Within Qinglian Pond Cave Mansion, the furnishings were very simple, with the walls only having monotonous shades of grey and white.
In front of a stone bed, Lin Shiming sat cross-legged on a cushion.
This cushion was one of the two he had found inside the Purple Mansion Cave Mansion.
On the cushion, Lin Shiming discovered that whether he was meditating or practicing secret techniques, his efforts yielded twice the result with half the effort.
It was precisely because of this that in just a short ten days, he had simulated and practiced the Blood Demon Ancestral Secret Art countless times, and with the system's daily guidance, he had finally mastered it.
For others, this was nearly impossible; a third-rank secret technique would take months, or even half a year, to master.
Lin Shiming went to the stone chamber of the Red-haired Demon Monkey, which was now very quiet.
When he had taken it from Peach Blossom Valley, he was clear that the Spirit Intelligence of the Red-haired Demon Monkey was far superior to other spirit beasts. It was the monkey that had manipulated the Profound Water Heavy Mountains, inspiring Lin Shiming to give the Qinglian Taoist Robe to the Golden Winged Mantis.
No normal cultivator would think of giving a third-rank Taoist robe for a spirit beast to use.
He also knew that ever since the Golden Winged Mantis had broken through to the third rank, the Red-haired Demon Monkey had not been as lively as before, and within its pale green pupils, there was a hint of anxiety.
The Golden Luan Eagle had already been trained by Lin Shiming to be the messenger for the family, while also fulfilling the role of a flying demonic beast.
By now, the demonic monkey had grown over three meters tall. Lin Shiming moved forward and stroked its fur, only able to reach as high as the monkey's arm.
But at this moment, the once mischievous Red-haired Demon Monkey surprisingly bent down willingly, letting Lin Shiming stroke its forehead.
"Put in the effort, live up to the courage to go forward," Lin Shiming murmured, as if speaking to the Red-haired Demon Monkey, yet also as if to himself.
He then took out a giant bathtub and filled it with a prepared medicinal liquid.
After pouring the medicinal liquid, he took out several third-rank demonic monkey corpses. The constitution of the Red-haired Demon Monkey leaned toward the earth and fire attributes, so even with bloodline reversion fusion, it could not merge with water and wood attributes.
Otherwise, with incompatible natures, it would not be a bloodline reversion but a departure from life!
The Red-haired Demon Monkey nearby called out softly.
Lin Shiming, as if oblivious, continued pouring medicinal liquid and simultaneously cast Spirit Art.
It began with relatively simple second-rank Spirit Art, which then gradually evolved into third-rank Spirit Art.
After a series of ninety-nine Spirit Arts were cast, they converged into a single, more complex Spirit Pattern.
Once the Spirit Pattern formed, it flowed like a net, extremely eerie.
At that moment, Lin Shiming took out another relatively well-preserved demonic monkey corpse, casting Spirit Art, and with this invocation, a blood-red light filled the sky.
At this point, all he could do was hope for the Red-haired Demon Monkey's success.
Once the matter with the Red-haired Demon Monkey was settled, he took out a Limb-Regrowing Pill and went to the Golden Winged Mantis.
The Golden Winged Mantis still lay idle on the wall, which emitted a golden glow.
After feeding the Limb-Regrowing Pill to the Golden Winged Mantis, it once again showed a desperate impulse for Spirit Food. Lin Shiming first took out the meat of a Third Rank Spirit Beast, then a large bowl of Third Rank Spirit Water, followed by a considerable number of Beast Nurturing Pills.
Only then did the Golden Winged Mantis calm down, continuing to doze on the wall.
All over its body, a surge of golden Spirit Light emerged.
A sickle foot slowly formed at the site of the Golden Winged Mantis's severed limb, indicating that in less than half a month, its sickle foot would fully recover.
Lin Shiming finally breathed a sigh of relief and left the stone chamber to start tending to the Spirit Plants.
First, he cared for the cultivated Third Rank Purple Gold Vine, and only after that did he infuse True Yuan into the Heavenly Spirit Fruit Tree and the Minor Divine Ability Tree.
The Purple Gold Vine was currently his means of combat, which he tried to cultivate as much as possible.
Three days passed, and Lin Shiming suddenly heard a series of booming noises from within the stone chamber.
Lin Shiming's Divine Sense passed through the walls, only to be fiercely startled to find that the Red-haired Demon Monkey had emerged from the bathtub, its body still covered in red fur.
But now the Red-haired fur was like burning flames flickering incessantly, radiating a terrifying high temperature.
However, what surprised him was that the Red-haired Demon Monkey had shrunk slightly, from previously over three meters tall to around two meters, but its muscles seemed even more robust than before, like rolling, explosive cords.
The Red-haired Demon Monkey was seen striking the stone walls ferociously, making the entire cave mansion shudder as if it were about to collapse.
Its strength was obviously numerous times greater than before!
To think that the Red-haired Demon Monkey was already immensely strong before, and now its strength had increased manifold combined with fire control, Lin Shiming didn't even know into what kind of monkey the Red-haired Demon Monkey had transformed.
But one thing was clear: for the Red-haired Demon Monkey, breaking through to the Third Rank Demonic Beast would no longer be a significant problem.
In the midst of his thoughts, Lin Shiming also opened the stone chamber's Formation; the latter was still howling fiercely, pummeling the walls that were reinforced with a Third-Rank Solid Spirit Formation, venting its savage emotions.
But the next moment, the wall, fortified with a Formation, turned visibly into spiderwebs!
This demonstrated the immense strength of the Red-haired Demon Monkey.
Besides this, Lin Shiming also noticed that the Red-haired Demon Monkey's tail had once again changed, growing from a little over one meter to about three meters long.