Chapter 151: Chapter 151: Curtain Falls

For hundreds of years, all the Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects collected throughout the vast Nine River Basin lay before Ouyang Yun.

An enormous cauldron of Spiritual Treasure level appeared before Ouyang Yun.

Magical Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts, Artifacts, Spiritual Treasures—Spiritual Treasure corresponds to a Nascent Soul Venerable, a rare Spiritual Treasure inherited from the Demon Pavilion.

Ouyang Yun reached out, his True Essence swiftly grasping the Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects.

The Ninefold Spiritual Fire burned, removing impurities, extracting the essence…

The Three Pure Yang Qi was stimulated to its limit, and a cluster of pure energy shimmered in Ouyang Yun’s eyes.

Eight Fire Dragons coiled around Ouyang Yun, continually supplying Spiritual Fire.

The cauldron absorbed the spiritual objects.

Ouyang Yun sat cross-legged in mid-air, Divine Sense transmitting into the cauldron…

The Golden Core cultivators looked on at Ouyang Yun with some anxiety.

Flames swirled around, and within Divine Sense, every bit of power in the spiritual objects was stripped away, the forces of different objects recombined in specific ways.

Countless complex medicinal properties intermingled…

The sun and moon continued to rise and fall in the sky.

Numerous Spirit Stones were consumed.

Ouyang Yun’s body gradually withered…

“The pill is formed!!”

Ouyang Yun’s eyes suddenly opened wide.

At the instant of his low shout, clouds and mist gathered in the sky.

Pill Formation Phenomenon!

“The pill is formed… middle grade!” A satisfied smile appeared on Ouyang Yun’s lips.

The Middle-Grade Nascent Soul Pill—it’s a First-Grade Spirit Pill. Ouyang Yun had already exceeded the Ninth-Grade Alchemist ranking, reaching a new realm, even if only this once…

Ouyang Yun’s body weakly plummeted toward the ground.

“Transfer!”

As the transformation to the infant spirit was completed, a faint black light flew out from Ouyang Yun’s body.

Nine disciples had already been waiting early; they silently recited the Celestial Demon Heart Devouring Technique, and the faint black light flew toward the Dantian of one disciple.

This disciple’s aura surged.

Achieving a Fake Core!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, all gazes turned toward the Spirit Cauldron still hovering in mid-air.

Twelve Spirit Pills hovered above the Spirit Cauldron, without exception, all were Middle-Grade Nascent Soul Pills.

“This pill was refined by Daoist Ouyang at the cost of his life; according to his request, three of them are to be given to his Daoist friends.”

A Golden Core cultivator flew over, waved a hand, and an ice coffin appeared beside him, into which the disciples placed Ouyang Yun’s corpse.

Ouyang Yun’s face was already somewhat desiccated, as if his flesh and blood had been hollowed out.

“And his corpse must be seen by Daoist Sha before it is buried…”

Hundreds of Golden Core cultivators exchanged glances.

Middle-Grade Nascent Soul Pills are unprecedented in Great Qian, or even in several remote Nascent Soul level Cultivation Realms.

Their importance was too great.

“Three pills… too many…” Unknown someone casually remarked.

They all understood that without Ouyang Yun’s sacrifice, these Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects would at best result in five or six Lower-Grade Nascent Soul Pills.

Three pills seemed like one-fourth, but indeed, it was not too many.

“Didn’t Daoist Ouyang say just one pill?” commented a hawk-nosed middle-aged man whose cultivation reached Golden Core Peak.

Around, those Golden Core cultivators benefited by Ouyang Yun glared angrily, wanting to argue.

Yet more gazes arrived from the surrounding crowd.

“With my cultivation, one pill isn’t excessive, but if two more Daoists could obtain this pill, Nine Rivers might possess two more Nascent Soul Venerables.” said the hawk-nosed middle-aged man.

“Furthermore, I also believe that with Junior Sister Sha’s aptitude, one pill is sufficient.”

The hawk-nosed man smiled and then fell silent, assuming a posture of ’this matter is not my concern’.

The surrounding Golden Core True Masters exchanged glances, finally looking at the floating Spirit Pills.

Three pills, truly too many.

Sha Miaomiao’s cultivation was not among the highest present; giving her one was already generous, especially since all resources were provided by Nine Rivers…

The nine disciples listened to the Golden Core True Masters’ words, bowing their heads.

One disciple’s gaze was a bit dazed, as he seemingly recalled Ouyang Yun’s teaching to him.

“Human nature? Ha, don’t place hope in human nature.”

[In the year 8552 of the Nine Rivers Calendar, you refined twelve Middle-Grade Nascent Soul Pills and one Top-Grade Nascent Soul Pill, achieving the rank of First-Grade Spirit Pill Master.]

[You sacrificed all remaining Essence, Qi, and Spirit, burned your Fake Core, borrowed strength, and succeeded, taking a new step in the Alchemy Dao—a step that also exhausted all your strength.]

[You lived to 659 years old, halted at Fake Core, Half-step First-Grade Spirit Pill Master, with a rank stopping at Nine Rivers Alliance Council Grand Elder… You experienced countless events, your life was immensely glorious…]

Jiang Ming looked at the golden text, exhaling gently.

Six hundred fifty-nine years, a considerable length of time.

Even the Zhou Dynasty in the former life lasted but eight centuries.

Just as Ouyang Yun thought the conclusion was approaching, the golden text on the scroll paused and started anew.

[Over a hundred years later…]

[In the year 8662 of the Nine Rivers Calendar, Sha Miaomiao returns…]

“Ouyang…”

Sha Miaomiao, hair disheveled, knelt before the ice coffin.

“Junior Sister Sha, my condolences—this was left to you by Brother Ouyang,” Jie Fangtao sighed, handing over a Pill Box and a storage pouch.

Jie Fangtao hesitated to speak but ultimately used his Divine Sense to inform Sha Miaomiao about the others’ actions of altering the message.

Even from Jie Fangtao’s perspective, leaving three pills for Sha Miaomiao seemed excessive, though the conduct of the Nine Rivers was not exactly honorable.

Sha Miaomiao seemed completely oblivious, her gaze hollow as she stared at the icy coffin before her.

“Ouyang…”

“You still… didn’t wait for me…”

Seeing no reaction from Sha Miaomiao, Jie Fangtao had no choice but to place the items before her.

“Daoist Ouyang left some words for you, in the storage bag…”

Only then did Sha Miaomiao’s eyes regain some light; she eagerly opened the storage bag, ignoring the valuable resources inside, enough to incite fights among Golden Core Masters.

She took out a piece of Record Jade, her Divine Sense probing within.

Inside the Record Jade was the image of a young man in white, his body upright, handsome, and charming. He turned, smiling at Sha Miaomiao.

Sha Miaomiao covered her mouth, tears welling in her eyes.

This was Ouyang Yun in his youth.

“Miaomiao, practice diligently and live on, carrying my part with you.”

“I have heard that Immortals have the divine ability to seize reincarnation and return to life…” Ouyang Yun’s face bore a gentle, spring-like smile.

Hearing this, Sha Miaomiao’s eyes once again shone with light.

Yes, they were Preaching Envoys returning from reincarnation.

Reincarnation, causality, such things were not accessible at the Nascent Soul Level. It wasn’t through their own research that they suppressed the Demon Venerable with arrays and the Reincarnation Secret Technique in their past lives.

To study these techniques… at least at the Demon Venerable’s realm… and… Immortal…

As long as she became an Immortal! She could see Ouyang Yun again!

“These two Nascent Soul Pills are the last help I can offer you…”

As the words fell, Ouyang Yun’s figure dissipated.

In Jie Fangtao’s eyes, Sha Miaomiao merely checked the information within the Record Jade, and the light returned to her gaze.

“Two…” Sha Miaomiao noticed this detail.

According to Jie Fangtao, if Ouyang Yun had mentioned it, he would have said three pills. Why two? Could it be that Ouyang Yun anticipated others leaving two Nascent Soul Pills for her?

Sha Miaomiao’s eyes carried doubt, yet she carefully accepted the Nascent Soul Pills.

“Report! Two Foundation Establishment Dao You wait outside to see Elder Sha, claiming to possess a token from Elder Ouyang…”

“Enter! Let them in.” Sha Miaomiao paused, then spoke solemnly.

Led by others, two elders arrived shoulder to shoulder, exchanged glances, and then knelt together.

“Junior Li Changtian, formerly known as Li San…”

One of them was the young man Ouyang Yun passed the fortune to all those years ago, now grown into a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The other was the same, another person whom Ouyang Yun had bequeathed his fortune.

Both recounted their experiences, largely similar, with encounters of a gray-clad elder, imparting Immortal Fate, establishing a pact.

They handed over the tokens.

“We beg the Elders to detoxify us…”

Jie Fangtao was puzzled.

But upon a glance, he could tell Brother Ouyang was merely scaring them, waved his hand casually, and a breeze passed by, saying, “Alright, the poison is lifted, this counts as fulfilling your pact, you may go.”

“Wait!”

Sha Miaomiao’s Divine Sense probed the tokens, two more pieces of Record Jade, and after examining the content, her gaze turned complex.

“Take them away and give them two Fake Core Spiritual Objects, say it was from me, Sha Miaomiao.” Sha Miaomiao instructed.

“Yes!”

Excitement shone in Li San’s and the other man’s eyes.

They hadn’t anticipated such fortune!

Merely stepping into the Immortal Dao had been a blessing, and within the inheritance was a Foundation Establishment Pill, sparing them countless hardships of gathering materials and commissioning the pill’s refinement. Their fortunate breakthrough to Foundation Establishment extended their lives by two cycles, allowing them to fulfill the pact.

No one had expected that, not only was the ’poison’ lifted but they were also granted extremely precious Fake Core Spiritual Objects.

Fake Core! Another two hundred years of life!

“Thank you, Venerable Elder! Thank you, Venerable Elder!” the two hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

“Junior Sister Sha, what is…”

Sha Miaomiao said nothing more, only approached Ouyang Yun’s icy coffin, her palm quivering, shattering the coffin into countless ice crystals.

“You…”

Sha Miaomiao tossed the two Record Jades.

The next moment, the Qi Mechanism linked, the Record Jades turning to ash.

And a faint black fire burned on Ouyang Yun’s remains.

Within the black fire, there floated a Spirit Pill.

Top-Grade Nascent Soul Pill!

Jie Fangtao was utterly astonished.

Sha Miaomiao’s eyes held complexity as she collected the Spirit Pill.

She looked at Ouyang Yun’s face…

“Miaomiao, I will refine at least one Top-Grade Nascent Soul Pill. According to my estimation, the fellow Daoists will leave you a Middle-Grade Nascent Soul Pill.”

“On my body, there is also a Top-Grade Nascent Soul Pill, with this method…”

“With these two Nascent Soul Pills, I believe you can break through to Nascent Soul and become a Nascent Soul Venerable.”

“Practice well…”

Before the icy coffin, the beauty remained silent.

[Simulation ends here, proceeding to simulation settlement]

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