Chapter 468 Refining a Precious Pill: Peak Fourth-Order Divine Sense
"So that's how it is."
Wang Yu paused, then deliberately probed.
"The woman died in the alley last night. This morning, the cultivator in charge of managing mortals came and took the body away. I heard there were no wounds and no signs of freezing to death."
"this……"
The teahouse owner fell silent for a moment, then said with difficulty.
"Brother, there are some things that can't be said."
Wang Yu, however, said...
"The Azure Cloud Sect is one of the Seven Righteous Sects, right? I've heard that their disciples are skilled at eliminating demons and upholding justice. Is that how they've been doing it all these years?"
"This... I don't know."
The teahouse owner said only a few words and then didn't want to say any more.
He quickly excused himself, citing busy business, and refused to listen to Wang Yu's "treasonous" words any longer.
But it allowed Wang Yu to figure out the ins and outs of the Biyun Sect.
We don’t know what the other righteous sects around Taihu are like yet, but the disciples of the Biyun Sect are indeed mediocre.
Consider the situation carefully.
The new charcoal delivered by these people was supposed to be relief supplies requested by the sect. Unfortunately, many policies have good intentions, but they are ruined by petty officials in charge.
Throughout history, many problems during dynastic reforms have stemmed from issues with lower-level officials.
For a large sect.
Wang Yu wouldn't generalize and assume that just because the lower class is bad, the upper class is all trash, just like how there are figures like Yin Gui in the demonic path.
There should be many truly upright and virtuous people at the top of the righteous path, but unfortunately there are a few bad apples causing trouble.
Good people doing bad things is intolerable.
When bad people turn over a new leaf, they are greatly praised. This is human nature. When evaluating a group, we always look at how the majority of people do things.
Instead of watching those few clowns.
The world is so beautiful, it's reasonable that there are all kinds of people in it.
After leaving the teahouse.
Wang Yu did not do anything extra in response to this matter. To put it bluntly, even if all the mortals in Shuiyun Immortal Capital and even Taihu Spiritual Domain were to die, it would not have much to do with him.
On a smaller scale, this was just a minor incident in his retreat.
Although it is despicable, it won't cause a greater loss for a lesser cause.
"The most important thing now is to focus on healing and refining the precious pills to transform them into our own strength."
The sights and sounds of early winter gradually faded into the depths of Wang Yu's memory.
A few days later, as the remaining power of the Heavenly Demon Flame was completely worn away by the Heart Sutra, Wang Yu regained his full strength, having experienced this ordeal.
His physical body has reached a new level, estimated to be at least at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and his immortal spiritual bones are basically complete.
Next, all that's needed is to continue refining the power of the Immortal Spirit Bone.
Once life force is replenished, one can naturally reach the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage. Then, one can cultivate the physical supernatural power [Immortal Spirit Body] to complete the integration of bones and flesh.
After completely breaking through to the late stage of the fourth-order body refinement, there is a long period of accumulation until the cultivation is perfected and the peak realm where there is no further progress is reached.
At that time, by further activating the Blood Abyss Glazed Pill's effect of breaking through and rebuilding, one could reach the fifth level of body refinement, a realm that no pure body refiner had ever reached since ancient times.
Wang Yu had arranged the path of body refinement very clearly.
It can be said that everything went smoothly.
On the other hand, the difficulty of accumulating demonic essence in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm increases dramatically, even with Wang Yu's triple placement speed-up and his innate demonic fetus aptitude.
It takes them sixty years to break through, so you can imagine how difficult it is for others to break through, and the further you go in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes.
There's a reason why so many people get stuck in the early and mid-game stages. Magic essence, which can be increased by using rare and precious materials, is actually a relatively easy thing to achieve.
In this regard, Wang Yu plans to refine the Blood Infant Pill on a large scale.
We got directly onto the highway.
Cultivating one's spiritual sense is the simplest. The Ancient Soul Technique is a fourth-order spiritual cultivation method, which is enough to support him to cultivate to the early stage of the fifth order.
The placement bar's derivation opportunity has not yet been used.
Before escaping the cage of the Ice Prison Realm, there was no need to consider changing cultivation techniques, especially since he had obtained a mid-grade fifth-tier precious pill from the Longevity Medicine Vault—the [Pagoda Illusionary Spirit Pill]!
Now that his injuries have healed, Wang Yu plans to refine this precious pill. As a fifth-order Nascent Soul level spiritual pill, it will be sufficient to assist in breaking through to the fifth-order Divine Sense.
Refining it now will be enough for him to possess the divine sense power of the peak Nascent Soul stage. At that time, waiting for the opportunity to deduce and advance through the Ancient Soul Technique will also be the perfect opportunity for his divine sense to break through to the fifth level.
The path of divine consciousness is also arranged clearly.
The subsequent direction and the opportunity for breakthrough have been prepared. It can be said that everything is ready except for the right opportunity!
The next day.
After posting a notice that the shop would be closed for a period of time, Wang Yu changed his appearance and went directly out of the city to the hidden cave he had prepared in advance.
Located three thousand feet underground, it is heavily reinforced and concealed by array flags and feng shui techniques, so it is impossible to enter unless someone happens to stumble upon it while burrowing underground.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to detect.
This seclusion is mainly for refining precious pills, and there are multiple methods to assist in it, unlike cultivation pills which contain extremely large amounts of energy and need to be refined slowly.
Therefore, Wang Yu estimated that the refining process would take about two to six months, and at most no more than a year. If all went well, he would be able to emerge from seclusion by the end of this winter.
After closing the shop, Wang Yu left the city without encountering any trouble along the way.
Until after the first Kunyue.
Dou Zhao, accompanied by several Foundation Establishment martial arts maids, rushed to the liquor store. Upon seeing the notice that the store was closed for the entire winter, she almost lost her composure.
They quickly inquired about the situation from the teahouse owner.
This man was also shrewd. Seeing that Dou Zhao and the others were not ordinary people, he responded to them in detail, answering whatever they asked. He would tell them everything he knew.
Unfortunately, Wang Yu has not yet returned.
Dou Zhao went to the small courtyard that Wang Yu had bought and the homes of the two hired helpers, but he couldn't find any information about where to find the person.
His expression suddenly became dejected.
The maid Qing Shu couldn't help but say, "Miss, can that senior really save the Dou family? Such a serious crime, we should not implicate other families. Let's run away."
Dou Zhao shook his head and sighed.
“We can run, but we can’t escape Xishan. My mother, father, so many sisters and brothers, if they are truly condemned by the Biyun Sect, where can they go…”
"Could it be that I'm only at the level of Qi Refining?"
Another maid, Qingfang, said...
“Miss, since you are so sure that Boss Wang can save the Dou family, then I will wait here. As soon as he returns, I will relay the truth.”
"Go and ask the Gu family again. The Dou and Gu families have been related by marriage for generations and are both prominent families at the Golden Core stage. Considering this kinship, they might lend a helping hand."
"well……
"At this point, we have no choice but to give it a try, but the Gu family is unlikely to help."
Despite saying this, Dou Zhao had to admit that Qingfang was right; it was the only way at the moment, and they had to try it no matter what.
As for the trouble that the Dou family of Xishan suddenly encountered.
Actually, it's closely related to this winter.
The general situation was that in early winter, the Nascent Soul elders of the Cold Blood Peak of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect joined forces to cast a large-scale freezing rain spell, and also drew in cold currents from the Endless Ice Plains, which continuously blew towards Ice River Pass.
Unlike Black Mountain and Strange Peak, this pass is built on the river itself, and the river channel behind it is the best passage for cold currents.
It looks like the mouth of a gourd.
The cold wave swept in, and Shuiyunzhou, located in the very center of the rear, suffered a great disaster. The temperature plummeted to below zero, and snow fell for thousands of miles, turning the mountains and rivers white.
The Biyun Sect mainly adopted three countermeasures in this regard.
We urge fellow Nascent Soul cultivators from the Blazing Sun Sect to use fire-based Daoist techniques to counteract the cold current and minimize the immense damage caused by the low temperatures to mortals.
The purpose of inviting the Fire Crow Clan from the Northern Broken Realm Mountains is the same as inviting the Fierce Sun Sect.
Thirdly, they mobilized their disciples to deliver charcoal and food to the hardest-hit areas affected by the cold wave, with Shuiyun Immortal City naturally being the top priority.
However.
As winter passed and the natural cycle of the four seasons was about to begin, the monks responsible for compiling population statistics were astonished to discover that the number of mortals had decreased significantly.
The number of people who froze to death is close to ten million, which is truly horrifying.
The Biyun Sect's war commander, who believed his strategy was flawless, was unable to explain to the sect leader, let alone to the Sword Sect, the extent of their losses.
He could only fly into a rage and order a thorough investigation to find out exactly where the problem occurred.
Millions of people froze to death, with over 100,000 in Shuiyun Xiandu alone.
It stood out starkly among the data sent from various regions.
With winter coming to an end, even if the demonic cultivators were to repeat the same operation, without the help of favorable timing, they would be powerless to affect such a large area.
The cold wave strategy has come to an end, but the cleanup has only just begun.
Against this backdrop.
The people of the Biyun Sect were busy shifting the blame, and began to "outsource" the responsibility to the local powerful families of Shuiyun Xiandu, with the Dou family of Xishan being just one of them.
There are also several Jin Dan families who are "rich but heartless", "commit crimes", "spoil their children", and "harm living beings". They not only have newly emerging charges of embezzling relief supplies, but also have records of past offenses.
It's so detailed that even the time of occurrence is accurate to the second.
As for why these families would embezzle useless coal... their reason was that they secretly cooperated with demonic cultivators to sell the remains of mortals.
No matter how far-fetched it may seem, as long as it can satisfy the higher-ups and quell the commander-in-chief's anger, it's all worth it.
As long as the explanation is generally plausible, and given that the referee is from the Biyun Sect, crying foul is indeed useless.
The situation is roughly as follows.
at the same time.
Outside the Water Cloud Immortal Capital, there lies an unnamed cave dwelling underground.
With his eyes bright and reserved, Wang Yu, who looked no different from an ordinary person, stretched and tugged at his ordinary fine clothes, feeling slightly uncomfortable.
After sitting on it for a long time, this thing really does get wrinkled.
It's not as comfortable as a Buddhist robe at all.
At that time, the Pagoda Illusionary Spirit Core had been completely refined, and his divine sense naturally reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. However, the breakthrough in divine sense could not bring about a leap in the level of life.
It's difficult to influence matters related to physical evolution.
However, if he can break through to the fifth rank, Wang Yu will have an eighth placement slot, which is more significant than the power it brings.
As always, it leads the way.
After completing this seclusion mission, Wang Yu planned to return to the city, both to inquire about the situation at Binghe Pass and to allow himself a few days to adjust.
The next time I come, it will be time to refine the Longevity Blood Infant Pills in batches. When refining the pills, I don't need to leave the city; I can simply convert them into cultivation within my body.
in this way.
He didn't appear at the door of his own shop until the next day.
Qingfang, who had been waiting anxiously, looked like a statue waiting for her husband. When she saw him from afar, she was overjoyed and took a step forward and slid to her knees with a smoother motion than Dove chocolate.
"Please, senior, save me!"
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Shuiyun Xiandu, Dou Family Mansion.
As the residence of a prominent Golden Core clan, located in the inner city very close to the core area, it can simultaneously enjoy the pure spiritual energy of multiple top-grade third-tier spiritual veins.
The city lord's mansion also allowed them to set up three spirit-gathering arrays, providing a rather good cultivation environment.
However, compared to the spiritual environment Wang Yu had in the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, it must be said that places with fewer people are more likely to provide material enjoyment.
The competition in the demonic path is intense, posing a life-or-death crisis.
The intense competition in the righteous path is purely due to the involution of population, resulting in extremely high prices for various spiritual items, while the rewards for commissioning them are getting lower and lower.
These are all caused by unfair competition; the industry lacks regulation.
The more people who know this skill, the lower its value becomes.
I've really figured it out.
The Dou family's true ancestral home is in Xishan, which is located in the northwest of Shuiyun Prefecture, but there are quite a few Dou family members living in the Dou Mansion in Shuiyun Xiandu.
There are also many shops in the city that need someone to watch over them.
In the past, everyone was eager to audit the accounts, and they could even get a piece of the action, making a lucrative job.
Nowadays.
The people of the Dou family were in a state of panic, unable to even leave their homes. All four gates—east, west, south, and north—were completely blocked by the city lord's men, before the decree of the Biyun Sect was issued.
No one from the Dou family was allowed to leave, nor was anyone allowed to enter.
This situation occurred after Dou Zhao went to the Gu family for help. She never even met this "hospitable" relative, let alone heard any talk of "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold" or "if the rabbit dies, the fox will grieve".
The Dou family fell from grace, relying on kinship ties.
The Gu family is so busy eating themselves that they wouldn't possibly try to help, unless both are forces at the level of the Seven Righteous Sects.
Otherwise, talking about the interdependence of the lips and the teeth being interdependent would be a bit laughable.
The power to decide their fate will forever remain in the hands of the Biyun Sect.
Inside the study.
Dou Zhao and her two younger sisters sat in one row, while her father and some uncles sat in another row. In a cultivation family, regardless of gender, as long as one has the talent for cultivation, they are treated equally.
They all have the right to inherit and the right to discuss important family matters.
However, in terms of marriage alliances, women still predominate, and there are very few sons-in-law who move into the woman's home. After all, giving birth is something that only women can do, and only they can control the matter of bloodlines and offspring.
At this moment, Dou Zhao spoke as casually as possible.
Don't let your emotions affect your uncles' or elders' thoughts.
"...That's the situation. The Gu family won't help anymore. As for the method I mentioned before... there's still no news. Do any of you uncles have any ideas?"
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
Dou Zhao's second uncle said through gritted teeth.
"If all else fails, I'll try to contact Dou Quan of the Sword Sect. He's entered the Righteous Qi Academy, so he has some ability."
"inappropriate."
My third uncle shook his head and refused.
"Quan'er doesn't have enough power to persuade a Nascent Soul senior to help. Since he's cultivating outside, why let him get involved in this mess? To put it bluntly..."
“If something really happens, he will be the last remaining member of the Dou family in Xishan, and he may be able to revive the family in the future.”
Dou Quan was the eldest son of this third uncle.
He was unwilling, and what he said made sense; no one else could find anything wrong with it.
"How about this?"
Just as Dou Zhao's father was about to speak, the voice of a servant suddenly rang out from outside the door.
"My lord, the law enforcement elder from the city lord's mansion has arrived."
"--broken!"
These two chapters serve as a transition, with the Dou family's affairs acting as an introduction.
It could trigger a larger-scale war later on. As for whether the plot is cliché or not, as long as it's original and reflects your own style, I don't think it's a big problem.
After all, writing a novel is about writing a story.
Beginning, development, climax, ending... everything that should be there should be included.
Leveling up and fighting monsters is a must, daily life is a must, and showing off and having fun are also a must. These kinds of Xianxia novels with a focus on ordinary people basically enter a period of fatigue once they reach the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation stages.
The author was also helpless, and even suffered severe writer's block.
I stare blankly at the outline every day, deleting and revising here and there. Eight thousand words a day is my limit. I can never go back to the days when my thoughts flowed like a spring.
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(End of this chapter)
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