"Chu Feng?"
Everyone turned to look at the Sect Master, but among them, it was the Immortal Stone whose gaze held the most complexity.
"He was the one who used the power of his bloodline to assist that master," the Seven Realms Immortal Sect Master said.
"Father, how come I couldn't tell?" the Immortal Crystal asked.
"It was the formation that made it difficult for outsiders to detect, but that Chu Feng was indeed using his barrier bloodline to lend her his support."
The Seven Realms Immortal Sect Master spoke.
"The power of the bloodline — could it really have such a great effect?" the Immortal Stone asked.
"Normally speaking, even if it had an effect, it shouldn't be this significant."
"One can only say that the Bloodline of a King truly lives up to its reputation."
As the Seven Realms Immortal Sect Master sighed in admiration, his gaze remained fixed on Chu Feng, as if lost in thought.
Because of the formation they had set up, their conversation could not be heard by Chu Feng or Jie Shanxian.
Jie Shanxian was still refining.
The Purple Dream Ascension here was different from before — it contained two types of power.
One type was roughly similar to the Purple Dream Ascension being refined at the entrance of the Seven Realms Immortal Sect. Though its quality was higher, with Chu Feng's assistance, it was not difficult to refine. These three pills she had already condensed.
The other type was far more violent, and it contained the power of a formation.
If left unresolved, it would continue to attack them, and this was precisely the force that was assailing them at this moment.
This power was rather complex, and could only be resolved through the condensation method. Before the condensation was complete, even Jie Shanxian did not know what kind of pill this power would form.
Finally, she finished refining this power as well.
But it was not a pill — it was a purple stone.
This purple stone was slightly larger than the one the Immortal Stone had previously given to Chu Feng.
Aside from that, they were almost identical.
"So that's how it is."
Jie Shanxian suddenly understood, and secretly said to Chu Feng: "If we're talking purely about value, this purple stone's worth isn't as high as the pills."
"But because it contains the power of a formation, it has a property that only the younger generation can refine, and it is a rather pure cultivation resource."
"Earlier, they were testing you because during the condensation process, I can secretly transfer some of the refined power to you — and they won't be able to detect it."
"But there is a prerequisite: you must be able to refine this power. If you can't, you'll suffer a backlash."
"They must have known about this property, which is why they tested you earlier — they wanted to confirm that you couldn't refine it."
"Confirm that we can't, and then steal it."
Chu Feng sighed: "I suspected their test was related to the Purple Dream Ascension all along, but I didn't expect it to be like this. Truly scheming."
"Chu Feng, since you can refine it, I'll secretly siphon some for you to refine. They won't be able to detect it anyway," Jie Shanxian said.
"Sounds good," Chu Feng agreed.
Afterward, the pill condensation proceeded as before without any change.
But during the refinement of the purple stone, a small amount of power was secretly siphoned off and transferred to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng refined it immediately.
"How is it? How effective is it?" Jie Shanxian asked.
"It really does help with barrier cultivation. The effect is quite good, actually — it's just a bit too little. If everything refined here could be given to me to refine, I should be able to break through," Chu Feng said with a sigh.
"You should be able to refine all of it," Jie Shanxian said secretly.
"What do you mean, Senior?" Chu Feng asked.
"Their eyes hold ill intentions. They're most likely going to break their word."
"As long as they dare to go back on their word, all of these things will naturally belong to us," Jie Shanxian said.
"If that's the case, I actually hope they do go back on their word," Chu Feng laughed.
Compared to martial cultivation resources, barrier cultivation resources were far rarer.
"By the way, Senior, the Purple Dream Ascension pills are easy enough to refine, but this stone — if it's something only the younger generation can use, I think given their talent, very few of them should be able to refine it. Even if they could, it would require a great deal of effort. So they must still have quite a few of these purple stones."
"Why don't we put on a little show to get them to bring out more stones?"
Afterward, Chu Feng explained his idea to Jie Shanxian.
It was actually quite simple — Chu Feng and Jie Shanxian would feign exhaustion.
Then Jie Shanxian would alter the nature of her secret technique and use the excuse that the purple stones could help refine the Purple Dream Ascension, and that the more they had, the better the effect.
This would pressure the Seven Realms Immortal Sect into bringing out the purple stones they had in their treasury.
Despite Jie Shanxian's straightforward personality, her acting skills were surprisingly good.
The Seven Realms Immortal Sect, eager to have them finish refining the Purple Dream Ascension as quickly as possible, actually brought out their hoarded purple stones.
The quantity was over a hundred.
Based on Chu Feng's estimation, even if they refined all the Purple Dream Ascension here, they could at most produce a few dozen purple stones.
This proved that although the Seven Realms Immortal Sect did not possess Jie Shanxian's secret technique, they were certainly capable of refining the Purple Dream Ascension.
They were simply slower at it.