427: Entrust the disciple to take the golden elixir

He spoke vaguely, not elaborating.

Cao Xiaochuan's eyes suddenly lit up with a sharp glint upon hearing this. After a millennium, Qingzhu's figure still lingered in his heart, undiminished.

Wang Xianzhi and his/her siblings exchanged glances, a smile playing on their lips—was Revered Master's trip specifically to play matchmaker for Senior Brother?

Beneath Venerable Tianwei's wide sleeves, her fingers, where golden patterns faintly appeared, gently caressed.

Although she couldn't fully discern all the hidden motives behind "Wang Xuan's" actions, entrusting his Disciple to Yaochi undoubtedly meant that this Quasi-Saint owed Yaochi a favor.

The goodwill of a Quasi-Saint proficient in medical Dao was invaluable to Yaochi.

After a brief ponder, Venerable Tianwei nodded in agreement: "Since Daoist Friend Wang has entrusted this to me, and Qingzhu is indeed training on the front lines, this Venerable accepts. I will arrange for an Elder to escort your three Disciples to the Yanzhou battlefield shortly."

Xiao Zhuo's smile remained unchanged as he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Holy Revered Master! This Venerable has noted this favor. If Yaochi ever has a request in the future, you may seek my assistance once."

"Daoist Friend Wang, you overstate it! You and Elder Mo are old acquaintances, there's no need to dwell on such a small matter!" Tianwei's eyes twinkled with a smile; she was naturally delighted to so easily obtain a Quasi-Saint's promise, yet her words remained light and airy.

Both sides understood each other implicitly, and the conversation then shifted to the current situation of the Immortal-Demon War.

Now, the Demon Realm had been carved up by Hao Duo and Jie Wusheng, but these two Demon Venerables, instead of fighting to the death to determine the co-ruler of the Demon Realm, had instead joined forces to invade the Immortal Realm.

This unexpected turn of events was precisely why the Immortal Realm was caught off guard and suffered repeated defeats.

The Immortal Realm also had secret agents in the Demon Realm.

Over the past millennium, Hao Duo and Jie Wusheng's annexation of the Nine Great Abysses had long since alerted the Immortal Realm.

The Heavenly Court had even secretly contacted the Three Great Sacred Lands and the Western Buddhist Kingdom, planning to intervene during the two's decisive battle to wipe out the Demon Realm in one fell swoop and restore it to Immortal Realm rule.

Unexpectedly, after Hao Duo and Jie Wusheng each occupied four Abysses, they suddenly ceased hostilities, using the Calamity Abyss as a boundary.

After a mere year of silence, they split their forces into two routes, launching a brutal surprise attack on the Immortal-Demon borders of Xuan Continent and Yuan Continent, capturing both Continents in one swift move, and then sweeping through, conquering the ten outer Continents of the Immortal Realm.

Now, the Immortal Realm only had the Four Great Continents still under its control, with the ten outer Continents entirely fallen into demonic hands.

The Three Great Sacred Lands, the Continental Immortal Sects, and the Heavenly Court had mobilized heavy troops to garrison the Myriad-Layered Pass at the border of Dongsheng Divine Continent and Xuan Continent.

In front of the pass, battles raged day and night, with the Corpse Clan Army crashing against the defenses like a tide—that was the main force of Great Annihilation Demon Venerable Hao Duo from the Blood Prison Abyss.

And Yanzhou, adjacent to Nanzhan Continent, had become the stronghold of the Eternal Tribulation Demon Abyss's army.

Various Immortal Realm forces had also deployed elites here, attempting to use this location as a Breakthrough point for a counterattack.

The flames of war likewise burned fiercely across the Yanzhou land.

Qingzhu, under the leadership of a Yaochi Elder, was fighting on the Yanzhou front line with the Heavenly Court's Ziwei Emperor Lord's contingent.

Previously, the Heavenly Court's Imperial Prince Yu Pan had suffered a calamity here, nearly having his soul destroyed and Dao extinguished.

Through his conversations with Venerable Tianwei and Mo Qianchou, Xiao Zhuo had a clear understanding of the current situation between the Immortal and Demon Realms.

During this time, he also discussed the Dao with Tianwei, exchanging insights on the Great Dao and Dao Principles.

It wasn't until dusk that this long conversation concluded.

Xiao Zhuo left Wang Xianzhi and his/her siblings at Yaochi, taking only Dilamon with him as he departed the Holy Land.

He had initially intended to stay at Yaochi for a few days to diligently study the items he had obtained from the Heavenly Court, but after their conversation, he abandoned this idea.

There were two reasons for this.

Firstly, although Tianwei's words were polite, Xiao Zhuo keenly detected a subtle wariness from her.

Many topics were only touched upon briefly.

At this time of Immortal-Demon War, he, a Quasi-Saint of mysterious origin and untraceable background, even a Holy Land dared not let him stay long, fearing he might be an agent of the Demon Realm.

Secondly, he learned during the conversation that Hao Duo had been searching for his whereabouts.

Xiao Zhuo naturally didn't believe this "convenient Revered Master" was merely concerned.

The waning moon pendant Hao Duo had given him back then had long since been Sealed by him—upon his Breakthrough to Quasi-Saint, he had startlingly discovered an extremely hidden scrying and positioning Formation concealed within the pendant.

Had it not been for his Breakthrough occurring within the influence of a black hole, which disrupted the Formation's communication, Hao Duo would likely have found him long ago.

Having Cultivated to this point, Xiao Zhuo deeply understood that Hao Duo's forceful acceptance of him as a Disciple, his expenditure of resources for his cultivation, and even the gift of a origin supreme treasure, must have had an ulterior motive.

He wanted to see what this Great Annihilation Demon Venerable, who had dominated the world a million years ago, truly intended.

Tearing space at will, Xiao Zhuo, with Dilamon, escaped from the Yaochi Small World, appearing in a valley with sparse Immortal Qi in Xiniu Hezhou.

After setting up an illusion Formation to conceal the valley's traces and instructing Dilamon to act as Protector, Xiao Zhuo carved out a temporary Immortal Cave in the mountain wall.

Entering the Immortal Cave, he sat down casually and flipped his hand, taking out the treasures he had obtained from the Heavenly Court on this trip.

His gaze lingered on the treasures for a moment, then Xiao Zhuo directly exchanged the two origin supreme treasures obtained from Emperor and Tian Xi for Attribute Points.

Emperor's Metal-elemental supreme treasure had only one entry, valued at twenty million.

Tian Xi's Earth-elemental supreme treasure, on the other hand, contained three entries, valued at sixty million.

Five Elements origin supreme treasures were relatively easy to obtain in the Boundary Sea, and Quasi-Saints who achieved the Five Elements Dao Fruit were also the most numerous.

This exchange instantly boosted his Attribute Points, which had fallen to ten million, to nearly a hundred million, greatly alleviating the previous "deficit" from customizing the Time-Space supreme treasure.

He also understood the panel's recycling price: one entry, valued at twenty million.

Calculated this way, his nine-entry (five of which were customized) Time-Space origin supreme treasure, at three hundred million Attribute Points, was indeed fair.

Putting his thoughts aside, Xiao Zhuo's gaze fell upon the nine-revolution golden elixir and the hundred-thousand-year immortal peach.

The immortal peach was a supreme treasure for extending Lifespan; a hundred-thousand-year fruit, even if a Grand Unity Golden Immortal consumed one, could extend their Lifespan by ten thousand years, making it exceptionally precious.

However, for the current Xiao Zhuo, his Lifespan was already as eternal as the Boundary Sea, so the effect of increasing Lifespan was no longer necessary.

But the immense vitality it contained had infinite uses; consuming a bite when severely injured would be enough to sustain a sliver of life.

After a brief thought, he placed the immortal peach into his zizai world.

His sight finally settled on that nine-revolution golden elixir.

The Golden Core was only the size of a soybean, dark gold all over, with ninety-nine intricate pill patterns intertwining and flowing on its surface, its Dao rhyme naturally formed.

Even with Xiao Zhuo's current Alchemy skill, which still lingered at the Heaven-Grade, he could feel the potency of this Medicinal Pill; this was a Divine Pill at the Peak of Divine Grade.

"A Saint's work is indeed extraordinary!" Xiao Zhuo praised inwardly, then unhesitatingly placed the Golden Core into his mouth.

Boom!

The Golden Core melted instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into a terrifying torrent of heat, like burning the heavens and boiling the seas, instantly sweeping through his limbs and bones!

Xiao Zhuo's immortal body was already incomparably strong; his Free and Natural Heavenly Art also included Body Refining, and although the Time-Space Dao Fruit's amplification to the Physical Body was not top-tier among Quasi-Saints, it still made Xiao Zhuo's immortal body strength surpass most Initial Stage and even Middle Stage Quasi-Saints.

Yet, at this moment, this suddenly erupting flood of energy actually made him feel as if his immortal body was about to burst and tear apart!

One must know that Emperor had also refined a nine-revolution golden elixir back then, and his Physical Body strength was still not as great as Xiao Zhuo's at this moment; he truly didn't know how he had endured such violent medicinal power back then.

Xiao Zhuo dared not be negligent, fully activating the Free and Natural Heavenly Art, desperately trying to channel this incomparably violent medicinal power.

Wherever the scorching torrent passed, his tough Meridians were torn inch by inch, and even incinerated.

However, the pure medicinal power that followed immediately stimulated the flesh and blood to Rebirth, reshaping his Meridians and bones.

"So that's it!" Xiao Zhuo suddenly understood, grasping the secret of this nine-revolution golden elixir's Body Tempering.