Three days later,
Lin He emerged from seclusion in the stone house. His face was as pale as paper, and he looked dreadful. After all, anyone who spent three days and nights working amid gusts of eerie wind would hardly have a healthy complexion.
Fortunately, he had Lan Chou to help him. As a refined corpse, Lan Chou naturally had nothing to fear from such conditions and shouldered most of the burden. Otherwise, Lin He would never have completed the refinement so smoothly.
Lin He made a trip to Nangong Wan's residence and handed the two Corpse Puppets over to her. Afterward, he spent another night working and finally refined his first level-five Soul-Burning Pearl as the sun rose.
It was a black, round pearl that looked quite ordinary, but Lin He knew it was anything but. It had been refined by sacrificing the souls of three Level Four Demon Beasts, along with various rare materials. He also owed his success to Nangong Wan, who had provided over a dozen kinds of rare materials. Otherwise, gathering the materials alone would have taken him a long time, and he could never have finished refining it in a single night.
If an early Core Formation cultivator was caught off guard by this black pearl, even their soul would suffer a powerful shock. For a brief instant, they would become dazed and lose the ability to think, giving their opponent an opening.
As the sun rose, Lin He stepped out of the stone house. Just then, someone sent by Li Huayuan arrived and told them to assemble immediately. It seemed the operation was about to begin.
Naturally, Lin He did not delay. At this point, he was more eager than anyone else.
Following their guide, they returned to Li Huayuan's residence. Hongfu was