“Hmm?” Lin Xiao was slightly stunned as he took the pill from Zi Ling’s hand. Upon closer inspection, his eyes lit up. “This is a fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill?”
The fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill was used to break through to fourth-grade primary spiritual power without any side effects. However, such a pill was extremely rare, priceless, and highly valuable.
He hadn’t expected An Miao to prepare a fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill for him.
“With this fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill, I can reluctantly forgive Master An Miao for the tracking method she placed on me.”
With that, Lin Xiao stored the fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill. Initially, he had considered giving Zi Ling a Glazed Spirit Fruit, but since Zi Ling’s strength relied on spiritual power and her vital energy was only at the Mysterious Martial Realm, he abandoned the idea.
A breakthrough in Zi Ling’s vital energy wouldn’t be of much use in the Mysterious Domain Battlefield, so there was no rush.
“Thank you, Sister Zi Ling, for saving me,” Hu Yue stepped forward and thanked Zi Ling.
“No need to be polite, Little Sister Hu Yue. We’re from the same sect, so it’s only right to help you,” Zi Ling replied with a light smile. Perhaps because Hu Yue was a young girl, Zi Ling took a liking to her.
“Does Sister Zi Ling have any pills that can help break through in vital energy?” Hu Yue quickly followed up.
“…” Zi Ling was speechless.
At that moment, the Fire Spirit Rabbit, which had been nearby, darted over and leapt onto Zi Ling.
“What an adorable Fire Spirit Rabbit!” As a young woman, Zi Ling couldn’t help but show delight at the rabbit’s cute appearance.
The Fire Spirit Rabbit rubbed against Zi Ling, then stretched out its little paw, asking for something.
Under the persistent coaxing of Hu Yue and the Fire Spirit Rabbit, Zi Ling ended up giving them quite a few valuable pills. Even Lin Xiao was amazed, thinking that, as the disciple of a sixth-grade Spirit Control Master, Zi Ling’s collection was indeed impressive.
Then, Lin Xiao dangled the recipe for the explosive pill as bait, asking Zi Ling to gather large quantities of auxiliary ingredients for the Red Fire Explosive Pill.
The auxiliary ingredients for the Red Fire Explosive Pill were sulphur stone, fire wood, and spiritual beast cores.
These three auxiliary materials weren’t hard to find. Fire wood could be found in every forest, and finding one tree could yield enough for countless pills.
Sulphur stone wasn’t too difficult to obtain either, though it was rarely used, so few people paid attention to it.
As for spiritual beast cores, they didn’t need to be high-tier; any core would do. They were merely auxiliary ingredients and didn’t affect the pill’s grade, though higher-tier cores increased the pill’s power.
The easiest to find were spiritual beast cores. The Mysterious Domain Battlefield was teeming with spiritual beasts, and their cores held significant value. Almost everyone who killed a spiritual beast would collect them.
With a Martial King Vital Pill, one could exchange for a large quantity.
Lin Xiao himself had quite a few.
As a disciple of the Spirit Sect, ranked second on the Human Star List for a long time, and a disciple of Master An Miao, Zi Ling had considerable influence among the disciples of the Saint Origin Academy.
Having Zi Ling search for these ingredients would undoubtedly attract help from many others, saving Lin Xiao the trouble of gathering them himself.
In the end, tempted by the explosive pill recipe, Zi Ling agreed to Lin Xiao’s terms and immediately set out to find the ingredients.
With Hu Yue present and the location being secluded, Zi Ling wasn’t worried that Lin Xiao would be disturbed while refining the fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill.
As soon as Zi Ling left, Lin Xiao eagerly swallowed the fourth-grade Spirit Breaking Pill.
As the pill entered his body, a vast surge of spiritual power welled up, rushing into his mind, continuously washing over it and subjecting his mind to intense impact.
As a result, Lin Xiao’s head felt feverish, and steam seemed to rise from it, astonishing both the Fire Spirit Rabbit and Hu Yue.
This state lasted a full day. After a day, the steaming from Lin Xiao’s head finally subsided, and a tremendous wave of spiritual power radiated from around his head.
A terrifying spiritual fluctuation swept through the entire cave.
“Did he succeed in breaking through?” Hu Yue’s face showed surprise, while the Fire Spirit Rabbit, holding a Red Fire Crystal Stone with both front paws, stared at Lin Xiao in a daze.
“Yes,” Lin Xiao nodded to Hu Yue, a broad smile spreading across his face, his entire being radiating vitality.
At this moment, Lin Xiao could feel his mind filled with an ocean-like expanse of spiritual power. His spiritual power had finally broken through a level, advancing from third-grade advanced to fourth-grade primary, making him a fourth-grade primary Spirit Control Master!
Having reached fourth-grade spiritual power, he could now manifest spiritual power, forming spiritual power marks to attack opponents, greatly enhancing his combat strength.
With his ability to fight across tiers, he could now contend with ordinary fourth-grade intermediate Spirit Control Masters.
Combined with his Martial King fifth-stage vital energy, capable of battling Martial King seventh-stage opponents, Lin Xiao now had the confidence to face even a Martial King eighth-stage opponent.
“To compete in the ultimate battlefield, my current strength is still not enough. The next step is to improve my vital energy!” Lin Xiao’s eyes gleamed with anticipation. Spiritual power, where one level equated to three stages of cultivation, was difficult to break through again after just achieving a major breakthrough.
For the time being, he needed to focus on improving his vital energy.
However, even with vital energy cultivation, Lin Xiao had only recently broken through two stages, so achieving another breakthrough soon would be challenging.
For now, he needed to consolidate his cultivation and enhance his combat strength.
His first choice was to train the Heaven-Sealing Stone Hand. He had only just begun to master this technique, and its petrifying power was highly enticing.
Immediately, Lin Xiao approached the stone wall at the cave’s edge, extended his right hand, and placed it on the rock. As he activated the Heaven-Sealing Stone Hand, his arm began to petrify. A faint petrifying force flowed from his palm into the stone wall, seeping into it. The stones in the wall gradually turned into stone gas, which was absorbed into Lin Xiao’s arm and condensed in his hand’s sea.
It was akin to heaven and earth’s vital energy surging into the dantian.
Seeing this, Hu Yue’s small mouth formed a perfect circle, and the Fire Spirit Rabbit’s mouth mirrored hers, both looking adorably stunned.
Ignoring their reactions, Lin Xiao continued training for half a month. After half a month, the cave had expanded countless times, with a large section of the stone wall absorbed and refined by Lin Xiao. If this continued, he felt he could absorb all the stones in the entire mountain.
During this half month, Zi Ling had gathered a large quantity of auxiliary ingredients for the Red Fire Explosive Pill and was eager to start refining the pills.
For the next period, Lin Xiao and Zi Ling worked together to refine the Red Fire Explosive Pills.
Meanwhile, the Fire Spirit Rabbit and Hu Yue went out to search for treasures.
In half a month, Lin Xiao and Zi Ling refined over a hundred explosive pills, all of fourth-grade intermediate quality, capable of blasting mid-tier Martial Kings. With such a large quantity of explosive pills, even dozens or hundreds of strong opponents could be thrown into chaos.
Possessing such a vast number of explosive pills gave them an additional trump card for entering the ultimate battlefield.
The half month of pill refining also improved both of their spiritual power. Lin Xiao consolidated and strengthened his fourth-grade primary spiritual power, while Zi Ling showed signs of breaking through to fourth-grade advanced spiritual power.
This made Lin Xiao somewhat envious. With Zi Ling’s fourth-grade intermediate spiritual power, she was ranked first or second on the Human Star List. If she broke through to fourth-grade advanced, wouldn’t she be able to dominate the Mysterious Domain Battlefield?
After refining this batch of auxiliary ingredients, a shocking piece of news reached Lin Xiao’s ears.
