At the same time, traveling through time, starting from subverting the war at the top

Chapter 285 The Palace of Leisure

The Heaven-Mending Pill is only useful for cultivators in the Core Formation stage; its true function is to replenish a cultivator's spiritual roots.

In fact, the five-colored pills that Han Li obtained from Ji Xuan's remains were the Heaven-Mending Pills that had not yet been refined.

After consuming it, Han Li's original four-attribute pseudo-spiritual root level improved to three-attribute spiritual root level.

This very pill is what's causing a fierce battle between over a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths.

Lin Mo had no interest whatsoever in who would ultimately obtain the Heaven-Mending Pill.

Using the architectural diagram of the five-story inner palace that Han Li had previously obtained, he quickly located the secret chamber where the hidden treasure was located.

Following the route marked by the red line on the map, Lin Mo and his companions arrived in front of a high wall.

Looking at the seemingly ordinary stone wall, Han Li flipped his hand and unfolded the tattered scroll again, then looked down to examine it.

“Senior, that’s right! This is the place!” Han Li said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo raised one hand and actually inserted it several feet into the stone wall.

Sure enough, there was more to it than met the eye.

Without hesitation, Lin Mo moved and passed right through.

Han Li and his companion followed closely behind.

After passing through the stone wall, there was a huge stone chamber, about thirty or forty feet in size, with an ordinary stone door on each side.

About ten feet ahead was a milky white pool, more than ten feet in size, from which white mist and a delicate fragrance emanated.

Han Li walked to the edge of the pool and gently scooped it up from the water.

Han Li easily scooped up some milky white pool water and brought it to his eyes.

The pools of water were filled with a wonderfully fragrant aroma and were brimming with pure spiritual energy. But after a short while, the fragrance and spiritual energy vanished without a trace right before Han Li's eyes, turning into ordinary water.

Han Li's expression softened slightly.

"The Spirit Eye Spring! I never imagined that the Lord of the Void Heaven Palace would move such a large spiritual spring here!"

"If only I could move this spiritual spring to my own cave dwelling," Han Li murmured to himself.

Lin Mo glanced at it and chuckled, "If Fellow Daoist Han can do it, feel free to try. This spiritual spring has long been connected to the entire inner palace by the master of the Void Heaven Palace with profound restrictions, so I have no way to do it anyway."

"What a pity." Han Li's face showed great regret, and he added at the end, "I'm just feeling sorry for you, senior."

Lin Mo's lips curled up slightly as he said, "What's the pity? The real treasure isn't this ordinary spiritual spring water, but the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk."

Having said that, he slightly raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread. The calm pool water instantly churned, forming a rapidly spinning whirlpool. At the center of the whirlpool, drops of crystal-clear liquid slowly rose—no, those were not ordinary water droplets, but milky-white spiritual liquid radiating astonishing spiritual energy!

"This is... ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk?!" Han Li's voice changed. "Is this the legendary spiritual liquid that a small sip can instantly restore all mana, and that tens of thousands of spirit stones cannot obtain even a single drop?"

Lin Mo took out a jade bottle and put all the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk into it: "Not bad, it's a pity that this spiritual spring has been nurtured for ten thousand years and has only accumulated such a small half bottle."

Throughout the entire process, Yuan Yao stood quietly to the side, her silence almost unnatural.

Even when a rare treasure like the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk appeared in the world, she showed no emotion whatsoever. In fact, she had been like this ever since she stepped into this stone chamber.

After Lin Mo carefully stored away the spiritual milk, and was about to explore another treasure hidden in the stone chamber, shrouded in a light barrier, Yuan Yao suddenly spoke:
“Senior, Yuan Yao wishes to ask you for something.” She looked directly at Lin Mo, her voice soft yet firm, “If you grant my request, Yuan Yao is willing to serve you for life, as your servant.”

"What exactly is it that has made you do this?" Lin Mo asked with a smile, gesturing that he was all ears.

Seeing Lin Mo's expression, Yuan Yao knew she could no longer hide the truth. She took a deep breath, her slender fingers clenching and unclenching, and after a moment, she suddenly raised her hand, revealing a resolute look. "My purpose in coming to the Void Heaven Palace is for what's inside that light barrier—the Soul-Nourishing Wood!"

"One of the three divine trees, a wondrous tree that can be worn to nourish the soul and primordial spirit, gradually strengthening one's divine sense!" Han Li, who was standing to the side, was stunned, and after a long while, he asked in astonishment.

“This is it. However, what I value is not its miraculous effect of nourishing the primordial spirit, but rather the fact that this wood can house the soul and ensure that the mind does not dissipate,” Yuan Yao said in a low voice, her expression darkening.

Then Yuan Yao told Lin Mo everything that had happened to her and her sister.

Lin Mo smiled and said, "I promise you, I will use Soul-Nourishing Wood to make a Soul-Nourishing Box for your sister so that she can temporarily reside there."

In the future, Lin Mo could even help Yuan Yao's sister reshape her physical body, though Lin Mo didn't say this aloud.

Lin Mo easily broke through the light barrier and took the Soul-Nourishing Wood inside.

Without any further hesitation, he took Han Li and Yuan Yao and left the Void Heaven Palace through the teleportation array.

After returning to the Chaotic Star Sea.

Lin Mo immediately began preparing for the next steps. The first thing he did was to relocate the entire Miaoyin Sect to an uninhabited island rich in spiritual energy and rename it Xiaoyao Palace.

Han Li was kept on by him to work for free, in charge of setting up the island's protective formation.

Lin Mo also took this opportunity to refine dozens of Core Formation stage puppets to serve as sect guards.

With everything prepared, Lin Mo announced the island's closure and seclusion. His trip to the Void Heaven Palace had been very fruitful, and he urgently needed time to process what he had learned.

The Chaotic Star Sea will then enter a period of chaos, and Lin Mo simply doesn't have the time to take care of it.

Han Li chose to stay because he received the Nascent Soul Pill from Lin Mo, and was responsible for taking care of the sect's spiritual fields.

With the help of the Heavenly Bottle, Lin Mo was able to quickly cultivate the rare spiritual herbs obtained from the Void Heaven Palace, including the Soul Nourishing Wood.

After helping Yuan Yao refine the Soul Nourishing Box, Lin Mo deliberately left the roots of the Soul Nourishing Wood, believing that with the profound mysteries of the Palm Heaven Bottle, it was only a matter of time before he could cultivate a new Soul Nourishing Wood.

Lin Mo then used these spiritual herbs to begin refining pills.

In addition to the pills needed for his own cultivation, Lin Mo also refined a large quantity of pills to enhance the cultivation of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The food was distributed to the disciples under the sect, and the overall strength of Xiaoyao Palace thus improved by leaps and bounds.

Han Li now knows how to refine weapons, puppetry, and formations, but he doesn't know how to refine pills.

After witnessing Lin Mo's miraculous alchemy skills, he immediately became his apprentice and began to learn alchemy.

After teaching the basics of alchemy, Lin Mo went into seclusion.

When he reappears next time, he will probably be a Nascent Soul cultivator.

the other side.

Pirate world.

New World, the waters off Egg Point Island.

An unprecedented force of righteous military power has completely surrounded this technological city!

The war-level mobilization order far exceeds the scale of the Buster Call!

(End of this chapter)