Terran Guardian - Chapter 3764

Chapter 3740 Astonishing Ratio

The death of Du Changshou

was like a drop of water falling on a lake.

Although it caused some ripples, they quickly subsided.

The main reason was that Tongtian Pavilion not only did nothing, but deliberately suppressed such news.

As a result ,

not many cultivators paid attention to the matter.

Although some forces were still secretly investigating the identity of the expert who killed Du Changshou, it did not cause much of a stir.

On the other side,

Shen Xiao also reported the matter.

After all, if a mysterious expert of unknown origin really had any ill intentions towards Tongtian Pavilion, it would be a big problem.

The reply from the main pavilion was to wait and see.

Receiving this conclusion ,

Shen Xiao felt relieved.

Anyway, he had already reported what needed to be reported, and the rest was none of his business.

If such a matter were concealed and a big problem arose later, he, as the head steward, would naturally be held responsible.

But for now, he only needed to remain still, and if something beyond his control happened, his responsibility could be minimized.

Furthermore—

Heavenly Dao Immortal City is no ordinary place.

It is jointly controlled by the Six Sects, Nine Dynasties, and Thirteen Holy Lands.

The Tongtian Pavilion is rooted in Heavenly Dao Immortal City, so its security should be relatively secure.

As long as the Tongtian Pavilion doesn’t deliberately provoke the other party, that person wouldn’t openly storm into Heavenly Dao Immortal City.

After all, doing so would be a slap in the face to the Six Sects, Nine Dynasties, and Thirteen Holy Lands, who would definitely not stand idly by.

Although rules are meant to restrict the weak, some rules cannot be easily broken.

Otherwise

, it would be a direct humiliation of these top powers.

Under these circumstances, Shen Changqing was happy to relax.

During this time,

cultivators from the Xingdao Alliance continued to spread throughout Heavenly Dao Immortal City, and some of the acquired demon gods were even valued by other forces and joined them.

However,

Shen Changqing directly erased the Heavenly Soul Curse imprint from the sea of consciousness of these acquired demon gods who joined other forces.

The reason for doing this was naturally to avoid being detected by other powerful figures.

The existence of the Heavenly Soul Curse could deceive an Immortal Emperor, but it was difficult to deceive a Half-Saint.

Acquired demon gods possess acquired bloodlines, and their aptitude isn’t bad. While not among the top geniuses in many immortality forces, they are still quite good.

Therefore,

many forces have come forward to recruit them.

Furthermore—

although all acquired demon gods possess acquired bloodlines, the power of their bloodlines is actually different for each one.

After all,

even among those with the same acquired demon god bloodline

, different acquired demon gods naturally have different bloodlines.

Some demon gods are born with the power to control blood, while others are embodiments of slaughter; their bloodline power cannot be completely identical.

This also largely prevents other cultivators from linking all acquired demon gods together.

Simply possessing an acquired bloodline isn’t uncommon in Heavenly Dao Immortal City.

As the number one immortal city in the Divine Sun Domain and the entire Divine Wind Continent, Heavenly Dao Immortal City has countless cultivators, and geniuses abound.

Elsewhere,

acquired bloodlines might be rare,

but here…

If a brick were to fall and hit a hundred cultivators, at least three to five of them would possess acquired bloodlines.

This ratio is astonishing.

In less than a century

, over three thousand of the one hundred thousand acquired demon gods have joined various factions.

Some have been taken in as disciples by powerful rogue cultivators, while others have been accepted as disciples by faction leaders.

Shen Changqing is happy to see this happen.

If the one hundred thousand acquired demon gods were simply left within the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, they wouldn’t be able to play a significant role, at most serving as eyes and ears.

But if they were scattered among various factions, it would be a different story.

Who can guarantee that

these acquired demon gods won’t one day rise to high positions within these factions?

Currently,

among the many acquired demon gods in the Xingdao Alliance, some already control a faction, although most of those factions are not very strong.

But this also shows that as long as the number of acquired demon gods spread out is large enough, then there is ultimately a greater degree of uncertainty in the future.

…

On this day…

As Shen Changqing silently comprehended the Daoist inheritance, suddenly all the Daoist essence fluctuated violently, then gradually dissipated.

This sudden change forced him to withdraw from his state of enlightenment.

Then,

he saw the jade slip covered in cracks, and with a slight movement of his fingers, it shattered instantly.

Seeing this, Shen Changqing squeezed his fingers tightly, and the broken jade slip turned to ashes, scattering into the void and disappearing without a trace.

“Three million years of seclusion have finally exhausted the Daoist essence within this fragment of the Longevity Immortal Stele!”

He shook his head slightly.

This outcome was within Shen Changqing’s expectations.

The inherited Daoist essence cannot be endlessly provided for cultivators to comprehend; each comprehension inevitably depletes a portion of the essence.

Now, Shen Changqing has spent three million years cultivating with almost no interruption, so the digestion of this Daoist essence is extremely rapid.

Now,

with the Daoist essence exhausted,

the shattering of the Longevity Immortal Stele is normal.

Although it was a pity that such a legacy was broken, Shen Changqing was still satisfied.

Three million years of secluded cultivation

had made his path to becoming an eighth-tier Grandmaster much clearer.

Now, as long as he accumulated more experience at the seventh tier, reaching the eighth tier would be no problem at all.   Shen Changqing was confident of

this .   Then…

Shen Changqing calmed his mind and regulated his breathing before beginning to refine pills.

This time,

he was refining Emperor Yuan Pills.

Although Shen Changqing hadn’t refined top-grade Emperor Yuan Pills many times, his techniques,

especially when capturing the essence of creation in the pill, possessed a natural and effortless charm.

Finally,

the pills solidified.

Several streams of light flew out from the Eight Trigrams Purple Sun Furnace and landed in Shen Changqing’s hand.

“Seven pills, all of excellent quality, not bad!”

Looking at the seven pills in his palm, Shen Changqing smiled with satisfaction. His three million years of enlightenment had finally paid off.

He hadn’t refined pills for many years, but not only was his first batch successful, but the pills were also of excellent quality, which spoke volumes.

It should be noted

that before this,

none of the top-grade Emperor Yuan Pills Shen Changqing had refined had even reached the level of excellent quality.

Now,

the first batch was excellent quality, demonstrating the difference in quality.

Although this batch of elixirs hadn’t yet undergone the tempering of the Pill Tribulation, Shen Changqing could see from his current perspective that, given the quality of these Emperor Yuan Pills, passing the tribulation would be no problem.   He was confident

in this .   With the confidence gained from the first batch of successful pills, Shen Changqing also regained the sense of familiarity he had developed after three million years of seclusion.   In the second batch, seven pills were successfully refined, but six of them were of high quality, and the remaining one was perfectly formed.   Faced with this result, Shen Changqing felt even calmer.   The third batch!   The fourth batch!   The fifth batch!   …   Shen Changqing refined nineteen batches of top-grade Emperor Yuan Pills   in one go. On average,   each batch produced five pills.   Nineteen batches yielded ninety-five pills.   Of these, sixty were of high quality and thirty-five were perfect.   This meant that approximately one perfect pill would appear in every two to three batches.   This ratio seemed even higher than when refining the Purple Heaven Gathering Immortal Pill.   However, Shen Changqing also knew that this was only because he had refined too few top-grade Emperor Essence Pills. If he refined more, it would be difficult to maintain this ratio.   Regardless,   the perfect success rate of top-grade Emperor Essence Pills had reached its limit.   Further   improvement would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.   ”Continuing to refine top-grade Emperor Essence Pills is not very meaningful; I can only refine other immortal pills of the same grade to accumulate resources!”   Shen Changqing muttered to himself.   Besides the lack of point in continuing to refine, there was another reason: the materials for top-grade Emperor Essence Pills were almost exhausted.   Each piece of material for such a top-grade immortal pill was precious.   From Chi Zhenzi and the others, Shen Changqing had only managed to gather materials for less than twenty batches of immortal pills, and now they were all used up. Even if he wanted to continue refining, there was no way.   As for other immortal pill materials, he didn’t have many either.   Therefore,   Shen Changqing had no choice but to leave seclusion.   Not long after…   Outside the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, the Pill Tribulation was intense, with endless bolts of lightning striking down, shattering the void inch by inch. The powerful aura attracted the attention of many cultivators.   However, when these cultivators saw the figure in the direction of the Pill Tribulation, they all looked away.   The Profound Heaven Sword Master!   They had no interest in him.   Soon,   Shen Changqing completed the tribulation of all the accumulated immortal pills.   As he had expected, the batch of pills he refined later could withstand the Pill Tribulation without any problem; not a single one of the ninety-five immortal pills was damaged.   With this batch of immortal pills in hand, Shen Changqing went to the Tongtian Pavilion to sell them and also purchased some pill-refining materials from the Tongtian Pavilion for future plans.   It’s worth mentioning that   , due to Du Changshou’s fall, Shen Changqing was entertained this time by another manager, who was quite polite to him.   After all, a top-tier seventh-order Grandmaster like Shen Changqing, capable of refining perfect quality pills, was of great significance to the Tongtian Pavilion, and naturally, they couldn’t easily offend him.   Therefore…   Shen Changqing subtly inquired about Du Changshou, but the other party remained tight-lipped about the topic, subtly changing the subject.   Seeing this, Shen Changqing didn’t press further.   The Tongtian Pavilion’s reaction matched his suspicions.   The use of the Soul-Destroying Sword to kill Du Changshou had instilled fear in the Tongtian Pavilion, hence their silence on the matter.   This was for the best; the less the Tongtian Pavilion dared to mention it, the less likely they were to connect it to him.   With time,   the matter of Du Changshou would naturally fade away.   Afterwards,   Shen Changqing inspected all the acquired materials, confirming there were no problems, and then packed everything up and took it with him.   With such a batch of immortal medicinal resources, he would have enough for alchemy for a long time to come.