Chapter 670: First Meeting with Nalan Ruoshui

Regarding Chu Laoguai, Yin Qi was still willing to take action.

Firstly, it was to save the other party from harboring any crooked ideas, which would be troublesome to deal with;

Secondly, he could be taken for his own use in the future, controlling the Chu Kingdom indirectly through him.

Controlling the Chu Kingdom had great utility.

For instance, if he wanted to promote the Immortal Cultivation Hundred Trades, he would certainly need people to execute it;

For instance, in Alchemy and Artifact Refining, he could also mobilize the strength of the entire nation.

Furthermore, when the Heavenly Dao destroys the world in the future, he could also use the Chu Kingdom to save more common people, causing the Heavenly Dao's plan to harvest the living beings of the human world to fall through.

In the original work, although Chu Laoguai had designs on Chen Nan, he was generally not a villain.

He was very similar to Chu Yue, with everything oriented toward profit.

"Of course."

"Good, good, good!"

Chu Laoguai shouted the word "good" three times, and only after a long while did he calm down: "What price is required, and how many years of life can it extend?"

Yin Qi said: "You provide the materials for the Alchemy, and the fee is five million gold coins. As for the effect, one pill is about a hundred years; taking it again will halve the effect, and you can take at most four pills."

"In other words, taking four pills in succession can extend your life by nearly two hundred years!"

Chu Laoguai's pupils constricted.

He was shocked in his heart; could this be the foundation of an ancient hidden force!

He now believed that Yin Qi must come from some ancient hidden sect or aristocratic family, otherwise it would be impossible to refine such an Immortal Pill, which was not even recorded in ancient books.

It could only be said that in the Shenmu World, Alchemy was nearly non-existent.

Yin Qi nodded and said: "Correct."

Chu Laoguai said excitedly: "It's a deal. What materials are needed, and how long will the Alchemy take?"

As for the fee of five million gold coins, he did not take it to heart at all.

For such an Immortal Pill, let alone five million gold coins, even if it were fifty million gold coins, he would not blink an eye.

"Millennium Golden Ginseng, Blazing Spirit Ganoderma, Resurrection Grass, Red Dragon Fruit..."

Yin Qi reeled off fifty-five types of Treasure Medicine, though only three of them were actually needed to refine the Longevity Pill; since Chu Laoguai did not know the pill formula, he could naturally name whatever he wanted.

"As for the time, the Alchemy will take two months; it just depends on when you, Senior, have the materials ready."

"Good!"

Chu Laoguai nodded and turned to leave immediately, his speed like a ghost.

………

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed half of Pingyang City in red.

Qishi Mansion.

Just as Yin Qi returned to the courtyard, Chen Nan came looking for him: "Brother Yin, where did you go today? I haven't seen you all day."

"Do you have business with me?"

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "I went to the Royal Library today and just got back. Not bad, in just over a month, you have already recovered to the Second-Tier Peak; it seems the Third Order is not far off."

This month or so, of course, started from the time he dissipated his cultivation in the small town.

Chen Nan also smiled: "This is first and foremost thanks to you for finding the crux of the problem for me. Additionally, I must thank someone else; her name is Nalan Ruoshui. These past few days, she has used acupuncture to stimulate the acupoints all over my body, accelerating my recovery speed.

I came to find you this time also because of Nalan Ruoshui.

I inadvertently mentioned that your medical skills are superb, hehe, and she said she wanted to come and pay you a visit to discuss medical skills with you."

Speaking to the end, he felt a bit embarrassed.

Having spent more than a year with Yin Qi, he knew how diligent Yin Qi was in his cultivation.

Unless necessary, he almost never went out and was always in bitter cultivation.

Nalan Ruoshui had helped him, so he could not refuse this request, but this would certainly disturb Yin Qi's cultivation.

Yin Qi nodded: "That's fine, you can have her come over tomorrow." "Thanks!"

After saying thanks, Chen Nan suddenly chuckled again: "Brother Yin, let me tell you, this Nalan Ruoshui is a peerless beauty, calm and elegant, both talented and virtuous; she is definitely a virtuous wife and a good mother. Didn't Aunt Lin want to hold a grandson long ago? You might want to consider it."

Yin Qi just smiled: "I will consider your suggestion."

"Alright, then I'll wait for your good news."

Chen Nan waved his hand and turned to leave.

Returning to his room, Yin Qi sat cross-legged, the "Star Heaven Art" appearing in his mind, but he was not in a hurry to cultivate; instead, he wanted to improve and upgrade this technique.

A technique that could be cultivated to the Eighth Order God King naturally belonged to a supreme divine art in the human world.

But an Eighth Order God King was only equivalent to a Heavenly Immortal.

One must know that Yin Qi was a Golden Immortal, which should be equivalent to the Heavenly Tier. At the same time, he had also comprehended many Saint-level Techniques, and his vision had long since been cultivated; naturally, he did not think much of the mere "Star Heaven Art".

In the Zhetian World, he was a Star Body and had created a peerless divine art combining the Star Body with Acupoint Deities, using the acupoints throughout his body to draw upon the power of the Heavenly Stars for his own use.

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Therefore, he wanted to use the "Star Heaven Art" as a foundation, fusing it with the Acupoint Divine Technique to create a brand-new supreme art.

With the experience of the Zhetian World as a reference, plus Yin Qi's King-Grade Immortal Bone level of comprehension, by the dawn of the next day, he had completed the creation of the new version of the "Star Heaven Art".

The new version of the "Star Heaven Art" used the acupoints throughout the body as a foundation, with the Acupoint Deities as Star Gods.

Each Star God corresponded to a star in the sky.

When cultivating, one could use the Star Gods to Jieyin and gather star essence for cultivation, which could compensate for the lack of Heaven and Earth Qi; while in battle, one could borrow the power of the Heavenly Stars to deal with enemies.

The new version of the "Star Heaven Art" could still only be cultivated to the Eighth Order God King realm.

But in terms of grade, it was absolutely not inferior to the Chen family's "Demon Summoning Scripture".

Among the Heavenly Stars, none were stronger than the sun and moon.

Compared to the Star Body divine art of the Zhetian World, Yin Qi's pioneering method of using the Tianming Acupoint within his eyes to condense the Sun God and Moon God as the Main Gods of the Heavenly Stars can greatly enhance the ability of the Po Wang Eye.

When cultivated to the Great Completion Stage in the future, he can even directly draw upon Sun True Fire and Lunar Cold Light to confront enemies.

Yin Qi came to the courtyard and saw the sun rising in the east.

He sat cross-legged, closed his left eye to face the sun, and secretly circulated the Star Heaven Art; soon, a large amount of sunlight gathered, drifting in like wisps of catkin and sinking into Yin Qi's right eye.

In an instant, Yin Qi felt a burning sensation coming from his right eye.

Fortunately, he had already cultivated to the Acupoint Refining Human Immortal and Foundation Establishment Peak, and the morning sunlight was not scorching; otherwise, forcing this cultivation might truly have burned his eyes.

Wisps of sunlight sank into the Tianming Acupoint, merging into the body of the acupoint deity.

Soon, Yin Qi felt a mysterious connection form between him and the sun in the dark; in the future, he would no longer need to face the sun to cultivate, as he could draw upon solar power to cultivate as long as it was daytime.

This is called planting a Star Seed.

Once the Star Seed is planted, the acupoint deity transforms into a Star God, and a certain connection with the Heavenly Stars naturally forms.

As Yin Qi cultivated, the light around him became much brighter.

……

Knock! Knock!

He did not know how much time had passed when Yin Qi woke up from the sound of knocking.

"Wait a moment."

Yin Qi said toward the courtyard gate, then got up to open it, discovering that besides Chen Nan, there was also a woman dressed in white.

Thinking about it, this must be Nalan Ruoshui.

Although Nalan Ruoshui did not possess the city-toppling beauty of Chu Yue, she was exceptionally elegant and clear, exuding a faint, otherworldly temperament that gave people a sense of tranquility.

She was like a pool of clear lake water, calm and unruffled.

In the original work of Divine Tomb, besides Yuxin, the other main female characters were basically all peerless incarnations of Qijue Tiannv, and this Nalan Ruoshui was naturally no exception; like Chu Yue, she was a reincarnation of a remnant soul.

Additionally, Nalan Ruoshui had another identity: her past life was a Holy War Angel of the West. (End of chapter)