Chapter 658: Six Yin Elixir

"Young Master, what should we do now?" Hao Cang asked He Pingsheng after Wang Dun left.

He also pulled out the map again.

He Pingsheng did not answer Hao Cang, but asked instead: "How long would it take to return to our Zhu Que Imperial Domain from here?"

Hao Cang studied the map and said: "If we use our own Silver River Sky Shuttle, it would take about half a year!"

Between the Tian Mao Imperial Domain and the Zhu Que Imperial Domain lie several major imperial domains!

Returning is not easy.

"Then let's do this!" He Pingsheng thought for a moment and said: "Let's not return for now—after all, cultivation is cultivation wherever you are!"

After we return, Qiao Huizhu will also be in seclusion!

Might as well cultivate here in the Tian Mao Imperial Domain.

Fewer acquaintances mean fewer troubles.

More importantly, He Pingsheng wanted to use this time to learn more about Zhou Qingmei and her clone.

"Let's go!" He Pingsheng waved to Hao Cang: "First, leave the city and find a desolate mountain outside to establish a cave dwelling for cultivation!"

There are two advantages outside the city.

First, no need to spend money.

Second, secrecy.

Especially since Zhou Qingmei, a corpse cultivator, is with us—it's best to reside somewhere hidden!

The two instantly teleported outside the city, then transformed into streaks of light and fled, flying for half a day until they were billions of miles beyond Tian Guang City, finally finding a desolate, uninhabited mountain.

He Pingsheng carved out a massive cave dwelling within the mountain.

After carving the cave, the next step was setting up arrays.

First, he set up the five-star Dual Spirit Array.

Then came several four-star defensive arrays and illusion arrays!

He set up four or five in total.

He Pingsheng's cultivation had risen to Soul Transformation, but his array skills had not improved, because over the years—especially since arriving in the Spirit Realm—he had had no time to study arrays.

In the future, he must study arrays more.

He Pingsheng silently recalled the words of the Grand Master of Grand Void: Arrays are essential on the path of cultivation.

Entering the cave, he sat cross-legged on the ground.

He waved his hand and pulled out the Hong Meng Purple Gold Staff.

He did not release Zhou Qingmei, fearing her yin ghost aura would attract Buddhist sect members, so he simply entered the Hong Meng Purple Gold Staff's artifact space himself.

It was a vast space.

Ten thousand zhang in diameter!

There was no up or down, left or right—only a sea of purple-red around him.

Zhou Qingmei and her clone were seated in meditation within this space.

Seeing He Pingsheng enter, the black-clad Zhou Qingmei trembled and asked: "How did it go, Young Master… the Mingyue Buddha Venerable…?"

He Pingsheng walked over and sat across from the black-clad Zhou Qingmei: "Don't worry—we've escaped safely!"

Escaped safely?

Zhou Qingmei's blood-red lips widened in shock.

She knew better than anyone how powerful Mingyue was.

Good heavens—her master had escaped from that man's grasp! Truly gifted, no wonder he's a prodigy!

"Enough of that!" He Pingsheng asked: "Are you a sixth-star array master?"

Back in Canglan Gorge's underground, he had seen many sixth-star defensive arrays—he had guessed they were Zhou Qingmei's work.

No one else could have done it.

Indeed, Zhou Qingmei nodded: "Yes."

"While cultivating underground, I spent long years with nothing to do, so I studied arrays, elixirs, and other arts down there…"

"I couldn't refine elixirs—I'm just a corpse demon, without spiritual sense, so I can't refine. But setting up arrays? I can."

"All these years, my array skill has only reached sixth-star—I can barely craft sixth-star great arrays."

"Good!" He Pingsheng said: "Give me the sixth-star array plates and materials—I'll set up a great array."

Zhou Qingmei handed over the sixth-star array plates and materials; He Pingsheng then set up a sixth-star defensive array outside the cave.

Though not a sixth-star array master, he had the plates, materials, and array diagrams—he simply followed them.

Once everything was set, He Pingsheng returned to the purple-red artifact space.

"You've studied elixir refining too?" He Pingsheng was intrigued.

Zhou Qingmei nodded: "I've studied elixir refining and possess many elixir texts—but… I cannot refine elixirs!"

Refining elixirs requires several conditions.

One must deeply understand fire, metal, and wood elements—ideally, possess all three spirit roots.

Otherwise, refining is impossible.

The key is spiritual sense!

You can set up arrays without spiritual sense, but you cannot refine elixirs without it!

"Moreover, even if we did refine elixirs, ghost cultivators like us cannot use them!"

"For example, right now, the only elixir my Void Refinement stage can absorb is the sixth-star Six Yin Elixir—but I cannot refine it myself!"

"Six Yin Elixir?" He Pingsheng's heart stirred: "What kind of elixir is that?"

"Show me the formula."

Zhou Qingmei handed him an elixir formula.

He Pingsheng glanced at it and saw it was an elixir to enhance the fusion of blood and qi between ghost and corpse cultivators.

It was made from six yin-element materials.

He already possessed three of these six sixth-star yin materials.

Three were still missing.

But no matter—they were common sixth-star materials, not hard to obtain.

As long as you had enough money and treasures, you could get them.

He Pingsheng called Hao Cang over, gave him two vials of elixirs and some spirit stones, and sent him to Tian Guang City to buy the herbs.

One day later, Hao Cang returned with the three missing yin-element herbs.

The materials for the Six Yin Elixir were now complete.

He Pingsheng lit the furnace and began refining immediately.

He refined three batches in one go—and all succeeded.

The three batches yielded thirty-six pills; He Pingsheng then secretly used the Treasure Gathering Basin to strengthen the thirty-six Six Yin Elixirs into seventy-two supreme Six Yin Elixirs.

"Thank you, Master!"

"Thank you, Young Master!"

"Your servant… your servant…"

"With these supreme Six Yin Elixirs, I won't need a hundred years—even fifty is unnecessary. I guarantee I'll reach Void Refinement Layer Twelve within thirty years!"

Zhou Qingmei, moved and excited, felt warmth in her heart.

Of course, what stirred this feeling wasn't merely He Pingsheng's gesture—it was also the Slave Heaven's Law at work.

"Good!" He Pingsheng said: "You're a clone—all paths have already been walked by your original body, so your breakthroughs will come quickly!"

"Let's cultivate together!"

He Pingsheng also entered seclusion within the artifact space.

He too had breakthrough needs.

One, to break through the Dao barrier!

Two, to raise his cultivation and break through the physical barrier.

And this time, He Pingsheng took out the Heavenly Moon Divine Array Manual once more.

His array skill must improve too.