Chapter 229 Wearing Away the Formation
After returning to Canglong Academy and Duobao Peak, Zhong Cai pulled Wu Shaogan and collapsed onto a soft couch deep in the ancient city, stretching out lazily.
I'm so tired!
It's not that my body is tired, but my mind is tired.
For so many days in a row, I haven't been using my brain every single moment, but I've certainly had to think deeply from time to time.
I was very excited at the time, but now that I'm relaxed, mental fatigue has suddenly overwhelmed me.
Wu Shaogan didn't put in much effort; with a little force, he pulled Zhong Cai into his arms.
Zhong Cai let him pull her without resistance, quickly found a familiar and comfortable position to lie down, rubbed her face against her husband Wu's firm chest, and then let out a long breath.
That feels good.
Wu Shaogan looked at him with a smile in his eyes, his expression very gentle.
...These days have indeed been tough for A-Cai.
Zhong Cai originally wanted to say something to his old man, but for some reason, perhaps because the scent surrounding him was too pleasant, or perhaps because his old man's chest was too comfortable to rest on, his eyelids suddenly felt quite heavy... and after a while, he couldn't open his eyes anymore.
She fell asleep.
Wu Shaogan didn't disturb him, but simply lowered his head and gently kissed Zhong Cai's head.
Sweet dreams, Acai.
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Zhong Cai slept for countless hours before finally waking up.
He still habitually rubbed his "pillow" against his pillow, feeling the familiar touch.
Subconsciously, Zhong Cai looked up and flashed a bright smile: "Old Wu! I'm awake! You're still with me?"
Sure enough, a familiar voice rang out above him, and someone put their arm around him, nuzzling his head with their chin.
"Yes, I'm here with you."
Zhong Cai was in a great mood.
Soon, the two changed positions and lay face to face, their eyes meeting, both filled with undisguised smiles.
Zhong Cai blinked, thinking, "Old Wu is so handsome!"
Wu Shaogan seemed to have seen through Zhong Cai's thoughts, and the smile on his lips deepened. He also seemed to be looking at Zhong Cai for a long time, his gaze never leaving her.
The two stared at each other for a while before finally coming to their senses.
Zhong Cai asked with a smile, "Old Wu, how long did I sleep in total?"
Wu Shaogan remembered it all along, and now he answered directly, "Twenty-five hours."
Zhong Cai: "Wow! That's more than two days?"
Wu Shaogan nodded with a smile.
Zhong Cai yawned and stretched.
Neither of them planned to get up immediately. Instead, they looked at each other for a while longer before spontaneously lunging at one another, embracing, and rolling into the depths of the bed... When it's time to focus on your career, you should focus on your career; when it's time to be intimate, you should be intimate too.
This reckless behavior continued for many more hours.
After returning from the Danwang gathering, the two did nothing but sleep and roll around, and it's unclear how long they tossed and turned before they were finally satisfied.
It was only at this point that they finally felt like "counting money".
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Zhong Cai took out the mustard seed bags containing the mysterious pearls, while Wu Shaogan specially set aside a mustard seed ring.
Then, Zhong Cai took out one of them, counted the mystic pearls inside, and said, "126,000 mystic pearls."
Wu Shaogan put these Xuanzhu into his mustard seed ring, thought for a moment, and said, "They should have been obtained when the Soul Fusion Pills were auctioned off as a set of two at the beginning."
Zhong Cai nodded, then took out a second mustard seed bag, scanned it with his soul sense, and announced, "This one is too many, 530,000!"
Wu Shaogan transferred the remaining Xuan Pearls over again, saying, "There are a total of 656,000 Xuan Pearls now..."
Zhong Cai took out a mustard seed bag for the third time...
In this way, the two worked together to quickly count the "payment".
It took the two of them almost half an hour to finally figure it out.
Wu Shaogan said, "More than 270 million Xuan Pearls... which is roughly equivalent to more than 2.7 million low-grade Xuan Stones."
Zhong Cai blinked: "Not too much."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "A Cai has obtained so many low-grade Xuan Stones just by selling level-five pills. The proceeds from this auction alone have already exceeded the wealth of most cultivators who have reached the Palace Establishment stage."
Zhong Cai pondered for a moment, then said, "It really is possible to surpass it!"
—Of course, it is possible. The highest price for a level 6 resource is only 500,000 low-grade Xuan Stones.
Zhong Cai sighed again, "I'm far inferior to my master."
Wu Shaogan ruffled Zhong Cai's hair and laughed, "Master Sang's single eighth-grade pill is already worth hundreds of millions of low-grade Xuan stones, so naturally we can't compare for now... Cai will have her share of the profits in the future."
Zhong Cai said smugly, "I'll definitely make more money than my master in the future!"
Wu Shaogan was equally certain: "Absolutely."
Zhong Cai was even more pleased with herself.
After a while of being intimate, the two finally got out of bed.
Zhong Cai thought for a moment and said, "I seem to have accumulated quite a bit of Dan Yun in the past few years. Do you think I should draw some?"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "I'll do whatever A-Cai says."
Zhong Cai hesitated for a moment.
They really have everything they need, whether it's mysterious stones or other resources.
It doesn't seem like an immediate sacrifice is necessary.
However, the two still went to the altar first.
The transparent "box" above was even larger, almost the same size as the altar.
The room was still filled with rosy hues, shimmering and incredibly beautiful.
Moreover, because the number of Dan Yun this time was extremely large, the "colorful clouds" were even more intense in color and appeared exceptionally vibrant.
Zhong Cai couldn't help but sigh, "I hadn't been counting much before, and when I remembered, I was shocked by what I saw."
Wu Shaogan chuckled.
Both of them looked up and soon received feedback from the ancient city.
The Danyun here is so densely packed that it has reached a total of more than 44 million.
If you use all of that money to draw from the Golden Flame Pool... you could do forty-four ten-pulls and get at least forty pieces of guaranteed level nine resources!
at the same time……
Wu Shaogan suddenly said, "If this batch is all drawn, that should be enough, right?"
Zhong Cai quickly realized what was happening and exclaimed, "That's right, I only need to sacrifice one hundred million pill essences, isn't that enough?"
Wu Shaogan's requirement to spend a total of ten million Xuanzhu to summon Dao soldiers had already been fulfilled long ago.
In other words, the two of them now only need to gather enough materials with Yin-Yang and Five Elements attributes to further upgrade the ancient city's level anytime, anywhere!
Unfortunately, while other grades of refining materials are easy to find, mid-grade level nine materials are hard to come by.
The two of them didn't know how much time it would take to complete it...
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Zhong Cai let out a breath and suddenly said, "Old Wu, I've discovered a problem."
Wu Shaogan turned his head to look at him and asked with a smile, "What?"
Zhong Cai said thoughtfully, "Nothing else, it's just that... the ordinary Dao soldiers summoned by your command platform aren't quite up to par." He pondered, "My altar and your command platform should be about the same level. My upper limit is level nine, although I can only summon level eight puppets now, but who knows, I might be able to summon level nine ones later? While yours, at most, only has special golden-armored soldiers at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage, with a chance of Nirvana... Isn't your top-tier combat power a bit lacking?"
Wu Shaogan had also thought about this question and had made some guesses.
He smiled and said, "I feel that once we upgrade again, the command platform will also be improved."
Zhong Cai looked over curiously.
Wu Shaogan shared his thoughts: "Just like you said, the fact that you can summon level eight puppets as 'guards' is certainly related to the fact that you are an alchemist and need high-end combat power for protection. However, the fact that my command platform is integrated with your altar, yet the Dao soldiers don't have the same 'guard' capabilities as yours, is indeed a problem." He pondered, "...But after all, I have a large number of soldiers here, so I've compensated for the lack of quality with sheer numbers. It's reasonable that I can only summon the highest-end combat power a little later."
Zhong Cai immediately laughed: "You mean, there are other things above the Golden Armored Soldiers?"
Wu Shaogan grasped Zhong Cai's hand.
Zhong Cai understood and shook his hand in return.
The two of them together conveyed their thoughts to the ancient city.
Will the Command Post undergo any changes after the ancient city is upgraded again?
The ancient city belongs to the two of them, and since the city lords have such a strong desire to know, they naturally gave a response.
[After the Command Platform is upgraded again, there is a chance to summon Dragon Armor Soldiers.]
Both of them raised their eyebrows, showing remarkable tacit understanding.
The ancient city was explained quickly and simply.
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Dragon Armor Soldiers are also the highest-ranking Dao soldiers.
Moreover, the Dragon Armor Soldiers are not special Dao Soldiers; they are all ordinary Dao Soldiers—meaning they are all like puppets and have no independent consciousness.
When the Dragon Armor Soldier is summoned, its strength will be at the peak of the Fusion Realm, and its upper limit is the peak of the Nirvana Realm.
It takes 500,000 high-grade Xuan Stones to cultivate a Dragon Armor Soldier to the peak of Nirvana.
At the same time, dragon armor soldiers at the peak of Nirvana can be combined in pairs.
During the synthesis process, there is a chance of producing a mutated dragon armor soldier whose strength reaches the Tongtian realm—but at most, it can only be the strength of an ordinary Tongtian, and is definitely not as powerful as a Tongtian who has undergone a tribulation of lightning.
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It should be noted that there is no distinction between the initial, middle and later stages of the Tongtian realm. Tongtian is Tongtian. However, according to common sense, the longer a Tongtian has lived, the stronger he/she becomes.
However, when Tongtian lives to be ten thousand years old and begins to undergo tribulations, his strength will change drastically after each tribulation.
Those who successfully survived the tribulation of lightning were categorized as: Tongtian after the first tribulation, Tongtian after the second tribulation, and so on up to Tongtian after the ninth tribulation.
Among them, the Nine Tribulations Reaching Heaven is the Supreme Reaching Heaven.
Abbreviation: Supreme.
The supreme being can live forever.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan exchanged a glance.
They both laughed.
Zhong Cai said, "That's more like it! I reckon the altar will also give me the ninth-level pill formula and related inheritances by then."
Currently, Zhong Cai's altar only carries an eighth-level Dan Dao inheritance.
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Now, we're back to the same question from before.
Should I draw cards this time or not?
Zhong Cai quickly made a decision: "Let's keep them for now! We can draw them when we need them! We can be flexible!"
While level nine is indeed the most precious, given their level of cultivation, sometimes they might not need something of such a high level... so let's wait and see when the time is right.
Wu Shaogan naturally agreed.
So we'll put this matter on hold for now.
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After resting for a few days, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan also recuperated and then devoted themselves to cultivation and refining their secret techniques.
Aside from cultivation and refinement, Zhong Cai continued his old profession of alchemy, while Wu Shaogan was quite busy—sometimes drawing talismans, sometimes learning more about formations, sometimes pondering the crafting of alchemy furnaces, or comprehending new secret techniques and expanding his knowledge, and so on.
However, compared to Zhong Cai's specialization, Wu Shaogan's knowledge was more eclectic, but he truly excelled only in the top-grade Cleansing Talisman and various things that were beneficial to his martial arts.
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In another peak, still named "Chongguang", there is a hidden cave.
An array plate was set up here, and many strange patterns were drawn on the mountain wall, echoing the array plate and forming an invisible force like a cage.
In the middle of this cage, a purple halo was suspended.
It is a Dao Palace that has already taken physical form.
It was obtained by Jiang Chongguang after he hunted down a Nirvana cultivator who had murderous intent towards Sang Yunchu.
After returning, Jiang Chongguang set up this cave filled with annihilation formations.
Once the Dao Palace is placed here, the power of annihilation will continuously seep into it, eroding the hidden, intertwined beast souls and Nirvana primordial souls.
However, this is not an easy task.
The stronger a cultivator is, the more difficult they are to deal with. Moreover, cultivators who have undergone Nirvana have already formed the illusions of their clones and companion treasures, just waiting to emerge from their primordial embryo in the later stages of Nirvana. It is true that Nirvana cultivators will be even more difficult to kill at that time, but the early stages of their cultivation are already mostly complete, so the resilience of their primordial soul is also extremely formidable.
Therefore, since the Nirvana Palace was placed here, a lot of time has been spent, and it is still being worn down little by little.
It will probably take quite some time before it's completely finished.
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On this day, Sang Yunchu arrived.
Jiang Chongguang has been guarding this place to cultivate without leaving any gaps, also in order to prevent the beast soul from having any other means of escaping.
Although it is usually impossible, what if it is?
Jiang Chongguang may seem careless, but he is never careless in reality.
Even when Sang Yunchu arrived, he did not leave, but instead used telepathy to tell Sang Yunchu to come in by herself.
As expected, Sang Yunchu found the cave following Jiang Chongguang's directions.
And, the purple halo was immediately noticeable.
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Sang Yunchu raised her delicate eyebrows: "This is... the Nirvana that wants to harm me?"
Jiang Chongguang said cheerfully, "It's him! The man has already been killed, so the aftermath will be a bit troublesome."
Sang Yunchu was quick-witted, and the reason he came to visit was because he had thought of this issue—he was certain that Senior Brother Jiang was a person who kept his promises and did not tolerate any wrongdoing. Since he had promised to eliminate Nirvana, he would certainly not break his word.
Since they won't break their promise, they're probably doing this right now.
He came over specifically to take a look, and sure enough, it was true.
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Sang Yunchu certainly wouldn't let this matter keep restricting Senior Brother Jiang's freedom, so she smiled and took out a long-necked bottle.
Jiang Chongguang glanced over, but didn't ask any more questions, waiting for his handsome junior brother to introduce him.
Sang Yunchu chuckled and said, "I came up with the Soul-Transforming Water while researching pill formulas."
Jiang Chongguang was taken aback—what kind of pill formula must this be researching that could incidentally produce something called Soul Transformation?
As the name suggests, this thing must be related to "dissolving some kind of soul"!
Now that the pretty boy junior brother has taken it out, could it just happen to be something that can dissolve a beast soul or a primordial soul?
Sang Yunchu first explained the origin of this thing.
“Cai’er has made great progress in the Dan Shen Wood and has given me a lot of help. This is one of them.” He said softly, “As for why it was brought out incidentally… it’s because when I was researching the pill formula, I was looking for medicinal materials and happened to see one that could be used to make this. I just got the idea on a whim.”
Jiang Chongguang: "..."
There's not really anything to say about this, it's just... a coincidence!
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Sang Yunchu also felt it was a coincidence, and that it was the perfect time to use it.
He explained softly, "The Soul-Transforming Water is an eighth-level venom. I didn't put in much effort, and the quality of what I produced was only low-grade."
Jiang Chongguang didn't speak, but listened quietly.
Sang Yunchu smiled and said, "But this thing is specifically designed to destroy the fusion of beast souls and primordial souls."
It's a perfect remedy; even the inferior version is sufficient.
Jiang Chongguang took a deep breath, feeling that his pretty-boy junior brother was becoming increasingly dangerous.
However, it's always better to put others in danger than to take the danger yourself.
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Jiang Chongguang made way for Sang Yunchu to walk to the front of the formation.
With a smile, Sang Yunchu opened the bottle.
Then, he slightly raised his arm and forcefully tightened his wrist—
"Whoosh!"
With a crisp sound, the entire bottle of Soul-Transforming Water was poured onto the purple Dao Palace.
The purple Dao Palace suddenly absorbed all the venom, leaving not a single drop.
The next instant, a strange, agonizing scream, seemingly capable of striking the primordial soul, emanated from within the Dao Palace. Faintly, the scream was accompanied by hissing sounds... Both the beast soul and the Nirvana primordial soul instantly let out mournful cries of annihilation!
Under the gaze of Jiang Chongguang and Sang Yunchu, the purple Dao Palace instantly turned jet black, and then the jet black faded away a moment later.
The Nirvana Palace, which had returned to its purple hue, was no longer enveloped in a halo; the purple had become dull, and the palace itself had withered away...
It's visibly getting drier and drier.
Finally, it turned into a cloud of dust.
It has dissipated.
Only at this moment was there no longer any hope of life in that Nirvana.
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Jiang Chongguang gasped.
This Soul-Transforming Water is incredibly powerful!
He himself used formations to wear down the one who had been in Nirvana for ten or fifteen days, but he hadn't even finished wearing down a tenth of his primordial soul. But what about Sang Yunchu? Just one bottle of poison and his soul was gone in an instant!
This venom reminded Jiang Chongguang of himself.
If this stuff were splashed on him, its toxicity would be so terrible, wouldn't it make him...
Seeing Jiang Chongguang's expression, Sang Yunchu understood his thoughts and smiled, "Senior Brother Jiang, there's no need to worry."
Jiang Chongguang immediately looked over.
Sang Yunchu explained with a smile, "This substance cannot penetrate a cultivator's physical body."
Jiang Chongguang suddenly realized.
Therefore, unless a Nirvana cultivator releases their Dao Palace, as long as the Dao Palace is hidden inside the cultivator's physical body, even if all the poison is poured on their body, it cannot penetrate the body's protection.
Naturally, it will not cause any harm to the cultivator.
To put it more bluntly, this thing is mainly for destroying evidence.
It's better to have a "corpse".
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Having dealt with the last remaining loose ends, Jiang Chongguang began to put away the array plate.
There's no need to erase the patterns on the cave—if we encounter enemies again in the future, we can kill them and dump them here—at that time, Jiang Chongguang won't need to diligently draw the patterns on the entire cave anymore.
Once the array plate is installed, it can be used immediately!
Sang Yunchu waited until Jiang Chongguang was completely settled before inviting him with a smile: "Senior Brother Jiang, you've had a hard time on this trip. I'll treat you to a big meal as a token of my appreciation."
Jiang Chongguang couldn't help but laugh and said, "You and Cai'er really have a great understanding as master and disciple. After I came back, Cai'er had already ordered a box of good food for me to 'nourish' myself."
Sang Yunchu couldn't help but smile, finding it quite amusing. She then said, "Cai'er has her own sentiments, and I have my own gratitude. Senior Brother Jiang, there's no need to refuse. Let's go together."
After thinking about it, Jiang Chongguang decided not to refuse anymore.
It's not a big deal. Pretty boy... Sangdan Emperor has plenty of Xuan Stones; he won't go broke from eating them.
So the two of them simply left Azure Dragon Academy together and headed to a place where the best food could be cooked.
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The hustle and bustle in Canglong City lasted for quite some time.
The alchemists were so happy they almost forgot about home. With so many alchemists gathered together, they could discuss alchemy with like-minded people anytime, anywhere—it was truly a wonderful thing.
After obtaining what they wanted, the martial arts cultivators dispersed quickly, but more martial arts cultivators always arrived later, once again filling Canglong City to capacity...
During this period, even after the meeting had ended, Sang Yunchu privately received several level-eight alchemists and studied together in twos and threes.
Before we knew it, more than half a year had passed.
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On this day, Zhong Cai was focused on refining a new batch of level-five pills.
After successfully extracting the elixir, he raised his eyes and met the eyes of his old master, Wu.
Wu Shaogan looked at him with a smile and said, "Master Sang's puppet is already waiting for you outside."
Zhong Cai was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Master is looking for me?"
Wu Shaogan nodded and said, "They're looking for the two of us."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand to Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai blinked, put away the pills, and then held Wu Shaogan's hand, letting him pull her up.
At the same time, Zhong Cai said, "Then let's hurry over there."
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The two rode on Qingyu and arrived at Meijia Mountain Range at top speed, entering Sang Yunchu's residence.
The master and his disciples met at the same old spot.
Jiang Chongguang was also there.
As on many occasions when the group met, Sang Yunchu and Jiang Chongguang were having tea together.
Zhong Cai was a little curious, so she pulled her old man over and greeted him warmly, "Master, Master Jiang!"
Wu Shaogan had also given instructions.
Sang Yunchu gestured for the two to sit down and offered them tea.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan, as before, both held their teacups and drank.
After swallowing, Zhong Cai asked excitedly, "Master, did you call us here for something?"
Sang Yunchu smiled and said, "Indeed, something has come up, and we can't delay any longer."
Zhong Cai was a little curious—what could be so exaggerated as to be "unforgettable"?
Sang Yunchu first took out a jade tablet and handed it to Zhong Cai, saying softly, "Cai'er, please keep this inheritance safe for now."
Zhong Cai paused for a moment, took the jade tablet, and scanned it with her spiritual sense—
In an instant, countless messages flooded into his mind.
Zhong Cai was shocked to discover that this was an unfamiliar lineage of alchemy!
No, no, it's mostly unfamiliar, but there are some very familiar parts—especially the lower-level parts, such as levels one to five, which he has often heard about and quite clearly remembered.
This belongs to...
When his master explained difficult questions to him, he would often point to these points.
so……
Suddenly, an idea popped into Zhong Cai's head, and she couldn't help but ask, "Master, is this the alchemy lineage you primarily cultivate?"
Sang Yunchu smiled and nodded, "That's right."
Zhong Cai's eyes widened: "Why is Master giving it to me now?"
Sang Yunchu naturally had his own intentions.
He said softly, "You should go to the top continent."
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