39: Preparing to refine elixir

Facing Xing Meng's sorrow, the White-Haired Old Man did not turn around, as if he did not want to see it, or perhaps could not bear to.

"Alright. If you encounter difficulties in the future, go find your Senior Brother and Senior Sister. If your cultivation reaches a certain Realm, you and I will meet again."

After the White-Haired Old Man finished speaking, without waiting for Xing Meng to reply, he gently waved his hand, and Xing Meng vanished from sight.

"Silly child, farewell!"

The White-Haired Old Man looked down the mountain, softly spoke a single sentence, and then turned and walked into the bamboo hut.

Outside Cloud Dream Peak.

Xing Meng looked at the unfamiliar surroundings, then at the distant land of clouds and mist, and her expression could not help but turn sorrowful.

But when she thought that Master was acting for her sake and not abandoning her, that was enough.

She knelt on the ground again, respectfully kowtowing three times toward Cloud Dream Peak. "Master, Xing Meng will never forget your kindness in raising and teaching me, even after a hundred lifetimes. Once Xing Meng finds a method of Cultivation and works hard to Cultivate until I reach your standard, I will return to serve you!"

After she finished speaking, she picked up the storage ring from the ground and put it on, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

This storage ring was something only Personal Disciples under Master could possess. She had seen two Senior Brothers visit, and they all had this ring on their hands; it seemed to represent her Sect.

Upon seeing the storage ring, she knew that Master had not abandoned her.

Xing Meng put away some of her sorrowful emotions, stood up, and took a deep look at Cloud Dream Peak, as if to engrave the place into her memory forever.

After a moment, she turned and left, walking toward the interior of the Qingyou Empire... Meanwhile, in many places across the Xuanling Continent, many powerful beings looked up.

"Since Junior Sister has descended the mountain, the place she goes cannot be disturbed!"

"Has Junior Sister descended the mountain? Should we go meet her?"

"Junior Sister?"

"Master's message must not be simple. Could it be asking me to help look after her?"

"..."

These beings murmured aloud. Some let out a soft laugh and settled back into silence; others sent out a message and ignored the matter further.

Some wanted to leave the mountain but, recalling something, pondered for a moment and likewise fell silent... When Nangong Yu woke up again, night had already fallen. Shangguan Yuexi was sitting right beside him, seemingly Cultivating.

Seeing this, Nangong Yu felt conflicted. Did he really have to indirectly tie down his mother, preventing her from even normal Cultivation?

But if he didn't do this, what if his mother thought he was mentally mature and participated in the Northern Expedition War?

He didn't want to lose this hard-won warmth, and even less did he want to lose the mother who loved and cherished him!

Nangong Yu took a deep breath, realized the crucial point, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

He looked north, killing intent surging in his heart, and thought: Once I can summon a second Commander-level Divine Shadow Emissary, all of you who persecuted my cheap father should die. Only when you are dead will Mother stop thinking about revenge and stop leaving me!

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, Nangong Yu's mindset changed quickly, and he felt little guilt about ordering killings.

He only wanted what he desired; anyone who dared to stop him must die!

Nangong Yu made his decision, slowly withdrew the killing intent in his heart, and closed his eyes again.

As the scene before him changed, his consciousness once again arrived inside the Time-Space Merchant Guild.

He merely gave a slight wave of his hand, and the light screen reappeared.

[Time-Space Merchant Guild]

[Level: 2]

[Binder: Nangong Yu]

[Guild points: 3,282,578]

[Accumulated points: 4,291,778]

[Note: Spirit Stones and points can be exchanged at equivalent value. Accumulating 1 billion points unlocks Level 3, increasing a thousandfold...]

...Over these five months, the Spirit Stones delivered by Tian Kui amounted to over 2.8 million, which were exchanged for five-tenths of the war spoils seized when Zhenbei Army sold information to and raided the Beichuan Empire army.

However, in these five months, he had only exchanged for one Low-grade spirit marrow and three bottles of grotto-heaven pills!

Nangong Yu nodded slightly. "There are still plenty of points. I'll take three more spirit marrow!"

Since he had no other place to spend points right now, improving his own strength naturally came first.

Coincidentally, the Spiritual Qi from the spirit marrow inside his body was already insufficient, so three more spirit marrow would be good.

If he didn't lack points, he would even want Intermediate spirit marrow. As for Advanced spirit marrow, the Time-Space Merchant Guild did not have it available yet!

Nangong Yu made his decision and immediately purchased three Low-grade spirit marrow, placing them respectively into the three grotto-heavens located at the Baihui Acupoint on his head, his heart, and the Governing Vessel.

As the spirit marrow were placed, the Grand Void Origin Returning Art operated a few degrees faster, and Nangong Yu could feel the speed of the Spiritual Power growth inside his body increase several times over.

He believed that by tomorrow afternoon, his Dantian, Meridians, and all thirty-six grotto-heavens would be completely filled with Spiritual Power, allowing him to continue opening new grotto-heavens.

Nangong Yu smiled slightly, stood up, and looked toward the distant glazed shelves, but couldn't help but frown slightly.

"I don't have many points, otherwise I could buy some Medicinal Pills that Mother could use and find a way to quietly give them to her."

Nangong Yu muttered, then said with some helplessness, "It seems that truly starting to learn Alchemy and Artifact Refining, and reselling Medicinal Pills and weapons to the Time-Space Merchant Guild, should be put on the agenda."

Thinking this, his figure moved again, arriving in front of another glazed shelf.

"Grade 1 Medicinal Pills. I'll just get a rejuvenation pill Pill Formula to practice with, and take it one step at a time!"

He murmured softly, casually bought one rejuvenation pill Pill Formula, and also bought four portions of Spirit Medicine for refining rejuvenation pills, which only cost 22 points!

The Spirit Medicine for refining rejuvenation pills cost one point for two portions; the Pill Formula was the expensive part!

The exchange price for Low-grade rejuvenation pills was only half a point per pill.

That is to say, even if his four portions of Spirit Medicine refined 40 Low-grade rejuvenation pills, it still wouldn't cover the cost.

But if he could refine 13 Special-grade rejuvenation pills, it would be enough to break even and even make a profit!

Afterward, he bought a Grade 2 spirit nurturing pill Pill Formula, along with five corresponding portions of Spirit Medicine, spending a total of 88 points.

As before, the five portions of Spirit Medicine were only eight points, while the spirit nurturing pill Pill Formula cost 80 points, equivalent to the price of one bottle of Special-grade spirit nurturing pills.

But after Nangong Yu bought the necessary items, he frowned slightly, realizing that the Medicine Cauldron and the Alchemy location required for Alchemy were still undetermined!

Nangong Yu pondered for a moment, then shook his head helplessly. "I'll learn the Pill Formula first. Later, I'll buy a Grade 3 Medicine Cauldron to use for now, and consider the location later."

He muttered a phrase and began to observe and comprehend the Grade 1 rejuvenation pill Pill Formula.

Even without him speaking, the contents of the Pill Formula seemed to possess sentience, transforming into streams of light that rushed into his glabella.

In no time, Nangong Yu had thoroughly mastered it in his mind, as if he had already refined the rejuvenation pill hundreds of times.

He shook his head slightly and continued to look at the spirit nurturing pill Pill Formula.

A moment later, he once again mastered the method for refining the spirit nurturing pill, and it was the kind of mastery that was deeply ingrained.

This made Nangong Yu shake his head slightly, losing that sense of accomplishment.

However, from the perspective of a lazy person like him, he genuinely liked this method.

He looked up slightly, his figure flashed, and he appeared in front of a glazed shelf.