I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

The sword light, like a streak of green, gracefully swept across the low sky.

Lin Che stood with his hands behind his back on the Azure Star Sword, his robes fluttering in the wind. He did not fully activate the flying sword, but deliberately slowed down.

His gaze was sharp as he scanned the rolling mountains and forests below, as well as the scattered figures of cultivators among them.

Along the way, most of the people they saw were Qi Refining cultivators struggling to make a living. Occasionally, they would encounter a Foundation Establishment cultivator who was also traveling by magical artifact. The two would only exchange a glance from a distance before tacitly parting ways without disturbing each other.

After flying for about two hours, a group of lakes, like scattered stars fallen to earth, finally came into view.

The lake water shimmered under the sunlight, with numerous lakes of varying sizes scattered throughout. In the center was a large lake surrounded by seven smaller lakes; this was Shattered Star Lake.

Lin Che used his sword to carefully explore the outer perimeter of the Shattered Star Lake area.

As the intelligence indicated, the only three first-tier spiritual veins in the area were not only barren, but had also been occupied by the cultivators who arrived earlier.

He shook his head helplessly, turned his flying sword, and headed towards the dense, uninhabited forest deep within Shattered Star Lake.

The sword light receded, and Lin Che landed gracefully. The Azure Star Sword let out a soft hum and obediently returned to its sheath on its back.

"Little guy, it's your turn. See what good stuff is hidden around here," Lin Che said in a gentle tone, conveying his thoughts.

A faint light flashed at the opening of the spirit beast pouch, and a small head timidly peeked out.

It is indeed the Crystal Seeker Beast.

Its large, glassy eyes first scanned the unfamiliar surroundings warily, its long whiskers trembling slightly as it sensed the flow of spiritual energy around it.

His eyes held both fear of the unknown and an irrepressible curiosity.

Seeing this, Lin Che smiled indulgently, reached out and carefully took it out of the spirit beast pouch, gently stroking its dark violet fur, which looked like it was adorned with shimmering stars.

"Alright, little one, with me here, no one can hurt you."

"Woo~" Feeling the warmth and reassuring aura from Lin Che's palm, the Illusion Crystal Seeker let out a soft, dependent woof, relaxed, and affectionately rubbed its head against his chest. Only then was it completely at ease and began to actively twitch its nose, carefully sensing his surroundings.

After three months of communicating with him day and night through the "Heart of All Beasts" and patiently feeding him with her favorite spirit creatures, the little guy finally opened his heart to him.

Lin Che also condensed a soul imprint, formed a stable beast-taming contract with it, and had already used the system to upgrade its bloodline to the second-tier top grade.

At this moment, the Illusionary Crystal Seeker Beast was more elegant and slender than when it was first seen. Its fur color had changed from deep purple to a more mysterious dark violet, and the spots on its body began to glow slightly like stars in the night sky.

【Crystal Seeker Beast】

Level: Qi Refining Level 4

Bloodline Rank: Second-Tier Supreme

Bloodline Supernatural Powers:

Spiritual Guidance (Superior Divine Power): After consuming a higher-grade Seven-Colored Illusion Crystal, it can not only sense nearby objects containing spiritual energy, but also gain 1-2 additional vague spiritual guidance messages.

Crystal Core Digestion (Low-Grade Divine Power): It can efficiently process the Seven-Colored Illusion Crystal and draw power from it to advance one's bloodline.

Divine Crystal Escape Technique [(Low-grade Divine Ability) Not Awakened]

Inherited Techniques: None

Synopsis: After consuming a large amount of Illusionary Crystals, its bloodline underwent a profound awakening, and its ability to sense and control spiritual objects and crystals reached a new level.

After the bloodline completes its advancement, its innate supernatural abilities also undergo a transformation, with effects far exceeding those of the past.

The spiritual guidance no longer only points to the location of the spirit, but can also capture one or two additional pieces of vague spiritual information, which may be the target's attributes, its vitality, or even a vague sense of potential danger.

However, the medium required to unleash this enhanced divine power is different from before; it must be activated by consuming the rarer second-tier mineral, the Seven-Colored Illusion Crystal.

In the market, one of these items is worth as much as 2,400 low-grade spirit stones.

Lin Che only had three pieces, which were upgraded from Illusionary Light Crystals.

These crystals typically form only by chance in areas of spatial disorder, such as places where spiritual veins are broken or ancient battlefields.

Over the past few months, he has visited every shop in Burning Bone City, but has only received three pieces.

As for the seven-colored magic crystal, its formation conditions are even more demanding.

The Illusionary Light Crystal must be placed in the core node of a second-tier or higher spiritual vein and allowed to undergo a hundred years of spiritual nourishment and aging before it has a chance to mutate.

Because of its extremely limited uses and the long cultivation process, almost no organization would invest resources in its cultivation. Most of the ones circulating in the market come from the excavation of ancient ruins.

The bloodline advancement of the Illusion Crystal Seeker Beast is simply a matter of consuming Illusion Crystals and advancement crystals, which is quite straightforward.

The Fengxing Merchant Guild may have known about her evolution path back then, but they still chose to sell the beast instead of keeping it to train themselves. The reason was that the input and output were not proportional and the cost-effectiveness was too low.

But this posed no challenge for Lin Che.

For him, as long as he has enough basic Illusionary Crystals, it won't be difficult to advance to the second tier, let alone break through to the third tier bloodline in the future.

With the power of the system, he was able to bypass the long century of settling and directly upgrade the Illusionary Crystal to the Seven-Colored Illusionary Crystal.

Without hesitation, he took out a shimmering crystal with seven-colored light and held it to the little guy's mouth.

"Eat it, it's up to you now."

The Crystal Seeker's glass-like eyes lit up instantly, and its two little paws quickly grabbed the crystal, which was bigger than its head, and began to happily gnaw on it. The hard crystal was like a sweet candy in its mouth.

As the seven-colored crystal was swallowed, a hazy seven-colored halo appeared around it, and its big eyes suddenly became as deep and bright as the seven-colored crystal.

"Over there! There's something good!" A clear and slightly excited thought entered Lin Che's mind. At the same time, it raised its little paw and pointed firmly to a direction on the right side of the forest.

Lin Che's eyes narrowed, and without hesitation, he stepped onto his flying sword again, transforming into a streak of azure light and speeding towards the indicated direction.

In just a short while, he discovered a small flower quietly blooming in the shade at the base of a gnarled ancient tree.

The petals are pale white, with a light yellow halo around the center of the flower, exuding a faint sense of tranquility.

"A first-grade, low-level Qingxin Flower." Lin Che recognized it at a glance.

"System, upgrade it."

With a thought, a familiar golden light emerged, enveloping the Qingxin Flower like mercury spilling onto the ground.

Under the influence of the system's laws, the plant underwent a transformation at a speed visible to the naked eye. The petals turned moon white, the leaves turned dark green, and the plant emitted a cool, ethereal light, with its fragrance becoming more subtle and profound.

"Soul-Condensing Orchid, a second-tier low-grade spiritual plant, not bad." Lin Che nodded in satisfaction, carefully using his true essence to lift it up by the roots and place it in a prepared jade box for safekeeping.

This single transaction yielded a profit of nearly four hundred spirit stones.

Just then, the little Mi Yuan in my arms let out another urgent chirp, its jewel-like pupils looking in another direction.

"Master! It's red over there! It's teeming with life!" Her message carried a hint of excitement at discovering a significant target.

"Red? Vigorous vitality?" Lin Che's heart stirred. "It should be a fire-attribute spiritual object, or possibly a fire-attribute demon beast."

He immediately became alert, steered his flying sword, and silently flew towards the newly indicated direction.

Soon, the man and the beast arrived at a cave that was partially hidden by vines.

The cave entrance was deep and dark, with a faint, warm aura emanating from it.

Lin Che stopped, his powerful divine sense surging into the cave like a tide, only to find that the cave was winding and deep, and he could not reach the bottom for a while.

"It seems I should go in and take a look," he mused.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and the Azure Star Sword was drawn from its sheath, transforming into several sharp sword lights that sliced ​​through the obstructing vines and rocks at the cave entrance as easily as cutting tofu, thus widening the passage.

At the same time, with a thought, a stream of crimson-gold light flew out from the spirit beast pouch and landed to the side, revealing the magnificent figure of the Burning Heaven Sacred Sparrow.

The moment she appeared, the pressure of the Foundation Establishment stage spread involuntarily, her crimson-gold wings fluttering slightly, carrying a scorching noble aura.

This powerful pressure instantly enveloped the Illusion Crystal Seeker Beast in Lin Che's arms.

The little guy was so frightened that its fur stood on end. It let out a squeak and burrowed desperately into Lin Che's arms, only peeking out with its frightened eyes to peek at the majestic "big bird".

"Alright, Que'er, calm down, don't scare her." Lin Che smiled helplessly, gently stroking the trembling little one in his arms, while simultaneously circulating his internal energy to shield her from the heart-palpitating pressure: "We're all family, we should get along harmoniously."

"Hmph!" The Heavenly Sacred Sparrow turned its long neck and glanced at the little one hiding in its master's arms with its golden eyes. Its eyes were full of disdain and a hint of jealousy.

She proudly raised her head, expressing her dissatisfaction with this newcomer who only knew how to act spoiled.

Through the close connection of their natal spirit contract, Lin Che clearly sensed the little bit of "disfavored" mood of the Burning Heaven Sacred Sparrow, and couldn't help but smile.

He reached out and gently stroked the smooth, satin-like neck feathers of the Heavenly Sacred Sparrow, slowly soothing it with his mind.

After calming the two little ones down, Lin Che turned his gaze back to the deep, unknown cave.

"Let's go, let's see what's hidden inside."