Chapter 306: Refining the Natal Magical Treasure (44k, seeking subscriptions)

The final exotic material needed for the natal magical treasure was finally obtained at this moment.

Azure Sky Leaf.

Looking at this exotic material, which had been officially redeemed from the treasure vault by combining three Grade C-Lower merits into one Grade B-Lower merit, Du En's first glance saw only a vast, clear azure sky.

When he looked a second time, that visual image was completely gone.

It was just an ordinary oval leaf with small serrations along the edges and a slightly pointed tip; it did not need to be kept in any special container, and it drifted down appearing quite ordinary.

It landed lightly in Du En's outstretched hand, looking completely unremarkable, as if the first glance had been nothing more than an illusion, yet it was enough to make one linger and forget to return.

His gaze flickered slightly; he put away the exotic material and turned to leave without hesitation.

Since the exotic materials had all been gathered, there was no doubt that the next step was to forge his own natal magical treasure.

In the shadows, gazes were vaguely cast his way; it was unclear if it was some great cultivator or that True Person Zhenhong... in any case, they felt a sense of curiosity and concern regarding what Du En wanted to redeem with his merits.

Regrettably, even they lacked the authority to access the records of various redemptions and exchanges.

Therefore, in the end, they could only watch as Du En calmly walked quickly back to his own cave dwelling, their gazes once again blocked by the cave's protective grand array, unable to penetrate inside at all.

With those gazes retreating, he went straight to the main task.

Du En arrived at the artifact refining room and sat cross-legged on the cushion in the center.

The room had long since been cleared out, and there was no need for any of the original arrangements; Du En only needed to do everything himself and carry out the refining entirely on his own.

The method for refining the magical treasure that Meng Changqing had given him echoed in his mind, having long since been studied until he knew it by heart, and now he began the formal preparation.

From his lower dantian, the sea of Qi, a brilliant golden light erupted, traveling along the meridians of his entire body, first passing through his limbs and bones, then reaching the Spirit Palace, where it paused for the moment.

It was golden flame, the flame of the Golden Core.

This core fire continuously traveled throughout his body, finally gathering in the Spirit Palace.

The preheating had begun.

Heat waves began to surge out, and at the same time, the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body manifested its power, tightly locking all the heat within his body.

As the preheating process continued, the firepower gradually became sufficient, and at the same time, he was adapting to this scorching heat; gradually, even the markings in the center of his forehead began to take on a hint of gold.

The only part not included in the preheating, where no golden flame traveled, was the midpoint of his torso, the Middle Palace, the middle dantian, the Crimson Palace.

It already possessed substance, having transitioned from void to reality; previously, through practicing the Firm Spirit Art, it had been continuously embedded and influenced, gradually taking shape, and by the time the Firm Spirit Body was formed, it had basically solidified, acting like a second heart, assisting in the regulation of blood and Qi circulation.

However, upon reaching the Golden Core stage, its function began to drop sharply, and once the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body absorbed the Firm Spirit Body and successfully transformed, with blood and Qi directly connecting to mana, it could be said to be integrated as one, and its role further vanished.

But at the same time, with the formation and development of the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body, it actually had a positive influence on it, subtly promoting change.

After all, it was also a part of Du En's body, and in a state that had already been materialized, so the influence of the spirit body was naturally more obvious and direct.

However, it did not go as deep as the essence, and could not achieve the drastic change of transitioning from void to reality as it had during the Firm Spirit Body phase.

For one, the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body itself was not yet complete and was still in the process of development.

For another, it was because of the characteristics of this middle dantian.

Its name was Crimson Palace; "crimson" meant deep red, so the Crimson Palace was the palace of deep red, which corresponded to the source of blood in the human body.

Deep red and azure spirit seemed to have an innate disparity!

Yet at this moment, when other parts were gradually being dyed by the golden flame and beginning to reveal a golden hue, it, being isolated and highlighted, gradually displayed a different color.

Azure!

The azure of the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body, and the azure of the Azure Pure Green Lotus!

The hidden, peculiar aspects of the exotic material he had previously swallowed were triggered at this moment, and by merging with the true core point of the spirit body itself, it began to cause this Crimson Palace to turn from deep red to deep azure, undergoing yet another drastic change.

Thus, the preheating was complete...

Du En was somewhat surprised by this development; it was not intentional, but he had indeed finished preheating, and if he continued, the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body would be burned through and leak fire—it could be said he had reached his limit, and he was about to turn into a roaring torch.

He began to mobilize the golden flame to descend.

It descended from the Spirit Palace and reached the Crimson Palace.

That frantically condensed and heating, now brilliantly white flame, poured straight into its interior and exterior, wrapping and surrounding it, beginning the refining process, bringing a terrifying pain that burned his very insides, even penetrating deep into his soul.

However, Du En had plenty of experience enduring the burning of the Yuhen Phoenix Fire; after all, he had previously endured quite a bit of tearing and burning at the soul level in order to comprehend the cycle of life, so this situation was merely a drizzle, and he didn't even need to adapt—it was practically like a fish in water, enough to leave one dumbfounded.

Therefore, he could proceed directly to the next step.

Refining in the exotic material.

First was the Azure Sky Leaf.

For this most precious exotic material, the processing method given by Meng Changqing was "placement and absorption."

Place it in the azure sky, and absorb its original intent.

To put it simply, it was to comprehend, to immerse oneself in the peculiar and marvelous principles it contained, to grasp its various original intents, and then to return them into the refining process, naturally making adjustments and changes so that it would take on its characteristic points.

In other words, there was actually no need to truly absorb it.

But Du En chose to absorb it directly.

Because relying on comprehension was too much of a waste of time, and there was no guarantee he would comprehend anything; it was better to take advantage of the deep azure foundation laid by the combination of the Cyan-Yellow Dharma Code, the Azure Pure Green Lotus, and the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body to directly accommodate and merge with the "azure" that the Azure Sky Leaf also possessed.

Azure color is green color.

And things named with "azure" or "green" must carry their related intentions; they were not names taken at random.

And so, the yellow earth appeared again, with lush green trees standing tall, dripping with green, swaying and stretching their branches, wanting to accept this Azure Sky Leaf.

Then, it flew into Du En's body, straight into the Crimson Palace, and the azure and green merged... above the yellow earth, a vast, clear azure sky appeared.

The swaying of the lush green trees stopped, inexplicably appearing somewhat awkward.

"Although it was a bit unexpected, there is no problem."

The Azure Sky Leaf had indeed successfully merged into Du En's Crimson Palace, so his mood did not have a single ripple, and he calmly entered the next step, the next exotic material.

Integration.

The container crystal of the Myriad-Changing Micro-Light was taken out, and as it shattered and disappeared, a myriad-changing micro-light appeared in the room; because of the direction set when it shattered, it shot straight toward Du En, instantly penetrating his body and merging within.

Beneath the reddish-brown shell of the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body, which still contained some characteristics of the Firm Spirit Body, he now intentionally highlighted them, making them crystal clear like pieces of crystal, imitating that container, blocking the Myriad-Changing Micro-Light within his body, constantly refracting it, so that it could never leave again.

Every time it changes a type of light form or light nature, it must pass through the Crimson Palace, and in the process of penetrating through, it incorporates this characteristic into the record, prompting changes in this central palace that is undergoing refining and burning.

It is very clear that Meng Changqing had considered his Firm Spirit Body back then, which is why he made the Thousand-Change Micro-Light a secondary wonder.

Then, it is just waiting, waiting for the Thousand-Change Micro-Light to refract and change as much as possible; the baseline is one thousand types, and if circumstances permit, one continues to accept the number of changes until one can no longer support it.

If Du En only had the Firm Spirit Body and had not switched to cultivation and adapted during the Golden Core stage to undergo transformation, then, in Meng Changqing's prior considerations, it would only be in the range of one thousand to one thousand five hundred times.

After all, one still has to consider that continuous refining and burning.

The pain of refining and burning the central palace is equivalent to burning one's own body and soul!

Therefore, Meng Changqing felt that even someone like Du En could only persist for so long.

But times have changed, and the speed of the situation's change was clearly beyond his expectations.

First, Du En does not need to be like an ordinary genius, using an entire Golden Core stage to adapt to switching cultivation techniques.

Second, he had already obtained the emergence of a new spirit body, the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body, through his insights from the Phoenix Blood Firmiana.

Third, there is the assistance of wonders like the Green Pure Azure Lotus and the Azure Sky Leaf.

Finally, the Phoenix Fire Red Flame, mixed with the Phoenix's Remnant Hatred, is far more painful than any self-burning of body and soul, making his current self-burning and self-refining feel like nothing at all.

Therefore, Du En persisted in this process of containment and acceptance for a full ten days and ten nights, until the Thousand-Change Micro-Light itself withered away.

As for the number of times, it was ten repetitions of its three thousand types of changes!

Thirty thousand times!

In this way, the specificity of the Thousand-Change Micro-Light was completely squeezed dry!

The Crimson Palace is now directly light-transformed, surrounded by blazing white golden flames, appearing like a cluster of shimmering azure waves, refracting all kinds of light as it sways.

Containment and change have both been successfully obtained now, but to reach the best, other factors are still needed.

Thus, the Fire Flame Flower makes its appearance.

Three strange flowers, contained within Fire-Element Amber, burning and changing, blooming into various different flowers, appeared inside the artifact refining room.

Its processing method is shaping.

Accompanying it is the Dream Stone.

Melting the dream, this processing method is relatively common and has been used before.

Therefore, after the prison incident, Du En had long since melted it down; it is on the exchange list anyway, and can be bought with spirit stones.

Having obtained that sum of top-grade spirit stones, getting familiar with it in advance is not much of a problem.

There was no failure, so it was taken out at this moment, and then the Fire-Element Amber was directly shattered.

The Fire Flame Flowers immediately seemed to come alive, red flames spreading through the room, but the next moment they were encircled by golden flames; while the two were mixed together, the melted Dream Stone liquid—that gray light fluid, which was as strange as a phantom dream—was poured directly onto the three Fire Flame Flowers.

Their swaying and burning slowed down, gradually becoming stained with golden veins, connected by the golden flames, and quickly achieving resonance with Du En's Crimson Palace.

Finally, the three Fire Flame Flowers were fixed into the shape of a lotus, gradually solidifying and taking form.

Until it was completely set, it quietly shattered.

The golden-red flames were intense, with red as the main color, mixed together, and recovered into the body by Du En.

They gathered together in the Crimson Palace, causing the azure waves to change.

Under intentional prompting, the shimmering light caused the outer layer of cyan-azure color to fade away.

The Crimson Palace gradually returned to a deep red, and its original solid texture now seemed to turn into flames, appearing illusory and unstable, with streaks of gold clinging to it.

At a glance, it gives one the impression that he has cultivated and comprehended some unique technique, which is why the Crimson Palace shows such external signs.

Yet inside, it is a vast azure sky.

The general basic form was fixed.

As the heat faded and the fire extinguished, it also cooled down rapidly, accepted the infusion of magic power, and was officially tempered and nourished, immediately letting out a hum.

The life-bound magic treasure is complete!

The moment it was refined, Du En had long had a plan, and immediately urged it into use.

Light sprouted within the azure sky, turning into strands of framework, then flames climbed up, carrying the qualities of dream and reality, thereby wrapping and changing, condensing into specific artifact prohibitions, and then from the inside out, causing the entire form to change.

The black Azure-Crimson Dharma Robe.

This change, imitated from the Lacquer Shadow Dharma Garment, cannot be said to have become it, because the difference in power is truly too great; it can be called a world of difference!

All four types of artifact prohibition effects are present.

Spirit Gathering, Subduing, Spirit Warming, and Cleansing.

Various effects were revealed and deployed, immediately triggering changes.

The spiritual Qi within the cave dwelling was violently sucked in; to those who do not know the truth, it would only seem like someone is about to break through, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage!

And even with such a massive amount of spiritual Qi, upon touching the dharma garment, it was silently subdued and became exceptionally docile.

At the same time, although Du En himself could endure it and the Inexhaustible Azure Spirit Body could also withstand the refining and burning, in reality, his soul—his current small shortcoming—did indeed suffer some damage; now, nourished by it, it immediately returned to its peak.

The final Cleansing, naturally, is not only used for self-cleaning; because it is far more outstanding than similar third-grade top-tier artifact prohibitions, it can even be used to filter and purify spiritual Qi, as well as to clarify and purify the mind.

With these four forces combined, the visualization phenomenon appeared again, and Du En started practicing on the spot to experience it practically.

Good!

One word is enough to describe it!

The single rapid practice that used to yield half the result with twice the effort now has its quality completely compensated; in other words, his current cultivation speed is twice what it was before.

As things stand, he naturally cannot be compared to how he was back then; wanting to have a significant speed increase again is quite difficult.

To put it intuitively, this current fifth-grade cave dwelling actually cannot bring any overly obvious bonuses.

At the same time, as his cultivation level increases, his accumulation becomes increasingly astonishing, gradually far exceeding those of the same rank, so the consumption of spirit meals is enormous; now it is very easy to empty out his own savings and then run out.

As for ordinary pills and magic artifacts, they are becoming less and less useful.

Similar artifacts like the Lacquer Shadow Dharma Garment, according to his artifact refining experience, even if he bought the corresponding third-grade top-tier ones for his cultivation level, would not have much of a bonus.

As for pills, he had previously asked for one from Tang Wenren while sightseeing to try it out, and then see whether to go and exchange for more.

As a result, after consuming one third-tier peak-grade pill, not even a ripple was stirred up; it was estimated to be equivalent to only a day or two of his normal cultivation.

When he asked for the price, a bottle containing only ten pills cost several hundred high-grade spirit stones, so he immediately and decisively shook his head.

But now, with his natal magical treasure showing its initial power, his cultivation speed has directly doubled!

The most crucial point is that this natal magical treasure can both attack and defend, and is ever-changing; take this current magical robe, for instance—it is clearly auxiliary in nature, but because its performance truly far exceeds those of the same tier, it can even be used to defend against enemy attacks.

Not to mention comparing it to a third-tier peak-grade defensive magical tool, it even slightly surpasses it!

"Not bad."

"Although it is an ever-changing treasure, it has not lost its offensive and defensive power."

Because the unique properties of the four strange items were all completely squeezed dry and consumed, it reached the supreme quality that Meng Changqing had hypothesized during his artifact refining research would not appear, which is why it could achieve such a level.

Du En opened his eyes, and with a thought, the Azure Crimson Magical Robe transformed into another magical treasure.

Red Tip Pot.

One of the magical treasures belonging to a disciple of the Great Cultivator Yun Yi; its true form had long since been thoroughly dismantled by Du En, which is why he could perfectly transform into it at this moment.

Then, as Du En began to optimize and strengthen the restrictions within it based on his own experience and attainments in artifact refining, and adjusted it to suit his various circumstances, it became a magical treasure that completely surpassed the original version of its kind!

Its power and utility were not just ten times that of the original, but simply dozens or even a hundred times greater.

Of course, this is related to the fact that the original version was only ranked as third-tier high-grade, and the original owner was merely a strong, top-tier talent.

But this is already enough to show the power of Du En's natal magical treasure; as he learns more and changes more in the future, his methods can become increasingly numerous and complex, which can be described as becoming more terrifying the more he accumulates.

(End of this chapter)