Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

The voice that suddenly rang out in Wang Chen's mind was naturally that of the Artifact Spirit Cauldron, Little Ding.

Since the Creation Cauldron couldn't be stored in the Sumeru Ring, Wang Chen usually hung it in its minimized form on his chest, restoring it to its normal size only when needed.

As Wang Chen's ritual refinement of the Creation Cauldron deepened, his communication with Little Ding became more intimate.

But unless there was an urgent need, Wang Chen wouldn't seek to "communicate feelings" with this artifact spirit.

This guy was shameless and greedy, never truly seeing Wang Chen as its master. Seeking its help too often would only make it more arrogant, thinking itself a treasured commodity.

Wang Chen would not indulge its bad habits!

As a result, Little Ding was the one who often initiated contact with Wang Chen.

Hearing the artifact spirit's voice, Wang Chen immediately understood that it had set its sights on something of his again.

No profit without early rising, as the saying goes!

Without revealing any emotion, he asked, "What is it now?"

Little Ding answered, "These Utmost Yin Beads are pretty good. They can be used to refine the Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Bead. Master, do you want to refine them?"

Utmost Yin Beads? Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Beads?

Wang Chen stroked his chin, "Tell me more."

At this moment, Little Ding was quite cooperative, sparing no details in its explanation.

The Utmost Yin Beads were the finest of the Yin Qi Pearls, characterized by their extremely pure quality and very little impurity.

They were so negligible that they earned the name "Utmost Pure."

In fact, for general use, there wasn't much difference between Utmost Yin Beads and regular Yin Qi Pearls.

But the Utmost Yin Beads were essential materials for refining Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Beads.

And the Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Bead could be used to assist in cultivating Pure Yang cultivation techniques, especially Body Refinement techniques.

Good stuff!

After listening to Little Ding's explanation, a flash of insight struck Wang Chen, and he immediately realized how useful this item could be for himself.

It could help in cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method!

Wang Chen's cultivation level in the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method was currently at the sixth tier, but without the subsequent three tiers of techniques, he could not break through to the seventh tier or higher.

He had yet to fully master the sixth tier.

The reason lay in the lack of suitable cultivation resources.

The Vajra Ghee of the past was of no use to the current Wang Chen.

And he had not bothered with the prescription he obtained earlier since the higher-tier materials were not easy to gather.

In fact, Wang Chen had been stalled for a long time in his cultivation of this Buddhist Sect body refinement technique.

Body Refinement techniques were extremely resource-intensive, and even with a powerful cheat, he couldn't afford to spend vast amounts of time and effort grinding experience bit by bit.

In Wang Chen's opinion, without additional fortunes, his cultivation of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method would end here.

He never imagined that the Yin Qi Pearls could also be refined into Pure Yang materials!

Wang Chen naturally trusted Little Ding.

Believing its saying, "No profit without early rising," he asked, "So what's the process of refining a Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Bead?"

Little Ding's answer was that it all came back to one.

That is, nine Utmost Yin Beads could be refined into one First Turn Pure Yang Bead, and then nine of those could be used to refine a second tier, and so on.

By the same logic.

Wang Chen's eye twitched as he listened, "Have you calculated how many Utmost Yin Beads are needed in total to refine one Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Bead?"

An astronomical number!

Wang Chen felt like immediately unleashing the Creation Cauldron, dragging Little Ding out of it, and giving it a good thrashing.

Apparently understanding Wang Chen's annoyance, Little Ding rushed to explain, "You only need a First Turn Pure Yang Bead right now."

As for the highest, the Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Bead, that was the stuff of legends.

That's more like it...

Wang Chen weighed the Yin Qi Pearl in his hand thoughtfully, "Then I need to hunt down four more."

He wasn't sure if using Yin Qi Pearls to refine Pure Yang Pearls was the correct method, because these Yin Qi Pearls could be exchanged for merits and would be of great use once he returned to the Sect. Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire

For a Cultivation Technique that couldn't break through to a higher level, was such a great sacrifice worth it?

After pondering for a while, Wang Chen decided to refine one first and then see.

"Master."

At this moment, the Ding spoke again, "Do I get any benefit from helping you refine the Pure Yang Pearl?"

It actually knew to ask for benefits proactively?

Wang Chen replied indifferently, "That would depend on what you want."

He wasn't going to treat this cheeky fellow with kindness.

"One Yin Qi Pearl,"

This time, the Ding didn't make an exorbitant demand, "Just an ordinary Yin Qi Pearl will do."

Wang Chen considered briefly, "Deal!"

The condition wasn't too much, and after all, a horse needs to be fed before it will work for you, otherwise what's the incentive to serve?

"Thank you, Master!"

The Ding's voice was filled with joy, "Then I will wait for Master to collect enough Utmost Yin Beads."

Wang Chen felt that this thing was a bit too eager, probably because refining Pure Yang Pearls offered it some extra benefits.

Wang Chen didn't mind too much; as long as it behaved itself, he wasn't bothered about the rest.

During the following period, Wang Chen began to adopt a wait-and-see approach.

Waiting for the appearance of the White Ghost.

White Ghost was the name he had given to those Evil Spirits that could drop Utmost Yin Beads.

However, things in this world often do not happen as one wishes. For half a month, Wang Chen didn't encounter a single White Ghost, as if the species of Evil Spirits had completely vanished.

And his "inactivity" over the half month made the Artifact Spirit Cauldron unable to restrain itself anymore, "This won't do, you must..."

Wang Chen gave it a sidelong glance, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

The Ding immediately fell silent.

To be fair, when Wang Chen had first obtained the Creation Cauldron, it felt very unlucky and aggrieved to have to serve a "minor Cultivator" like Wang Chen.

To it, a Purple Mansion Cultivator was no different from an ant.

But after following Wang Chen for a while, it realized how formidable and extraordinary he was.

Its attitude began to change.

Realizing its words were quite inappropriate, it quickly changed its tune: "A suggestion, I was just suggesting to Master, you could use bait that Evil Spirits like to attract them to come to you."

Things that Evil Spirits liked?

Wang Chen really didn't know what would be the most effective bait to attract Evil Spirits.

"The essence of life."

The answer from the Ding didn't surprise him, "The more you have, the better the effect!"

That Monster Spirits and Evil Wraiths were attracted to the essence of life wasn't any secret—it was one of the common characteristics of this peculiar species.

The last bait Wang Chen could come up with was his own hot blood.

Containing a nearly endless essence of life!

Finally, through the Ding, Wang Chen refined two Blood Crystals.

Blood Crystals were the condensed form of fresh blood, and they had to come from a Cultivator's blood to form.

Once the Blood Crystals were refined, Wang Chen's grand hunting business truly got on track.

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