Chapter 2237: Gold Cat Jade Ganoderma Elixir, Rapid Production of Strategic Materials

At Qinglian Peak on Qinglian Island, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were seated in a blue stone pavilion. Sun Yuejiao stood beside them, while Sun Sihai and his two companions stood to the side.

"Senior Wang, I am immensely grateful for your great kindness. Should you ever need anything in the future, I will not hesitate to give my life to serve you," Sun Sihai declared, kneeling down and intending to kowtow to Wang Changsheng. Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and an invisible force lifted Sun Sihai. "There's no need for such formalities," Wang Changsheng said. "Yuejiao, take them down and arrange an island for them, as close to us as possible. Have Yuqi help set up a fifth-tier formation." Sun Yuejiao acknowledged and led Sun Sihai and his two companions away.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan then walked to a nine-story blue pavilion. A plaque above the entrance read "Qingmei Pavilion," indicating it was Liu Yumei's residence. Wang Changsheng took out a transmission talisman and whispered a few words into it. Before long, Liu Yumei emerged, her face beaming with smiles. "Junior Brother Wang, Junior Sister Wang, please come in," she invited them. Liu Yumei ushered them inside. As they entered the pavilion, a faint medicinal aroma filled the air. The three sat down. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wang Changsheng got straight to the point: "Senior Sister Liu, do you happen to have any spirit elixirs that can increase the chances of conceiving offspring? We are willing to pay a high price for them."

Liu Yumei flipped her hand and produced a blue porcelain bottle. "This is a bottle of Golden Amber Jade Ganoderma Pills, containing ten pills," she said. "Golden Amber Jade Ganoderma Pills are fifth-tier elixirs. While not as effective as Nine Dragon Pills, Soul Transformation cultivators can still take them to conceive offspring. However, the aptitude of their descendants might not necessarily be exceptional, nor will it necessarily be poor." She elaborated that regardless of whether it was the Nine Dragon Pills or the Golden Amber Jade Ganoderma Pills, Soul Transformation cultivators could conceive offspring by taking them, but the aptitude of the descendants was entirely dependent on luck. Some might give birth to spirit-bodied individuals even without taking elixirs, while others might only have descendants with three spirit roots even after consuming potent elixirs. Elixirs merely increased the probability; they did not guarantee a specific outcome. "Senior Sister Liu, please name your price. We will absolutely ensure you don't suffer any loss," Wang Ruyan said warmly.

Liu Yumei flipped her right hand, and with a flash of golden light, a shimmering golden cauldron appeared in her grasp. The cauldron was engraved with a Vermilion Bird pattern and exuded astonishing spiritual energy, clearly indicating it was a medium-grade Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure. Upon closer inspection, the golden cauldron had more than a dozen tiny cracks on its surface. "This Vermilion Bird Cauldron is a medium-grade alchemy furnace, but it has suffered some damage," Liu Yumei explained with a smile. "It requires a sixth-tier material called Golden Flame Divine Crystal to repair. Junior Brother Wang, how about you help me collect this material—the more, the better—and I'll give you the pills first?" For an alchemist, possessing a medium-grade alchemy furnace significantly increased the success rate of pill refinement. Medium-grade Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures were already precious, and a medium-grade alchemy furnace was even more so. She valued the Wang family's potential and was merely doing them a favor with a bottle of fifth-tier pills; to her, a bottle of fifth-tier pills was insignificant. "Golden Flame Divine Crystal? Very well, we will certainly keep an eye out for it for Senior Sister Liu. Thank you so much, Senior Sister Liu," Wang Changsheng said gratefully, knowing that Liu Yumei was extending a favor to him. "As fellow disciples, we should help each other," Liu Yumei replied with a smile. "Perhaps in the future, I may have a request for Junior Brother Wang." "If there's ever anything you need our help with, we will do our utmost," Wang Changsheng stated solemnly. After some casual conversation, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan took their leave.

Over the next half-month, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan frequently hosted banquets for Chen Yihang and his three companions, exchanging insights on cultivation, especially regarding the condensation of Dharma Idols. Chen Yihang and his two companions did not hold back, offering them valuable advice, from which Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan benefited greatly. "Junior Brother Wang, Junior Sister Wang, we have important matters to attend to, so we won't stay much longer," Chen Yihang cautioned. "A large-scale beast tide is expected to erupt within the next five hundred years, so please be extra careful." Their visit was also intended to help strengthen Qinglian Island's defenses. Based on the scale of previous large beast tides, the Wang family should be able to weather this challenge with four sets of sixth-tier formations. "Senior Brother Chen, please take care," Wang Changsheng replied. "You are welcome to visit Qinglian Island as our guests whenever you have time." Wang Changsheng personally saw them off. No sooner had Chen Yihang and his group left than Ye Tianxue bid farewell to Wang Changsheng. Ye Tianxue's primary purpose for coming to the Wang family was the Divine Water of Creation. Since she could not obtain it, there was naturally no need for her to stay longer. Wang Changsheng did not try to persuade her to stay, and together with Wang Ruyan, he saw Ye Tianxue off.

Upon returning to Qinglian Peak, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan each attended to their respective duties. To resist the approaching beast tide, they needed to make more preparations. Wang Changsheng planned to refine several more fifth-tier puppet beasts, while Wang Ruyan intended to refine sixth-tier talismans, as they had acquired a significant amount of sixth-tier materials this time. Fifth-tier talismans are not much stronger than Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures. However, sixth-tier talismans are a different matter. The danger of a large-scale beast tide lies in the presence of sixth-tier and higher demonic beasts. Without such powerful beasts, even a hundred or so fifth-tier demonic beasts could not shake Qinglian Island, as the sixth-tier grand formation was not merely for show. Wang Changsheng sat cross-legged on a blue meditation cushion, tossed a pale blue ore into the air, and unleashed a torrent of Glazed Ice Flames to envelop the ore.

In another secret chamber, Wang Ruyan sat cross-legged before a square blue jade table. On the table were talisman paper, a talisman brush, cinnabar, and other materials for talisman crafting. The "Heavenly Talisman Treasure Codex" recorded fifteen types of sixth-tier talismans, with the Heavenly Thunder Transformation Talisman being the most precious and also the most difficult to refine. Wang Ruyan knew her limits; she naturally could not refine the Heavenly Thunder Transformation Talisman at present. She planned to refine two types of sixth-tier talismans: the Seven Star Spirit Control Talisman and the Nine Origin Spirit Concealment Talisman. After meditating for a quarter of an hour, Wang Ruyan picked up her talisman brush and began refining the sixth-tier talismans. She tossed a silver talisman paper into the air, dipped her talisman brush in cinnabar, and gestured in the void. The void vibrated and warped, and a mysterious rune suddenly appeared, slowly merging into the talisman paper. The talisman paper glowed with a faint spiritual light, floating in mid-air.

In a spacious and bright red hall, Wang Qingfeng was instructing clan members on how to refine puppet beasts. Hundreds of clan members listened attentively, most of them at the Core Formation stage, with five being Nascent Soul cultivators. "Refining puppet beasts is much more difficult than refining magical treasures," Wang Qingfeng patiently taught. "There are no shortcuts; only extensive practice will suffice." "Yes, Ancestor," the clan members replied in unison.

In the Alchemy Hall, large quantities of alchemy materials were stacked in corners. Hundreds of alchemy apprentices were collecting these materials and delivering them to the alchemists. Several apprentices assisted the alchemists, some helping to gather materials, others to pound herbs. A strong medicinal aroma permeated the air, and people moved busily to and fro. "One thousand-year Golden Lizard Grass, one thousand-year Snow Hibiscus, a fourth-tier fire-attribute demonic core... and one thousand-year Purple Blood Ganoderma. Wang Mengtang, sign here. Next!" Similar scenes unfolded across the territories controlled by the Wang family. The entire Wang clan was diligently producing various cultivation resources—talismans, magical treasures, pills, formations, and more—all in preparation for the large-scale beast tide. Beyond the Wang family, other forces in this sea region were also busy. In addition to strengthening their own defenses, they tirelessly produced all kinds of strategic materials, day and night.