Chapter 298: Divine Power Enters the Golden Core, Twelve Life Phases (Continued Early Month)

The overly saccharine act was so strong that it made these "old collaborators" feel rather tactless, and they all launched verbal attacks on Snowying.

"Fellow Daoist Xue's words are rather biased."

"You're concerned about Elder Wang's cultivation time, but we are not unreasonable people; everything can be discussed."

"Indeed, your Xue clan wasn't involved before, so how can you say such defaming things about us?"

Attacked by the group, Snowying immediately put on a pitiful expression, timidly clutching Wang Yu's sleeve.

That saccharine act grew even stronger.

Wang Yu, however, was very satisfied, thinking, "What great cooperation!"

If it was merely suspicion a moment ago, now he was certain.

After all, approaching Snowying had been his own spur-of-the-moment idea, so he had no reason to suspect anything on that front.

But the strange thing was that there had clearly been no progress.

Snowying, however, had developed a strange sense of "reliance" on him. It didn't feel right, no matter how he looked at it; it was like she was oversharing too soon, when their relationship hadn't reached that point.

The "conquest" being too easy was also a suspicious point!

"Everyone, please quiet down and listen to me."

As soon as Wang Yu spoke, the atmosphere immediately quieted down.

"Cooperation will naturally continue, but we cannot keep refining large quantities of Tier 3 spirit pills.

"I believe we can shift towards producing high-quality items, reducing the quantity of pills while improving the quality of each. What do you all think?"

"Improve quality?"

Yan Ling's eyes narrowed as she watched Wang Yu with slight doubt.

She truly hadn't expected him to bring her an even bigger surprise; after all, the alchemy talent he had already displayed was immensely valuable.

The newly joined Qiao clan representative, however, had no concerns. He asked, perplexed, "Elder Wang, in our cooperation, most of the finished products are already high-grade Tier 3 spirit pills. Can the quality be further improved?"

"Wouldn't that mean... supreme grade?"

"Of course!"

Wang Yu nodded without hesitation.

"Each family receives one furnace of supreme-grade spirit pills annually, with a guaranteed minimum of one finished pill. How does that sound?"

This method of cooperation would free up a significant amount of his time.

He would only need to spend one month refining pills each year, which wasn't much. Moreover, supreme-grade spirit pills were rare, high-end resources of immense value.

They could help raise the cultivation limits of the geniuses in each family.

Furthermore, his ability to refine Tier 3 supreme-grade spirit pills meant his alchemy skills could also refine low-grade Tier 4 spirit pills, or even higher.

He merely lacked the materials.

Thinking of this, the Qiao family representative couldn't help but gulp, his eyes growing more fervent, and he couldn't help but praise Young Master Qiao Yu's good fortune.

"Agreed!"

"Since Elder Wang possesses such skill, let's switch to a new cooperation method. This Tier 3 material, the Thousand-Year Cold Jade Marrow, will be handed over to Elder Wang first."

This item.

Wang Yu had once possessed a piece, which he had refined into the Glazed Ice Heart Pagoda.

Currently, he no longer lacked resources for body and spirit refinement, so the remuneration he received naturally shifted to materials, which he could integrate into his Natal Artifact to further enhance its foundation.

In the future, as Wang Yu's cultivation advanced, his artifact would also break through, so he wouldn't have to worry about its strength falling behind. Naturally, the more of these materials, the better.

Moreover, over these past few years.

The Ghost Cave Yin Jade and Ghost Weeping Flute, obtained from the Heavenly Treasure Auction, were sent to a master artifact refiner via Cold Blood Peak's connections.

There was no need to worry about encountering someone like Lei Shu. Calculating the time, it should be completed soon, and someone would be responsible for delivering it to his cave then.

As if afraid Wang Yu would change his mind.

The Qiao clan representative finished his discussion first, then hastily left the sect, preparing to return to his clan to report the good news.

Yan Ling, on her part, provided a Yin-attributed material called Soul Bone Stone, which could also be absorbed by the Glazed Ice Heart Pagoda to enhance its strength.

Until only Tantai Chan and Snowying remained.

The latter smiled faintly.

"Sister Tantai, why don't I go first?"

It was phrased as a question but implied no room for refusal, which left Tantai Chan silent. She turned and went to the quiet room next door, proactively avoiding any impropriety.

Only then did Snowying say, her eyes sparkling.

"So Brother Wang possesses such talent; Snowying has truly missed out these past few years."

Seeing this, Wang Yu proactively took the woman's soft hand.

"It's not too late for Snowying to get involved now. Do you have any supreme-grade spirit pills you want? I can refine them for you first."

"This—"

"Let's stick to the order and refine Sister Yan Ling's first. I'll go back and ask the clan leader before deciding."

Seeing her face flushed and looking shy, Wang Yu no longer insisted.

"Alright, as you wish."

After chatting for a while longer and watching her leave, Wang Yu's expression immediately became calm. He had reason to suspect that she had discovered the truth about his ambush on True Monarch Feixue back then.

Thinking about it now, True Monarch Feixue at that time was not far from death, his body exuding a thick aura of decay. He had only had a few years left to live, and after being ambushed with death energy by Wang Yu, he had immediately passed away in meditation.

But don't forget, Golden Core cultivators all possess the "Indestructible Golden Core" realm anomaly.

Even if it couldn't avert death, there was still a possibility of prolonging life for a short while.

Given the circumstances at the time.

He had emerged from the cold pond, and Snowying had hastily arrived. If there had been some hidden information transfer between them, he definitely wouldn't have discovered it at the time.

Thinking this way, there were indeed loopholes.

But unable to think of other possibilities, he could only deduce this for now. The other party had made no moves before, but recently had actively started approaching him.

And there was the secret of her talent changing.

"A Heavenly Ice Spirit Root... having this extra talent isn't bad. It can greatly enhance the power of my ice-attributed divine abilities," he thought to himself.

However, information about the Demonic Embryo Profound Origin Secret Incantation was practically semi-public within the Spirit Reversal Blood Sect, so the other party would certainly be wary of him planting a demonic seed.

It would be better to pretend ignorance, as before, wait for an opportunity to be alone, and strike first!

Once he confirmed Snowying had malicious intentions, there was no need to wait for her to make the first move. It wasn't about evidence; suspicion alone was enough reason to act.

Having made his decision.

Wang Yu called Tantai Chan back. Her normally indifferent face carried a hint of resentment, which greatly uplifted his mood, and he pulled her slender waist into an embrace.

Burying his head in her neck, inhaling the sweet scent of her skin, he teased, "What's wrong? Are you jealous?"

Tantai Chan turned her head away.

"How could I dare..."

"Hahahaha, there's a hidden reason for this. You'll understand in the future.

"Come on, let's go inside."

The clouds dispersed, and the rain cleared.

Wang Yu, having thoroughly released a wave of pressure, leaned against the carved jade railing of the bed. Tantai Chan was lying on his chest, her expression very content.

With a flip of his hand, a pill bottle appeared in Wang Yu's grasp.

"When you go back, give this to Tangtang."

"This is—"

"The Dragon Heart Bloodline Reversion Pill."

After his alchemy skills advanced, he naturally refined this long-commissioned pill, and it had reached supreme grade!

With this pill as proof, the Blood-eyed Demonic Dragon would trust his abilities even more. They would definitely continue to seek him out for Dragon Heart Bloodline Reversion Pills containing two, three... or even four kinds of Nascent Soul dragon blood.

This demand, coupled with Yu Tangtang's relationship with him, meant the Blood-eyed Demonic Dragon should make time to truly meet with him and offer him a formal protective relationship.

At that time, he could then naturally request Tantai Chan's human-slave contract and return her freedom.

Although Wang Yu wasn't preparing to establish a deeper Dao companion relationship with Tantai Chan, nor did he have any intention of preparing Golden Core spiritual items for her.

However, his guidance in alchemy and her newfound freedom.

Were the gifts he bestowed in return.

On another note, as his relationship with the Blood-eyed Demonic Dragon deepened, the other party would naturally provide protection. Coupled with the Thunder Lord's Token in his hand.

The protection of two late-stage Nascent Soul grand cultivators would be enough to ensure that even after he revealed his Tier 3 supreme-grade alchemy skills, the Alchemy Hall still couldn't touch him!

You can monopolize your market, and I'll play my own game.

One person couldn't possibly monopolize such a vast market, which would create a basis for compromise and negotiation. He estimated it wouldn't be long, just a few years, before the Alchemy Hall would definitely send someone to talk with him.

The more strong individuals he could rely on, the more stable his position would be.

Not to mention his connections with the Three Young Masters of Spirit Reversal.

When the Styx Contract ended, whether he could continue to maintain this friendship with the clans behind the three was still unknown, so finding reliable backing in advance was also a necessary step.

After Tantai Chan put away the pill bottle, she spoke with a complex tone.

"Will you refine a breakthrough pill for me to form a Golden Core?"

Hearing this, Wang Yu caressed her moist cheek, met her gaze, and said, "If you can provide the materials, I can certainly refine it for you."

Tantai Chan was not disappointed to hear this result.

This answer was within her expectations; after all, there were no free lunches in the Sacred Sect, never an exception!

Their special relationship was not uncommon.

One should know that even kept male companions existed, and her arrangement, theoretically, only involved guidance in alchemy, which Wang Yu had not held back on.

Gathering her thoughts again.

"I'll be going now. I'll come find you next time."

"Alright."

Wang Yu watched Tantai Chan dress, put on her socks, and then saw her off. After remaining in a daze on the bed for a while, he sat cross-legged.

His divine sense sank into his inner qi sea.

The bluish-black pill emitted a faint glow, accompanied by the small pagoda and feng shui compass. With a thought, streaks of divine ability scriptures appeared in his qi sea.

These transformed into a wondrous frosty moon, surrounding his Golden Core. As Wang Yu's hand seals continuously changed, threads of spiritual power extended from the Golden Core, pulling all those scriptures into the pill.

This was precisely the process of refining them into a Natal Divine Ability!

After the scriptures manifested as the frosty moon and were absorbed by the pill, the subsequent Twelve Phases began to appear one after another.

Osmanthus Tree, Moon Rabbit, Ice Axe, Jade Plate, Immortal Shadow, Palace, Cold Bridge, Frost Sword, Aurora, Feather Robe, Ruyi, Sacred Bow!

These were all the phenomena manifested by the divine ability scriptures.

After being absorbed by the pill, they were deeply etched within it, becoming one with Wang Yu. Their power, besides normally absorbing Yin-cold attributed heavenly materials and earthly treasures, would also increase as his cultivation improved.

What was being enhanced here was power, not the divine ability realm.

It was still one step short of minor completion.

Refining the Natal Divine Ability went smoothly, achieving completion in half a month. The frosty moon in Wang Yu's qi sea was completely fixed, and he then submerged the Glazed Ice Heart Pagoda into it.

Using the profundity of the divine ability, he bestowed the artifact with the same effects.

This way, the Guanghan Twelve Phases would surpass the Minor Asura Killing Fist, instantly becoming the strongest offensive technique in his possession.

This step also took half a month.

Compared to other cultivators of the same rank, this could only be described as incredibly fast. But this wasn't over yet; the limits of his Natal Artifact were far beyond this.

The Aurora Escape Technique, which he had already mastered, also transformed into scriptures and began to be inscribed on the inner walls of the pagoda.

Once completed, this pagoda would be able to use the Aurora Escape Technique to carry Wang Yu in flight, and using both simultaneously would even yield stronger effects!

It's a new month, and I'm still adding more updates.

Come on, quickly reward this little author a bit!