"That low?" Yang Kai was stunned. If that was really the case, didn't it mean that he and Yang Yan had already reached the absolute peak of the Dark Star in their respective fields?
Yang Yan might have even surpassed that. She had mentioned before that with the stone puppet's help, she could fully refine her purple shield to the middle Void Grade, which meant she was at least a middle Void Grade artifact refiner.
"Mm, it is pretty low. I'm not sure why, but the development of pill refinement, artifact forging, and even inscription and formation work on the Dark Star has always been slow." Wu Yi chuckled softly. She knew Yang Kai was from the outside world, and from his tone, she could tell that things were certainly not like this beyond the Dark Star.
Hearing Wu Yi's words, Yang Kai suddenly realized that using pill refinement to gather saint crystals was actually a pretty good idea.
His pill refinement skills had already reached the absolute peak of the Dark Star. Why would he worry about not being able to gather enough saint crystals through crafting pills? He could even trade them to those great powers for a wealth of precious resources.
Yang Yan setting up formations was just like his own cultivation of spatial power — it was a money-burning endeavor. Without enough saint crystals and resources, nothing could be done.
"How does the Xu family have ten King Transformation Pills?" Yang Kai asked again. Logically speaking, the Xu family shouldn't have a Saint King-grade alchemist. Without an alchemist of that caliber, they wouldn't be able to refine King Transformation Pills.
"They probably traded for them with the Shadow Moon Hall," Wu Yi explained. "Small families that are vassals of the Shadow Moon Hall all have the chance to exchange for pills and artifacts, but it comes at a tremendous cost. The Haik family traded for some King Transformation Pills before too. Oh, right — those Saint King Pills they sent last time were also obtained from the Shadow Moon Hall."
"I see." Yang Kai nodded and casually tossed two jade vials over. "Distribute these to them. Tell them there's no need to argue anymore."
"What are these?" Wu Yi asked, confused.
"Take a look and you'll find out." Yang Kai smiled faintly.
Wu Yi opened the vials with suspicion, and her face drained of color. "King Transformation Pills — more than twenty of them? And so many have medicinal patterns?" she gasped.
She was truly stunned.
The ten King Transformation Pills obtained from Xu Zhikun's ring were just ordinary pills, but among those Yang Kai had given her, more than half had medicinal patterns. Wu Yi simply couldn't imagine where Yang Kai had gotten these pills from.
King Transformation Pills could increase a warrior's chances of advancing to the Saint King Realm. Those with medicinal patterns would boost those chances even further!
"Brother Yang, where did you get these?" Wu Yi looked up, only to find that Yang Kai had already disappeared. Her head was spinning. A single King Transformation Pill was worth over two thousand saint crystals. One vial alone was worth more than forty thousand!
Only then did Wu Yi truly understand the extent of Yang Kai's generosity.
With trembling hands, Wu Yi opened the other vial and cried out once more: "Saint King Pills!"
And many of these Saint King Pills also had medicinal patterns. Wu Yi was absolutely certain that both vials of pills had come from the same alchemist's hands. It was just that... the probability of generating medicinal patterns like this was frankly terrifying.
In all her life, Wu Yi had only ever seen a single pill with medicinal patterns, and it was only of high Spirit Grade quality.
Even though Wu Yi had seen quite a bit of the world, she felt as though these two jade vials were as heavy as mountains. The King Transformation Pills could help her brothers and sisters advance to the Saint King Realm, and the Saint King Pills could stabilize their cultivation. Yang Kai had already prepared everything — all they had to do was take the pills.
"Thank you, Brother Yang!" Wu Yi shouted toward the entrance of the cave. Then she turned and walked into the stone chamber where everyone was still bickering, held up the two vials, and announced happily: "Stop arguing, everyone! There's a King Transformation Pill for each of you — and not just that, there are Saint King Pills too!"
The noisy stone chamber fell silent at once, and nearly twenty pairs of eyes locked onto Wu Yi.
Outside the cave, Yang Yan was setting up formations. The saint crystals Yang Kai had given Wu Yi the previous time — aside from a small portion kept for cultivation — had all been traded by Yang Yan for various kinds of materials. She was currently setting up a killing formation, her delicate figure wrapped in a wide black robe. Yang Yan worked without rest.
"Come help!" Yang Yan called out. Yang Kai immediately went over and began assisting her based on her instructions.
After working for a while, Yang Kai suddenly asked: "Yang Yan, if a warrior of the Void Return Realm enters the formations you're setting up, would they have any effect?"
"Yes!" Yang Yan answered confidently. "But it won't be like last time. The Void Return Realm is stronger, after all. If a warrior at the third level of the Void Return Realm enters, the formation can only trap him for ten breaths' time."
Yang Kai nodded, understanding clearly.
Yang Yan suddenly paused and looked at Yang Kai with a serious expression. "What are your plans for the future?"
"What do you mean?" Yang Kai was taken aback.
"Do you want to settle here permanently, or will you leave once the mineral vein beneath is fully excavated?"
"Of course I'm settling down here." Yang Kai was somewhat baffled. He was completely unfamiliar with the Dark Star, and now that he had a place to stay, he certainly wouldn't leave lightly.
"That's good. I like it here too. If you're staying for the long haul, I'll make the formations more robust." Yang Yan smiled faintly. "And if you give me higher-grade materials in the future, I can make it so that even a third-level Void Return Realm warrior won't be able to get in!"