Chapter 282

Chapter 282: Full Harvest

Early the next morning, Zhou Luo, his face pale, got up from the bed, his steps unsteady.

This was the first time such a thing had happened since he obtained the dual cultivation technique.

The previous night, he had transferred too much Pure Yang essence, severely depleting his body, forcing him to take a potion from the shop.

Hmm—

On the bed, Yao Wu let out a soft alluring moan.

After a night of healing, her vitality had recovered significantly, and she still needed proper recuperation.

Zhou Luo glanced at the beautiful woman with hair flowing like a waterfall and skin white as snow, took a deep breath, and left the room.

First, he completely removed the hidden formation, then left Little White behind while he slipped away temporarily and snuck towards Xu Tian’s adjacent room.

Although that room was shielded by a formation, it was utterly ineffective against Zhou Luo, a top-level First Level formation master.

He easily reached the courtyard and found many items related to the Hehuan Sect inside the room.

It seemed Wang Lang was right—the Immortal City was a mixed place where all sorts of evil cultivators and bandits could operate brazenly, far more perilous than expected.

He ransacked the room but found nothing except some evil cultivator techniques.

Immediately, he summoned flames and burned all the dark arts to ashes.

Then he brought out the several storage bags he had acquired the night before.

The first storage bag belonged to the formation master; it held quite a few items, including a valuable set of formation tools.

Coincidentally, Zhou Luo needed a set of tools and could use this one from now on.

Apart from that, there were several high-grade magical artifacts, talismans, potions, and other things.

These seemed decent but were utterly useless to him; moreover, he found several auxiliary herbs for Foundation Establishment.

Unfortunately, he already had those auxiliary herbs, but he still unceremoniously stashed them away.

The second storage bag belonged to the Gu Master, who appeared to be a top-grade Gu Master; it mostly contained various high-grade Gu insects, as well as a few top-grade Gu insects.

These could be sold in the shop later.

He wasn’t worried about detection by the Hehuan Sect people; after all, the Gu insects were like potions—he could just claim some common ones,

while storing the top-grade Gu insects for now until he became a First Level top-grade Gu Master and could refine them.

Besides the Gu insects, the other items were all ordinary, and predictably, he also discovered several auxiliary herbs for Foundation Establishment.

The last storage bag was arguably the one Zhou Luo most anticipated.

After the potion concoction failed last time, Xu Tian had exchanged that low-quality Foundation Establishment Dan for Foundation Establishment materials and likely accumulated many more since.

Logically, she had the largest amount of Foundation Establishment materials on her.

With hopeful excitement, he peered into the storage bag.

Aside from a heap of magical artifacts and potions, he indeed discovered a pile of Foundation Establishment materials.

Jade Spirit Mushroom!

When he spotted that crystal-clear item resembling Lingzhi, Zhou Luo almost shouted out loud.

Zhou Luo had finally obtained the main ingredient of the Foundation Establishment Dan after painstakingly searching for so many years.

His spirits soared, and he was deliriously happy.

So, he no longer needed to worry about the problem of the Foundation Establishment materials.

His long-suppressed emotions were finally released at that moment.

Smiling faintly, Zhou Luo simply felt it was his happiest day in over a decade.

Besides this main ingredient, Zhou Luo also found another main ingredient, the Xuan Ling fruit.

Not just the main ingredients, that woman Xu Tian was carrying a large amount of auxiliary herbs.

Zhou Luo gathered all the Foundation Establishment materials from the three people and found it was exactly enough to assemble all the materials for one Foundation Establishment Dan, with some left over.

His heart surged, he was incredibly excited.

After all that effort and countless days and nights spent in the Immortal City, he had unexpectedly gathered all the materials in the end.

That unprecedented sense of liberation refreshed his mind; it was as if he already saw the path to Foundation Establishment laid out before him.

Awesome!

So fantastic!

His emotions couldn’t calm down for a good while, until he finally cooled off after some time.

With the materials found, the next concern was how to refine it.

Logically, asking Pill Master Sun to do the refining was the only immediate choice.

But based on the alchemy skills witnessed last time, that person’s level was truly unpraiseworthy.

He only had this one extra batch of Foundation Establishment materials; if a low-quality Foundation Establishment Dan came out of it, that would be heartbreaking.

No, seeking Pill Master Sun for refinement was the worst option.

Next, he could only ask the Qinyuan Sect for help or refine it himself.

With the link through his children, the former should be doable, though it would take time, and he couldn’t guarantee they wouldn’t skim off the top.

For something as precious as a Foundation Establishment Dan, no one could swear they wouldn’t covet it.

What if they produced a top-grade Foundation Establishment Dan but gave him only a low or medium-grade one?

Human nature shouldn’t be tested; it was unreliable.

The safest bet was to refine it himself.

But gaining the Second Level alchemy skill was horribly tough; he’d have to bank on landing it through a pile of lottery chances.

Anyway, since he’d already gathered the Foundation Establishment materials, the heaviest weight was off his mind.

As for the lottery thing, at worst he could save up a major haul later and go all in with a ten-draw right away.

Maybe he’d pull the item outright?

Focusing back after confirming nothing else remained in Xu Tian’s house, he put on his mask and quietly slipped away.

After circling around, he returned in his true appearance to Yao Wu’s courtyard.

Inside the room, Yao Wu was still lying with eyes tightly shut, not awakened.

Could the Pure Yang essence not be enough yet?

Zhou Luo mused, then stripped off his clothes and climbed atop her once more.

…

The rhythmic pounding sounds kept echoing through the room.

Yao Wu’s complexion grew progressively flushed; aided by the Pure Yang essence, her health gradually improved, her snow-white skin glowing with ruddiness.

Lost in saving her life, Zhou Luo completely missed her eyelids giving a faint twitch.

Mmm…

Until she uttered another soft moan.

The sound was tender, as if tinged with a hint of restraint and suppression.

Hearing it, Zhou Luo instantly realized she was likely conscious now.

Staring at her gorgeous, flushed face, he momentarily lost for words.

In this situation, he was doing all right, but she genuinely seemed a bit embarrassed.

Though she’d confessed her feelings before her death.

Now that she knew she wasn’t dead, and this had happened without any defined bond between them.

For a lady in her twenties, it must’ve been awkward to even voice.

So despite waking, Yao Wu kept faking unconsciousness, wishing only that he would leave first.

She could then pretend it had never occurred.

Zhou Luo wasn’t on the same page.

Since she was now awake, why not seize the chance to deepen their dual cultivation?

It was the perfect opportunity to see what effects dual cultivation with a Third Grade spiritual roots woman yielded.

So he pressed on instead of pulling back, his movements gradually speeding up…