Journey to the West: The Eighty-One Tribulations of Being Hairless

"I suppose His Majesty has more than just this as a request?"

Zhou Yi was able to guess the Jade Emperor's thoughts!

He probably does want to target the Western Depot, but definitely not now. After all, his current cultivation level is only at the Golden Immortal realm, and it's unlikely that he can cause any big commotion with his current Golden Immortal cultivation level.

Venus nodded!

"I suppose the True Lord has already guessed it!"

His Majesty's goal is for the True Lord to refine a pill that allows cultivators to advance to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. His Majesty will provide all resources, including any materials and alchemy manuals...

In short, whatever the True Lord lacks, His Majesty will provide, as long as the True Lord can refine a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir similar to that of the Supreme Saint.

really!

Upon hearing Venus's words, Zhou Yi understood immediately; it was indeed so.

"On what basis does Your Majesty believe that a mere Golden Immortal like myself can refine the Dao Pill?"

Moreover, the main ingredient in the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by the Sage of Taiqing seems to be the Huangzhong Plum, which ripens only once every 100,000 years.

I have heard of Huang Zhongli.

Eating one of these can help someone break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm; however, only cultivators at the Golden Immortal level or above can consume them!

"Sages are able to refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, and such top-grade innate spiritual roots play a significant role!"

Zhou Yi shook his head, looked at Venus and thought for a moment before speaking.

Refining Dao Pills was exactly what Zhou Yi wanted, especially Dao Pills that could greatly replenish mana. In his Golden Core Primordial Space, the two Golden Lotus of Merit, the Azure Lotus of Creation, the Gourd Immortal Vine, and the mid-grade innate spiritual root Peach Tree were already eagerly awaiting nourishment.

If there is no continuous supply of Dao pills to provide mana!

Once transformed into Primordial Chaos Qi, the gourd vine will likely never mature, as will the two merit lotuses, the creation lotus, and the peach tree!

Unfortunately, he completely exhausted his more than four million merits in order to obtain the Heavenly Dao Divine Power Great Freedom Incarnation and the Great Luo-level "Dao Embryo Great Dao".

I want to rely on myself, but I'm powerless to do so.

"It's good that you've done your best, True Lord. His Majesty didn't say that you should refine the Dao Pill right now. Of course, it would be even better if you could refine it!"

Moreover, Your Majesty can rest assured that Your Majesty never mistreats any minister who performs their duties.

Taibai Jinxing certainly didn't believe that Zhou Yi was capable of refining the Dao Pill at this point. To be honest, he really couldn't understand why the Jade Emperor thought that Zhou Yi was definitely capable of refining the Dao Pill.

"It's worth a try!"

However, I have a few requests!

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yi said...

"Please speak freely, True Lord!" At this moment, Venus was somewhat surprised. He did not expect Zhou Yi to want to try. Could it be that he now has the ability to refine Dao pills?

"Your Majesty needs to provide dozens, preferably hundreds, of alchemy recipes, as well as secret alchemy techniques, including one recipe for a pill that can help one break through cultivation levels."

Ideally, one should have broken through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal level or higher.

Secondly, it requires five million merits!

Thirdly, the plain-colored cloud-shaped banner in the Empress's hand is required!

If these three requirements are met, and if I were to deduce the formula for the Dao Pill, I could refine five batches of Dao Pills for Your Majesty. Of course, I would need one-third of these five batches of Dao Pills!

Moreover, His Majesty needs to find the materials!

He blurted out all of Zhou Yi's ideas at once.

The hundreds of pill recipes were, of course, for the purpose of collecting more information about the Dao of alchemy. Five million merits were enough for Zhouyi to evolve a Heavenly Dao Divine Power-level alchemy divine power!

As for the Plain Cloud Banner, it was naturally fed to its own Chaos Green Lotus. As a top-tier innate spiritual treasure, the Chaos Creation Green Lotus was transformed from lotus leaves and contained the essence of the Chaos Creation Green Lotus.

This item will definitely elevate my 12th-grade Chaos Green Lotus to a higher level!

The next five batches of Dao Pills cost one million merit points each, which is a great deal, considering the Nine-Turn Golden Pill is worth over three million.

Upon hearing Zhou Yi's words, Venus gasped inwardly, thinking, "They really dare to ask for that."

This is outrageous!

Alchemy recipes and secret techniques have been abundant in the Heavenly Court's Langhuan Pavilion over the years. There are hundreds, even thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of them!

This is the foundation of the Heavenly Court; you could say that the first requirement is nothing special.

But! Is five million merits a lot?

Of course there are many. There aren't many cultivators in the Three Realms who can contribute five million merits. Most of them are cultivators above the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, and they are Great Luo Golden Immortals who have cultivated for many years.

With five million merits bestowed upon him, he should at least be called a true cultivator of merit.

If these five hundred merits are used sparingly, they will be of great use when one reaches the Great Luo Perfection stage, assisting in the severing of the good corpse and the attainment of Quasi-Sainthood. With these five million merits, the success rate of severing the good corpse can be increased by at least 50%.

That plain-colored cloud-shaped banner is a treasured artifact used by the Queen Mother to suppress the fortune of female immortals!

Previously, the Heavenly Court did not have any supreme treasures to suppress its fortune.

The only way to suppress it was with the Peach Spirit Root and top-tier innate spiritual treasures. But now that's no longer necessary, because with the Investiture of the Gods, a chaotic spiritual treasure, there's no need to use the Plain-Colored Cloud Banner to suppress the fortune.

But this is, after all, the Queen Mother's protective magic weapon!

It's a top-tier innate spiritual treasure!

The value of a top-tier innate spiritual treasure is immense; even a sage would not find it insufficient when wielding such a treasure. How could it be so easily given away!

If it's used to sever the three corpses!

It can at least reach the level of a Quasi-Saint with perfect magical power.

Now, Zhou Yi wants to go without any explanation. Is that even possible?

"True Lord, how exactly does this plain-colored cloud-shaped banner help with alchemy?"

Venus couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Yi shook his head. "Star Lord, it won't be of much help, but it will be of great help to my cultivation. If Your Majesty is willing to part with it, I will definitely do my best to refine the Dao Pill for Your Majesty."

This kind of thing can't be hidden, so Zhou Yi just spoke frankly and openly.

Well.......

Is this considered blackmail?

I guess so!

Taibai Jinxing thought to himself, but nodded in agreement, indicating that it would be helpful for the other party's cultivation.

"This matter is not something I, a humble Taoist, can decide. True Lord, you must explain it to His Majesty in person." It is not something that Taibai Jinxing, as a subject, can decide regarding someone else's top-tier innate spiritual treasure.

Dao Dan is very important!

However, for those who have already become Great Immortals, a suitable magical treasure is even more important.

"This is the proper etiquette!" Zhou Yi nodded in agreement.

Jade Pool Wonderland!

Haotian and Yaochi sat above, looking down at Zhouyi and Taibai Jinxing.

"Are you truly confident that you can refine a pill that can help cultivators achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm?"

Haotian couldn't help but ask again.

"Your Majesty, I may give it a try. Although I am not 100% certain, I should do my best to serve Your Majesty. Whether I succeed or not is not important. What is important is whether I have Your Majesty's affairs in mind."

Zhou Yi answered with a sincere and earnest expression.

Uh......

Haotian was speechless...