Xiao Fei sold the demonic plants he obtained from the Demon Sealing Cave in Xian City, which quickly attracted the attention of many demonic cultivators.
Many people began to inquire about the origin of these demonic plants.
Although the invasion from the foreign lands back then left many passages, these passages were all strictly sealed, and unlike the Demon Sealing Cave of the White Bone Sect, they did not have a large amount of demonic energy gushing out.
For cultivators who practiced demonic arts, true demonic energy and demonic plants containing dense demonic energy were rare treasures.
Demonic plants of the same quality were several times, even more than ten times, more expensive than spiritual plants, and they were not always available for purchase.
Fortunately, practicing demonic arts was known for its rapid progress, with cultivation speed being much faster than Daoist sect techniques, yet many people still chose to practice demonic arts.
After attracting the attention of many demonic cultivators, Xiao Fei subtly revealed that these items were obtained from the White Bone Sect in Eagle Mountain Kingdom.
Cultivators were generally opportunistic; once they learned of any benefits, they would swarm like flies to a scent.
This news quickly spread within the small circle of demonic cultivators in the Qin Kingdom, and they all began to search for Xiao Fei, wanting to obtain more specific information.
At the same time, the nine-eyed demon, disguised as the man with the mustache, had been searching for Zhu Yu's whereabouts since Zhu Yu escaped.
Upon receiving this news, he guessed that it should be related to Zhu Yu and followed the lead.
However, at this moment, Xiao Fei disappeared and no longer showed himself.
Including Zhu Yu and Huang Feifei, they also stayed indoors, the three of them seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Many demonic cultivators could only find ways to gather information themselves, and purchasing intelligence from various information agencies was naturally one of the important methods.
The information Huang Feifei had previously sold to various intelligence agencies became the only relevant piece of news and was sold off.
Xiao Fei had been staying indoors recently, spending his days reading books and refining pills in his space, ignoring the efforts of cultivators outside to find him.
This kind of intelligence still needed some time to ferment.
In his space, Xiao Fei took out the only Wood Spirit Fruit he possessed.
This fruit had now matured, and he had long found the recipe for refining the Wood Attribute Marrow Cleansing Pill from the sect's library.
It was now time to refine and consume the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill was not of high grade, only second grade, and its refinement was not difficult; the biggest challenge was the scarcity of raw materials.
Xiao Fei prepared various auxiliary medicinal ingredients and began refining pills in his space.
Two hours later, the Marrow Cleansing Pill was successfully refined. For his first attempt, he produced five pills, which was quite good.
The Marrow Cleansing Pills were thumb-sized, greenish-green, resembling jade beads, and emitted a dense Wood Attribute spiritual energy.
He picked up a pill and swallowed it. Upon entering his abdomen, the pill immediately released a rich Wood Attribute spiritual energy.
This spiritual energy was somewhat strange; after he refined it, it did not transform into mana but instead permeated his limbs and bones.
Xiao Fei felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring, every pore expanding, his entire body feeling comfortable.
After a long while, the medicinal effect was completely absorbed and dissipated by his body.
At this point, Xiao Fei attempted to circulate his cultivation technique to absorb the spiritual energy from the surroundings.
He discovered that the spiritual energy that had previously refused to enter his body was now somewhat willing to return.
A stream of Wood Attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, under his guidance, smoothly entered his body and was then refined into mana.
Although it was only Wood Attribute spiritual energy, the "Primordial Five Elements Technique" could refine all attribute mana and transform it into Primordial Mana.
Then, through the generation and restraint of the five elements, the five elements within his body reached a state of balance and stability.
This was the first time Xiao Fei felt that meditation and cultivation could be so easy.
This was true cultivation; his previous decades or even a century of cultivation were all in vain.
Unable to absorb spiritual energy, he could only rely on external items like pills, spirit fruits, and spirit rice to improve his cultivation.
He happened to remember that he had a spirit testing plate in his space, left behind by some unknown person.
He rummaged through the pile of miscellaneous items in his space and found the spirit testing plate, placing his hand upon it.
Soon, five beams of light rose from the spirit testing plate.
The red, yellow, white, and black light beams were all of the same height, displaying a value of 20, indicating that his aptitude for these four spiritual roots was only 20 points.
Only the green light beam was slightly higher than the other four, displaying a value of 25.
He did not expect that a mere difference of five aptitude points would result in such a significant difference in cultivation effects.
His total aptitude points for the five elements now reached 105.
Normally, a cultivator’s total aptitude points would not exceed 100, which was considered the maximum.
Yet, he had now surpassed the maximum, and he wondered if there had ever been such a precedent in the cultivation world.
Next, Xiao Fei successively swallowed and refined the remaining four Marrow Cleansing Pills.
Each Marrow Cleansing Pill could increase his Wood Attribute aptitude by five points.
After consuming all of them, his Wood Attribute aptitude reached 45 points, and his total aptitude score became 125 points.
After consuming the five Marrow Cleansing Pills, his meditation and cultivation speed, without relying on external aids, had reached above average, with his aptitude being slightly higher than Huang Feifei's.
After many years, the Wood Spirit Fruit tree in his space had grown taller, and he estimated that the next harvest would yield more fruit.
After taking the Marrow Cleansing Pills, Xiao Fei was now immersed in cultivation every day and rarely went out.
Even when he occasionally went out to sell something, he changed his appearance, and even when he passed by some demonic cultivators, no one could recognize him.
Many demonic cultivators had already gone to explore Eagle Mountain Kingdom, and he believed that news would return soon.
As Xiao Fei walked through the market, he could already hear some cultivators discussing the Demon Sealing Cave in Eagle Mountain Kingdom; the topic was quite popular.
However, he still decided to add more fuel to the fire, making more cultivators covet this place.
Xiao Fei found a secluded spot and changed his appearance to that of the person many demonic cultivators were desperately searching for.
As soon as he appeared in this guise, he was immediately targeted.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Xiao Fei walked into a medicinal shop.
"Fellow Daoist, long time no see, where have you been making a fortune!" the shopkeeper recognized Xiao Fei and greeted him warmly.
"I took a bit of a risk again this time, and the harvest was quite good!"
As Xiao Fei spoke, he took out several jade boxes and opened them, revealing demonic plants inside.
However, the moment he opened his storage bag, a powerful and dense spiritual energy seeped out from it. Xiao Fei quickly sealed the opening of the storage bag tightly.
But in that brief moment, many people had already sensed this spiritual energy.
Based on the fluctuation of this spiritual energy, it was definitely a rare and precious treasure.
Cultivators were like flies drawn to foul odors; how could these cultivators let go of Xiao Fei, who had accidentally leaked the aura of a rare treasure?
From then on, wherever Xiao Fei went, he was always followed by many stealthy glances, which never left him.
Fortunately, Xian City was the royal capital of the Qin Kingdom, with dedicated cultivators patrolling for public security, and the order was quite good.
However, Xiao Fei only dared to walk on the bustling streets. At this time, he dared not venture into alleys.
No matter is perfect; even in places with good security, murder cases often occurred in some secluded alleys.
If he dared to be alone, he would likely be surrounded and attacked immediately.