The smoke continuously entered the painting, gathering in his palm, transforming into a copper seal.

The Wig White Water Egg himself controlled the copper seal, and the clear difference was that the erosion of the copper seal was not as strong now, allowing him to directly ignore it.

Holding the copper seal, the Copper Clan member on the copper seal who stretched out his arms and howled at the sky seemed to struggle even more intensely.

The Wig White Water Egg glanced at No.1.

"You did very well this time; you can rest well for a while and completely dispel the aura clinging to you.

When No.4 returns, have him come directly to see me."

No.1 White Water Egg no longer feels that this is to make him cede power.

He now wishes to retreat into seclusion immediately, urgently using every method to wash away the aura clinging to him and fully recover from the damage caused by handling the copper seal.

Even after releasing the copper seal, it seems like the desperate screams from when the entire Copper Clan was refined continue to echo in his mind.

This makes him feel worse than death, with his spirit constantly tortured.

He is also powerless to manage affairs.

"Thank you, my lord." No.1 readily agreed, thanked him, then immediately retreated into seclusion, ignoring outside matters altogether.

Days later, No.4 returned from outside, knowing No.1 was already back, he immediately went to see the Wig White Water Egg.

Upon looking up, he saw the Wig White Water Egg's left hand holding a copper seal, and seeing one corner of the copper seal, he understood that it had been successfully obtained.

"I need Qing Ziyu's blood."

"That's not too difficult. Within Jinlan Mountain, during their intense exchanges and practice, they often injure one another; being slightly careful should make acquiring it not too hard, but... indeed, it's not difficult, my lord, don't worry."

"But what?" The Wig White Water Egg immediately asked.

Everyone wants to know the remaining half when spoken half.

"But... it might be easily discovered, Body Cultivation is very perceptive to such matters, however, my lord, rest assured, I will get it as soon as possible."

No.4's voice carried a trace of determination.

As if risking discovery and risking falling, he would do one last thing for the Wig White Water Egg.

His resolve is firm and unshakable.

Listening, the Wig White Water Egg couldn't help but think of No.1.

On the way back, No.1's dying state, wheezing, in a posture of "My lord, if you don't take over, I'm going to die."

Then looking at No.4, already embracing the belief of certain death to do this task.

So devoted a subordinate, the Wig White Water Egg couldn't help but say.

"Be careful in your actions, it's best not to be discovered, wait for an opportunity, don't rush these few days."

No.1 retreated into seclusion; he was genuinely scared that his strongest, most capable, most faithful No.4 would also die.

The White Water Egg site would basically be half ruined.

Therefore, Wig White Water Egg thought it over and waved his hand, drawing a treasure map adorned with dense runes.

"This is a new gift for you; inside are protective treasures and a pill furnace for extending life, based on timing, it should have already been successfully refined."

Seeing No.4 White Water Egg respectfully thanking without much reaction.

The Wig White Water Egg immediately understood that his most loyal No.4 definitely did not intend first to fetch the treasures but rather planned to first deal with the task.

"Go to this place first."

"As you command." No.4 remained neither sad nor joyful, calm and unruffled.

The Wig White Water Egg secretly sighed.

Unfortunately, the curse on No.4, he could not solve it, otherwise, he genuinely couldn't bear to let No.4 die.

No.4 honestly obeyed orders, first went to the new treasure location.

This is an underwater cave in the East Sea, left by some unknown senior.

Obtaining the method to open and the exact location, he easily entered it.

Inside were large quantities of Spirit Jade, and high-tier spirit fields where various Spiritual Medicine grows abundantly, even some low-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures — a few plants were living.

The Protective Dharma Treasure was a Jade Talisman shaped like a Fire Bird holding its wings, containing auspicious aura inside; after wearing it, the ominous aura on him that was like water without a source slowly dissipated.

Besides this, there was an Alchemy Furnace, with a faint fragrance lingering in the alchemy room, the flames had become extremely weak.

Opening the Alchemy Furnace, inside was a pill like a golden pellet with patterns naturally formed into dragon and tiger markings; just by smelling the pill's fragrance, one's breathe felt smooth and the body refreshed.

He didn't recognize what pill it was but knew it was absolutely high-tier, useful even for a Ninth Tier Strong.

This was created using the most famous slow refining method.

For some top-tier Spirit Pills, materials are too scarce; gathering the materials needed for a complete Pill Recipe might require an immense cost.

Even the finest alchemists cannot bear the losses from failed attempts.

And generally, the success rate for top-tier pills not turning into wasted pills might be at most half successful.

Just barely passing at sixty percent — useful but with certain side effects.

Reaching seventy percent, the success rate plummets to thirty percent.

Eighty percent, a tenth.

Ninety percent, directly one percent.

Perfect cases are negligible.

Hence, later an alchemist had a brainstorm and devised this slow refining method.

The advantage is no wasted pills absolutely, a passed guarantee.

The downside is it requires an extremely long time, starting at a millennium.

Some top-tier pills, slow refining, ensuring nothing goes wrong midway, might take two to three thousand years to refine one Spirit Pill.