Chapter 1325: Insufficient Heat

Amid a valley where the air of malice was thin, the group made camp.

Li Luo found a quiet spot deep within the valley and directly took out the Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light he had exchanged for thirty thousand Dragon Essence in the Heavenly Dragon Treasury before entering the River of Worlds Treasure Domain.

Gazing at the wisps of strange light emitting a thick spiritual nature from within that glass bottle, Li Luo could not help but feel a touch of emotion; speaking of it, this was actually his first time absorbing Spirit Water Strange Light of such a grade, yet for such a small bottle, its price was enough to make many Marquis Realm experts hesitate and step back.

"If this bottle of Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light cannot successfully evolve the Wood-Earth Phase, then I can only seek out Lu Shuanglu," Li Luo said with lips slightly pursed; currently, the Wood-Earth Phase was Eighth-Rank, a grade that for many was already considered unattainable, but for Li Luo now, it was becoming somewhat of a drag.

Because he could feel the three Phase Palaces within his body gradually developing a sensation of fullness and swelling; his current Phase Power had already begun to approach the limit the Phase Palaces could endure.

This indicated that he was getting closer and closer to breaking through to the Marquis Realm.

Yet Li Luo must successfully evolve the Eighth-Rank Wood-Earth Phase before breaking through, because only then could he have absolute certainty that upon the moment of breaking through to the Marquis Realm, he would forge the Ten Pillars of the Golden Platform and step onto the Unparalleled Path.

There was no way; the Unparalleled Path was too important. If Li Luo missed it here, then he would only be forced to walk the ordinary path shared by countless other Marquis Realm experts.

Although the end of this path could also reach the peak, Li Luo was unwilling to be left behind by Jiang Jiang Qinge here.

One day, this husbandly authority must be established.

This was Li Luo's expectation!

Thinking thus, Li Luo directly opened this bottle of Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light, gulped it down in one go, and the instant it touched his mouth, that strange light filled with surging spiritual nature immediately roared toward his body.

"Void Ninth-Rank, the taste is just average."

Li Luo smacked his lips, tasted this expensive Spirit Water Strange Light, and then quickly closed his eyes, beginning to refine and absorb the surging spiritual energy spreading within his body.

This refining continued for three double-hours.

Li Luo opened his eyes, and a look of regret appeared on his face.

As expected, one bottle of Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light was simply insufficient to evolve his Eighth-Rank Wood-Earth Phase to the Void Ninth-Rank.

However, Li Luo did not feel disappointed because of this, as he had had this premonition from the start; otherwise, he would not have kept this bottle of Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light for so long. Using it suddenly now was because the River of Worlds Treasure Domain seemed to be becoming increasingly dangerous, forcing him to accelerate the pace of strengthening his power.

But absorbing this bottle of Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light this time was not without gains.

Previously, when Li Luo evolved the Heavenly Dragon Phase, at the final critical moment, the mysterious golden wheel within his body provided him with a vast amount of extremely pure spiritual energy; this energy was identical to the Spirit Water Strange Light, and its purity was extremely high. At that time, Li Luo suspected that the source of this spiritual energy should be the residual energy that his body could not refine when he usually absorbed Spirit Water Strange Light, which was absorbed and stored by the mysterious golden wheel.

This spiritual energy, within the mysterious golden wheel, underwent a certain purification, becoming even more mellow.

This was originally just a guess of Li Luo's, but this time, while absorbing the Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light, this guess was confirmed.

Li Luo truly perceived that while he was absorbing the Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light, a portion of the residual energy that could not be absorbed was quietly sucked away by the golden wheel.

This discovery made Li Luo extremely delighted, because the spiritual energy purified by the mysterious golden wheel was of extremely high quality, which could play a very strong promoting role at the critical moment of Phase evolution.

In that instant, Li Luo even pushed all the remaining Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light that he had not yet absorbed toward the mysterious golden wheel; if this energy could also be sucked away by the golden wheel, the subsequent gift would surely be even more abundant.

But unfortunately, Li Luo's idea fell through.

For the spiritual energy that Li Luo's body could completely absorb, the mysterious golden wheel had no interest whatsoever.

"What is this? It won't eat the good stuff, only picking up scraps; it has no style at all."

Li Luo was very dissatisfied with the mysterious golden wheel's pickiness, but there was nothing he could do; this thing was too mysterious, and he had no way to activate it. Perhaps, after he stepped into the Marquis Realm, he would be able to unlock some of its secrets.

However, the fact that the mysterious golden wheel could absorb residual spiritual energy was, after all, a good thing for Li Luo.

Additionally, besides discovering this miraculous effect of the mysterious golden wheel, Li Luo's Phase Power had also improved slightly. According to his estimation, his Tian Xiang Jing Diagram now probably reached ninety-nine thousand four hundred and eighty zhang.

An increase of twenty zhang, but the difficulty within was simply higher than Li Luo's previous increase of two thousand zhang.

Li Luo reined in the emotions in his heart, stood up, and saw a slender and exquisitely beautiful figure appear before his eyes; it was Jiang Jiang Qinge.

"Not successful?" Jiang Jiang Qinge looked at Li Luo and asked.

"Still lacking some heat; I'm afraid I really do need the two bottles of Void Ninth-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light from Lu Shuanglu," Li Luo said helplessly.

Jiang Jiang Qinge pondered slightly and said, "We currently have three Upper-Grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures; as long as we find one more, we can go find her to exchange."

Although these Upper-Grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures would be distributed according to team contribution, Li Luo was in urgent need here, so Li Foluo and the others would surely not object; at worst, if they obtained more Upper-Grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures later, Li Luo could simply give up his share.

Li Luo nodded.

"Although the Phase evolution was not successful, this Phase Power has improved a bit; count it as a gain," Jiang Jiang Qinge said with a smile to comfort Li Luo.

"My Phase Power strength must be a bit stronger than yours were when you were in the Da Tian Xiang Jing, right?" Li Luo asked with a hint of pride.

Seeing the fellow's face full of comparison and pride, the corners of Jiang Jiang Qinge's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly; however, what Li Luo said was also the truth, because back when she was in the Great Heavenly Phase Realm, she indeed did not linger at Li Luo's current level, as she directly crossed to the limit of ten thousand zhang under the mysterious power of the Nine-Ringed Sacred Heart Lotus and the power within Xiao Chen Tian, and not long after, she smoothly broke through to the Marquis Realm.

So in a certain sense, the current Li Luo was indeed a bit stronger than she was when she was in the Da Tian Xiang Jing.

"Hurry up and prepare to temper these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures; if we cannot clear the hidden dangers within them, we dare not use these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures," Jiang Jiang Qinge said, extending her slender white hand; three Upper-Grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures floated above her palm, isolated by the Light Phase Power.

Hearing this, Li Luo also nodded seriously.

Then he extended his finger, flicked the scarlet bracelet on his wrist, and smiled, "Brother Wolf, I'll have to trouble you again."

To deeply temper these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures, Li Luo also had to borrow the power of the Six-Tailed Sky Wolf.

From within the bracelet, a dissatisfied low growl sounded, but immediately after, fierce and surging energy gushed out like a tide, pouring into Li Luo's body.

Then Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge sat facing each other and began to deeply temper these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures using the same method they had used to temper the "River of Worlds Meteor" back then.

While they were getting to work, not far away, Li Foluo, Li Tingyue, and others were also watching.

"Do you really think there are problems inside these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures? We have come a long way and have encountered quite a few Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures, but I haven't felt anything improper at all," Li Tingyue asked somewhat helplessly.

Before this, Li Luo had already told her about this matter, but Li Tingyue remained skeptical about it.

Li Foluo was also a bit hesitant, because even he had not sensed any hidden dangers in these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures; furthermore, after Li Tingyue's group came into contact with the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures within the River of Worlds Treasure Domain, nothing abnormal had occurred, so he was now unable to make up his mind.

"Regardless of whether there are problems or not, after they temper them this time, we should know; it's better to be safe than sorry," Li Foluo finally said.

Li Tingyue made no comment, but she also didn't say much; she just quietly watched Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge over there, and if there was no result after they tempered them once, naturally she would put aside this unnecessary worry.

However, while everyone was staring at Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge tempering those Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures, no one noticed that Long Lin Guard President Wen Zhu Xuan, standing behind Li Tingyue, had eyes that seemed to become dark at this very moment.