Imperial Palace."

Lin Hai took the storage ring and swept it with his soul power. Inside, various medicinal herbs were piled like mountains; the variety was vast and the quantity quite considerable, enough for Yao Chen to fire up his furnace and refine several batches of pills.

"Mm." Lin Hai put away the storage ring and then handed the dozens of newly refined sound-transmission pendants to Haibodong. "These are sound-transmission pendants. From now on, long-distance communication between organization members will rely on these."

Haibodong took the pendants. They felt warm to the touch, and he could sense the strange spatial power and a trace of soul pressure contained within that made his heart tremble. He was even more shocked by Lin Hai's heaven-defying methods; even such precious, one-time-use alchemical items could be mass-produced so casually.

"Take them to the Miteer Auction House in Wutan City to get settled first, familiarize yourselves with how to use the pendants, and establish the initial framework of the organization," Lin Hai instructed. "Once the pills are refined, I will come to find you myself."

"Yes! This subordinate obeys!" Haibodong did not hesitate, immediately accepting the order.

He turned and commanded the fifteen elites: "Everyone, follow me!"

The group came quickly and left just as quickly, rapidly exiting the Xiao Clan and heading toward the Miteer Auction House in the city.

The courtyard fell quiet once again.