Chapter 39: Wealthy and Bold

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Wang Yu Yao was stunned.

What shocked her was not Wang Jianqiang's strength—in her heart, Wang Jianqiang had always been mysterious and powerful—but his audacity.

Ye Qingxue was, after all, the fourth-ranked genius of the Xuanqing Palace Outer Sect.

He actually dared to make her a slave!

Wasn't this equivalent to riding on the head of the Xuanqing Palace and slapping them in the face?

Once the matter was exposed, the Xuanqing Palace would likely fight him to the death.

At that time, the Hehuan Sect would likely be unable to protect him, and they certainly wouldn't go to war with the Xuanqing Palace for his sake.

"Alright, don't overthink it, hurry up and recover."

Wang Jianqiang could guess what she was thinking; he tossed her some Earth Yellow Pills, feeling dismissive in his heart.

He had his own plans for choosing to take Ye Qingxue as a slave.

With his Soul Control, he was confident that Ye Qingxue would not speak of this matter.

After all, if he died, Ye Qingxue would be buried along with him.

Besides, cultivation was inherently an act of defying the heavens; what was the point of cultivating if one was afraid of this and that?

Seeing Wang Jianqiang's expression, Wang Yu Yao said no more.

She swallowed an Earth Yellow Pill and began to recover from her injuries.

After regaining her autonomy, the speed of her recovery increased greatly.

In a mere five days, the injuries on her body had completely healed.

During this period, Wang Jianqiang had been cultivating within the Qianyuan Spirit Array.

His cultivation base was already very close to Qi Refining Perfection, and on the day Wang Yu Yao recovered, he reached the Qi Refining Perfection realm.

As for Wang Yu Yao, after recovering, she immediately began her seclusion.

She swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and began to compress her Spiritual Power.

Unfortunately, her talent was only average.

In the end, she failed to break through to the First Turn Realm.

"Breaking through is not something to be rushed; relax for a moment first."

……

Half an hour later.

Wang Yu Yao calmed her state of mind, took a Foundation Establishment Pill handed to her by Wang Jianqiang, and swallowed it.

After several days of cultivation.

She finally succeeded in completing one compression of Spiritual Power, reaching the First Turn Realm.

"You broke through?"

The moment Wang Yu Yao opened her eyes, she saw a smiling Wang Jianqiang.

"Mm," she nodded.

The smile on Wang Jianqiang's face grew even broader.

"How can such a good thing not be properly celebrated?"

As he spoke, the smile on his face gradually turned perverse.

……

After each compression of Spiritual Power, although the Spiritual Power becomes more refined, the total amount decreases.

The next step is a process of accumulation until the total amount of Spiritual Power is restored to its original state, only then can the next compression be performed.

Wang Yu Yao was currently in the accumulation phase of the First Turn Realm.

Wang Jianqiang gifted her the Qianyuan Spirit Array and gave her a large quantity of Perfect Cloud Glow Pills.

Under the supply of sufficient resources, her cultivation base was improving at an astonishing speed.

Ye Qingxue had witnessed the entire process of Wang Yu Yao's breakthrough.

The generosity Wang Jianqiang displayed made her incredibly envious.

She was a cultivator with ambition.

She also longed for the rapid improvement of her cultivation base.

She also wanted to progress.

This day.

She finally could not help but find Wang Jianqiang.

"Mas~Master, how can I become like her?"

She looked at Wang Jianqiang, stammering.

Speaking to someone in such a subservient manner made her very uncomfortable.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Wang Jianqiang's gaze flickered, and he immediately laughed.

"That depends on your determination."

"Master, rest assured, from now on I will be loyal to you forever." She gritted her teeth.

"Mm." Wang Jianqiang nodded, still looking at her.

Ye Qingxue gritted her teeth and moved closer to Wang Jianqiang.

……

"This Foundation Establishment Pill is for you."

Wang Jianqiang flipped his palm, took out a Pill, and tossed it toward her casually.

"Thank you, Master."

Ye Qingxue immediately reached out to catch it, the lingering traces of unwillingness in her eyes instantly becoming clear.

She did not possess the deep background of Lin Xian'er and Xiao Wuya, which would have allowed her to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill relatively easily.

Otherwise, why would she have abandoned her dignity to curry favor with Wang Jianqiang?

In fact, her cultivation accumulation was already sufficient; the reason she remained at the First Turn Realm was precisely because she lacked a Foundation Establishment Pill.

She had already refined the Foundation Establishment Pill obtained during the Outer Sect Competition, but she was still half a step away from the Second Turn Realm.

Now that she had this Foundation Establishment Pill, she would certainly be able to break through to the Second Turn Realm.

Thinking of this, she impatiently swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill in her hand.

Seeing Ye Qingxue enter a state of cultivation, Wang Jianqiang withdrew his gaze.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills were of no use to him.

Rather than keeping them, it was better to use them to strengthen the team's power.

Now that Ye Qingxue had been planted with a Soul Imprint by him, her life and death were entirely within his single thought.

There was absolutely no need to worry about her turning against her master.

If he could push her to the Foundation Establishment Stage in one go.

Then he would have a Foundation Establishment Stage thug.

His goal for this trip was to obtain the raw materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

And the raw materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills could only be found at the bottom of the Cold Pool.

At that time, he would inevitably come into contact with the top geniuses of the outer sects of various sects.

These people were already at the Third Turn Realm before entering the Secret Realm, and after entering the Secret Realm, they would most likely choose to charge toward the Foundation Establishment Stage.

If they were just Qi Refining Stage cultivators, he naturally feared no one.

But what if they were at the Foundation Establishment Stage?

Although only a few among these people would surely succeed in Foundation Establishment, that would still cause him to lose the initiative.

He did not like to hand the initiative over to others.

Therefore, he thought of subduing Ye Qingxue and helping Wang Yu Yao and Ye Qingxue break through to Foundation Establishment.

After the previous few great battles, the number of Foundation Establishment Pills on his person had accumulated to twenty-one.

After giving one to Wang Yu Yao and one to Ye Qingxue, he still had a full nineteen left.

Such a quantity should be enough to supply the needs of the two for Foundation Establishment.

Even if it were not enough, at worst, he could just go and snatch some more.

Five days later.

A powerful wave of Spiritual Power spread out.

Wang Jianqiang's expression stirred, and he looked up at Ye Qingxue.

"Broken through?"

Ye Qingxue slowly opened her eyes, a flash of joy appearing on her face.

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's inquiry, she nodded.

"That is very good."

Wang Jianqiang laughed, "At a happy time like this, one should celebrate."

Ye Qingxue nodded subconsciously.

Eh?

"This is a Cloud Glow Pill."

Wang Jianqiang handed Ye Qingxue several bottles of Pill.

The Second Turn Realm was also within the scope of the Qi Refining Stage, and the Perfect Cloud Glow Pill was equally powerful in effect.

Afterward, he pointed to the location where Wang Yu Yao was.

"Do not swallow it directly; there is an Array there that assists in cultivation. You two can just cultivate inside together."

When Ye Qingxue took the Pill, she noticed the unusual nature of the Pill.

Although they were both Cloud Glow Pills, the ones Wang Jianqiang gave her were clearly far more powerful than ordinary Cloud Glow Pills.

After walking into the Array.

Her heart was even more shocked.

What permeated the Array was precisely the medicinal power of the Cloud Glow Pill.

But what surprised her was that this medicinal power was too strong.

It was simply something she had never seen before.

What surprised her even more was that these medicinal powers actually did not contain the slightest bit of Pill Poison!

Under such an environment of medicinal power, the speed of cultivation was already astonishingly fast.

Coupled with the fact that there was no need to consider the influence of Pill Poison.

It was hard to imagine just how fast the speed of cultivation here would be.

Thinking of this.

She cast an envious look at Wang Yu Yao.

This woman's natural talent was average; being able to reach Qi Refining Perfection so quickly was likely all due to Wang Jianqiang's help, right?

At this moment, she suddenly felt some regret for having known Wang Jianqiang so late.

Half a month later.

Wang Yu Yao completed the accumulation for the First Turn Realm.

After consuming four Foundation Establishment Pills, she successfully broke through to the Second Turn Realm.

Just the day after Wang Yu Yao's breakthrough, Ye Qingxue also completed the accumulation for the Second Turn Realm.

Her talent was clearly much stronger than Wang Yu Yao's.

She only consumed two Foundation Establishment Pills to reach the Third Turn Realm.