Chapter 279: Promoted to Fourth-Tier Alchemist, One-Tribulation Treasure Pill, Nine-Fold

"It's done, it's finally done."

"A total of nine pills were formed."

"I am now a Fourth-Tier Low-Grade Alchemist."

Zhou Sui laughed heartily, feeling very joyful.

He sensed that inside the alchemy furnace lay nine round, Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills—Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pills.

This type of Fourth-Tier Treasure Pill is not merely simple enough to restore Dharma Power within the body; it can simultaneously recover various injuries on one's person, heal various defects, and improve physical constitution.

It can be said to have infinite wonderful uses.

It is well worthy of the name Treasure Pill.

However, being able to refine this Fourth-Tier Treasure Pill was still thanks to the power of the Nascent Soul Dharma Domain.

If not for the power of the Nascent Soul Dharma Domain, I fear I would have been unable to weaken the might of the Pill Tribulation.

If that were the case, when the Pill Tribulation descended, it would have caused the pills to be destroyed in an instant.

"No wonder those who haven't reached Nascent Soul cannot refine Fourth-Tier pills."

"The power of the Pill Tribulation alone is not something a Golden Core Cultivator can block."

Zhou Sui felt deeply moved.

Only because he had mastered in advance the power that only a Nascent Soul Cultivator could possess was he able to become a Fourth-Tier Alchemist ahead of time.

If not for this, he would have been unable to become a Fourth-Tier Alchemist.

"Wait, these nine Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pills actually have Danyun?"

"According to the inherited knowledge of Fourth-Tier Alchemists, a pill that undergoes one Pill Tribulation will gestate one Danyun."

"If it undergoes two Pill Tribulations, it will gestate two Danyun."

"By that logic, if it undergoes nine Pill Tribulations, it gestates nine Danyun, making it a Nine Tribulations Treasure Pill."

"However, in the Human World, I have never seen a Nine Tribulations Treasure Pill; having a Second Tribulation Treasure Pill is already considered quite good."

Zhou Sui stroked his chin.

He could sense that the path of the Alchemist is indeed vast and profound; he is currently only at the very first step of a long march.

Even becoming a Fourth-Tier Alchemist is really nothing at all.

Swoosh!

At this moment, the door to the alchemy room opened, and Lin Yazhu, Chu Dieyi, and the others walked in.

They looked at the environment around the alchemy room with great curiosity.

"Husband, have you really refined a Fourth-Tier Treasure Pill?"

Shen Biqian looked at Zhou Sui with surprised, beautiful eyes; she smelled the rich fragrance of pills permeating the entire alchemy room, which greatly refreshed her spirit, as if her body itself were cheering.

The medicinal fragrance of this Fourth-Tier Treasure Pill was truly refreshing to the heart and spleen.

As a Third-Tier Upper-grade Alchemist, she could naturally perceive the formidable nature of this pill.

"That's right, it has already been refined."

"It passed through one Pill Tribulation, and the Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pills were successfully refined."

Zhou Sui smiled slightly, naturally having no intention of hiding anything.

"Husband actually succeeded in refining the Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pill?"

"This is a pill that even Fourth-Tier Alchemists have a high probability of failing to refine."

"And Husband even formed nine pills at once; it is truly too amazing."

"If these Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills were sold, I fear they could all be exchanged for a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure."

Chu Dieyi was astonished.

She knew the value of Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills, especially the Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pill; for a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it is practically an extra life, capable of exerting a huge effect at a critical moment.

Especially for a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator who has little Dharma Power left; by consuming one Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pill, their internal Dharma Power is instantly restored to full, so how could other Nascent Soul Cultivators be their match?

It can be said that every Pure Yang Yuan-Returning Pill is a trump card, and its value is immense.

Of course, it is said that in the Ancient Era, the value of Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills was not this shocking.

It is just that with the passage of time, Fourth-Tier Alchemists have gradually decreased, coupled with the scarcity of various Millennium Spirit Herbs.

This has also led to Fourth-Tier pills becoming fewer and fewer.

As the saying goes, things are valued for their rarity.

Because of this, it naturally led to the value of Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills constantly climbing.

"That's right."

"I am now a Spirit Stone Mine of the Canglan Sea."

Zhou Sui was full of himself.

To tell the truth, this statement was not an exaggeration, but a fact.

The wealth earned by every Fourth-Tier Alchemist is not inferior to a Spirit Stone Mine, and may even be more.

Once a Fourth-Tier Treasure Pill is refined, it will attract many Nascent Soul Cultivators to one's door.

They are willing to expend massive resources to exchange for the Treasure Pill.

This is just like in a past life, where one airplane could be exchanged for hundreds of millions of pairs of pants; this is the value brought by high technology.

"Husband, I want to learn from you how to refine pills."

Lin Yazhu looked at Zhou Sui with seductive eyes.

"That's right, teach us too."

"Let's see exactly how Husband refined the Fourth-Tier Treasure Pill."

Leng Yuexi and the other Dao Companions also giggled, being very bold.

"This!"

Seeing the charming expression on his Dao Companions' faces, how could Zhou Sui not understand? This group of enchantresses wasn't asking him for advice on Alchemy; they clearly wanted to devour him.

They were simply like wolves and tigers.

After years of cultivation, they were no longer the naive little cabbages they once were.

But before he could take a single step away, he was grabbed by them, hands and feet everywhere.

Clearly, they also wanted to celebrate with Zhou Sui and taste this Fourth-tier Alchemist.

…………

Several days later.

Xianxia Sect, inside the bedroom.

Zhou Sui had exhausted all his skills to impart his lifelong knowledge to his Dao Companions, allowing them to benefit greatly and return fully loaded.

The many Dao Companions were satisfied, and only then did they let him go.

Fortunately, his stamina was quite good; otherwise, he truly wouldn't have been able to withstand such thirst for knowledge from his Dao Companions.

Boom~~

Just at this moment, the entire Samsung Island Group once again felt a violent earthquake, and endless Spirit Qi seemed to turn into a storm, sweeping across this sea area.

It affected every Cultivator in this sea area.

"What's going on?"

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes, feeling very puzzled, because this was not a natural phenomenon.

Instead, it was like a terrifying wave of power sweeping across a sea area of a million miles.

"Husband, did something happen at the Transformation God Relic?"

Chu Dieyi immediately thought of that mysterious Transformation God Relic; after all, that Transformation God Relic was too close to the Samsung Island Group, and if anything happened, it would inevitably affect the Samsung Island Group.

"That's right, something indeed happened at the Transformation God Relic."

At this moment, Zhou Sui's heart stirred, and he immediately communicated with his many clones.

His clones were now spread throughout the Wuji Alliance Sea Area.

Some of these clones were also lurking near that Transformation God Relic.

They were not planning to go inside to explore and obtain Treasure, but rather to collect intelligence nearby.

After all, even if Zhou Sui didn't want to enter the Transformation God Relic, he at least had to know what was happening inside.

This is the so-called "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."

Of course, as Zhou Sui's main body, he wouldn't contact his clones every moment.

Only when necessary would he contact the clones to obtain the intelligence they had gathered.

Boom~~

At this very moment, a massive amount of intelligence was instantly infused from the clones, then submerged into the Book Gu, to be swallowed, digested, and absorbed by the Book Gu, forming book after book and turning into a large amount of intelligence content.

This was another ability of the Book Gu: it could organize Zhou Sui's memories into diaries.

Otherwise, with so many clones, organizing so many memories would be a troublesome task.

"Multiple Nascent Soul forces joined hands and spent five years finally destroying the outer Forbidden Array."

"Now they have already broken into the Transformation God Relic."

"The earthquake and Spirit Qi storm that just appeared were precisely the commotion caused by the destruction of the outer Array Formation of the Transformation God Relic."

Zhou Sui immediately obtained the relevant intelligence from the clones' memories.

He saw multiple Nascent Soul Cultivators join hands to blast open the outer Forbidden Array, causing terrifying Spirit Qi fluctuations that, like a storm, swept across a million miles of the sea.

From this, one could see the power and terror of a Five-Tier Array.

"No way, it was cracked so quickly?"

Lin Yazhu was taken aback.

Because according to previous analysis, it would take these Nascent Soul forces at least several decades to crack the outer Five-Tier Forbidden Array, but now, it had actually been cracked in just five years.

This was truly somewhat unexpected.

"I still underestimated the foundation of these Nascent Soul forces."

"The many Nascent Soul forces mobilized over a hundred Fourth-tier Array Masters to find the flaws in the Five-Tier Forbidden Array."

"Of course, if it were the ancient times, the Five-Tier Array would definitely have had no flaws."

"But after being eroded by tens of thousands of years, these Forbidden Arrays were in disrepair and had become dilapidated."

"At the same time, with no one presiding over the Array, it was just a dead array."

"This gave the Fourth-tier Array Masters a chance to break the array."

"On top of that, Xuanbao Pavilion actually brought out a Five-Tier Forbidden Breaking Talisman, which is precious to the extreme, instantly destroying the outer Forbidden Array, which is why they successfully entered the Transformation God Relic."

Zhou Sui said in a deep voice, immediately recounting the intelligence he knew.

After all, his clones were hidden in the dark.

Then, using Heart Eye Power, they spied on the content of the many Cultivators' conversations.

Even Nascent Soul Cultivators could not detect the spying of Heart Eye Power, so they had no precautions.

Much intelligence was thus discerned by his clones.

"Five-Tier Forbidden Breaking Talisman?"

"This Xuanbao Pavilion is truly wealthy; they could even bring out a Five-Tier Forbidden Breaking Talisman."

Chu Dieyi was astonished.

Because even in the treasury of the Heavenly Demon Sect, they wouldn't dare claim to have a Five-Tier Forbidden Breaking Talisman.

This was a precious Talisman comparable to a Transformation God.

It might even be out of print.

Yet Xuanbao Pavilion is able to produce it; one can only say it is worthy of being the wealthiest Nascent Soul power in the Canglan Sea.

No wonder it can maintain a neutral position in the Canglan Sea.

It is not that Xuanbao Pavilion is slick and worldly in its dealings.

No matter how well one conducts oneself, if others do not give face, they still will not give face.

Only strength, powerful strength, will earn the respect of other powers.

Clearly, Xuanbao Pavilion is just such a powerful Nascent Soul power, one that many Nascent Soul sects are forced to give face to.

"If that is the case, then wouldn't these Nascent Soul Cultivators start fighting?"

Shen Biqian thought of this immediately.

Previously, the many Nascent Soul Cultivators in this sea area were at peace, working together to crack the outer Array of the Transformation God Relic.

But now, the outer Array has been cracked.

This means everyone can enter the relic to obtain Treasure, and a great war could break out at any moment.

And this calm sea area might completely fall into the chaos of war.

"That's right, this sea area is about to fall into chaos, and I have decided to activate the Xuan Yin Heavy Water Array to seal the Samsung Island Group."

Zhou Sui said in a deep voice.

What?!

Once these words were spoken, Leng Yuexi and the others were shocked; they did not expect their husband to make such a decision.

Because once the Xuan Yin Heavy Water Array is activated, it is equivalent to sealing the sect.

Cultivators staying inside cannot leave.

Of course, cultivators outside cannot enter either.

This is a decision made only at the moment of life and death for a Nascent Soul power.

However, the benefits of doing this are also great.

If the Fourth-tier High-grade Array is activated to seal this sea area, then it is basically impossible for anyone with ill intent to invade the Samsung Island Group.

This can also guarantee the safety of the three major sects to the greatest extent.

But the disadvantages are also many.

That is, it will inevitably drive away many cultivators and interrupt trade, resulting in huge losses.

However, Leng Yuexi and the others also understood their husband's thinking very well, which is that a chaotic battle among many Nascent Soul Cultivators would easily affect the Samsung Island Group.

If some Nascent Soul Cultivators were to accidentally break in, it would certainly pose a huge threat.

So rather than waiting for these Nascent Soul Cultivators to break into the Samsung Island Group, it is better to directly activate the great Array to seal it.

In this way, it can be considered taking precautions.

"Husband, I understand."

"I will immediately issue the order to seal the islands within three days."

"But what about the Teleportation Array?"

Leng Yuexi asked.

"The Teleportation Array doesn't matter; just leave it be."

"I believe no enemy would dare to take the Teleportation Array to venture deep into our territory."

Zhou Sui said in a deep voice.

"Good."

Leng Yuexi nodded.

Not long after, the news that the Samsung Island Group was about to seal its islands spread instantly throughout Xianxia City and was known to countless cultivators.

This also caused a huge uproar.

"What did you say? Xianxia City is about to seal its islands?"

"Within three days, if cultivators don't leave, they won't be allowed to leave for ten years?!"

Hearing this, many cultivators were dumbfounded, simply unable to believe the news they had heard.

"That's right, this is the order of the Nascent Soul Ancestor."

"Three days later, our Samsung Island Group will be sealed."

"All trade activities will be temporarily suspended for at least ten years, and it is not ruled out that it will continue to be extended."

"If you do not want to stay here for ten years, then you must leave within three days."

"Otherwise, even if you want to leave later, it will be impossible."

A Qingmu Sect cultivator replied, conveying the Nascent Soul Ancestor's order to the many cultivators.

"How could this be? Everything was fine, why suddenly seal the islands?"

"Haven't you heard? Something big happened at that Transformation God Relic; the outer Forbidden Array was opened."

"Next, I'm afraid there will be a Nascent Soul chaotic battle."

"Perhaps Xianxia City is worried that the Nascent Soul war will affect it, so it sealed the islands in advance."

"Isn't this being a bit too cautious?"

"But I have to say, this approach by Xianxia City is indeed quite correct; if it really affected the Samsung Island Group, it would be too late, and who knows how many people would die."

"Since this is the order of the Nascent Soul Ancestor, I'm afraid no one can defy it. I wonder what you have decided to do?"

"I, of course, am staying. Anyway, the Samsung Island Group is so large that it can be completely self-sufficient. Staying here to cultivate quietly for ten years is actually not a bad idea."

"To tell you the truth, I don't want to be trapped here for ten years. This is just a stopover; I still want to go to other places to adventure. I'd better leave as soon as possible."

Many cultivators discussed it one after another.

Clearly, some Cultivators wanted to stay, while others wanted to leave.

Different Cultivators all had different thoughts.

In an instant, a large number of Cultivators quickly boarded the Teleportation Array to leave the Samsung Island Group, or otherwise piloted their Flying Boats away.

The originally very bustling Xianxia City lost at least seventy percent or more of its Cultivators.

Only thirty percent of the Cultivators remained.

Of course, for Zhou Sui, this was completely enough.

Three days later.

The Cultivators who were supposed to leave had all already left.

The remaining Cultivators were basically all planning to stay in the Samsung Island Group completely and share weal and woe with Xianxia City.

In an instant, Zhou Sui did not hesitate and immediately activated the Fourth-tier High-grade Array, the Xuan Yin Heavy Water Array.

He did not care what thoughts the remaining Cultivators had.

As long as they did not leave now, he would treat it as them having made their decision.

Boom—

A massive barrier enveloped this sea area of the Samsung Island Group.

An endless Heavy Water Barrier emerged.

Like a giant water sphere, three hundred and sixty degrees, without any blind spots, it just like that solidly wrapped around the two-hundred-thousand-mile sea area of the Samsung Island Group.

Any Cultivator, any living being, if they did not have Zhou Sui's permission, could forget about leaving this sea area.

If they tried to force their way through, they would be swallowed by the Heavy Water Barrier, leaving not even bones behind, and vanish into nothingness.

It could be said that this sea area had already become an independent little world.

"Amazing, is this the state of a Fourth-tier Array at full power?"

"It is truly too powerful."

Xia Jingyan widened her beautiful eyes; she sensed the situation of the array around them and felt incomparably shocked in her heart.

Right now, she was only a Second-tier High-grade Array Master, and she did not know how far away she was from being a Fourth-tier Array Master.

But that did not prevent her from knowing just how profound and unfathomable such an array was.

"Isn't it?"

"With such an array fully activated, even a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator wouldn't dare to force their way in, right?"

Leng Yuexi remarked with emotion.

She now also understood a little why a Fourth-tier Array was the foundation for a Nascent Soul power to remain undying for ten thousand years.

Any Nascent Soul power, even if it fell into a state of decline, as long as it activated its Fourth-tier Array, it would be very difficult for other Nascent Soul Cultivators to attack, leaving them completely in an invincible position.

"Indeed, they wouldn't dare to force their way in."

"Even the array at the headquarters of my Heavenly Demon Sect is no more than this."

Chu Dieyi also nodded.

Although she had never seen what the Heavenly Demon Sect's array looked like when activated, she had at least seen the world.

She could sense the power of this Xuan Yin Heavy Water Array; it was absolutely beyond imagination.

"Husband, how exactly did you do it?"

"It is said that to maintain the operation of a Fourth-tier Array, it requires a large number of Array Masters to maintain it."

"But until now, it seems Husband doesn't need any Array Masters to help maintain it at all."

Lin Yazhu looked at Zhou Sui with great curiosity.

Because ordinary Nascent Soul powers needed Array Masters to help maintain their Fourth-tier Arrays, constantly monitoring every Array Node to prevent any accidents from occurring in the array.

Once an accident or damage occurred, it would be repaired immediately.

Otherwise, this array would easily develop flaws and thus be cracked by other Cultivators.

But this Xuan Yin Heavy Water Array, from beginning to end, was maintained by Zhou Sui alone.

It did not need other Array Masters to intervene at all; it was truly inconceivable.

"As for that, it is naturally a secret."

Zhou Sui smiled slightly and did not intend to explain anything; he also did not need to explain everything to his Dao Companions, and maintaining a bit of mystery was not a bad thing.

The reason he could achieve this was naturally because of the power of the Array Heart Gu.

Due to the intrusion of the Array Heart Gu, it caused this array to give birth to an Array Spirit.

In this way, it was equivalent to evolving the array from the industrial age to the intelligent age.

Previous arrays still required manual guarding.

But now, the Array Spirit could operate automatically, repair automatically, and provide early warnings automatically, without needing manual intervention at all.

He did not even know how much manpower and material resources were saved.

Compared to other Nascent Soul powers, the array technology he mastered was unknown how many times more brilliant.

Of course, right now the Array Heart Gu had already entered that Transformation God Relic of the Kurong Sect and was still constantly attempting to invade and assimilate that massive Five-Tier Array.

Don't look at how the outer array had been cracked now.

But how could that Five-Tier Array of the Transformation God Relic be so simple?!

The true core array had not even been exposed yet.

Therefore, he concluded that the actions of that group of Nascent Soul Cultivators would not be so smooth.

It was precisely because of this that, in order to avoid the battles of those Nascent Soul powers from spreading here, he activated the Xuan Yin Heavy Water Array in advance and completely sealed this sea area; no Nascent Soul Cultivator could even think about getting in.

After all, this period of time was his critical stage.

Very soon, he would be able to cultivate to Golden Core Perfection and even begin to ascend to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Naturally, they did not want too many accidents to occur.

Although sealing off this sea area would cause Xianxia City to lose a large amount of revenue, this did not count for much at all.

Once he becomes a Nascent Soul Cultivator, all losses could be recouped.

…………

Of course, what happened in the Three-Star Island Group naturally could not be hidden from outside Cultivators.

Especially those Cultivators from Nascent Soul factions.

Each and every one of them felt very shocked and very surprised by this matter.

"What? Xianxia City has sealed off the sea area of the Three-Star Island Group? Not allowing Cultivators to enter or exit?"

Someone was dumbfounded, simply finding it hard to believe, not knowing why such a thing would happen.

"That Qingmu Sect Sect Master must be completely crazy, is there a need to be this nervous?"

Someone was speechless.

They naturally regarded Lin Yazhu as the sole Master of Xianxia City; after all, she was the master of the Three-Star Island Group and the only Nascent Soul Cultivator, so she was naturally the one in power over this sea area.

Basically, they all treated this matter as an order from Lin Yazhu.

They did not expect it to be someone else's decision.

After all, according to the customs of the Immortal Cultivation World, it has always been high-level Cultivators ordering low-level Cultivators; where is the logic in low-level Cultivators ordering high-level Cultivators?

"It is probably because she is afraid that the changes in the Transformation God Relic will affect the Three-Star Island Group."

"Tsk tsk, this Qingmu Sect Sect Master is simply as timid as a mouse, and to think she is a Nascent Soul Cultivator."

"No, no, no, that is not how you put it; this is her showing her attitude, that she does not intend to get involved in this matter."

"That is indeed the case; a Cultivator who has just advanced to Nascent Soul naturally lacks the strength to get involved in the Transformation God Relic, so from a certain perspective, this can also be considered a way to protect oneself."

"I have to say, as a Loose Cultivator who reached the Nascent Soul stage, being able to grow to this point today truly shows she has some ability."

"Caution is not necessarily a bad thing; I do not know how many Cultivators have died due to carelessness. We have cultivated for hundreds of years, so we naturally cannot fall due to carelessness."

"Forget it, forget it, this matter does not have much to do with us anyway. This is the Transformation God Relic; who knows how many Treasures are inside, we absolutely must not miss it."

"That is right, this is our great opportunity, do not pay any more attention to that Qingmu Sect Sect Master."

The many Nascent Soul Cultivators discussed the matter heatedly.

They were also very surprised by the choice made by Xianxia City, not expecting the other party to be so decisive.

But very quickly, they shifted their attention to the Transformation God Relic.

As the outer Forbidden Array was broken, a large number of Cultivators began to venture deep into this island to explore.

If they were to fall a step behind, they feared the Treasures inside would be snatched away.