Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

Chapter 305 How to take a concubine and be completely transformedIn the days that followed, Shen Wen almost never left his home.

He had to digest the rewards he had obtained from taking Dan Chen as a concubine one by one.

The first one he started with was the Present Tathagata Sutra.

This Cultivation Technique trained the Physical Body, and not only did it not conflict with the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art he practiced, but they actually complemented each other.

In just a few short days, he had cultivated the Present Tathagata Sutra to Minor Achievement; a faint golden Buddhist light shimmered on the surface of his body, and every movement he made was more than thirty percent stronger than before.

Next was the primordial dragon bone.

Refining this item took longer than expected. After all, it was the bone of an Ancient True Dragon, and fully fusing it with his own skeleton required painstaking effort.

Shen Wen was in no hurry, setting aside one or two hours every day to slowly nourish it with the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, allowing the dragon bone to gradually integrate into his body.

What surprised him the most was the bodhi heart.

Having previously obtained the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, his perception and thinking abilities already far exceeded those of ordinary people.

But what the bodhi heart brought was a qualitative change in his Comprehension Ability.

Those originally obscure and difficult-to-understand Formation runes, when viewed again now, seemed as if the layers of mist had been peeled away, leaving their patterns clearly visible.

The subtleties within the Yuqing Artifact Refining Method, the complex Formation cores in the Detailed Explanation of Shangqing Formations, and even the various profound techniques in the newly acquired Supreme Alchemy Art were no longer difficult problems in his eyes.

The combination of the bodhi heart, the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, and the deduction capabilities of the Future Non-Existence Sutra produced an effect that could only be described as terrifying.

Shen Wen sat in the Quiet Room, with various precious metal Materials sent from the Gold-Devouring Rat’s side laid out before him.

meteorite iron, mysterious bronze, star steel, earth core rock... a dazzling array that filled half the room.

He closed his eyes in deep thought for a moment, then suddenly opened them and raised his right hand.

The Fallen Heart Flame surged from his palm, enveloping a piece of meteorite iron. Immediately after, mysterious bronze, star steel, earth core rock... more than a dozen types of metal Materials flew into the flames one by one.

Simultaneously controlling the smelting of over a dozen Materials placed extremely high demands on Soul Power.

However, Shen Wen was now at the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, and with the enhancement of the bodhi heart and the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, he performed the task with fluid grace and no effort at all.

As the flames churned, the metal Materials gradually melted, fusing into a large mass of flowing golden liquid.

Shen Wen did not stop; his Soul Power surged into it like a tide, beginning to construct rune arrays within the mass of liquid.

Fire Gathering Formation, Pressure Stabilization Formation, Impact Resistance Formation... one by one, Formation runes were inscribed, layered upon each other and interconnected to form a complete system.

This was a concept he had learned from the heaven burning cauldron. The reason that ancient cauldron could become a top-tier treasure cauldron was due to the perfect coordination between these Formations.

Time passed minute by minute.

Three hours later, Shen Wen withdrew the flames and looked at the newly formed medicinal cauldron before him, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

The cauldron was dark gold all over, three feet three inches tall, with three legs and two ears; its body was densely covered with fine rune patterns.

These patterns were layered, shimmering with a faint light under the sun and emitting an ancient and profound aura.

”supreme cauldron.”

Shen Wen softly spoke the name he had already decided upon and raised his hand to give the cauldron a light flick.

”Buzz—”

A clear and resonant chime rang out, the sound possessing immense penetrating power, causing the walls of the Quiet Room to tremble slightly.

Shen Wen nodded.

The quality of this cauldron was already no inferior to the heaven burning cauldron.

In the following days, Shen Wen used this supreme cauldron for Alchemy besides his regular Cultivate sessions.

He refined batch after batch of zong ji pill, Mysterious Yang Pill, and various seventh and Eighth Grade Pill, both for practice and to build up his stock.

His pill success rate was terrifyingly high.

While an ordinary Alchemist might produce one Medicinal Pill from three sets of Materials, he could produce two pills from a single set. Those medicinal herbs were almost never wasted in his hands.

On this day, as soon as Shen Wen emerged from the Quiet Room, he saw Xuan Danzi sitting in the Flower Hall, talking with Cao Ying.

Seeing him enter, Xuan Danzi looked up at him, his gaze lingering for a moment as a strange look flashed in his eyes.

”Another Breakthrough?”

Shen Wen shook his head: ”My cultivation hasn’t broken through; I’m still an Eight Star Dou Zong.”

Xuan Danzi’s brows twitched slightly: ”Then why does this Old Ancestor feel that you are different than before?”

Shen Wen smiled and did not explain.

A thing like the bodhi heart couldn’t be discerned by outsiders, but in the eyes of someone like Xuan Danzi, a Six-Star Dou Sheng, some abnormalities would naturally be noticed.

Seeing that he wouldn’t say, Xuan Danzi didn’t press further, only saying: ”I heard your success rate in Alchemy has been terrifyingly high lately, so this Old Ancestor came to take a look.”

He took a Pill Formula from his storage ring and handed it to Shen Wen.

”This is the Pill Formula for the Eighth Grade Pill ’mysterious origin pill,’ which can help a Dou Zun stabilize their cultivation. Give it a try.”

Shen Wen took the Pill Formula and unrolled it to read.

With his current level of Alchemy attainment, he could see the key points of the Pill Formula with a single glance.

The difficulty of refining the mysterious origin pill was considered upper-middle among Eighth Grade Pill, but for him, it posed no difficulty.

”This Disciple will try.” He put away the Pill Formula and looked at Xuan Danzi, ”Does Old Ancestor want to watch?”

Xuan Danzi nodded.

The two arrived at the Pill Refining Room, where Shen Wen took out the supreme cauldron and began Alchemy.

Xuan Danzi stood to the side, initially appearing casual, but soon, a flash of surprise crossed his cloudy old eyes.

Shen Wen’s movements were fluid and graceful, every step as precise as a textbook.

Smelting the herbs, fusing the medicinal power, refining and purifying... every step was exactly right, without any superfluous movements.

What surprised Xuan Danzi even more was that Shen Wen’s control over the heat had reached an inconceivable level.

An hour later, the pill was formed.

Shen Wen raised his hand with a beckoning motion, and three pale green Medicinal Pill flew out of the cauldron, landing in the jade bottle he had prepared.

Xuan Danzi took the jade bottle, poured out a Medicinal Pill, and scrutinized it for a moment, remaining silent for quite a while.

”Three?”

He looked at Shen Wen with a complex gaze.

For an Eighth Grade Pill like the mysterious origin pill, an ordinary Alchemist would be lucky to produce one. Shen Wen, however, had produced three in one batch, and each one was of superior quality.

”You brat, how is taking a concubine like a complete transformation for you?”

Shen Wen smiled and did not explain.

Xuan Danzi shook his head, not bothered to press further. He returned the Medicinal Pill to Shen Wen and said, ”Keep this Pill Formula. With your current level of Alchemy, this Old Ancestor has nothing left to teach you.”

He paused and added, ”By the way, the Gu Clan has been much quieter lately.”

Shen Wen’s brows twitched slightly.

Xuan Danzi continued: ”It seems they are investigating something important, and all their energy is being diverted. That method of yours worked quite quickly.”

Shen Wen nodded without saying much.

He of course knew what the Gu Clan was investigating.

A few days ago, the channels arranged by Cao Ying had taken effect. Xiao Yan had ”accidentally” discovered some clues regarding the Spirit Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array at the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. With that brat’s cleverness, he naturally wouldn’t let such a major matter slide.

The information reached Xiao Xun Er and was then passed to the Gu Clan’s higher-ups, which indeed garnered significant attention.

What the Hun Clan was plotting by secretly setting up such a massive Formation could be guessed with one’s toes.

The Gu Clan and Hun Clan had been fighting for so many years; they couldn’t possibly sit idly by regarding such a matter.

Sure enough, the Gu Clan quickly mobilized personnel and began a secret investigation.

The gazes that were originally fixed on Shen Wen naturally shifted away.