Replacing Zhang with Ye (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter, Revised)

Three months passed in the blink of an eye. On a barren mountain within the grotto-heaven.

Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes.

His gaze was filled with exhaustion.

For the past three months, he had been researching the fourth-order Golden Scale Pill.

After all, the ingredients for the pill formula had now all been gathered, and the Golden Scale Beast had already broken through to the initial fourth order. So long as it had an Advancement Pill, its chances of successfully advancing—and even breaking through to the fourth-order middle stage—were extremely high.

His combat strength would naturally rise by several more notches as well.

Though he now had quite a few Demon Kings, and even the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, in truth, the ones currently by his side were still his own Spirit Beasts.

The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor needed to guard the Sea of Sand Teleportation Array.

The Three-Eyed Demon King, Thunder Peng Demon King, and Mammoth Demon King likewise needed to guard their Demon King territories.

Only his own Spirit Beasts could be spared.

Yet even after three months of research, Ye Jingcheng still did not have much confidence.

The difficulty of a fourth-order Advancement Pill far exceeded his expectations. It was likely comparable to refining a fourth-order high-grade spirit pill. Most crucially, Ye Jingcheng only had enough Spirit Herbs for two attempts.

If both attempts failed, he would not be able to easily gather either the essence blood or the main ingredient again.

Naturally, Ye Jingcheng did not dare try rashly at this moment.

He estimated that he would need to make another breakthrough in his Alchemy before he could confidently refine the Golden Scale Pill.

As Ye Jingcheng rose, the Golden Scale Beast immediately trotted over from afar.

It ran circles around Ye Jingcheng.

Ever since learning