Chapter 11 Part 2

Lin Yu smiled bitterly. “He used to be human—a halfway turn to demonic cultivator…”

Moreover, the next Silent Night Long Chant was only a few years away. The Silent Night Demon Lord had to quickly recover his strength, or the entire Silent Night Palace and the surrounding ten thousand li would be finished.

Xie Linlang said disdainfully, “You demonic cultivators just love reckless cultivation. Aren’t you afraid the Heavenly Tribulation will settle all accounts at once and send you straight on your way?”

Lin Yu hurriedly said, “Please grant us your guidance, Senior.”

Xie Linlang pondered for a moment before saying, “I’ve heard there’s a special spirit herb produced at the foothills of Moonlight Mountain called the Four Seasons Starflower. It changes form according to the four seasons’ solar terms. Though it’s a spirit herb, it seems almost like a demon object—I’m not entirely sure. You can try using that as the main ingredient, supplemented by spirit materials unique to the four seasons’ solar terms, to improve the Bone Transformation Pill’s Pill Formula. It should ultimately achieve the effect of freely adjusting the True Spirit Bone, regardless of the consumer’s form.”

Lin Yu was overjoyed. “Many thanks for your instruction, Senior.”

Perhaps because Lin Yu was genuinely delighted, Xie Linlang keenly noticed that he could now manipulate fifty percent of the residual demonic qi in Lin Yu’s body.

Xie Linlang also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If Lin Yu caused trouble during the refining of the Nine Revolutions Return to Truth Pill, it would be quite troublesome for him.

Soon, Xie Linlang assembled a set of materials for the Nine Revolutions Return to Truth Pill using what was available from Lin Yu and the Pill Room.

Xie Linlang was a pill dao genius, deeply versed in every nuance of the dao of creation. Often, he no longer needed to rigidly follow the original pill formula.

This was one of the reasons so many cultivators lamented his fall.

As times changed, many ancient formulas required substitutions with equivalent materials while preserving efficacy.

Yet pill masters capable of adapting ancient formulas to available materials were exceedingly rare. Xie Linlang’s death was a great loss to many.

Xie Linlang consumed some pills to replenish demonic qi. He took a deep breath, focused his mind, and began the most important pill refining of his life.

Whether he lived or died depended on this.

…

Shen He had already advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

His cultivation speed was so fast that everyone who heard about it shook their heads and exclaimed that this kid would definitely be specially targeted by the Heavenly Tribulation.

Shen He didn’t want this either!

Who cultivated by forcing growth like this?

The day after True Person Lin Yu spoke, Hong Kui gave Shen He three bottles of Qi Gathering Pills the next day, along with a full set of breakthrough pills, and forcibly shoved him into a Demonic Qi Spring Eye.

Hong Kui said coldly and ruthlessly, “Don’t come out until you’ve reached Foundation Establishment.”

Shen He had been forcibly locked in a dark room by Hong Kui and somehow broke through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

But Shen He hadn’t mastered many spells, let alone undergone combat training.

With factors stacking up—having backing, worshiping a Nascent Soul Shizun, and the fast advancement speed of demonic cultivators—Shen He successfully became the weakest cultivator in Silent Night Palace right now. Even a Qi Refining Layer 9 demonic cultivator could beat him senseless in the Early-stage Foundation Establishment.

Pang Sanxian truly didn’t envy Shen He at all. He even felt he could prepare to pick up scraps.

If Shen He dared to leave the Pill Room, other demonic cultivators would definitely knock him out, slit his throat, backstab him, and carry him off in one go.

He even felt a bit of pity for Shen He. “…Junior Brother Shen, Foundation Establishment is the most important foundational stage before pill refining. Is there anyone who builds a foundation by piling up sand like you? With this method of boosting strength, it’s almost impossible for you to achieve Core Formation.”

Shen He sighed. “Senior Brother Pang, haven’t you noticed that Shizun—I mean, my new Master Lin—has been in seclusion for half a month already?”

His situation was indeed troublesome, but he had a master!

Not this Lin Yu True Person who had cozied up, but the Jade Pendant Master who noticed his worry about weak strength and proactively refined top-grade pills to boost his power!

Pang Sanxian immediately shut his mouth.

Right, Shen He had great fortune.

Pang Sanxian also felt a bit uneasy, wondering how the senior in that Black-Red Jade Pendant was doing.

After Lin Shibo took the jade pendant, he’d been in seclusion. According to Hong Kui, Martial Uncle Lin had even sealed his exclusive Pill Room, seemingly refining some special pill.

Moreover, as Martial Uncle Lin’s pill refining dragged on, a strange pill fragrance gradually wafted from his Pill Room.

Many pill masters had recently lingered outside Lin Shibo’s Pill Room, peering in and privately discussing what supreme Demonic Core True Person Lin Yu was refining. The fragrance was so rich even before completion.

Another ten days passed. After forty-nine days total, thunder suddenly exploded in the clear sky above the Pill Room. A bolt of purple-golden heavenly lightning struck down.

Fortunately, not only did the Pill Room have array protections, but Silent Night Palace’s outer perimeter also had the Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation. In the end, the thunder tribulation was blocked by the arrays and dissipated into nothing.

The onlookers erupted in clamor. “What pill did Fellow Daoist Lin refine to actually draw down a Heavenly Tribulation?”

The crowd waited another quarter-hour or so before the Pill Room doors finally opened. A figure slowly stepped out.

Shen He and Pang Sanxian squeezed into the crowd, craning their necks, all nervously looking toward the newcomer.