The three cave mansions, purchased at a high price, offered unparalleled living environments.
Though named cave mansions, they were not caves but spacious and bright three-courtyard residences.
Within the courtyards were small medicinal gardens, waterside pavilions, and exotic flowers and plants.
The courtyards were encircled by a defensive formation, a warning formation, an offensive formation, and a spirit gathering formation, among others.
Furthermore, a branch of the spirit脉 was specifically channeled into the courtyards via a formation, making the spiritual energy there several times more potent than outside.
While Xiao Fei himself did not place much importance on this spiritual energy, it was of great benefit to Huang Feifei and Xiao Lan.
Xiao Fei had now appeared within the space. Ever since his primordial spirit fused with the jade disc, his physical body could freely enter the space.
The spiritual energy within the space was over ten times that of the Tian Yuan Realm, making cultivation here twice as effective.
Xiao Fei first approached the arm submerged in the medicinal solution. As he had expected, the arm was slowly growing under the nourishment of the solution.
It had originally been only a section of an arm, but it had now grown upwards to the shoulder.
He believed that before long, it would grow into someone exactly like himself.
Farmers planted peanuts in the ground, and in autumn, they harvested many peanuts.
Xiao Fei planted himself in the medicinal solution, and in autumn, he would harvest many Xiao Feis!
He then plucked several ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, used his laws to decompose their essence, and added it to the medicinal solution, giving himself some fertilizer.
Next, he checked on the Spirit Transformation Grass planted in the space. When these two blades of grass were first planted, they were mere seedlings, but now they had bloomed small flowers.
Only the seedling that was likely the Jianmu still had only two tender leaves.
He wondered when it would grow into a sky-reaching great tree.
Xiao Fei then walked to the vine again and replaced the jade bottle collecting the floral fragrance with an empty one.
Afterward, he casually lay down beside the vine and slept soundly.
Breathing in the floral fragrance, his sleep quality was exceptionally good!
The spiritual energy in the space surged, rushing into his body.
The spiritual energy within him was too abundant, causing a slight discomfort. The Hun Yuan Gong was forced to operate automatically, refining this spiritual energy into magical power.
He didn't know how long he slept. When Xiao Fei woke up, he stood up, rubbed his eyes, and stretched his arms wide.
Huh! He had broken through!
Xiao Fei exclaimed in surprise. He had only slept for a while, and his realm had already broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul.
Cultivation was this plain and unremarkable, breaking through naturally while eating and drinking.
Xiao Fei exited the space. Only two days had passed outside.
Just then, Xiao Lan walked in from outside, her expression somewhat haggard.
"Second Sister! Is there another situation with Xing Wuming?"
"Yes! He is to serve a thousand years of hard labor and will be sent to the Southern Wilderness Continent by the Xing Clan tomorrow."
"Why is the Xing Clan sending him to the Southern Wilderness Continent?" Xiao Fei asked, somewhat curious. That was the territory of the mixed-blood people and did not welcome humans much.
"I heard that many cracks have appeared again in the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Array there, requiring a large number of people to repair it.
Then, these people will remain in the Southern Wilderness Continent and be stationed there."
Others who had not witnessed the might of the giants might not find being stationed there strange.
However, these few had personally experienced it. Nascent Soul cultivators could hardly escape from giants alive.
This kind of stationing was no different from sending them to their deaths.
"I heard that now, across the entire Tian Yuan Realm, major powers, including the demon race and the mixed-blood people, have united.
Multiple teams have been dispatched to various Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Arrays to repair them and also to be stationed there."
The Tian Yuan Realm had a total of four Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Arrays, respectively sealing the passages to four worlds.
Xiao Fei had received news from the demon race a long time ago that they wished to enter the Tian Yuan Realm to search for some treasures.
Once invaded by foreign races, they would certainly not politely ask you to move aside; they would search your home.
Just like the demon race's invasion of the Eastern Continent in the past, and the giants' invasion of the Southern Wilderness Continent this time, it would ignite endless slaughter.
"Little brother, I will be leaving for a while this time, and I've come to bid you farewell," Xiao Lan said.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fei had already guessed the general situation and found it difficult to dissuade her.
"Second Sister, you are going to the Southern Wilderness Continent to help Xing Wuming?"
"Yes! I have no other intentions, but he helped me before, and I want to help him once."
"Second Sister, please wait for me for half a day. I will prepare some things for you to take to Xing Wuming."
"Alright!"
Xiao Lan sat in a pavilion in Xiao Fei's courtyard and waited.
Xiao Fei returned to his cultivation room and entered the space.
The Fire Spirit Fruit tree in the space had grown much taller. This time, it bore more fruit, a total of five.
Now, these five fruits were ripe, hanging on the branches, bright red and looking very cute.
He immediately went over and picked all five Fire Spirit Fruits.
The five bright red fruits floated before him and then rapidly decomposed. Simultaneously, dozens of spiritual herbs flew out and decomposed in the air.
As his understanding of laws deepened, he became more adept at using the law of gathering and dispersing to refine pills.
Not only had the success rate of pill refinement greatly increased, but he could also refine several batches of materials simultaneously.
After a few hours, forty-six red light spots floated before him.
The five Fire Spirit Fruits had been refined by him into forty-six fire-attribute Marrow Cleansing Pills, including thirteen high-grade pills.
With his current pill refining skills, he was likely to find few opponents throughout the entire Tian Yuan Realm.
Xiao Fei took out ten ordinary Marrow Cleansing Pills and put them into a bottle. He also took some other resources and put them all into a storage bag.
The best way to help Xing Wuming escape his predicament as soon as possible was to enhance his strength; everything else had little practical significance.
As for betraying the clan?
That would result in even greater losses than being punished with hard labor. From then on, he would be ostracized by the immortal cultivation world, living in obscurity and constantly hiding.
It should be known that the entire structure of the Tian Yuan immortal cultivation world was like a pyramid, with very rigid social strata.
Any good resources were controlled by major powers. The scraps that fell from the teeth of the major powers were the food fought over by rogue cultivators at the bottom.
Rogue cultivators were exploited by the major powers, but when there were dangerous tasks like battles, they would be sent to the front lines as cannon fodder.
The Xing Clan was located at the very top of the immortal cultivation world, enjoying the best resources. As long as he could return to the Xing Clan, he would be far better off than a rogue cultivator, no matter what.
Even the pampered cats and dogs of the Xing Clan enjoyed more resources than rogue cultivators.
Xiao Lan took the storage bag handed to her by Xiao Fei and was about to leave in a hurry.
"Wait a moment, I just thought of someone who might be able to help you."
Xiao Fei called out to Xiao Lan, took out a jade slip, injected a piece of information into it, and then took out a bottle of Enlightenment Spring Water.
He placed these two items together in a wooden box and handed it to Xiao Lan.
"If you encounter insurmountable danger over there, you can seek help from Patriarch Xiaoyue. You just need to give him this wooden box!"
Xiao Fei had already gathered some information about Patriarch Xiaoyue. The moment he received the news, he was completely stunned.
He was truly lucky to have been able to order around a Integration stage expert and even call him "little dog."
Fortunately, his bluffing skills were even better than his magical power cultivation, making the other party mistakenly believe he was a hidden powerhouse.
Now, by having Xiao Lan deliver the treasure and his message to seek help, he should be able to enlist Patriarch Xiaoyue's assistance.
"Don't reveal my identity when you go..."
Xiao Fei instructed her again before Xiao Lan turned and left.