Published: March 3, 2025
CHAPTER 272: Jinxing Branch (Two-in-One Great Chapter)
"Poor Daoist has said all that he can. Friend Hong, you might want to go back and think it over," Elder Qing Song said with a smile, raising his teacup.
Liu Yu understood that the old daoist had already made up his mind, and continuing to persuade him would probably be ineffective. Seeing the obvious intention to send him off, he simply said he would consider it carefully and then got up to walk downstairs.
As he walked on the wooden ladder, Liu Yu glanced back and saw that the black-robed male cultivator had just taken a seat.
"If I'm not mistaken, the other helper that Elder Qing Song invited is this person," he thought to himself before exiting the Wind and Rain Tower.
After confirming that no cultivators were following him, he found a small alley to restore his original appearance and returned to the Jade Alchemy Hall.
Without notifying Jiang Qiushui, Liu Yu opened the barrier and entered his room, where he began to ponder.
First, Elder Qing Song had a firm condition: if he wanted the formula for Canglang Spiritual Water, he had to enter the Jinxing Branch and at the very least help defeat the demonic beasts to obtain the Golden Core Spirit Object.
Then, Liu Yu contemplated whether he should give up this opportunity. After all, his cultivation had just broken through not long ago, and he wouldn't have to face the troubles of a bottleneck for a while.
However, this poison-expelling spiritual item was made from spiritual herbs and could slightly improve one's aptitude, which made him hesitant.
If he could obtain the formula, he could use the Immortal Abode to rapidly cultivate it, continuously producing Canglang Spiritual Water, and he wouldn't have to worry about Dan Poison anymore, at least not during the foundation establishment realm.
It's important to know that as long as one consumes elixirs, Dan Poison will inevitably occur. Even if one cleanses a large amount of Dan Poison all at once, as long as they continue to consume elixirs, Dan Poison will persist.
Although a small amount of Dan Poison wouldn't have a major impact on a cultivator, it was still significant for Liu Yu, who consumed a Nourishing Yuan Elixir and a Mind Nourishing Elixir every day.
If he used other spiritual items only once, he would have to keep searching, which would require a certain amount of effort.
If he could get his hands on the formula for Canglang Spiritual Water and gather the spiritual herbs, he could continuously produce it and solve the problem once and for all.
Not wanting to let the opportunity for Canglang Spiritual Water slip away, Liu Yu began to assess the risks involved in this action, estimating Elder Qing Song's and the black-robed insect cultivator's strengths.
In the end, he concluded that these two posed little threat to him.
Elder Qing Song was a loose cultivator. Although he had a certain reputation among loose cultivators, he could not be considered a famous cultivator.
While his realm was high, his cultivation techniques and magical artifacts probably weren't that impressive. His combat power should be somewhat less than that of Li Bùtóng, a disciple of a golden core cultivator, and he should be on par with Liu Yu.
After all, he possessed a supreme magical artifact and the shock spirit stab as his reliance, and his magical power was purer than that of ordinary mid foundation establishment stage cultivators. The only disadvantage was that his total magical power was insufficient; a stalemate would not be beneficial for him.
As for the black-robed male cultivator, his cultivation was only at the mid foundation establishment stage, suspected to be from the Spirit Control Sect. A large part of his strength depended on the quality of his spiritual beasts and insects. However, since their realms were comparable, even if his spiritual insects were fierce, Liu Yu was confident that he could contest with them using his magical and spiritual artifacts.
If the two joined forces and used talisman treasures, he believed they could retreat with ease; after all, talisman treasures typically cost tens of thousands of spiritual stones, which the vast majority of loose cultivators and sect disciples could not afford.