All was serene inside Yue Congraoâs magik treasure.
Xu Yangyi calmly took account of his body. Last time in the Clearcloud Realm, his qi was already very close to late Foundation Establishment. The Spirit Forbiddance Pill was such a profound formula. As long as he refined it, he would definitely have the hope to break through to the late stage.
He surveyed the area. The inside was a simple white stone room, and the surface carved full of blue runes. Apart from this, there was a pre-prepared pile of heavenly treasures.
âThis is⊠a high-level Spirit Focusing Formation? And the refinement materials for the Spirit Forbiddance Pill?â He narrowed his eyes. âDaomaster Yue really did spend a lot of hard-earned capital for the Spirit Forbiddance Pill.â
He swiped his storage ring, and the pill furnace which had always accompanied him flew out. There were already a few hairline cracks on some parts of the exterior. This was the pill furnace he purchased when he was Qi Condensation, until presently it was no longer suited for Foundation Establishment pills.
âThe qi for any kind of Foundation Establishment pill is pretty big. A low-level pill furnace wonât be able to take the spiritual impact when the pill is created.â He slowly stroked the cracks that represented the path he traversed on the Dao of Pills. He contemplated and said, âLooks like Iâll have to swap out once I finish refining the Spirit Forbiddance Pill.â
Seated in front of the pill furnace, he didnât immediately merge with the Divine Flame of Conviction. Instead, his fingers tapped out continuously in the air, and azure Chinese characters emerged. On and on, he wrote a great amount. Afterwards, he waved, and they all floated away.
These were the cultivation materials for A Thousand Li Invincible. He didnât get to work at once, but rather read Yue Congraoâs scroll word by word.
This
was possibly the first actual and ancient formula that heâd seen up to now. Much of the Eternal Alchemy Canonâs knowledge and this ancient formula was mutual, allowing his understanding towards the Dao of Pills to deepen by a fraction.
â1,500 years ago, this was the Gu-training art of Yunnanâs Zhao Clan⊠I once read about it in the Eternal Alchemy CanonâŠâ
âThis was the pill-hammering art of Jinlingâs Liu Clan 700 years ago, but now a section is used for compaction?â
âAnd here, 1,200 years ago, the pill-congealing secret of Hebeiâs Cao Clan⊠but now itâs used to pair together with other pill-forming arts?â
The several-meter-sized scroll floated ahead. Xu Yangyi entered a meditative state. As soon as he started reading, he looked on for an unknown length of time. It wasnât until he stowed his gaze did his face become incomparably serious, devoid of the slightest trace of calm.
âRidiculous⊠I canât even imagine this!â
âIf I hadnât seen it myself, I wouldnât have been able to imagine that this was a concoction method for a seal-breaking pill. It⊠fuses nearly all supreme Pill Dao methods together. Just barely the refinement sections is split into several major processes. Each kind of ingredient is a kind of method, and when itâs combined the skills against each other are completely differentâŠâ
âThere are some that I know, but there are a few that I havenât even heard of. There are also some that Iâve only read about⊠The challenge to refine the Spirit Forbiddance Pill in four months is going to be huge.â
The past pills heâd concocted were all simple equations like 1+1=2. At most, there was added multiplication and division. But the Spirit Forbiddance Pill⊠its equation was much, much more complicated than a simple calculation!
Nonetheless, the light of his eyes was strangely bright, without the slightest discouragement.
This was presently the best challenge for him!
Furthermore, in the Eternal Alchemy Canon, concocting pills was cultivation. The harder the pill, the faster the qi increase. Four months was tight, but it wasnât like he was hopeless.
âMy greatest advantage is that my techniques are all based on the Eternal Alchemy Canon, as well as my thought process. Thereâs no rejection with the ancient arts. If I let the western master spirit-technicianâs see this, maybe they would cry once they read this scroll.â He laughed as he stroked the parchment, but just as his hand swiped over it, a voice echoed behind him like a ghost.
âWhat are you laughing about? You didnât even say anything, but then you started to laugh⊠What a scary person.â
âFuck!â Xu Yangyiâs heart jumped. Inside the magik treasure, he was all alone, but a second voice had suddenly emerge. He nearly swung his sword behind him out of instinct. Gritting his teeth, he endured his desire to cut down the woman in front of him. He said in a cold voice, âI didnât know you would be able to enter too.â
âWell donât you know now?â Angel laughed cutely and walked in front of him, forcing him to look at her. âIsnât this a pleasant little scare?â
Xu Yangyi looked at her with cold eyes and eventually said, âIt is a scare.â
âHow am I scary?â Angel took out a mirror and looked at it.
Hmm, red lips, white teeth, and round eyes. That shouldnât be a beautiful woman like me, right?
âYouâre definitely mistaken,â she said certainly and stowed away the mirror.
Xu Yangyiâs grinding teeth were clearly audible as he held in his anger. âFellow Daoist, why have you entered?â
âFirst off, to correct you, itâs not Fellow Daoist. Itâs Dao Companion.â Angel curbed her smile and said heavily, âThe House of Corvinusâs qualifications have already been received. A week before the Holy War, a list of all participating clans will be posted. At that time, itâll be known how many clans are joining in. As well as the name of their competitors.â
âThey have a request. Your first work must be sold to the Corvinus.â
âMhm.â Xu Yangyi winded around Angel in a noncommittal manner and carefully read the scroll. âItâs not only the Dracul and the Corvinus?â
âNo, these two houses can have ten spots, but there are some clans, like the Sirens of the sea and the Dragonmen of the mountain peaks. These are extremely powerful clans. They can get one to two spots.â Angel pouted and tossed out a storage ring. âJust know youâre being mean to me. If it wasnât because I asked, wouldnât you be planning to call yourself âThis Throneâ for your entire life?â
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Xu Yangyi didnât pay attention to her and received the storage ring. He looked through it, and his mood finally became a little better. A slight curve perked up at the crook of his mouth. The inside was filled with the first important resource for A Thousand Li Invincible. As expected, even if a Core Formation master didnât publicly traverse the cultivation world, they were just as wealthy as a country.
Regardless, Angel obviously wouldnât let him be alone for too long.
âDid you know you look nice when you laugh? Itâs charming⊠Like a lonely lion finally willing to lie down and bask in the sun.â Her red lips also curved up. âThe cheer of oneself is less than the cheer of many. Are you not planning on listening to your future wife?â
âI think your Chinese needs some proper study.â Xu Yangyi said absent-mindedly, looking away and mumbling to himself as he read the scroll.
âI understand what âthe cheer of oneself is less than the cheer of the manyâ means. When a man is alone for too long, naturally heâll think about finding a woman to do a little cheer of the many⊠What are you glaring at me for!â Angel put on a proper face.
Stay calm⊠Stay calm!
Xu Yangyi pursed his lips and turned his head back. He couldnât understand how he was so patient. How was it that each time he saw this woman that he had a kind of feeling of just wanting to let everything out?
It was probably because she kept on appearing in front of him during inopportune moments using inopportune methodsâŠ
âGet out.â Xu Yangyi waved his hand, and a gush of wind pressure escorted her out. She couldnât even budge by a hair.
âWhat the heck are you doing?!â Angel cried out.
Ultimately, he wasnât able to contain the evil fire in his heart. Time was so tight, and this woman was causing trouble everywhere! At the very least, that was how it appeared to him.
With incredible fondness, he cherished his past days of solitary cultivation. No restraints and no obstructions. But now, a burden was inexplicably added. Such an intense uneasiness caused him to hide the anxiety in his heart from the beginning.
âYouâre being mean to me again!â Angel snorted, âJust you wait until that inevitable day in the future when I wonât let you in bed!â
â...Then Iâll really have a lot to be thankful for.â
âYouâŠâ Angelâs nose twitched, her face somewhat unsightly. She was always a proud daughter of heaven. She had gotten off her high horse to chase after this man, whom she felt something special for since she laid her eyes on him, but who couldâve imagined that he wouldnât show her a good face even after so many days?
Angry, she sat straight down on her butt. Her voice was also cold. âCultivate.â
âGet out.â
âWhy! This is my dadâs treasure! Why do I have to get out?!â she said loudly, but then she quieted down and said softly, âI wonât make a noise and distract you again, I wonât bother you. Pretty soon⊠ youâll really have a lot of things to do!â
As she said these final words, her voice became louder again.
Xu Yangyi coldly brushed an eye over her and shook his head. âDonât regret it.â
Afterwards, he calmly started to meditate.
After roughly a day, he clearly sensed that his body had recovered to peak condition and opened his eyes.
Behind him, Angel was likewise watching him quietly. She didnât cultivate, but her feelings were complicated.
Somethings were just the work of destiny. The so-called red string of fate.
The first time she saw Xu Yangyi, she liked him. However, all she liked was his looks.
But then⊠the demon slayer really had wanted to kill her. But not only was she not afraid, she instead felt a sliver of irritation.
With the status she possessed, who didnât come to curry her favor? In the West, as long as she was willing, she could marry at any time. She didnât want to, though.
Such a contrast made her want to see if this man who closed his eyes to destiny was so proud and aloof in his heart.
She wasnât an easily convinced woman, otherwise she wouldnât have cultivated to Foundation Establishment even with Yue Congraoâs help. Again and again, her goodwill was rejected, and a feeling of unacceptance also welled up inside her.
Why?! Even if you donât like me, who are giving that sour face for? Am I lacking in comparison to some cultivator woman?
As she continued to think this way, she kept on wanting to see through Xu Yangyi. Regardless, she had no choice but to admit that the otherâs nature really stepped on the edge of that one feeling that she was somehow lacking.
Yet before she even finished thinking, she gently chirped up all of a sudden and looked all around in doubt.
âShut up.â Xu Yangyiâs solitary voice sounded. Angel fell into a daze. Afterwards, she really discovered that something was actually radiating from the tall man in front of her.
Myriad Qi Turns To Silk!
Xu Yangyi was silent as he split his spiritual sense into tiny threads, extending them towards the small mountain of heavenly treasures ahead of him. As he did so⊠the Divine Flame of Conviction finally emerged from his storage ring.
Fire imprinted itself into Xu Yangyiâs eyes, and a wisp of thirst flashed through his gaze. Without hesitation, he let his body open wide and allowed the Divine Flame of Conviction to rush into his dantian.
BOOM!
In the twinkling the divine flame entered him, a sound similar to iron chains breaking echoed from his entire body. A hard-to-describe coziness hurried into his mind. The azure vortex, which was like a wheel long covered in dust, unexpectedly started to turn little by little.
Hum⊠HumâŠ
Streaks of qi gushed in from all around, causing a never-before-experienced feeling of power to rise in him. The Divine Flame of Conviction charged exactly into the middle of the vortex and very soon⊠crimson meridians rapidly flashed through his body.
âThisâŠâ His gaze flashed. These were the pill-cauldron meridians that had disappeared after the Voidspirit Immortal Physique had formed the vortex inside him. He thought that both sides had fused to birth the vortex, but he didnât expect that the meridians were still inside him. The vortex had simply concealed them.
1. I referenced it a long time ago, but Xu Yangyi for the most part in text calls himself as æŹćș§ (This Throne), a kind of fancy title, after he reached Foundation Establishment. He switches to the normal pronoun I (æ) most of the time though. Having to type âThis Throneâ over and over again in text is kinda yuck.
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