Mortal: Starting with the Golden Jade Book

Back at his residence, Lin Zui instructed Senior Brother Wang to continue monitoring news about Han Li and Uncle Yu before resuming his seclusion.

He first spent more than half a year making a large number of high-level talismans, which he handed over to Steward Liu, instructing him to sell them discreetly. At the same time, he purchased a large number of pills to enhance his magical power.

Then he removed the automatic cultivation array and began taking pills to focus all his efforts on improving his cultivation.

With the aid of a large number of pills, the effect was indeed remarkable. In just over a year, Lin Zui broke through the seventh level of Qi Refining and officially entered the late stage of Qi Refining.

Seeing that he still had plenty of pills, Lin Zui did not stop and cultivated for another year. However, before he could even reach the threshold of the eighth level of Qi Refining, he first experienced the problem of drug tolerance.

Although Steward Liu bought him more than one kind of pill, most of them were common products on the market with mediocre effects, so Lin Zui took them without restraint.

In addition, although his aptitude was not good, after the separation of the five elements, the combined refining speed of the five spiritual root vortexes was quite remarkable. Therefore, he took medicine much more frequently than ordinary cultivators.

As a result, in just over two years, he developed resistance to several common elixirs on the market.

Realizing the problem, Lin Zui decisively stopped taking the medicine. Although there were still a few rare pills that were effective, he wanted to save them for when he broke through to a higher realm, and he couldn't use them all up here.

So Lin Zui rearranged the automatic cultivation formation and began cultivating the "Primordial Divine Light" secret technique and several other auxiliary secret techniques.

After confirming that Uncle Yu had not returned to the sect, he finally began to construct an amplification array in his meridians and practice controlling the higher-level "Myriad Manifestations Armor".

Days passed by one by one, and another year went by in the blink of an eye.

On this day, in the northwest corner of the Taiyue Mountains, in a remote and desolate place.

Lin Zui piloted his flying magical artifact, flew from afar, and landed in front of an inconspicuous mountain peak. After confirming the location, he waved his hand to release a sound transmission talisman, and then waited quietly.

About half an incense stick's time later, a gap opened in the array ahead, and an ordinary-looking young man came out to greet them. It was none other than Han Li, who had already advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Haha, Senior Brother Lin, it's been many years! Your cultivation has improved a lot, congratulations!"

"Uncle-Master Han, please don't make fun of me. My progress in cultivation is nothing compared to yours. You have already advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, so please don't mention the title of 'Senior Brother' anymore."

Lin Zui shook his head with a wry smile. Although he was mentally prepared, it would be a lie to say he wasn't envious when he felt the dramatic change in Han Li's demeanor.

"In that case, we don't need to use the titles of 'Senior Uncle' and 'Senior Brother' anymore. Let's just be casual with each other. If it weren't for Brother Lin's generosity in giving me the Foundation Establishment Pill that day, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to enter the Foundation Establishment stage. I will always remember this favor."

Han Li's words were half true and half false. In fact, he had refined more than twenty Foundation Establishment Pills with the spiritual herbs he obtained from the Crimson Forbidden Land. Even without the one that Lin Zui had given him, he would have had no problem establishing his foundation.

However, one cannot judge a book by its cover. At least at the time, Han Li was very grateful for Lin Zui's gesture of concession. Moreover, Lin Zui never used it to blackmail him afterward and even provided him with intelligence information on several occasions, for which Han Li was quite grateful.

Therefore, Han Li had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay this favor, but unfortunately Lin Zui seemed to have no desires or wants. Even after Han Li reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he did not see any sign that the other party wanted to curry favor with him, making it impossible for Han Li to find an opportunity.

"Let's go, let's go. This is not the place to talk. Let's go into the cave first."

Without further ado, Han Li pulled Lin Zui into the cave and gave him a brief tour before they sat down as host and guest, and Han Li asked Lin Zui the purpose of his visit.

"Brother Lin, is there anything I can help you with that you've come to visit?"

"Since Brother Han has asked, then I will not beat around the bush. I heard that Brother Han recently acquired an extremely advanced array formation, which even our sect's Grandmaster Lei praised highly. Is this true?"

Han Li was taken aback, not expecting him to ask about this. However, there was nothing to hide, so he readily admitted it.

"Indeed, I have obtained a simplified version of the Inverted Five Elements Formation, and its power is quite good. May I ask what Brother Lin intends to do with this formation?"

"Brother Han, please don't misunderstand. I'm not after this formation; I simply wish to inquire about the mastermind behind its design."

Seeing Han Li's apparent hesitation, Lin Zui quickly explained:

"Brother Han has probably heard that I received the array formation inheritance from my sect's Uncle Yu. Over the years, I have made great progress in my research. However, I have some doubts about some issues recently. Therefore, I would like to find a fellow practitioner who is proficient in array formations to help me resolve these doubts."

Lin Zui spoke lightly, but the truth was naturally not that simple.

Several months ago, he successfully constructed an amplification array in his meridians using the Spirit Void Array Talisman. The process went smoothly, but the amplification effect did not meet Lin Zui's expectations at all.

The amplification array only increased his spiritual power output by about 50%. Although it allowed him to meet the requirements for instant-cast beginner-intermediate talismans, it was still far from being a high-level instant-cast talisman.

Undeterred, he immediately prepared to construct a second amplification array at his meridians, intending to use multiple arrays to continuously amplify his power and achieve the goal of instantly casting high-level talismans.

However, once successfully constructed, the two amplification arrays not only failed to complement each other, but instead began to conflict with one another.

The amplified magic power was completely out of control, running rampant within his meridians and nearly causing Lin Zui to suffer a qi deviation.

Left with no other choice, he had to give up on this attempt, but in his heart he felt that it didn't make any sense at all.

Recalling that earth-shattering punch from his martial uncle that day, amplified multiple times, although his right arm exploded after the punch was thrown, at least the power of that punch was unleashed.

This shows that multiple amplifications are achievable, so why is it that only two amplifications are not possible for him?

Just when Lin Zui was at his wit's end and had no ideas, news reached him that Han Li had killed several experts from the Thousand Bamboo Sect using a mysterious array. This immediately reminded him of someone.

Xin Ruyin, the ill-fated genius of array formations who possesses the Dragon Roar Physique!

This young man is able to set up powerful formations that can withstand attacks from Core Formation cultivators, and he can even repair ancient teleportation arrays that have been lost for a long time. His talent in formations is probably even better than that of his senior uncle.

If we can get her help, we will definitely be able to solve the problem of the formation conflict. In fact, if there really is a trap in "Yu Feng's Formation Explanation", with her expertise in formations, we might be able to find some clues.

Therefore, after making some preparations, Lin Zui immediately approached Han Li to inquire about Xin Ruyin's whereabouts.

"I see. I've heard a bit about Senior Brother Yu's array formation skills. Brother Lin has inherited Senior Brother Yu's array formation skills, so his array formation skills must also be extraordinary. Unfortunately, I know nothing about array formations, so I can't be of any help to Brother Lin."

"As for that array master? Actually, I have never met her. I only heard about her from the person who sold me this array. It seems that she is seriously ill. Even if Brother Lin can find her, he may not be able to succeed."

Han Li thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly.

"If I really can't see him, I can only blame my bad luck, but I have to give it a try."

Han Li was unaware of the Dragon Roar Physique at this moment, assuming that the other party was seriously ill. However, Lin Zui was naturally aware of the matter and had already prepared a solution, so he did not hesitate at all.

Seeing his determination, Han Li said nothing more, took out a communication talisman, left a message, and told Lin Zui Qi Yunxiao's location.

"When the time comes, Brother Lin only needs to hand this communication talisman to Fellow Daoist Qi, and he will naturally understand everything."

"Thank you very much, Brother Han!"

Lin Zui was overjoyed. He accepted the communication talisman, chatted with Han Li for a while, then took his leave and flew straight towards Yuanwu Kingdom.