["All right."]
[You accepted the few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, an odd feeling welling up inside you.]
[One Mid-Grade Spirit Stone was worth a hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones. With this gesture, Lin Yu had effectively handed over several hundred spirit stones.]
[Even for a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, this was a handsome gift. It showed how much Lin Yu valued Shen Lingxiu-he was sparing no expense to win back her heart.]
["Then I'll take my leave."]
[Lin Yu left with a worried expression.]
[You watched his retreating figure.]
[He was wary of every male cultivator who approached Shen Lingxiu. The Lin Household's hopes of rising to prominence now rested entirely on her.]
[If another male cultivator whisked her away, Lin Yu would probably wish he were dead.]
[Yet he felt completely at ease around you.]
[You guessed that your disguised appearance was simply too ordinary.]
[You looked like a round-faced, yellow-whiskered middle-aged man, with a slightly greasy air. Lin Yu probably thought Shen Lingxiu would never take a fancy to you.]
[You naturally did not mind at all. Since you could get a few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for free every time, you were happy to exchange a few more words with Lin Yu.]
[In the thirty-fifth year, you were fifty-one. There was nothing unusual about the cave abode where you had stored the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng.]
[During this time, you disguised your identity and entered the cave abode to inspect it. The spiritual treasure for Core Formation was still there.]
[You did not take it out, leaving it stored inside the cave abode.]
[In the thirty-sixth year, you were fifty-two. You vaguely sensed that your skills on the Talisman Path were about to enter the second tier.]
[You tried to draw a second-tier talisman.]
[Though you still failed in