I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

The little beast squatted on Li Hanshan's lap, tilting its little head up, its pair of dark, bright eyes staring straight at him.

Li Hanshan was baffled by it.

"What are you going to do?"

The little beast didn't speak, it just stared at him. A layer of mist gradually welled up in its eyes, making it look pitiful, as if it hadn't eaten for three days.

Li Hanshan had a sudden inspiration and took out a Qi-replenishing pill from his storage bag, tentatively handing it over.

The little beast licked the Qi-replenishing pill with its pink tongue and swallowed it with a gulp.

The next moment, it raised its head and looked at him expectantly.

"Want more?"

The little beast nodded repeatedly.

Li Hanshan took out another one. The little beast curled its tongue, swallowed it again, and then continued to stare at him.

"You have quite an appetite." Li Hanshan took out another one and handed it over. "This is the last one. Once you finish it, there won't be any left."

The little beast swallowed its third Qi-replenishing pill, let out a satisfied burp, but still stared at him longingly. Its dark, bright eyes were brimming with tears, as if they might fall at any moment.

Li Hanshan felt a chill run down his spine from looking at it.

That look in your eyes is incredibly powerful.

"It's really gone." He spread his hands.

The little animal's eyes filled with tears.

"...The last three." Li Hanshan took out three more Qi-replenishing pills from his storage bag.

The little beast deftly swallowed the three pills in an instant. Finally satisfied, it patted its round belly with its little paws and let out a low "ee-ee" sound, as if to say, "That's about right."

Li Hanshan looked at his empty palm and his lips twitched.

Six Qi-replenishing pills, gone just like that.

This little thing doesn't look very big, but it has quite an appetite.

He shook his head, swallowed a Qi-replenishing pill, and began to sit cross-legged to regulate his breathing.

The continuous high-intensity flight had significantly depleted his spiritual energy, leaving his dantian feeling empty and his meridians aching slightly. The Qi-replenishing pill transformed into warm medicinal power, slowly flowing and nourishing his parched meridians.

The little beast lay on his knees and closed its eyes. Under the influence of the medicine, the wound on its hind leg was healing at a visible speed, and the crimson stain on its snow-white fur was gradually fading.

three days later.

Li Hanshan opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

His spiritual power was fully restored, and he returned to his peak condition.

The little beast regained its energy and jumped onto his shoulder.

"Eee!"

It stretched out its little paw and pointed in one direction. A hint of excitement gleamed in its bright black eyes.

A thought struck Li Hanshan, and he summoned his flying sword and flew in the direction it pointed.

After flying for about half an incense stick's time, a steep cliff appeared ahead. The cliff was covered with moss and vines, and looked quite ordinary.

But the little beast pointed its paw at a crevice halfway up the cliff and cried out even more urgently.

Li Hanshan flew over, parted the vines, and his pupils contracted slightly.

Growing in the crack of the rock was a crimson lingzhi mushroom, about the size of a palm, with a faint blood-red sheen on its surface. The air was filled with an extremely rich medicinal fragrance; just one whiff was enough to invigorate one's blood and energy.

Crimson Blood Lingzhi!

A sacred medicine for body refining that Foundation Establishment cultivators dream of! The hundred-year-old Blood Jade Ganoderma he obtained in the secret realm was utter trash compared to this one.

A dark shadow suddenly darted out from the cave beside the crevice in the rock.

It was a late-stage second-tier winged viper, entirely gray-black, with a wingspan of over ten feet. Its speed was lightning fast, and its pair of venomous fangs gleamed with a chilling, eerie green light as it lunged straight for Li Hanshan's throat.

Li Hanshan was prepared.

Flowing Light Sword Technique!

The flying sword transformed into a streak of light, piercing through the open mouth of the winged viper and traversing its entire body. The viper, halfway through its attack, crashed to the ground, twitched twice, and then remained motionless.

The eighth inner core is in hand.

He carefully picked the Crimson Blood Ganoderma and placed it in a jade box. If this Ganoderma were auctioned off, it would be worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones. If he were to refine it into a body-tempering pill, its effects would be immeasurable.

"Eee!"

The little beast on my shoulder cried out again, its tiny paws pointing in another direction.

Li Hanshan followed it and flew over.

About an incense stick's time later, he found three hundred-year-old resurrection herbs in a hollow of an old tree. This elixir was extremely beneficial for restoring his divine consciousness, which was exactly what he urgently needed.

After flying for a while, the little beast pointed in another direction. This time, it found a small piece of purple-veined ginseng. Although it wasn't very old, it was still seventy or eighty years old and was a top-grade auxiliary material for refining the Qi-Nourishing Pill.

Li Hanshan looked at the little beast perched on his shoulder, swishing its tail triumphantly, and couldn't help but feel curious.

This little thing is practically a treasure hunter.

In just half a day, it found more spiritual herbs than he had found in the previous five days combined. Moreover, every single one of them was a rare treasure for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators; not a single one was ordinary.

"Who exactly are you?" he asked.

The little beast raised its chin slightly, revealing a "guess" expression. Its fluffy tail swept across his neck, and its little paws pointed in the next direction.