Chapter 555: Peak Perfection

“This is a dangerous business, living on the edge of a blade. If you’re not ready to take risks, Brother Fang, I’d suggest you don’t go.”

Shui Miao accepted the pills from Lian’er, clearly having formed an alliance with her.

Lian’er was very happy; it had been a long time since she’d felt this joyful.

It wasn’t for anything else—just forming a friendship with Shui Miao made her happy enough to willingly offer her pills.

Fang Zhentian, however, was somewhat fearful. As the commander-in-chief of the Fire Thunder Sect, in layman’s terms, he was a government official, so how could he be willing to join a group of desperate men in such a perilous endeavor?

But the most critical reason was that Fang Zhentian didn’t possess any powerful magical treasures.

“Brother, it’s all my fault for speaking too quickly. I shouldn’t have said those things. Why don’t we go back and wait? Let’s come back once we have some powerful immortal artifacts. I don’t mean anything else—I just think we should play it safe in this immortal realm.”

Fang Zhentian also didn’t want to see Shui Miao take risks. He was convinced Shui Miao didn’t have any powerful treasures. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have fought against Immortal Lord Hu bare-chested that day.

“Brother, I appreciate your good intentions. We’ll meet again later then!”

Shui Miao didn’t hesitate and immediately bowed to Fang Zhentian.

Lian’er giggled and also bowed to Fang Zhentian: “Don’t worry, Brother Fang. I know this immortal realm better than you do. I definitely won’t lead Brother Shui astray.”

Seeing how determined Shui Miao was, Fang Zhentian could only remain speechless.

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“Lian’er, you lead the way to a quiet place.”

After flying hundreds of meters away, Shui Miao sensed with his spiritual awareness that Fang Zhentian had turned back, and immediately asked Lian’er to guide him.

Upon hearing this, Lian’er, who had her own thoughts, blushed instantly. In the middle of the night, going to a secluded spot—could it be he wanted to cultivate together with her? This guy looked so refined, yet he was even more eager than her about such matters…

“Okay…”

Lian’er shyly nodded and quickly led Shui Miao flying away.

Shui Miao spread his spiritual awareness carefully. After the previous lesson with Immortal Lord Hu, he no longer dared to sense the major immortal mountains belonging to famous sects. Instead, he focused only on his immediate surroundings to detect any possible followers.

About half an hour later, after much choosing, Lian’er led Shui Miao to a cluster of messy small mountains.

“This place should be fine…”

Lian’er bit her lip, shyly glanced at Shui Miao, then turned away and floated to a large rock, sitting down.

This was her first time doing something like this, so naturally, she felt a bit shy.

She lowered her head, waiting for Shui Miao to come.

But Shui Miao didn’t come. She began to wonder if she hadn’t been proactive enough.

So, amidst a complex mix of emotions, Lian’er began unbuttoning her clothes…

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, Lian’er caught a strong scent of medicinal fragrance. She looked up and saw Shui Miao, dozens of meters away, crushing a large amount of pills. A pair of blood-red gloves were absorbing demonic energy, emitting rays of crimson light.

“What is that?”

Unable to help herself, Lian’er stood up and walked toward the gloves.

The gloves began absorbing the medicinal energy at an increasing rate, while Shui Miao simultaneously released many crystals for the gloves to absorb.

Suddenly, a brilliant red light flared, and both gloves gave birth to their own spirit cores.

“Hu!”

As soon as the gloves formed their spirit cores and were about to fly away, Shui Miao, who had been prepared, immediately grabbed them and performed a blood-binding ritual.

“Ah… These gloves are only at the peak极品 level?”

Feeling the gloves’ quality, Shui Miao couldn’t help but feel disappointed. They hadn’t reached his expected level—they weren’t top-grade immortal artifacts!

“This is a top-grade immortal artifact, Brother! Is this the artifact you had been planning to forge for yourself but hadn’t yet had the chance to refine?” Lian’er, knowledgeable and sharp-witted, immediately realized that Shui Miao had used the leftover materials from forging an artifact for Jiao Gong to create this one for himself.

“But it’s only top-grade.”

Shui Miao looked at Lian’er, who was excited and enthusiastic. He noticed she had unbuttoned her collar down to the third button, revealing a large portion of her full, snowy-white bosom, which stood out vividly in the night… making his mouth go dry.

Lian’er noticed Shui Miao’s gaze was off. Looking down at herself, she immediately flushed with shame, hurriedly covering her chest and turning away.

“Ah… Lian’er, let’s continue our journey!”

Shui Miao was also quite embarrassed, guessing that he hadn’t made himself clear earlier, thus misleading Lian’er.

However, in Shui Miao’s mind, the image of that snowy white bosom lingered, causing him quite a bit of discomfort.

“Oh right! Let me test the gloves’ power!”

Shui Miao immediately channeled his immortal energy into the gloves, activating the formation within. When the gloves touched, a bolt of lightning erupted with a dragon’s roar, instantly reducing a several-ton boulder in front of them to dust!

“A dragon’s roar!”

Shui Miao was shocked. He hadn’t expected the gloves to emit a dragon’s roar instead of thunder.

Moreover, the power was terrifying!

“Brother! This top-grade immortal artifact of yours seems even more powerful than ordinary top-grade artifacts!”

Lian’er’s eyes were glued to the gloves, unable to look away.

In the Ninth Heaven, top-grade immortal artifacts were extremely rare, owned only by Immortal Lords. Yet Shui Miao’s artifact, although merely top-grade, was in no way inferior to those top-grade immortal artifacts!

What Lian’er didn’t know was that Shui Miao’s gloves contained the essence of Nuwa Stone, and had been tempered with dragon blood.

The dragon blood from Hui De wasn’t ordinary dragon blood—it also contained a large amount of Nuwa Stone essence.

Therefore, Shui Miao’s top-grade artifact was destined to surpass other top-grade artifacts in power.

Of course, Shui Miao’s current cultivation level was still low. If his cultivation improved and his immortal energy grew stronger, the gloves’ power would be even more formidable.

“I don’t know what kind of power极品-grade artifacts have in the immortal realm, but I do know we now have the means to deal with those rogue factions. Lian’er, let’s hurry up and set off.”

Shui Miao flickered his thoughts, concealing the gloves’ power and masking their aura completely.

“Okay!”

Lian’er suddenly realized the truth—Shui Miao had already made plans.

With this supreme-grade immortal artifact, Shui Miao indeed possessed the strength to stir up the Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains.

Just after Shui Miao and Lian’er left, some nearby wandering immortals rushed over upon hearing the commotion. Seeing the shattered rocks turned to powder, they were terrified, thinking a Thunder Dragon God had passed by, and immediately fled in panic.

“Lian’er, do you know which of the rogue factions are the strongest?”

“Brother, you’ve come to the right person. I don’t have many immortal friends in the Ninth Heaven, but I have many friends among the rogue demon immortals. Among the many wild mountain regions I know, the most powerful faction is the Dragon Beast Clan. And among them, the most terrifying is the Thunder Dragon God.”

“Great! Tell me about the Dragon Beast Clan and this Thunder Dragon God.”

As they traveled, Shui Miao and Lian’er communicated through spiritual awareness, gathering more information to prepare themselves thoroughly.