It was necessary to increase his offensive power, at least to the level where he could injure a Nascent Soul cultivator.

What kind of weapon had high destructive power?

Thinking of this, he immediately thought of the Five Thunder Orbs.

One Five Thunder Orb was equivalent to a self-detonation attack from a Foundation Establishment cultivator, enough to injure a Golden Core cultivator.

Xiao Shou had previously believed this level of power was sufficient, especially since the Five Thunder Orbs were not cheap.

Although he was not short on spirit stones, his small-minded, ordinary mentality made him unwilling to waste them without reason.

So he had never considered using his Absolute Fusion ability to upgrade the grade of the Five Thunder Orbs.

But now it seemed he had to upgrade them.

Xiao Shou took out all the Five Thunder Orbs and began fusion them one by one.

This time, before leaving, he had bought out all the stock of Five Thunder Orbs from the Ten Thousand Wisdom Hall in Azure Origin City, a total of 2,270 pieces.

The number had seemed large at first, but after fusion, it shrank drastically.

Not to mention forming Tier 4 Five Thunder Orbs, even the Tier 3 ones could only be produced in very small numbers.

In total, he ended up with only two Tier 3 Five Thunder Orbs, which were equivalent to a casual strike from a Deity Transformation cultivator, twenty Tier 2 Five Thunder Orbs equivalent to a casual strike from a Nascent Soul cultivator, and seven ordinary Five Thunder Orbs.

The exact power of each type still needed testing.

However, Xiao Shou did not even want to store them casually.

He sealed them in jade boxes, isolated them properly, and placed them in the most hidden part of his storage belt.

As for testing, he had no intention of doing so.

Based on the information from his Absolute Fusion ability and the explosive power and speed when he fought Xiang Yu, he was already wondering whether he could even escape the blast radius after using them.

Although the weapons were terrifying, having such weapons under his control greatly increased his sense of security.

It would also make it easier to bluff and intimidate Nascent Soul cultivators.

After fusing the Five Thunder Orbs, Xiao Shou who had already attracted the attention of White Silver City, no longer found it convenient to go to the spirit sand beach.

With nothing else to do, he could only sit in meditation and cultivate.

He originally thought he would have to endure more than ten days of boredom while waiting for Fu Young to arrive.

He had expected Fu Young to come quickly, but he did not expect "quickly" to mean less than two days.

While Xiao Shou was meditating in his room, Chen Yufei came to report that a fourteen or fifteen-year-old youth claiming to be the eldest disciple of the Eternal Prosperity Sect, named Fu Young, had arrived outside the door with several people and requested to see him.

Xiao Shou was completely stunned.

Who was going to tell him how his disciple who had been said to still be at Snowy Cave Mountain two days ago, had managed to travel from tens of thousands of miles away to here in just two days?

He was waiting online for an answer and was very anxious about it.

Completely ignoring everything else in Chen Yufei’s report and focusing only on Fu Young’s travel speed, Xiao Shou stiffly walked into the main hall, only to be stunned once again.

"Disciple Fu Young greets Master."

"Disciple Gou Guangming greets Sect Master."

"Disciple Cao Xue greets Sect Master."

"Disciple Gou Yi greets Sect Master."

"Disciple Gou Er greets Sect Master."

"Disciple Gou San greets Sect Master."

"Uh..."

Xiao Shou was completely stunned.

He helplessly looked toward Fu Young.

What is going on, disciple?

When did our Eternal Prosperity Sect suddenly gain so many disciples who clearly looked anything but simple?

That Golden Core cultivator over there who called himself Cao Xue was still understandable.

Xiao Shou had already seen him in the ancient cultivation cave.

From Fu Young’s explanation, he was likely one of the people who had fallen from the sky together with those children and nearly crashed into Fu Young.

At least his complexion looked much better than before.

But what about these others, all of them with refined and delicate appearances and all surnamed Gou?

Where did they come from? And why were they all wearing identical elegant clothing? Were they planning to fully commit to impersonating Eternal Prosperity Sect disciples?

Xiao Shou already felt like a herd of mythical beasts was charging through his mind.

On the surface, however, under Fu Young’s gaze, he could only force himself to remain calm and said, "All of you, rise."

"Master."

Hearing this, Fu Young quickly stood up.

He shot a glare at Chen Yufei beside him, then walked over briskly and squeezed her aside. He then looked at Xiao Shou with an ingratiating expression.

He thought to himself that his master liked acting like a hidden expert, so he would let him be one for real.

There was no need to pretend.

With him bringing these people here to support him, he must be very happy.

If he was happy, he would not take any more disciples.

Having him alone was enough.

Xiao Shou nodded.

Looking at Fu Young’s flattering expression, he blankly thought that his disciple was acting strangely again.

What did he mean by bringing a group of people here to please him?

Golden Core, late Nascent Soul, mid Nascent Soul, mid Nascent Soul, early Nascent Soul...

He almost got scared out of his wits.

He really wanted to block his facial nerves again and pretend to be expressionless.

Inside he was panicking, but on the outside he maintained a calm demeanor. "You have worked hard, Fu Young."

"Not hard at all. It is Master who has suffered by staying in such a small place," Fu Young said with a bright, sunny smile, taking his words as approval of his intentions.