Yu Tang Tang (Seeking Follow-up Reads, Seeking Votes)

Combined with Tantai Chan's status as a Second-Tier Middle-Grade Alchemist and the information Su Qing Shan had let slip when he spoke with him before, everything seemed to point, in the unseen, toward the suspicious matter of "pills."

Steward Xu was also a Second-Tier Middle-Grade Alchemist. If Su Qing Shan wanted to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill, he would definitely seek out his old father-in-law first.

Besides, he himself had only broken through to Qi Refining Late Stage not long ago. Wasn't it a little too early to start preparing for Foundation Establishment?

There was another point.

A Second Tier High-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill was beyond the ability of a middle-grade alchemist to refine, unless Tantai Chan had made a breakthrough in alchemy.

There were doubts everywhere.

Still, Wang Yu leaned toward the idea that Tantai Chan really had refined High-grade Foundation Establishment Pills. Otherwise, the threshold of this little Medicine Garden would not have been worn nearly through by so many first-generation Foundation Establishment cultivators!

He was only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer now, so there was no rush to make plans.

With his aptitude, relying on the Placement Slot—or perhaps grinding it out with time—might work. If he relied on himself, even one High-grade Foundation Establishment Pill might not be enough.

His Useless Spiritual Roots were like a huge mountain pressing down on him.

Looking through the records of history, he had never heard of anyone with Useless Spiritual Roots successfully reaching Foundation Establishment. Of course, perhaps Wang Yu simply had not seen enough of the world.

That evening, after completing his field-patrol task.

Wang Yu continued refining the High-Grade Cold Blood Pill within his body. Though its medicinal power was fierce, it was truly difficult to refine. He was starting to want to switch to Top-Grade Cold Blood Pills.

Though both took a year to refine, the Top-Grade version's astonishing effect of increasing cultivation by one hundred strands of Spirit Qi left the High-Grade version several streets behind.

The prices of Top Grade Pills and upper, middle, and lower-grade pills were worlds apart, with an enormous difference in cost. This also proved from the side just how exceptional the effects of Top Grade Pills were—otherwise, no one would chase after them.

Alchemy was still worth investing in for refining cultivation pills for himself. It could save him a great deal of time.

After pondering for a long while.

Wang Yu repeatedly looked over the three Placement Slots, but in the end, he placed the "Cold Blood Pill" into one. This thing was practically almost done anyway; it would only take another two months.

The time it delayed was far outweighed by the improvement Top Grade Pills could bring.

—Worth it!

The difference between placing it in or leaving it out was only that his alchemy also needed to reach perfection before he could be confident of refining Top Grade Pills.

The next day.

A strange pill fragrance woke Wang Yu from his sleep. The moment he pushed open the door, he saw a little white-haired girl standing on a small stool in the path between the medicine fields.

A huge iron pot stood before her, and she was constantly stirring it with a jade rod.

The pill fragrance was spreading from the pot.

Astonishment filled Wang Yu's eyes. Entry into and exit from this Medicine Garden was not something just anyone could manage. He relied on the imprint within the task scroll.

If this little girl before him did not possess some special ability, then she had to be a frequent visitor to Tantai Chan's Medicine Garden.

Raising his guard a few notches, Wang Yu stepped forward to ask.

He gently tapped the huge iron pot, trying his best to keep his tone mild. "Little sister, what are you..."

"Ah—"

"You scared Tang Tang!"

The little girl, who looked no more than five or six, nearly jabbed the jade rod into Wang Yu's forehead. Only when she saw his flustered appearance did she burst into laughter.

"You have white hair too, just like Tang Tang."

"Yes~"

"Can you tell big brother what's in this pot?"

"You mean this? Moonlight Fruit."

Wang Yu was startled. He hurried to the medicine field behind her and found that of the fruits on the two Second-Tier Moonlight Trees, only four remained. He could not help sucking in a cold breath.

Good heavens above~

This was fatal!

It was too late to take them back now; the wood had become a boat. Wang Yu turned and ran toward the main gate.

At that moment, the little girl spoke again.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The Youth Preservation Pill is almost done. Call Tang Tang Sister Tang, and I'll give you one."

Wang Yu halted. Refining pills in a pot? The urgency in his heart suddenly calmed. Looking at her grinning face, he abruptly realized the issue.

She wasn't panicking, so why was he?

"Tang Tang, what is your relationship with Tantai Chan?"

"Chan'er? Chan'er is my human slave. Are you her human slave too?" Her childish voice was innocent and tender, but her words were enough to shatter his entire worldview.

Wang Yu was stunned: !(◎_◎;)

A storm of thoughts whirled through his mind, and he was already a little dazed.

"Then, Tang... Sister Tang, you are~"

"The daughter of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect's sect-guarding ferocious demon, the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon—the future Demon Immortal, Yu Tang Tang!"

She stretched out the prefix "daughter of," her entire declaration rising and falling with dramatic cadence, her aura extraordinary. One foot stood on the stool, the other on the pot lid, while her jade rod pointed at the sky, dominance spilling from every inch of her.

A second generation~

Wang Yu quietly let out a breath, and he also understood why Tantai Chan had deliberately said those things to him before leaving. With a backer behind her, how could those first-generation cultivators contend with her?

As long as she revealed Yu Tang Tang's identity, those Foundation Establishment cultivators chasing after her to Heaven Treasure City would surely have to bleed heavily. She was using herself as bait to seek profit.

Yu Tang Tang was Tantai Chan's greatest backer and opportunity. Once Wang Yu understood this, his smile could not help becoming much more sincere.

"Sister Tang, how old are you this year? Do you need someone to take care of you?"

Yu Tang Tang gave him a curious glance.

"This Demon Immortal is five years old this year, at Qi Refining Late Stage. Do you want to be my wet nurse?"

Wet nurse...

Could that be Tantai Chan's role? He had not thought those two soft mounds looked particularly big. Were they padded?

But five years old, at Qi Refining Late Stage... Wang Yu broke into a cold sweat for himself. Demon beasts cultivated much the same way as the Human Race, and their lifespans were roughly similar as well.

But their bodies were naturally powerful. Once they reached one year old, their bodily meridians were fully developed and they could begin cultivating. The Human Race, growing naturally, had to wait until sixteen before they could withstand the impact of Spirit Qi.

In this regard, when one's parents were powerful cultivators.

They would often seek out all manner of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, allowing their children to meet the standard and begin cultivating at around eight years old. More extreme cases could begin at six.

They often reached Foundation Establishment before twenty, with a future full of promise.

Much of their early time was spent learning foundational cultivation knowledge: meridian diagrams, cultivation common sense, literacy and interpretation, and so on. They spent three years laying the foundation, and once they began cultivating, their speed was on a completely different level from ordinary cultivators.

What Wang Yu had learned over sixteen years was not only broad but refined. Since childhood, he had been known as a prodigy; astronomy and geography, Confucian classics, ingenious arts and crafts—he had steeped himself in all of them. After all, the Placement Slot's effects were quite extraordinary, and idle time was still idle time.

Now that he had come into contact with Yu Tang Tang, he immediately felt how much time he had wasted. How could mortal things possibly compare to the allure of the Great Dao of Longevity!

"A wet nurse is unnecessary, but don't you need someone to play with?"

Yu Tang Tang's delicate brows furrowed slightly.

"You're too weak. You'd be easy to play to death, and you can't be a wet nurse either." She raised a small hand and poked Wang Yu's chest muscle, her little mouth curling down.

Those words made Wang Yu realize that Yu Tang Tang was not so easy to deal with. A child's cruelty was pure; she did not even know it was cruelty. And on top of that, her father was a Demon Flood Dragon.

Wang Yu, whose head had been growing hot, immediately calmed down on the spot.

"Sister Tang, carry on.

"I'm just a farmer. Pick anything here as you please."

"Wait—"

"Your Youth Preservation Pill."

It was done already? Looking at the unknown black pill tossed his way, Wang Yu accepted it with a twitching mouth.

What a waste!