After the first batch succeeded, Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan received guidance from the Mysterious Feminine Space and spent over a month studying it in depth, greatly improving their pill-refining skills.
Thus, the second batch yielded three Fifth Revolution Golden Cores: one standard grade and two lower grade.
Both lower-grade pills approached authentic quality.
Li Qingyuan took out the pills. "Senior Yang Cang, I have fulfilled your commission."
Five pills flew out toward Yang Cang.
Yang Cang waved his hand, and one standard-grade Fifth Revolution Golden Core flew out and hovered before Li Qingyuan. "As agreed, this is your payment, Fellow Daoist Qingyuan."
"Four Fifth Revolution Golden Cores, one standard grade and three lower grade. The last time our Yang Clan possessed this many Fifth Revolution Golden Cores was a million years ago."
"Our Yang Clan will remember your kindness in completing our cultivation method and refining these pills for generations."
Li Qingyuan accepted the pill and cupped his fists in salute. "You are too kind, Senior Yang Cang."
Yang Cang returned the salute. "Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, fellow Daoists of Azure Profound, this old man bids you farewell."
Whoosh!
Yang Cang led his group away. He would take the four Fifth Revolution Golden Cores back to the Yang Family Ancestral Land to nurture Tribulation Crossing Immortal Venerables, or help the clan's Immortal Venerables advance further.
Li Qingyuan looked around and cupped his fists in salute. "Everyone, a hundred years of pill refining has left me utterly exhausted. After today, I will enter seclusion to cultivate and strive for a higher realm."
"I hope you will understand."
The surrounding cultivators said respectfully, "Sect Master Qingyuan is truly righteous. You toiled for a hundred years without accepting payment, solely to strengthen the highest-level fighting forces of the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Domains.