Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 113

Being able to greatly accelerate his progress in achieving these goals was definitely not a loss. In fact, even for Yu Tangtang, it was a profitable situation. A win-win.

The difficulty lay in how to establish an equal exchange.

This required some persuasion. Before reaching an agreement, he would never take out the Flood Dragon Inner Core in his hand. Yu Tangtang also found it hard to be certain.

Breath alone could easily be brushed off.

In the scene.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Since Yu Tangtang had spoken, even Tantai Chan dared not go against her master’s will. Being stared down by the little miss, no matter how forceful she usually was, she could no longer keep up her stance.

After a long silence, she finally said.

"I will talk with Tangtang. You sit here for a while."

Wang Yu shook his head.

"I will speak with Sister Tangtang first. Senior Tantai, please step aside.""You—"

"Step aside." The little miss glared at Tantai Chan. Her tone admitted no refusal. Tantai Chan was choked by anger, her breathing growing heavy, and she stiffly stepped into the meditation lodge.

Only then did Wang Yu smile and say, "Sister Tangtang, let us talk."

The little miss shifted her seat, sitting on the still-warm octagonal stool Tan Tai Chan had just vacated. Her delicate little face tilted slightly, carrying the air of a big sister.

Yet her voice was crisp and tender, with the childish lilt of a young girl and a nasal tone. "Speak, what is the matter with your aura."

This appearance of a small body carrying an old soul made Wang Yu chuckle, and he reached into his robes.

He pulled out a charred-scented pill.

It was precisely the failed “Beauty Preserving Pill” that Yu Tangtang had refined with a cooking pot more than ten years ago. That time she had wasted quite a few second-rank Moonlight Fruits.

Part of Wang Yu’s desire to trade with her came from her domineering air, that face of treating spirit herbs as if they were nothing. It carried a peculiar charm.

Strangely, more than ten years had passed. Yu Tangtang was already close to twenty years old, her cultivation having broken through to the first layer of Foundation Establishment. Yet her body had not changed at all.

He had never heard of a demon beast maintaining its juvenile form throughout cultivation. Normally, only Nascent Soul demon beasts had the ability to take human shape. Yet Yu Tangtang had already taken the appearance of a human girl while still at the Qi Refining stage.

This showed her uniqueness. Her father, the Blood-Eyed Demonic Flood Dragon, should know the reason, but he dared not ask.

When Wang Yu brought out the Beauty Preserving Pill, Yu Tangtang’s first reaction was embarrassment.

Her bright eyes darted about, and she pretended to be angry. "Why did you take that out? I told you it was a gift. Why haven’t you eaten it yet?"

Wang Yu pressed his hand to his forehead helplessly. "Sister Tangtang, that is not what I mean. In the human race, there is an old saying: If you give me a peach, I will return with jade."

"Back then, you gave a second-rank Beauty Preserving Pill to a small Qi Refining cultivator. Now, I hold a treasure you need. Naturally, I thought first to give it to you.

"But this thing was not easily obtained. I almost lost my life for it. To give it away freely would be to waste my very life."

"I understand, I understand." Yu Tangtang stood atop the octagonal stool, her hands on her hips, speaking boldly.

"Tell me, what treasure is it? I will take something from my father’s treasury and exchange with you. Two for one. Fair enough, right?"

Wang Yu’s eyelids twitched. A bad premonition rose in his heart. He quickly said.

"A third-rank Flood Dragon Inner Core. No need for two-for-one. I only want two second-rank Foundation Establishment spiritual items. Preferably, one suited for breaking through to Body Refining Foundation Establishment.

"In addition, there are two small favors. Senior Tantai can help me with them."

He stated his conditions swiftly. The ominous feeling faded. Yet he still looked suspiciously at the sky, deeply doubtful.

"That is simple. As for little Chan’s matter, I will decide for her. I will promise on her behalf."

"Then… very well."

Yu Tangtang hopped down from the stool, held out her small hand, and curved her lips, revealing two small tiger teeth.

"Hand it over."

"This…"

Wang Yu resolutely shook his head.

"One matter is one matter. You may be my Sister Tangtang, but this treasure is too precious for me. I will wait for you here."

"Hmph. You do not trust me."

Yu Tangtang pouted, her big eyes misty as if grievance was about to spill out of the screen.

"These are two different matters. Trade is trade, friendship is friendship."

"Fine, fine, Wang Yu, is it. I will remember you. I, Yu Tangtang, always keep my word."

After saying that, Yu Tangtang angrily took out a small bell. With a light shake, the clouds above stirred, and the head of a tricolored dragon sparrow emerged. Its aura had clearly reached the middle stage of Core Formation.

"Rainbow Sparrow, send me back to my father’s cave dwelling."

"Yes, little master."

The tricolored dragon sparrow quickly descended. Wang Yu realized that the one watching him just now was this beast. No wonder he had felt a pounding heart and unease. Most likely, the entire trade earlier had been seen by it.

He did not know whether it would tell the Blood-Eyed Demonic Flood Dragon. Yu Tangtang was still young, with a childish mind, easy to fool.

No, this was not fooling. In terms of value, Yu Tangtang had definitely gained a huge profit. That was the real reason the tricolored dragon sparrow had not interfered.

But to some old demons who had lived for centuries, direct robbery was the most profitable choice. He was only at the Qi Refining stage, without any qualifications for an equal trade.

That was also what he had feared most before coming here. It all depended on whether Sister Tangtang was truly valued enough by her father.

At this moment, Yu Tangtang turned her head and spoke again to Wang Yu.

"Wait here for me. I will be back within half a day."

"Alright."

There was no need to say more about his worries. Watching Yu Tangtang ride away on the tricolored dragon sparrow, he could only swallow his unease into his stomach.

No matter the outcome, at least he could give it a try.

Creak.

Once Yu Tangtang left, Tantai Chan, who had not used her divine sense to eavesdrop but had been paying close attention outside, came out with a displeased expression, staring at Wang Yu.

"You really know how to cause trouble. Where is Tangtang?"

"She went back to her cave dwelling to fetch something for me. She will return shortly."

"Heh, you are truly insane. Do you even know who Yu Tangtang is?"

"I know."

"You know, and yet you still…"

Tantai Chan was furious, but seeing Wang Yu’s indifferent face, she had no position to continue speaking. All she could do was sigh deeply in her heart.

Back then, she had once encountered Yu Tangtang by accident.

Upon learning her identity, she had thought it was a great chance to soar to the heavens. With Yu Tangtang’s innocent and lively nature, it was easy to gain her trust. Tantai Chan had intended to build a good relationship and plan for the future.

However, after a whole year, no reward ever came. Instead, much of her wealth was consumed. Worse, she had run into trouble at that time and urgently needed spirit stones to avoid punishment.

So she had taken the risk to deceive Yu Tangtang once. As a result, she was captured alive by the tricolored dragon sparrow and forced into signing a blood contract, becoming Yu Tangtang’s spirit slave.

The blood contract was a high-grade method created by the human race to enslave demon beasts, difficult even for Nascent Soul cultivators to undo.

From that day on, she became Yu Tangtang’s Little Chan, Chan’er, nanny, spirit slave. Clearly still just a young maiden, she was forced to cultivate special secret techniques to produce milk, just to lull Yu Tangtang to sleep.

Her fate had been completely overturned.