Wang Ruoxie felt the immense surge of True Essence within him, and a faint smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

After slaying Ling Liang, although he broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Meridian Passage Realm, he temporarily lost his cultivation due to the consecutive use of the Blood Fusion Forbidden Technique.

Originally, he thought it would take a long time to recover his cultivation.

But now, with the help of the Su family's thousand-year foundation, he had fully recovered his cultivation in just half an hour.

Moreover, he could feel that his strength seemed to have significantly improved compared to before.

Not only the True Essence within him, but even his Qi and Blood and physical body had greatly enhanced.

Most importantly, his current cultivation was almost at the peak of the Meridian Passage Realm, just half a step away from the Essence Pill Realm.

Currently, the thirty-six chakras within him formed a Grand Cycle of the Celestial Spirit Number, with the True Essence continuously circulating.

Although he might not be able to condense an Essence Pill and reach the higher level of the Essence Pill Realm shortly, his current strength was by no means inferior to those weaker in the Essence Pill Realm.

If he were to use special techniques like the Blood Burning Secret Technique and Blood Fusion Forbidden Technique, he could unleash power far beyond his cultivation realm, making it entirely possible to contend with an ordinary Essence Pill Realm opponent, and while he might not defeat them, he could certainly ensure that he remains undefeated.

"It seems that the resources needed for me to break through to the Essence Pill Realm will be incredibly vast."

Wang Ruoxie glanced at the empty ground around him and couldn't help but smile wryly.

Even though Su Zetao hadn't brought all the Su family's treasure resources to him, the quantity wasn't small. Yet, he not only exhausted these treasures but also depleted most of the resources in his own storage ring.

Now, his storage ring contained less than ten thousand Top Grade Spirit Stones, and as for pills, demon beast essence blood, and other resources, not a trace was left.

This was just the resources needed to restore his cultivation. If he wants to continue improving his cultivation or break through to a new realm, he will need even more.

"After helping the Su family resolve this crisis, I'll need to find ways to gather more treasure resources; otherwise, breaking through to the Essence Pill Realm will be exceedingly difficult."

Wang Ruoxie thought to himself. Although he had thirty-six chakras, and his body and Qi and Blood far surpassed those of the same level, making his strength incomparable to others of the same level, allowing him to challenge higher levels easily, the difficulty of improving his cultivation and breaking through realms was much greater than that of other martial cultivators of the same level.

The required treasure resources were naturally far greater than those of other people of the same level.

With a stride, Wang Ruoxie walked out of the hall and flashed towards the outside of the Su Mansion.

Half an hour had passed, and the situation of the Su family was likely not very good.

Although the Su Mansion was protected by a formation, the Gu family's strength was much greater than that of the Su family. In addition, the patriarch of the Gu family, Gu Wenshan, had also broken through to the Essence Pill Realm, making it impossible for the Su family to resist.

Soon, Wang Ruoxie arrived outside the Su Mansion, to see the two families' forces lined up on both sides, glaring angrily at each other.

The ground around them was littered with bloodied corpses, and a rich scent of blood permeated the entire area.

It was evident that both sides had just experienced a bloody battle, resulting in numerous casualties.

Wang Ruoxie's gaze turned, seeing that although Su Qiuling and Su Qingxue had sustained some injuries, they were not seriously hurt, and he couldn't help but sigh in relief.

In fact, even if the entire Su family were wiped out, he wouldn't care. However, Su Qiuling and Su Qingxue had once saved him, so he was determined to protect the Su family to repay them.

Su Qiuling and Su Qingxue also noticed Wang Ruoxie and smiled as they nodded at him.

"Master Wang, has your cultivation been restored?"

Seeing Wang Ruoxie's arrival, Su Zetao asked with a look of delight in his eyes.

"Yes, it's restored."

Wang Ruoxie nodded and replied with a smile.

"That's wonderful."

Su Zetao said joyfully.

Of course, the reason for his excitement was not solely because Wang Ruoxie's cultivation was restored; after all, in his view, even with his cultivation restored, Wang Ruoxie could not be a match for Gu Wenshan.

Just Wang Ruoxie's presence, with his alchemy skill surpassing that of Master Du Xiu, would certainly be enough to intimidate Gu Wenshan and bring hope to the Su family.

"Is he the Master Wang you spoke of?"

From the Gu family's ranks, a middle-aged man dressed in black luxurious clothing looked at Wang Ruoxie with an indifferent expression before turning to ask Su Zetao.

"Yes, Gu Wenshan, this is Master Wang."

Su Zetao replied coldly as he glanced at the man in black.

"So he is Gu Wenshan."

Wang Ruoxie also turned his gaze to the man in black, eyeing him carefully.

Gu Wenshan had a brawny build and commanding features, and the aura he emitted gave off a powerful oppressive feeling.

"Indeed, he is of the Essence Pill Realm."

Wang Ruoxie's eyes narrowed slightly as he contemplated.

Although he could sense that Gu Wenshan must have recently broken through, with his cultivation seemingly not yet fully stabilized, the man undeniably possessed the cultivation of the First Layer of the Essence Pill Realm.

It could be said that Gu Wenshan was the first martial cultivator of the Essence Pill Realm he had encountered since his rebirth.

"Su Zetao, are you playing a trick on me?"

Gu Wenshan cast a cold gaze at Su Zetao, speaking in a stern voice: "This person can't be more than twenty years old, and you claim he's a top Fifth Grade Alchemy Master; do you think I will believe that?"

"Just a moment ago, Master Wang engaged in an alchemy contest with Master Du Xiu, and the result was that Master Wang crafted a Divine Grade Pill with nine pill halos, winning the contest."

Su Zetao said to Gu Wenshan.

"Indeed, I just participated in an alchemy contest with Master Wang, and in the end, it was true that I lost."

Master Du Xiu also admitted beside him.

"What..."

With Du Xiu's words, everyone, including Gu Wenshan and the Gu family, as well as the Su family members, all wore expressions of disbelief.

The Gu family was naturally familiar with Du Xiu, the only Fifth Grade Alchemy Master in Nanyang County and one of the top Fifth Grade Alchemy Masters in the entire Black Luo Kingdom, whose status was exceedingly esteemed, even regarded as a guest of honor by the Sovereign.

Even Gu Wenshan, who had broken through to the Essence Pill Realm, dared not easily offend him.

It could be said that were it not for Du Xiu's presence, Gu Wenshan would have already annihilated the entire Su family.

Clearly, Gu Wenshan had hesitated to storm into the Su Mansion and slaughter everyone because of Du Xiu's presence, and also because Su Zetao had said there was an even more formidable Fifth Grade Alchemy Master in the Su Mansion.

Though Gu Wenshan did not believe it, he did not dare to take risks. After all, a single Du Xiu was already enough to make him hesitate to act rashly, and with another more formidable Fifth Grade Alchemy Master, he certainly dared not make any bold moves.

Yet, he had never expected that the Alchemy Master greater than Du Xiu, whom Su Zetao claimed, would turn out to be such a young lad, obviously treating him like a fool.

What he did not foresee was that Master Du Xiu would openly admit to losing to this person in an alchemy contest.

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