Because Zhu Kun had merely been trapped rather than killed, many of the things in his Storage Ring had not deteriorated with the passage of time. The medicinal herbs were no exception.
Zhu Kun had also given Xiao Yu plenty of fine treasures, whether to curry favor with him and grow closer to Zi Yan, or to repay his kindness toward Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
This had made Xiao Yu rich overnight. As Zhu Kun had said, these things were completely useless to him now, which showed just how much Xiao Yu had gained.
Knowing that Xiao Yu was trying every means to improve his strength, Zi Yan had also given him almost everything Zhu Kun had gifted her.
With this haul, Xiao Yu had practically eaten his fill of living off a woman.
What delighted Xiao Yu most was that, among all those treasures, he had obtained many precious medicinal herbs-all ingredients for refining a Ninth Grade Golden Pill.
These herbs were all things Zhu Kun had acquired while traveling the continent before he was trapped.
Several thousand years had passed since then. No matter how well Zhu Kun had preserved them, the herbs would inevitably have lost some potency, but that was no problem at all for Xiao Yu.
Still, refining a Ninth Grade Golden Core would probably not be easy. Although Xiao Yu's alchemy was now sufficient to refine one, his soul power fell somewhat short.
Moreover, he still lacked a few of the herbs needed to refine the Golden Core. Gathering them would be a lengthy process, and Xiao Yu could only pin his hopes on the Pill Tower.
So, to improve his combat strength in a short time, he would have to pursue other avenues-such as body tempering!
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