Chapter 388 The Final Preparations

Sang Yunchu immediately noticed that his beloved disciple was unhappy and said, "Cai'er, are you in a bad mood? Tell your master about it?"

When Zhong Cai looked up and saw his master, and heard such comforting words, his previous gloom immediately dissipated. He immediately smiled and said, "Seeing my master makes me feel better!"

Sang Yunchu observed for a moment and saw that his beloved disciple was indeed no longer troubled, so he smiled slightly.

Zhong Cai then greeted Jiang Chongguang, saying, "Old Wu is busy!"

As he spoke, he quickly transmitted his voice to Wu Shaogan.

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Inside the city gate tower.

Upon receiving the telepathic message, Wu Shaogan raised his hand and summoned five special Dao soldiers.

These are all the highest-ranking special soldiers that have appeared so far – special golden armor soldiers.

Each of these special golden-armored soldiers was at the peak of the Spirit Transformation realm when they appeared!

The group, consisting of men and women, young and old, all bowed to Wu Shaogan.

Wu Shaogan casually instructed, "Keep an eye on the other Dao soldiers."

These special golden-armored soldiers all understood and responded with "Yes."

Wu Shaogan vanished from the ancient city in a flash.

The landing point was his and Zhong Cai's bedroom. After going around from there, he arrived at the reception hall and met with Zhong Cai and others.

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Zhong Cai pulled Wu Shaogan's hand up and said with a grin, "Look! Old Wu is here!"

Wu Shaogan bowed to his two masters.

Then, Zhong Cai asked excitedly, "Master, have you and Master Jiang made a decision yet?"

Wu Shaogan then invited the group to sit down and poured them tea.

Wu Dongxiao sat quietly to the side and also picked up a cup of tea to drink.

Sang Yunchu was very straightforward: "We've decided to come directly here."

Jiang Chongguang nodded and said, "I've also left enough resources for my junior brothers and sisters."

In high spirits, Zhong Cai quickly asked, "What did the academy say? How many more pills does Master need?"

Sang Yunchu took out a list and smiled, "I looked at the instructors in the academy, and after Senior Brother Jiang leaves, there will only be two people who can use level eight pills. The ones I have saved are enough. These can last for hundreds or even thousands of years. By then, Instructor Feng Yao or Instructor Qin Ziyang should also become level eight alchemists."

As he spoke, he took out another bag of mustard seeds and handed it over as well.

Zhong Cai took the list and looked at it, then looked at the mustard bag.

The mustard seed bag contained a full five million high-grade mystic stones.

Zhong Cai was taken aback.

Sang Yunchu chuckled softly, "It's already quite an achievement that you were able to buy the pills from the Lingxian Sect. Cai'er is now very wealthy. Could it be that you want to cover the cost of these pills for your master?"

Zhong Cai had originally thought that way, but now he deliberately scratched his head and said, "I think if I don't have enough Xuan Stones, I can ask the sect for some on credit! Once Master gets there and we open the furnace a few times, surely we can pay it back?"

Sang Yunchu chuckled, ruffled Zhong Cai's hair, and said, "Now you don't need to go on credit anymore, and I don't need to struggle to pay off my debts."

Zhong Cai chuckled again and began to carefully examine the list.

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The list contains fifty pills of various kinds. If we don't count the Nirvana cultivators in the academy, it would not only be enough to supply the Spirit Transformation mentors who would undergo Nirvana in a few hundred or a thousand years, but it would even exceed that.

After all, there are only about sixty Spirit Transformation Instructors in the entire Azure Dragon Academy, most of whom are still in the early stages of Spirit Transformation. By the time they reach the peak of Spirit Transformation and need to use the level-eight pills that assist them in Nirvana, it will be a thousand years or so!

Therefore, among these fifty pills, the one needed in the largest quantity is the Transformation Cauldron Nourishing Essence Pill—as the name suggests, it is used to assist the cauldron in transforming into a primordial embryo.

As for mentors Feng Yao and Qin Ziyang...

Zhong Cai also remembered that it was when his master was still a half-step Dan Emperor, that he was ranked second and third on the seventh-level Dan Ranking.

Although those two were indeed much weaker than his master in alchemy, they were still far superior to the other seventh-level alchemists in the academy—at that time, the fourth-ranked alchemist could only refine three kinds of seventh-level top-grade pills, while these two could already refine ten kinds.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, these two will likely become eighth-level alchemists within the timeframe predicted by their master!

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Zhong Cai snapped out of her daze and suddenly asked, "When is Grandmaster planning to come? Old Wu and I need to prepare the teleportation token."

Sang Yunchu waved his hand with a smile and said, "You don't need to worry about it. Since I'm going to the top continent with Senior Brother Jiang through the Gate of All Beings, all I have left is that teleportation token from the Liu family. I'll give it to your grandmaster to use."

Zhong Cai suddenly realized something, nodded, and then seemed to remember something and wanted to ask.

Sang Yunchu then said, "Your grandmaster will take care of and feed that little blue phoenix for me. When he comes, he will simply put the little blue phoenix into his beast scabbard and bring it with him."

Zhong Cai wanted to ask about the little blue phoenix.

He had considered several options. The first was to have someone bring it over, but he thought of Xuan Bing—who should arrive soon using the teleportation token, hoping to secure a spot in the competition to go to the ancient cave. The second was to ask his master to abandon Little Azure Phoenix and leave it on the Flying Star Continent, since he had previously obtained a real Azure Phoenix through a card draw, which he could then contract with his master. The third was to ask Dong Xiao to buy another spot, and he would also contribute a spot so that Little Azure Phoenix could come with his master…

Now that his master has made the decision to ask the grandmaster to bring the Azure Phoenix, Zhong Cai will not mention anything else.

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At this moment, Jiang Chongguang said, "Father feels he is getting old and needs to focus on improving his foundation. He is not in a hurry to come to the top continent and plans to stay for several hundred years. He will select a few people from the current peak of the Spirit Transformation stage to train and provide them with some resources. If the Azure Dragon can produce another Nirvana Realm cultivator, it will not be too late for Father to come. It would be even better if two could be produced."

"The dean has already explained that there is no need to worry."

In other words, although Zhong Cai said he would find a way to ensure that Canglong's combat strength remained the same, the master and grandmaster did not intend to make the junior spend any more money.

In the eyes of these masters and grandmasters, Zhong Cai had already sacrificed his place and a large amount of Xuan Stones and resources so that his masters could have a brighter future. Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan had not stayed in the academy for very long, and used even fewer of the academy's resources—even if they needed them, the masters provided them. In this way, they also sold many precious resources obtained from their adventures to the academy, which greatly enhanced the academy's reputation. They had no debt to Canglong and did not need to bother to make amends.

Moreover, even though these masters and grandmasters did indeed receive the academy's nurturing grace, they had given back to the academy in return for their increased strength, more than enough to compensate for what they had consumed. Their departure now for their future is perfectly normal; their desire to leave the academy with some support is simply due to their deep affection for it.

Once they reach a higher level of strength, they will naturally return and bring the academy benefits that are difficult to obtain in the intermediate continent.

The academy itself is also looking at things from a longer-term perspective.

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Zhong Cai immediately understood Master Jiang and Grandmaster Jiang's thoughts, and felt a warmth in her heart. But she immediately said, "I have also prepared a few battle weapons. Please ask Master Jiang to take them back later. That way, Grandmaster Jiang will feel more at ease."

Jiang Chongguang was also very straightforward. He neither wanted to disappoint his disciple nor take advantage of him, so he said, "When the academy no longer needs it, we will return it to you."

Zhong Cai said with a smile, "There's no need to return them when the time comes. Just release them. I will take care of them, and they will all have their own places to go."

Jiang Chongguang nodded, and that was it, the matter was settled.

Zhong Cai then suggested, "Master Jiang, how about we have Old Wu take you to test the power of those soldiers?"

Jiang Chongguang nodded again.

Zhong Cai looked at Wu Shaogan.

Wu Shaogan smiled slightly: "Master, come with me."

Jiang Chongguang followed directly there.

Zhong Cai stuffed a few more books into Sang Yunchu's hands and said with a smile, "Master, read and play with the books first. I'll go and say a few words to Dong Xiao, then go back to the sect to buy you some pills."

Sang Yunchu chuckled, patted Zhong Cai's head lightly, and said, "You have no manners."

Zhong Cai smiled and gestured to Wu Dongxiao before the two of them walked out the door together.

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Knowing what Uncle Zhong was going to ask, Wu Dongxiao explained in detail his trip to the Zhong family in Kunyun City and the West Tiger Hunting Group.

Zhong Cai listened and nodded.

He was relieved that both sides of the family and relatives he was related to were doing well.

Wu Dongxiao then brought up Xiang Lin.

"I handed the things over to Uncle Xiang and also conveyed the message."

Zhong Cai looked over: "What did he say?"

Wu Dongxiao: "Uncle Xiang said it's not hard work, and he also gave his regards. He will look after Zhong Da and the others, as well as the Zhong family and Xi Hu."

Zhong Cai sighed, "Old Wu and I have always trusted Xiang Lin. That guy is quiet and unassuming, but he's quite capable."

Wu Dongxiao actually thought that Uncle Xiang was quite capable. Although he came from the Death Guard, his aptitude and skills were very good. Because he was influenced by his uncle in his actions, he was mostly very steady. Even when he needed to be a little crazy, he could be both crazy and steady. If he continued to cultivate step by step in the future, he could probably become a powerful figure.

Having said that, let's talk about other things.

Wu Dongxiao said, "The two teleportation tokens were given to Master and Senior Brother. Master's idea is that she should cultivate first, and she might come around the same time as Grandmaster Jiang, but that's uncertain. Anyway, once she arrives, she will come to the War God Temple." At this point, he hesitated and asked, "Uncle Zhong, isn't our War God Temple famous enough?"

Zhong Cai found it amusing and said, "You can rest assured about that. Even if the Temple of War isn't famous enough, your uncle is quite famous."

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That makes sense.

Although the Temple of War is a level nine power, the entire top-tier continent is incredibly vast. If the distance is too great, some regions may not even know of the Temple of War's existence—the cultivators there will likely revere the closer level nine powers.

However, Wu Shaogan has consistently held the top spot on the Sky Ranking, from level five to level six. The Sky Ranking is refreshed on the sky every month, and Wu Shaogan's image is clearly displayed, thus making a name for himself at every level.

The reputation of the Temple of War itself is destined to increase as Wu Shaogan's reputation grows.

After all, Wu Shaogan's introduction would definitely include a sentence about "coming from the Temple of the God of War".

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Wu Dongxiao was somewhat taken aback.

Then he continued, "My senior brother is still at the Starlight Arena, right? He also has a token on him, which he will use when he gets back. Then, no matter where he is, he will rush to the Temple of War God as soon as possible."

Seeing the worry in the boy's expression, Zhong Cai smiled knowingly and said, "Worried about your senior brother's safety?"

Wu Dongxiao nodded frankly and said, "Of course I'm worried. After all, this is a top-tier continent. Who knows if there will be any great dangers where he lands? But we will also be going out to train in the top-tier continent in the future. Senior Brother means that he will be more careful and also explore the situation of the top-tier continent from other angles."

Zhong Cai patted Wu Dongxiao on the shoulder and waved to the side.

In an instant, a "man" who was over nine feet tall, wearing dragon scale armor, and was tall and strong stood to one side.

It looked like a man, but because the helmet covered his face, it was impossible to tell whether he was male or female. However, his aura was extremely terrifying. Almost the instant he appeared, Wu Dongxiao couldn't help but take several steps back—his blood was boiling.

Wu Dongxiao took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Zhong, what's this?"

Zhong Cai said, "It's the weapon I mentioned to Master Jiang before. It's not a puppet, but its characteristics are very similar to those of a puppet." He stroked his chin and explained, "Just think of it as an eighth-grade top-quality puppet... But even if a puppet reaches the top grade, its combat power will vary depending on the material... This weapon is slightly stronger."

Wu Dongxiao listened with some shock, and looked the soldier over several times.

Zhong Cai smiled and said, "Take it to your senior brother and protect him for a while. You can return it to me after he successfully arrives at the Temple of the God of War."

Wu Dongxiao was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Zhong Cai, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Zhong!"

Zhong Cai patted Wu Dongxiao's head gently again and said, "It's nothing. I just want you to have no worries."

Wu Dongxiao was filled with gratitude and held his two uncles in even higher esteem.

Zhong Cai then waved his hand and said, "Go on, go find your senior brother! Come back tomorrow, I'm going back today to buy some pills."

Wu Dongxiao readily agreed, quickly put the "warrior" into his mustard seed bag, and left happily.

Zhong Cai quickly went back into the house, walked up to her master who was quietly reading a book, and whispered, "Master, I'm going out to buy some pills!"

Sang Yunchu didn't look up, but slightly raised her hand and precisely patted Zhong Cai's forearm to indicate that she understood.

Zhong Cai then headed towards the training ground.

He went to find Old Wu to open the door!

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On the training ground.

Violent energy surged and collided everywhere, creating terrifying energy tides.

A fierce wind howled, and a terrifying impact burst forth in all directions, blasting many charred patches onto the walls of the training ground.

This is Jiang Chongguang and a dragon-armored soldier engaged in a fierce battle.

The scene was extremely intense.

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As soon as Zhong Cai entered, he saw the charred remains and immediately sighed – fortunately, these two halls were manifested from the auction decree and were made of extremely hard material; otherwise, if they had truly built the halls themselves, they might not have been able to withstand such damage.

Then, he quickly walked over to Wu Shaogan's side.

The first person Zhong Cai saw was, of course, Wu Shaogan.

Wu Shaogan then took Zhong Cai's hand.

Zhong Cai pinched him a few times and said, "I have to go back to take care of something. Open the door for me quickly."

Wu Shaogan nodded and said loudly, "Master, you go first, we'll be back in a bit!"

Jiang Chongguang agreed.

Wu Shaogan then instructed several dragon-armored soldiers to act according to Jiang Chongguang's orders.

Then, he opened the Gate of All Beings and walked out hand in hand with Zhong Cai.

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The two returned directly to their residence on Qianyuan Island.

Zhong Cai opened the Danwu Sky Screen, directly selected the largest trading place, and clicked to buy items one by one according to the list.

There are more than fifty level-eight alchemists in the Lingxian Sect. Each of them produces a considerable number of pills when refining their own suitable pills, and naturally, many of them can be listed for sale online.

However, very few of the truly top-grade pills were actually offered.

When Zhong Cai made her purchases, she always chose those of relatively higher quality.

While making their selections, they took out a sufficient amount of high-grade Xuan Stones and put them into another empty mustard seed bag.

Before long, someone came over.

It was supposed to be the Heavenly Envoy who was coming, but the one who actually descended was Xiao Zinuo, Emperor Xiao Dan.

Zhong Cai was taken aback and quickly got up to greet him.

Xiao Zinuo landed gracefully, walked up to Zhong Cai, carefully examined him, then showed a slightly relieved expression, took out a box, and opened it—

Inside were the various level-eight pills that Zhong Cai had previously purchased.

Zhong Cai suddenly understood that the reason why Xiao Danhuang came in person was because he had suddenly purchased a large number of level-eight pills, which made him somewhat worried about his safety, so he personally delivered the pills.

He quickly said, "I'm sorry to have troubled Emperor Xiao Dan with my disciple."

Xiao Zinuo smiled and said, "It's good that you're alright." He didn't ask Zhong Cai why she bought so many level-eight pills.

After thinking for a moment, Zhong Cai did not offer any explanation.

Anyway, once Master arrives, the sect will know immediately!

The arrival of our master will surely be a pleasant surprise for the Lingxian Sect!

Zhong Cai watched Xiao Danhuang leave, a sly smile creeping across his face.

Hey!

His master had already told him that his master had now learned ten new level eight pills, and five of them had become top-grade!

Moreover, this is not because the master only has this ability.

The bigger reason is that there aren't that many level-eight medicinal herbs on the Flying Star Continent. Even if Master wanted to refine more to improve his alchemy skills, it would be difficult—the five types that can produce top-grade herbs are relatively easy to find.

It was for this reason that Zhong Cai was so eager for her master to come to the top continent as soon as possible.

As a mid-level continent, Flying Star Continent imposed too many restrictions on his master.

Just like Master Jiang, although there are many resources about martial arts in the intermediate continent, there are far fewer directions for expanding martial arts strategies. If Master Jiang were on the top continent, his combat power would increase even more.

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After Xiao Zinuo left, Zhong Cai excitedly returned to the mansion with the elixir.

Wu Shaogan stayed by his side.

The two quickly reopened the door and returned to the Land of All Beings.

Sang Yunchu continued to read quietly.

Noticing Zhong Cai's movement, he looked up and raised his thin eyebrows: "So fast?"

Zhong Cai said smugly, "Of course it's fast! We have the Danwu Sky Curtain there, we can just buy it directly!"

As he spoke, he described in great detail the specific situation of the Danwu Heavenly Curtain.

Sang Yunchu listened and nodded slightly: "Very good."

Zhong Cai said excitedly, "After Master joins the sect, he can open his own meridians. The sect will definitely not mistreat a Pill King! Then Master can use his Pill Technique Points to watch all the videos of those Level 8 Pill Kings and Level 8 Pill Emperors! It will definitely be very useful for his Pill Technique! Also! I've grown a lot of Level 8 medicinal herbs, and I'll give Master a share of them all! Of course, I'll also get a share of Master's..."

Sang Yunchu listened and nodded with a smile.

Zhong Cai then took out a mustard seed bag and handed it to Sang Yunchu, saying, "Buying pills won't cost that much. This is what's left over, Master, please take it!"

Sang Yunchu scanned the contents and found that there were still 790,000 high-grade Xuan stones remaining.

He waved his hand and said, "Take it as pocket money."

Zhong Cai blinked: "Master, you have so many Xuan Stones!"

Sang Yunchu chuckled and said, "It's just that the pills are well-refined."

Zhong Cai feigned surprise: "Wow! Master, you're so proud of yourself!"

Sang Yunchu raised an eyebrow: "It's just that the pills are well-refined."

Zhong Cai: "Wow..."

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The master and apprentice chatted casually like that.

After some time, Wu Shaogan brought Jiang Chongguang in, along with four dragon-armored soldiers.

—It turned out that while Zhong Cai was gesturing wildly at Sang Yunchu, Wu Shaogan went to the nearby martial arts arena to meet up with his master.

Jiang Chongguang was covered in sweat, but he looked radiant and was clearly very excited.

The previous battles, or the battles that followed, had given him a great deal of enjoyment.

At this moment, Jiang Chongguang sat down at one end of the table, and the heat emanating from his body instantly raised the temperature of the surrounding area.

It was truly exhilarating.

Zhong Cai immediately asked, "Master Jiang, what do you think of these soldiers?"

After a moment's thought, Jiang Chongguang said, "If the opponent we encounter is in the early stage of Nirvana, and not someone with unparalleled combat power... then every move we make can directly defeat them."

"If the two warriors join forces, they can easily defeat most mid-stage Nirvana cultivators. Even if I were to fight them, I would find it extremely difficult."

“Three warriors can easily withstand a late-stage Nirvana Realm expert. I’m afraid I’ll be trapped. Even if I unleash my power, it will be difficult to break free from their confinement.”

"The four Venerables have the potential to kill the Nirvana late-stage avatar, while I will most likely die at their hands."

Zhong Cai pondered it over and thought it seemed alright.

Overall, these four combined should be equivalent to one Master Jiang.

Zhong Cai then said, "Then Master Jiang, why don't you take the soldiers back and hand them over to Grandmaster Jiang to command?"

Jiang Chongguang nodded: "That's fine."

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With the supplies in place, the master and his disciples stayed temporarily in the two halls.

After Wu Dongxiao returns, the two masters will take the level-eight pills and dragon armor soldiers back to Canglong Academy.

The next day.

Wu Dongxiao did indeed return.

Sang Yunchu and Jiang Chongguang went out with him.

Xuan Bing naturally went out as well.

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan returned to Lingxian Sect first, then walked out of their residence and summoned Qingyu with a whistle.

Qingyu carried the two of them as they flew towards the outside of the Lingxian Sect.

After all, Sang Yunchu and his group couldn't very well just show up inside the Lingxian Sect...

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After the group left, somewhere in the mountains.

Xiao Zinuo received the news.

Lou Chuan, sitting opposite him, pressed down on a chess piece and said, "Why are you bothering with this?"

Xiao Zinuo said, "It's not that I want to interfere, it's just that something feels unusual." He paused, then explained, "It's not in a negative way, but..."

Lou Chuan looked up at him and asked, "And what?"

Xiao Zinuo said, "But I feel like those two kids are going to pull some kind of surprise."