51: Gengjin Yuandao Jue!

Tian Tian felt a bit uneasy.

She wasn't the type to be timid; otherwise, she wouldn't have been valued by Chu Yuan to take on the task of collecting Materials.

This indicated that she possessed a certain level of interpersonal and organizational skills.

Naturally, someone like that wouldn't be timid, even if she looked weak and easy to bully on the outside.

It was just that... the "reputation" of Xiang Ning and Mao Rui had already reached her ears.

The former had a nasty personality and loved to provoke and stir up trouble.

The latter was rumored to be even worse, a glutton for lust...

Xiang Ning was about to tease her again when he sensed a figure walking past him.

There seemed to be an intangible, sharp aura that made his skin tighten...

Was it Chu Yuan!?

"Hard work." Chu Yuan offered a word of comfort: "Did you encounter any trouble?"

Tian Tian shook her head: "No, except for the direction of the Blood Abyss, the Blood Beasts in most places have disappeared."

Although there were other beasts in the Secret Realm, most were insignificant and posed no real danger.

"However, many of the Materials you mentioned were not found... I only found substitutes." Tian Tian handed over the backpacks in her hands.

"It doesn't matter."

This situation was already within Chu Yuan's expectations. After all, Secret Realm No. 7 was just a Secret Realm. While it might have more resources related to Qi and Blood, it couldn't cover everything.

Although the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation had changed the arrangement of the Materials and the route of energy circulation, the required Materials were actually the same as those for the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array.

The System had converted it into an Immortal Dao Formation, but it hadn't converted the Materials themselves.

It might sound unreasonable that the same Materials could produce vastly different power.

But in reality, anyone who had been to high school knew that the energy released by burning a match directly versus undergoing a fusion reaction was vastly different!

However, the grade of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array was very high; it required several Supernatural Realm Martial Artists like Yan Xuan to set it up together, so the Materials it needed... were naturally not ordinary goods.

Chu Yuan took stock and was surprised to find that there were quite a lot of Materials; they had already reached one-third of what was needed to set up the Formation.

"How many people did you mobilize?"

When asked this, Tian Tian seemed somewhat proud: "Three hundred and twenty-six. Basically, they are all Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artists, and among them, there are over a dozen from the Leakless Realm."

Chu Yuan nodded and smiled: "Go and continue collecting. The faster, the better! If you encounter any trouble you can't solve, come find me."

"Okay!" Tian Tian agreed firmly. Then, she hesitated, leaned closer to Chu Yuan, and whispered quickly: "Chu Yuan! That Xiang Ning and Mao Rui... their reputation doesn't seem very good!

The former is arrogant and domineering, and the latter is lustful!

You should be very careful when you are with them!"

"..." Chu Yuan felt a bit helpless: "Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists have keen senses. At this distance, they can hear you even if your voice is very low.

Next time you want to speak ill of a high-level Martial Artist, remember to stay further away from him."

Tian Tian's face turned pale. She looked past Chu Yuan and saw that, sure enough, Xiang Ning and Mao Rui were staring at her—one with an unkind expression, the other expressionless!

In an instant, she felt as if the sky had collapsed...

"It's fine, go get busy."

"Oh, oh." Tian Tian ran away as if fleeing for her life.

...

Seeing Chu Yuan walk back, Xiang Ning couldn't be bothered to argue about other things and asked urgently:

"Chu Yuan! Did you successfully Cultivate the Golden Essence Art?"

The sharp aura he had just sensed absolutely couldn't be wrong!

You have to know, although he hadn't started cultivating the Golden Essence Art yet, he had long begun to understand it deeply.

[Inner Breath like gold and iron, piercing the soul, focusing on killing!]—this was the characteristic of the Golden Essence Art.

"It's done." Chu Yuan took out the Materials from the backpack, sorted them, and replied casually.

It had taken him several hours to get started with the Golden Essence Art.

This was the most difficult Cultivation Technique he had encountered since he started Cultivating!

Fortunately, it was a success.

Just at the moment of entry, the System's voice arrived as promised:

[Detected that the host has learned the Cultivation Technique "Golden Essence Art"; System converting... Converted to "Geng Metal Primal Dao Art"! Daily conversion count: 0!]

For other things, such as Medicinal Pills or weapons, the System would ask him first if he wanted to spend a count to convert them.

But for Cultivation Techniques, the System didn't talk nonsense with him. As long as he entered the door and had a conversion count, it would convert it immediately!

It seemed unable to tolerate him having any means on him that didn't belong to the Immortal Dao...

The "Geng Metal Primal Dao Art" was domineering and sharp! It focused on killing and destruction!

It could gradually imbue the practitioner's spiritual power with Geng Metal Qi, which had armor-piercing effects!

It complemented the Riding the Wind Sword Control Art perfectly, greatly increasing the attack power of his Flying Sword!

Furthermore, this was a complete Cultivation Technique, and its end point was... the Nascent Soul Stage!

Therefore, the complexity of the information was far greater than the "Evergreen Foundation Establishment Method"!

Even with Chu Yuan's current Divine Sense, his head felt a bit dizzy after receiving so much information...

At this time, Xiang Ning had also come back to his senses and said sourly: "Your Comprehension Ability is okay... not inferior to mine."

Mao Rui also nodded in agreement: "Indeed, perhaps even a little better than me... But Chu Yuan, your way of doing things seems a bit unscrupulous, doesn't it?"

Chu Yuan wasn't familiar with him and had no interaction with him, so he gave him a baffled look and lowered his head to organize the Materials.

Seeing Mao Rui's expression turn cold, Xiang Ning sighed inwardly. Changing his exaggerated tone, he said earnestly: "I shouldn't have been a busybody, but Chu Yuan...

You don't seem to be lacking resources, right?"

Chu Yuan frowned: "What do you mean?"

"Why force them to search for these things for you? Some Qi and Blood Realm, at most Leakless Realm people... what good things can they find?

Don't you feel it's a bit beneath you?"

"Where did you see that I forced them to do it?"

"Don't tell me they all did it voluntarily. They voluntarily left protection, and then voluntarily handed over the resources they found to you?" Xiang Ning's tone carried a trace of mockery.

Chu Yuan felt it was a bit strange. Xiang Ning and Mao Rui didn't seem like good people, yet they were here lecturing him?

"We just made a deal. We aren't that familiar yet... aren't you overstepping your bounds?"

"Unappreciative..." A trace of hostility flashed in Xiang Ning's eyes, just like when Chu Yuan first met him.

"I've taken a liking to these resources! Leave the stuff and get lost!"

"Crazy..." Chu Yuan shook his head. The wind slasher hummed and appeared in his hand.

"Fatty! Hit him!" Xiang Ning kicked off the ground and leaped up, his long saber slashing down through the air, pointing straight at Chu Yuan's shoulder!

The trajectory of the blade edge was profound, seemingly a sophisticated Martial Skill.

Mao Rui charged over like a wild Vicious Beast! There was a layer of pale gold radiance on the surface of his skin, and the gravel under his feet splattered!

The Geng Metal Primal Dao Art circulated, and the pale green patterns on the wind slasher gradually changed to a cyan-gold color.

Chu Yuan's figure swayed, and a phantom dissipated in place...