"I told you, I want a treasure that can be used *now* to increase cultivation speed. Something that can improve body-tempering cultivation at the same time would be even better."
"You—"
A curse stuck in her throat. Jin Miaoshan felt she had to say something.
Influenced by the killing intent, her personality fluctuated between cold indifference and violent agitation, completely different from before. For the sake of the Prajna Heart Sutra, she finally forced herself to calm down and think.
After a long silence...
To tell the truth, she did recall one item. But its value far surpassed that of a mere Buddhist heart sutra. If she had to add a top-grade Core Formation spiritual material on top, she'd be taking a massive loss!
Seeing her deep hesitation, Wang Yu quickly said, "The Prajna Heart Sutra is absolutely worth more than its price. If the item you produce is of too great a value, I can exchange it with either the **[Molten Earth Heart Fruit]** or the **[Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Heart]**."
Jin Miaoshan: "..."
She felt like vomiting blood. Those were the very items he had extorted from her before. So infuriating~
Taking a deep breath, she suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart.
She said, "The **Myriad-Year Profound Ice Bed**. A rare treasure of heaven and earth obtained from the boundless ice plains of the far north. When cultivating ice-attribute techniques while meditating upon it, one can draw upon its eternally unyielding extreme cold energy."
"Cultivation speed can double. Moreover, the extreme cold energy can temper the physical body, providing a fifty percent efficiency boost for body-tempering cultivation. It also clears the mind and calms the spirit, granting a state of 'Ice Heart' protection."
"This item is one of the aids I use to suppress the killing intent. You must prove the Prajna Heart Sutra has a significantly stronger effect. Otherwise, I won't trade."
As her words fell, Wang Yu's eyes shone brightly.
*This was it!*
He also cultivated a secret technique called **[Absorbing Cold Technique]**. Its original purpose was to absorb the natural cold energy in snowy regions to accelerate cultivation speed and imbue his true essence with greater cold properties.
The appearance of the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Bed far exceeded his expectations.
With this, and exchanging for the needed top-grade Core Formation spiritual material...
Most of the difficulties in his Foundation Establishment stage cultivation would be solved. After all, the amount of true essence he needed to accumulate would only increase. Taking twenty years to advance a single layer...
Was fast for others, but not enough for him.
He wasn't satisfied!
He wanted to be faster! Stronger!
Now, it was his turn to worry about the Prajna Heart Sutra's effectiveness. After all, this thing had no defined grade; the Placement Slot's undistracted cultivation required three hundred years to perfect it.
Whether it would take effect immediately was also unclear to him.
Wang Yu had cultivated the **[Lesser Asura Slaughter Fist]** solely through comprehending the Slaughter Intent Stone Slabs and hadn't experienced loss of control from slaughterous intent. Therefore, the Prajna Heart Sutra's effect remained a mystery.
He could only hope it was powerful enough.
"Come, follow me to the secret chamber for a trial. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
"Hmph, you'd better be right!"
Wang Yu paid no mind to Jin Miaoshan's attitude. His entire focus was now on the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Bed, a rare treasure of heaven and earth. This item should significantly increase his cultivation speed.
After all, the "double" description was just an estimate. Achieving such perfect utilization depended on the individual.
Soon, Wang Yu led her to his first-level cultivation chamber.
"I will light a Calming Spirit Incense to help you quiet your mind. Just listen as I chant the Prajna Heart Sutra."
"I understand."
Wang Yu had only been practicing this heart sutra for a few years. Claiming deep insights would be unrealistic. But he could indeed feel tranquility from the constant chanting.
Especially after each deep immersion into the Slaughter Intent Stone Slabs, chanting the Prajna Heart Sutra could rapidly pacify his boiling slaughterous intent. So far, he hadn't seen an upper limit.
Moreover, his formless, intangible mental power had increased. This was a fundamental heart sutra secret text. Whether it could eliminate karmic obstacles seemed less important.
Once all preparations were complete.
Wang Yu, fully focused, began chanting the Prajna Heart Sutra. Jin Miaoshan initially felt it was like the annoying buzzing of flies, very irritating.
Even the suppressed Asura slaughterous intent within her showed signs of boiling. She even suspected Wang Yu might be conspiring with Jin Lin to harm her, but dismissed the thought instantly.
She could only endure the impatience and wait as Wang Yu delved deeper. As time passed, she gradually entered a state.
The thin veil covering half her face fell unnoticed at some point. Her pale, delicate face gained a touch of rosy color. A bloody Asura seal lit up between her brows.
Wang Yu's Buddhist chant seemed to carry faint, drifting golden light, entering her Niwan Palace from her brow. White smoke began to rise from her head.
It was like a long-awaited purification, or parched earth receiving sweet rain. Both body and mind felt incredibly refreshed.
The effect of the Prajna Heart Sutra was unexpectedly perfect.
This probably had something to do with Jin Miaoshan not having cultivated the sutra to a profound level. Not to mention she had used Golden Pavilion resources to maintain mental purity.
This relaxed Wang Yu considerably as he observed her throughout. He completely entered a state of no-thought, no-awareness, continuously chanting the profound mysteries of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra!
This purification lasted a full three days.
From irritation to enjoyment, then to agonizing pain, the strands of Asura slaughterous intent invading her mind were thoroughly extracted. Jin Miaoshan, drenched in sweat, let out a long sigh.
This kind of treatment was simply exhilarating.
But she clearly understood that as long as she continued cultivating the **[Asura Slaughter Sacred Sutra]**, this state would return. Wang Yu's chanting only treated the symptom, not the root cause.
She could no longer discard this aspect of her cultivation.
Even if she stopped actively cultivating this inheritance from now on, it would continue to affect her as her experiences accumulated. The Prajna Heart Sutra—she *had* to have it!
As for what to do when she later condensed the **[Asura Slaughter Heart]**, a point where even the Prajna Heart Sutra might be powerless...
She could only take one step at a time, adhering to the simple philosophy that the boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge.
Wang Yu had expended considerable mental energy and felt somewhat fatigued. "Well? Satisfied?"
Jin Miaoshan rolled her eyes speechlessly. Such easily misconstrued words left her powerless to refute, because it *had* been incredibly satisfying.
Her drenched, improper state had been seen anyway. A few flirtatious, offending words didn't matter much.
"The deal is on. I'm very satisfied with the Prajna Heart Sutra's effect. But the matter of the top-grade Core Formation spiritual material *must* be part of the exchange. The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Bed is a treasure coveted even by Nascent Soul cultivators."
"Even if it becomes unusable in the future, it can be refined into a functional magic treasure. If a complementary treasure of the same attribute can be found, it might even be further enhanced."
"Borrowing your auspicious words. Then it's settled. Let's begin."
Jin Miaoshan didn't hesitate excessively. Still lying on the ground, her full chest rising and falling with her breath, she flipped her palm.
A six-meter long, three-meter wide Profound Ice Bed appeared in the cultivation chamber. The continuously rising cold air—Wang Yu merely moved closer to feel it—made his technique circulation more active.
Involuntarily, he climbed onto it, eagerly pressing his face against the ice bed.
He was deeply experiencing the treasure's effects.
If a normal dual-spiritual root cultivator, upon reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage and benefiting from the auxiliary effects of the true essence lake...
Could normally increase their true essence by around 50 drops within a 2-3 year cycle through regular cultivation, then with the assistance of the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Bed, it immediately soared to around 90-110 drops.
It mainly depended on his own state. Proficient in calculations and constantly calculating, Wang Yu naturally arrived at this result in his mind.
Moreover, the extreme cold energy drawn from it could greatly enhance the power of his ice-attribute techniques. This boost surpassed that of his cultivation technique, with an incalculable upper limit.
He also sensed the benefits for his physique.
It was more exaggerated than the fifty percent Jin Miaoshan mentioned. Perhaps because he cultivated the **[Corpse Demon Secret Technique]**, his blood and qi were also surprisingly of a Yin-Cold attribute.
The tempering effect of the extreme cold energy was even more astonishing than the thunder energy of the Lightning Descending Abyss. It could also enhance his Dragon Spine origin, allowing the blood-qi manifestation, the Netherworld Demon Serpent, to continue evolving.
He had a premonition that this body-tempering technique, uniquely his own and created by chance, still had potential for further advancement. The key lay in the evolution of the Netherworld Demon Serpent Spine.
Even completing the Corpse Demon Secret Technique to its third stage could provide such an opportunity.
In summary.
The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Bed was unexpectedly compatible with him. It similarly increased the efficiency of his body-tempering technique by nearly two-fold. If paired with suitable body-tempering treasures...
His body-tempering cultivation might truly reach the third rank first.
Thus...
Ironically, his foundational **[Heavenly Yin Cold Blood Art]** would be the slowest!
"What are you doing? That's enough."
Having watched Wang Yu's actions with the ice bed the whole time, Jin Miaoshan's face flushed even redder. That was something she had used before. Wang Yu touching and feeling all over it made her somewhat embarrassed.
Hearing this, Wang Yu was momentarily stunned, thinking she was eager to obtain the Prajna Heart Sutra, so he stopped indulging in the ice bed.
Over the past three days, although she had heard it many times, Jin Miaoshan's state wasn't right, so she hadn't memorized it all. He needed to continue the Dharma transmission.
"Listen carefully. The full name of this heart sutra is the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra. It is a Buddhist mind-cultivation method for removing karmic obstacles, increasing blessed affinity, purifying the six senses..."
"Stop. Just transmit the Dharma directly."
"—Fine."
He was just trying to make her feel it was worth it. Adding more perceived value and a compelling story to an item made it easier to sell at a higher price.
Half an hour later, the transaction was complete.
Jin Miaoshan also recovered from exhaustion. Freed from the technique's influence on her mind, much of her former merchant personality returned, though not completely restored.
With a complex expression, she said, "Consider this as me owing you a favor, Wang Yu... In the future, if you encounter trouble, I will help you once."
Wang Yu smiled. "Not even 'Daoist Friend' anymore? Senior Jin is recovering quite quickly..."
Before she could get angry, he continued, "This was a transaction, a matter of mutual consent. No one owes anyone. If you feel I'm useful, just put more effort into finding the Core Formation spiritual material. I would be immensely grateful."
Jin Miaoshan shot him a glare and walked toward the exit on her own.
Passing by him, she swiftly and lightly pecked his cheek, then immediately darted into the passageway outside.
Wang Yu's voice drifted over languidly. "Don't think seduction works on me. The damages caused by Master Tranquil Water—you're not getting out of it!"
On the steps, Jin Miaoshan stumbled slightly.
Transforming into a golden light, she fled in anger.
She actually skipped out on the bill~
Soon after.
Wang Yu also walked into the passageway, his expression solemn.
**Special Note: This book has no female lead, but the protagonist is not a eunuch either. He acts when he should, has romantic interests, but no true soulmate!!!**
**(PS: This is a case of the little merchant Jin's nature resurfacing, leaving a deliberate hook. Not a sudden development of feelings.)**
**(End of Chapter)**