Chapter 393: Chapter 390: Twenty-four Treasures, The Sleeping Woman (Please Subscribe)
Reviewing the elixirs, the Nascent Soul Pill appears green, exuding a strong fragrance, and its quality is only lower grade.
The first time refining fifth-grade elixir, the pill formation rate is somewhat low.
Next, the spirit medicine is placed into the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron for continued alchemy.
Nascent Soul Pill and Creation Pill are also successfully refined one after another, graded as fifth grade, with quality only lower grade.
The elixirs are then placed into the Heaven Mending Cauldron to enhance quality and remove elixir poison.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
With the burning of Pure Yang True Flame, white flames meticulously incinerate, penetrating into the elixir, gradually purifying impurities, and thread by thread of elixir poison is refined away, disappearing.
The grade of the elixir is slowly improving, transforming towards middle grade.
Time passes, approximately a month later, the alchemy concludes.
Three Nascent Soul Pills, five Nascent Condensation Pills, and five Creation Pills are all stored in the Medicine Nourishing Gourd for use at critical moments for breakthroughs.
With the elixir successfully refined, the mission to Chu Capital is complete.
Feeling much more relaxed.
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Buzz buzz buzz!
Lu Xuanji stirs the aura, brewing it to potentially trigger the celestial tribulation at any moment.
The celestial tribulation seems about to descend.
Closing his eyes, Lu Xuanji activates the secret technique, instantly visualizing the river of destiny, with shadows standing on the timeline of the past, eternally existent, seemingly standing in the space-time of the past, eternal and immortal;
The shadow of the future stands on the future timeline, constantly changing, unpredictably flickering.
"Is it suitable for me to undergo tribulation now?"
Lu Xuanji asks.
The shadow of the future shakes its head, seemingly indicating it is unsuitable.
Lu Xuanji continues to ask, "What should I do?"
The shadow of the future seems to want to say something, but the power of space-time severs the present from the future, preventing the transmission of future information.
"Still lacking something!" Lu Xuanji slightly frowns, "Then I’ll prepare more!"
After pondering for a moment, a flash of determination appears in his eyes.
All tribulations stem from insufficient personal strength.
As long as one has enough strength, any tribulation can be overcome.
Additional preparation is needed to refine tribulation crossing treasures, to traverse the hidden tribulations.
With this thought, Lu Xuanji opens the storage bag, extracting numerous materials like Nine Profound Divine Iron, Taichu Ore, Profound Iron Divine Crystal, Nine Heavens White Jade, Biluo Divine Stone, Black Tortoise Divine Iron, Creation Divine Crystal, Celestial Destiny Purple Jade, Celestial Spirit Stone, Black Rock, Creation Divine Iron, etc., piling them in the corner of the cave mansion.
Taking a deep breath, he retrieves the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, and Pure Yang True Flame heats the great cauldron.
The materials enter inside, purified under the burning of Pure Yang True Flame.
Transforming into pure liquid, then beginning to shape form, inscribing numerous talismans on the surface, which converge into tight array patterns.
A myriad of array patterns continuously change, transforming into restrictions.
Gradually, a gourd appears.
The purple-golden gourd, yet it contains a boundless universe within, engraved with the words "Qiankun" on the front.
Next, more materials enter inside, continuously refining, materials continuously merging, evolving, talismans being fused within, evolving into perfect talismans, forging another spirit treasure, presenting as a diagram, precisely the Chaos Map.
Subsequently, numerous magical treasures are forged one after another.
Including Qiankun Gourd, Chaos Map, Godslaying Hammer, Heaven-Supporting Pillar, Shadowless Sword, Immortal Shield, Heaven-Fixing Mirror, Grotto World Eye, Heaven-Reaching Bridge, Heaven-Clashing Axe, Heaven-Sealing Talisman, Profound Celestial Ladder, Tunneling One Map, Time Bell, Door of Wonders, Grotto Heaven Divine Spear, Celestial Secret Ball, Heaven-Evasion Coffin, Awakening Bell, Chaos Thunder Talisman, Book of the Earth.
If adding the Heaven Mending Cauldron, Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, Void Celestial Armor, etc., a total of twenty-four magical treasures.
These magical treasures have diverse functions; some focus on speed, some on attack, some on assistance, some on deduction, some on control, some on healing, some on burst, covering various aspects, combining to form an all-round magical treasure.
Clatter clatter!
Twenty-four magical treasures flash and operate overhead, endlessly cycle of birth and death, emitting terrifying auras.
Buzz buzz buzz!
Then, numerous magical treasures enter the Qiankun Gourd, the Qiankun Gourd slightly operates, transforming into treasure aura, nurturing the magical treasures within the gourd.
The concept of nurturing treasures with treasures finally succeeds.
Using the Qiankun Gourd, Lu Xuanji can nourish numerous magical treasures with little consumption of qi and blood, little magical power, not only increasing the quantity of magical treasures but also enhancing their grade and combat power.
Many cultivators walk the path of breaking myriad spells with a single artifact, only wielding a lifebound flying sword, or two or three lifebound treasures, not forging too many.
Having many lifebound treasures disperses a cultivator’s focus, slowing cultivation improvement, as in the eyes of many cultivators, treasures are external.
But Lu Xuanji holds a different view.
In past lives, humans could hunt tigers, lions, elephants, etc., relying on weapons, good weapons significantly enhance combat power.
The difference is substantial between having and not having a weapon.
Especially when cultivation is lacking, and realm is inadequate, it is more necessary to rely on weapons to supplement insufficient combat power.
This time, the Nascent Soul Tribulation bears great danger.
Relying solely on two or three lifebound treasures feels too unsafe; increasing the lifebound treasures to twenty-four provides a better sense of security.
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Seemingly recalling something, Lu Xuanji’s figure flashes, arriving at the center of the Grotto World Pearl.
Swish swish!
The Tree of Time sways, emitting a sense of awakening, with the surrounding spiritual qi exceptionally dense, continually settling spiritual qi, merging into the soil, enhancing the fertility;
Using the Tree of Time as a center, spiritual medicine is planted around, old medicine harvested, new medicine planted, cycling with new replacing old, orderly and systematic.
Lu Yaoling sits under the Tree of Time, operating the Celestial Wood Technique, continuously refining wood spirit qi within the body, transforming into magical power flowing throughout the body, making the body increasingly harmonious, rational, and smoothly functioning.
In terms of aura intensity, already comparable to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
"Father!"
Lu Yaoling opens eyes, stands up, respectfully says, "Father, I have stored some of the old medicines, and some new medicines have been planted! They are all placed inside the house!"
"This bronze coffin, have you discovered anything?"
Lu Xuanji asks, looking at the bronze coffin under the Tree of Time.
"Father, in the Cultivation Immortality Realm, coffins are divided into death coffins and life coffins. A death coffin is the coffin where a cultivator is buried after their death. Many cultivators believe in reincarnation, as long as the physical body exists and remains immortal, even if the soul is scattered, they hope to be resurrected in future ages!"
"There is another type of coffin, known as the life coffin. It is for top-tier cultivators who have been severely injured and need to heal in slumber. The coffin before us is a life coffin, where a strong cultivator is sleeping. This strong cultivator may have already perished, or perhaps is currently in the process of healing!"
"I do not advise you to forcibly open this coffin, because if you force it open, it will destroy the internal structure of the coffin, leading to the death of the healing cultivator, leaving no possibility for resurrection!"
Lu Yaoling said.
"If I were to force it open, what level of cultivation would be required?"
Lu Xuanji asked.
"At least Divinity Transformation, or even stronger!" Lu Yaoling replied, "A life coffin is divided into three layers. The outermost coffin is mainly sturdy to prevent damage by cultivators; the second layer of the coffin might have some killing arrays, some bizarre curses, and some lethal secret techniques; the third layer is where the cultivator slumbers!"
"Is that so?"
Lu Xuanji nodded and urged the Celestial Destiny Ball to calculate.
The result was that opening the coffin was ominous, while leaving it unopened was auspicious.
"Is this a normal calculation result, or does the coffin itself interfere with my calculations!"
Lu Xuanji frowned.
Many calculations are inaccurate due to interference.
Especially when weaker individuals attempt to calculate the fate of stronger ones, this interference intensifies, possibly yielding completely erroneous results.
"Grotto World Eye!"
At that moment, Lu Xuanji seemed to think of something and directly activated the Grotto World Eye.
This newly refined magical treasure began to flash with light, its power gradually activating, and gazed into the interior of the bronze coffin.
Buzz, buzz!
The light of the Grotto World Pearl flickered, and a bright light illuminated the bronze coffin, quickly penetrating the first layer.
The first layer of the coffin, as Lu Yaoling mentioned, primarily served as protection and was quite sturdy.
Then, the second layer was discerned.
The second layer of the coffin was actually a grotto world, approximately ten thousand miles in size, with rich spiritual Qi and abundant spirit grass, resembling a real world.
Within this grotto world, many killing arrays evolved, seemingly able to transform into a deadly great technique at any moment.
Then, within the third layer of the coffin, a splendid palace contained an exquisite and beautiful woman in a purple dress and splendid attire, dignified and gracious, eyes tightly closed, slumbering on a brocade bed of pearls and jade.
"How beautiful!"
Seeing the woman’s visage, Lu Xuanji was instantly stunned.
In the next moment, the Grotto World Eye shattered.
Spurt!
Lu Xuanji also spat a mouthful of fresh blood, sustaining a serious injury.
Sitting cross-legged, he exercised his cultivation technique, finally healing his wounds.
"That woman was so beautiful..."
Lu Xuanji opened his eyes, trying to recall the woman’s visage, but realized he had forgotten it.
It seemed that an invisible supreme cause-and-effect twisted everything, changed everything, making him forget everything.
"What exactly does she look like?"
Lu Xuanji pondered, opening his phone.
On his phone appeared the image of the woman inside the bronze coffin, with her world-turning appearance.
The mysterious cause-and-effect made everything forgotten.
Yet faced with the phone’s ’document storage,’ these causes and effects felt powerless, unable to erase the related information.
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As he walked out of the Grotto World Pearl, Long Xuan, guarding the entrance of the cave mansion, approached and said, "Master, is the task completed?"
"It’s done!"
Lu Xuanji replied, "Unknowingly, twenty years have passed again."
While forging a magical treasure, one was unaware of the rapid passage of time, but upon leaving the grotto world, he realized that twenty years had already slipped by.
"You have also progressed quickly, reaching the Golden Core Seventh Transformation!"
Lu Xuanji said, "If you can reach the peak of the Golden Core Eighth Transformation, I will bestow upon you an opportunity, a slight chance to reach the Golden Core Ninth Transformation!"
"The Golden Core Ninth Transformation is too distant! For me, just becoming a Nascent Soul True Monarch would be a realization of life’s aspirations. As for Divinity Transformation, I haven’t even considered it." Long Xuan said, her words lacking ambition.
This is also the thought of most people.
Lu Xuanji said, "A new era is about to descend! Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is reviving, the Mountain and River Law is becoming active, the difficulty of cultivation is decreasing, achieving Nascent Soul Divinity Transformation is becoming easier. Yet correspondingly, internal competition is intensifying. If you can’t reach the Golden Core Ninth Transformation, you will be eliminated in the future!"
"Master, I will strive!"
Long Xuan nodded.
"The elixir is already refined, I will leave a Nascent Soul Pill for you!"
Lu Xuanji spoke.
"Thank you, master!"
Long Xuan said excitedly, with a hint of exhilaration and joy in her eyes.
This promise from her master was very important to her.
Given her aptitude, the probability of achieving the Nascent Soul was fifty percent, but with a Nascent Soul Pill, the probability could increase to eighty percent.
For cultivators, maximizing their probability of success is crucial, enhancing it by every possible margin.
"With things settled in the Chu Capital, we should leave as well!"
Lu Xuanji said.
"Alright!"
With that, the two of them proceeded to the front desk to settle the account and then departed from the Chu Capital.
Sword flight, after traveling a few thousand miles, Lu Xuanji suddenly felt a hint of unease, instinctively drawing Long Xuan into the Grotto World Pearl.
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