After much effort, Su Zimo finally sent Little Fatty away. Arriving at the entrance of his cave abode, he squatted on the ground and focused on setting up a formation.
Su Zimo was setting up a Grade 2 trap formation called the Smoke Formation.
Because of the special identity of the stupid bird, Su Zimo did not dare to set up a killing formation. It was enough for him to set up a trap formation to restrain the stupid bird so that it would not disturb him.
Linghu watched from the side. Even though he was puzzled, he could tell that Su Zimo must have found a way to restrain the stupid bird upon his return.
He had been gone for more than three months, which was quite a long time.
It took an entire day for Su Zimo to finish setting up the Smoke Formation.
Su Zimo had no intention of stopping as he continued setting up a Grade 2 Soundproof Formation outside the Smoke Formation.
That way, no matter how the stupid bird cried from within the formation, it would not affect Su Zimo.
Thereafter, Su Zimo left a mark on the spirit beast badge around Linghu's neck so that Linghu could enter and leave the cave abode freely.
By the time everything was set up, it was already dark.
Su Zimo gazed at the night sky outside without the slightest bit of drowsiness.
There were less than three months to the end of the year face-off and he did not have much time left.
According to the original plan, Su Zimo could have used sufficient spirit stones to raise his cultivation realm to Perfected Qi Condensation by the end of the year.
But now that he had spent so much time on Array Peak, Su Zimo would only be able to reach Level 9 Qi Condensation at most by the end of the year.
After all, Su Zimo had not made much progress in terms of elixir refinement.
Even without the reminder, Su Zimo knew that he had no chance of winning against Perfected Qi Condensation Feng Haoyu at Level 9 Qi Condensation.
Furthermore, Feng Haoyu had cultivated one of the three secret skills of the sect, Ethereal Sword.
Su Zimo's only chance of victory lay in the two sword formation bamboo scrolls!
He had to master the Three Talents and Six Directions Sword Formations before the five peaks face-off so that he could become a Sword Formation Master!
Su Zimo did not sleep for the entire night. He took out his alchemy furnace and began to refine pills.
Previously, Su Zimo had a chance to refine a Grade 1 elixir but its grade was unknown. However, he was interrupted by little crane midway, causing the elixir to explode and his efforts to fail.
Having not refined pills for three months, Su Zimo's technique was clearly a lot rusty.
The temperature of the flame was not controlled accurately enough, and the spirit herbs were continuously burned to ashes.
In the latter half of the night, Su Zimo finally found the feeling and gradually entered a good state.
After failing many times in the middle, Su Zimo finally succeeded in refining a furnace of pills in the early hours of the morning.
Normally, there would be nine pills in a cauldron.
However, the more complicated the pill formula was, the more difficult it would be to refine the pill. In the end, the number of pills that could be refined would also decrease.
For example, the Foundation Establishment Pill, which was the most difficult pill to concoct among Tier 1 pills, could only be concocted once.
As for the Spirit Gathering Pill, it was the most ordinary of Tier 1 pills.
Nine Spirit Gathering Pills burst forth from the pores of the Elixir Furnace and hovered in midair. There were actually three elixir patterns on the eight pills – they were all superior-grade pills.
One of the pills even had four elixir patterns on it – it was a supreme-grade pill!
Su Zimo looked at the nine Spirit Gathering Pills floating in front of him and his gaze flickered in deep thought.
It was truly beyond Su Zimo's expectations for the first batch of pills to be of such quality.
Elixir refinement was different from weapon refinement.
In the path of weapon refinement, the flame was the foundation. However, the true core was still tempering and spirit gathering.
However, the true core of elixir refinement was the refinement of the essence of the elixir twice.
The more thorough the refinement, the lesser the impurities in the elixir and the better the quality of the elixir in the end.
Su Zimo's heart skipped a beat. With a whoosh, a scarlet flame burned on the fingertip of his right hand.
The only explanation for why he could refine such high-quality elixirs was because of the Level 3 Spirit Fire before him!
Su Zimo could vaguely sense that the Level 3 Spirit Fire on his right hand was different from ordinary Level 3 Spirit Fires. It seemed to have a unique advantage in terms of refining spirit herbs.
In that case, as long as he continued practicing, grasping the temperature of the flame accurately and familiarizing himself with the ratio of spirit herbs, it was not impossible for him to refine perfect elixirs!
"Could it be that my flame is not a Level 3 Spirit Fire and is merely of the same color as a Level 3 Spirit Fire?"
Su Zimo looked at his right hand repeatedly and fell into deep thought.
Right then, a familiar cry of a crane could be heard from outside the cave abode.
"Caw, caw!"
Linghu shuddered and jumped up in fright. The hair on his back stood on end and his eyes were filled with shock.
Even though three months had passed, Linghu still had lingering fears – it was clear how tormented he was by little crane during that period of time.
"It's finally here."
Su Zimo smiled gently and looked at little crane that was descending from the skies calmly.
Little crane flapped its wings smugly and looked at Su Zimo with a mocking gaze.
It meant to say that even if you hide for three months, you'll have to return sooner or later – you won't be able to escape from my palms!
The moment little crane landed at the entrance of the cave abode, a bedazzling light shone from the ground!
The light of the formation patterns shone brightly – the Smoke Net Formation was activated!
"Caw!"
Little crane's expression changed and its eyes were filled with panic. It wanted to soar into the air but realized that no matter how it flew, it could not fly out of this small region before it.
It was trapped!
Little crane grew up on Misty Peak and naturally knew the methods of many cultivators – it realized that it might have been trapped in a formation.
"Caw, caw!"
Little crane was enraged and its cry was loud and clear. However, it reverberated within the soundproof formation and could not be sent out.
Within the cave abode, Linghu could not help but grin when he saw little crane opening its mouth but not making a single sound. He hopped around excitedly on the spot.
He finally got to see that stupid bird take a beating!
"To think that you'll have a day like this too! I'll have my revenge!" Linghu reared his head and howled into the skies, releasing the anger in his chest.
Little crane was even more enraged when it saw Linghu's provocation. It stood on the spot for a moment before flapping its wings. Amidst the howling winds, it reached out with its sharp claws and swiped towards the cave abode!
Linghu was shocked. Just as he was about to dodge backwards, he realized that little crane was trapped in a region and could not escape at all. It could only slam around like a headless bug.
Linghu laughed even more gleefully.
Su Zimo heaved a sigh of relief.
That stupid bird clearly knew nothing about formations. Furthermore, its strength was not enough to break through the formation.
In the following period of time, Su Zimo could finally calm down and cultivate.
Su Zimo ignored little crane that was crashing around the entrance of the cave abode. Retrieving spirit stones from his storage bag, he channeled his Qi Condensation and began cultivating.
His cultivation realm had stagnated for three months and he had to raise it as soon as possible.
Even though he had just refined a cauldron of Spirit Gathering Elixirs, Su Zimo had no intention of consuming them.
Previously, Elixir Peak's master had revealed that apart from perfect elixirs, even supreme-grade elixirs would contain impurities. Whether or not those impurities would affect a cultivator differed.
At that time, Su Zimo had already made a choice.
Unless it was a perfect elixir without any impurities, he would not consume it easily.
At that moment, Su Zimo had yet to realize that it was that choice that allowed him to establish an incomparably solid foundation on his path to immortality!
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