Recaps

Lin Changheng reflected on the growth of the Nine-Leaf Violet Cinnabar Fungus and his gains from the Origin Treasure Seed while continuing his body-tempering practice. He had reached the peak of the Evergreen Azurewood Body’s second level and expected to break through to the third in a few months, though the costly materials came mostly from the Xu Family.

• Lin Changheng found that the Nine-Leaf Violet Cinnabar Fungus had grown two and a half leaves, suggesting his daily use of Flourishing Life had shortened its growth period by five years.
• Lin Changheng confirmed that his Origin Treasure Seed had reached its sixth layer and gained Heaven-Gifted Clear Heart · Dust-Brushing, bringing his fire spiritual root to thirty-six wisps.
• Lin Changheng’s Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox Treasure Seed advanced to transcendent mastery in Illusory Appearance Shift Foreign Method, making its disguises difficult for even second-tier divine sense to detect.
• Lin Changheng prepared a medicinal bath and used the Evergreen Azurewood Body method, crediting Xu Hanwu’s move to Azure Spirit Ward and his Self-Healing Foreign Method for speeding his progress.
• Lin Changheng reached the peak of the Evergreen Azurewood Body’s second level and expected to reach the third within months, while Xu Hanwu had warned him not to rush after seeing his materials list.

Lin Changheng advanced his Evergreen Azurewood Body and continued to prioritize stability while discussing a possible meeting with the Jin Family elders. Old Daoist Fang returned after obtaining and selling a treasure plant, then asked Lin Changheng to assess whether its remaining roots had been undervalued.

• Lin Changheng completed his medicinal bath, advanced his Evergreen Azurewood Body to its second level, and found that low-grade Dharma Artifact blades could not harm him.
• Old Daoist Fang collected his elixirs and set off to retrieve a treasure from a mountain ravine while Lin Changheng said he would meet the Jin Family elders but would not change allegiances.
• After Old Daoist Fang failed to appear for two months, Lin Changheng assumed he had died, but the old Daoist returned with only a minor leg injury and said he had obtained and sold a treasure plant.
• Old Daoist Fang offered Lin Changheng a talisman-sealed box of root fragments and asked him to determine the plant's age because he suspected he had been swindled.

Lin Changheng examined Old Daoist Fang’s fifty-year-old [Earth Vein Yellow Essence] root and bought it after learning Fang had found it in a hidden cave with more treasure plants. Old Daoist Fang invited him to explore the cave and split the harvest, but Lin Changheng declined and returned to his pill refining work.

• Lin Changheng identified Old Daoist Fang’s root as a fifty-year-old [Earth Vein Yellow Essence] and agreed to buy it.
• Old Daoist Fang told Lin Changheng that a hidden cave held more treasure plants, including some that seemed better than the [Earth Vein Yellow Essence].
• Old Daoist Fang invited Lin Changheng to search the cave with him and split the proceeds fifty-fifty.
• Lin Changheng considered whether Old Daoist Fang might have ulterior motives and declined the invitation, citing his obligations.
• Lin Changheng ended the discussion and went to the Alchemy Chamber to resume refining pills.

Lin Changheng uncovered a deception in the rootlets Old Daoist Fang had given him and suspected someone had laid a trap to lure him from his ward. He continued developing his alchemy and demon methods, but concluded that Azure Spirit Ward could no longer meet his needs and that he had to plan for the future.

• Lin Changheng examined Old Daoist Fang's [Earth Vein Yellow Essence] rootlets, then used the [Flourishing Life Divine Ability] to reveal that they had been kept sealed for years and disguised as fresh.
• Lin Changheng suspected that Old Daoist Fang's offer of a secret cave was a trap, but he still infused the rootlets with mana and revived them into a sprout.
• Lin Changheng spent another half year politely refusing Old Daoist Fang's invitations while continuing to refine pills for him and obtaining several superior-grade pill formulas.
• The Sun Clan's essence blood completed spirit seizure for Lin Changheng's [Redcloud Crane Treasure Seed · Fifth Layer] and [Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox Treasure Seed · Fifth Layer], leaving both at the transformation stage.
• Lin Changheng determined that Azure Spirit Ward could no longer supply enough essence blood or the resources he would need for Foundation Establishment, so he began planning ahead.

Lin Changheng completed a batch of elixirs for the Jin family while preparing for his next plans, and his Evergreen Azurewood Body broke through to its third layer. He learned from Mo Zhaoli’s letter that she had established her foundation and invited him to her sect’s grand ceremony half a year later.

• Lin Changheng agreed to refine the Jin family’s secret batch of elixirs in exchange for payment and a mid-grade formation inheritance, swearing not to reveal the arrangement or its contents.
• Lin Changheng broke through to the third layer of the Evergreen Azurewood Body, gaining strength enough to shatter a dense wooden table with one punch.
• Lin Changheng received Mo Zhaoli’s letter announcing that she had established her foundation a year earlier after earning enough merit for a Foundation Establishment Pill and spending a year consolidating her cultivation.
• Mo Zhaoli invited Lin Changheng to attend her Purple Pole Sect grand ceremony in half a year and said her grandfather had been brought to the Xu family.

Lin Changheng prepared for his visit to the Upper Sect by commissioning three thunder-sha orbs from the second-tier artifact refiner Mister Cold Iron. After collecting them a month later, Lin Changheng had powerful consumable weapons in hand, though their effectiveness against a wary Foundation Establishment cultivator remained uncertain.

• Lin Changheng decided to visit the Upper Sect and, wanting more protection before the trip, went to commission an artifact.
• Lin Changheng showed Mister Cold Iron the thunder sha and described an offensive consumable artifact, and Mister Cold Iron designed a first-tier orb that could injure Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Lin Changheng signed a contract, paid a deposit, and agreed to collect three orbs in a month.
• Mister Cold Iron explained to his grandson that he accepted the commission because he valued the rare thunder sha and hoped to build good relations with the Xu Family.
• Lin Changheng returned a month later and collected three thunder-sha orbs, which Mister Cold Iron claimed could severely injure or kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator if they all hit.

Lin Changheng prepared to leave the Xu Family Lineage and pursue Foundation Establishment, despite Xu Hanwu’s attempt to persuade him to stay. The Xu Family accepted his decision, and Xu Xujun’s question about Elder Mo ended with Lin Changheng claiming he would soon travel to the Upper Sect for a ceremony.

• Lin Changheng named his new defensive weapon the Heavenly Thunder Seed and finished refining elixirs for the Jin Family.
• Lin Changheng told Xu Hanwu that he intended to leave the Xu Family Lineage to make one last attempt at Foundation Establishment, and he refused her offer to stay.
• Xu Hanwu asked whether Tantai Feiyue would leave with him, and Lin Changheng said his decision had nothing to do with Feiyue.
• Lin Changheng delivered the elixirs to Jin Geng and received the agreed Spirit Stones and the Ancient Mountain Four Symbols Formation Manual.
• Xu Xujun and the Xu Family Head met Lin Changheng at the alchemy shop, where Xu Xujun asked whether he knew Elder Mo had left the Lineage.
• Lin Changheng claimed that Elder Mo had gone to the Upper Sect to reunite with Xu Zhaoli and said he had been invited to attend her ceremony.

Lin Changheng settled his affairs with the Xu Family, shared a farewell with Tantai Feiyue, and left the Azure Spirit Ward for the Purple Pole Sect. After traveling for twenty-five days, he arrived at his destination.

• Lin Changheng reassured the Xu Family Head that he was close to Mo Zhaoli, then stayed at the pill shop until the family sent someone to take over.
• Tantai Feiyue embraced Lin Changheng, spent a final intimate night with him, and gave him the Black-Armored Earth Turtle and superior-grade talismans.
• Lin Changheng gave Tantai Feiyue Dewdrop Spirit-Gathering Pills, and they promised to keep cultivating toward a future together.
• An elderly mid-grade Alchemist took over the pill shop, and Lin Changheng left without meeting Xu Fugui.
• Lin Changheng quietly departed the Immortal Inn, exchanged a farewell with Tantai Feiyue, and rode toward the Purple Pole Sect.
• After twenty-five days of travel, Lin Changheng reached his destination.

Lin Changheng arrived at Purple Pole Mountain to attend Mo Zhaoli’s Foundation Establishment celebration. Mo Zhaoli welcomed him at the sect gate and brought him inside, asking him to address her as Junior Sister Mo.

• Lin Changheng reached Purple Pole Mountain and stayed at a sect-run inn until the day of Mo Zhaoli’s celebration.
• Lin Changheng followed the mountain map to the sect gate and presented his token to the guards.
• Mo Zhaoli arrived at the gate, recognized Lin Changheng, and flew him into the sect.
• Mo Zhaoli asked Lin Changheng not to call her Senior Mo, and they agreed he would call her Junior Sister Mo.

Lin Changheng visited Mo Zhaoli after her Foundation Establishment, accepted her return gift of demon beast essence blood, and toured her new cultivation ground at Jade Tide Peak. At her celebration, the guests dismissed him as an unimpressive Qi Refining cultivator, while a woman in palace dress quietly took an interest in him.

• Lin Changheng gave Mo Zhaoli a congratulatory gift, and she returned the favor with a large box of demon beast essence blood he needed for his work.
• Mo Zhaoli brought Lin Changheng to Jade Tide Peak, where he met Master Mo and learned about the peak's rich spiritual energy.
• Lin Changheng told Master Mo he had left the Xu Family to pursue Foundation Establishment, and Master Mo recommended that he consider settling in Floating Life Immortal City.
• Mo Zhaoli introduced Lin Changheng and Master Mo to the Foundation Establishment guests at her celebration, describing Lin as her senior brother and a great help to her.
• Most guests lost interest in Lin Changheng after learning he was only at the Qi Refining seventh layer, but he remained composed, and the woman in palace dress discreetly studied him with interest.

At Mo Zhaoli’s banquet in the Purple Pole Sect, Lin Changheng learned more about her connections and accepted her invitation to stay overnight. In his room, he opened her return gift and found hundreds of bottles of demon-beast essence blood, including rare blood from the fire-element Red-Eyed Fire.

• Lin Changheng toasted Master Mo and agreed to cherish his friendship with Mo Zhaoli.
• Senior Brother Feng and other cultivators toasted Master Mo, while Lin Changheng listened and learned about their connections to Mo Zhaoli.
• After the banquet ended, Mo Zhaoli and Master Mo persuaded Lin Changheng to stay the night in her cave abode.
• Lin Changheng checked his side room with his Spirit-Sensing Technique, then opened the wooden box Mo Zhaoli had given him.
• Lin Changheng found 212 bottles of Mountain-Moving Ape essence blood and 28 bottles of Profound Spirit Essence Blood from the Red-Eyed Fire.

Lin Changheng used the [Red-Eyed Fire] essence blood to transform the [Redcloud Crane True Core] into a [Redcloud Profound Flame]. He discovered that the flame could purify and condense his mana, bringing him closer to Foundation Establishment, but an unexpected visitor knocked at his door.

• Lin Changheng decided to accept Mo Zhaoli's valuable essence blood and compensate her in another way.
• Lin Changheng absorbed the twenty portions of [Red-Eyed Fire] essence blood and chose the [Redcloud Crane True Core] for transformation.
• The [Redcloud Crane True Core] became a [Redcloud Profound Flame] and assimilated into Lin Changheng's Dantian.
• Lin Changheng found that the [Redcloud Profound Flame] burned away impurities and condensed his mana without contaminating it.
• Lin Changheng sensed that Foundation Establishment was near, then heard someone knock at his door after nightfall.

Lin Changheng received Mo Zhaoli’s personal Foundation Establishment Insights and learned that she had given them to him out of concern for his safety. After memorizing and destroying the jade slip, he continued refining Mountain-Moving Ape essence blood and selected its Mighty Strength talent.

• Lin Changheng and Mo Zhaoli agreed that the spirit stones he had lent her would be a gift celebrating her Foundation Establishment, then discussed his plans to seek Foundation Establishment resources as a rogue cultivator.
• Mo Zhaoli warned Lin Changheng not to rush his cultivation, and he revealed that he had reached the Qi Refining ninth layer while concealing his cultivation with the Aura Concealment Technique.
• Mo Zhaoli gave Lin Changheng her personal Foundation Establishment Insights, explaining that she wanted to help him prepare and protect him from the danger of possessing the sect’s restricted knowledge.
• Lin Changheng memorized the jade slip, destroyed it, and thanked Mo Zhaoli before she left, asking him only not to turn her away if she needed something in the future.
• Lin Changheng stored the remaining Red-Eyed Fire essence blood, used the Mountain-Moving Ape essence blood to advance its treasure seed, and chose its Mighty Strength talent.

Lin Changheng mastered the Mighty Strength Foreign Method, left the Purple Pole Sect, and traveled south to Floating Life Immortal City. Near the city, he was ambushed inside a concealing Formation, but his Golden Light Talismans stopped the first attack and he countered with his Sinking Sand Bag.

• Lin Changheng refined the Mountain-Moving Ape Treasure Seed into the Mighty Strength Foreign Method and discovered it enhanced his strength and improved how he exerted force.
• Lin Changheng left the Purple Pole Sect with Mo Zhaoli, then exchanged his Green Jade token for his horse and continued south.
• During six months of travel, Lin Changheng cultivated, refined his Mana with the Redcloud Profound Flame, and mastered Mo Zhaoli's Foundation Establishment Insights.
• Lin Changheng reached the Borderland Mountains near Floating Life Immortal City and rode past wary cultivators, including a purple-faced man who considered attacking him before retreating.
• Lin Changheng avoided several deadly fights on the road, then sensed a concealing Formation and survived two silver-needle attacks with his Golden Light Talismans.
• Lin Changheng launched his Sinking Sand Bag at a whisker-mustached Qi Refining cultivator who had tried to ambush him.

Lin Changheng accidentally disrupted a bandit ambush, killed the attackers with his [Redcloud Profound Flame], and escaped before others arrived. He reached Floating Life Immortal City, entered under his real identity, and began securing a room to inspect his spoils.

• Two hidden Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators attacked Lin Changheng, while yellow sand from his [Sinking Sand Bag] killed the rat-whiskered cultivator.
• Lin Changheng's [Redcloud Profound Flame] killed the woman and overwhelmed the tall cultivator's defenses; the man realized Lin Changheng was not their intended target before he died.
• Lin Changheng collected three storage bags and several Dharma Artifacts, then rode away on the Azure Flood Dragon Horse before the ambushers' associate arrived and dismantled the formation.
• Lin Changheng reached Floating Life Immortal City, paid one low-grade spirit stone to enter, and registered his real identity with a mana imprint.
• Lin Changheng checked into an Immortal Inn, reinforced his room with defensive and illusion formations, and laid out the three storage bags and Dharma Artifacts to inspect them.

Lin Changheng inventoried the spoils from defeating three cultivators, including a rare ingredient for Foundation Establishment Pills, then resumed cultivating and went to rent a residence in Floating Life Immortal City. After learning how the city was laid out, he chose Cloudgate Court, where the neighbors practiced various crafts.

• Lin Changheng sorted the seven Dharma Artifacts, keeping the Flying Shuttle and bow and arrows while planning to sell several others.
• Lin Changheng found around five hundred spirit stones in two Storage Bags and discovered a Jade Marrow Essence-Congealing Fruit in the tall cultivator's sealed box.
• Lin Changheng fed an elixir to his Black-Armored Earth Turtle, checked its growth, and spent the rest of the night tempering his body and tending spirit plants.
• Lin Changheng visited a brokerage, where Fang Daming showed him the districts and spirit-vein layout of Floating Life Immortal City.
• Lin Changheng learned that Rosy Cloud Residence housed many demon-beast hunters while Cloudgate Court housed cultivators skilled in crafts, and chose Cloudgate Court.

Lin Changheng rented a courtyard in Floating Life Immortal City, secured and arranged it as Azure Origin Cottage, and sought demon beast essence blood. He found a shop with a large supply of Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse essence blood and bought all three hundred portions, while learning the clan behind the shop could provide more.

• Lin Changheng rented a courtyard in Cloudgate Court from Fang Daming and installed defensive and concealment formations before moving in.
• Lin Changheng named the residence Azure Origin Cottage, sent four letters to Feiyue, Zhaoli, and Fugui, and visited the trading district in disguise.
• Lin Changheng declined to sell recently stolen Dharma Artifacts and learned that Profound Spirit Essence Blood was scarce at the city's demon beast materials shops.
• Lin Changheng found a shop with three hundred portions of Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse essence blood and bought them at a discount for seven hundred low-grade spirit stones.
• The round-faced manager told Lin Changheng that his clan raised the beasts and could supply three times as much within half a year.

Lin Changheng raised his Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse Treasure Seed to the fifth level, greatly strengthening his body and blending Limb Hardening with the Evergreen Azurewood Body. He began building ties with his neighbors in Cloudgate Court and, while visiting an elderly puppet master, encountered a strange black-ironwood puppet.

• Lin Changheng collected another three hundred portions of Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse essence blood from the Jiang Family Material Shop, bringing his total to six hundred.
• Lin Changheng used four hundred portions to raise his Treasure Seed to the fifth level and advance Limb Hardening to transcendent mastery, then found it merged with his Evergreen Azurewood Body and could stop a mana-infused superior-grade Flying Shuttle.
• Lin Changheng used the remaining essence blood and confirmed that his metal spirit root needed one more strand to become low-grade.
• Lin Changheng visited Cui Jianshui with a gift, learned about her work as a Musical Harmonizer and heard about their nearby neighbors.
• Lin Changheng found Cook Zeng away and visited the elderly puppet master with his granddaughter, where a half-height black-ironwood puppet carried him tea.

Lin Changheng befriended Puppet Master Yan and Artifact Master Zhao, then spent three years advancing his cultivation, body tempering, spirit plants, and turtle. His progress toward Foundation Establishment was strong, and a letter revealed that Princess Tantai had advanced in talisman-making while the Xu Family sought a second-tier inheritance for her.

• Lin Changheng visited Puppet Master Yan, met Yan Mingyi, and shared a meal with them before leaving Clear Creek Courtyard.
• Lin Changheng encountered Artifact Master Zhao, exchanged visiting gifts with him, and agreed to meet again for tea.
• Over the next three years, Lin Changheng refined about sixty percent of his mana, brought his body tempering near the second tier, and accelerated the growth of two second-tier treasure plants.
• Lin Changheng's Black-Armored Earth Turtle reached the middle first tier and learned three earth spells.
• Lin Changheng read letters received through the Immortal Relay Station and learned that Princess Tantai had drawn a superior-grade talisman and that the Xu Family was seeking a second-tier Talisman Dao Inheritance for her.

Lin Changheng expanded his pill-refining business in Floating Life Immortal City while seeking Profound Spirit Essence Blood and a second-tier Dao of Alchemy inheritance. After Deng Changsheng brought him a supply of the blood, Lin Changheng realized spirit beasts might provide a continuing source.

• Tantai Feiyue secured a strong position in the Xu Family, while Mo Zhaoli wrote that she had bought thirty portions of [Red-Eyed Fire] essence blood for Lin Changheng.
• Lin Changheng cultivated a connection with Master Mo's High-Grade Alchemist friend and prepared to seek a second-tier inheritance at the city's upcoming auction.
• Xu Fugui reported his advancement to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, the Xu Family's growing strength, and the progress of Xu Wufang and Xu Qi'an.
• Xu Hanwu wrote that she might leave to seek Foundation Establishment and described Azure Spirit Ward's thriving auction.
• Lin Changheng built a strong reputation by refining high-quality pills, and Deng Changsheng brought him eight bottles of [Profound Spirit Essence Blood].
• Deng Changsheng explained that his friend obtained the essence blood from spirit beasts he raised, prompting Lin Changheng to glance at his Black-Armored Earth Turtle.

Lin Changheng sold his old Dharma Artifacts and planned to earn enough for a second-tier Dao of Alchemy inheritance and future Foundation Establishment resources. After meeting Cook Zeng, he agreed to refine a Five-Spirit Pill in exchange for access to second-tier Azure Wave Spirit Turtle essence blood from the Spirit Wine Tower.

• Lin Changheng disguised himself, sold his old Dharma Artifacts at three shops, and added more than seven hundred Spirit Stones to his savings.
• Lin Changheng resolved to obtain a second-tier Dao of Alchemy inheritance, become a second-tier alchemist, and use his reputation to gather resources for Foundation Establishment.
• Cook Zeng invited Lin Changheng to Drifting Snow Pavilion, where Lin Changheng secretly burned away the second-tier spirit tea he drank as a precaution against poison.
• Cook Zeng commissioned Lin Changheng to refine a premium-quality Five-Spirit Pill for his wife's younger sister, and Lin Changheng accepted.
• Lin Changheng asked Cook Zeng for second-tier demon beast essence blood, and Cook Zeng offered to transfer Azure Wave Spirit Turtle essence blood from the Spirit Wine Tower at cost.

Lin Changheng expanded his connections for obtaining [Profound Spirit Essence Blood], advanced his Origin Treasure Seed, and received a puppet from Yan Mingyi. He attended the Immortal City's grand auction as an earth-grade guest and heard the announcement of a Second-Tier Dao of Alchemy.

• Lin Changheng arranged with Cook Zeng to collect spirit wine each month and asked him to have his wife's younger sister bring a pill formula and ingredients to Azure Origin Cottage.
• Lin Changheng's spirit seizure raised his [origin treasure seed] progress to 52/100, transformed his clear-heart talent into [Heaven-Gifted Clear Heart · Still Water], and increased his fire spiritual root's spirit resonance to thirty-five.
• Yan Mingyi delivered Lin Changheng a support-type puppet, and he quickly learned to control it; he had also arranged for Yan Mingyi to make two stronger puppets and gave her a [Beauty-Preserving Pill].
• The auction organizers gave Lin Changheng an earth-grade VIP invitation, and he entered the venue through a special passage after presenting it.
• Lin Changheng refined his mana through the auction's opening lots until, roughly four hours later, he heard the announcement of a Second-Tier Dao of Alchemy.

Lin Changheng won the Five Elements Origin-Returning Pill Scripture at auction, collected Azure Wave Spirit Turtle essence blood, and spent a year preparing for Foundation Establishment. He broke through to genuine second-tier body refinement and began spirit seizure using over a hundred portions of the turtle’s blood.

• Lin Changheng outbid a masked cultivator for the Five Elements Origin-Returning Pill Scripture, paying four thousand three hundred spirit stones, then left the auction cautiously to avoid being followed.
• Lin Changheng collected six portions of Azure Wave Spirit Turtle essence blood from Cook Zeng’s Yellow Millet Abode and learned that an Inferior Foundation Establishment Pill had sold for nearly sixteen thousand spirit stones.
• Lin Changheng spent a year studying the pill inheritance and cultivating, reaching age fifty-seven while maintaining excellent health and vitality.
• Lin Changheng broke through to the fourth layer of the Evergreen Azurewood Body, achieving genuine second-tier body refinement and concluding that the Mountain of Essence would no longer block his Foundation Establishment preparations.
• Lin Changheng collected over a hundred more portions of Azure Wave Spirit Turtle essence blood, then began spirit seizure with the Jade Wave Spirit Turtle Treasure Seed at 100/100 progress.

Lin Changheng chose the Jade Wave Spirit Turtle’s lifespan extension talent, gaining eight years of life and strengthening his water spiritual root. After Deng Changsheng spread word of his new status as a second-tier alchemist, Lin Changheng visited the Yan Household and learned that Yan Mingyi had heard the news.

• Lin Changheng refined the Jade Wave Spirit Turtle’s lifespan extension talent into himself, adding eight years to his lifespan and one strand to his water spiritual root.
• The woman in yellow collected her Five-Spirit Pills, and Deng Changsheng arrived with eight bottles of essence blood from his friend in the Azure Rosy Clouds Temple.
• Deng Changsheng told Lin Changheng that he had spread word among rogue cultivators and Inner City Spirit Wine Towers that Lin Changheng had become a second-tier alchemist.
• Lin Changheng recalled how he had mastered second-tier alchemy through months of study and practice, then thanked Deng Changsheng for publicizing his advancement.
• Lin Changheng visited the Yan Household for a meal, noticed Puppet Master Yan’s worsening condition, and heard Yan Mingyi ask whether he had become a second-tier alchemist.

Lin Changheng secured two beast puppets, learned to control them, and sought out Alchemist Cheng to find work refining second-tier pills. Through Elder Cheng, he won a commission from a Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Wu, leaving him poised to prove his skill and earn his first substantial payment as a Second-Tier Alchemist.

• Lin Changheng told Yan Mingyi he had no plans to leave Cloudgate Court, then collected two First-Tier Superior-Grade beast puppets and their control art from Puppet Master Yan.
• Lin Changheng learned to control the tiger and eagle puppets, practiced delicate movements with them, and decided to visit Alchemist Cheng for help finding second-tier pill customers.
• At the Hundred Herbs Shop, Junior Brother Cheng told Lin Changheng that a Foundation Establishment guest was meeting with Elder Cheng.
• Elder Cheng introduced Lin Changheng to the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Wu, who agreed to entrust him with a second-tier pill-refining commission.
• Lin Changheng and Wu agreed that Lin would provide eight Standard Pills from ten sets of ingredients within half a month, with payment for each completed pill and penalties for falling short.