The Green Mulberry Garden.
Lin Ke had returned here with the Dream-Eating Gecko.
"Foster Father, hurry up and refine me! Refine me already, I can't wait!"
The moment they reached his residence, the Dream-Eating Gecko spoke impatiently.
Judging by his eagerness, it was hard to tell whether Lin Ke was going to refine him or he was going to refine Lin Ke.
Lin Ke shook his head with a smile. "All right, all right. Right away."
With that, Lin Ke and the Dream-Eating Gecko sat down facing each other.
"Go!"
Lin Ke formed hand seals, slowly channeling spirit power into the Dream-Eating Gecko.
The instant Lin Ke's spirit power entered him, a look of bliss spread across the Dream-Eating Gecko's face. "That feels so good! Give me more, Foster Father. I want more!"
Unlike the wildly excited Dream-Eating Gecko, Lin Ke had no attention to spare for anything else. He focused entirely on channeling spirit power into him.
The mental power consumed in refining the Dream-Eating Gecko was nothing like that required for Lin Can or Lin Fusang.
Lin Ke felt his mental power draining rapidly, as though a bottomless pit were swallowing it.
Had his mental power not been sufficiently abundant, he would probably have collapsed from exhaustion shortly after beginning.
Carrying his spirit power with it, his mental power circulated through the Dream-Eating Gecko's body, tracing pathways that gradually formed the traditional character "蠱."
Before long, the character "蠱" took shape.
At that moment, Lin Ke's thoughts and consciousness instantly became one with the Dream-Eating Gecko's.
Their eyes met, and both smiled.
"It's finally done." Lin Ke's expression eased slightly, and he let out a soft breath.
With the Dream-Eating Gecko refined, he had finally acquired his sixth spirit insect, taking another step toward gathering the nine spirit