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"The best magical treasures..." Hao Ren hesitated for a few seconds before asking them, "Are they in the Dragon God Temple"
Hao Ren thought that Zhen Fei mentioning magical treasures was definitely not accidental. However, he also felt that Su Han忌諱這個話題，所以冇有問她。
Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 smiled at each other and said, "Once Master Hao reaches the completion of crystal formation, he can go to retrieve his magical treasures!"
Looking at their mysterious manner, Hao Ren had already guessed eight or nine out of ten.
Zhen Fei was Zhen C聰明的母親, but that didn't mean she completely stood on Hao Ren's or the East Sea's side. She should also be interested in the magical treasures in the Dragon God Temple.
And her presenting the Purple Gold Hairpin was merely an expression of sincerity. Her appearance outside the Wanyao Ocean probably took advantage of Qiu Niu's isolation in the Nine Dragons Palace, where there were no figures who could壓製她在天下之中。
A beam of light rose from Xie Y雨嘉's cave residence.
The process of refining a soul-bound magical treasure had begun. Usually, when she was making pills, Xie Yu佳 used Little White's demonic fire and adjusted it with the Yin and Yang dual talismans. However, this time to refine her soul-bound magical treasure, she used Su Han的 true flame, while Xie Yu嘉 only played a role in regulating materials and heat.
"To condense a soul-bound magical treasure usually takes forty-nine days of seven sevens, but since Su Sister has the Great Mistress's assistance, half a day should be sufficient. The Great Mistress’s life-and-death talismans are also miraculous techniques. When forging magical treasures, the more it is done in one breath, the better the effect."
The Lu sisters turned to look at Xie Yu雨嘉's cave residence and said.
"Mm-hmm..." Hao Ren nodded.
While Xie Yu雨嘉’s cultivation talent was not very good, she had a strong sense of timing in terms of heat control and proportion. In the first year when half the class failed the Materials Analysis course, only Xie Yu佳 managed to score full marks.
If she could persist on the path of alchemy, entering Dao through pills, it was not impossible for her to reach very high realms.
"How has Master Hao's recent cultivation been" The Lu sisters asked while looking at the beams of light in Xie Yu雨嘉’s cave residence and grabbing Hao Ren's arms.
"With the guidance from Uncle Zi, reaching the Exchange Rank should not be a problem," Hao Ren said.
The slippery feeling on their palms entered Hao Ren’s body as they probed him. Hao Ren slowed his breathing and let them examine him.
"Haha, Master Hao's body is already a pure Five Elements Body! Those two Wuyue Bracelets also disperse the five elements, being suitable treasures for Master Hao to cultivate!" The Lu sisters said after sensing it.
Hao Ren exhaled deeply. His patchwork and impure constitution had finally reached the Five Elements Body that the Lu sisters were looking forward to through persistent cultivation.
The five kinds of elements—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—were perfectly integrated; now when Hao Ren inhaled any amount of spiritual energy, these elements would be evenly divided into five parts and enter his dragon pearl and bloodline.
And Su Han特意給他的兩個五嶽鐲，也有不小的功勞。
The so-called "divine body" was complete with the Five Elements; Hao Ren had already reached this most basic step. According to the Lu sisters' standard, Hao Ren was only just in place after establishing his foundation.
"Since Master Hao has initially formed a divine body, he can now truly practice Lei Xi’s methods," they happily told him.
"So it's like this..." Hao Ren asked them, "In the valley"
They shook their heads repeatedly, "With so many Snow Lion Cubs in the valley, that wouldn't be possible!
Seeing their nervous yet cute expressions, Hao Ren smiled and took out the Purple-Gold Hairpin from his芥子空間, transforming it into a treasure boat with a轟然sound. He then picked up Lu L琳琳ng and Lu L莉莉li, flying them outside of the valley.
The treasure boat flew out with a brilliance that cultivators couldn't see clearly, arriving at the ruins of the崆峒派 in an instant.
There were still Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stage cultivators rummaging through the rubble, attempting to find any remaining treasures of the崆峒派.
When they saw a purple-golden treasure boat suddenly descend, each one was startled and quickly fled on their own flying tools.
Their sense of unease towards this treasure boat couldn't be described. Without even seeing who was onboard, they knew it wasn't something they could provoke—slower reaction time would mean certain death!
Sensing the grand aura rolling off the Purple-Gold Hairpin, Hao Ren landed on the ground and stuck the shrunken hairpin into the soil beside him.
Boom!
The originally yellowish-brown earth instantly turned a striking purple!
In an instant, this purple hue spread outwards, turning all land within a hundred-mile radius a deep shade of purple!
This eerie purple was a warning to any who dared trespass—death would be the consequence.
Hao Ren didn't expect that Purple-Gold Hairpin to have such use and was secretly amazed by it.
Actually, this purple had a lesser effect on human cultivators but if used in the萬妖海, Hao Ren would see an astonishing sight—every demon beast from Rank 0 to 10, upon seeing this purple hue, would hastily retreat, avoiding the area. Even if this purple covered a territory of a 10th Rank Demon Beast, it would immediately abandon its home and escape.
The significance of this purple was that the land was now taken for無償征用!
Standing beside Hao Ren, Lu L琳琳ng and Lu L莉莉li were also surprised at how powerful this small hairpin was. They had only heard about the萬世妖王 before; seeing the strength behind this accessory made them realize just how terrifying the power of a萬世妖王 must be!
Hao Ren chose to come here because the location chosen by崆峒派 wasn't bad, situated at the end of a small spirit mine with decent靈氣.
Since his婆婆and Su Han had criticized him for rushing into things before reaching Soul Formation stage, he hadn't been cultivating through lightning cultivation methods in a long time. Now that Lu sisters said his Five Elements Body was already formed and Su Han urged him to hurry up, Hao Ren wanted to try lightning cultivation again.
He found a clean platform, sat cross-legged, and started the分光劍影決.
The 320 sword lights moved at his will, transforming into fine silver needles that were scattered around in the clouds.
Sword lights formed an array, and the primordial chaos sword light was vaguely present.
Clouds gathered to form a tribulation vortex cloud. Such clouds were merely one-third to one-fourth the size of true tribulation clouds.
The lightning struck down within fifty miles in a嘩sound, turning all uncollapsed ruins of崆峒派 on the slopes into dust instantly.
Streams of thunder force entered Hao Ren's body. The power of lightning was the purest form of Five Elements energy; with the rich靈氣of five layers of sky, its effects were even better.
This single strike could equate to a few days' worth of natural energy absorption for Hao Ren.
The分光劍影決 required simultaneous cultivation in all five elements, making it extremely slow. But lightning cultivation was the fastest method since ancient times. By utilizing the stability of分光劍影決's cultivation technique and achieving balance among the Five Elements, his divine body was just beginning to form—a physique that could be considered a cultivation type in the primitive age.
It was said that cultivators back then could cleave mountains and split the earth with a flick of their hand or step. Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 had such elemental body types, so they advanced in cultivation at an extremely fast rate.
P啦啦...
Several hundred bolts of lightning rained down from the sky once more.
Capture the lightning!
Hao Ren raised his hands. The Five Great Mountains Bracelet on his wrists shimmered faintly, and a transparent lotus flower flickered above Hao Ren's head.
Dozens of bolts of lightning struck Hao Ren’s palms. After being divided by the bracelet, the energy smoothly entered Hao Ren’s dragon dan. It was like charging a battery; his body swiftly absorbed the energy, activating all his minor meridians.
Demons and beasts would transform into humans to continue their cultivation because human bodies were best suited for advanced techniques. The acupoints in the body each had its wonders – it was basically an intricate array formation!
The major points were like important array cores, while minor ones were akin to array nodes. And the various meridians running through the body acted as channels for spirit energy.
Storing spirit energy in one’s body was equivalent to maintaining the array with spirit stones; once the array started working, latent potential would be unleashed!
The Lu sisters had helped Hao Ren’s grandma clear out various blockages and get rid of her chronic ailments by smoothing out her meridians.
And Xie Yujia enhanced Grandma’s meridians with blood ginseng so that the natural array formation could run more smoothly, keeping her healthy.
Hao Ren practiced the five elements at once; he used the power of the Five Elements from nature to transform his body into a highly intricate divine treasure that was impervious to water and fire and even heavenly tribulations!
The Yin-Yang rings hovering above Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉’s heads protected them completely from the effects of the lightning.
Seeing Hao Ren's face turn from red to green, then from green to black, they knew that the Five Elements’ power within him was constantly transforming, achieving a harmonious blend.
No Dragon Clan cultivator had patience to cultivate the Sword Image Splitting Technique to the Exchange level; in reality, one’s body would achieve balance of the Five Elements required by this technique once reaching around the Exchange stage, thereby forming a nascent divine body.
With lightning cultivation techniques that could boost all five attributes simultaneously, the speed at which he cultivated after that could be described as supernatural!
However, for Dragon Clan cultivators to completely give up their own attribute and compensate with other four was difficult to do, given how much they valued lineage.
And for Human cultivators without a dragon dan’s assistance, it was even more challenging to cultivate the Sword Image Splitting Technique to the Core Formation stage!
Only those like Hao Ren who had Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉’s elemental body types as auxiliary, or Zhao Kuo who shattered his core and began cultivation anew at the Heaven level, could actually practice this technique.
"Ha!"
Hao Ren suddenly expelled a breath of impurities. His lips parted, and sword light scattered across the clouds before suddenly converging.
Three hundred and twenty streaks of sword light wrapped around a fist-sized blinding lightning mass slowly descending.
Ingest Lightning!
The power contained in this enormous amount of energy entered Hao Ren’s mouth in the tight embrace of the sword light before gradually entering his body.
Interwoven streaks of sword light resembled a dense net with dozens of layers, settling the lightning power near Hao Ren's dantian. This allowed it to release bit by bit for Hao Ren to "ruminate" on and digest slowly.
Lulín and Lúllí looked at Hao Ren with some surprise. The way he had just consumed the lightning was similar to how demons directly ingested the essence of heaven and earth.
The dark clouds dispersed, and the nearby qi was fresh and clear. All impurities were eliminated by the thunderbolts. The concentration of qi in this area was even higher than before—this was all due to Hao Ren not digesting the lightning he had absorbed, which had scattered into five elemental forms around him.
"Phew…" Hao Ren exhaled a breath filled with the scent of electricity and touched his bones as he got up.
Electricity balls sank below his dantian. Hao Ren could still vaguely hear the crackling sound of sword light.
Storing lightning power in one's body allowed for gradual cultivation and usage, but its downside was that it prevented him from projecting sword light to defend himself.
"Let’s go!" Hao Ren put away the Purple-Gold Hairpin.
The purple hue covering a hundred square miles rapidly dissipated until only normal yellow earth remained around his feet.
Hao Ren gently threw out the Purple-Gold Hairpin, which transformed into a 16-zhang-long golden treasure ship. He then carried Lulín and Lúllí towards Mystic Peak.
The cultivators hiding nearby couldn't resist coming forward when they saw that the thunder had stopped.
Such a heavenly phenomenon either signalled someone undergoing a tribulation or the appearance of an extraordinary treasure. It was said that Kungtong Sect still hid treasures unknown even to their leader, and it seemed this rumor might be true.
Over the next few months, this mountain range would undoubtedly be excavated thoroughly by cultivators from all over, possibly leading some sects to fight over this nonexistent treasure. However, these cultivators were destined to be disappointed.
Hao Ren didn't know that his lightning cultivation had caused a stir in the Fifth Layer of Heaven. The golden ship streaked through the sky and returned to Mystic Peak.
The light still shone brightly within Xie Yujia's cave dwelling.
In the valley, more than ten little snow lion cubs stood together with big black eyes staring curiously at Xie Yujia’s cave.
Xie Yujia was fast when it came to refining pills but significantly slower in improving Su Han's treasure weapon. If the medicine was damaged during refinement, she could always start over by using new materials. However, a primary spirit weapon differed from medicinal herbs—it was an extension of one’s soul and closely connected with them. In battle, even slight damage caused sharp pain to its owner, which meant that enhancing it would cause excruciating suffering.
Only someone as tenacious as Su Han could endure such torment without passing out. Another more stable method for improvement was a seventy-seven-day process of gradually adding materials, which reduced the intensity of pain but also limited the enhancement’s effectiveness and was extremely time-consuming—unacceptable for someone like Su Han who needed to fight the Nine Dragon Palace next month.
"How much longer" Hao Ren asked Lulín and Lúllí from a hundred meters away with some concern.
“It's hard to say. Every addition of material is a trial. Su Sister needs to add five materials—uncertain if she can withstand it,” said Lúllí.
Once a spirit weapon became one’s primary spirit weapon, it would become an extension of the cultivator themselves, akin to their second life. Therefore, most cultivators only chose one and kept it for life without refining or forging again.
Zhao Kuo feared being limited by his primary spirit weapon, so he didn't choose a primary spirit weapon but used a three-pointed knife as his weapon instead.
Lulín and Lúllí hoped that Hao Ren would select the best treasure to become his primary spirit weapon for this reason. If an ordinary treasure was chosen, even if its power temporarily increased after becoming a primary spirit weapon, it wouldn't make much of a difference.
In their hearts, they believed that Lord Young Master should choose the finest treasures in heaven and earth as his primary spirit weapons!
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