A long time later, Yang Che’s expression was extremely grave.

Several rare main ingredients required for refining the Overlord Pill could barely be replaced with substitutes.

However, this Overlord Pill no longer belonged to Elementary Medicinal Pills; it was even more likely to be above Intermediate Medicinal Pills.

Therefore, the ‘special charcoal’ used for refining Elementary Medicinal Pills previously could no longer be used, and instead, Cultivator True Fire or Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire was needed for tempering.

The difficulty of Alchemy was undoubtedly greatly increased.

Cultivator True Fire only appeared in the body after Foundation Establishment, and Yang Che absolutely could not ask a Foundation Establishment Cultivator for help with Alchemy, so he could only rely on ‘Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire’.

The same was true for the refining of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Yang Che paced back and forth in the courtyard, and after a while, he thought of the Sect’s ‘Earth Fire Hall’.

The Earth Lung Fire within the Earth Fire Hall was undoubtedly one of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires.

However, to use the Earth Lung Fire of the Earth Fire Hall, as far as Yang Che knew, the cost was extremely high.

The daily usage fee was said to be as high as two Spirit Stones, and for a good batch of Medicinal Pills to be produced, it would take at least ten days to half a month, a cost that ordinary Disciples could not easily bear.

Yang Che pondered for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.

To quickly improve his Cultivation, it seemed he could only find a way to frantically earn Spirit Stones, and at the same time, collect all the substitute medicinal materials for refining the Overlord Pill.

After much deliberation, Yang Che decided to continue Cultivating with the remaining few bottles of ‘Eight Treasures Pill’ until the first fruit of the ‘nine-leaf dark yang fruit’ matured.

Although the medicinal effect of the Eight Treasures Pill became increasingly smaller after Yang Che advanced to Qi Refining ninth layer, by relying on the accumulation of quantity, Yang Che was surprised to find half a year later that after consuming all the Eight Treasures Pills, his Cultivation had actually greatly improved.

On this day.

Yang Che routinely inspected the nursery, and finally, to his pleasant surprise, found that the first fruit of the nine-leaf dark yang fruit had fully matured.

With the Birth of Spiritual Soil, the first matured fruit of this nine-leaf dark yang fruit was actually larger and more lustrous than the one he first saw in the Wanglong Mountain Grotto.

With almost no hesitation, Yang Che immediately plucked this fruit, then returned to his bedroom wooden house, sat down to adjust his breath, and then directly swallowed it.

Unlike the first time he swallowed it, where his whole body felt like it was being gnawed by ten thousand ants, this time, after eating the mo yang fruit, his whole body felt indescribably comfortable.

However, the medicinal power of the mo yang fruit actually automatically integrated into his limbs and bones, and its effect on Cultivation improvement seemed not too great?

This greatly puzzled Yang Che.

Several days later.

Yang Che felt that the medicinal power of the mo yang fruit had been almost completely absorbed.

His Cultivation had still improved somewhat, and he was getting closer and closer to Qi Refining tenth layer.

And Yang Che unexpectedly discovered that the speed of the Purple Origin Art’s operation had also increased significantly.

Yang Che increasingly realized that the Purple Origin Art was not an ordinary Cultivation Technique.

The stronger his Cultivation became, and the more his knowledge grew, the more he vaguely realized that the skeleton in the Wanglong Mountain Grotto seemed to have a very unusual identity.

Getting up and coming to the nursery again, Yang Che looked at the second mo yang fruit that was also about to ripen, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

Although he didn't know why one fruit didn't improve his Cultivation much, the thought that it could bear fruit repeatedly and infinitely still filled him with anticipation for this Immortal Plant.

“It’s time to leave Sunset Gorge.”

Yang Che looked around, feeling a little emotional.

He was actually very reluctant to leave this ‘Wangxi Residence’.

But there was no choice; for the sake of Cultivation, and for greater concealment and safety, it was indeed time to leave.

The Wulong Valley Sect rules stated that after reaching Qi Refining ninth layer Cultivation, one could go to ‘Dragon Breath Mountain’ to open their own Immortal Cave.

And they could also register with the Sect to become a Deacon Disciple.

They could choose to continue doing miscellaneous tasks to accumulate Sect contribution points, or after becoming a Deacon Disciple, choose to be on duty at the Sect once a month to accumulate Sect contribution points faster.

Yang Che packed up and left Wangxi Residence, flying directly to ‘Dragon Breath Mountain’.

The closer he got to the Dragon Breath Mountain range, the more Disciple figures appeared in the sky, but most of them were in a hurry, diligently working for their respective Cultivation.

Arriving at Dragon Breath Mountain, Yang Che flew directly to the deepest part, connecting to the ten-thousand-mile mountain range behind the mountain, found an extremely hidden and precarious peak where there were no fellow Disciples within a hundred-mile radius, split open a huge rock, and deep inside the mountain belly, opened up an Immortal Cave.

This time, he directly arranged three Formation Flags at the Immortal Cave entrance.

He now knew that the simple Illusion Formation formed by these three Formation Flags was called ‘Small Three Talents Illusion Concealment Array’.

This concealing Illusion Formation, which only required extremely low magical power or Spirit Stone energy to exist for a long time, made it impossible to see from the outside that there would be an Immortal Cave entrance here.

To better prevent his ‘Spiritual Soil’ from being discovered, Yang Che simply opened up a double Immortal Cave.

The outer Immortal Cave was arranged as an ordinary Cultivation residence, while the inside required passing through a winding small long corridor to reach a place that greatly surprised Yang Che.

This place was tightly surrounded by mountain walls on all four sides, but the top could be nourished by sunlight and dew entering through extremely small cracks and holes, forming a naturally occurring inverted funnel-shaped small Nether Valley. Because the opening at the top was too small, even if a Cultivator flew over it, they would not be noticed.

It truly was ‘a winding path leading to a secluded spot’.

After some modifications, Yang Che arranged the Spiritual Soil within this small Nether Valley, and in addition to the nine-leaf dark yang fruit, he continued to transplant some other medicinal herbs onto it.

Although this Yellow Grade Spirit Earth was only one zhang long and wide, it could still plant many medicinal herbs.

He also did not forget to still plant some wild wheat and wild onions.

After everything was settled, Yang Che named his new Immortal Cave ‘Tongyou Cave’.

After resting, he decided to take another bounty mission to get a set of Formation Flags, and then set up a Formation inside to block the small long corridor and the entire Inner Cave Mansion.

This way, even if someone accidentally broke in, they wouldn't discover the small Nether Valley inside.

Leaving Tongyou Cave, Yang Che entered a certain deep old mountain forest, found a hidden place, and took out the Storage Pouch he had obtained from that Qi Refining tenth layer tall, thin Disciple.

So much time had passed, and he had specifically come to such a secluded place, so there should be no problems.

He took out everything from the Storage Pouch.

Immediately, he saw sparkling Low-Grade Spirit Stones of various attributes, totaling nearly a hundred.

For Yang Che, this was a genuine ‘huge sum’.

After unceremoniously accepting them with a smile, Yang Che’s gaze then fell upon the Magical Artifacts.

High-grade offensive Magical Artifact ‘Profound Steel Ring’.

High-grade defensive Magical Artifact ‘Scarlet Phosphor Shield’.

More than ten Elementary Low-Grade Talismans, and three Elementary Intermediate-Grade Talismans.

Besides these, everything else was worthless, so Yang Che simply cast a Fireball Technique to burn them away.

After collecting the Magical Artifacts and Talismans, he immediately flew to the hall where bounty missions were posted.

…

Upon discovering that the mission reward posted by Frost Moon Fairy was still Formation Flags or a Formation Plate, Yang Che couldn't help but wonder to himself, “What is the background of this Frost Moon Fairy?”

After much thought, Yang Che decided to accept a mission whose reward item was a ‘Small Reverse Chaos Four Symbols Array’ Formation Plate.

This Formation Plate could directly set up a ‘Small Reverse Chaos Four Symbols Array’ which possessed powerful defense and concealment abilities.

For Yang Che, this was the best possible item.

However, the difficulty of this bounty mission was very high, and obtaining this Formation Plate was not so easy.

But Yang Che still wanted to give it his all. If he obtained this Formation Plate, he could completely eliminate any risk of his ‘Spiritual Soil’ being exposed, and at the same time, he also wanted to test his combat power after advancing to Qi Refining ninth layer.

The content of this mission was to kill a first-level Yao Beast ‘Black Wind Eagle’ and obtain its innate black feather.

After registering and accepting the mission, Yang Che flew directly to ‘Black Mist Mountain’ where the Black Wind Eagle was located.