Chapter 257: Chapter 5: Hope of Mastering Magical Treasures

Zhou Xun stepped forward, arriving beside the spiritual spring.

The concentration of spiritual qi here was surprisingly no less than the spirit vein at the bottom of Wangchuan Lake.

It surpassed the Tier Three High-Grade level!

Strangely, this spiritual qi seemed to be prepared for the treasure on the stone platform in the middle of the spiritual spring.

With mana filling his eyes, he focused his gaze.

It was actually a completely emerald-green lotus seed the size of a thumb, surrounded by an aura of profound spirit mechanism.

It gave off a vast, ancient, and desolate feeling.

“What grade of spiritual object is this, to be placed in the center of the spiritual spring, nurtured by it!”

Zhou Xun was greatly astonished.

It’s known that even the Celestial Pure Water and Substitution Tribulation Puppet, the most top-tier treasures of the Cultivation Realm, can only be placed at the outer area of a spiritual spring.

Yet this lotus seed seemed to have the entire spiritual spring crafted for it.

“Could it be a Tier Four, or even higher-grade spiritual object!”

Zhou Xun speculated in his heart.

Even with his knowledge, he couldn’t recognize the origin of this lotus seed.

However, he was certain that the value of this lotus seed was beyond his imagination.

“I now possess the ’One Qi Transforms Three Pristine Ones’ secret technique, allowing me to create an avatar,”

“With an avatar, the spirit medicine for enhancing the spiritual root can be nurtured through it,”

“In this way, my main body can normally perform sacrificial refining of the lifebound spirit plant, enhancing my strength!”

“And the provenance of this lotus seed is so significant, if I refine it as my lifebound spirit plant, my future achievements might reach even greater heights!”

Looking at the lotus seed, Zhou Xun pondered.

According to the Spirit Wood True Technique records, the rarer and more precious the refined lifebound spirit plant, the greater the benefit to the cultivator.

The power of various secret techniques relying on spirit plants would naturally become stronger.

“The emergence of this lotus seed now is truly timely!”

Zhou Xun couldn’t help but marvel at his good fortune.

Thinking of this, he controlled the monkey puppet to scoop toward the stone platform in the middle of the spiritual spring.

Without any obstruction, the lotus seed was successfully scooped up by the puppet.

Then holding it, it brought it to Zhou Xun, offering it forward.

Zhou Xun’s eyes lit up, eagerly accepting it, placing it on his palm to examine.

The lotus seed, like jade, was entirely jade-green, surrounded by an aura of profound spirit mechanism.

Just one glance made Zhou Xun’s mana surge within, a feeling of immediate breakthrough arose spontaneously.

“Truly miraculous!”

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun patted his storage bag, took out a delicate jade box, and then carefully placed the lotus seed inside.

He closed the lid, sealed it with a sealing spirit talisman, and only then did he place it back into his storage bag with peace of mind.

With this, all the treasures in the sealed space were in Zhou Xun’s possession.

Before leaving, Zhou Xun reluctantly glanced at the spiritual spring.

“It’s a pity that my cultivation is too weak, my divine techniques limited, otherwise I would have taken this spiritual spring with me!”

He shook his head regretfully, then turned and walked toward the exit.

At the edge of the sealed space stood a wooden door, exactly like the gate of the wooden building,

only one facing inward, the other outward.

Zhou Xun lifted his foot and stepped through.

The feeling of weightlessness and instability struck again, but it soon dissipated, with the feeling of solidity returned to his feet.

Looking up, he found himself outside the wooden building.

Unexpectedly, entering that sealed space was through this wooden door.

What kind of means is this?

Almost comparable to the momentary space of legendary powerful cultivators.

In ancient records, the most top-tier powerful cultivators had the ability to carve out a space and refine it into a personal secret mansion.

This secret mansion was like a real world, capable of growing spirit medicine, raising spirit beasts, or even being a secluded place for cultivation!

Some could even refine the entrance of this secret mansion into a small spirit ring and carry it with them.

Enter the secret mansion at any time.

However, this reminded Zhou Xun of the secret realm under the jurisdiction of the Cloud Light Sect!

Seemingly a similar existence.

Another space, just bigger in scope, with a fixed entrance.

With a beckoning hand, the token from the wooden building detached and flew into Zhou Xun’s hand.

In his eyes, although the treasures of this relic site had already fallen into his hands.

But the spiritual spring was also of great value, only unfortunately with his current means he couldn’t move it.

“No matter, I shall retrieve this spiritual spring when my cultivation advances in the future!”

With that, he turned to leave.

…

Seven days later, Zhou Xun returned to the Wangchuan Lake Daoist Field.

“Husband, you’re back. Seeing your cheerful demeanor, it seems the harvest was significant!”

Seeing Zhou Xun return, Song Yiqing said with a slight smile.

“Indeed, I had quite a harvest this trip!” Zhou Xun nodded.

“I need to seclude myself for a while next, I’ll leave things here to you!”

This relic exploration yielded many treasures, and Zhou Xun couldn’t wait to turn them into strength.

“Rest assured!”

Song Yiqing confidently replied.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun gave a slight nod; he was quite at ease with Song Yiqing.

Not delaying any further, he proceeded directly to the cultivation room.

Closed the door and activated the restriction.

Then sat cross-legged on the cushion.

Took out a Tier Two High-Grade calming incense, and lit it.

Inhailing the sandalwood lingering at the tip of his nose, Zhou Xun quickly entered a tranquil state.

“Now I can begin!”

Slowly opening his eyes, he patted his Storage Bag and retrieved the Jade Pot of Celestial Pure Water.

“Celestial Pure Water can solidify the foundation and enhance mana strength!”

“I wonder, to what extent I can improve this time!”

Looking at the Jade Pot before him, Zhou Xun murmured to himself.

The reason for using it now is to rapidly enhance his power.

Now that White Cloud Immortal City has fallen and Master White Cloud is gone, he has lost his protector.

And Master Nanyue is currently in Zhao Country, distant waters cannot quench a nearby fire.

Although there is a Tier Three Low-Grade Array for protection, the best way is to enhance one’s own strength.

The reason a cultivator’s power grows stronger as their cultivation level rises lies chiefly in the strength of their mana.

The higher the mana strength, the more advanced the spells they can cast; even the same spell becomes more powerful when executed.

An Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator who can completely overwhelm a Peak Qi Refiner owes this advantage to having mana strength several times greater.

Now, with Celestial Pure Water at hand, Zhou Xun can boost his mana strength quickly.

This is currently the fastest way for him to enhance his strength.

If he could raise his mana to the level of a Fake Pill Cultivator, with the treasures he holds.

Zhou Xun is confident that even if the three True Pill Cultivators from Cloud Light Sect attack simultaneously, he would have the assurance to escape directly.

By then, he would truly have a foothold in Xui Country.

Instead of hiding in Wangchuan Lake relying on the remnant prestige of Master Nanyue.

Zhou Xun opened the Jade Pot and slowly poured out a drop, swallowing it.

Celestial Pure Water dissipates easily and is extremely difficult to refine; pouring too much at once might lead to it dissipating before refining.

This would be too wasteful.

Therefore, refining it drop by drop is the best method.

The Celestial Pure Water entered his stomach and transformed into a strange force, merging into his meridians.

Zhou Xun then operated the Spirit Wood True Technique to begin refining.

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, this force entered the dantian, merging with the liquid mana drops there, continuously tempering their strength.

Zhou Xun distinctly felt a honing sensation emanating from the dantian.

Soon, a day’s time passed, and that drop of Celestial Pure Water was consumed completely.

Zhou Xun’s consciousness sank into his dantian, carefully sensing the mana within his body, indeed the strength had significantly improved.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun’s eyes brightened immensely!

“This Celestial Pure Water is truly as recorded in the scriptures, at this rate if I refine the entire pot, my mana strength would likely approach that of a Fake Pill Cultivator!”

Immediately, he poured another drop, swallowing it.

Quickly twenty days passed.

Zhou Xun’s mana strength reached the standard of the Eighth-Layer Foundation Establishment.

After fifty days, it reached the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment standard!

Time flew by, and half a year passed.

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the ground and swallowed the last drop of Celestial Pure Water, refining it completely.

After several hours, Zhou Xun opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance quickly passing through them.

“After spending half a year, the pot of Celestial Pure Water is finally refined completely!”

“But what level has my mana strength reached now?”

This six months, Zhou Xun spent in refining the Celestial Pure Water.

As his mana strength increased, the refining speed also accelerated; initially, it took a whole day to refine one drop.

Finally, just a few hours were sufficient.

However, consequently, the degree of the refining effect on mana strength continued to diminish.

By the last drop, the tempering effect was less than one-tenth of the initial phase.

Yet with his Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, even the slightest enhancement brought significant benefits.

At present, the higher his mana strength, the greater the probability of condensing a Golden Core during future Core Formation.

Zhou Xun stood up and placed the Jade Pot into his Storage Bag.

The Jade Pot itself is a rare treasure, capable of storing this kind of Spiritual Object like Celestial Pure Water.

Then, he cast the Dust-Removal Technique towards himself, appearing refreshed instantly.

After closing the restriction, he opened the door and strode out.

“My dear, you’ve emerged from seclusion!”

Song Yiqing in a blue Palace Skirt, her hem revealing a pair of white ankles like lotus roots,

Upon seeing Zhou Xun, she was extremely delighted.

“Haha, I’ve emerged from seclusion, let’s head to the back mountains together!”

After half a year of seclusion, Zhou Xun felt somewhat moved upon seeing Song Yiqing.

However, at this moment, his mind was entirely focused on testing the results of his closed cultivation.

Leading Song Yiqing to the back mountains, Zhou Xun halted

With one hand, he formed a seal, muttering incantations.

“Rise!”

A wooden blade, several zhang in size, condensed in mid-air.

Carefully sensing the suppression above it, he instantly pointed it towards the distant stone wall.

The wooden blade turned into a cyan lightning bolt, heavily striking the stone wall, directly slicing off a peak.

Song Yiqing, upon witnessing this, gaped in astonishment.

While Zhou Xun displayed a broad smile.

“The power of this spell surpasses the Foundation Establishment level!”

“It seems my mana strength has reached ninety percent of a typical Fake Pill Cultivator!”

Comparing the might of this spell, Zhou Xun roughly estimated his mana level.

Despite not being able to match in mana quantity, Zhou Xun has effectively become half a Fake Pill Cultivator.

“If that’s the case, I could wield those Magical Treasures!”

Zhou Xun, deeply satisfied, laughed heartily looking at Song Yiqing beside him.

A big hand grabbed.

At the same time, the Cyan Light Shuttle flew out, landing at Zhou Xun’s feet.

Then transformed into a cyan light, shooting into the clouds.

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