The same old trick, furnace transformation, and the Purple Pole Sect's mysterious invitation

Young Master Shi stood on the platform in a brocade robe, with sword-like brows, star-bright eyes, and a face as flawless as fine jade-the very picture of a graceful noble scion.

A scroll floated in the air before him, bobbing gently.

Made from some unknown beast hide, it was pale gold throughout, with a faint spiritual radiance flowing over its surface. Warm, lustrous jade rods formed its two ends; one glance was enough to tell it was extraordinary.

Young Master Shi was in no hurry to speak.

Standing on the lotus platform, he slowly swept his gaze over the gathering, composed and unhurried, as though waiting for everyone's attention to settle on him.

Only when gazes soon converged on him did he finally speak, his measured voice reaching every person present.

"This pill formula came from the ruins of a beast-taming clan in the Jin Kingdom, once powerful in its early years but now extinct."

"Its effects are quite good. It can reduce the difficulty of a spirit beast's breakthrough by ten or twenty percent."

At these words, quite a few cultivators raised their brows slightly, their interest stirred.

"This pill is slightly more powerful than Floating Life Immortal City's Spirit Beast Foundation Establishment Pill-"

Young Master Shi added, his gaze brushing almost imperceptibly toward Lin Chang, "It can even aid a breakthrough to the third tier."

At once, the Core Formation cultivators perked up, an unusual gleam in their eyes.

It could actually help spirit beasts break through to the third tier!

That meant the elixir produced from this formula was something like a Return-to-Truth Pill for spirit beasts!

For cultivators who kept spirit beasts, it was practically a treasure they dreamed of. A third-tier spirit beast's fighting strength could rival that of a Core Formation cultivator, while its