novelraw Chapter 297
Chapter 297
The development potential on that side was immense. It was precisely the time when they lacked pillar-level elites, so sending someone over to accompany Qingyang was ideal.
When the struggle for Chasing Moon Prefecture ended, the Ancient Ruins: Eastern Extreme Capital would become one of Cloud Ridge Prefecture’s hottest exploration sites. It could bring a massive flow of people to the nearby cities. If one wanted to profit from that, one had to possess sufficient strength.
Otherwise, every random cat and dog would want to take a bite out of Jade Spirit. In that case, there would be no time left for development because each day would be spent dealing with all kinds of nonsense.
Although he, the City Lord, was not physically present, he could still contribute to Jade Spirit’s growth. Last time, he sent over a group of dejected alchemists. This time, he sent powerful Core Formation cultivators who needed resources.
One could say both sides hit it off perfectly.
Yang Xiong and Chu Jun accepted the arrangement, but whether they would go or not still depended on the situation later. What Wang Yu provided was only a basic guarantee that could sustain their daily cultivation.
If they sought more, they would likewise have to take risks and complete dangerous missions.
Once his city lord tenure ended, if there were no better choices, they would naturally go to Jade Spirit to temporarily settle down.
A few days later, the two left one after the other.
Wang Yu remained in Golden Sword City, waiting for Qiao Yu to stabilize his injuries, and meanwhile began researching the pill formula needed to break through his bottleneck.This pill was called Jade Orchid Pill. It could greatly enhance the quality of one’s mana power and had miraculous effects for breaking through the bottleneck to mid Core Formation.
Truthfully, with the quality of his mana already far above ordinary cultivators, if he simply followed the standard steps and polished it for several months, he would naturally break through.
But he wished to accelerate the process, so he needed medicinal pills.
After he stayed in Golden Sword City for nine days, Qiao Yu finally stabilized his injuries. Unlike the other two, though he also longed to advance his future path, he actually knew of Wang Yu’s great reputation.
With no one else interfering, he hoped to follow Wang Yu and survive under Cold Blood Peak after the city lord term ended.
This carried a very different meaning.
He came from the Qiao Clan, whose ancestors once prospered. Wang Yu, on the other hand, came from humble origins and was still in the struggling stage of a cultivator’s life.
Although he held the identity of an elder candidate, it was still in the process of being fulfilled.
If the other clan disciples learned of this, they would definitely mock him. Particularly on Cold Blood Peak, did they not understand the benefits of investing in Wang Yu now?
They did.
But they could not let go of the honor belonging to their clan. Why did clan factions and master-disciple factions constantly conflict? Power struggles were one reason.
The other reason was because, deep down, they looked down on these cultivators. In their minds, Cold Blood Peak was created by their clan ancestors.
Why should these low-born mud legs surpass them? Not only did they seize their ancestral spirit treasures, they even governed them? How arrogant.
This tendency had already shown itself in Wang Yu’s past experiences.
For example, Luo Chen, whose head was clearly filled with water, insisted on making things difficult for him for no reason, treating himself as a member of the Zhuo Clan and believing Zhuo Shouqing recruiting and helping Wang Yu was shameful.
If the three Young Masters of Blood Reversal had not crippled themselves, they would never have associated with him. They were lofty figures from above.
Qiao Yu was even more extreme. He wanted to serve Wang Yu.
To put it bluntly, it was no different from acting like a dog. Based on the strength he had displayed in the battle ten days ago, he was by no means mediocre.
Given the weakened state of the Qiao Clan, he might actually be one of their top few geniuses. It truly made the situation awkward.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu shook his head and refused.
"I do not need subordinates."
Hearing this, Qiao Yu could not help becoming confused.
He sighed and said, "In truth, I have been paying attention to you. Ever since word came from Cloud Ridge Prefecture that you ordered the slaughter of Golden Abundance Tower, I knew you had great courage."
Wang Yu denied it.
"False rumors. I never did such a thing. It was simply slander from certain people."
Having accepted the Core Formation spiritual item from Jin Miaoshan, he could not possibly admit it. After-sales service was something he always valued.
Qiao Yu could not help laughing, but then asked in confusion.
"Through me, you could establish ties with the Qiao Clan. Although the clan has declined, there are still many top-grade resources. You could use that to reach the Nascent Soul stage more quickly."
Wang Yu countered.
"If I do not accept your allegiance, will you refuse to interact with me?"
Qiao Yu froze.
"What do you mean?"
"Literal meaning. Let us switch to another form of cooperation. How much do you understand about medicinal pills?"
"I know all the basic knowledge."
"Good. Then listen carefully."
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On the way back to the sect, Wang Yu pondered his cooperation with Qiao Yu.
It was still the same arrangement of refining pills on behalf of others.
This could bring him considerable profit and rapidly stabilize his position on Cold Blood Peak. With so many high-grade pills being sold, the Alchemy Hall would surely notice.
After all, it was an action that undermined their monopoly.
Before they made any moves, he needed to quickly bind together an interest group centered on himself. The more participants, the better. The strength belonging to Cold Blood Peak must also be included.
In addition.
He did not take personal subordinates, but that did not mean he did not need people. At the root of it was still a matter of trust. With the Qiao Clan protecting him, Wang Yu had no way to plant a control secret art in their minds.
Staying inside the sect and being in Jade Spirit were two completely different situations.
When he was refining large batches of pills and accepting high-grade resources as payment, the number of eyes watching him naturally increased. He could not give trust just because of one or two incidents.
No one knew whether the other party might be someone’s hidden agent. Unless he could plant a control method that could kill instantly at any time, he would trust no one.
Binding people through interest made him feel more at ease.
In this regard, Chu Jun’s identity could also be used to extend some plans, but he had to proceed step by step. One cannot become fat from a single bite.
Furthermore.
His pill-refining efficiency had limits. He could not accept too many commissions.
Half a month later, Wang Yu smoothly returned to the mountain gate.
To gain such fortune from a single month of travel was naturally extremely satisfying. After examining Wen Hua’s storage ring.
He discovered its hidden secrets. Including the Nine-Curve Spirit Ginseng and other spirit herbs, the main materials for a Condensing Infant Pill were already almost fully gathered.
The other fourth-rank spirit herb, the Heavenly Dipper Sacred Fruit, was already prepared. Only a few third-rank auxiliary materials were missing. Given some time, he would certainly be able to gather everything.
This was a tremendous harvest.
Offending a Nascent Soul cultivator for this seemed like a small matter. When debts accumulate one stops worrying. When lice are many one stops itching. There was nothing to fear.
Not to mention that he had already pointed the clues toward the Yellow Springs Monastery. Even if they knew it was him, they could not possibly charge into the Blood Reversal Sect overnight. That would be suicide.
Considering the conflict in Chasing Moon Prefecture, encountering people from the Yellow Springs Monastery within the Exalted Sect’s territory was completely normal.
Of course, if the Yin Yang Sect Master had another method to identify the true culprit, then he would say nothing. In the Crimson Kite Demonic Domain countless ambushes and killings happened every day. This was merely one of them.
After removing the Earth-Net Ghost Mask, Wang Yu appeared on Cold Blood Peak with a pleasant mood, acting like someone who had just finished secluded cultivation.
Very soon the Blood-Eyed Demonic Flood Dragon and members of the Qiao Clan came to discuss cooperation. After the last batch of pill transactions with Yan Ling was completed, things would slow down.
Having a profound alchemy technique at hand truly made earning spirit stones and high-grade resources easier. This was still without him revealing his trump cards.
Once he could refine third-rank supreme-grade pills, even the Alchemy Hall would not be able to sit still. With alchemy at that level, he could even attempt to refine lower-grade and mid-grade fourth-rank pills.
The significance would be entirely different. However, exposing such abilities too early might result in being forcibly squeezed dry. One must have strong foundations before swinging a heavy hammer.
“It is time to break through to mid-stage Core Formation .”
After entertaining the three groups of visitors and finalizing the cooperation details, the order of priority was arranged.
This meant.
For the next several years he would continue receiving new high-grade resources. He would then extract a portion of the alchemy wastage as fire-loss. It would not be long before all aspects of his resources were filled to the brim.
However, stepping into the market was easy, leaving it was hard.
Earn enough and stop refining? What wishful thinking. No one would agree.
And too many alchemy tasks would easily affect his own cultivation or rather, they already had.
Aside from daily cultivation, his comprehension of divine abilities was greatly hindered. As for body-refining and spirit-refining, he no longer had time and could only maintain the lowest intensity of practice.
He had to drastically reduce the time spent on alchemy.
To achieve that he needed supreme-grade pills to satisfy his partners. According to his estimates, this batch of commissions needed to be completed before he could truly begin implementing the plan.
After briefly showing himself on Cold Blood Peak, Wang Yu entered seclusion to refine the Jade Orchid Pill. Since he did not require supreme-grade quality, it took only half a month.
He proceeded to open the furnace and refine a single batch. Because he had not fully understood the pill formula, only four pills were produced. His focus was entirely on one of them, making sure it reached high-grade quality.
On this day, Wang Yu officially consumed it.
His internal Qi Sea immediately stirred. The blue-black Golden Core that was only one cent in diameter was not even as large as the Jade Orchid Pill he swallowed.
Yet under the medicinal effect, his mana constantly increased in quality and streamed into the Golden Core.
At a certain moment.
The Golden Core, having absorbed to its limit, suddenly expanded from one cent to three cents and continued rising. Only after reaching four cents did it slowly stop.
In the otherwise empty Qi Sea, as the Golden Core rotated.
It released denser and more viscous mana. Exactly three hundred strands surrounded the Golden Core, the Glazed Iceheart Pagoda, and the Fengshui Compass, flowing in and out.
Core Formation fourth layer. Breakthrough successful.
The Glazed Iceheart Pagoda had not been refined for long, yet in the midst of the breakthrough it rapidly improved, soon reaching the level of a mid-grade magic treasure.
This was the benefit of deep foundations. The materials used to refine the tower were far more than what others used, so it did not require long nurturing.
Only the fusion with his life-bound divine ability was missing before it could fully unleash its power.
After the breakthrough.
Wang Yu continued adjusting the idle slots and placed the Ice Soul Holy Demonic Scripture into Slots 1 and 2 so it would keep feeding him cultivation.
To reach the peak of Core Formation fourth layer, he needed to cultivate seventeen hundred strands of mana. Converted into streams.
That was seventeen thousand streams. This time, breaking through would not be so easy. After stabilizing his realm, he continued his frenzied pill refining, constantly verifying insights with the feedback from the Idle Slots.
With this, the Cold Chi Alchemy Technique advanced faster than ever. Progress could be seen each day.
Combined with the multiple boosts from the Idle Slots, the step toward advancement seemed to be right before his eyes.
In the first month of Wang Yu’s fourth year as an Elder.
The Cold Chi Alchemy Technique reached full perfection. Under multiple acceleration effects, it took only a little over three years.