Chen Lin poured out a pill.
The pill was dark gold, its surface covered in three naturally formed cloud patterns.
"A Dust-Settling Pill." Chen Lin's eyes brightened slightly as he recognized the patterns.
Even in the Cultivation World, this was a highly sought-after strategic resource. When a cultivator at the peak of foundation establishment attempted to reach core formation, taking a Dust-Settling Pill could increase their chances of success by thirty percent!
Chen Lin was now at late foundation establishment, only one final step away from core formation. This bottle of Dust-Settling Pills had come at just the right time.
He opened the other jade bottles.
They contained Origin-Nourishing Pills for daily cultivation at core formation, along with Spring-Recovery Pills that rapidly restored magical power. There were plenty, enough for him to use freely for a while.
After safely putting the pills into his Advanced Storage Ring, Chen Lin turned his gaze to the pile of ancient books and ores.
He skimmed through them.
The Five-Element Maze Formation, the Nine-Dragon Leaving-Fire Formation, the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation... they were all formation manuals.
Then he examined the ores: voidstone, star-pattern steel, illusory-heart sand, and purple-thunder bamboo.
All were top-tier materials for refining high-level Formation Flags.
"Looks like this was a core formation formation master." Chen Lin dusted off his hands.
He had just been worrying that the defenses of Chen Family Village's Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation were too weak. Today's refresh had delivered exactly what he needed.
The trash had all been cleared away.
Chen Lin did not linger. He stepped through the Black Portal.
He returned to the Master Bedroom of the Song-Style Courtyard House.
The night was deep.
Sitting at his desk, Chen Lin laid out the dozen or so formation manuals in a row.
Though he was no formation