645: Polishing the foundation

A tremendous joy washed over Yun Ruoning's mind! She looked at Yao Delong, her gaze complex beyond measure.

This person was not only unfathomably strong, but his Alchemy attainments had actually reached such a ghostly and unpredictable level!

He could even refine this ancient wonder pill to top-grade quality!

With an Opportunity before her, Yun Ruoning did not feign modesty.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her churning emotions, and solemnly accepted the warm jade bottle. Her fingertips trembled slightly, revealing the excitement in her heart: "Fellow Daoist Yao... this gift... is too valuable! Ruoning... is unworthy to accept it!"

She knew that this was not just a Medicinal Pill; it was a heavy promise and trust! This favor was worth an immeasurable amount!

"Fellow Daoist Yao, the purple gold cloud pattern token I gave you earlier has infinite wonderful uses! Wherever there is a branch of our White Cloud Merchant Guild, the holder of this token is an honored guest of the guild! Any request, as long as the guild is capable, will be fulfilled with all our strength! Mobilizing resources, obtaining intelligence, seeking protection... all are possible!"

Having grown to this point, Yao Delong naturally understood the wonderful uses of that token: "Many thanks, Fairy Yun!"

"Fellow Daoist Yao, you speak too seriously. Compared to the god-shattering pill, this token is nothing." Yun Ruoning smiled brightly, her grace and beauty unparalleled.

Yao Delong put away the token and cupped his hands again: "Fairy Yun, this tribulation has passed. I have been away from the Sect for a long time and miss it dearly. Today, I shall bid you farewell here and will no longer travel with you."

A trace of imperceptible loss flashed in Yun Ruoning's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure, nodding and saying: "Good! Take care, Fellow Daoist Yao! If you have leisure time in the future, you are welcome to come to the Moyang Sect to find me at any time! Ruoning will remember the kindness of this pill gift!"

"Until we meet again!" Yao Delong laughed loudly. Before the words had even faded, a fiercely intense golden-red flame suddenly erupted from his entire body! It was as if he had transformed into a humanoid sun!

Swish! A scorching stream of light that tore through the air shot into the sky, carrying a terrifying aura capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas, instantly slashing across the sky above Heavenly Fire City and speeding off in the direction of the Yin Yang Sect!

The speed was so fast that it left a long, brilliant tail flame behind, resembling a burning sunset!

Yun Ruoning stood by the window, watching the stream of light rapidly disappear into the horizon. Feeling the lingering, overbearing, and scorching aura in the air, she clutched the jade bottle containing the god-shattering pill tightly in her jade hand. Her eyes were deep as she muttered to herself: "Yao Delong... next time we meet, what will you look like then?"

That scorching golden rainbow that tore through the firmament crossed ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers at an inconceivable speed!

Several days later, the outline of a massive mountain range, towering and continuous, shrouded in Spiritual Qi, with ten thousand rays of rosy clouds and a thousand strands of auspicious energy, finally appeared at the end of Yao Delong's vision. The Yin Yang Sect!

Looking at the familiar sea of clouds and immortal mountains, and feeling the vast and gentle aura emanating from the Sect's gate Formation, Yao Delong was filled with mixed emotions.

This trip out was truly treacherous and unpredictable, far more thrilling than expected. He had intended to seek out Old Demon Hundred Refinements and the Mad Extreme Demon Lord to settle previous blood debts, but who would have thought that the old devil Mad Extreme would be willing to give up his entire cultivation and even his life for his daughter, performing the Chaotic Demonic Technique to pass on his power, ultimately ending up with his body and soul destroyed.

"Karma cycles..." Yao Delong whispered to himself, a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes.

As for that Old Demon Hundred Refinements... his eyes turned slightly cold. Various signs indicated that the old thing was very likely lurking within the Moyang Sect like a poisonous snake!

However, before leaving the Moyang Sect that day, he had implicitly warned Hall Master Mo. Presumably, the Moyang Sect was now relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside. If Hundred Refinements wanted to cause any more trouble, he would be hindered at every turn, making it as difficult as ascending to heaven!

"The top priority is to make a Breakthrough to the Void Refining stage!" Yao Delong felt the surging magical power in his body like a great river, and the vast, sea-like pure Divine Thought. His Perfected Spirit Transformation Stage Realm was already stable. The Void Refining Realm was right before his eyes!

Just at this moment, a small, exquisite phantom wearing a little black dress flew out from between Yao Delong's brows and sat lightly on his broad shoulder. It was the artifact spirit, You Yuan.

She dangled her crystal-clear little feet and spoke in an old-fashioned tone: "Kid, don't be in such a hurry to be happy. Your physique, magical power, and Divine Thought are certainly far beyond Cultivators of the same Realm, and even crush many Cultivators in the Void Refining Early Stage, but... you are still a bit short of your own true limit."

You Yuan extended a fair, tender finger and tapped Yao Delong's temple: "Think about the 'True Scripture of Dual Source World Derivation' you obtained! Think about your strange Yin-Yang Harmony method! The more solid your dao foundation is polished, the greater the benefits you will receive when breaking through the Realm! If you break through to the Void Refining stage now, although you can succeed, I am afraid you will lose a part of your terrifying potential to 'fight across Realms'! Especially when facing those monsters who can also fight across Realms, this small gap in the dao foundation might be the difference between life and death!"

Hearing this, Yao Delong felt a chill in his heart. You Yuan's words were like a sudden enlightenment! Throughout his journey, his ability to defeat the strong while being weak and kill enemies across Realms relied on his deep dao foundation that far exceeded ordinary people! Now that he held the supreme Legacy, the "True Scripture of Dual Source World Derivation", and had the help of the System, if he were to act rashly because of his eagerness to break through, it would be no different from cutting off his own Dao path!

"Senior's lesson is correct!" Yao Delong's eyes became firm and deep again. He bowed solemnly to the small artifact spirit on his shoulder, "It was this Disciple who was impatient. The dao foundation does indeed need to be polished further! Many thanks to Senior for the reminder!"

"Hmph~ at least you kid still have some Comprehension Ability!" You Yuan haughtily lifted her little chin, then turned into a streak of black light and shrank back into his Sea of Consciousness.

Yao Delong hesitated no longer. He retracted the heaven-burning and sea-boiling golden flames that were shooting into the sky, transforming into a relatively low-key but still lightning-fast stream of light, flying toward the Yin Yang Sect's gate.

At this moment, under the magnificent gate archway of the Yin Yang Sect, several Golden Core Stage Cultivators dressed in Inner Sect Disciple attire were on duty. Suddenly, a beam of light, so fast that only a trace of a golden afterimage could be captured, ignored the weak resistance of the Sect's air-prohibition Formation and instantly swept over their heads, rushing straight into the depths of the Sect!

"Hiss... so fast!" "Which Inner Sect Elder is returning to the Sect? This speed is too terrifying!" "Wait! That aura... is a bit familiar..." A sharp-eyed Late Golden Core Stage Disciple suddenly widened his eyes and shouted out, "It's Senior Brother Yao! Senior Brother Yao Delong from Luoxia Peak has returned!"

"Yao Delong?!?" "Heavens! It really is Senior Brother Yao!" "Hiss... Senior Brother Yao's aura... Perfected Spirit Transformation Stage?!? How long has it been?!?"

The few Disciples instantly erupted in an uproar, their faces full of shock, worship, and fanaticism! Today's Yao Delong was already a legendary figure in the Yin Yang Sect, rising like the sun! His Alchemy was profound; at such a young age, he had refined a seventh-order Treasure Pill that triggered a Pill Tribulation! His swordsmanship was even more terrifying; he had obtained the supreme sword canon "Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun" that the Peak Master of Heavenly Sword Peak never passed on! Although the Sect had not yet officially conferred the title of Dao Child upon him, privately, countless Disciples and even Elders had already regarded Yao Delong as the undisputed future leader of the Yin Yang Sect!

Yao Delong seemed not to hear these discussions. His goal was clear, and he headed straight for Luoxia Peak!