"Little Jiao Huo, I'd like you to do me a favor."

"Okay, Wang Mu, tell me!"

"This bead is a supreme treasure of Immortal Bi You," said Wang Mu. "You're going to Bibo Sea to see her, and when you do, just give her this bead."

"Immortal Bi You's supreme treasure?" Little Jiao Huo glanced at it. "Okay, but Wang Mu, you found this treasure, right? Why don't you give it to her yourself?"

Meeting her would be too troublesome, Wang Mu thought. If I severed our emotional ties and Bi You got angry enough to kill me... Even if I was prepared for the worst, I couldn't just deliver myself to her for slaughter, could I? Admittedly, I was the one who lost the Emperor Spirit Pearl in the first place, so I really should be the one to return it to her.

"I have other matters to attend to," Wang Mu said.

Little Jiao Huo said, "Oh," and nodded.

Wang Mu handed the Emperor Spirit Pearl to her.

However, the moment Little Jiao Huo touched the Emperor Spirit Pearl, an intense heat seared her palm, and she cried out, instinctively throwing the bead away.

"Ouch, it hurts!"

Wang Mu was startled and immediately caught the bead. He looked closely and saw a series of bloody marks had appeared on Little Jiao Huo's palm.

He quickly took her small hand, which was as delicate as Water Jade, crushed a few Elixirs, and applied them to the marks, which rapidly disappeared.

Wang Mu blew on her hand a few times and asked, "How is it now? Does it still hurt?"

"...No... it doesn't hurt anymore..." Little Jiao Huo said, her face flushed as she lowered her head and looked at her toes.

Wang Mu frowned slightly. It seems that, apart from me, no one else can touch this Emperor Spirit Pearl? He himself felt no discomfort when handling the bead, and he had even placed several Divine Sense restrictions on it.

Next, Wang Mu tried putting the bead in a Spiritual Artifact like a box, or directly into a Space Bracelet, and then giving it to Little Jiao Huo. He found it still didn't work; although Little Jiao Huo wouldn't be hurt if it was in another object, the bead would automatically fly out. This was clearly not an option.

The game didn't mention that the bead couldn't be given to someone else... In the game, if others obtained the bead, it was simply of no use to them. This bead hasn't only evolved, it's become even more peculiar. Especially since Mo Xilan had it for a thousand years. What kind of strange Spells could she have placed on it?

With Mo Xilan's temperament, she might have laced the bead with some bizarre poison that only those in the Ascension Realm would be susceptible to... And when Nanrong Biyou gets hold of it, she'll be poisoned... These and other thoughts unavoidably arose in Wang Mu's mind.

Forget it, I'll give it to her myself. As for the rest, I can't be bothered to think too much about it... After all, I have the blessing with me now, so it should be an easy task. Plus, this little one is also headed that way...

Thinking this way, Wang Mu brought Little Jiao Huo back to Sea Granny's side.

"Junior Brother Wang, this is a True Phoenix Feather, as promised… I give it to you," Qing Yuan said with a smile that crinkled the corners of her eyes, passing a bracelet to Wang Mu. "The True Phoenix Feather is inside. This bracelet is a Storage Bracelet, which I also present to you."

"Wait, why are you giving this to him…" Brother Jiu was startled, then he instantly understood. That clever boy! He's setting me up, isn't he?

"Brother, this has nothing to do with me," Wang Mu said. "You were the one who wanted to come to Qingqiu Mountain. I just tagged along with you. Isn't that right?"

Brother Jiu was speechless.

Wang Mu took out the Long-term Love Fruit and handed it to Brother Jiu. "This is the Long-term Love Fruit, Brother. Can a single one brew the kind of wine you were talking about?"

Such a rare fruit naturally needed to be used to its fullest potential.

"Not quite enough. The effect won't be as strong if brewed with just one; typically, two fruits are needed for a jar," Brother Jiu said.

"Wang Mu, Wang Mu, I'll give you this one as well," Little Jiao Huo said, holding out another fruit.

Wang Mu was silent.

Two fruits should be enough. This little mermaid is quite clever too, Brother Jiu thought.

"The brewing time for this wine won't be very long," Brother Jiu said, taking the two Long-term Love Fruits. "With our Alcohol Sword Peak's wine-making techniques, it should be successful within a year. The main issue is the scarcity of materials. You can come back to the Sect to retrieve the Three-Life Fate when it's ready. Such divine wine is quite rare. Your wine-making skill is too low, so don't drink it directly, or you won't experience its full effects."

Got it. My wine-making skill probably needs to be over 50 for this. Wang Mu's wine-making skill hadn't improved much over the years, hovering around 40. Improving it wasn't hard—just drink wine every day.

"Brother, how about giving me some wine?" Wang Mu said. "I don't have much in stock."

I did help forge a romantic destiny for you two, after all. Shouldn't I get a bit of a matchmaker's fee?

"You little…" Brother Jiu cursed under his breath but still handed Wang Mu a small storage pouch.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Wang Mu saw that it was filled with various fine wines.

Brother Jiu is so generous! Using a Storage Pouch just for wine—he really can't live without it.

Having acquired the True Phoenix Feather and, with the earlier True Dragon Tendon, he now had all the materials needed.

Brother Jiu left with Qing Yuan; from the looks of it, he was being taken to the Riding Phoenix Clan.

I wonder if Brother Jiu will marry into their clan…

Wang Mu also left Qingqiu Mountain with Little Jiao Huo and Sea Granny. Later, in the Qingqiu City Workshop, Wang Mu spent tens of thousands of Spirit Stones to purchase the remaining materials needed to refine the Ten Thousand Beast Heavenly Tribulation.

This bow was exceedingly powerful; even the auxiliary materials were worth at least tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. Compared to a Taoist Spiritual Artifact, which started at over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, a special Taoist Spiritual Artifact like the Ten Thousand Beast Heavenly Tribulation, even if only a substandard version was refined, would cost several hundred thousand Spirit Stones. It was definitely equipment on the same level as a Magic Treasure.

If not for having collected all four Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, he couldn't possibly have afforded the forging materials with just tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. Not to mention, just finding the True Phoenix Feather and True Dragon Tendon was incredibly difficult.

After making the purchases, Sea Granny had mostly recovered. She then summoned a Flying Artifact that resembled an Immortal Boat. They boarded it on the Boundary River, traveled with the current into Bibo Sea, and began their journey there.

"This is our Merfolk Clan's Flying Shuttle Fish Boat," Sea Granny said. "Riding this boat into the sea, along with both of your Blue Sea Tide blessings, we should be able to find Sealing God Mountain smoothly. The journey might take a few months…"

Sea voyages, especially in the vast Bibo Sea, definitely couldn't be completed in just a few days.

Wang Mu took this opportunity to enter a quiet room on the Immortal Boat for secluded cultivation, intending to refine the Ten Thousand Beast Heavenly Tribulation bow in one go.

Refining a Taoist Level Spiritual Artifact, especially a weapon, takes a very long time. Even a few months would be considered quick. This was only possible with Wang Mu's True Yang Star Flame assisting, as its fire was barely capable of melting the True Dragon Tendon and True Phoenix Feather. Otherwise, even the refining fire of a Golden Core Realm Cultivator wouldn't be able to refine such a Spiritual Artifact in mere months; it would take at least several years just to begin.

「In the quiet room.」

I hope I can refine it within three to four months… Wang Mu took a deep breath. That way, I'll still have time to explore the sea under the Three-Life Blessing and see if I can trigger some fortunate encounters… Refining the Ten Thousand Beast Heavenly Tribulation now is the perfect chance to use the Three-Life Blessing to create a top-grade version. Otherwise, with my current Artifact Refining level, even if I force it and use action points, I'd probably only end up with a substandard Ten Thousand Beast Heavenly Tribulation. That would be a major loss! For Spiritual Artifacts of the same grade, the difference between substandard and top-grade is like heaven and earth!

He placed the materials one by one in the quiet room, also setting aside the fine wines he had gotten from his brother. These wines could replenish Spiritual Power, so he could drink and refine simultaneously, saving Elixirs and improving his wine-making skill—killing two birds with one stone.

Wang Mu took another deep breath and began the swift refining process, following the blueprint of the Ten Thousand Beast Heavenly Tribulation from his memory…

「Time flew by…」

「Four months later.」

Atop the Immortal Boat in Bibo Sea, a beam of light shot up to the heavens as a Taoist Spiritual Artifact was born!

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