I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

Subsequently, Lu Xin led them into the Exquisite Pagoda, "This place has its own space. I've already told you about its effects. In the future, transplant all the sect's spiritual herbs here."

"Yes."

The four of them marveled while responding.

"By the way, remember to pass down the order to have the people in the sect collect as many spiritual herb seeds as possible, the higher the grade, the better. Just say that I will reward them handsomely for bringing them back."

Although Lu Xin didn't think they could bring back anything good, there's strength in numbers, and someone might get lucky.

Thinking that those with higher strength would have a greater chance of bringing back good things, he then instructed them to focus on cultivating third-order spiritual herbs during this time.

Refine more pills that assist in the cultivation of the Golden Core stage, so as to enhance their strength.

The four of them naturally showed joy.

"Thank you, Grand Master!"

Lu Xin waved his hand and distributed some of the acquired high-level spiritual herb seeds, asking the three elders of the Pill Refinement Peak to help cultivate them.

Seeing that everything was arranged properly, Lu Xin walked out of the Exquisite Pagoda.

Murong Xin followed closely behind, "Grand Master, according to your instructions, we went back and discussed it. We've designed two sect area planning schemes in total. I wonder which one the Grand Master thinks is better."

As he spoke, he took out two temporary maps.

Lu Xin took them and looked at them. The two schemes were circular and stepped, respectively.

The circular scheme was centered on Lu Xin's Demon Subduing Peak, spreading outward.

The stepped scheme was centered on the Demon Subduing Peak, delving deeper level by level.

Lu Xin thought about the fifth-order formation diagram he had obtained, called the Four-Nine Mixed Yuan Formation, which used thirty-six peaks as the formation's eyes, arranged in the form of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.

It had triple effects of protection, concealment, and gathering spiritual energy.

Most importantly, he remembered that according to the formation diagram's introduction, this was still an incomplete formation.

The complete formation was called the Nine-Nine Mixed Yuan Formation, which used eighty-one peaks as the formation's eyes, with a rank of ninth order.

He could complete it in the future if he had the opportunity.

Therefore, combining this formation, he felt that choosing the first scheme was the most suitable.

So he asked:

"How many peaks within the sect's range are over a hundred zhang tall?"

Murong Xin pondered for a moment and replied, "Reporting to Grand Master, if it's just a hundred zhang, there are forty-seven peaks in total."

Lu Xin nodded, the number was sufficient, and said:

"Choose the first scheme. Take the Demon Subduing Peak as the center and notify everyone in the sect to suspend cultivation. I want to set up a large formation, so as not to be disturbed by the commotion and make mistakes in refinement."

Murong Xin was a little puzzled. How much commotion could setting up a large formation cause?

But he still did as he was told.

What he didn't know was that Lu Xin was going to move mountains and arrange the formation's foundation according to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, so the commotion would naturally be very huge.

"Wait."

Lu Xin suddenly stopped him again, thinking that Ji Yue was taking the Purple Crystal Star Pattern Fruit and shouldn't be interrupted. It was also good to give those disciples in seclusion some buffer time, so he said:

"First, pass down the order to let them be prepared. As for when to start, I will give further instructions."

"Yes."

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

On this day, Lu Xin, who was cultivating, was suddenly interrupted by a system prompt:

[Ding! Congratulations to the host's Dao companion for upgrading her spiritual root to the Saint Grade, awakening the passive: Bond.]

[Bond: When people close to the host, including Dao companions, masters and disciples, and blood relatives, reach the threshold of Saint Grade aptitude, regardless of realm, their cultivation will increase by one point, and the host's cultivation will increase by one point accordingly.]

"? ? ?"

Lu Xin was stunned, after which a system panel popped up:

[Host: Lu Xin]

[Lifespan: 77 / 30150]

[Realm: Late Stage of Transformation God (844064 / 60000000)]

[Cultivation Method: Fifth Layer of the True Yang Subduing Evil and Slaying Demons Art]

[Convertible Mana: 8334674 (continuously increasing)]

[Dao Companion Ji Yue Provides Convertible Mana: 10 (paused cultivation, can be converted with one click.)]

[Passive Skills: Breathing, Heart of the Sword Dao, Heart of Self, Bond, etc.]

Lu Xin looked at it and found that a column had been added to the panel, for the convertible mana provided by Ji Yue.

More importantly, he could not only see Ji Yue's cultivation state, but also convert the mana she cultivated with one click.

What does this mean?

It means that his cultivation speed will double in the future, equivalent to someone helping him cultivate, and without limiting the quantity.

He looked at the introduction of the [Bond] passive again. Dao companion was easy to understand, it should count if they had done that kind of thing.

As for master and disciple, "disciple" was also easy to understand, it should be the disciples he had accepted, but this "master", he thought about it, could it be the master he had worshiped?

He found it a little difficult to understand. He still had to worship someone as a master even with a cheat?

But if he could share the results of cultivation, worshiping a master was not impossible. If the female master was single and also good-looking, it was not impossible to develop into a Dao companion.

A male master was also okay as a backer.

Anyway, as long as he formed a bond with him, he could share the results of cultivation.

"What am I thinking about?"

Lu Xin quickly shook his head and stopped thinking wildly. This kind of thing could not happen in the Spirit Realm, it was only possible after transcending the tribulation and ascending.

After all, with his current strength, he could only accept disciples.

There was also the item "blood relatives". He recalled that his previous generation and his generation were long gone, but he could give birth to a next generation.

"That's right, why don't I give birth to a football team and then cultivate the Purple Crystal Star Pattern Fruit to maturity? As long as their aptitude is acceptable, it's not impossible to upgrade them to Saint Grade spiritual roots."

Lu Xin instantly thought of a good idea.

He was now a little restless. With this [Bond] passive, he could imagine the scene of "I for everyone, everyone for me" in the future.

Mutually beneficial and win-win, what a wonderful world.

He walked out of the secret room. Just then, Ji Yue ran over excitedly, "Lu Xin, Lu Xin, my fire spiritual root has been upgraded to the Saint Grade."

She pounced into Lu Xin's arms happily, like a child eager for praise, "I can catch up with you faster in the future."

Lu Xin originally wanted to keep a straight face, pretending to be calm, but his heart suddenly ached upon hearing this.

He thought to himself that she must be under a lot of pressure following him?

So he helped her tidy the hair in front of her forehead and smiled, "I know you can do it."

Then he picked her up.

"What are you doing?"

"Giving birth to a football team."

A day later, Lu Xin finally gave up the idea of giving birth to a football team. Now was not the time, he couldn't delay Ji Yue's cultivation.

He could only talk about it later.

Then the two went to find Yan Qinglu. He was about to move mountains and set up a formation, to see if she had finished taking the Purple Crystal Star Pattern Fruit.

In fact, his real purpose was to see if the other party had been upgraded to the Saint Grade spiritual root. If she had been upgraded, he would accept her as a disciple.

That way, another person would help him cultivate.

Unfortunately, Yan Qinglu only upgraded her spiritual root to the middle of the Heaven Grade.

And the Purple Crystal Star Pattern Fruit could only be taken once in a lifetime.

Lu Xin was not too surprised by this result.

Her original spiritual root aptitude was the lower grade of the Earth Grade, unlike Ji Yue who was the upper grade of the Earth Grade, only a trace away from the Heaven Grade.

But her current aptitude was also a peerless genius in the Central Continent Holy Land. Cultivating her would be a great help to him and the sect.

Of course, the people around him were the stronger the better.

So he said, "Now that your spiritual root has been upgraded to the Heaven Grade, your cultivation speed will be faster in the future."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Yan Qinglu knelt on the ground with red eyes, knowing that all this was given to her by Lu Xin.

Ji Yue quickly helped her up, "Okay, we are good sisters, don't always kneel to him."