After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 81 Advancement to Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage

"Why haven't we seen Senior Sister Bai yet?" Ye Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Stop pretending, give me back the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard!" Lu Piaopiao said angrily, seeing that after all her hard work, Ye Xiaobai had taken the fruits of her labor.

"What's wrong? Wasn't it for Senior Sister Bai?" Ye Xiaobai continued to play dumb.

"Still pretending!" Lu Piaopiao was so angry that she wanted to use her internal energy to attack, but she couldn't muster the energy for a moment. Suddenly, anger surged through her body, and her blood and qi churned. Lu Piaopiao quickly covered her chest and gasped for breath.

"Are you alright?" Ye Xiaobai asked with concern as he watched Lu Piaopiao clutching her chest in pain, and slowly walked towards her.

"I'm fine, don't come any closer!" Lu Piaopiao said angrily.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaobai stopped in his tracks and said awkwardly, "Are you alright?"

Lu Piaopiao ignored Ye Xiaobai and sat down to meditate and recover her condition, leaving Ye Xiaobai at a loss for what to do.

A moment later, Lu Piaopiao stood up, looked at Ye Xiaobai with alluring eyes, and said softly, "I went to great lengths to capture this demon beast, can't you give it to me?"

Seeing Lu Piaopiao's dazed look, Ye Xiaobai became somewhat engrossed. Lu Piaopiao, noticing Ye Xiaobai's dazed expression, activated the Soul-Suppressing Nail, attempting to control him.

Just as the Soul-Suppressing Nail was about to touch Ye Xiaobai's body, Ye Xiaobai dodged it with a flash.

"It's an illusion!"

Ye Xiaobai was greatly shocked. Fortunately, he had an exceptional sense of smell and sensed that the Soul-Suppressing Nail was rushing towards him with the fragrance of Lu Piaopiao. He immediately realized that there was danger and managed to dodge the Soul-Suppressing Nail.

"Tch!" Lu Piaopiao was greatly disappointed to see that Ye Xiaobai had actually dodged the Soul-Suppressing Nail after being affected by the illusion.

"Alright, alright, so this time the fairy won't use poison but will instead use illusion magic to launch a sneak attack?" Ye Xiaobai mocked.

"I'm stupid to use poison again this time when there was none last time!" Lu Piaopiao retorted.

"As expected, the prettier the woman, the more likely she is to lie! I almost fell for your trick again today!" Ye Xiaobai exclaimed, and then ran a few steps away.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to have such strong spiritual sense. You broke through my illusion so quickly. As expected, you are still far inferior to Senior Sister Bai's illusions!"

"You flatter me, fairy. Since we are destined to meet, I will not take the contents of your storage bag today!"

"I'll get it next time I have the chance. Until we meet again!" Ye Xiaobai said, and then he left in a few flashes. After all, he had already gotten the item, and he had already wasted so much time. It would be troublesome if someone came later.

"Shameless scoundrel!" Lu Piaopiao cursed angrily as she watched Ye Xiaobai's departing figure, then tidied herself up and left as well.

Two hours later, Ye Xiaobai successfully returned to Sanjiang City.

During this trip to the Purple Forest Mountains, Ye Xiaobai successfully obtained the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard without even using the fourth-order formation, which can be described as a great bargain.

Back at his residence, Ye Xiaobai first set up a soul restriction on the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard to completely control the beast, and then gave it some Profound Spirit Beast-Nourishing Pills to help it cultivate and heal.

However, falling under Lu Piaopiao's illusion this time made Ye Xiaobai feel a chill towards illusions. Fortunately, Lu Piaopiao hadn't been practicing illusions for long; if it had been Bai Meisheng's illusion, Ye Xiaobai knew he wouldn't have been able to escape.

Therefore, Ye Xiaobai still felt it necessary to buy a soul-type defensive artifact just in case.

However, he had heard that such magical artifacts were even more expensive. Ye Xiaobai touched his empty storage bag and sighed, "Cultivating immortality really costs a lot of spirit stones!"

Fortunately, Ye Xiaobai had learned alchemy, otherwise it would have been really difficult for him to survive in the cultivation world.

When discussing alchemy, one must mention the ranking system for alchemists.

Ye Xiaobai can now refine third-tier pills, making him a third-grade alchemist. Actually, he has only successfully refined one type of top-grade pill, and therefore has always been curious about how top-grade pills are made.

Ye Xiaobai planned to go back and ask his senior brothers at Lingdan Peak how these top-grade pills were made.

At the same time, alchemists of grade three and above do not need to master the refining of multiple types of pills; they only need to refine one type of pill of the corresponding grade.

At this point, the alchemist had basically mastered the main alchemy techniques, and the next step was to hone the skills of refining specific pill formulas.

Whether becoming a fourth-grade alchemist is still something Ye Xiaobai needs to consider now.

The primary goal right now is to refine some third-tier pills to improve my cultivation level and, incidentally, exchange them for some spirit stones.

Five days later, Ye Xiaobai had refined quite a few third-grade pills, and he had also taken some high-grade Guiyuan Pills himself. He had taken out the mid-grade and low-grade ones to exchange for spirit stones.

The Purple Flame Thunder Leopard's injuries had almost healed, and judging from its cultivation level, it was about to advance to the fourth rank. With another mid-Foundation Establishment level demon beast, Ye Xiaobai was overjoyed and couldn't help but marvel at how effective the Profound Spirit Beast-Nourishing Pill truly was.

As expected of a third-tier pill, the Guiyuan Pill allowed Ye Xiaobai to accumulate 30,000 spirit stones after selling several bottles.

However, buying a soul-type defensive artifact—the Soul Guardian Ripple Ring—cost another set of spirit stones, nearly depleting the spirit stones Ye Xiaobai had just saved.

Ye Xiaobai didn't care much about spending the spirit stones, since there were plenty of opportunities to earn more. Now that he had the Soul Guardian Ripple Ring, he had an extra layer of protection.

Next is to improve his cultivation level. Ye Xiaobai felt that he had touched the threshold of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage before. Now, with the blessing of the high-grade Returning Origin Pill, he should soon officially enter the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

In the blink of an eye, the six-month mortal training was almost over, and Ye Xiaobai was preparing to officially return to the White Tiger Sect.

After all, the crisis between the White Tiger Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect has not completely disappeared, and it is unknown how the other disciples who went out for training are doing.

Ye Xiaobai also successfully entered the mid-Foundation Establishment stage a few days ago, and his strength has improved significantly. Another piece of good news is that the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard has also successfully entered the fourth stage. This means that he can fight against cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and even those in the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment stage can be challenged.

"What? Junior Brother Ye, your cultivation has actually reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!" Li Xinyan was incredulous when she saw Ye Xiaobai's mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation. He had only been at the early Foundation Establishment stage for about half a year when he reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

"Senior Brother Ye is amazing! He's reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage so quickly!" Chen Ling was also happy for Ye Xiaobai's advancement in cultivation.

"Just lucky, just lucky!" Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.

"It's time to return to the sect. I wonder how things are going there now?" Ye Xiaobai continued.

"Time flies!" Li Xinyan exclaimed.

"Yes yes yes!"

"It should be fine, right?"

"How's your packing going? When are you leaving?" Ye Xiaobai asked.

"There are still a few things that need to be packed!" Li Xinyan said.

"Alright! Go back and pack your things properly. We'll return to the sect tomorrow!" Ye Xiaobai suggested.

“No problem!” Li Xinyan said.

"Please take good care of me on the way back, Senior Brother Ye!" Chen Ling said with a smile.

"It is my honor to be the protector of these two fairies!"

"Glib tongue!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"