In these past two years, the Ba Mountain Secret Realm had already taken in millions of citizens previously ravaged by demons!

With so many people, managing them was naturally quite taxing, but Lin Xuankong, the hands-off proprietor, was quite relaxed. In contrast, Zhao Yufei, the Second Lady, serving as the Secret Realm's chief administrator, was swamped daily with various affairs, leaving her little time for cultivation!

However, with Lin Xuankong's thirtyfold cultivation speed boost, even though Zhao Yufei devoted herself to helping Lin Xuankong manage the Secret Realm, she still managed to elevate her cultivation to the late stage of the Seventh Layer. She also incidentally helped Lin Xuankong's Eight Gates Celestial Eye advance to the Seventh Layer. This allowed that fellow Lin Xuankong to gain numerous insights just by lying around every day!

The Seventh Layer of the Eight Gates Celestial Eye is called Demon Reflected Hundred Pupils. With a single thought, it can emit a hundred strands of red light, easily controlling the vision and five senses of a hundred targets!

One hundred strands of red light... This terrifying cultivation technique practically enabled Lin Xuankong to control any cultivator he wished!

As for Young Lady Lii Xiaolan, due to possessing the Primordial Strange Vein, her cultivation speed was even faster. She had long since advanced to the Early Ninth Layer and had already cultivated the Shadow Concealment Primordial Technique to the Perfection Realm!

At this realm, the explosive power of her Primordial Technique was incredibly fearsome, capable of enhancing it twenty-fourfold!

Most importantly, the concealing effect of the Shadow Concealment Primordial Technique was exceptionally superb; even cultivators at Ninth-Layer Perfection couldn't detect someone approaching while using it!

His betrothed, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er, cultivated even faster!

Her cultivation speed made even Lin Xuankong a little jealous... but ultimately, Lin Xuankong couldn't bring himself to revoke the cultivation boost for his little sweetheart.

As a result, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er had astonishingly advanced directly to Ninth-Layer Perfection in just two and a half years.

This terrifying cultivation speed made Emperor Xiaoo of the Great Xia Dynasty and Profound Sect Celestial Sect Leader Hua extremely excited, repeatedly urging Xiaoo Ying'Er to go to the Central Divine Dynasty. Both wanted her to quickly find a way to join an Immortal Sect and become the Great Xia Dynasty's first Immortal!

However, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er always held Lin Xuankong and the Great Xia Dynasty in her heart. Worried about an invasion from the Rakshasa Kingdom's Demon Sect, she had yet to depart for the Central Divine Dynasty!

It was Young Lady Lii Xiaolan, however, who convinced Lin Xuankong. After advancing to the Ninth Layer, she left the Ba Mountain Secret Realm and traveled to the Central Divine Dynasty, joining the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, which possessed the secret technique for refining the Immortal Ascension Treasure Elixir!

Of course, Lin Xuankong didn't want Lii Xiaolan to leave. In this world, if he had to choose the one he cared about the most, it would undoubtedly be Lii Xiaolan! Without Lii Xiaolan, the weeds on his grave would probably have been harvested several times over by now. Without Lii Xiaolan, he would never have embarked on the Martial Dao path or achieved his current accomplishments! So, Lin Xuankong was reluctant to let Lii Xiaolan leave. In the Ba Mountain Secret Realm, Lin Xuankong could guarantee Lii Xiaolan's safety, but that wasn't certain in the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. Although the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect possessed only one Grade-Entered Immortal Artifact, it was home to a full thirty-two Immortals, each occupying one of the sect's Immortal Mountains! Those were all terrifying powerhouses of the Earth Immortal Realm. Even if Lin Xuankong possessed an Immortal Sword nearing the Third Grade, he could only guarantee remotely suppressing Initial Tier and First-Grade Earth Immortals; he was far from capable of confronting Earth Immortal powerhouses head-on!

However, Lii Xiaolan was a bit stubborn. She hoped Lin Xuankong wouldn't become complacent and stop at the Ninth-Layer Realm! Upon joining the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, she had told Lin Xuankong with a radiant smile that she would definitely master the refining technique for the Immortal Ascension Treasure Elixir. Then, she would find an Immortal Yuan Cave Mansion for her husband, enabling him to become the Great Xia Dynasty's first Immortal!

As an alchemy prodigy, Lii Xiaolan, under the introduction of 'Cao Yu,' easily joined the Immortal Medicine Hall of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect and became a disciple of Qu Wan'Er, the Immortal Medicine Hall Master.

At the time, Lin Xuankong had also considered joining the Immortal Medicine Hall, but unfortunately, it only accepted female disciples... As for the other Earth Immortal Peak Masters, they only accepted disciples at Ninth-Layer Perfection, and Lin Xuankong didn't qualify yet!

With no other choice, Lin Xuankong had to return to Great Xia and continue his secluded cultivation.

「At this moment,」

When Lin Xuankong saw Zhao Yufei flying towards him with a solemn expression, he went to greet her, somewhat surprised, "Yufei, what happened? Why do you look so serious?"

Zhao Yufei frowned and said, "Husband, it's about Sister Lii..."

Hearing it concerned Lii Xiaolan, Lin Xuankong's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. "What happened to Lan?"

These days, everything was proceeding smoothly for him, and his cultivation had greatly progressed. His only worry, his sole source of unease, was Lii Xiaolan, who had joined an Immortal Sect and was now tens of thousands of miles away.

Zhao Yufei wore a solemn expression, biting her lip. "Sister Lii just sent a message... *Sigh*..."

Lin Xuankong frowned tightly. "Hurry up and tell me!"

Zhao Yufei suddenly burst out laughing. "Sister Lii said her relationship with her master Qu Wan'Er has grown closer recently, and that Third-Grade Earth Immortal Qu Wan'Er is preparing to pass on the most precious refining method for the Immortal Ascension Treasure Elixir to her!

"In the message, Sister Lii said you should wait a bit longer. Once she masters the refining method for that Immortal Ascension Treasure Elixir, she'll definitely refine the first Treasure Elixir for you. She even said she'll make several more for you, ensuring you can steadily advance to the Earth Immortal Realm!"

Lin Xuankong: ...

He looked at Zhao Yufei with a less than pleasant expression. "So that's why you had such a solemn expression just now?

"Demoness Zhao, without Sister Lii around to keep you in line, you're getting more and more mischievous, aren't you?

"Hmph, follow me into the cave! I'll let you experience just how ferocious the sixteenfold Fierce Tiger Roar Bone Technique can be!" Lin Xuankong declared with a fierce expression.

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