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“Hm.” Lin Xuan nodded in response to Zhao Ming’s explanation, which greatly relieved Zhao Ming. But Lin Xuan was still showing no emotions on his face.

Becoming the steward of the Trash Pill Storage was only the first step in Lin Xuan’s plan, his next step had been to familiarize himself with the accounting of the pills. He would need to be able to do false accounts and allow him to steal pills as he needed, although he would have to be careful to not draw attention.

But Lin Xuan never expected things to be so easy.

Since the Trash Pill Storage Room was so disorganized, the accounts had never been done, and in other words, no one really knows how many trash pills there were. This way, Lin Xuan could take as many as he wanted without the worry of being caught.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan finally showed a slight smile.

“Immortal, Immortal Master.”

Hearing a voice reaching his ears, Lin Xuan turned to find Zhao Ming looking at him in a confused expression. Lin Xuan immediately put on a cold expression, and warned himself in his head, ” must not be so careless in the future, no matter what emotion I’m feeling, it should never be visible to others.”

“Everything’s okay,” Lin Xuan said as he shook his head, “I just did not expect that being the steward of the trash pill storage would be so easy. It seems that I will have a lot of free time.”

“Oh, rest assured that there is nothing to do in the Trash Pill Storage,” Zhao Ming replied pleasantly, trying to curry favor with his new boss.

Lin Xuan nodded noncommittally, letting him lead the way to visit a few other places, and then picked a relatively secluded house as his own living area.

Lin Xuan then had Zhao Ming summon all the other boys so that he could announce some rules. The first being that without his permission, no one is allowed to approach within ten steps of his home.

On this point, the boys didn’t have the slightest objection, since even though they were outer disciples, they still understood that everyone has their own secrets. Especially for high-level cultivators, they would kill to keep their secrets.

While low-level cultivators did not usually have the power to have such secret methods, these boys were living in a secluded area.

Therefore, this statement made by Lin Xuan seemed very normal, leaving no doubts behind.

After the boys had left, Lin Xuan entered his room to lie in bed for a while, and at the same time, thinking over the day’s events as he meditated.

So far everything was going well, and there was no longer a problem with getting trash pills.

At different levels of cultivation, the required pills vary, as Purifying Essence Pills were only useful for the Spirit Condensation Stage, and were useless to those who are at the Foundation Establishment Stage or higher.

Those higher grade pills although have higher failure rates, there were still some uses for the trash pills created at higher levels.

At any rate, at least for his cultivation level, Lin Xuan has an assured source of pills, as for the Foundation Establishment Stage, he was far from achieving that, so he was not worried for now.

After considering things again, Lin Xuan sat up in bed, and after a moment, he took out a bracelet.

It was Zhou Yan’s storage bracelet, which now belonged to Lin Xuan. Of course, he wouldn’t be so silly as to put it on his wrist, as that would be tantamount to admitting his involvement in the disappearance of those two.

After a quick search, Lin Xuan pulled out a talisman from the bracelet.

An Array Talisman!

Cultivation took various forms, and along with the various Spirit techniques, there were also Array Talisman, which various sects used as a defensive method as well as for combat.

In general, a good array required the use of formation flags, formation circles, as well as a few other components. But those items were impossible for Lin Xuan to obtain, as his cultivation was far too low, let alone that he would still be unable to use them.

So what should a low-level cultivator do, are there any alternatives…?

Of course.

Similar to how there were magic weapons to allow for high-level spirit techniques, there were also tools for allowing one to use formation arrays, which was the Array Talisman.

Of course, the formations available through Array Talismans were the easiest and most simple of formations with limited power, but the benefits were still obvious as they were extremely easy to use and consume very little spiritual power, to the point that even low-level cultivators could easily use it.

He hesitated a bit, after all, formation flags, and circles, as well as the other tools used in different formations, can be recycled as long as they are not damaged. But the Array Talisman that he got from Zhang Yu, he only had twenty, and they were all single-use consumables.

After thinking that, Lin Xuan still decided to use it and circulates spiritual power from his Dantian, while muttering the incantation causing the talisman to light up and burn.

Lin Xuan waves his hand, causing some wind, and shouted, “Form!”

Suddenly, the Spiritual Qi began to form up into a formation array taking the shape of the Yin Yang Cycle, which rapidly soared up and out of the house until it enveloped the whole house.

After a few moments, the rays of light began to dim, until eventually it completely faded from sight, restoring the area to its previous appearance. But this was only an illusion, as there was now a formation array around the house and if someone were to trespass, they would activate it.

After all, Lin Xuan had many secrets, and if someone were to see him purifying immortal pills, it would be trouble. Even though the boys who work for him would not dare go against the steward, it would be best not to take any risks, and so to prevent any accidents, Lin Xuan decided to use a formation array.

This formation was a simple one, but normal people would definitely not be able to enter. And since this was the Trash Pill Storage, a cultivator wouldn’t come either. This was the perfect place for Lin Xuan.

Translated by: James1kd2

Edited by: UnderTheMoon