Xiao Fei returned to the sect and first went to visit his master, True Person Guang Ling.
True Person Guang Ling was still in the same state, half-dead, requiring Huangfu Xuan's daily care.
"Junior Brother, you're back!"
Seeing Xiao Fei return to the sect with honor, Huangfu Xuan was genuinely happy.
This was her junior brother, the most outstanding disciple of her father.
"Fifth Senior Sister, thank you for your hard work all these years!"
"It's not hard, taking care of Father is my duty!"
Huangfu Xuan had a touch of world-weariness after the hardships of these years; she was also over a hundred years old.
She was still the goddess in Xiao Fei's heart back then.
"Fifth Senior Sister, I obtained a Golden Core Pill from a cultivator some time ago. I don't need it myself, so I'll give it to you."
As Xiao Fei spoke, he took out a jade box containing a Golden Core Pill.
At Huangfu Xuan's current age, if she couldn't form a Golden Core, she would slowly age and eventually die of old age.
Cultivation was like tens of thousands of people fighting for a single narrow bridge; one could only desperately climb upwards. If one couldn't advance further, they would be eliminated.
Every realm in the cultivation world eliminated a large number of cultivators.
Huangfu Xuan accepted the jade box with disbelief, her face showing surprise.
The Golden Core Pill was an extremely rare medicinal pill for any cultivator. With this pill, there was a high chance of creating a Golden Core expert.
Currently, the entire Dan Xin Sect, including True Person Guang Ling, had only 11 Golden Core cultivators.
Her father, True Person Guang Ling, was a Golden Core expert and a highly valued alchemist in the sect. Before he was injured, he couldn't even get her a Golden Core Pill.
"Thank you, Junior Brother!"
Huangfu Xuan's hands trembled slightly as she accepted the Golden Core Pill. She discovered that the Golden Core Pill Xiao Fei had given her was actually a mid-grade pill.
Ordinary Golden Core Pills were already rare, but mid-grade Golden Core Pills had three times the efficacy of ordinary pills.
This indicated that she had a high chance of successfully forming a Golden Core with this single pill.
"Senior Sister, you're welcome!"
Xiao Fei waved his hand and continued.
"I have collected several types of healing spiritual herbs during this period. Perhaps there's a chance to heal Master's injuries."
He had indeed obtained many rare spiritual items from the cultivators who came to seek medical treatment this time, but this Golden Core Pill was refined by him using spiritual herbs from his spatial dimension.
His spatial dimension now had an area of 360 mu, and the time flow reached 35 times faster, enough to cultivate a large number of rare spiritual herbs.
The number of thousand-year-old spiritual herbs in his spatial dimension was at least a hundred, but it was inconvenient to sell them.
Last year, he had the Treasure Pavilion auction off a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, which caused a sensation in the entire Lü Kingdom's cultivation world.
That thousand-year-old spiritual herb was eventually bought by a Nascent Soul expert.
If he hadn't had three Nascent Soul cultivators protecting him personally at that time, he wouldn't have been able to suppress the situation.
Xiao Fei chatted with Huangfu Xuan for a while longer before returning to his own mountain peak.
For the next period, Xiao Fei lived in seclusion, focusing on cultivation, reading books in his spatial dimension, refining pills, and feeding his Flying Fish.
He had consulted a lot of information, and the breakthroughs of demonic beasts were closely related to their bloodline talent.
Species with lower bloodline talent had an extremely difficult cultivation process, facing arduous trials with every small realm breakthrough.
Moreover, due to their talent, they could only cultivate up to a certain realm before their progress halted.
Species with higher bloodline talent could naturally cultivate to very high realms. During the cultivation process, they only needed to replenish sufficient spiritual energy and rarely encountered bottlenecks.
The Flying Fish possessed the Kun Peng bloodline. It was currently still in its infancy, equivalent to a human baby stage.
Now, as long as it was given enough nutrition and time, it could easily break through realms.
Xiao Fei picked some spiritual fruits in his spatial dimension and pulled out a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, preparing to nourish the Flying Fish well with a potent remedy.
If a human Foundation Establishment cultivator were to directly consume a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, the immense spiritual energy might cause them to explode.
However, the Flying Fish had an extraordinary physique and could directly devour heavenly treasures.
Seeing him appear near the pond, the Flying Fish knew there was good food again. It immediately flew out of the water, wagging its tail and approaching him affectionately.
"Open your mouth!"
The Flying Fish obediently opened its mouth. Xiao Fei poured several baskets of spiritual fruits into it. After the Flying Fish swallowed them, he took out the thousand-year-old spiritual herb and waved it in front of the Flying Fish.
Although the Flying Fish was still in its infancy, it instinctively sensed that this was a good thing that would greatly benefit it, and its saliva began to gush out like a waterfall.
Xiao Fei stopped teasing it and threw the thousand-year-old ginseng into the Flying Fish's mouth.
After swallowing the thousand-year-old ginseng, the Flying Fish immediately wagged its tail and dove into the water.
Another month passed, and the Flying Fish did not come out to forage.
One day, spiritual energy suddenly gathered above the pond. The dense spiritual energy in the spatial dimension surged towards the pond, forming a funnel shape above it and pouring entirely into the pond.
Startled by the sudden change in his spatial dimension, Xiao Fei entered it and saw spiritual energy rapidly flowing into the Flying Fish's body. The Flying Fish in the pond was rapidly swelling, growing larger and longer, its scales emitting a cyan luster.
As its body rapidly grew, the Flying Fish's aura fluctuated intensely.
This phenomenon lasted for three days before subsiding. The intense absorption of spiritual energy by the Flying Fish caused the spiritual energy level in the spatial dimension to drop by one tier.
Xiao Fei could sense that even the time flow rate in the spatial dimension had decreased by one point.
Now, the time flow should be only 34 times faster.
At this moment, the Flying Fish flew out of the pond. Its body had reached 50 zhang in length, and the aura it exuded was already at the Golden Core level.
The Flying Fish flew in front of Xiao Fei. Compared to its massive body, Xiao Fei was merely a tiny speck.
"Master!"
A somewhat clear, childish voice came from the enormous fish mouth, sounding quite incongruous.
Xiao Fei was stunned. This was the first time the Flying Fish had spoken. He immediately reached out and gently stroked the Flying Fish's cheeks.
"Master!"
"Hmm! Very good, you can finally speak!"
The Flying Fish had successfully advanced to the Golden Core realm. With the Flying Fish's speed talent, it would be easier to escape from enemies while riding it... no, it should be easier to pursue powerful enemies.
"Let's go! Let's take a couple of laps and see how much faster you are now."
As Xiao Fei spoke, he sat on the Flying Fish's back and gently patted its back.
"Whoosh!"
The Flying Fish shot out like an arrow from a bow, almost throwing Xiao Fei off its back.
"Good heavens, this speed is at least several times faster!"
With the 360 mu area of the spatial dimension, it only took the Flying Fish one or two breaths to fly from one side to the other.
However, despite its enormous size, the Flying Fish's movements were not clumsy at all. Within this small spatial dimension, it maneuvered and dodged with extreme agility.