Jiang Yu: "What are you thinking about that's so amusing? Rabbit speechless jpg"
Gu Qing: "Really not at all?"
Gu Qing felt a bit disappointed.
If even someone as powerful as Jiang Yu couldn't help, then there was basically no hope.
Jiang Yu: "The reason pill patterns are called divine pills is that they are given vitality by the Heavenly Dao. You've severed the connection to the Heavenly Dao, so how can the divine pill still possess vitality? Are you going to bestow it yourself?"
"It's not entirely impossible. Once you've mastered the Great Dao of Life Creation and gained the ability to bestow life upon beings, you can refine them. You could even refine the divine pill into a little baby."
Gu Qing: "I've only grasped the barest essentials of the Great Dao of Life Creation, not even enough to be considered a beginner. How about Sister Yu comes over to help me refine the God-Burying Pill?"
Jiang Yu: "Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb..."
Looking at the series of bombs before him, Gu Qing instantly felt a headache coming on.
Jiang Yu was getting harder and harder to coax, and her temper was growing worse and worse.
Sending a string of bombs this time probably meant he'd have to coax her for ages again.
Shaking his head, a real man couldn't remain depressed and subservient forever.
Gu Qing: "My dear wife, give yourself three minutes to calm down, then come over obediently and refine the God-Burying Pill for your husband."
Jiang Yu: "..."
Oh, so now that he needed her help, he couldn't even be bothered to pretend?
Gu Qing: "How about you give me an item that can help me quickly comprehend the Great Dao of Life Creation? I'll refine the pill myself and won't trouble you, my dear wife."
Jiang Yu: "..."
You cunning little drama queen, that's your real purpose, isn't it?
Jiang Yu: "Oh my dear son, your mother has no surplus resources either. Old woman sighs jpg"
Calling her "son" face to face would make her heart race and leave her flustered.
But across the boundless void, communicating through a jade slip, Jiang Yu felt not the slightest bit nervous, and even found it extremely amusing.
Gu Qing: "Fine, you want to play like this, just you wait. One day, I'll divorce you, throw you out of the house, and make you wander the streets miserably, fighting stray dogs for food."
Still not satisfied after sending the text, he sent another barrage of emoticons to bombard her.
"Hahaha..." Jiang Yu couldn't stop laughing, her melodious and pleasant laughter echoing through the grand and silent hall.
Jiang Yu laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up, her body swaying like a flower in the breeze.
Communicating through messages was so entertaining, especially the generated emoticons, which were inexplicably amusing.
"I've been careless."
Seeing that Jiang Yu absolutely refused to come over and only sent some pill recipes for him to refine himself, Gu Qing felt frustrated.
He should have thought back then to have her add a teleportation array when she was making the communication jade.
Whatever he was missing, he could just have Jiang Yu teleport over.
Or he could teleport over himself and have Jiang Yu refine the immortal pill before sending it back.
"Next time, I'll have Jiang Yu upgrade the communication jade," Gu Qing thought to himself.
Looking at the thousands of pill recipes Jiang Yu had sent over, Gu Qing smiled.
Among these pill recipes, many were rare, high-grade recipes, the kind that would have alchemy masters fighting over just one of them.
After chatting with Jiang Yu for a while, she packaged them all up and gave them to him for free.
"What a super-rich woman, a seventeen-year-old powerhouse is truly something else. I feel that Jiang Yu is even more awesome than the system."
"When the system breaks down, I'll cling tightly to Jiang Yu's thigh and never let go."
System: [...]
You're such a filial son, so incredibly filial.
Gu Qing silently deduced the God-Burying Pill formula before beginning to refine it.
This time, it took him a full month to refine the God-Burying Pills.
A full furnace: six top-grade, three upper-grade.
Stowing away the God-Burying Pills, Gu Qing directly entered the Primordial Wishful Space, closing his eyes to comprehend the experience gained from alchemy.
The laws and dao rhythms of immortal pills gave him profound insights. If not for realm limitations, Gu Qing would have already broken through.
Time flew by, and the flying boat arrived at the Duhunhai Star Domain.
Gu Qing and Zhi Meng appeared side by side on the flying boat's main deck, where one could overlook the entire vessel and gaze into the boundless void.
Looking at the Duhunhai Star Domain, Gu Qing frowned slightly. It was gloomy and filled with ghostly shadows. Were there really Immortal Orchids and Time Essence Marrow inside?
Zhi Meng distributed the immortal pills one by one.
"Junior Sister, I also have several Heavenly Soul Fruits on their way."
When Long Jue saw the Heavenly Soul Pills, even though he had deep composure and rarely showed emotion, he couldn't help but reveal an excited smile.
"Junior Sister Zhi Meng, I also have..."
The others couldn't sit still either. Where could one find an immortal pill master who guaranteed success rate and had no special requirements?
If they missed this opportunity, they might never encounter someone like this again in their lifetime.
Shi Jingqiong looked at her seven furnaces of immortal pills, her beautiful face flushed with excitement, stunningly beautiful.
She bypassed Zhi Meng, stepping with graceful posture, her figure slender and graceful, radiating brilliance, incomparably beautiful.
Arriving before Gu Qing, she gave a graceful curtsy: "Thank you, Elder Gu, for your painstaking efforts in refining pills for me."
"Mm!"
Gu Qing gave a soft hum, glancing at the bowing Shi Jingqiong.
Hidden beneath her gorgeous dress, her bosom heaved like waves.
As if hiding two lively white rabbits.
"Elder Gu, are you also going to the Duhunhai Star Domain?" Shi Jingqiong's voice was soft and melodious, like a lover whispering in his ear.
Gu Qing hummed again, frowning slightly, unable to discern Shi Jingqiong's sudden approach.
After all, he had already made things clear with Tianbao Merchant Tower—if there was anything, they should go to Zhi Meng.
He was just an immortal pill master who was indifferent to worldly affairs, neither competing nor grabbing, content with his own company.
Could it be that Shi Jingqiong, like Heni, Yaoyao, and Hongluan, had taken a fancy to his handsome looks?
Wanting to deceive him for his appearance, his feelings, and his money?
Deceiving him for appearance and feelings would be one thing, but not for money.
"Elder Gu, the Duhunhai is full of dangers, especially with Heavenly Ghosts appearing unexpectedly. Are you really going?"
Shi Jingqiong asked with a worried expression.
"Wherever Senior Sister goes, I'll go." Gu Qing's answer was firm.
This made Shi Jingqiong even more certain that Zhi Meng was a heartless woman who had deceived Gu Qing's true feelings.
After all, Gu Qing was clearly a young man who hadn't experienced much of the world, so it was only natural that he would be deceived by a cunning fox like Zhi Meng.
Looking at Gu Qing's incomparably handsome face, Shi Jingqiong transmitted her voice: "Elder Gu, if you must go, you must notify me the moment you encounter danger. You are an elder of our Tianbao Merchant Tower, and no matter the cost, I won't let anything happen to you."
"Oh!" Gu Qing responded with a simple "oh," perfectly maintaining his aloof and detached persona.
Seeing this, afraid of provoking Gu Qing's displeasure, Shi Jingqiong didn't say more, her beautiful eyes filled with pity as she looked at Gu Qing.
Such a heaven-defying genius, not yet famous, was shamelessly deceived by Zhi Meng's true feelings, yet there was nothing she could do about it.
Gu Qing must be deeply in love with Zhi Meng now; anything she said would be useless.
She could only secretly guide him, letting Gu Qing gradually discover Zhi Meng's true nature, and then...
Then she would protect Gu Qing.
Gu Qing was baffled by Shi Jingqiong's gaze, not understanding why she was looking at him like that.
But none of that mattered; after this parting, they might never meet again.
"Everyone, alchemy is no problem, but there's no need for us to join forces to enter the Soul Sea to search for treasures. We will meet again if fate wills it."
Zhi Meng politely declined everyone's invitation.
"Junior Sister, you really won't enter the Soul Sea with me to search for treasures?"
Long Ju frowned, an intense imperial dragon aura emanating from him, his expression majestic and domineering.
Obviously, since temptation had failed, Long Ju intended to resort to coercion.
Zhi Meng, some nobody who had appeared out of nowhere, actually dared to reject him repeatedly, and Long Ju's patience had already run out.
"No."
Zhi Meng's expression remained indifferent.
"Fine."
Long Ju said "fine" with a smile, but there was no trace of warmth in his eyes.
Shi Jingqiong glanced over and said lightly: "Everyone, we've arrived at the Soul Sea Star Domain. I wish you all good luck and a bountiful return."
"Open the formation."
The moment the flying boat's formation opened, Li Yuzheng looked at the several thousand Divine Flame Realm cultivators on the deck as if they were a group of ants, his expression cold and detached.
"Get down."
Everyone hesitated, no one daring to be the first to go down.
Although they had come to the Soul Sea Star Domain to search for treasures, this domain was the lair of the Heavenly Ghost Clan.
Upon seeing their arrival, countless Heavenly Ghost experts were surely already lying in ambush within.
The first person to enter would surely face certain death.
This was because the Heavenly Ghost Clan's strength was bizarre and unpredictable, born with the innate divine ability to attack souls.
Moreover, they had no physical form, like ghosts, able to shift between solid and intangible states, making them impossible to guard against.
"Hmph."
Li Yuzheng sneered coldly, not at all surprised by everyone's reaction. He immediately took out a jade tablet, activated a hand seal, and the formation activated, teleporting everyone into the Soul Sea Star Domain.
"Ah..."
Almost the moment everyone was teleported into the Soul Sea Star Domain, miserable screams rang out one after another.
This scene made the people on the flying boat feel a chill run down their spines, and they couldn't help but feel the urge to retreat.
Li Yuzheng's expression remained unchanged as he said indifferently, "They were the ones who begged our Tianbao Merchant Tower to come to the Soul Sea Star Domain, and now it's your turn."
"If you don't want to go down, then please pay your tickets to the next stop."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of several hundred cultivators changed, and in the end, they gritted their teeth and rushed forward.
"Hmph, a bunch of ants, daring to dream of finding the Immortal Flower to defy heaven's will and change their fate, simply ridiculous." Long Jue looked down from above with a detached expression.
Gu Qing and Zhi Meng exchanged a glance, feeling immensely fortunate that he had learned the art of alchemy from Jiang Yu.
Otherwise, they would have been treated as cannon fodder and forced off the flying boat.
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