Grand Yin Jade Rabbit tilted its head, not understanding Shu Han's words.
Shu Han patted its head, saying, "Cabbie, just follow me closely, and I guarantee you'll be treated well."
Then, Shu Han took out another ginseng root. The Jade Rabbit was ecstatic, rubbing against Shu Han enthusiastically, completely forgetting about Shangguan Ruolin.
It was a good thing that the Jade Rabbit stayed. Its Grand Yin essence could greatly benefit his cultivation during the Foundation Establishment phase. This way, he wouldn't have to waste time refining pills to increase his cultivation. Moreover, absorbing the Grand Yin essence wouldn't have the side effects that came with pills.
In the future, the responsibility of his rapid advancement would be entrusted to the Grand Yin Jade Rabbit.
Thinking of this, Shu Han took out a bunch of spiritual herbs and placed them in front of the rabbit. The rabbit grinned from ear to ear, holding onto the pile of herbs, thinking that it had found a good master.
However, seeing the Jade Rabbit just holding the spiritual herbs and not eating them, Shu Han frowned. He patted the rabbit on the head and said, "Eat quickly! There's a lot more waiting for you!"
The Jade Rabbit looked puzzled and sat down, covering its stomach with its paws, seemingly indicating it was full.
"That won't do!"
Shu Han tapped its head, saying, "You've only eaten this much; how can that be enough? I need to fatten you up! Eat up quickly! There's more after this!"
Seeing Shu Han's fierce expression, the Jade Rabbit hesitantly continued nibbling the spiritual herbs. Before it was halfway through, it didn't want to eat anymore. However, Shu Han sat next to it, supervising, which scared the rabbit into eating hurriedly.
Finally, after finishing the pile of herbs, the Jade Rabbit burped and lay down, as if to say it couldn't eat anymore. Shu Han, with a smile on his face, asked, "Cabbie, are you full now?"
The rabbit nodded its head rapidly, fearing that Shu Han would force it to continue eating.
Then, Shu Han extended his hand in front of its mouth and said, "Now that you've eaten, it's time to pay the bill."
The Jade Rabbit tilted its head, clueless about what Shu Han meant.
Bang!
Shu Han gave it a smack on the head, "Playing dumb, huh? After eating so many of my herbs, you think you won't have to pay? Give me the Grand Yin essence! Spit it out!"
Hearing this, the Jade Rabbit immediately turned belly up, pretending to be dead.
"Playing dead again!"
Shu Han grabbed the rabbit by its tiny legs, shaking it vigorously. Eventually, the rabbit burped, and two Grand Yin essences were spat out.
Shu Han nodded approvingly, "Cabbie, from now on, we'll go by this rate. I'll provide enough spiritual herbs, and your daily job is to eat them and release the essence. No more playing dead. I've promised Linlin to reach the Nascent Soul stage within three hundred years, so you have to help me!"
The Jade Rabbit finally realized this human's scheme! No wonder he was so eager to feed it with spiritual herbs. He was treating it as an automatic pill-refining furnace.
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Out of fear, the rabbit involuntarily took two steps back and began to whimper, holding its head.
Shu Han lifted it, stroking its soft fur, "Don't be scared. Eating more is good for your growth, and it aids my rapid cultivation. It's a win-win. Cabbie, we both have to work hard! I'll push in my cultivation, and you push in eating!"
After placing the terrified Jade Rabbit back into his jade pendant, Shu Han took out another small bottle of Heavenly Creation Fluid from it.
The pure white Heavenly Creation Fluid was a treasure for cultivators in the Core Formation stage. A drop of it could stabilize the five-element structure of a Golden Core, significantly increasing the Core Formation success rate. Its continued use would also solidify the foundation of the Golden Core.
However, this fluid's effects on those in the Foundation Establishment phase were average, or one could say they weren't entitled to its benefits yet.
Being a five-element root cultivator, Shu Han anticipated that the bottleneck of his future Core Formation would be incredibly challenging. Fortunately, he could consistently replicate this Heavenly Creation Fluid, greatly enhancing his success rate during Core Formation.
However, merely possessing the Heavenly Creation Fluid wasn't enough for surefire success. Typical cultivators often experience several failures before successfully forming a core. But three hundred years pass in the blink of an eye for cultivators. Shu Han aims for a one-time successful Core Formation, not wanting to be stuck at that bottleneck for too long.
"To achieve successful Core Formation in one try, I need to find other methods to improve the success rate."
However, now wasn't the time to consider this. After all, he hadn't even reached the peak of the middle phase. Shu Han planned to find a cultivation cave to retreat and meditate, sorting through his current cultivation level and assessing the magic treasures he possessed.
Shu Han was about to leave the platform when he suddenly sensed something in the jade pendant's space. He carefully probed deeper into the space with his divine sense and took out an item.
The moment this object appeared, the surroundings underwent dramatic changes. A soft yet striking white light radiated fiercely, causing the nearby plants to grow vigorously.
Taken aback, Shu Han hurriedly stuffed the object back into the jade pendant's space. Breathing heavily and still in shock, he scanned the surroundings with his divine sense.
Ensuring that no one was around, he quickly used the Heaven-Earth Transformation technique to change his appearance and sped away to the south.
The instant the object emerged, Shu Han recognized it.
It was a Chaotic Immortal Stone!
"How did Linlin leave this behind?!"
He couldn't help but swallow hard, his heart pounding.
Shu Han knew well that the Chaotic Immortal Stone was incomparably more precious than the Heavenly Creation Fluid. While the fluid might be considered valuable amongst Core Formation cultivators, the Chaotic Immortal Stone was a treasured item that even those in the Nascent Soul stage would fight fiercely over!
The brief exposure of its essence could have been sensed by other cultivators nearby, which would certainly lead to relentless pursuit and potential death.
Using the Shrinking Earth into Inches technique, he traveled hundreds of miles in one breath, altering his appearance and demeanor several times along the way. He finally reached a desolate mountain range where not only was there no sign of human life, but the spiritual energy was also sparse, making it an ideal place for secluded cultivation.
With a single slash of his Eight-Direction Evil-Breaking Sword, he carved out a cave in the mountain. He then set up a few simple illusion arrays to prevent any mortals from inadvertently entering his cave.
To defend his dwelling, the Stellar Wish Formation would be the best choice, but the set he had made was destroyed in the Immaculate Realm. Now was the time to seclude himself, repair his magic treasures, and consolidate his cultivation.
However, Shu Han was still excited, unable to resist examining the Chaotic Immortal Stone in the jade pendant space. It's not accurate to call it a stone, for it had no shape, was formless, and was without a tangible presence.
When Shu Han's divine sense touched the stone's surroundings, he immediately felt a resonance with his spirit roots. As someone with five-element spirit roots, there was no other treasure more compatible with him than the Chaotic Immortal Stone. He thought to himself, perhaps the reason Linlin angered the two Nascent Soul cultivators back then was to secure this small piece of Chaotic Immortal Stone for him.
However, Shu Han smiled and said, "Linlin, you're truly clever. When we meet again, I won't forget to share the benefits of this Chaotic Immortal Stone with you."
Having said that, Shu Han tossed the small piece of Chaotic Immortal Stone into the black jar. The stone piece was tiny, suitable only for embellishing his magic treasure. But if the black jar could replicate it, that would change everything. He might be able to possess a magic treasure forged entirely from Chaotic Immortal Stones! That's something even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator wouldn't dare to dream of.