If Lin Xiye wanted to reach Bone Refining Perfection faster, or even break through to the Organ Refining Realm, the medicinal power of one or two stalks of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass was clearly not enough.
After all, the precious herb had not been refined. Once swallowed, seventy percent of its medicinal power would be lost, wasted...
Looking at the remaining stalk of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass, Lin Xiye shook his head and ultimately decided not to consume it directly.
The stalk of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass had nine branches and hundreds of leaves... Keeping it and slowly exchanging it for Spirit Stone fragments would be even more helpful to Lin Xiye.
Moving his gaze away from the hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass, Lin Xiye counted everything he had obtained from the Zhao Household's third elder.
The Zhao Household's third elder had indeed possessed considerable wealth, far more than an ordinary Rogue Cultivator!
Not only had he owned a damaged Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure, but he had also possessed a full ten Spirit Stone fragments and three Body Tempering Pills!!
Lin Xiye was quite satisfied when he saw these things.
If he strengthened all of them with the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror... their value would surely double!
With that thought, Lin Xiye left the secret chamber and summoned a servant, giving him an indifferent order.
"Go! Tell Lin Changge to bring this old man all the gold ingots, jade, agate... everything the Lineage has!"
Hearing Lin Xiye's order, the servant did not dare delay. He hurried out of the courtyard of Lin Xiye's residence and headed for the Lin Household's patriarchal hall.
Before long, Lin Changge arrived with a multitude of armored guards from the Lineage, delivering chest after chest of worldly gold and silver to the small courtyard where Lin Xiye lived.
"Ancestor..."
"These are all the resources our Lin Household has accumulated over hundreds of years. In total, there are twenty thousand jin of gold ingots, four thousand jin of agate, and forty thousand jin of jade..."
Lin Xiye nodded slightly at Lin Changge's report.
It was not surprising that the Lin Household possessed such resources and wealth.
After all, the Lin Household had been passed down for hundreds of years! With generations of patriarchs managing it diligently and the protection of its immortal cultivators... accumulating some worldly wealth had been easy enough.
"Mm, good! Very good!"
Looking at the gold, silver, and treasures piled up like a mountain, Lin Xiye was very satisfied.
If he consumed all this gold and silver, perhaps he could use the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror to upgrade quite a few precious items.
Of course, after consuming these things, the Lin Household would probably fall into a financial crisis in less than a month.
But Lin Xiye had already thought of a way to deal with that!
A hundred li from Qiao Town lay an ancient town controlled by the Zhao Household-Sacrificial Water Town!!
A branch of the Zhao Household was stationed in Sacrificial Water Town. Even if its accumulated gold and silver were not as plentiful as the Lin Household's, seizing them would be enough to keep the Lin Household operating normally!
Moreover, no immortal cultivator was stationed in Sacrificial Water Town.
Within a thousand li of Zichuan City, ordinary powers naturally dared not set their sights on Sacrificial Water Town... but Lin Xiye did not fear the Zhao Household.
With the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror in hand, as long as he had gold, silver, and treasures, Lin Xiye could continuously strengthen his immortal cultivation resources and, in the shortest possible time... attempt to break through to the Organ Refining Realm!!
So he was determined to rob the Zhao Household branch in Sacrificial Water Town.
"All right, you may all leave!"
After gathering his thoughts, Lin Xiye dismissed Lin Changge and the Lin Household's armored guards who had carried the gold, silver, and treasures.
Next, it was time for him to consume the gold, silver, and treasures and upgrade various items.
"Yes, Ancestor!"
Lin Changge dared not defy Lin Xiye's will, nor did he think much of it.
The only reason he had dared bring all the Lineage's accumulated wealth to Lin Xiye's residence was that he believed their ancestor had a peculiar fondness for gold, silver, and treasures.
After all, immortal cultivators had all sorts of strange temperaments. Take the Bai Household's ancestor in Iron Rock Town: he loved collecting gold and silver, to the point of obsession!
His entire residence was coated in gold paint! He had also decorated it with all sorts of jade...
So it was only reasonable that their own ancestor liked to keep gold, silver, and treasures close at hand.
Besides, in Lin Changge's view, leaving all the Lin Household's accumulated wealth with the ancestor would make it vastly more secure!!
After all, the ancestor was an immortal cultivator! With an immortal cultivator guarding it, even the finest martial artists in the mortal world would struggle to steal a single gold ingot or a speck of jade from the Lin Household...
After Lin Changge and the others left, Lin Xiye casually grabbed a chest of gold ingots, then turned and entered the secret chamber inside his room.
A single chest held more than twenty gold ingots!
Lin Xiye placed the gold ingots, wooden chest and all, on the surface of the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror.
The next second, the entire Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror emitted a soft, mysterious light...
Immediately afterward, the entire chest of gold ingots was "swallowed" into the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror bit by bit.
Holding the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror, Lin Xiye first aimed its surface at the damaged Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure.
The soft light was like a river of stars, imbued with mystery, as though it were the projection of a vast universe, covering the surface of the damaged Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure.
In an instant, the damaged Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure began to change!
It had originally been a single red formation flag... but now it had become three ancient-looking formation flags, surrounded by runes and marked with three different colors!
The three formation flags represented three elements: metal, wood, and fire.
These ancient-looking formation flags had reached the level of a true Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure, and their grade was not low!
If offered for sale, they would fetch at least ten low-grade Spirit Stones.
Lin Xiye had once seen the name of these flags in his sect's ancient texts. They were called the Three Talents Formation Flags!
Metal governed killing, wood governed creeping, and fire governed consumption!
If a Spirit Nourishing Realm cultivator controlled these flags, they could cover a range of a hundred meters, or even several hundred meters! The area covered by the formation flags would become a forbidden zone for life!!
However, as a Bone Refining Realm cultivator, Lin Xiye could not draw upon Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. If he wanted to control the flags, he had to borrow the power of Spirit Stone fragments! Their power would also be greatly diminished.
Of course, even greatly diminished, their power was enough to threaten or even suppress and kill an Organ Refining Realm cultivator!
With this item, Lin Xiye finally possessed a true weapon of devastating power!
But he had to be cautious when using it! Once he brought out the Three Talents Formation Flags, he had to suppress and kill every hostile immortal cultivator, leaving not a single one alive.
For this was a Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure! If word got out and those Spirit Nourishing Realm immortal cultivators learned that Lin Xiye possessed this Law Treasure... they would definitely try to seize it.
After upgrading the Three Talents Formation Flags, Lin Xiye brought over dozens more chests of gold ingots in one go, then upgraded and strengthened all three Body Tempering Pills.
Finally... Lin Xiye turned his gaze to the ten Spirit Stone fragments.
Although, in theory, the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror could upgrade Spirit Stones...
The value of worldly gold, silver, and treasures was simply far too low compared with Spirit Stones!!
Nevertheless, Lin Xiye decided to give it a try and placed dozens of chests of gold and silver on the surface of the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror.
Soon, the mysterious, soft light once again bloomed from the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror...