88: Chapter 88 The little ghost girl has quite a temper!
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Behind the Main Hall of Lianxiang Peak, white mist rolled in mid-air, tightly wrapping the entire back mountain.
Yu Linglong had already consumed the barrier-breaking pill and the high-grade jade beast advancement pill, officially beginning her seclusion.
At this moment, her body was layered in purple-gold spiritual light.
Breaking through to the Soul Transformation Stage was by no means a one-day task.
Even with the aid of Heaven-Defying Medicinal Pills, it required time to settle and undergo transformation.
That threshold had trapped countless brilliant Cultivators in Qingzhou; it allowed for no carelessness.
Cao Kun arranged for Leng Qingyue to remain outside the Main Hall as a Protector.
It was a perfect opportunity for her to absorb the pure Spiritual Qi overflowing in the area while protecting her Revered Master, allowing her to stabilize her own Realm.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
He himself flew toward the Pill Pavilion.
These past few days, he had been too busy tossing and turning with Yu Linglong and Leng Qingyue in the inner chambers, neglecting Nangong Wan.
More importantly, Nangong Wan's current cultivation was too low—only the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.
In the face of Cao Kun's terrifying Golden Core Late Stage Peak Physique, it was simply not enough.
He had to quickly raise Nangong Wan's cultivation.
Otherwise, when he broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage in a while and his Physical Body underwent another transformation, Nangong Wan's delicate Physique would simply not be able to withstand it.
A moment later, Cao Kun arrived at the front gate of the Pill Pavilion.
Before he could even walk inside, he heard a voice that was mechanically enthusiastic, even carrying a hint of flattery.
"Oh! Grand Elder Cao! You've arrived!"
It was Peak Master Xie Wuwang of Yunyu Peak, who rushed up with a face full of smiles.
Ever since he had seen Cao Kun kill two Early Nascent Soul Stage Protectors with a single sword strike at Yunyu Peak three days ago, Xie Wuwang hadn't closed his eyes.
Whenever he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with Cao Kun's pitch-black broken sword and the scene of those two Protectors dying tragically.
It was terrifying as hell.
He, Xie Wuwang, had never seen such a ferocious Golden Core Stage Cultivator in his life!
Furthermore, the Sect Master, Qin Canglan, had publicly announced that Cao Kun was now the Grand Elder of the Hehuan Sect, with a status equal to the Sect Master, holding the power of life and death.
Whenever Xie Wuwang thought about how he had once wanted to take Nangong Wan as a Cauldron and had even put on the airs of a Nascent Soul Peak Revered Master in front of Cao Kun, he felt like dying.
"Peak Master Xie, as the dignified Revered Master of a peak, why are you not cultivating in your Yunyu Peak, but instead standing here as a door god at my Pill Pavilion?" Cao Kun asked, hands behind his back, his tone neither salty nor bland.
Xie Wuwang shuddered, quickly straightening his back, the smile on his face becoming even more obsequious.
"Grand Elder, you jest! In your presence, how would I dare call myself a Peak Revered Master!"
As Xie Wuwang spoke, he carefully observed Cao Kun's expression.
"It's like this, Grand Elder."
"I heard that Wan'er... no, I mean Manager Nangong, has been working day and night on the Pill Pavilion's accounts recently, and her cultivation progress has been somewhat delayed."
"I thought to myself, Manager Nangong is worrying for you, Grand Elder, which means she is worrying for the entire Hehuan Sect!"
"So, I took the liberty of bringing over the Formation Plate for the Six-Armor Spirit-Gathering Formation from the Yunyu Peak treasury and set it up in Manager Nangong's quiet room."
Xie Wuwang swallowed his saliva and continued to claim credit.
"In addition, I also added one hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones as the Formation eye, and left three bottles of Grade 5 Marrow-Cleansing Pills and two stalks of Millennium Jade Bone Ginseng."
"Manager Nangong is currently in the quiet room in seclusion, refining the medicinal power."
"I estimate that when she comes out of seclusion, she will at least be able to reach the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, or even the Late Stage!"
Xie Wuwang's words were airtight.
He knew better than anyone that if he had just taken these items to give to Cao Kun directly, Cao Kun would likely not even glance at them.
But giving them to Nangong Wan was different.
Nangong Wan was Cao Kun's person; by taking good care of Nangong Wan, this favor would naturally fall on Cao Kun.
Cao Kun looked at Xie Wuwang's eager-to-please demeanor and found it amusing.
This old guy, his survival instinct was truly strong.
However, keeping such a sensible dog around was worry-free.
Cao Kun reached out and patted Xie Wuwang's shoulder twice.
"Sensible."
The two light words fell into Xie Wuwang's ears like the sound of nature.
The nerves that Xie Wuwang had kept taut for three days finally relaxed at this moment.
He knew that his old life, along with the foundation of Yunyu Peak, had been saved.
"It is only right! It is what this subordinate should do!"
Xie Wuwang nodded repeatedly, his waist bending even lower.
"Then I will not disturb you, Grand Elder! This subordinate will take his leave! Please continue with your work, Grand Elder!"
With that, Xie Wuwang took off into the air in a flash, running faster than a rabbit.
Cao Kun watched his retreating figure, chuckled, and walked into the Pill Pavilion.
Since Nangong Wan was in seclusion, he was in no hurry to disturb her.
As it happened, he had another important matter to attend to.
Cao Kun found an empty secret room next to Nangong Wan's, pushed the door open, and walked in.
After casting a few strands of spiritual power to activate the soundproofing and defensive Formation in the room, he sat down at the stone table in the center.
With a flip of his wrist, an ancient-looking bronze lamp appeared on the tabletop.
It was the special item rewarded by the System earlier: the soul-attracting lamp.
Next, Cao Kun untied the crescent-shaped jade pendant from his waist.
At the time, the System had indicated that there was an extremely weak Soul inside.
The identity was special, the origin mysterious, and the capture difficulty was three question marks.
Moreover, conventional methods were ineffective.
"I want to see what level of Jade Beast this is."
Cao Kun formed a sword gesture with his fingers and precisely injected a strand of Chaos Qi into the wick of the soul-attracting lamp.
"Whoosh—"
A cluster of ghostly blue flames suddenly rose.
With the flickering of the flames, the crescent-shaped jade pendant was drawn by it and automatically hovered directly above the soul-attracting lamp.
Immediately following, a white, translucent human figure slowly drifted out from inside the jade pendant.
The figure was very blurry at first, its edges constantly dissipating.
But as the soul-attracting lamp shone on it, the figure gradually stabilized and became clearly visible.
After a few breaths, a stunningly beautiful Soul body was completely revealed before Cao Kun.
She was wearing an extremely ancient-style moon-white palace dress, with totems of the sun, moon, and stars embroidered on the hem.
Even though she was just a translucent Soul body, it could not hide her explosively good, exaggerated figure.
The exaggeration was even more spectacular than Nangong Wan's.
Her legs were long and straight, without an ounce of excess fat.
Three thousand strands of black hair hung down to her waist like a waterfall.
In the center of her brow, there was an imprint of a crimson flame totem, flickering slightly.
However, this woman's gaze was extremely unfriendly.
She hovered in mid-air, raising her snow-white chin, and looked down at Cao Kun with the eyes of someone looking at trash.
There was no confusion of having just awakened, nor fear of the strange environment.
There was only undisguised contempt.
"A mere ant of the Golden Core Stage."
"You dare to use such an inferior Magical Artifact to disturb this Emperor's slumber?"
Feng Jiuyou