Chapter 714: Hunting and Alchemy |
"But... using people to refine pills... that doesn't feel right."
Su Yuan had slaughtered countless living beings and devoured many treasures, even living creatures. But everyone he killed had a karmic reason behind it. If they hadn't offended him, he had no interest in killing them, let alone refining them into human pills.
"Is there anything I can use to refine pills?"
Su Yuan felt a bit conflicted. He wasn't willing to just kill people indiscriminately, which created a contradiction.
Just then, a transmission Dao Pattern lit up at the entrance to his dwelling.
"Spirit Master Su, are you there? It's me, Jiang!"
Su Yuan waved his hand, and the door swung open.
He walked over and asked, "Town Leader Jiang, what brings you to my doorstep?"
Jiang Tieniu's expression was somewhat serious as he said, "I just got word-the Nothingness Chaos is coming soon!"
"Every so often, the Nothingness Chaos erupts within the First Frontline. Strange monsters appear, causing massive slaughter. Although we're just a border town, we'll still attract plenty of those Nothingness monsters. I need a batch of Dominator Artifacts. Could I trouble Spirit Master Su to forge them?"
The Town Leader's tone had grown urgent.
Su Yuan was a little surprised. He had thought Jiang Tieniu still had some ulterior motives toward him, but now the threat of the Nothingness Chaos had completely changed the man's attitude.
Su Yuan nodded. "Alright, I can forge Dominator Artifacts. But could you give me a detailed explanation, Town Leader Jiang?"
Jiang Tieniu explained, "It's actually just like the Scavengers on the Second and Third Frontlines. The Nothingness monsters are similarly mysterious existences, no one knows where they come from. But unlike the Second and Third Frontlines, these Nothingness monsters here attack both Nothingness Dominators and Chaos Dominators indiscriminately!"
Su Yuan listened and nodded with understanding.
"You can check the detailed records at the town's Scripture Pavilion whenever you're free," Jiang Tieniu said quickly. "Also, tell me whatever materials you need. Actually, forget it-I'll just hand over the key to the town's material warehouse. Try to forge as many Dominator Artifacts as you can. As for compensation, how does fifty percent of the materials sound?"
Su Yuan nodded. "Deal!"
Jiang Tieniu handed a token to Su Yuan, then hurried away.
Su Yuan stepped out of his courtyard and sure enough, saw the atmosphere among the town's cultivators had grown noticeably heavier. The taverns were empty; everyone had been mobilized to prepare for the defense.
Su Yuan headed toward the town warehouse.
He used the token to enter and found a substantial pile of materials. A quick estimate showed enough to forge over a hundred 73rd-order Dominator Artifacts.
Su Yuan selected five sets of various materials and returned to his small courtyard.
But he didn't start forging right away. His true body slipped past the town's various array barriers and emerged beyond the mountain range. Gazing into the distance, he could faintly make out some pitch-black monsters drifting through the Nothingness. Among them, a few were heading toward the mountains.
"Oh?"
Su Yuan stared at these monsters and noticed something different about them.
[Name]: Prison Master - Heaven Slave
[Realm]: 75th-Order Nothingness Dominator
[Great Dao]: Great Dao of Nothingness Devouring Heaven
[Affiliation]: Three Mountains Society
These monsters were actually called Heaven Slaves!
They were affiliated with the Prison Master. So the so-called Nothingness Chaos was actually a man-made production.
"That Prison Master seems to be still looking for me. In that case, collecting some interest from his Heaven Slaves shouldn't be a problem."
Su Yuan took a step forward and appeared in front of a Heaven Slave.
This Heaven Slave took the form of a dog with an enormous mouth, so huge it looked like it could swallow an entire Chaos!
Su Yuan materialized out of thin air before it.
The Heaven Slave lunged at him immediately, opening its massive maw to devour him whole.
Su Yuan sensed this bite was no simple attack. It carried faint traces of the Space Dao Principle, as if being swallowed would teleport him elsewhere.
As for where that would lead, Su Yuan had no interest in finding out.
With a mere flicker, he easily dodged the Heaven Slave's strike. Then he summoned the Void-Devouring Treasure Furnace and directly sucked the entire monster inside.
The Heaven Slave crashed around inside the furnace.
"Heh, once you're in my furnace, dreaming of escape is pure fantasy. Be good and turn into my pill!"
Su Yuan immediately activated the power of the Great Dao of Chaos Fire. Surging flames poured into the furnace. With a single rolling wave of fire, the Heaven Slave was reduced to a mass of essence.
A 92nd-order Dominator Artifact's might-a mere 75th-order Heaven Slave stood no chance.
Su Yuan immediately retrieved the auxiliary materials stored by Changsun Xuzhu and began refining the Void Mixed Spirit Pill.
With Changsun Xuzhu's vast experience, refining the Void Mixed Spirit Pill was a breeze. The real difficulty was in preparing the main ingredient. The refinement process itself wasn't easy, but 92nd-order alchemy skills could handle it effortlessly.
After only forty-nine Yuan Assemblies inside the furnace, a batch of pills was successfully refined.
Su Yuan lifted the furnace lid. Nine black-and-white pills flew out one by one.
Inside each pill, it seemed like an entire Chaos existed. Countless Dao imprints and essences flowed gently within. Just a light sniff evoked a resonance from the Daos inside his body.
"I wonder how effective they are?"
Su Yuan looked at these pills. This type of pill was perfect for solidifying one's foundation.
Many people who used nine Dao Foundations to break through to Chaos Dominator would find it incredibly difficult to ever reach the 72nd order. Even if they did manage it, they would be stuck at that level, unable to advance another step.
But this Void Mixed Spirit Pill had the effect of reshaping the foundation!
Using a 75th-order main ingredient, the Void Mixed Spirit Pill could naturally elevate a cultivator's foundation to above the 75th order. And with Su Yuan's 92nd-order alchemy skills, he forcibly raised the medicinal effect by three minor tiers.
Thus, these pills could help cultivators boost their foundation to above the 78th order.
"My useless disciples, except for Zhan Tian, all have terrible foundations. This first batch will be for them to supplement themselves!"
Su Yuan waved his hand. The nine pills floating above the furnace vanished without a trace.
Then his gaze settled on the other Heaven Slaves.
These were good stuff!
Catch as many as you can!
He had been fretting over the lack of main ingredients for alchemy, and now the Nothingness Chaos showed up. It was like a pillow appearing just when he was about to fall asleep-perfect timing.
He mentally gave the Prison Master a thumbs-up.
Meanwhile.
On the Second Frontline, amidst the fierce battle, Zhou Hao, Lin Feng, and Ye Fan all heard a single sentence from Su Yuan.
"You idiots cultivate way too slowly. Here, try some good stuff to speed things up."
But each of them discovered that a pill had suddenly appeared in their storage equipment.