383: The secret of Ziyang Tower, the elixir of life

Above the Grotto-heaven World disk, Lin Shiming first looked towards the Ziyang Pagoda.

This Ziyang Pagoda involved too much; it could even be considered Lin Shiming's most important gain, including a ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine.

Without the support of Formation patterns, the Ziyang Pagoda now appeared even dimmer and lusterless, a dark iron color.

The Spirit Runes on it were like engraved stars, no longer as vibrant as before.

When his Divine Sense swept over it, there were no longer any grand anomalies.

It seemed like an ordinary black pagoda used by Mortals for worship.

"This Ziyang Pagoda has only lost its Spiritual Qi Origin. Constructing a Spirit Storage Formation and providing Spiritual Qi will suffice. Although it won't recover to the level of the Grotto-heavens in the Ziyang Secret Realm, it can still allow some Spirit Plants to transcend," Yan Yang Sword, at some unknown point, had flown to Lin Shiming's side, clearly having observed the Ziyang Pagoda these past few days.

"Spirit Storage Formation?" Lin Shiming was stunned. He hadn't expected the Formation to be so simple.

The Cultivator from Nine Dragon Island, with his three Jiaolongs pulling the pagoda, struggled so much, and even ordinary Purple Mansion Peak Cultivators couldn't do anything to the Ziyang Pagoda.

Yet, in Yan Yang Sword's eyes, it only required a common Spirit Storage Formation.

"That was the Ziyang Secret Realm's defensive Formation, protecting the Ziyang Pagoda from being poached. Although it's much more ordinary compared to the Ziyang Spirit Restrictions on the pagoda, it's still not something a Purple Mansion Cultivator can poach. That three-Jiaolong pulling the pagoda indeed showed great courage, but his Luck was a bit lacking!" Yan Yang Sword continued speaking.

Lin Shiming nodded in agreement. He himself found it extremely difficult to raise one Poison Flood Dragon, yet the other party raised four Jiaolongs, including an Ice Flood Dragon, and all were at least Fourth-Order Middle Stage, with three at Fourth-Order Late Stage.

Not to mention the cultivation of these Jiaolongs, just the source of the Jiaolongs made Lin Shiming somewhat envious.

The reproduction of the Jiaolong Clan was extremely difficult, and the dangers involved in evolving from a python to a Jiaolong meant that even out of a million, not necessarily one would succeed.

"However, the Spirit Storage Formation is best handled by a Fourth-Order Medium Grade Formation Master. A Spirit Storage Formation for a large Teleportation Array needs at least eighteen spirit platforms, and at least two Fourth-Order Spirit Veins!" Yan Yang Sword spoke again.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiming's expression changed. The Lin Family had Nine Heavens Hermit, a Fourth-Order Artifact Refiner, but currently, there wasn't a single Fourth-Order Formation Master.

Even the one with the highest Formation talent, Lin Houshou, had only recently broken through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage. Not only was his True Essence insufficient, but the difficulty of raising his Formation talent to Fourth-Order Medium Grade was unimaginable!

"You should take out the ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine first!" Yan Yang Sword understood Lin Shiming's gloomy expression very well. After all, he knew all the Lin Family Cultivators, and there was no true Fourth-Order Formation Master among them.

But for Lin Shiming, it wasn't entirely impossible. First, purple zenith sandalwood and Three-Essence Spirit Refining Pill, combined with the Spirit Splitting Art, could very likely raise Lin Houshou's Divine Sense to the Purple Mansion Realm.

Coupled with the Inference Aura, which would further elevate Lin Houshou's Formation attainments, it was highly probable. Back then, Lin Shitao's Alchemy attainments were improved by the Inference Aura.

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One must know that at that time, a Minor Divine Ability had not yet formed.

However, the Minor Divine Ability would require waiting ten years.

"Alright, thank you, Senior Yan Yang!" Lin Shiming's eyes lit up upon hearing Yan Yang Sword's reminder.

Regardless of whether the Ziyang Pagoda could be used, the ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine still made Lin Shiming drool.

That was a Spirit Medicine that could increase the chances of breaking through to Nascent Soul by ten percent, and its medicinal power far surpassed ordinary five-thousand-year Spirit Medicines.

Lin Shiming's Divine Sense passed through the Ziyang Pagoda and entered its layers. The interior of the pagoda had now changed its appearance.

Unlike the empty pagoda within the Secret Realm, the Ziyang Pagoda at this moment had transformed into individual layers.

And on these layers, Spirit Medicines were planted one by one.

The so-called Secret Realm Grotto-heaven was also an evolution of the Ziyang Pagoda's layers, with the vortex entrance becoming the entrance to the upper layers of the pagoda.

Without the nourishment of Spiritual Qi, it had reverted to its original layered form.

This scene made Lin Shiming click his tongue in wonder, marveling at the magic of the Ziyang Pagoda and the wisdom of the ancient Cultivators.

At this moment, there were a total of four layers inside the Spirit Pagoda. The first layer was still the same as before. The second layer was arranged with several Spirit Shield Formations. Without Spiritual Qi nourishment, these great killing Formations, which made Purple Mansion Cultivators change color, had also turned into Formation Plates.

He directly ascended to the third layer. Inside the third layer, he saw Spirit Medicines laid out one after another.

Due to the lack of Spiritual Qi, these Spirit Medicines were somewhat dim in luster.

Lin Shiming also instructed the Wood Demon to transplant them one by one into his own Grotto-heaven.

These Spirit Medicines were not of very high age; there wasn't even a single thousand-year-old one, so Lin Shiming naturally didn't pay much attention to them. However, there was an eight-hundred-year-old heavenly beast grass among them.

It could be used in conjunction with his Heavenly Beast Transformation secret art.

He now had two Heavenly Beast Grasses, one over a thousand years old, and the other was the one currently before him.

Adding to that, he had the corpses of an Ice Flood Dragon and a Buddha Eagle. Extracting some essence blood and refining Heavenly Beast Pills would allow him to perform the Heavenly Beast Transformation.

However, after performing the Heavenly Beast Transformation of a Jiaolong, he would have to be careful of the Nine Dragon Island Cultivators. Otherwise, they might mistakenly believe he stole their secret art, and when the Golden Core Cultivators of Nine Dragon Island came knocking, Lin Shiming didn't believe the Coral Alliance would stand up for him.

Although he had Yan Yang Sword, if the Coral Alliance could casually produce over twenty Golden Core Cultivators, Nine Dragon Island would definitely be stronger, not weaker.

The Wood Demon trembled with each step, its eyes also filled with joy. In its opinion, these Spirit Medicines that broke the limitations of Spirit Medicine all had reference value.

They were even comparable to the wood spirit essence Lin Shiming gave him.

Lin Shiming also continued up the pagoda, arriving at the fourth layer.

There was only one Spirit Medicine on the fourth layer.

A miniature red crane, somewhat wailing, was prostrate within the Ziyang Pagoda.

Its eyes were dim, and upon seeing Lin Shiming, it instinctively wanted to flee.

However, this was no longer the Grotto-heaven Secret Realm. Its true form was openly displayed before Lin Shiming.

This was a ten-thousand-year-old Lingxia Flower, a normal High Grade Fourth-Order Spirit Medicine. It could be used to refine Lingxia Pills for Body Tempering. One Lingxia Pill was enough to make a Purple Mansion Late Stage Cultivator's True Essence more profound and solid, greatly accelerating the process of breaking through to the Purple Mansion Peak.

However, for Lin Shiming, this Lingxia Flower must absolutely not be used to refine Lingxia Pills. It would be of great use when breaking through to Nascent Soul.

Lin Shiming would only carefully and generously provide for this Lingxia Grass.

Lin Shiming stepped forward and took out some Fourth-Order spirit soil and Fourth-Order spirit water. The Spirit Crane, transformed from the Lingxia Grass, also let out a whimper.

Its eyes were very nimble. Although it rationally restrained itself, it also knew that it could not escape Lin Shiming's grasp at this moment.

It landed on its true form, the Lingxia Grass, opened its sharp beak, and swallowed the spirit soil and spirit water in one gulp.

It was recovering its somewhat dry and dim body.

Lin Shiming also called the Wood Demon again, but upon seeing the Wood Demon, the Spirit Crane transformed from the Lingxia Grass immediately let out several long cries. The Wood Demon looked at Lin Shiming helplessly.

"Master, it doesn't want me to transplant it!"

The Wood Demon's face was full of helplessness. If it could transplant a ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, it would also be a stroke of good fortune for it.

However, the ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine had already gained sentience and looked down on the current Mingxin Tea Tree Wood Demon.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming smiled helplessly and could only give up.

He took a deep breath, then carefully began to transplant the Spirit Medicine.

Speaking of which, if he were to be rated, he might even be rated as a Low Grade Third-Order Spirit Planter, after all, he had handled quite a few Spirit Medicines.

After transplanting the Spirit Medicine outside the Grotto-heaven, the Lingxia Grass vanished in a blink of an eye, turning into a streak of light and disappearing without a trace.

No wonder the Nine Dragon Island Cultivators, with such great Divine Abilities, failed to capture this ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine. The escape speed and spiritual nature of a ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine were simply too strong.

Even with Fifth-Order spirit soil, Fifth-Order spirit water, and even Drunken Spirit Powder, it probably wouldn't work.

However, for Lin Shiming, he immediately saw the location of the Spirit Medicine. Lin Shiming didn't bother with it; the Grotto-heaven was within his body, so where could this red crane possibly run off to?

If the ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine insisted on being clever, he would just let it be!

Currently, he had no use for this ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, but he still needed to find a way to fill the gaps for Fourth-Order Spirit Veins and Fifth-Order Spirit Veins.

After warning the Spirit Beasts, Lin Shiming looked at Yan Yang Sword and expressed his gratitude again.

"Senior Yan Yang, this time, I owe you a great deal. Therefore, within the Ziyang Secret Realm and Real Person Xuri's Storage Pouch, besides the half of Spirit Medicines we agreed upon beforehand, no matter how many five-thousand-year-old or older fire-attribute Spirit Medicines there are, Senior, please take them all!"

Lin Shiming said.

This was also what he and Yan Yang Sword had agreed upon beforehand, though initially, it was one half each.

However, Yan Yang Sword had also helped him kill Real Person Xuri, so Lin Shiming now wanted Yan Yang Sword to take a bit more. There were quite a few fire-attribute five-thousand-year Spirit Medicines, which would be of great benefit to Yan Yang Sword.

As he spoke, Lin Shiming opened Real Person Xuri's Storage Pouch and took out all the five-thousand-year Spirit Medicines inside, a total of six stalks.

They were all fire-attribute five-thousand-year Spirit Medicines. Lin Shiming was somewhat surprised by this, as he had submitted a total of six stalks, and the three of Guanghao had submitted three stalks.

He even had to share with Real Person Hongye and the Golden Core Cultivator guarding the Treasure Pavilion, and possibly even with the Coral Alliance's Coral Island.

There were also six more plants, either Real Person Xuri took them from the Yao Beasts, or the Cultivators of Ten Thousand Buddha Island submitted them.

It was even possible that they were directly snatched from other islands. In such chaotic times, being alone on an island and encountering an Immortal Master, it was indeed possible.

They could casually make up a reason and brand it as the grave crime of colluding with Prodigies!

Then Lin Shiming took out Sanyang Daoist's Storage Pouch, as well as Yucheng Sanren (Jade Completion Free Person)'s and Tianjing Hermit's Storage Pouches, plus the Storage Pouch of the Nine Dragon Island Cultivator.

All the five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine were taken out by Lin Shiming.

As for Spirit Medicine over three thousand years old, Lin Shiming didn't take them; Yan Yang Sword didn't need them either.

He was already a Late Golden Core Stage Spirit Cultivator, and the medicinal effects of three-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine were not very obvious.

Finally, after counting, there were eighteen Spirit Medicine over five thousand years old, and this was after Yan Yang Sword had used three of them.

He also found eight plants in the Storage Pouches of these four people!

Among them, Sanyang Daoist's Storage Pouch contained five, Tianjing Hermit had one, and the Nine Dragon Island Cultivator had two.

It was clear that Rising Sun Island also had its own Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World, and Sanyang Daoist was collecting Spirit Medicine under the orders of Real Person Xuri.

He was also bestowed with many Magic Treasures and life-saving methods, but Lin Shiming took advantage of it.

It was also fortunate that Lin Shiming had experienced the battle with the Blood Cultivation Sect, and his Magic Treasures had become much more abundant.

"Senior Yan Yang, you can take twelve five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine here. Additionally, if you need any ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine in the future, you can also take them!"

"Boy, what kind of person do you take me for? All my actions are pre-arranged. I only need nine five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, which is enough for me to Cultivate for a hundred years!" Yan Yang Sword shook its head.

"However, this transaction is concluded. In the future, if I need to act again, it will be one five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine per action. For Cultivators above Mid Golden Core Stage, it will be two per action!" Yan Yang Sword added, with a somewhat profound meaning.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming immediately bowed deeply. In his opinion, this proposal was simply perfect.

He knew that Yan Yang Sword was taking care of him, and of course, it might also be related to Taiyi Sword Grass and the Ten Thousand Swords Graveyard.

But for Lin Shiming, he could not forget the current favor and the favor of escaping from the Eastern Domain.

"Ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, if I need it in the future, just cut off a leaf!" Yan Yang Sword hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

As a Spirit Cultivator, Yan Yang Sword naturally also had to aim for Nascent Soul Spirit Cultivator, towards the even more perilous Immortal Dao.

Ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine was also something it could not avoid.

"Senior Yan Yang, let alone a leaf, even the entire plant is fine!" Lin Shiming also patted his chest.

He didn't know how long it would take him to reach Late Golden Core Stage. If Yan Yang Sword could use this ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine to find a glimmer of hope, it meant the Lin Family would have a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Then the entire Eastern Domain and South Sea Cultivation World, where could the Lin Family not go!

After Yan Yang Sword put away all the Spirit Medicine, it didn't speak and found a place to enter seclusion.

Leaving Lin Shiming to sort out the remaining gains here.

He was a Spirit Cultivator; he didn't care for ordinary Magic Treasures. Only precious Materials would catch his attention. As for Real Person Xuri's Storage Pouch, he casually gave it to Lin Shiming, and he disdained the Purple Mansion Cultivator's Storage Pouch even more.

Lin Shiming put away the remaining six five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, intending to open up a medicine field in the Grotto-heaven World and place all these Spirit Medicine inside. As for the Spirit Light that evolved from them, Lin Shiming let them be.

Anyway, they could never escape the Grotto-heaven World.

Lin Shiming then took out the three-thousand-year Spirit Medicine. This time, there were many of them, a total of thirty-eight plants.

This meant that if he Breakthrough to Golden Core, he would not lack Spirit Medicine for a long time.

Lin Shiming's face was also beaming with joy; the harvest from the Ziyang Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World this time far exceeded previous times.

After sorting the Spirit Medicine, Lin Shiming began to look at Sanyang Daoist's Storage Pouch.

The first thing that caught his eye was the Purple Cloud Twin Swords. These two swords were High Grade Magic Treasures, and even matching Magic Treasures. In Sanyang Daoist's hands at the time, their power was extremely impressive.

The only drawback was that he was only at Mid Purple Mansion Realm and couldn't use them for now.

Including Real Person Taihe's Taihe Sword, Lin Shiming now had three Fourth-Order High Grade Magic Treasure Flying Swords.

The second Magic Treasure was the Black Water Gourd. The Black Water Gourd was a Fourth-Order High Grade Magic Treasure that could release heavy water. And judging from the power of the heavy water inside the gourd, the Hanhai Ape's heavy water had also been refined into the Spirit Gourd that day.

Coupled with its terrifying suction, it was also a good Magic Treasure.

The rest was a Space-breaking Needle Magic Treasure, also a High Grade Magic Treasure. For him, the Demonic Blood Needle he seized from the Blood Cultivation Sect Cultivator happened to be unrefinable, so he could use this as a temporary substitute.

The remaining Magic Treasures were one or two Fourth-Order Medium Grade and Fourth-Order Low Grade Magic Treasures, which were not of much use to Lin Shiming.

However, he found a Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein in his Storage Pouch, which made Lin Shiming overjoyed. The Grotto-heaven World happened to be lacking a Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein.

Sanyang Daoist was also a Spirit Seeker. He didn't know if it was seized beforehand or purchased recently, but for Lin Shiming, it was undoubtedly a timely help.

In his Secret Realm, with so many great Yao Beasts and Spirit Medicine, the Spiritual Qi was really affecting the progress.

Lin Shiming didn't hesitate and immediately struck the Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein into the mountain Peak.

Under the nourishment of the Spiritual Vein, the mountain Peak rose again, looking even more majestic and magnificent.

In the Grotto-heaven World, the Spiritual Qi also became richer. Lin Shiming even vaguely felt that the leaves of those Spirit Plants had expanded a little.

However, this Spiritual Vein was definitely not enough. Lin Shiming still had to buy it or have Lin Xianzhi retrieve the Spiritual Vein from the Ten-Winged Frost Mantis island.

But this risk was also not small.

After checking the Magic Treasures, Lin Shiming began to look at the Jade Slips. Sanyang Daoist didn't have many Jade Slips, but he had a lot of Spirit Stones, clearly having embezzled a lot in the Coral Alliance.

One of the Jade Slips quickly caught Lin Shiming's eye.

"Ming King Body Refining Scripture!"

A Profound Rank High Grade Body Refining Cultivation Technique, which was two levels more powerful than the Lin Family's Mountain Ape Body Refining Art. It was a completely unexpected gain.

Although not as good as the Starlight Body Tempering Art, this Cultivation Technique was only suitable for him, unless his Star Spirit Shell reproduced offspring, only then could it be extended within the Family.

And this Ming King Body Refining Scripture could even be Cultivated to the Golden Core Stage, which could be considered a Cultivation Technique foundation for the Lin Family.

The subsequent Jade Slips contained nothing else; Lin Shiming already understood some minor secret arts.

He did find a few more Fourth-Order Spirit Talismans. Although he couldn't use them, Lin Shijie, who had just Breakthrough, and his Seventh Grand Uncle could.

In addition, he also gained some Fifth-Order spirit soil and Fifth-Order spirit water.

He treasured them. If there were enough Fifth-Order spirit soil and Fifth-Order spirit water, he even hoped for the Star Spirit Shell to transform into star spirit floss and Breakthrough his Body Cultivator to Purple Mansion Late Stage.

After Lin Shiming finished looking through Sanyang Daoist's Storage Pouch, he looked at Yucheng Sanren (Jade Completion Free Person)'s Storage Pouch. However, Yucheng Sanren (Jade Completion Free Person)'s wealth was far inferior. His only two High Grade Magic Treasures were ordinary Flying Swords, far worse than the Jinye Sword.

The Cultivation Technique Jade Slips also had no great special features. After Lin Shiming categorized the Spirit Stones and Magic Treasures separately, he looked at Tianjing Hermit.

Tianjing Hermit's Magic Treasures also made Lin Shiming happy.

Among them were two High Grade Magic Treasures, the Bluefin Fan and the Sky Whale Spear, both extremely powerful. The former was suitable for use in the ocean. If he could reach Purple Mansion Late Stage before the beast tide, his combat power would be extremely impressive even among Peak Purple Mansion.

As for the latter, the Sky Whale Spear, it had great Breakthrough power. Lin Shiming planned to let the Poison Flood Dragon swallow the Sky Whale Spear after it Cultivated to Fourth-Order Late Stage. After spitting out poison breath, spitting out the Sky Whale Spear again would surely produce impressive results.

And the last item was a small yellow bell, the Azure Cloud Bell.

Lin Shiming couldn't help but think of Loose Cultivator Yu Lin's Soul-Shattering Bell, that Magic Treasure was truly terrifying.

Although this Azure Cloud Bell could also launch Divine Sense attacks, its power was only comparable to Lin Shiming activating his four Natal Soul Suppressing Towers.

Among Tianjing Hermit's Storage Pouch, there were not many other treasures that caught Lin Shiming's eye. The Jade Slip Legacies were all things the Lin Family already possessed, so they had little reference value.

However, there were some Fifth-Order spirit soil, Fifth-Order spirit water, and Drunken Spirit Powder.

Lin Shiming finally opened the Nine Dragon Island Cultivator's Storage Pouch.

Upon seeing it, he immediately noticed the broken chain and the Dragon Slaying Ruler.

These two Magic Treasures left a deep impression on Lin Shiming. Although one was broken, it could pull out the Ziyang Pagoda, and its power would naturally be impressive if reforged in the future.

The other was considered a fine product among High Grade Magic Treasures.

This Cultivator only had two Magic Treasures, but he had an extraordinary number of Jade Slips.

As soon as Lin Shiming opened a Jade Slip, it displayed, "Nine Dragon Island's Secret, Not for Transmission!"

The seven characters were extremely dazzling!