The remaining two Second-ring Dao Pills were not cultivation pills either: one was a Yellow Dragon Returning Pill for recovering from injuries, and the other a Green Wood Returning Yuan Pill for restoring Immortal Essence. You still had several of both on you. Many Immortal Kings kept them in reserve, and no one would ever complain about having too many. Their excellent efficacy also made them easy to sell.
Aside from the ring-shaped Dao artifacts, there was no need to go to great lengths to launder Zhang Xiangyang's other belongings. Whether it was the Red Sleeve Dao Sculpting Pill and Wood Bell Ganoderma, or the Yellow Dragon Returning Pill and Green Wood Returning Yuan Pill, none had any distinctive traits. They were common and highly sought-after goods on the market, so there was no need to worry about exposing your identity through them.
In the 1,385,149th year, Xue Que finally helped you gather all the materials and personally strengthened the Brilliant Star Pupil. After several thousand years of work, he reforged the Brilliant Star Pupil into a Fifth-ring Dao Treasure.
Just as you had expected, raising the Brilliant Star Pupil from Fourth-ring Dao Grade by one rank was no easy task. The materials consumed were enough to forge an entirely new Fifth-ring Dao Artifact. In total, it required one Five-Ring Dao Grade material, two Fourth-ring Dao Materials, and thirteen other auxiliary materials that had entered Dao Grade.
Of course, compared to the first three precious treasures, the auxiliary materials were worth little. Xue Que had agreed to help because he happened to possess that Five-Ring Dao Material. The other two Fourth-ring Dao Materials were the true reason you had spent so much time over the years.
Xue Que had gone to such great lengths to help you not because he