Chapter 181: Two Superior Spirit Items for Core Formation

"Is this the ancient treasure your Guan family acquired earlier?"

Guan Yingdong and Guan Yingxue both looked bitter.

"Master, I tried to persuade the family head, but he seemed utterly possessed and refused to give it up for anything."

Wang Yu frowned. It's hard to reason with someone dead set on their path, but the way the other party met their misfortune was still beyond his expectation. What kind of cursed opportunity was this, claiming lives?

"What about Reverend Yellow Sand and Old Devil Earth Puppet, who were demanding this treasure?"

"They... don't want it anymore."

"Don't want it anymore?"

The Guan sisters were also completely bewildered. If those two Core Formation cultivators hadn't given up, the Guan family would have tied up the family head, given him a beating, and thrown this treasure away.

But since the other party no longer wanted it, a sense of complacency set in, and no one bothered with the family head who desperately wanted the treasure.

This was why he now looked like a demon.

At this moment, another Guan family elder, who was maintaining the binding spell, spoke with a strained expression: "Due to the threat of the two Core Formation cultivators, the Guan family hasn't been paying attention to the situation in Dongjijing recently.

"However... something significant also happened there. The specifics are unclear, but we heard about an ancient treasure that can bewitch minds causing trouble."

As he spoke, a glimmer of spiritual light emerged from his fingertip, forming the shape of a bloody shackle. It was clearly a set with the shackles restraining the Guan family head's limbs.

Wang Yu was speechless.

You really know how to stir up trouble.

"So, what are you suggesting now?"

The second elder of the Guan family hesitated for a long while before finally speaking.

"Could we perhaps confine the family head in the Lord's Mansion first? There's a Tier 3 formation here... Our Guan family can't keep him under control indefinitely."

"Alright."

Wang Yu agreed after a moment's thought. After all, it wasn't a major issue, but...

"You can keep him here, but I cannot guarantee his safety. If he goes mad or other unforeseen changes occur... don't blame me for acting for the greater good."

"Understood! Understood!"

The second elder of the Guan family nodded repeatedly, then exchanged a look with the twin sisters. Soon, only Wang Yu and the struggling Guan family head remained.

"What a pity."

Wang Yu shook his head. He wouldn't touch that thing at all. He manipulated the formation to extend vajra chains, confining the Guan family head in a prison cell.

The Lord's Mansion had such structures, but their function was ordinary, with nothing supernatural about them. What he found a pity was that this person, whom he could see clearly and easily exploit, was effectively 'written off' in a somewhat unprofitable way.

He instructed the early Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators from the Offering Hall to guard him, then resumed his leisurely lordly state, only hearing about events outside and never stepping out of the mansion.

However, in just a few days.

Major news spread: a change occurred in Dongjijing, where a blood-colored phantom wielded blood lightning, ambushing and slaying three renowned Core Formation cultivators!

A dark demonic vine lurked in the ruins, using flesh and blood fruits as bait, ambushing and killing five Core Formation cultivators and thirty to forty Foundation Establishment cultivators in a single battle.

A sixty-meter-tall, six-eyed corpse infant killed eight Core Formation cultivators and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in one battle, its ferocity soaring, its combat power almost surpassing the Core Formation stage.

This was one of the deadly monsters lurking within!

The reason it could be subdued was that it was accidentally bound by blood-colored shackles, and finally killed when a Core Formation cultivator from the Yellow Springs Temple extracted its soul.

Yes, people from the Yellow Springs Temple also appeared, as if a certain restriction had been lifted. According to news from the Cloud Dream Pavilion, the Joyful Union Sect had also sent Core Formation cultivators.

Coupled with Jin Miaoshan sent by the Golden Full Tower, and the protector from the Underworld Mountain Sect who came from the Southern Pole of Scarlet Kite, more and more forces were eyeing Dongjijing.

This already involved hegemonic forces, which made Wang Yu inwardly tremble with fear. Fortunately, he hadn't grown more greedy.

This gluttonous feast was far from over.

Several months later.

"Lord City Master, Senior Jin Miaoshan is here to visit."

Wang Yu's eyes lit up; the treasure-delivering boy had arrived.

"Please, come in quickly."

Not having seen her for some time, the sharp edge in Jin Miaoshan's brows had significantly dulled. She now appeared visibly fatigued, and her previously bright and spirited eyes were much dimmer.

Her alluring, form-fitting golden robe had been replaced with a loose, concealing black robe; she was no longer so revealing.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, a distinguished guest has arrived. I fear you may not be accustomed to the tea here, so I wonder..."

Jin Miaoshan rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"As soon as I arrive, the City Master wants to send me away. Have you forgotten that today's outcome is all thanks to you?"

"What strange words are these, Fellow Daoist?" Wang Yu said unhappily.

"If you couldn't control your subordinates, how could this day have come to pass? It's not my fault, but yours, Fellow Daoist."

This time, Jin Miaoshan did not refute him. After a moment of silence, she took out the treasures one by one.

"The two high-grade Core Formation spiritual items I promised you are all here. I have fulfilled all terms of the contract."

Wang Yu didn't respond but began examining the two treasures.

High-grade Core Formation Spiritual Item: Lava Core Fruit!

High-grade Core Formation Spiritual Item: Ten Thousand Year Tree Heart!

From their names, one could guess these were fire and wood attribute Core Formation spiritual items, and not ordinary ones at that.

Each item was worth over two million spirit stones, and they were the kind that were priceless in the market, with people willing to bankrupt themselves to acquire them at a premium.

Wang Yu didn't care if they matched his cultivation method's attributes.

Fire and wood are very popular Five Elements attributes. As long as he attended a treasure exchange event of sufficient caliber, acquiring Yin or Ice attribute Core Formation spiritual items would be as easy as turning his hand over.

This was much smoother than his Qi Condensation stage journey. The Golden Full Tower was indeed one of his opportunities!

Seeing Wang Yu engrossed in the spiritual glow of the treasures, Jin Miaoshan was speechless with frustration: "Here's also the 'One-Pattern Core Condensing Pill' you ordered. I brought it along for you."

"Hmm?"

Wang Yu couldn't help but look at her suspiciously, which immediately provoked an exasperated response from her: "Have you forgotten the contract's terms? Why act like this?"

Right, they had signed a hundred-year agreement not to harm each other.

It was in black and white, witnessed by the Underworld River. So, Jin Miaoshan could indeed be his partner, especially after he had enjoyed the convenience of the Golden Full Tower for some time.

To then make Wang Yu struggle to find the resources he needed would be quite demanding. It's easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but hard to go from luxury to simplicity.

The status of a Golden Full Tower inheritor candidate was superior even to a true disciple of a Nascent Soul sect. Ignoring the fact that he had swindled her out of a large sum, this was actually a golden opportunity.

As his hostility subsided, Wang Yu immediately began to reflect.

How could face be more important than resources?

"Fellow Daoist, please don't be offended. I've spent the first half of my life on the brink of danger, and prolonged suppression has made my personality somewhat suspicious."

At this moment.

Wang Yu proactively offered tea, but Jin Miaoshan couldn't be bothered to drink it.

"City Master, are you buying the One-Pattern Core Condensing Pill because you're about to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage? I've seen the stone tablet after the compilation of information from three parties, and Dongjijing might contain a Soul Transformation inheritance.

"If you can break through, you might be able to contend for it."

What kind of joke are you playing?!

Soul Transformation stage cultivators were already peak experts in this realm; even Nascent Soul hegemons yearned for such an inheritance. If Dongjijing truly had one, it could only be in the core area of the imperial city.

Right now, Core Formation cultivators are dying in droves outside; and you want me to go?

Speaking of which, Jin Miaoshan possessed numerous magical treasures.

Among them was a stealth magical item that could evade his divine sense. He had never been clear about her true cultivation level.

From the looks of it, she wasn't just trying to lure him, but also intended to go inside herself.

Wang Yu quickly thought for a moment, then smiled.

"If Fellow Daoist Jin wishes to go, then go. I'm doing quite well here in Guiling City. Besides, the ruins are there; there's no bad time to go, so why insist on now?"

Jin Miaoshan was about to speak, but then suddenly stopped.

"Heh heh—

"The City Master is still trying to get information out of me. It's your loss if you don't go. Oh, right... this is the corpse refining technique you wanted earlier, along with the pills, totaling three hundred and sixty thousand."

Three hundred and sixty thousand... that's very expensive!

However, if it was a Tier 3 corpse refining technique, then it wasn't that expensive. Such secret arts, capable of creating Core Formation level combat power, were always closely guarded inheritances of major forces and rarely spread among rogue cultivators.

The jade slip containing the technique that Jin Miaoshan provided could only be used once and was also restricted by an oath, making it impossible to transmit to anyone else; he could only comprehend it himself.

He glanced at the characters on it; the five large characters for 'Yin Sha Corpse Refining Technique' were very conspicuous.

She said.

"I know your purpose for this technique, but corpse refining cannot be achieved overnight. It requires not only sufficient mastery of the art but also extremely high demands on the environment and resources.

"If you're planning to rely on a Tier 3 refined corpse to venture into Dongjijing, it will be too late. Miaoshan bids farewell!"

Wang Yu didn't stop her. His initial idea of cooperation was not urgent; since he hadn't displayed his full strength, the other party wouldn't cooperate with him either.

It was even highly probable that after a hundred years, she would directly send powerful individuals to assassinate him.

But the corpse refining technique was different from other arts.

This art required specific terrain, or rather, an extreme Yin formation from the Feng Shui Qimen, to cultivate quickly and effectively. It also needed various types of blood containing unique powers as materials.

Purely cultivating the corpse refining technique was indeed difficult, but he had his placement slot.

He decided to try it out first.

Placement Slot 5: Yin Sha Corpse Refining Technique (Tier 3)

"Yin Sha Corpse Refining Technique (0/100): One thousand four hundred and forty refinements per day, fifty years to complete."

"Whoa—"

This was another secret art that refined once per minute. Corpse refining, naturally, just required vigorous infusion of Yin Sha energy. With the power of the placement slot, he had yet to encounter a cultivation method that couldn't be practiced.

Moreover, a Tier 3 secret art could be mastered in fifty years, which was very fast considering the Core Formation cultivators' lifespan of up to eight hundred years.

There were many divine abilities and secret arts that one could never fully master in a lifetime.

His goal wasn't a peak Tier 3 Fiend Corpse; creating one at the early Tier 3 stage would suffice.

Placing it while refining the corpse would be like divine assistance!

After some thought, Wang Yu first took out the Ancient Soul Art. This one still needed over ten years to be mastered, so he would prioritize it for now.

When his cultivation broke through next year, the Corpse Demon Secret Art would also be perfected.

At that time, he could decide whether to continue completing it or switch to the Corpse Refining Technique, as there would be a free slot for him to choose.

"For now, this will do."

After putting away the items, regarding extreme Yin locations, since he had this idea, he had naturally already sent people to search for them.

Such common Feng Shui anomalies were relatively easy to find, but Wang Yu couldn't leave Guiling City, which infinitely reduced his chances of finding a suitable location.

—However!

He could create one artificially. For other cultivators, the essence of Lunar Moonlight was quite profound and difficult to draw and gather with divine sense.

But he possessed the Lunar Ghost Eyes, which inherently had the power to gather Lunar energy, so it worked out perfectly.

(End of chapter)