"None of that matters!"
He Pingsheng picked up the conversation. "If they want it, give it to them. The most important thing for us now is to gain a firm foothold!"
"Once we've established ourselves here, the day will come when their Zhonghang Family obediently returns it all!"
"Yes, young master," Old Cao said. "That day will definitely come!"
"Young master, these are the Golden Cores I brought you. Do you have any use for them?"
"These are first-grade Divinity-Pacifying Pills. You'll need them for cultivation!"
"These are second-grade [Heavenly Course Golden Cores]. You'll need them when you break through to the Divine Command Realm!"
"These Golden Cores restore divine sense!"
Old Cao delivered a whole heap of them in one go.
The most precious among them were the Heavenly Course Golden Cores.
The so-called Heavenly Course Golden Core was a pill that had to be taken after reaching the perfection of the Divine General Realm, before breaking through to the Divine Command Realm. It achieved a similar effect through different means to the [Spirit Communion Golden Core] Old Cao had taken before.
It was like the Foundation Establishment Pill in the Cultivation World.
"All right..." He Pingsheng happened to be short of pills himself. "Old Cao... get me an alchemy furnace and some alchemy texts!"
"I want to study the art of alchemy too!"
"Back in the lower realms, my alchemy could be said to have scaled the peaks of perfection!"
"Young master, that won't be a problem!" Old Cao said.
"I'm going into seclusion for a while," He Pingsheng said. "Just give them to me when I next come out!"
What followed was secluded cultivation.
He Pingsheng activated the formations outside the great hall.
There were two layers in total.
The outermost was a Warning Formation, with