In front of Shi Jingfeng's grave.

Zhou Xun sat down in front of the tombstone, a spirit wine in one hand and a human head in the other.

He placed the human head in front of Shi Jingfeng's tombstone, then unwrapped the cloth, revealing a pale skull that belonged to the cold-faced middle-aged man.

He then took out two cups, broke the seal on the jar of spirit wine, and opened it.

He filled both cups to the brim.

He drank one cup down, pouring the other in front of the grave.

"Brother Shi, I have avenged you, so you may rest in peace!"

After a while, the spirit wine was finished.

Zhou Xun stood up, and used a fireball to burn the head to ashes, then left.

Returning to his cave mansion, Zhou Xun began tallying his gains.

Zhou Xun first took out the pair of boots from his storage bag.

The boots were made of a peculiar material, giving off a warm sensation to the touch.

On them were carved the two words: Wind-Controlling.

Zhou Xun imprinted his divine sense on them, which took several hours before succeeding.

It turned out to be a special magical artifact.

It's well known that special magical artifacts differ from ordinary magical artifacts and often have special functions and effects.

They are also difficult to refine; if not for Zhou Xun's divine sense surpassing that of an ordinary Peak Qi Refining Cultivator, he might not have been able to refine them.

He put them on, slowly infused mana.

In a flash, Zhou Xun appeared several yards away.

The speed was boosted by at least fifty percent.

"The middle-aged man didn't seem to have this kind of effect!" Zhou Xun recalled the man's movements.

However, he soon figured out the reason.

The cold-faced man's divine sense was slightly weak, insufficient to refine the Wind-Controlling Boots, hence he couldn't fully exhibit their power.

However, with these boots paired with his Body Refining Technique, his enemies would surely be greatly surprised.

Zhou Xun continued to inspect his items.

"Round Wheel Spiritual Artifact!"

The round wheel used by the cold-faced middle-aged man was similar to Zhou Xun's, with one smooth side and the other with regular grooves.

"It seems there's one crucial component missing to complete this Combined Spiritual Artifact!" Zhou Xun thought to himself.

Zhou Xun used the Tracking Technique again, roughly figuring out the direction of the other component.

"It seems to be...towards Celestial Terrace Ridge!"

Zhou Xun recalled his first encounter with the Tribulation Cultivator, which was after leaving Celestial Terrace Ridge.

"It seems the Tribulation Cultivator is hiding at Celestial Terrace Ridge!"

"What would happen if I went there now?" Zhou Xun immediately divined the auspices, revealing an extremely ominous sign.

This immediately made him abandon the idea.

He continued sorting through his gains.

"A Low-Grade Flying Ship!"

This Low-Grade Flying Ship, capable of carrying multiple people, is a large flying spiritual artifact; even though it's low-grade, it's valued at over a thousand spirit stones.

Such treasures are generally only owned by large Cultivation Clans, making them hard to exchange.

He had two thousand three hundred spirit stones, two Middle-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, and various other materials worth several hundred spirit stones.

There were no other premium magical artifacts, likely destroyed during the magical combat with the Law Enforcement Team.

Even so, this storage bag alone doubled Zhou Xun's fortune.

Zhou Xun opened another storage bag belonging to the cold-faced middle-aged man.

"Is this... Earth Spirit Grass?" Zhou Xun took out a half-foot-high, blue-tinged spirit medicine and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He had seen a brief introduction to the Foundation Establishment Pill in the Alchemy Inheritance given by Master Yun Ku.

Beside the main ingredient, the three most important auxiliary spirit medicines for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill are Earth Spirit Grass, Dragon Heart Fruit, and Bright Flower.

And here, he found one of them, the Earth Spirit Grass.

Zhou Xun originally planned to collect materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill after breaking through to Late-Stage Qi Refining.

Now, it was an unexpected joy.

There are two methods of refining Foundation Establishment Pills: one using Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine Spirit-Encompassing Reishi as the main ingredient, and the other using a Tier Two Demon Pill as the main ingredient.

But the three auxiliary medicines are indispensable.

The Spirit-Encompassing Reishi and the three auxiliary medicines have long been classified as strategic resources by the Cloud Light Sect, rarely released.

Even those Foundation Establishment Clans find them very hard to obtain.

At this moment, Zhou Xun was in a quandary.

Earth Spirit Grass is a Tier Two Low-Grade Spirit Medicine, which can slightly enhance spirit root sensitivity for Zhou Xun!

But it is also one of the three auxiliary medicines for the Foundation Establishment Pill, extremely difficult to get.

After weighing the options, Zhou Xun decided to keep the Earth Spirit Grass.

After all, for him now, Tier Two Low-Grade Spirit Medicine is easy to obtain, but getting another Earth Spirit Grass is extremely difficult.

Having made his decision, Zhou Xun continued sorting through his items.

This storage bag contained mainly basic materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, which, though not as rare as the three auxiliary medicines, were also not easily obtained.

This time, Zhou Xun only needed to find the other two auxiliary medicines and the main material to start refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

This acquisition resulted in substantial profit for Zhou Xun; subtracting the Earth Spirit Grass, the total value exceeded three thousand spirit stones.

Especially the Breaking Strength Nail, which gave him an additional leverage,

even in encounters with Foundation Establishment Cultivators, he had a chance to counterattack, or even kill!

...

With time passing, a month went by.

Zhou Xun arrived early today at the Danhai Pavilion.

Today he had an important matter, accepting a disciple.

In the hall, Zhou Xun sat at the top seat.

Shi Jingfeng's widow, holding her daughter's hand, approached Zhou Xun.

The Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, various Law Enforcement Team Captains, and Song Zhishu were witnessing this.

This time, Zhou Xun had specially prepared a simple disciple initiation ceremony, largely to console Shi Jingfeng.

Otherwise, in Zhou Xun's manner, a simple tea offering like the one with Zhou Jingsong would suffice.

Shi Wanying had a face of cool indifference, no longer lively as before.

It seems losing her father in childhood was a heavy blow to her.

"Disciple Shi Wanying, pays respects to Master!" Under her mother's guidance, Shi Wanying knelt down.

She bowed three times on the ground towards Zhou Xun.

Then, from the tray held by Shopkeeper Huang, she took a cup of spirit tea and presented it respectfully in front of Zhou Xun.

"Please, Master, have tea!"

Zhou Xun accepted the spirit tea, took a gentle sip, then put it down.

After giving a few words of advice, he took out an Alchemy Scripture and handed it to Shi Wanying, indicating the gift of skills.

"Thank you, Master!"

Shi Wanying received the scripture with both hands, thanked him again, and thus the disciple ceremony was completed.

After accepting her as a disciple, Shi Wanying would live at the Danhai Pavilion, with Zhou Xun arranging for his eldest disciple Zhou Jingsong to instruct her.

Every five days, Shi Wanying could return to her own cave mansion.

Shi Jingfeng's cave mansion was now, as Shi Jingfeng's welfare from the Song Family, assigned to Shi Wanying and Gao Yue.

Meanwhile, five acres of spirit field by Qingyue Lake were enough to keep Gao Yue and her daughter well provided for.

After taking a disciple, Zhou Xun's life became peaceful once more.

...

In a flash, two years passed, Zhou Xun was now twenty-eight years old.

During these two years, he corresponded once with Lin Xueying and Wang Erniu.

Wang Erniu had now broken through to the Seventh Layer of Qi Cultivation, while Lin Xueying had reached the Eighth Layer.

Now, their High-Grade Spiritual Roots gradually showed their advantage in cultivation.

Leaving Zhou Xun behind.

Fortunately, in these two years, Zhou Xun exchanged another Tier Two Low-Grade Spirit Medicine from the Song Family Treasure Vault, raising his spirit root sensitivity to 28 points.

Meanwhile, his progress in the Body Refining Technique was normal.

The Path of Array reached a Low-Grade level.

He could now use the terrain to arrange simple Low-Grade Arrays with the help of Array Flags.

Although Low-Grade Arrays were useless to him at this point, they allowed him to more skillfully control the Nine-Nine Celestial Essence Array.

More importantly, his progress in the sixth layer of cultivation was more than halfway complete.

In a few years, he would advance to Late-Stage Qi Refining.

At that time, he would surely explore the Wei Family's treasure to seek the Foundation Establishment Technique.

By then, his array knowledge would definitely come in handy.

It's important to know that the secret vaults of regular Cultivation Clans are filled with array traps, a single careless move could cost a life.

Another month passed, and Zhou Xun was teaching his two disciples.

Suddenly, Shopkeeper Huang came in and handed over an invitation.

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