Chapter 681
by fanqienovelChapter 681: External Elixir – Yueyang Bell
What a rip-off!
To be honest, Wang Chen had always wanted to drag out the Little Cauldron and give it a good thrashing.
Over nearly ninety days, the total amount of spirit stones he invested, calculated in spirit fragments, had surpassed five million!
What does five million spirit fragments signify?
Just think back to when Wang Chen first crossed over; he knew exactly how few spirit stones he had in his storage bag.
If it weren’t for a stroke of luck, he wouldn’t have been able to sustain such extensive refining.
Wang Chen strongly suspected that the cauldron spirit was swindling his spirit stones.
But he had no proof.
So, despite his astonishment, when he saw the Little Cauldron pop its head out of the Life Creation Cauldron to announce the good news, his face turned as dark as a thundercloud: “Is it done? Sorry for continuing to rip off my spirit stones?”
Although Wang Chen owned the Life Creation Cauldron, he was well aware that the cauldron spirit wasn’t entirely under his control.
The trouble was, this creature was highly intelligent and had its own mind.
Responding to Wang Chen’s sarcasm, the Little Cauldron immediately protested: “Master, you wrong me! Your Golden Core is of the lower third grade; refining it into an external elixir is no easy feat. These spirit stones weren’t squandered by me…”
Golden Pills are ranked from one to nine, with one being the highest and nine the lowest.
Purple Palace cultivators condense Golden Pills based on their innate talent, the resources they invest, and factors like luck and opportunity, resulting in varying qualities of the pills.
The top three grades are one, two, and three, the middle three grades four, five, and six, and the lower three grades seven, eight, and nine.
Master Ye possesses an eight-grade Golden Pill.
Typically, only a true master who condenses a top-grade Golden Pill is qualified to reach the Yuan Ying stage. Unless one encounters a significant opportunity, those with mid-range grades have little chance of achieving Yuan Ying.
As for the lower three grades, reaching the high-level Golden Core stage is already a stroke of great fortune!
Although Master Ye’s Golden Pill is quite complete, it contains numerous impurities; if not removed during the refining process, it poses a significant risk to the resulting external elixir.
Consider, if Master Ye himself cannot refine the impurities from his Golden Pill, how challenging would it be to eliminate them?
This is the fundamental reason the Little Cauldron took so long and consumed so many spirit stones!
Moreover, integrating magical spirit pills into a cultivator’s Golden Pill is no simple task.
“To inform the master…”
The Little Cauldron concluded proudly: “The external elixir I have refined is comparable to a top-grade magical spirit pill!”
Top-grade magical spirit pills certainly don’t match up to top-grade Golden Pills, but since Master Ye only has an eight-grade Golden Pill, achieving this level demonstrates the formidable power of the Life Creation Cauldron.
As it spoke, the Little Cauldron flipped its plump little hand and presented a radiant golden spirit pill.
Is this the external elixir?
Wang Chen’s attention was instantly captivated.
He could sense the immense destructive power contained within this golden pill, no larger than a longan fruit!
If he could refine this external elixir for his own use, then in future encounters with Golden Core true masters, as long as they don’t possess a top-grade Golden Pill, he would stand a fighting chance.
At the very least, he could ensure his own safety.
Below the Golden Core, it was an absolute domination!
Moreover, even if Wang Chen were to condense his Golden Core in the future, this external elixir would still play a crucial role.
It is more practical than any magical treasure.
Considering this, the previous investment was entirely worthwhile!
The Little Cauldron, sensing the mood, then produced a copper bell.
It was Master Ye’s life treasure.
However, compared to its original state, the copper bell that the Little Cauldron now presented had noticeable differences in color, texture, and surface patterns.
Its design was also more ancient and simplistic!
Wang Chen was very pleased.
He heard the Little Cauldron say: “Master, the Yueyang Bell has had its soul mark refined away, but it retains the magical seals and its spiritual essence. You can control it using the external elixir, and it can unleash at least eighty percent of its destructive power.”
Eighty percent was already formidable!
Wang Chen had witnessed the immense destructive power of this treasure; if it weren’t for the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Dragon True Form Image shielding him at that time, he would have certainly perished.
For a life treasure like this, it is typically extremely difficult to seize for one’s own use, especially when Wang Chen is only at the Purple Palace Level.
Using the external elixir refined from Master Ye’s Golden Core to control his life treasure is undoubtedly the most optimal method.
Wang Chen couldn’t help but ask: “Do you know how to refine the external elixir?”
The Little Cauldron shook its head vigorously: “Please forgive my ignorance.”
As soon as Wang Chen spoke, he realized he had asked the wrong person.
He was just a bit anxious.
He chuckled, storing the external elixir along with the Yueyang Bell into his Xumi Ring, and gently said, “Thank you for your hard work.”
After some thought, Wang Chen pulled out a spirit of the Upper Spirits: “This is a reward for you.”
Although he knew that the Little Cauldron must have gained something during the refining process, it had worked so diligently and produced such an outstanding result. If Wang Chen didn’t show any appreciation, he might make the cauldron spirit feel resentful.
That wouldn’t be good.
For now, he still needed to appease it.
【Life Creation Cauldron (sealed): 507530／1000000】
Looking at the data displayed on the panel, Wang Chen secretly made up his mind.
“Thank you, Master!”
The Little Cauldron happily accepted the Upper Spirit and then yawned widely: “I’m very tired, I’m going back to sleep. Call me if you need anything, Master.”
Saying that, it shrank back into the Life Creation Cauldron, leaving no further sound or movement.
Wang Chen reached out to bring back the precious cauldron, shrinking it and putting it on himself.
He couldn’t help but take out the external elixir and the Yueyang Bell again, playing with them repeatedly for a long while.
These two were truly great items, but unfortunately, Wang Chen was still unable to master either of them. He didn’t even have the method to refine the external elixir and needed to find another way to obtain it.
The problem was that Wang Chen was currently trapped in the Northern Evil Eye and couldn’t return to the Evil Abyss; where could he find the method to refine and control the external elixir?
He shook his head helplessly, suppressing the emotions churning within him.
The path of immortality is long; there’s no need to rush it.
In the following days, Wang Chen calmed his mind and continued his hard training in the Evil Eye region.
His cultivation level did not fall behind, but hunting evil spirits became increasingly difficult.
The magical spirits and evil spirits lurking in the core area of the Evil Eye were not only very strong, but they were also quite cunning.
They wouldn’t blindly clash with Wang Chen; as soon as they sensed danger, they would escape toward the Evil Eye.
Some evil spirits even took to fleeing at the sight of Wang Chen from afar.
Wang Chen could do nothing about it.
His cultivation level was not high enough to safely delve deep into the Evil Eye, and the Immortal body technique couldn’t withstand it either.
It wasn’t worth the significant risks just to hunt evil spirits.
Thus, Wang Chen could only engage in guerrilla tactics and sneak attacks, going out each day to pick up the scraps and try his luck, managing to collect a few Virtue points here and there.
But he was still far from the quantity he needed.
Wang Chen was not anxious.
In fact, there was no point in being anxious, as half a month later, the wild negative energy erupted from the Evil Eye, forming a huge storm sweeping through the underground.
The malicious tide had come!