Chapter 189: Creating High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones

Yanyue Sect, Sunset Hall.

"Ancient Demon? What is that?"

After hearing Xin Ruyin's words, Nangong Wan knitted her delicate brows, her beautiful face showing surprise.

As for Qiong Laoguai, Yan Ruyan, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, and the others, their faces also held expressions of curiosity and doubt, and their gazes all fell squarely upon Xin Ruyin.

For most cultivators in the Human World, the existence of Ancient Demons is truly unknown.

Only Yan Taibai had a somewhat strange expression; he was not particularly surprised by the matter of the Ancient Demons.

"Master said that the most troublesome and dangerous things in this Falling Demon Valley are not the Space Cracks, but the Ancient Demons that descend through the Space Cracks; they come from the ancient Demon Realm..."

Subsequently, Xin Ruyin told Yan Taibai, Yan Ruyan, Nangong Wan, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, Qiong Laoguai, and the others the information about the Ancient Demons she had obtained from Dayan Shenjun one by one.

After all, they were all going to enter the Falling Demon Valley.

None of them were willing to miss out on such a good thing as the Lingzhu Fruit Creation Pill.

"This... put this way, these Ancient Demons are truly a huge problem!"

Qiong Laoguai frowned tightly, sighing with worry.

"No matter, one of the reasons I am entering the Falling Demon Valley this time is to exterminate and seal the Ancient Demons within. So, Master does not need to worry about anything; with me here, nothing will happen. You all can just rest assured and wait to consume the Creation Pill."

Seeing the expressions of worry appearing on the faces of those in the great hall, Yan Taibai spoke up with a smile to comfort them.

"So, Taibai, you have long known about the matter of the Ancient Demons in the Falling Demon Valley."

Hearing Yan Taibai's words, Qiong Laoguai finally relaxed his brows and said with a look of relief.

Yan Ruyan, Nangong Wan, and the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect were much the same, all showing expressions of relief.

"I never thought Brother Yan would have known about the Ancient Demons in the Falling Demon Valley so early."

Xin Ruyin was also quite surprised.

"Yes, this time entering the Falling Demon Valley, no matter what, the Ancient Demons sealed within must be exterminated."

Yan Taibai nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Then does Brother Yan know where the sealed Ancient Demons are located in the Falling Demon Valley?"

Xin Ruyin asked again.

"As for that! I'll just look for them slowly; it's not a big problem. Anyway, I don't intend to leave the Falling Demon Valley for a while."

Yan Taibai chuckled and said, not minding it.

"If that's the case, then Brother Yan, please be extra careful." Hearing Yan Taibai's reply, compared to the worry of Yan Ruyan and Nangong Wan, Xin Ruyin could only offer a reminder.

After all, compared to Yan Ruyan and Nangong Wan, her relationship with Yan Taibai was still a bit less close.

"Rest assured about that; with the situation in the Falling Demon Valley, even if I encounter a Space Crack, I will have no problem retreating unscathed."

Yan Taibai smiled with full confidence.

After all, he was the number one person in the Tiannan Cultivation World and the Luanxing Sea Cultivation World; a mere Falling Demon Valley and a single Space Crack were simply nothing to fear.

"Regardless, Taibai, you must be careful. Space Cracks and Ancient Demons are different from the cultivators of the Tiannan Cultivation World and the Luanxing Sea Cultivation World; they are strange, unpredictable, and extremely dangerous—impossible to guard against."

Seeing Yan Taibai so confident, even somewhat indifferent, Qiong Laoguai frowned deeply and spoke up to warn him.

Among those present, only he, as the master, could speak to Yan Taibai in such a way.

"Yes, yes, yes, Master, please rest assured; this disciple understands and knows the gravity of the situation."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai naturally could only obey.

He did not refute Qiong Laoguai because of this; after all, Qiong Laoguai was his master and treated him very well.

"Hmm! It is good that you understand."

Seeing Yan Taibai being obedient, Qiong Laoguai's expression finally softened quite a bit.

"By the way, during this period, the Righteous Alliance and the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects have been hoping to purchase more Falling Demon Valley Tokens. Should we continue to sell them?"

Qiong Laoguai asked again.

"Sell, of course we must sell them. Tens of thousands of Spirit Stones each—it would be a waste not to take them."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai quickly agreed.

After all, this was a windfall of Spirit Stones, so naturally, they had to be sold.

"Brother Yan, can they not be sold?"

Seeing this, Xin Ruyin's expression turned slightly unsightly.

"What's going on? Is there a problem with the Transmission Array to enter the Falling Demon Valley?"

Seeing Xin Ruyin's expression, Yan Taibai frowned and asked directly.

"There is no problem with the Transmission Array to enter the Falling Demon Valley; the problem lies with the High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones. The High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones in our hands can only accommodate those cultivators who previously held Falling Demon Valley Tokens."

Xin Ruyin nodded her head slightly and explained.

Without High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones, it is equivalent to having no power; how could it be possible to transmit into the Falling Demon Valley?

"Could they not be replaced with High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, or multiple Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones?" After hearing Xin Ruyin's answer, Yan Taibai continued to ask.

"That won't work. If it were possible, I would not have said that we cannot continue to auction the Falling Demon Valley Tokens."

Xin Ruyin gave a bitter smile and explained.

"In that case, then wait for a while longer; I will find a way."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai did not say anything more and nodded.

He thought of the cultivation technique he primarily practiced, the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash"; perhaps it could elevate Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones to the level of High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones.

After all, as one of the "Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability", it should have this capability.

Otherwise, it would not be worthy of the prestigious title of the "Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability".

"Good, that is naturally not a problem. As long as there are enough High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones, even if we were to transmit all the cultivators of the entire Tiannan Cultivation World into the Falling Demon Valley, it would be no problem at all."

Yan Taibai's words made Xin Ruyin feel happy, and she nodded quickly.

"If everyone were to be teleported into the Falling Demon Valley, at least ninety percent would perish the moment they entered."

Yan Taibai chuckled dumbly.

"I was only saying that, little sister."

Xin Ruyin glared at Yan Taibai and said unpleasantly, completely disregarding the presence of Yan Ruyan and Nangong Wan, two people who had a very close relationship with Yan Taibai.

As for the bickering between Yan Taibai and Xin Ruyin, Yan Ruyan and Nangong Wan had long since grown accustomed to it and did not pay it much mind.

"Brother Taibai, this time when we enter the Falling Demon Valley, should we still bring Sister Miaoyin, Zi Ling, and the others?" At this moment, Yan Ruyan thought of Zhou Yuan from the Chaotic Star Sea, Ziling Xianzi, and others who also had a very close relationship with Yan Taibai.

"As for them, if they are willing, naturally they can come. However, we do not yet know exactly how many Spirit Candle Fruits there are; if there aren't enough when the time comes, it would be troublesome."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai was silent for a moment and said with some worry,

Although he had cultivated the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art and could force-ripen spiritual herbs, the Spirit Candle Fruit was in front of everyone, so it was naturally impossible to ripen it directly. He could only transplant it into his cave dwelling afterwards with the help of the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art to cultivate and ripen it.

In this way, there would be many Creation Pills in the future. Although he no longer needed them, the other women of the Yanyue Sect still did.

Moreover, the realm most suitable for taking the Creation Pill is actually the Golden Core Late Stage Great Perfection; experiencing the heart demon tribulation of condensing a Nascent Soul in advance is of great benefit for when one truly crosses the heart demon tribulation during the subsequent Nascent Soul condensation.

The reason the Dingling Pill of the Yunmeng Three Sects is so famous is that it can help Golden Core Late Stage Great Perfection cultivators cross the heart demon tribulation.

Of course, it only helps and increases the odds; it cannot guarantee a one-hundred-percent success rate in crossing the heart demon tribulation.

For example, if the heart demon is too heavy, or if there are issues with one's state of mind.

But regardless, it is extremely good.

And the Creation Pill allows one to experience the heart demon tribulation in advance; the effect is likely even better than the Dingling Pill.

There are not a few cultivators around Yan Taibai who possess the chance to condense a Nascent Soul, but even with the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng, the Dingling Pill still cannot guarantee success.

And if one adds this Creation Pill, to say nothing else, as long as one's luck isn't bad to an heaven-defying degree, condensing a Nascent Soul and advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage is merely a matter of time.

That little rabbit, the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng, has cultivated a portion of the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art; although it is still quite a distance from transforming into human form, its intelligence has greatly increased, and it is basically no different from a normal person except for the ability to speak.

At the same time, its strength and divine abilities are not bad, equivalent to a Golden Core Stage cultivator, and by relying on a portion of the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it impossible to capture it.

Therefore, Yan Taibai was not overly worried about anything.

Most importantly, having cultivated a portion of the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Art, the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng can refine the Nine-Curved Spirit Pill itself, and it does not require paying a great price.

It only needs to rest for a few days for each pill, so there is absolutely no need to worry about anything.

And this time, Yan Taibai intends to bring the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng to help transplant the Spirit Candle Fruit.

Otherwise, this thing would self-immolate as soon as it is transplanted; the only ones with the certainty to transplant it are Yan Taibai and that little rabbit, the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng.

Of the two, the little rabbit, the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng, is undoubtedly more adept at transplanting spiritual herbs.

"Brother Taibai is right; it was Yan'er who failed to consider it."

After hearing Yan Taibai's words, Yan Ruyan was silent for a moment and said.

"It is nothing; you also had good intentions."

Yan Taibai smiled.

Subsequently, the people in the main hall discussed matters regarding the Falling Demon Valley once more, and then concluded the meeting.

After returning to his cave dwelling, Yan Taibai did not immediately spend time with Yan Ruyan to nurture their relationship, but instead went to his own cultivation stone chamber.

He patted his Storage Bag to take out a pile of Intermediate Metal-attribute Spirit Stones, picked up one, and then channeled the spiritual power from the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash within his body into it.

"Boom!"

It exploded!

It didn't even last for a single breath of time before it directly self-detonated into pure heaven and earth spiritual Qi.

"The speed seems too fast; I must slow down!"

This caused Yan Taibai to knit his brows slightly; he thought carefully about the situation of the Intermediate Metal-attribute Spirit Stone in his hand just now and muttered to himself.

Subsequently, he began to pick up a second Intermediate Metal-attribute Spirit Stone, operated his cultivation technique, the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash, and channeled his own spiritual power into the Metal-attribute Intermediate Spirit Stone in his hand.

This time the speed was much slower, but! "Boom!"

It only slowed down the speed at which the spirit stone self-detonated; it did not increase the quality of the spirit stone as Yan Taibai had expected.

This was completely different from what he had originally anticipated.

"Where exactly did the problem arise? It should have worked."

After several more Intermediate Metal-attribute Spirit Stones exploded in succession, Yan Taibai stopped and muttered to himself.

Given the status and prestige of the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash, it was impossible for it to be unable to accomplish even this small task. This would truly be an insult to the prestige of the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash, the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, and the Great Five Elements Art.

Therefore, there must be a problem somewhere, and it was not a problem with the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash.

"Could it be the spirit stones?"

After pondering for a long time, Yan Taibai looked down at the Intermediate Metal-attribute Spirit Stone in his hand again, then patted his Storage Bag and took out several High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones from Biling Island.

Although the High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stone mine in Biling Island had been completely refined by Yan Taibai, he had still mined quite a few High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones to prepare for a rainy day.

Now it seemed it was truly the right time.

"So that's it; it turns out the material of the spirit stones is different."

Using his divine sense and metal-attribute spiritual power, along with wood-attribute spiritual power, to carefully investigate the two grades of spirit stones, Yan Taibai finally discovered that the material of the Intermediate Metal-attribute Spirit Stone and the material of the High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stone were different.

This was also an important reason why they could contain more heaven and earth spiritual Qi.

To put it plainly, because the materials are different, the quantity and quality of the heaven and earth spiritual Qi they can bear are also different.

Even if the spiritual Qi within this High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stone is completely refined away, it is still a decent material for artifact refining; at the very least, it can be used to refine a Top-tier Magical Tool.

If paired with materials for refining Dharma Treasures like Iron Essence, it is not impossible to even refine something comparable to a Dharma Treasure.

However, the quality of these Intermediate Spirit Stones and Low-tier Spirit Stones is not great; after the spirit stones are refined, they can only be considered ordinary jade materials for artifact refining, or not even that.

Under these circumstances, it is only natural that they cannot bear enough heaven and earth spiritual Qi to become High-grade Spirit Stones.

After figuring out this difference, Yan Taibai refined all the wood-attribute spiritual Qi within the High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones he had taken out, leaving only the "spirit stone shell," and then, only then did he bit by bit channel the metal-attribute spiritual power refined by the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash within his body into the "spirit stone shell."

Just like that, a quarter of an hour passed, and a brilliant, golden-glowing, spiritually-imposing High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stone appeared in Yan Taibai's hand.

"It really succeeded!"

Seeing the High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stone in his hand, Yan Taibai spoke to himself with a face full of smiles, appearing incomparably happy.

This single High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stone could allow a large group of cultivators to enter the Falling Demon Valley, enable the auctioning of more Falling Demon Valley Tokens, and obtain more Spirit Stones and other cultivation resources.

Whether for Yan Taibai himself or the entire Yanyue Sect, this was a tremendous piece of good news.

Therefore, Yan Taibai naturally wanted to do more of such good deeds.

Consequently, Yan Taibai directly took out more than ten High-grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones from his person.

Then, following the previous method, he converted them all into High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones.

When these dozen or so High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones appeared before his eyes, Yan Taibai's face and eyes were illuminated with a brilliant, dazzling golden light, so bright that one dared not look directly at them.

"Seventeen High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones? Brother Yan, where did you obtain so many High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones?"

Inside the hall of Xin Ruyin's cave dwelling, Xin Ruyin's exclamation came to an abrupt halt, and an expression of disbelief surged onto her jade-like face.

She truly could not believe that just after she had spoken to Yan Taibai, he had brought back a full seventeen High-grade Gold Attribute Spirit Stones.

This quantity, it was estimated that even if one were to overturn the entire Tiannan Cultivation World, one might not necessarily be able to find them.

Yet they had appeared directly before her eyes, which truly left her incomparably shocked.

(End of this chapter)