The Opportunity Has Not Arrived, Not Yet Enlightened

Huang Tianbao blinked. Had the black banner made a mistake just now? Or were his eyes playing tricks on him?

Could it be because he had been unhappy living with Ye Fan lately, and it was affecting him?

Yes! It had to be.

However, he really liked this Hundred Million Soul Banner. It could hold a lot. After all, it was a hundred million.

Ye Fan, who was currently fuming, suddenly sensed a terrifying aura flash and vanish within Huang Tianbao's room.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he abruptly turned his head to look at the other's room.

As expected of his capable assistant, the kid really had some tricks up his sleeve!

With that, Ye Fan's mood improved significantly.

He would treat the alchemy furnace as being temporarily borrowed by someone else. Once he found out whose hands it was in, he would just snatch it back.

Nothing that he, Ye Fan, set his sights on could be so easily intercepted by others.

Wearing the cloak of invisibility, Lu Ming walked all the way to an empty, deserted spot.

Only then did he take off the cloak of invisibility, reverting to his previous look with a pale white face and dark circles under his eyes, before returning to their base.

Just as he returned to the base, Big Yellow told him about Huang Tianbao.

Knowing that Huang Tianbao was fine, Lu Ming was greatly relieved.

Since Huang Tianbao had arrived, they didn't need to venture deeper into the Northern Province for the time being.

Lu Ming was still a little worried about Huang Tianbao returning to that demonic cultivator's side.

According to Big Yellow's account, Huang Tianbao had already been by Ye Fan's side for quite some time.

Furthermore, Ye Fan had even had him join the Blood River Demon Sect.

Yet now, not only had Ye Fan not been jinxed to death by Huang Tianbao, but his sect hadn't been wiped out either.

What did this mean?

It meant that this fellow was also someone with incredible fortune.

At the very least, he was a child of fortune among demonic cultivators.

Well, he was still slightly inferior to a protagonist like himself, destined to be his protagonist stepping stone.

However, he still had to tread carefully to avoid a backlash!

He didn't want to end up as someone else's stepping stone before he, the protagonist, could fully grow.

This person had to be placed on a danger list and would be a key target of attention in the future.

He would find an opportunity to kill him.

Afterward, Lu Ming stopped dwelling on these matters.

Instead, he took out his alchemy furnace and prepared to refine pills.

He noticed that the spiritual energy had returned. The City Lord must have deactivated the restriction formation.

“Diao San! What pills is our sect currently lacking?”

Diao San looked at the alchemy furnace in Lu Ming's hands, his eyes widening instantly.

The Nine Turn Alchemy Furnace had actually been snatched back by the Great Sect Master!

Isn't the Great Sect Master a bit too ridiculously powerful?

Is the Great Sect Master really just at the Foundation Establishment stage? Could he be some reclusive powerhouse playing at experiencing the mortal world to temper his heart?

But fortunately, such an awesome Sect Master belongs to us.

Receiving no answer, Lu Ming looked up and saw Diao San drooling as he stared at the Nine Turn Alchemy Furnace.

“Diao San?”

“Ah?”

Hearing Lu Ming call his name, Diao San snapped out of his daze.

Lu Ming smiled slightly. “Don't speak of this to anyone.”

“Rest assured, Great Sect Master, rest assured... I swear I won't say a word. If I do, I'll eat shit.”

Diao San swore, patting his chest.

Lu Ming was utterly speechless. What kind of god-awful oath was eating shit?

If you only ate a tiny speck of it on the tip of a needle, it wouldn't even be that hard, would it?

Besides, if you ate earwax, it wouldn't be that disgusting, right?

And if you ate a speck of earwax the size of a needle tip, wouldn't that be even more acceptable?

Seeing Lu Ming's strange expression, Diao San was also stunned.

Could it be that the Great Sect Master was unsatisfied with this oath?

Thus, he spoke up again:

“I, Diao San, swear that if I leak this, may I die a horrible death, be torn apart by five horses, and be struck by five heavenly lightnings...”

“Stop, stop...”

Lu Ming quickly called a halt. “I believe you, I believe you. Actually, I believed you just now; I was just imagining what you'd look like eating shit...”

“Ah?”

Diao San, whose oath had been interrupted, was rendered speechless by those words.

He really wanted to say: Great Sect Master, your thoughts are truly disgusting.

“By the way, what pills does our sect need most right now?”

At this moment, Lu Ming returned to his previous question.

“Foundation Establishment Pills.”

Hearing Lu Ming's question, Diao San answered hastily.

Since Lu Ming had recently given them a large amount of pills and spirit stones, the cultivation of many people, including himself and Erniu, had progressed by leaps and bounds. They were all about to establish their foundations.

However, buying them in Black Fiend City was very expensive.

He had originally planned to bring this up with Lu Ming.

After all, their Great Sect Master was a powerful alchemist.

“Establish a foundation? You need Foundation Establishment Pills for that?”

Lu Ming couldn't help but ask. He remembered that he hadn't used such a thing when he established his foundation!

The Qingshan Sect records he read hadn't mentioned needing Foundation Establishment Pills either!

Diao San looked at Lu Ming with a speechless expression.

Did one not need a Foundation Establishment Pill to establish their foundation?

“Great Sect Master, ordinary people do need Foundation Establishment Pills to establish their foundations.”

Lu Ming was startled, then realized that since he was the protagonist, it was normal for him not to need one.

As for the Qingshan Sect's records, perhaps the sect was so ruined that the information was incomplete.

“Haha... I was just joking with you. Of course I know that establishing a foundation requires Foundation Establishment Pills.”

Immediately, he began searching his storage bag for the recipe to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

He pulled out a jade slip to look at the required spiritual herbs, then checked Jiang Xueqing's alchemy notes.

Watching Lu Ming's movements, Diao San blinked.

He really couldn't understand why a Sect Master who was so incredibly skilled in alchemy still needed to look at such basic things.

After reading the material, Lu Ming began to refine pills according to his own understanding.

He washed the spiritual herbs, threw them into the cauldron, and began to toss the cauldron, rotating it...

In his spare time, Lu Ming even ate a spirit fruit.

This scene made Diao San's eyes almost pop out of his head.

Brother, when other people refine pills, they might not burn incense and bathe or pick an auspicious day, but they at least show some basic respect for the process. You, on the other hand, look more relaxed than someone stir-frying a dish.

Just as Diao San's thoughts were racing, a rich pill fragrance wafted out, followed by a sudden burst of rosy light shooting into the sky.

The glow of the rosy light was blocked by the courtyard's concealment formation.

Diao San swallowed hard. Staring at the glowing pills inside the cauldron, he couldn't help but cry out in shock:

“Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills!”

He had only ever heard of such things in legends!

Both the Great Sect Master and the alchemy cauldron are so awesome!

Lu Ming didn't react too much. He was the protagonist, after all, and he was using the triple-effect boost of the Nine Turn Alchemy Furnace.

Wasn't it only natural to refine top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills?

With that, Lu Ming poured the pills into a bottle and stored them away.

Then he fired up the cauldron to refine a few more batches before handing them all to Diao San.

“Take them. Use them for your foundation establishment. If you need more, just let me know.”

Diao San's eyes grew slightly red. He looked at Lu Ming, then at the pill bottles handed to him.

“Thank you, Great Sect Master.”

For a moment, Diao San didn't even know what to say.

In the past, he wouldn't even dare to dream of establishing his foundation. Now, he was actually going to use top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills to do so.

Words were unnecessary. From now on, his life belonged to the Great Sect Master and the others.

After Diao San left, Lu Ming pulled out the jade slip for artifact forging to study it.

Then he took out the method for refining the Thunderclap Sword, which he had acquired at the auction, and began to study it.

Lu Ming imagined leading a group of lackeys, all wielding Thunderclap Swords, to slay enemies.

That would be absolutely magnificent and incredibly cool.

After studying everything, Lu Ming began refining the Thunderclap Sword.

The result was that not only did he fail to refine a Thunderclap Sword, but he also almost burned his room down.

Lu Ming quickly summarized the reason for his failure: The opportunity has not arrived, not yet enlightened.

“Great Sect Master, a few people have come outside wanting to join the sect. The Second Sect Master wants you to assess them.”

Just then, Erniu's voice sounded from outside.