Chapter 180 Chaos

"It's grown by such a huge amount..."

A quick calculation reveals that the top-grade Ice Spirit Pill, enhanced by the Frost Flame, did not achieve a perfect 50% increase, but rather around 30% to 40%.

The actual effect should hover between 130 and 140 drops of true essence increase, which is due to his lack of skill.

"The impact is actually not significant, it's just this one elixir."

"Within two years, I will reach the peak of the third level of Foundation Establishment and can begin my first attempt at Condensing Yuan. Moreover, the Corpse Demon Secret Technique will be completed soon."

Closing his eyes in thought, Wang Yu realized that he had been incredibly busy for the past year or two.

The plan also includes the goal of expanding the Guiling City market.

"Continue refining."

Beside him, the three-tailed snow fox let out a few soft cries, which made Wang Yu smile: "Don't worry, the next batch will be for you, there'll be plenty for you to eat."

Taking a top-grade elixir greatly reduces the risk of developing elixir-related obstacles, and the upper limit is significantly higher than that of the first-tier stage. This is because the cultivator's resistance to the rules of heaven and earth increases after their life level is upgraded.

Wang Yu estimated the limit to be around 20 pills, but that didn't really matter. There were plenty of pill formulas that could improve cultivation; if one reached its limit, there were other types that could be consumed.

While he was in seclusion refining pills in the underground spiritual veins, he was not completely detached from worldly affairs. His disciple would occasionally come to find him and report on the recent events in Guiling City.

Many of these reports relate to the ancient ruins of Higashikyo.

This is different from the secret realm. The secret realm has an opening period, while the ruins are just there and can be explored at any time.

The reason why it has attracted so many people during this period is ultimately due to the extraordinary phenomena that have occurred in nature.

This wave of exploration is conservatively estimated to last for several years. Once a lucky individual obtains a treasure related to the strange phenomenon, a battle royale will erupt.

Due to its proximity, Guiling City has seen a surge in population, with businesses in all sectors experiencing exponential growth. This presents a great opportunity for the city's development.

Similarly, public security and stability have gradually declined, chaos has arisen, and murders and robberies have occurred frequently in the city.

There was nothing Wang Yu could do about this; he dared not leave the city lord's mansion!

The only thing we can do is give the Ink Sect more law enforcement powers as compensation for leaking their information. This kind of compensation is a bit ridiculous because Guiling is really in chaos right now.

Law enforcement power is not always a good thing.

But after this period, their influence in the North District will also expand, and Wang Yu will not take back the power. He still has this to consider.

On the other hand, some resource-producing areas outside the city were attacked by an unknown group of cultivators. Wang Yu adopted a defensive strategy, releasing as much as he could.

He's just waiting for a major event at the Dongjijing Ruins to attract everyone's attention so he can secretly take back these resource points.

There was no way around it; he had been in the limelight for too long, and his stress-prone and sensitive constitution had even become famous in Yunling Prefecture. Even in the demonic realm, he was considered one of the crazy types.

It added to his "prestige" without his knowledge.

Of course, Guiling City was a gathering place for powerful forces and had the potential to become the eye of the storm. Further east, the ancient ruins of Dongjijing became the true eye of the storm.

Many people make a point of coming to Guiling to check out the publicly available information before entering the area.

Among them are the ruins maps produced by the successive city lords of Guiling City, the "safe route" produced by Shuimomen, and various treasures, conjectures, and clues about inheritance produced by Jinmanlou.

These are the sources of the chaos.

Wang Yu concealed a little bit in the information he released. Although most of it was true, this concealment regarding certain powerful and rare monsters was fatal!

Sigh~

Old Master Wang was kind-hearted. After repeatedly using them, he sent the strongest among them to their deaths.

There's no other way. Since we've already offended him, we might as well take advantage of the situation and the circumstances to cause him some trouble. That way, we can reduce the pressure he'll face in the future.

He didn't hide anything about ordinary monsters, such as corpse demons and corpse goblins that had become spirits from ancient corpses... His information on some formations and restrictions was quite accurate.

As time goes on, the capable gain more and more, and these treasures and inheritances, which far exceed those of the past, attract even more people.

These people, in gratitude to Lord Wang, managed to turn things around for Guiling.

However, at the Dongjikyo ruins, the number of people swallowed up every day is growing larger and larger, under these circumstances.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

While engrossed in alchemy, Wang Yu did not neglect his daily cultivation. With the help of pills, his efficiency improved dramatically.

His true essence accumulation surged to over four hundred drops, and he would be able to reach the peak of the third level of Foundation Establishment by next year at the latest. At that time, he should probably look for some treasures to help him overcome the bottleneck.

Take the Xuanjing Flower for example. This treasure helped him cross the threshold of the late stage of Qi Refining and was a great help in the half-step True Essence Transformation. His ability to advance directly back then was due to the foundation he laid during his time at Xuan Gu Mountain.

Speaking of which, he plans to go to the underground palace of Xuan Gu Mountain again after breaking through to the Core Formation stage, where even deeper secrets and opportunities are hidden.

We'll have to wait.

Furthermore, there is something I need to discuss with the Third Young Master of the Reverse Spirit, namely the Xuan Tian Secret Realm mentioned in the original contract.

This secret realm is extremely famous throughout the entire Reverse Spirit Blood Sect because it can reliably produce Core Formation spiritual items, and even high-grade Core Formation spiritual items are not uncommon.

There are all kinds of types and attributes. It can be opened once every fifty years. If you have the key to the secret realm, you can ignore the opening cycle and secretly send people in.

The conditions he reached with Zuo Qiuming, Zhuo Shouqing, and the others were of this kind: they could enter at any time at the peak of Foundation Establishment, but they could only take one Core Formation spiritual item from it.

After all, the secret realm belongs to the sect, and he can't just eat it all by himself.

We can take into account the unexpected gains from Jin Manlou's side.

He doesn't seem to have much desire for Core Formation spiritual objects anymore; this matter needs to be considered carefully and thoroughly.

"It's time to leave the pass, Xueyu, let's go."

In one year, Wang's pockets accumulated a million spirit stones, as well as nearly eight hundred high-grade spirit stones that could not be exchanged for lower ones, which was also a considerable fortune.

These are still high-level resources; the treasures he can exchange for exceed his needs at this stage. He'll save them all; they're one of the hard currencies in the treasure exchange.

The three-tailed snow fox, plump and strong with a bulging belly, moved with an exceptionally lazy expression.

Since acknowledging Wang Yu as its master, it has been living the most comfortable life of its life, hardly ever fighting, just eating all day long!

It feels so good. Recently, I've been exploring my bloodline power and awakened a new technique called [Ice Cloud Escape]. It's an escape technique that allows me to fly.

This is actually a symbol of the transformation and growth of Xueyu's bloodline.

Ordinary demonic beasts like the Earth Rock Bull and the Steel-Backed Boar, even if they are lucky enough to break through to the second tier, cannot have the ability to fly. For demonic beasts, bloodline represents everything!

As for the alligator dragon, its dragon bloodline is actually quite strong. In theory, it should be able to fly after breaking through to the second tier, but in reality, it can unleash its full power in the swamp.

The fact that it can fly but doesn't is a perfect description of the alligator dragon.

However, there is still a big difference between having it and not having it. Lord Wang did not need to fly himself. He sat on the snow jade and stepped on the ice mist, and left the cave in a flash.

The miners who had worked for a year had already left, leaving only Guan Yingdong waiting for him.

"Come on, tell me about the major events that have happened recently."

"Yes, Master."

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The main hall inside the mansion.

The composed Yingdong apprentice reported on the recent situation in descending order of importance.

"Master, the first thing is that Senior Jin Miaoshan sent a message saying that the agreed time has to be postponed. Her rivals in the building are using the last incident to attack her."

"She needs more time to travel to other states and raise funds in the secret locations."

Wang Yu's lips twitched.

Hmm~ The reason is reasonable... Oh well, it's okay if it's slower, it won't be slower than him reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment.

"continue."

“Well, the second thing…” Guan Yingdong hesitated slightly, not because she didn’t want to say it, but because she was unsure how to begin.

"The Guan family has obtained a secret treasure from Dongjijing."

"oh?"

Wang Yu's interest was piqued. Based on past experience, the number of artifacts in the Dongjijing ruins far exceeded the number of treasures, a result of the passage of time.

Many treasures, even with perfect preservation methods at the time, are difficult to withstand the erosion of tens of thousands of years. However, inheritance is different; it can be preserved to this day with just a little effort.

Ancient traditions and modern traditions—logically speaking, modern methods should be more effective.

However, due to various disasters and wars.

History actually has many gaps, such as the ancient Blood Demon Calamity, which wiped out at least 90% of the cultivation world at that time, leaving a gap of nearly two hundred years in history.

Therefore, places with rich historical significance, such as ruins, ancient caves, and secret realms, may offer opportunities for sudden and extraordinary success.

Stories of such lucky individuals have been circulating for a long time.

Tell me in detail.

"Yes! The secret treasure obtained by the Guan family is a pair of shackles used to imprison prisoners. Unlike the current treasure-refining system, it is an ancient treasure with a trace of spatial power."

"It is equivalent to a magic weapon used by a Core Formation cultivator in terms of grade. It was obtained in a relatively secretive manner, but it was still discovered by some cultivators, including two Core Formation cultivators."

"One is a rogue cultivator from Yunling Prefecture, in the early stage of Core Formation, known as the Yellow Sand Immortal; the other is the Third Valley Master of the Earth Demon Valley, in the middle stage of Core Formation, known as the Earth Puppet Immortal."

Having two Core Formation cultivators put considerable pressure on the Guan family. When Guan Yingdong mentioned it to him, her intentions were simple: she just hoped he could lend a hand.

Can Wang Yu help?

able!

They can just hide in the city lord's mansion and become turtles; they can't really expect him to kill them.

It's so chaotic outside, people could easily die.

"well--"

Wang Yu sighed. Logically, he should help someone who shares the same interests, but he was also in considerable trouble.

"Just throw that treasure away. If it's something we should give up, then let it go. If Patriarch Guan is unwilling, then he can go to the City Lord's Mansion to hide. As for other matters, there's nothing I can do."

Guan Yingdong understood that this result was already quite good.

She was caught in the middle, merely a tool, and couldn't be said to favor either side.

“Disciple knows. There is a third matter… There is news about the corpse refining technique you requested last time. They asked if you are an armored corpse or a fiendish corpse. It will be delivered to Guiling City in three months at the latest.”

"You'd better get on with the corpse-destroying matter as soon as possible."

"good."

(End of this chapter)