The jade slip contained the method for refining the jade altar, with the altar itself being the main component. The remaining parts were similar to the jade stone plaza he had seen before.
This meant that if he wanted to use the altar, he would also have to reconstruct a similar jade stone plaza.
However, the most crucial and complex part, the altar, was already in his possession.
The creation of the jade stone plaza was relatively simpler.
After understanding the true purpose of the jade altar, Xiao Fei carefully stored it away, ensuring not a trace of its aura leaked out.
Besides the altar, he had also obtained a branch from outside the plaza, which he had casually planted in the land within his spatial domain.
Looking at it now, the branch had taken root, with tender rootlets growing from the part inserted into the soil.
The branch had endured a long time within the spatial domain without withering; instead, it had flourished with vitality.
It seemed the planting was successful. He had witnessed the power of this type of red spirit fruit before; even Nascent Soul cultivators had to retreat from it.
Xiao Fei inspected it and pruned some smaller branches from the main one, also inserting them into the soil in hopes of propagating more of them.
In addition to this branch, he had also stolen a flowerpot containing a withered spirit herb.
This spirit herb had likely withered and died due to its excessively long growth period and the lack of care over a prolonged time.
However, Xiao Fei's spiritual sense detected that a trace of vitality still remained at the root of this withered spirit plant, suggesting it might still be possible to cultivate it.
Xiao Fei removed the spirit plant from the flowerpot and used a knife to pare away the withered and dead parts of the root.
He only kept the small portion that still held vitality and planted it in his spatial domain, hoping it would survive.
These few items were his entire harvest from entering the minor world this time. While not numerous, their quality was exceptionally high.
After dealing with everything, Xiao Fei exited his spatial domain and returned to his cultivation chamber.
He still had a large bottle of bathing water… no, ten thousand-year Stone Marrow Milk, gifted to him by Huang Feifei.
This item possessed peculiar effects: it could heal injuries, break through bottlenecks, enhance cultivation, and also beautify the skin, aid in weight loss, and augment the chest…
Xiao Fei circulated his cultivation technique for a while, took out the large bottle of ten thousand-year Stone Marrow Milk, and uncorked it, releasing a faint fragrance.
He took a sip; it tasted sweet and instantly made him feel refreshed.
A surge of spiritual energy rose slowly from his dantian. The golden core within his dantian spun rapidly, gradually expanding in volume, and his cultivation slowly ascended…
A month later, Xiao Fei was still seated cross-legged on a stone bed. The ten thousand-year Stone Marrow Milk in the bottle had been entirely consumed by him.
His cultivation had also broken through to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm with its aid.
The effects of the ten thousand-year Stone Marrow Milk were indeed potent. After consuming just this bottle, not only had his physique improved and many hidden injuries healed, but it had also helped his cultivation break through a minor realm.
What a pity that all that bathing water, equivalent to a large bathtub, he hadn't managed to snatch a single drop at the time.
Xiao Fei savored the lingering taste of the ten thousand-year Stone Marrow Milk and re-entered his spatial domain.
Within the domain, most of the red spirit fruit branches he had inserted had survived, totaling ten plants now.
He transplanted all ten of these red exploding spirit fruit trees to a corner of the spatial domain, to prevent accidentally harming himself in the future.
Furthermore, the withered spirit herb he had transplanted from the flowerpot had also survived and had even sprouted tiny new buds.
Xiao Fei toured his spatial domain, picked some excess spirit fruits and herbs, brewed them into spirit wine, and placed them in the domain for aging.
During his last escape, the Flying Fish had drunk his spirit wine until only over ten jars remained. Such a valuable commodity as spirit wine should be stored in greater quantities; it would eventually prove useful.
After brewing the spirit wine, he chopped down a thousand-year Yellow Mulberry wood from his spatial domain.
This spirit wood he had planted in his domain many years ago, and it was now over a thousand years old. Dozens of smaller Yellow Mulberry trees had also propagated around the large tree.
He intended to use this Yellow Mulberry wood to refine a bow and arrows.
In the days that followed, besides his cultivation, Xiao Fei spent his remaining time delving into formations, or refining elixirs and artifacts.
Beyond that, during occasional free time, he would meet with Huang Feifei. The two would have meals together and share some drinks.
The Kun Peng, which had been released back into the sea, would also occasionally return. Sometimes, it would even bring back delicacies like deep-sea seafood for them.
Concurrently, the Kun Peng would also bring back news from the cultivation world for Xiao Fei.
As he had expected, after the minor world opened and three treasures appeared, the cultivation world had descended into complete chaos.
At that time, there were three treasures on the altar. One was a spirit treasure-grade flying sword, which, if obtained by any single faction, would be enough to alter the balance of power in the cultivation world.
Another was a crystal ball, sealing a wisp of immortal spiritual energy within.
If obtained by a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, it should allow them to break through to the Soul Transformation realm with its aid.
Even a Soul Transformation cultivator obtaining it would be able to enhance their cultivation.
Currently, these two treasures were in the possession of a powerful Eastern Sea demon cultivator and a Qin Kingdom Soul Transformation cultivator, respectively.
As for the jade slip that was originally on the altar, the cultivation world generally suspected it had fallen into the hands of a Qi Kingdom cultivator.
However, the Qi Kingdom's cultivation world was exceptionally stubborn and refused to admit it.
But this matter had not yet been settled, and the fighting was still ongoing.
Various factions were mobilizing their full strength to participate in the scramble. It was no longer a war between one or two cultivators but a war of national annihilation, involving the entire might of a country.
Currently, several countries were besieging the Qi Kingdom.
Xiao Fei could only express regret in his heart. It was absolutely impossible for him to reveal that the jade slip was in his possession.
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On the other side, ever since Xiao Fei's disappearance, the entire Lu Kingdom's cultivation world had fallen into disarray.
Everyone was making a concerted effort to search for Xiao Fei's whereabouts.
The reason for this was not out of gratitude for Xiao Fei.
Moreover, recently, scattered demon seeds had been discovered again within the Lu Kingdom, showing signs of a resurgence and a comeback.
But the most crucial individual was now missing.
Without Xiao Fei's presence, if everyone were to be parasitized by the demon seeds, they would face certain death.
To find Xiao Fei, the Lu Kingdom's cultivation world dispatched a significant number of personnel, sending them to various locations to search.
However, these cultivators sent to search for Xiao Fei had very bad luck. It was a time of great upheaval in the cultivation world, and they were quickly conscripted by various factions, forced to participate in battles to conquer cities and destroy nations.
Equally unlucky were the cultivators left by the Black Scale Demon race along the coast to await news of Xiao Fei; they too were forcibly drawn into the conflict by various factions.