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The next day, Lin Xuan used the Heaven Demon Mimicry Technique to change his appearance and arrived at Dragon Sea Pavilion as scheduled. He bought the预定恒心草and everything went smoothly.

During his time in the market district, he heard many cultivators discussing someone who had spent a large sum of money on Essence Cleansing Pills the previous day, throwing out thousands of them at once.

This made Lin Xuan realize that he had been somewhat careless yesterday. Although he was now safe, it had been quite dangerous. In the future, even with his ability to change appearance, he couldn't be so reckless anymore.

After leaving the market district, Lin Xuan used his light travel technique to head north. According to the information he had gathered, northern Youzhou was sparsely populated. He wanted to find a secluded location there to refine top-grade Essence Cleansing Pills and break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Three days later, Lin Xuan landed on a desolate mountain.

Looking around, the surroundings were rugged with few people but many beasts. It was an excellent place for seclusion and cultivation.

Lin Xuan's face showed satisfaction as he surveyed the area and finally chose a cave.

The cave was located on a steep cliff, reachable only by birds; ordinary beasts and humans couldn't climb it. Lin Xuan summoned his flying sword to tidy up the cave, quickly creating a simple abode. Then, he took out a talisman from his pocket.

This was the last array talisman. A hint of reluctance flashed across his face before he activated his essence energy to release it.

The essence energy triggered the sealing array, and the burning paper turned into a small yin-yang symbol that rapidly grew in size, flying out of the cave to cover its entirety.

With the restrictions set up, Lin Xuan rested for a night. By early morning, his physical and spiritual energies were fully restored before he began refining the pills.

First, he prepared the ingredients.

Purifying Essence Cleansing Pills was now second nature to Lin Xuan. Although high-grade pills required more effort, with his current cultivation level, it only took him three days to purify one hundred high-grade pills.

He had silver moon flowers and flowing fire grass, and successfully acquired the perseverance grass as well.

However, he wouldn't start refining without caution; after all, this was his first time. Failure would be more likely than success.

Time passed like water, and a year went by.

In these past six months, although Lin Xuan's cultivation hadn't improved, his spiritual energy had become even stronger, and he gained some understanding of the pill refinement technique.

One morning, Lin Xuan decided to start refining top-grade Essence Cleansing Pills.

He took out a small cauldron from his storage bracelet. The metal it was made of was unknown, with an ancient design. Four sacred beasts—Phoenix, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise—were carved on the surface, lifelike and not like ordinary items.

Then, he arranged several crystal stones in the shape of the Big Dipper.

"Activate."

Lin Xuan threw the cauldron into the air, forming a ball with his hands to inject essence energy into the crystals. The Big Dipper pattern lit up, emitting seven colorful beams from each crystal that converged and lifted the cauldron.

Lin Xuan's expression turned serious as he took out a small bottle next to him, threw it skyward, and cast a spell at the cauldron.

A white light shot out of the cauldron, exploding the bottle into pieces. The high-grade Essence Cleansing Pills were sucked in like a whale swallowing water. Lin Xuan waved his sleeve, adding silver moon flowers and flowing fire grass. Another powder was made from the perseverance grass.

After preparing all the ingredients, Lin Xuan flipped his hand, revealing a fiery red talisman—Earth Fire Talisman—for low-grade cultivators to refine pills. He flew it down to the cauldron.

Although he had refined hundreds of ordinary pills before, condensing top-grade Essence Cleansing Pills would be much more difficult and time-consuming than usual.

Based on Lin Xuan's estimation, at least forty-nine days were needed. Any mistake during this period could lead to failure.

With his materials, there was no room for a second attempt; only success mattered.

Time passed quietly.

A month had gone by...

Finally, it was the fortieth day.

Looking at the cauldron surrounded by flames, Lin Xuan exhaled lightly. Everything went smoothly. The secondary refinement wasn't difficult, and with his thorough preparation and the perseverance grass powder to boost the chances of success, he expected this top-grade Essence Cleansing Pill to be successfully refined.

Although he lacked a spiritual root, relying on the almost miraculous effects of top-grade pills, if he couldn't succeed in Foundation Establishment, it would defy logic!

Lin Xuan's face showed a smile. However, just as he was about to relax, a faint collision sound reached his ears.

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow and his expression turned grim.

Unlucky for him, someone had come at this moment. The sound was the alarm triggered by the array being disturbed.

Lin Xuan cast several spells to stabilize the cauldron and Earth Fire, then released his spirit sense. A cultivator of about forty years old appeared at the entrance.

Perfection Realm Completion Stage.

Seeing the cultivator's cultivation level, Lin Xuan's expression softened slightly. As long as he wasn't a Foundation Establishment stage or higher expert, it was fine. Due to consuming large amounts of Ginseng Essence, his spiritual energy was extremely pure and stronger than that of his peers at the same stage.

After some thought, Lin Xuan activated his essence energy, sending a message: "Friend, stop here. This is my abode. I don't like people disturbing me; please leave!"

Tan Ming heard the transmission, looking at the array before him, feeling uncertain and hesitant. "A guest from afar, why should you reject me? We are destined to meet by chance. Why not let me come in for a chat?"

Although Tan Ming's words seemed polite, Lin Xuan sneered. In the cultivation world, might was right; whether it was orthodox or evil, killing and looting were common.

In Dragon Sea Valley, he had heard from his senior brothers and elders that cultivators often chose secluded locations to seclude themselves because being disturbed during practice could lead to going astray. If they encountered a stranger, there was a high chance of them taking advantage of the situation to attack or bully the sequestered cultivator.

Tan Ming's words were just a test. Once he confirmed Lin Xuan was in a critical phase of refining pills, he would take advantage...

A hint of gloom flashed across Lin Xuan's face. If Tan Ming had ill intentions, there was no need for further discussion; act first and suffer later. Lin Xuan took a deep breath and cast several spells at the array.

Tan Ming waited after sending his message but received no response, a hint of joy crossing his face. He seemed to have hit the jackpot by encountering a cultivator in seclusion today.

From the situation, it appeared that the other party's cultivation technique was at a critical stage, making it inconvenient for movement.

Although he had murderous thoughts, Tan Ming was cautious. Someone who could set up an array before their abode must be powerful; he likely had a Foundation Establishment level cultivator.

However, this speculation didn't deter him; instead, it made him more excited. The higher the other party's strength, the richer they would be. What did he have to fear?

He patted his storage bag and summoned a short gun-like灵器.

Just as Tan Ming was about to act, the sky suddenly darkened. It was daytime but so dark that one couldn't see five fingers in front of their face. A huge yin-yang symbol appeared on the heavens.

"An illusion?" Tan Ming's heart raced as he realized he had fallen into the other party's array. The surprise and suspicion surged within him.

Can't they act? How could they activate the array now? Had his estimation been wrong?

He rolled his eyes, a cunning expression appearing: "Friend, what are you doing? I have no ill intentions!"

"Without ill intentions?"

Lin Xuan's face was full of mockery. He ignored Tan Ming and cast another red light into the array.

Suddenly, the yin-yang symbol in the sky began to spin faster and faster, pouring down fiery rain.

Tan Ming was startled and quickly activated his defensive barrier. Then, he summoned a palm-sized treasure that instantly expanded to several meters, floating above him.

"Defensive spirit tool?" Although Lin Xuan was deep inside the abode, using his spiritual sense, he saw everything clearly outside.

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