Kongji Cave.

After three days of working day and night to make the elixir.

Kong Ju's eyes were already filled with red veins, and visible fatigue covered his entire face.

Even though he was exhausted both physically and mentally, his eyes were filled with excitement as he looked at the black turtle furnace in front of him.

A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out of the furnace, proving that the intermittent ointment had been successfully made.

And in front of him was the last batch of his ten batches of intermittent ointment.

There were a total of ten batches of intermittent ointment, and eight of them were wasted, with a failure rate of up to 80%.

The only batch of intermittent ointment that did not fail had an efficacy of only 55%. Thanks to the characteristics of the tortoise furnace, it was enhanced with half of its efficacy and was barely a finished product.

If there were no turtle furnace, Kong Ju’s failure rate would be as high as 90%.

And this last furnace is all Kong Jue’s hope.

With trembling arms he reached for the lid of the turtle stove.

Kong Jue uncovered it.

Whoosh! The rich medicinal power surged out, forming a green medicinal mist.

When the smoke cleared, a green, sticky substance appeared in front of Kong Jue.

Kong Ju didn't care about the heat of the sticky substance and carefully put it into the jade bottle.

I just checked the quality of this intermittent ointment.

"Sixty percent of the medicinal power. After the tortoise furnace's blessing, it's sixty-and-a-half percent of the medicinal power."

"I succeeded!" Kong Ju murmured, but there was no happy expression on his face.

Ten materials, two were successful.

The intermittent ointment is worth two thousand spirit crystals, but two portions only cost four thousand spirit crystals. It's a huge loss.

Fortunately, Kong Ju used the spirit crystals to pile up a finished second-grade elixir, and he found some feeling of refining a second-grade elixir.

"As long as we break through this shackles, the success rate next time should be much higher. These nine thousand spirit crystals are worth it." Kong Ju held the intermittent ointment in his arms and comforted himself.

After saying that, he turned his head and fell to the ground.

Ignoring the cold ground, he fell into a deep sleep.

Alchemy is extremely exhausting for the alchemist. He must concentrate his mind highly and not allow even a single drop of spiritual power. It is no less demanding than fighting a great battle.

Winter goes and spring comes, the winter snow begins to melt, and the earth comes back to life.

It's that time of year again when everything is renewed.

Counting the years, this year marks the fifth year that Kong Ju has entered the Cangwu School.

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Kong Jue's birth into this world, as he enters the age of twenty.

This year also happens to be the year when the Cangwu sect recruits disciples from outside world once every five years.

Many young faces began to appear in the outer sect of Cangwu Sect.

There are talented young people who are full of ambition, and there are also ignorant young people who look at the unfamiliar environment in a daze.

Just like Kong Ju and the other group of disciples who entered the Cangwu Sect, they will grow up listening to many legends about their predecessors.

As your cultivation deepens, you will see the cruel side of this world and mature step by step.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of the outer gate, the inner gate is as quiet as a paradise.

Only a small number of inner disciples and Ascension Realm masters who are the core of the sect are qualified to set foot in this vast area.

Under the main peak, inside the Kongqi Cave.

Kong Ju had a solemn face as he used a can of demon blood from a ninth-level demon beast that he had purchased from an inner sect disciple to refine a half-refined puppet in front of him.

The corpse of the puppet was obtained by Kong Ju when he was ambushed by a team of seven in a valley in the Xiling Mountains and his leader was killed.

Seeing that the Qinghu blessed land event was approaching, Kong Ju naturally had to make all possible preparations.

Although the combat power of low-level puppets is not of great use, it can sometimes be very useful as eyes and ears and cannon fodder.

For example, during the trip to Xihuang Blessed Land, Kong Ju escaped from a crisis by sacrificing the time he had gained by refining puppets.

The puppet in front of him will be the most expensive one among all the puppets Kong Ju has ever made.

The corpse was that of a ninth-level cultivator, and the demon blood was the blood of a ninth-level demon beast that Kong Ju bought from an inner sect senior brother for five hundred spirit crystals.

Even the medicinal materials used for refining puppets are the best.

Once this puppet is refined, it will be the most powerful one among all the low-level puppets refined by Kong Ju.

Kong Ju slowly controlled the demon blood with the power of his spiritual consciousness, until it was completely absorbed by the puppet.

He was not in a hurry to draw the formation on the puppet's body to drive it.

Instead, after a little thought, he took out a ball of transparent light wrapped in frost-white spiritual power from his Qiankun bag.

It was exactly that ball of the essence of human nature and heaven and earth that Kong Jue got from the strong wind at the entrance of Xihuang Blessed Land.

Holding Feng Yu Canxi in his hand, Kong Ju looked at the puppet that had been refined for the most part and fell into deep thought: "According to Shen Cao's puppet refining, puppets above the intermediate level can be refined with the essence of heaven and earth, which can greatly enhance the combat power of the puppet."

"I just don't know if this low-level puppet can withstand the power of the essence of heaven and earth."

The reason why low-level puppet refining is called low-level puppet refining is that, as the name suggests, it is just a consumable. The strength of this level of puppet refining is at most at the peak of the ninth realm.

There is no need to use the essence of heaven and earth to refine it.

However, the intermediate puppet refining requires a cultivator at the Shenglun realm to refine it, and Kong Ju’s current Jinming Spirit Refining Method is not enough to refine the intermediate puppet refining.

Therefore, we can only improve its combat effectiveness as much as possible based on low-level puppet refining.

It is a good idea to refine the essence of heaven and earth in order to refine the puppet.

But Kong Ju was worried that it wouldn't be able to bear it. After all, in the Divine Art of Puppet Refining, there was no explanation as to whether a low-level puppet could withstand the essence of heaven and earth.

"Never mind, let's give it a try!" After pondering for a long time, Kong Ju gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try.

Isn't it just the loss of a corpse and some refining materials? He invested thousands of spirit crystals when refining the intermittent ointment, so this little money is not a big deal.

Having made up his mind, Kong Ju immediately followed the records in the divine puppet refining method to control the essence of heaven and earth and integrate it into the puppet refining to activate the power of spiritual consciousness.

With a few flashes of golden light, the divine consciousness shone on the frost and snow spiritual power that imprisoned Feng Yu's remaining breath.

The spiritual power cage slowly melted under Kong Qi's control.

The remaining breath of Feng Yu was immediately exposed to the air.

A whirlwind arose in Kong Jue's cave, blowing up Kong Jue's long black hair, which had not been trimmed for a long time.

He squinted his eyes and ignored the strong wind blowing on his face.

He used his spiritual power to restrain Feng Yu's remaining breath, and then slowly moved towards the puppet refining machine.

During this process, his hands kept forming seals, emitting ripples of spiritual energy, leaving a crescent-shaped mark on Feng Yu's remnant body.

At first, Feng Yu's remaining breath was still somewhat resistant to the puppet refining, and he lingered on the surface of the puppet's body, unwilling to go in.

Until the mark was formed, Feng Yu felt as if his hands and feet were bound, and he gradually stopped struggling.

Kong Ju pressed it into the body of the puppet very smoothly.

The moment Feng Yu's remaining breath entered the body of the puppet.

Buzz! A circle of strong wind suddenly vibrated out from the body of the already lifelike Liangui, spreading out from the Liangui as the center.

Then, under the gaze of Kong Ju, this low-level puppet was slowly lifted into the air by the strong wind and floated in the air above the cave.

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Kong Ju could sense Feng Yu's remaining power, which was running wildly inside the puppet's body.

Fortunately, this puppet is strong enough and can barely withstand Feng Yu's remaining power.

"Huh! Not bad!" Seeing this scene, Kong Ju secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He then pulled the puppet down from mid-air and began to use his spiritual power to copy the formation that drove the puppet's movement on his abdomen.

This process only took the time of an incense stick.

What's left is to refine the puppet and use the formation as the core to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Once the formation is filled with spiritual energy, the mission will be accomplished.

“I don’t know how powerful this puppet is. It has a body comparable to that of a physical cultivator, and it has the blessing of Feng Yu’s remaining breath. Even if it can’t beat those on the Hidden Dragon List, it should be able to easily beat other ninth-level cultivators.” Kong Ju thought to himself with pride.

At this moment, a clear call came from outside the cave.

"Is Junior Brother Kong Ju here? Your Senior Brother Shangguan is here!"

Kong Ju was stunned for a moment after hearing this and muttered, "Senior Brother Shangguan has come out of retreat?"

After Shangguan Yuzhou became a disciple of Dongxian, he went into seclusion for more than a month.

I don’t know what Master Dongxiantang taught him, but one thing is certain, Shangguan Yuzhou is getting stronger and stronger.

When Kong Ju opened the cave and let Shangguan Yuzhou in.

Kong Ju could clearly see the difference in his eyes from when he first entered the inner sect.

Even though Shangguan Yuzhou was also at the ninth level of Yanglun at that time, after absorbing the huge amount of money brought back by Kong Ju, he had the strength to enter the top 30 of the Potential Dragon List.

Now, his aura is at least twice as strong as it was back then.

The man's aura became even more aggressive. The moment he stepped into the cave, the surface of the pool on the left side of Kong Ju Cave automatically rippled without wind.

It seemed like something was constantly disturbing the water surface.

When his eyes were closed inadvertently, the sharp light of a sword was revealed. Ordinary ninth-level cultivators would lose the courage to fight just by looking at his eyes.

"Senior Brother Shangguan is probably even more powerful than Lu Wenji now." Kong Ju judged secretly.

At the same time, a sincere smile appeared on his face.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Shangguan, on your great progress."

"Haha, Junior Brother Kong Ju has good eyesight." Shangguan Yuzhou was now like a sharp blade that had been unsheathed, and every word that came out of his mouth was frighteningly sharp.

He himself seemed unaware of this, and the smile on his face was as bright as ever.

"This time we go to Qinghu blessed land, and watch your senior brother use Yuan Xiao to sacrifice the sword!"

Shangguan Yuzhou is obsessed with Yuan Xiao.

Before, I went to Cuijin Gate to block the door and shout because I wanted to vent my anger on behalf of Kong Ju.

At the beginning, the two of them were able to fight back and forth.

Who knew that the boy would suddenly break through to the ninth level of Yanglun and severely injure Shangguan Yuzhou, who was only at the eighth level at the time.

Shangguan Yuzhou was naturally unconvinced.

When I had just broken through to the ninth realm, I kept thinking about going to Tempering Gold Gate again to get back at him.

But it was delayed because of the inner gate ceremony.

Now that his cultivation has greatly improved and the Qinghu blessed land is hosting a grand event, it is expected that Yuan Xiao will definitely go.

Shangguan Yuzhou has already thought about how to deal with Yuan Xiao this time.

"Yuan Xiao is just a small matter. What we should be more careful about is Lingxi." Kong Ju reminded Shangguan Yuzhou with a smile, telling him not to forget Lingxi's existence.

"As the leader of the Hidden Dragon Ranking, Lingxi will definitely come to the Qinghu Blessed Land. When he sees the disciples of the Cangwu Sect, he will probably be ruthless."

"Especially when he saw me!" Kong Ju added this sentence in his mind.

"It's okay. You and I, brothers, can join forces to meet the dragon head." Shangguan Yuzhou smiled, not knowing whether he was too confident in himself or too confident in Kong Ju's strength.

I actually wanted to fight with Lingxi.

"Senior Brother Shangguan is very brave." Kong Ju smiled, but his answer was noncommittal.

He is not Shangguan Yuzhou, who dared to seek sparring with Huangfu Wuqin when he was at the fifth level of Yanglun. Kong Ju even suspected that Shangguan Yuzhou did not know what fear was.

He didn't want to fight Lingxi a second time unless it was absolutely necessary.

The two brothers haven't been together for a long time.

They had a pleasant conversation for a long time in Kong Ju's cave.

Shangguan Yuzhou took a look at the existence of the puppet but did not pay much attention to it.

It was also rare that he did not say anything like "not to be distracted by fiddling with tricks or something like that."

Because before, Shangguan Yuzhou had asked Kong Ju not to be distracted by alchemy.

Who would have thought that Kong Jue had tinkered with alchemy by himself and had created the Qi-nourishing Pill and the Small Broken Mirror Pill, and had already become a first-class alchemist.

Not only has my cultivation level not been affected, but I have also benefited a lot from it.

If it weren't for the Qi-nourishing Pill and the Small Mirror-breaking Pill given to him by Kong Ju, he would definitely not be able to reach the ninth level now.

Let alone his puppetry, even if Kong Ju went to learn weapon refining, Shangguan Yuzhou wouldn't even cough. (End of this chapter)