Over the years, Lu Xiaotian had cultivated the Soul Fusion Art and Soul Tempering Art in Riftwind Gorge, while also consuming vast resources to condense and perfect the divine abilities of six-fusion exotic beasts. His attempts to refine high-grade pills and break through to the realm of a fourth-grade Pill King had cost even more. Although Lu Xiaotian's previous savings had been substantial, they were nearly depleted.
Pill King Li's situation was different. That old man had advanced to fourth-grade Pill King many years ago and had devoted himself to pill refinement in Abyss Hall ever since, accumulating wealth that was difficult to estimate. Moreover, Lu Xiaotian was merely an outsider, and the influence he could wield in Abyss Hall was worlds apart from Pill King Li's. With Pill King Li's full assistance, collecting more demon-beast Primordial Spirits and one or two reliable magic treasures would undoubtedly be far faster than relying on Lu Xiaotian alone.
"Primordial Spirits from demon beasts, and magic treasures suitable for a body cultivator? How much do you need before you'll set out for Thousand Sound Temple?" Pill King Li was a wily old fox and not easy to fool.
"At least three Primordial Spirits of Integrated Body realm demon beasts, and one of them must be at the mid-stage of the Integrated Body realm. In short, the more the better. The divine ability I cultivate is somewhat special and must make use of these things. Otherwise, going to Thousand Sound Temple would be no different from courting death." Lu Xiaotian answered honestly.
"Using demon-beast Primordial Spirits—this probably isn't any orthodox cultivation art. Once the experts of the Buddhist Sect of Burning Pearl reach the Ming generation, they'll generally have a certain degree of restraint over evil and unorthodox paths. Even if you reach the