Qin Chuan continued diving.

After arriving at an unknown depth, Qin Chuan discovered that the seawater around him had become viscous, like glue.

He raised his arm and could feel a soft texture.

Upon entering this azure region, Qin Chuan already guessed what it was.

He thought about the monster from before.

It had absorbed blue energy. His surroundings here were azure.

This meant that he was getting very close to those monsters.

Hence, Qin Chuan became even more cautious. Nevertheless, he controlled his body and continued diving.

He stopped a few minutes later because he had arrived at the bottom of the sea.

Looking around, he was shocked.

Not far away, there was a monster that resembled a lion's head. Its entire body emitted a radiant blue light, and it lay peacefully on the ground and slept soundly.

The monster's body was large, like a mountain. It was 200 meters in size.

Qin Chuan immediately activated his Aura Examination Technique.

He was surprised once more when he saw its aura.

In terms of aura, it was on par with himself.

This meant that this monster's strength was similar to a cultivator in the Golden Core Realm.

Qin Chuan instantly felt that things were getting troublesome.

He continued to wander elsewhere.

Soon, he saw a monster that resembled an octopus. Its size was similar to the lion-headed monster.

Its aura was the same.

He continued to stroll around and found another one.

However, this monster was slightly smaller in size. Still, it was also over a hundred meters long. Its aura was not very astonishing. He was sure he would be able to kill this one.

"It seems that it was wise of me not to come down directly back then."

Just the octopus-shaped monster and the lion-headed monster made Qin Chuan feel pressured, not to mention that there were thousands of monsters here.

Presently, Qin Chuan had gained a new understanding of these monsters.

He was certain that given the current technology of humans, they would be able to defend themselves if these monsters came out in full force.

But, by then, it would be the end of the world.

Qin Chuan instantly felt a sense of crisis and immediately made a decision. He had to speed up his cultivation.

He set a small goal.

He would strive to get those inside the sect to the Golden Core realm within a year.

They would only be able to protect themselves when they reached the Golden Core realm.

Qin Chuan had to face the problem head strong.

Hopefully, these monsters would not awaken immediately.

Because of this, Qin Chuan continued to wander around the seabed to check if there were any signs of awakening.

…

Several days later, a figure emerged from Devil Sea.

After several days of observation, the monsters in Devil Sea were still dormant. He didn't think they would awaken any time soon.

Qin Chuan heaved a sigh of relief; he would have some time to prepare.

After leaving Devil Sea, he swiftly returned to the sect and gathered everyone to tell them about his discoveries regarding the monsters.

He needed to show everyone the crisis.

Although they were usually very diligent and serious, it was far from enough.

He had initially planned to give everyone a break to reunite with their families and maintain their familial bonds.

But now, there were more dire circumstances. He could only think about that in the future.

But then again, if he wanted them to reach the Golden Core realm within a year, conventional cultivation was not enough. He needed the help of external forces.

There were many ways to quickly improve in a short period of time.

The most direct way was to imbue knowledge.

Simply put, high-level cultivators would share their experience with low-level cultivators.

This method was only suitable for the minority.

But now, there were many cultivators. So if he used this method, his body would be drained dry.

So it wouldn't work.

The other method was to use the blood of monsters to increase everyone's cultivation realm.

When the blood of a monster was distributed evenly, each person would get half a bucket of it. Thus, the effect of the upgrade was considered decent.

However, as their levels increased, the effect of the monster's blood would decrease.

If he were to use this method, he would have to kill many, many monsters.

He might as well fight all the monsters alone.

This was not very realistic either.

After thinking for a long time, Qin Chuan felt it was best to use pills to increase their strength.

But there were also some problems.

Although the Merchant Shop had various resources, he didn't have enough points, to begin with.

Not long ago, he had used most of his points to upgrade his sect. As a result, Qin Chuan had a pitiful number of points.

Obviously, he couldn't buy enough pills.

Besides, there were so many cultivators now. So even if a person was given just one pill, he would need hundreds of pills.

Furthermore, one pill was not enough. Even a bottle was merely a fraction of their need.

Therefore, he could not rely on the Merchant Shop for these pills. Instead, he had to refine them with his bare hands.

Qin Chuan fell into deep thought. Currently, everyone was in the Qi Refinement Stage.

At this stage, there weren't many pills suitable for improving one's cultivation base. Qi Gathering Pills were commonly used because the pill wasn't too difficult to refine, and the ingredients weren't too rare. It wouldn't take that much time to collect them.

But this was for the cultivation world.

Right now, the world he was in didn't have any cultivators. So Qin Chuan wasn't sure if there were any ingredients required to refine the Qi Gathering Pill in this world.

At this thought, Qin Chuan truly felt that it was extremely difficult to become an immortal.

But right now, this was the only way that seemed more feasible.

…

After calming himself down, Qin Chuan used the remaining points he had to buy the Qi Gathering Pill's formula and the refinement method.

Of course, Qi Gathering Pills were also divided into many types. Different pill formulas, different refining methods, and different medicinal effects.

Although Qin Chuan did not have many points on him, he was willing to pay an arm and a leg.

The pill formula and refinement technique that he had bought was in the middle level. The pills produced had better effects than the ordinary ones.

Qin Chuan looked at the formula.

Qi Crossing Grass, Frost Cloud Root, Molten Bush Fruit…

It was the first time that Qin Chuan had heard of the names of these ingredients. However, after looking at the pictures, he realized that he had seen a few of them before.

"Isn't this foxtail grass?

"Is this honeysuckle?

"Is this Japanese hop?

"…"

Qin Chuan did a count. Almost half of the ingredients were available here, and they were very common.

Because of this, Qin Chuan left the sect and went for a walk around the mountain. When he returned, he had some plants and roots with him.

He asked the system to confirm if they were the ingredients on the recipe.

The system replied that they were the correct ingredients.

At this moment, Qin Chuan's face lit up.

He thought that since the ingredients were the same and only the names were different, would this world also have the remaining items?

Hence, Qin Chuan uploaded photos of the remaining materials onto the internet for a search.

They were.

However, the rest of the ingredients were quite precious. Some of them were even rare species and were protected.

Still, other than the rare ones, the rest could be bought with money.

To Qin Chuan, anything that could be bought with money was not a problem.

He checked online, and there was one kind that was quite difficult to purchase.

It was called the Moonlight Fruit.

According to research, consuming this fruit frequently could extend one's lifespan.

As soon as the research was published, the response was tremendous.

Everyone wanted to live longer.

Since ancient times, many emperors had spared no effort to search for medicines to prolong their lifespans in order to live for a few more years.

Qin Shi Huang, for example, had spent his entire life searching for the so-called immortality pill.

Thus, the Moonlight Fruit's supply could not meet the demand. It was in a state where it was priceless.

Once it went on sale, it would be instantly sold out.

After all, no matter which world it was, there would never be a lack of rich people.

This fruit was an essential ingredient for the Qi Gathering Pill.

Qin Chuan thought about it for a moment. He couldn't purchase the Moonlight Fruit through normal channels. Hence, he decided to investigate the place of origin of the Moonlight Tree.

He thought about picking them himself. That would save him a lot of trouble.

"Moonlight Fruit, also known as the Longevity Fruit, produced in Xia Country and is mainly distributed in the Hundred Thousand Mountains…"