: Alchemy

Lu Jianghe then slapped his chest, dispersing the mixed aura from the outer sea on his body.

Upon seeing someone teleport over, and after recognizing their face, the white-clad Star Palace guard on duty immediately cupped his hands in a respectful bow and said, "Greetings, Senior."

Lu Jianghe turned to look at him and asked calmly, "Have you seen me before?"

The Star Palace cultivator explained with a respectful smile, "That's not it. Everyone on duty here has been specifically instructed by the elders to remember your appearance."

As he said this, the Core Formation stage cultivator was also filled with emotion.

The person in front of me looks to be only in his thirties, but he has already reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Many of the Star Palace elders possessed profound cultivation, and their aura was either domineering or unfathomable. Even when their divine brilliance was concealed, the pressure they exuded as Nascent Soul cultivators often made people tremble at first glance.

The senior in front of him, however, was calm and composed, with a peaceful and reserved demeanor. If one did not know his background in advance, it would be almost impossible to discern his true strength.

Lu Jianghe's thoughts raced. It seemed that his identity information had been deliberately conveyed downwards by the upper echelons of the Star Palace.

This is most likely the work of Shi Songpo.

This arrangement, while not causing a city-wide uproar or becoming common knowledge, will prevent such a situation from becoming widely known.

However, in this Tianxing City, it is not difficult for anyone with good connections to investigate.

Judging from his undisguised actions, the Star Palace probably guessed his general intention: to use Tianxing City as a refuge to settle his close associates.

He decisively fueled the flames, subtly reinforcing the impression that this Nascent Soul cultivator had a close relationship with the Star Palace.

Lu Jianghe didn't even consider this a calculation; it was simply a matter of mutual needs and mutual benefit, so he naturally didn't feel any aversion. On the contrary, he felt that having such a public "platform" allowed this mutually beneficial relationship to deepen and extend further.

This relationship is not as detached as a friendship between gentlemen.

It's all just mutual exploitation.

Lu Jianghe then flipped his hand, and an exquisite jade box appeared out of thin air, which he urged to float steadily in front of the white-robed cultivator.

"Please pass this jade box on to Elder Shi for me. Due to the haste of the matter, I am unable to visit him in person."

The Core Formation cultivator's expression hardened, and he quickly accepted the jade box with both hands, solemnly saying, "Senior, rest assured, this junior will personally hand this over to Elder Shi."

The jade box had been casually sealed by Lu Jianghe, making it difficult for anyone other than a Nascent Soul cultivator to open it.

There were no rare treasures inside, just two sixth-order demon cores.

Having done all this, Lu Jianghe did not linger. He nodded slightly to the guarding cultivators, and his figure suddenly transformed into a faint, almost imperceptible, cyan shadow, leaving the Starry Sky Palace directly.

When he arrived outside the cave on the fiftieth floor, he could see with his naked eye that the cave was surrounded by layers upon layers of array light curtains, numbering as many as four or five.

The various colored halos flowed endlessly, clearly indicating that Xin Ruyin had rearranged them again.

His divine sense swept into the depths of the cave.

However, when it touched the innermost transparent barrier, its divine sense was slightly repelled.

Not only are there restrictions, but there are also formations to block divine sense from probing. This girl is truly cautious.

However, this obstacle could not stop him.

Lu Jianghe's figure swayed slightly, instantly transforming into a streak of sword light.

Ignoring the multiple layers of defensive arrays and light barriers, it easily passed through as if nothing were there, landing silently on the corridor.

A dozen or so jade talismans of various styles floated in the pavilion, spinning around on their own because no one was receiving their spiritual energy.

Once their inner spiritual energy is exhausted, they will fall on their own.

Lu Jianghe glanced at the jade talismans but ignored them.

His divine sense, like invisible water, instantly covered the entire cave.

Inside the quiet room, Xin Ruyin and Yan Ruyan sat cross-legged, their bodies shrouded in spiritual energy, in a state of secluded meditation, their expressions focused and serene.

"He is indeed diligent."

A hint of approval flashed in Lu Jianghe's eyes.

What surprised him most was that Xin Ruyin's spiritual energy fluctuations were noticeably more refined than they had been a few months ago.

In less than three months, from the time he left the overseas seas to his return...

Her cultivation level has actually reached the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining?

With this aptitude and the abundant spiritual energy here, he should be able to establish his foundation in just a few years.

Lu Jianghe silently assessed the situation and was quite satisfied with the result.

It seems that settling these two women in Tianxing City was indeed the right choice.

Lu Jianghe turned around and casually waved his hand. The communication jade talismans that were floating in the air and spinning around on their own were drawn together by an invisible force and lined up in front of him.

With a sweep of his divine sense, he understood the contents immediately.

These were nothing more than visiting cards from various powerful figures, each one respectfully addressed, expressing a desire to pay a visit or to offer tributes. Some even went so far as to mention sending beautiful maids to serve them.

Among them were powerful forces in Tianxing City, such as the White Gate Pavilion and the Fengle Alliance, who all adopted humble postures and were eager to curry favor with the powerful.

Among them was a merchant alliance sect called Miaoyin Sect, whose transmission message was personally left by the sect leader, Wang Heng.

If he remembered correctly, the "Purple Spirit Fairy," renowned for her stunning beauty, seemed to have come from this sect, and the sect leader, Wang Heng, was her father.

Without thinking too much, Lu Jianghe casually flicked his finger, and a flash of green light appeared. The communication talismans turned into dust silently, falling and disappearing without a trace.

With no time to spare, they went straight to the alchemy room nestled inside the mountain.

Once inside, the layout is quite elaborate, with numerous lapis lazuli stones embedded in the surrounding rock walls to help balance the disordered spiritual energy, prevent the leakage of the five elements' primordial energy, and effectively prevent the furnace from exploding.

In the middle of it stands a ready-made alchemy furnace.

Judging from its quality, it is a high-grade ritual implement.

The foundation below is further covered with ironwork and miniature arrays used to stabilize the energy field and assist in its regulation.

All of this is to maximize the success rate and the number of finished pills.

Lu Jianghe chuckled lightly. No wonder the rent for the fiftieth-level cave dwelling in Tianxing City is so high.

It's likely that the cost of the complete setup of this alchemy room has been factored in.

Immediately, Lu Jianghe sat cross-legged on the futon, and with a wave of his hand, a transparent cyan barrier instantly enveloped the entire alchemy room.

He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of blazing flame, which he precisely threw into the alchemy furnace.

In an instant, the temperature in the entire alchemy room suddenly soared, and a scorching aura spread out.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jianghe's storage bag flashed with light, and with a wave of his hand, countless demon cores flew out one after another, hovering around him.

The lowest grade among them is the inner core of a sixth-order demon beast.

The two most core and powerful ones can no longer be simply called inner elixirs.

They were of different colors, crystal clear and condensed, one a deep purplish-red, the other a dark blue, each with its own internal mist and flowing energy, and their surfaces shimmering with an uncertain light. The enormous amount of energy they contained caused the surrounding air to vibrate in layers.

It was none other than the inner core of an eighth-order demon beast.