I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

Lin Che had already fled far away by this time.

He found a secluded corner completely shrouded by a thick, gray-green miasma. He carefully scanned the area with his divine sense, confirming that there were no traces of cultivators or demonic beasts within several miles. Then, his thoughts stirred slightly.

The Azure Profound Realm Spirit beside him understood, its eyes gleaming with silver light. It pressed its hands down, and a soft blue spatial ripple enveloped Lin Che and his surroundings.

The next moment, the light and shadow shifted, and space moved.

Once visibility improved, a refreshing, slightly damp lake breeze swept over us.

They have safely returned to the shores of Shattered Star Lake, within the Lin family's territory.

Far from the filth and danger of the Black Tooth Swamp, the tranquil and peaceful spiritual energy here soothes the mind and body.

Next comes the pleasant time to take stock of the harvest.

Enter the Azure Mystic Realm.

First and foremost is the primary target – the Azure Serpent.

In the distance, the lake and bay waters, specially created for them, shimmered and were filled with a spiritual aura.

The six agile, blue-glowing Azure Serpents were swimming and darting about in the clear lake water, sometimes diving to the bottom to explore, and sometimes surfacing to breathe in spiritual energy, appearing extremely excited.

Since entering this new world, they have hardly stopped, constantly familiarizing themselves with every inch of the water.

This kind of behavior is understandable.

Compared to the black pool in the Black Tooth Swamp, which is filled with toxins and stench and is dark and sunless, this spiritual lake in the Azure Mystery Realm is hundreds of times better in terms of water quality, spiritual energy concentration and overall environment.

It's like comparing heaven and earth.

Once they have fully adapted and settled down, we can begin preparing for their bloodline advancement and transformation into dragons.

Of course, the corresponding breeding environment also needs to be carefully arranged.

It is necessary to plant their favorite aquatic plants in the lake bay to create an environment that is closer to their habits and growth.

The source of food is also crucial.

Their favorite food is the Silver Thread Spirit Stream Fish, which happens to be a carnivorous spirit fish species that Lin Che had successfully bred earlier.

After several months of careful cultivation and breeding, the fish population has reached a considerable size, enough to separate a group and introduce it into the Secret Lake to establish a new population, providing a stable and high-quality food source for the Cangming Spirit Serpent family.

Next came the various inheritance jade slips obtained from the Thousand Water Beast Taming Sect's cultivation technique hall.

The most numerous are the second-tier ordinary inheritances, which cover all kinds of cultivation arts such as alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, formation, and spiritual plants.

Although it is called "ordinary", its value lies in its complete system.

Taking the two alchemy inheritances that Lin Che specially selected as examples, they not only recorded dozens of pill formulas ranging from first-grade to second-grade high-quality pills.

It also includes accompanying tips on fire control, insights into processing medicinal herbs, pill-making techniques, and even many insights gained by senior alchemists in practice.

This is completely different from the practice in the outside market where only a single prescription is often sold, while the core experience and skills are regarded as a closely guarded secret.

This complete inheritance is of great value for the systematic training of family craftspeople.

The two alchemy inheritances that Lin Che chose were the best among the second-level ones, with the most complete records of pill formulas and the highest ratings of accompanying insights. They even included several rather good second-tier high-grade pill formulas.

For the inheritance of other related skills such as weapon crafting, talisman making, and spirit plant cultivation, Lin Che also followed this standard, selecting the most solid and complete parts.

In addition, there are many mortal and spiritual level cultivation techniques of various attributes, as well as a considerable number of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage spell manuals.

These classic texts may not be of the highest quality, but they are diverse in variety and cover the five elements, which can be used to enrich the bottom inventory of the Lin family's martial arts hall.

This provides a more diverse range of basic options for future generations of the family to choose their cultivation path based on their own spiritual attributes.

As for the small amount of inheritance brought back from the third floor of the Gongfa Hall.

Aside from the unfinished record of the experiment on the transformation of the venomous python into a dragon and the incomplete scroll of the "Mysterious Water Beast Taming Technique" which could only be cultivated to the Golden Core stage, what truly caught Lin Che's eye was a secret body-refining technique.

Earth-rank, mid-grade – "The Undying Body of the Profound Sea".

This technique uses the absorption and refinement of the ultimate "cold and turbid energy" to temper the physical body, pursuing the supreme physical realm of "the highest good is like water, indestructible through countless eons".

The path of body refinement was an extremely important part of Lin Che's cultivation plan.

For beast-taming cultivators, spirit beasts are often incredibly powerful, while the host himself may become a weakness.

Therefore, most far-sighted beast-taming cultivators will also cultivate a body-refining technique to make up for their deficiencies.

For example, in the Zhou family, most of the cultivators are round-figured. This is not due to being pampered, but rather an outward manifestation of their family's body-refining methods.

Lin Che would naturally not leave any weaknesses in order to advance his future path.

As early as the Qi Refining stage, he had already perfected the Nine Refined Golden Body technique. When he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, his body refinement also advanced, so that even without arithmetic power, his physical body alone possessed the strength of the early Foundation Establishment stage.

This is precisely the fundamental reason why he can unleash the "No Return" move from the "Three Slashes of Breaking the Army" without any burden.

This technique places an immense strain on the physical body, and ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators should only attempt it in the later stages, otherwise it would be tantamount to self-harm.

Unfortunately, although this "Mysterious Undying Body" is of extremely high grade, its attributes are biased towards ice and water, which is not very compatible with the "Five Holy Spirit Roots" that Lin Che possesses.

His ideal body-refining technique should be able to maximize the potential of the five elements spiritual roots, rather than focusing on a single attribute.

However, this technique seems to have been tailor-made for Liu Qingxue. She possesses an ice spiritual root, and if she intends to refine her body in the future, this technique would be perfect for her.

Even if she doesn't cultivate it, leaving it as a family legacy for future generations of disciples with ice and water spiritual roots to cultivate is still an excellent choice.

The remaining jade slips from the third floor mostly contained scattered records of Golden Core stage spells or third-order beast taming inheritances, and their value was relatively limited. They could be added to the family's cultivation hall later as a supplement.

Finally, and most unexpectedly, the highlight of the trip – the Dragon Fruit of Ten Thousand Poisons.

With a slight thought, Lin Che moved the dark purple fruit, shaped like a beating heart and covered with strange patterns, from the storage bag of the Zhou family member to his palm.

Even when tightly enveloped and isolated by pure true essence, the thick, blood-like black poisonous dew continued to seep out.

The sheer, almost lifelike, malevolent energy emanating from within the fruit still allows one to clearly perceive its terror and preciousness.

"This item... is indeed a far greater gain than expected." Lin Che's eyes gleamed with deep joy.

His primary objective on this trip was to obtain the Azure Serpent and disrupt the situation; the appearance of this top-grade spiritual fruit was purely an unexpected delight.

He carefully sealed the Thousand Poison Blood Dragon Fruit into a specially made cold jade box that had been prepared beforehand.

He then swiftly placed over a dozen intricate sealing seals and restrictions on the jade box until its radiance subsided and no more aura leaked out. Only then did he solemnly put it away.

This fruit has many uses, and in the future it may be used to cultivate specific top-tier spirit beasts with poison attributes;

Or it can be used as a bargaining chip to exchange for other scarce resources that are difficult to obtain;

In the long run, if the family can produce a Golden Core cultivator who follows the path of poison cultivation in the future, this item will be an unparalleled treasure to help them break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

However, how to make use of this priceless fruit still needs to be carefully considered and we need to wait for the most suitable opportunity.

Then Lin Che continued to probe the storage bag of the Zhou family "shop assistant" with his divine sense, scanning over ordinary items such as spirit stones, pills, and talismans.

Suddenly, his senses paused, locking onto an object with a completely different aura.

With a slight thought, a jade pendant, about the size of a palm, icy cold to the touch, and as black as ink, flew out of his bag and hovered in front of him.

The jade plaque is neither gold nor jade, and its surface is as smooth as a mirror. The only unique feature is an ancient seal character engraved in the center: "暗" (dàn).

"Heh...hehe!" Upon seeing the handwriting, Lin Che was first taken aback, then shook his head and let out a silent chuckle.

What a small world!

Unexpectedly, in the territory of Chuyang City, I have once again become involved with that persistent and haunting Demon Palace of Rebellion!

He walked to the lifeless body, squatted down, and gently stroked its chin and behind its ears with his fingers.

A moment later, with a slight exertion of the fingertips, a layer of "skin" as thin as a cicada's wing and with a peculiar texture was slowly peeled off!

Beneath the mask was a completely different, pale face belonging to a middle-aged man, with a faint trace of the sinister aura that had remained between his brows for many years.

"As expected...it's someone from the Shadow Hall." Lin Che's gaze darkened slightly.

The Shadow Hall is a spy organization under the Rebellious Demon Palace, specializing in stealth and disguise, and infiltrating various forces.

This person's infiltration of the Zhou family's shop was probably not something he accomplished overnight.

This Shadow Hall spy must have recognized the "Ten Thousand Poisons Blood Dragon Fruit" as a priceless treasure among the ruins and become greedy.

That's why they risked exposing their identities and brazenly seized the treasure, attempting to abscond with it and gain this opportunity for themselves or their organization.

"It seems that the tentacles of the Demon Palace of Rebellion have reached further than we imagined... They are secretly making arrangements in this territory of Chuyang City, and their ambitions are probably not small." Lin Che muttered to himself, his brows slightly furrowed.

Unfortunately, we obtained too little information from this person to get a complete picture of him.

"Sigh, the water in this small area is getting muddier and muddier." He sighed softly, no longer dwelling on it.

With a flick of his finger, a wisp of Phoenix Blood True Fire, imbued with a sacred aura and crimson gold, leaped out and gently landed on the corpse and all its belongings.

The flames burned silently, yet the temperature was terrifyingly high. In an instant, they incinerated the corpse, clothing, mask, and even the jade tablet with the character "Shadow" into a wisp of smoke, leaving no trace or scent.

There are too few useful clues, and too much speculation is also pointless.

Lin Che shook his head, putting this matter aside for the time being, and turned to walk back to the place in the secret realm where the spiritual energy was abundant, where he sat down cross-legged.

With his mind at peace, he began to calmly analyze the potential repercussions of this incident.

"After this battle, the Zhao family lost a core Foundation Establishment cultivator like Zhao Wenyuan, and also forged a blood feud with the Zhou family. In the short term, they will inevitably be overwhelmed with problems, and revenge and self-preservation will become their top priorities, leaving them with no energy to spare for anything else."

"The news that the Zhou family 'obtained' the Myriad Poisons Blood Dragon Fruit will probably spread throughout Chuyang City very soon."

At that time, they will not only face the Zhao family's relentless retaliation, but they may also become the target of public criticism, attracting countless covetous eyes. That will keep them busy for quite some time.

His strategy of sowing discord has already worked.

Not only did he settle his old grudges with the Zhao family, but he also successfully dragged two potential rivals into a quagmire where they were locked in a bitter struggle and had no time to spare.

This gave him, and the newly established Lin family, a crucial and invaluable opportunity to breathe and develop.

"As for whether they believe that everything was done by the Zhou family..."

Lin Che's lips curled into a smile: "The 'evidence' left at the scene is 'conclusive' enough that they have no choice but to believe it."

Even if Zhao Wenxuan had a sliver of doubt in his heart, it was insignificant in the face of the reality of his younger brother's tragic death and the damage to his core interests.

Hatred sometimes doesn't need absolute truth; it only needs a sufficiently "reasonable" outlet.

He slowly closed his eyes, his aura gradually calming down as he began to guide the pure spiritual energy from the secret realm into his body to regulate his breathing and recover.

The continuous use of Absolute Concealment, fierce battles, and strategic planning have taken a toll on mental and physical energy, requiring time for rest and recuperation.

Within the Azure Mystery Realm, spiritual energy swirls like mist, the lake ripples, and everything is peaceful and serene, like a paradise on earth.

Outside the secret realm, the political landscape of Chuyang City was completely stirred up by the sudden dispute over the ruins in the Black Tooth Swamp.