Creak~
As the door opened, a beautiful face came into view.
"Indeed, you've already broken through to the perfection of Qi Refining."
Upon seeing Wang Yuyao, her attribute panel immediately appeared in Wang Jianqiang's mind.
Her cultivation base was naturally something Wang Jianqiang couldn't be fooled about.
A smile appeared on his face.
"Congratulations on your breakthrough, Junior Sister."
"It's all thanks to the elixirs you gave me, Senior Brother." She smiled sweetly and took out a jade slip. "Senior Brother, I found this item at the market outside the sect. It seems to be a pill formula, but there's a restriction inside the jade slip that only an alchemist can view."
"Oh?"
Wang Jianqiang showed interest upon hearing this, withdrew his hand, and took the jade slip, extending his spiritual sense into it.
The next moment, his spiritual sense was suddenly blocked.
"Indeed, there's a restriction."
Wang Jianqiang narrowed his eyes and poured his spiritual sense in with full force.
Crack~
A sound like shattering glass echoed out of nowhere.
The restriction was broken.
A piece of information then appeared in Wang Jianqiang's mind.
Wang Yuyao was right; the jade slip contained a pill formula.
But the name made him pause.
"Mortal Dust Pill?"
What a strange name.
Wang Jianqiang raised an eyebrow and carefully studied the information in his mind.
"How is it?"
After waiting for a moment, Wang Yuyao couldn't help but ask when she saw Wang Jianqiang hadn't moved.
Wang Jianqiang snapped back to reality and shook his head.
The jade slip only contained the pill formula, with no record of the elixir's effects.
But seeing Wang Yuyao looking at him expectantly, he couldn't help but smile, "It's a good pill formula, I like it."
"As long as you like it."
Wang Yuyao breathed a long sigh of relief and a happy smile spread across her face.
For an alchemist, the allure of a pill formula is undeniable.
Although Wang Jianqiang didn't primarily focus on the Dao of Alchemy, he was still very interested in this mysterious pill formula.
However, to know the effects of the Mortal Dust Pill, he would have to refine it and test it.
Thinking of this, he looked at Wang Yuyao, "Wait for me a moment."
With that, he quickly headed to the Alchemy Room.
The materials for refining the Mortal Dust Pill were quite ordinary, and he happened to have them on hand.
The next moment, the system's voice sounded.
"Ding, detected an inferior pill formula. Optimizing and upgrading the formula requires 30 cultivation points. Proceed with optimization and upgrade?"
"Yes."
"Ding, Mortal Dust Pill formula successfully optimized and upgraded to Perfect Mortal Dust Pill formula."
As the system's voice sounded, the pill formula in his mind was optimized.
Wang Jianqiang immediately began refining.
An hour later.
A Mortal Dust Pill was completed.
Wang Jianqiang walked out of the Alchemy Room and saw Wang Yuyao waiting obediently outside.
He smiled, casually tossed the Mortal Dust Pill onto a nearby table, and walked towards her.
...
Half an hour later.
"The Outer Sect Grand Competition is in two and a half months. Have you thought about participating?"
Wang Jianqiang, having regained some strength, turned to look at Wang Yuyao, who stood neatly dressed by his side.
Wang Yuyao's expression dimmed upon hearing this, "Only the top fifty in the Outer Sect Grand Competition receive rewards. Although I've reached the perfection of Qi Refining, my spell technique is too average, and I'm afraid I can't compete with some of the more solid ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators."
"Participating in the competition would only make me a laughingstock. It's better not to participate."
Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "What if I can ensure you make it into the top fifty, or even the top ten?"
Wang Yuyao was stunned, then became excited, "Really?"
"Wang never does anything he's not confident in. Since I said it, I can definitely do it." Wang Jianqiang stared at Wang Yuyao, "Just tell me if you want to participate."
"The Outer Sect Grand Competition is a grand event for the entire sect. Anyone who makes it into the top fifty receives a Foundation Establishment Pill and might even attract the attention of the Inner Sect Elders. If I can make it into the top fifty, I would naturally be eager."
Thinking of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Wang Yuyao's cheeks flushed with excitement.
The Foundation Establishment Pill is incredibly precious, something many Outer Disciples who have reached the perfection of Qi Refining yearn for but can't obtain.
Now, she had just reached the perfection of Qi Refining and already had a chance to get one.
How could she not be excited?
"In that case, it's settled."
Wang Jianqiang nodded, "Go register first, and leave the rest to me."
"Thank you, Senior Brother. I am immensely grateful for your great kindness."
Wang Yuyao nodded heavily, her face full of gratitude.
For her in the past, Foundation Establishment was a lifelong dream and goal to strive for.
But now, her cultivation base had advanced by leaps and bounds.
In just a few months, she had achieved what would have taken decades.
And now, she even had a chance to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!
All of this was brought about by Wang Jianqiang.
"Ding, favorability increased."
A mechanical voice sounded in his mind.
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It had already reached 90 points before.
And now.
Wang Jianqiang split a part of his consciousness to look at the light screen in his mind belonging to Wang Yuyao.
The number in the favorability column had already become 96.
"Almost at full value."
Wang Jianqiang felt a bit excited.
He had always suspected that once favorability reached full value, the system might reveal new functions.
But unfortunately, Chen Jiaojiao, that white-eyed wolf, couldn't be tamed.
No matter what he did, the favorability just stayed at 80 points and wouldn't increase further.
But Wang Yuyao had surpassed her.
In just over three months, it had rapidly increased to 96 points.
Coming back to his senses, Wang Jianqiang looked at Wang Yuyao, his gaze becoming more amiable, "No need to be polite, Junior Sister. Go register quickly."
After Wang Yuyao left, he lay down for a while longer.
Having just regained some strength, he was about to get out of bed.
A soft and charming voice suddenly sounded, full of allure.
"Tsk tsk, Nephew, you're really young at heart for your age."
Before the voice had finished, a figure in a red dress appeared out of nowhere by the bed, looking at Wang Jianqiang with a smile.
The sudden appearance of the visitor startled Wang Jianqiang, and he instinctively tried to leap up.
But he forgot that he hadn't fully recovered yet.
He only got halfway up before falling back down.
After failing to get up, he reacted quickly, rolling off the bed without hesitation.
Once he had put some distance between himself and the visitor, he finally had the chance to look at her.
When he saw her appearance, his eyes almost popped out.
Too beautiful.
The visitor was on the same level as Dong Rou in terms of beauty.
Her looks were no less than Su Yutong, one of the Three Beauties of the Outer Sect, and her temperament and figure were even better.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you're quite young at heart for your age."
Yan Qingxuan smiled charmingly, deliberately tugging at her skirt.
Wang Jianqiang's eyes widened a bit more.
Immediately after, he suddenly caught a faint scent, and a cold snort followed.
"Such audacity, aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
Wang Jianqiang immediately came to his senses, only to find that the woman in the red dress had somehow appeared right in front of him.
Her icy face was almost touching his.