Reshaping Waste Pills, and the Yin-Yang Essence Was Running Low Again?

Lu Chen did not hesitate in the slightest.

He directly blew open every wall cabinet in this Waste Pill Repository.

Streams of black vapor formed from Pill Poison erupted from the wall cabinets.

For a time, Pill Poison surged throughout the entire Waste Pill Repository, black vapor filling every inch of empty space.

The entire Waste Pill Repository instantly became pitch-black, so dark one could not see a hand before one's face.

"Rumble..."

The Waste Pill Repository shook violently, cracks appearing across its walls.

Countless formation patterns emerged on the walls.

But the Pill Poison erupting within the Waste Pill Repository was simply too immense. Even the Spirit-Locking Formation seemed unable to suppress it.

Had it been anyone else, even a great cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm would not have withstood such terrifying Pill Poison. It would have invaded their body directly and killed them on the spot.

Yet Lu Chen stood inside the Waste Pill Repository, breathing in the Pill Poison that would kill others with a single breath, and he was completely fine.

The Yin-Yang Cauldron within his body was Devouring the surrounding Pill Poison.

"Devour it, devour it, haha...!"

Lu Chen laughed excitedly. The Pill Poison that cultivators avoided like the plague was Spiritual Energy to him.

"Buzz!"

The Yin-Yang Cauldron within him gave a resonant tremor, and a powerful aura surged forth from it.

The next moment, that aura erupting from the Yin-Yang Cauldron instantly withdrew. The entire cauldron seemed to transform into a bottomless black hole, endlessly Devouring the Pill Poison inside the Waste Pill Repository.

The concentration of Pill Poison within the Waste Pill Repository rapidly fell.

With the Yin-Yang Cauldron protecting him, Lu Chen had long ceased to fear Pill Poison.

However, what frustrated Lu Chen was that the Yin-Yang Cauldron only cared about Devouring Pill Poison and absorbing all the Spiritual Energy it converted from it, without giving him even a trace.

Could the Yin-Yang Cauldron be advancing again?

Was that why it was madly absorbing Spiritual Energy?

As the Yin-Yang Cauldron continued Devouring Pill Poison, the Waste Pill Repository gradually calmed down.

At the same time, a figure appeared atop a mountain outside Waste-Pill Valley.

"I clearly sensed a powerful aura just now. Why did it suddenly disappear?"

The newcomer was Jiang Yingyue, martial aunt to Ye Chenyu, the sect master of the Joyful Union Sect.

Her powerful divine sense swept in every direction, yet she sensed nothing at all.

"Could some senior expert have passed through our Joyful Union Sect?"

Jiang Yingyue glanced at Waste-Pill Valley below and could not help frowning.

The formation patterns of the Spirit-Locking Formation flickered continuously through the air.

Deep within Waste-Pill Valley, Pill Poison still lingered.

She did not wish to be contaminated by Pill Poison, so she turned and left.

Lu Chen never would have imagined that he had nearly exposed himself just now.

The Yin-Yang Cauldron soon completed its Devouring of all the Pill Poison in Number Eighteen Waste-Pill Room.

Lu Chen put away the Yin-Yang Cauldron.

Now, every waste pill in the entire Waste Pill Repository was his to choose from.

What was he waiting for? Pick the waste pills!

Lu Chen got busy.

He took stock of all the high-grade waste pills in this Waste Pill Repository.

An hour later, Lu Chen finally finished counting all the sealed waste pills in the Waste Pill Repository.

There were three hundred and thirty-five waste pills. Among them were nineteen Waste Foundation Establishment Pills, nine Waste Realm-Breaking Pills, fifteen Waste Life-Extending Pills, and two Waste Nascent Soul Pills. The rest were waste pills such as Fire Essence Pills, Water Essence Pills, Wood Essence Pills, Metal Essence Pills, Earth Essence Pills, Heavenly Essence Pills, Thunder Essence Pills, and Wind Essence Pills—pills that could help cultivators with specific Spiritual Roots raise their cultivation.

The Foundation Establishment Pills, Realm-Breaking Pills, and Nascent Soul Pills that Lu Chen urgently needed only totaled twenty.

"So few?"

Lu Chen was greatly surprised.

He did not know that these high-grade spirit pills that could directly raise a cultivator's cultivation were actually extremely difficult to refine successfully.

Moreover, when pill refinement failed, most of the spirit herbs in the pill furnace would turn into useless medicinal dregs. They would not necessarily form waste pills.

The other Waste Pill Repositories surely had more of these three types of waste pills.

But for now, he would not blow open any other Waste Pill Repositories.

He directly took out the Yin-Yang Cauldron, then tossed a Waste Foundation Establishment Pill into it.

A line of words immediately appeared on the cauldron: Waste Foundation Establishment Pill. Reshaping requires five strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

"Wait, reshaping one Foundation Establishment Pill requires five strands of Yin-Yang Essence?"

Lu Chen was dumbfounded.

Did reshaping high-grade spirit pills require so much Yin-Yang Essence?

When he had reshaped Waste Body-Tempering Pills and Waste Spirit-Gathering Pills before, one strand of Yin-Yang Essence could reshape three waste pills.

He tossed another Waste Foundation Establishment Pill into the cauldron.

The character "ten" appeared on the cauldron.

"..."

Lu Chen was speechless.

He had nineteen Waste Foundation Establishment Pills, but he could only reshape two. He needed to save the remaining Yin-Yang Essence to reshape Realm-Breaking Pills.

"Reshape!"

Lu Chen immediately activated the Yin-Yang Cauldron.

Very soon, he obtained one Grade-Eight Superior Foundation Establishment Pill and one Grade-Eight Mid-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

He silently stored the remaining seventeen Waste Foundation Establishment Pills in a jade box, then placed it inside his storage pouch.

He then took out a Waste Realm-Breaking Pill and placed it inside the Yin-Yang Cauldron.

"Mm, it only requires three strands of Yin-Yang Essence!"

Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

He still had eleven strands of Yin-Yang Essence. He could only reshape three Waste Realm-Breaking Pills, leaving him with two strands afterward.

Lu Chen directly activated the Yin-Yang Cauldron and reshaped the three Waste Realm-Breaking Pills within it.

He then obtained three Realm-Breaking Pills, with six Waste Realm-Breaking Pills remaining.

Compared to Foundation Establishment Pills, what he needed more right now were Realm-Breaking Pills.

After all, Realm-Breaking Pills could raise a cultivator's minor realm within a major realm.

He was currently at Qi Refining, Fourth Level. With Realm-Breaking Pills, he could break through to Qi Refining, Fifth Level.

And Realm-Breaking Pills were useful to cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm.

He now had two strands of Yin-Yang Essence left.

What could they do?

Eighty-one strands of Yin-Yang Essence—he had used seventy-nine just like that, only gaining one Nascent Soul Pill, two Foundation Establishment Pills, and three Realm-Breaking Pills.

As for the other two Waste Nascent Soul Pills, he could only reshape them later.

He still had seventeen Waste Foundation Establishment Pills and six Waste Realm-Breaking Pills in hand.

He had originally thought that eighty-one strands of Yin-Yang Essence could reshape quite a few waste pills!

He had to work hard to obtain Yin-Yang Essence.

Tomorrow night, he would have to go down the mountain again.

He thought of Bing'er.

Dual cultivating with her once could earn him nine strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

However, his plan was to turn every beautiful female disciple in the Joyful Union Sect into his cultivation furnace.

Only then could he obtain Yin-Yang Essence without end.

Especially his former fiancée, Liu Fuyao.

That woman actually dared to look down on him.

If you come begging me for pills, then even if you kneel and beg this old man, this old man still won't give you any pills.

Whenever Lu Chen thought of how Liu Fuyao had wanted to kick him away like a piece of trash, he became furious.

Mm, the Black Tortoise Armor Remnant also needed to be reforged.

But he had no Yin-Yang Essence left.

The Black Tortoise Armor had to be reforged.

After all, it was spirit armor that could save his life.

Who knew whether that inner sect senior sister who wanted his life would personally make a move against him?

Those beautiful inner sect senior sisters had cultivation far higher than his.

Some inner sect senior sisters with heaven-defying talent had long since broken through to the Golden Core Realm.

He wished he could go down the mountain immediately.

He could not wait!

But it was already late at night.

Ah, he could only make a trip down the mountain tomorrow night.

Lu Chen was deeply helpless.

He had waste pills, Damaged Artifacts, and spirit herbs that had not aged enough.

But he had run out of Yin-Yang Essence.

Another night of nine times?

At this time, Ye Chenyu, the sect master of the Joyful Union Sect, sent people down the mountain overnight to purchase the spirit herbs needed to refine Nascent Soul Pills.

Even in her dreams, she would never have imagined that the Nascent Soul Pill they had struggled so desperately to refine without success was in the hands of a mere outer sect menial disciple within her sect.