This time, the combined efforts of the elders of the Lu Kingdom successfully lured Xiao Fei into a trap, resulting in the elimination of a Nascent Soul demonic cultivator from the Eagle Mountain Kingdom and forcing another Nascent Soul stage demon to flee with only its nascent soul remaining.
This was a significant victory.
Following this incident, Xiao Fei's ability to expel demon seeds from cultivators was no longer a secret, spreading widely throughout the cultivation world.
From then on, even if Xiao Fei wished to hide, desperate cultivators would inevitably find him.
Given the implications for the safety of the entire cultivation world, this matter was no longer solely his to decide.
After deliberation, the elders of the three major sects of Lu Kingdom made a decision.
Xiao Fei would continue to operate a medical clinic in Star Moon City, specifically treating cultivators infected with demon seeds.
The three major sects would each dispatch a Nascent Soul expert to guard Star Moon City.
Firstly, to ensure Xiao Fei's safety.
Secondly, to seize the opportunity to hunt down more rogue cultivators or demons.
Xiao Fei's clinic reopened, no longer in secrecy, but with a sprawling manor built on dozens of acres outside Star Moon City.
This was unavoidable, as the city's residents had suffered heavy casualties in the recent incident. By the time he returned, he had already been branded a harbinger of disaster.
Whenever he appeared on any street within the city, no matter how friendly his smile, people would flee as if he were a plague, and within miles, not a single soul could be seen.
He had intended to visit his Treasure Pavilion, but the customers of both his establishment and the opposing Myriad Treasure Pavilion had fled.
Eventually, the proprietor of Myriad Treasure Pavilion approached him, offering a substantial sum of wealth in exchange for him visiting elsewhere.
Even the young attendants at his own Treasure Pavilion trembled at the sight of him.
Accepting the situation, Xiao Fei decided not to put them under further psychological pressure and left the city.
He found an auspicious location outside the city, and with the assistance of the diverse talents among his patients, a grand manor was quickly constructed.
Even the rooms designated for their confinement were built to be spacious and grand.
Xiao Fei's clinic reopened with a grand celebration, offering free demon seed detection for all cultivators.
Cultivators from all directions, upon hearing the news, flocked to the clinic, forming a queue a mile long.
Xiao Fei reclined on a rocking chair, his eyes narrowed, while Huang Feifei fanned him gently, occasionally feeding him spirit fruits.
Zhu Yu sat behind a desk, diligently performing detections for the incoming cultivators, sweating profusely.
He only had time to steal glances in Xiao Fei's direction, inwardly cursing.
"Adulterous pair!"
Beside his desk, a group of cultivators assisted him; these were individuals who had been completely cured.
Some of the previously recruited guards had been consumed by demons, while others had fled. Those who remained loyal returned to Xiao Fei's side to serve as guards.
These individuals were now employed by Xiao Fei to help manage the patients within the manor.
Whenever Zhu Yu detected a cultivator with a demon seed, they were immediately escorted to the manor for confinement, only permitted to leave after their internal demon seeds were completely eradicated.
Most cultivators accepted this, while a minority who refused were either forcibly detained or directly killed and their ashes scattered.
Even with Xiao Fei's apparent brutality, it did not deter cultivators from seeking his medical assistance.
In addition to those who voluntarily sought treatment, the three major sects of Lu Kingdom had recently mobilized.
Teams of cultivators were conducting a sweeping investigation throughout Lu Kingdom, ensuring no demon seed was overlooked.
The majority of detected demon seeds were sent to Xiao Fei for treatment, while a small number of disobedient individuals were executed on the spot.
However, with such a large influx of cultivators seeking treatment, if Xiao Fei maintained his original pricing, he would undoubtedly become the wealthiest individual in the Lu Kingdom's cultivation world.
Such a scenario, however, was not something the three major sects could tolerate.
For an ordinary Golden Core cultivator, to leverage a single skill and amass wealth exceeding that of the three major sects, what were they thinking?
Although the Dan Xin Sect leaned towards Xiao Fei, it still deviated from the sect's overall interests.
The three Nascent Soul elders, representing the three major sects, confined Xiao Fei in a secret chamber for a candid discussion. Both parties exchanged opinions, fostering mutual understanding. This meeting was beneficial and successful.
Following the meeting, the Nascent Soul experts from the three major sects pledged to continue protecting Xiao Fei's life and property.
Concurrently, Xiao Fei agreed to adjust the price of each treatment to ten thousand spirit stones.
Furthermore, this ten thousand spirit stones would be divided into four portions, with Xiao Fei receiving one, and the three major sects each receiving one.
Although he now only received 2,500 spirit stones per treatment, Xiao Fei felt at peace, no longer fearing that powerful individuals might seek to harm him for his wealth.
With ten treatments per cultivator, he would still earn over twenty thousand spirit stones.
Moreover, the sheer volume of cultivators being treated now translated into substantial income, though it was no longer as astonishing as before.
Beyond spirit stones, he placed greater importance on the growth of the Golden Thunder Spirit.
As the Thunder Spirit matured, his treatment efficiency would increase, and the power of the Primordial Divine Thunder he wielded would also strengthen.
Xiao Fei's eyes were narrowed, but his primordial spirit had already entered his spatial dimension.
The dimension now possessed a time dilation of thirty times, allowing spirit plants to grow rapidly. Every few days, upon entering the dimension, he would observe many spirit plants having grown considerably.
Only the spirit vine at the center of the dimension continued its slow growth, and he had no idea when it would mature.
The flowers on the Wood Spirit Fruit tree within the dimension had finally withered, yielding only five fruits the size of chopsticks.
One of these fruits appeared abnormal, looking as if it would wither and fall at any moment.
Xiao Fei harvested several large baskets of spirit fruits and uprooted some expensive spirit herbs, then proceeded towards the pond where Fei Yu resided.
Fei Yu, with its incredibly fast flight speed, had been a valuable asset for his escape. However, now that Xiao Fei was a Golden Core cultivator, he no longer needed to flee from ordinary dangers.
When facing truly significant threats, such as the demon that pursued him previously, Fei Yu, with its Foundation Establishment cultivation, was now of little assistance.
Upon seeing Xiao Fei approaching with spirit fruits, Fei Yu flew to the bank early and nuzzled gently against Xiao Fei with its mouth.
"Open your mouth!"
Fei Yu obediently opened its mouth, and Xiao Fei directly poured baskets of spirit fruits into it.
This creature ate ferociously, consuming several baskets of spirit fruits without chewing, spitting skins, or spitting pits, swallowing them whole.
After finishing the spirit fruits, Xiao Fei produced a large bundle of 500-year-old spirit herbs and stuffed them into Fei Yu's mouth, which Fei Yu also swallowed in one gulp.
"After eating such expensive spirit herbs from me, you must strive to grow quickly."
Whether Fei Yu understood or not, it nuzzled affectionately against Xiao Fei before swimming back into the small lake to digest.
After feeding Fei Yu, Xiao Fei began searching through a pile of jade slips within the dimension.
He had previously exchanged a vast number of books from the sect's library, including several body-refining cultivation techniques.
During his Qi Refining stage, Xiao Fei had practiced body-refining techniques. In the Foundation Establishment stage, he did not practice body refinement, but was directly transformed by the former sect leader into a zombie-like body with immense physical strength.
He had often gained advantages in combat due to his powerful physique.
Since entering the Golden Core realm, he had not yet had the opportunity to cultivate his physical body.
After witnessing the formidable physique of that demon last time, he felt a great deal of envy.
Especially when he later obtained the demon's pair of large hammers, which he himself could not wield.
Even for the sake of those hammers, he had to resume practicing body-refining techniques, to make those hammers shine again in his hands.
After searching for a while, he finally found three body-refining cultivation techniques suitable for his current cultivation level from the pile of jade slips.