Xiao Fei's pills, refined with thousand-year spiritual herbs this time, were rather large.
When he took the first one, he expected it to melt in his mouth. However, it remained in his mouth for a long time without any change.
With no other choice, he had to force it down his throat.
The obstruction made his eyes roll back, but fortunately, as a cultivator, he could instantly alter the size and shape of his throat to swallow the oversized pill.
Once the pill was down, under the refinement of the "Hun Yuan Gong," it immediately transformed into a vast surge of spiritual energy that flowed throughout his body...
A month later, all the spiritual energy from this pill was refined by him, and his internal spiritual power had increased significantly.
Given his heaven-defying cultivation talent, without the aid of pills, it would have taken him at least 500 years to advance from the early Nascent Soul stage to the middle Nascent Soul stage.
For cultivators with ordinary talent, even after more than a thousand years of cultivation, they might not be able to break through to the middle Nascent Soul stage.
Most cultivators, after exhausting all their efforts to reach the Nascent Soul stage, could only end their lives in that realm.
After Xiao Fei completely refined and absorbed the medicinal power of this pill, he found that it was equivalent to 100 years of his cultivation.
At this rate, he only needed to take five more pills to break through to the middle Nascent Soul stage.
However, after circulating his spiritual power, he noticed that the rapid increase in power had made his internal spiritual energy unstable, and his control had decreased.
It was similar to when Huang Feifei rapidly broke through from the early Golden Core stage to the early Nascent Soul stage, her spiritual energy was unstable, her combat power decreased, and she could only become a weaker cultivator among those at the same Nascent Soul stage.
Seeing this, Xiao Fei decided not to continue taking pills to increase his realm for the time being, as it could easily lead to an unstable foundation and affect future advancements. He would wait until the newly added spiritual power stabilized.
"What a pity!"
If not for this issue, with the abundance of thousand-year spiritual herbs in his spatial dimension, he could have directly pushed himself to the late Nascent Soul stage.
On the entire Eastern Continent, late Nascent Soul stage powerhouses were still rare, and such individuals could roam freely.
However, if it affected his foundation and made future advancements difficult, the gain would not be worth the loss.
In the following days, Xiao Fei continued to treat cultivators parasitized by demons daily, and his cultivation also gradually stabilized.
In his spatial dimension, Fei Yu also did not disappoint Xiao Fei. After consuming a thousand-year spiritual herb, he entered seclusion for ten years and finally broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
After Fei Yu broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, a pair of very small wings grew on his back.
These wings were fleshy, with fine downy hairs.
With Fei Yu's massive body and these tiny wings, their flapping appeared extremely comical.
Perhaps these wings were still too small and currently served only as decoration, offering no assistance to his flight.
However, Fei Yu, now at the Nascent Soul stage, had a flight speed far beyond what was possible at the Golden Core stage.
His supersonic flight could be maintained for several times longer than before.
With Fei Yu's powerful escape capabilities, Xiao Fei felt much more confident now.
Even if that bald man came looking for trouble, he was confident he could escape his clutches.
With this sense of security, Xiao Fei continued to see patients daily, earning spirit stones and demon corpses.
He also gave two egg-sized pills to Huang Feifei, allowing her to increase her cultivation and self-preservation abilities.
Additionally, he took out some Golden Core Pills and two Nascent Soul Pills for Huang Feifei to distribute.
Sometimes, many hands make light work, and one pair of fists cannot fend off four hands. Cultivating more trusted allies was indeed necessary.
The patients Xiao Fei received daily now included not only humans but also a few demon races parasitized by demon seeds, who came to him for treatment. He accepted them all.
As a result, he gradually gained some influence among the demon races of the Eastern Sea, earning the respect of many, and at least they dared not offend him openly.
However, Xiao Fei's enmity with the demon race deepened.
Now, as long as he was alive, the demon race had virtually cut off their method of increasing new members through parasitism.
Furthermore, with Xiao Fei charging a demon corpse of the same level as part of his treatment fee, it was an even greater blow to the demon race.
Finally, in recent years, the Great Qin Dynasty had intensified its offensive, making life even more difficult for the demon race.
"After years of continuous losses, our tribesmen in this realm are dwindling. If this continues, the territory we painstakingly conquered will likely be lost."
In a grand hall, a group of powerful demon experts gathered, their expressions filled with worry.
"The progress of completely opening the inter-realm passage must be accelerated. Once the passage is open, a large number of Saint Race members will come here from the Saint Realm, and then they will flatten this world."
"This matter was all caused by that thief named Xiao Fei. If he is eliminated, this situation can be easily resolved."
"In my opinion, we should dispatch a stronger team with the mission to kill this thief!"
"Yes! If this thief Xiao Fei remains alive, the Saint Race will never have peace!"
"Alas! Easier said than done. The people we sent last time were not weak, yet they ended up annihilated."
"Who do you suggest should go?"
For a moment, the hall fell into a brief silence.
The Black Scale from last time was already a powerhouse among the demon race, and he had so many helpers, yet they all ended up dead.
Moreover, traveling from here to Meteor Island required crossing the entire Great Qin Kingdom, and the chance of being discovered and intercepted along the way was very high.
"In my opinion, how about letting that person make a move..."
"Doing so should have over ninety percent certainty, but that person will be exposed!"
...
More than twenty years had passed since Green Bean Eye invited Xiao Fei to explore ancient ruins together, with only a few years remaining.
Xiao Fei had consecutively taken three large pills refined from thousand-year spiritual herbs in these years, his strength advancing by leaps and bounds, and he was soon to break through to the middle Nascent Soul stage.
In the past two years, the demon race seemed to have restrained themselves significantly, and the number of patients Xiao Fei received had dropped drastically.
Now, Xiao Fei's days were very leisurely. He could complete treatments for three to five patients with a flick of his wrist, leaving him time to cultivate or enjoy life.
Just today, a cultivator from the Great Qin Dynasty suddenly arrived, wanting to invite Xiao Fei to the Great Qin Kingdom to treat an important figure.
However, Xiao Fei refused the request, stating that if they wanted treatment, they should come to Meteor Island themselves; he did not provide house calls.
He saw no need to fly to the Great Qin Kingdom specifically to curry favor with the powerful. Whether they wanted treatment or not was up to them, and no one could put on airs with him regarding this matter.
Furthermore, who knew what ulterior motives they might have upon his arrival.
After his firm refusal, more than three months later, this important figure from the Great Qin Kingdom had to personally visit Meteor Island.
The arrival of such a prominent figure was indeed extraordinary, with a grand entourage. Eight Nascent Soul powerhouses carried a large palanquin, crossing the Eastern Sea.