Chapter 1704: Accelerated Enhancement

The clone thought for a moment, then took out Ye Liuyun's Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron, Heavenly Earth Net, Invisibility Cloak, Storage Yuan Stone, and Heavenly Travel Boots.

""Take a look at these things— which one could be further enhanced with this Phantom God Gilding?""

The clone asked Qiong Qi to help take a look.

As soon as he saw so many items, Qiong Qi immediately exclaimed, ""You really treat me as free labor! All these things need to be modified?""

""Do you want to work me to death?""

""After the modifications, any remaining gilding will be yours!""

The clone said directly.

Hearing that, Qiong Qi immediately broke into a grin and said, ""Huh?""

""Not bad, kid— you understand! In that case, I can grudgingly help you take a look!""

Afterward, Qiong Qi examined the items and told the clone, ""I just fixed your Invisibility Cloak; adding gilding won't improve its quality, so no need to modify it.""

""The Storage Yuan Stone and Heavenly Earth Net rely mainly on their special materials; Phantom God Gilding is useless for them, so they can't be altered.""

""The Heavenly Travel Boots don't need modification; it's the acceleration formation inside that matters.""

""I'll just remake a pair for you; their rank should increase significantly, definitely faster than your original ones.""

""Give me this as a reference first, then keep it to give away as a gift.""

""As for the Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron, I can replace its materials for you! The Dragon Soul inside helps with your pill and artifact refining.""

""Then please do it!""

Ye Liuyun quickly thanked him.

Qiong Qi looked at the Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron and Heavenly Travel Boots, then at the remaining materials, and said with a hint of regret, ""There's not much left— probably just enough for me to forge a pair of shoes for myself!""

""Having something is better than nothing!""

The clone also comforted him with a sentence.

""Hurry back! After I finish setting up the formation for you, I still need to temper my body—I really owe you for making me refine all this stuff!""

Qiong Qi muttered, gathered everything up, then returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to continue refining artifacts.

The clone then took out Ye Liuyun's and Man Shu's gilded armor and weapons for them.

Both of them manifested their Phantom God Gilding armor as everyday clothing.

Man Shu's weapon manifested as a longsword, while Ye Liuyun's manifested as the likeness of a Vajra Divine Bow.

Ye Liuyun also specifically reminded Man Shu not to reveal the true color of the Phantom God Gilding, then brought her back to the base.

This time, Man Shu's physical body, after repeatedly fighting Corpse Demons, was tempered to reach the Divine Realm.

During this period, the Magic Vine seeds devoured a large number of Corpse Demons and have now mutated into a humanoid form, resembling a young boy.

However, its facial features are still not well coordinated, making it look quite ugly; it still needs to absorb more energy to evolve.

Ye Liuyun's own spatial power, after continual effort, has also risen to the Divine Realm.

Now he can tear open the ninth layer of the void with his bare hands.

However, he only glanced outward and dared not step outside.

The intense void turbulence he saw, he wasn't sure whether it was the Divine Realm.

After Ye Liuyun's spatial power increased, he immediately remade and reinforced his space once more.

Moreover, when facing enemies, using spatial compression, displacement, and other spatial powers to slay Ninefold Heavenly Venerable Corpse Demons became much easier.

On the way back, Qiong Qi handed the modified Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron and Heavenly Travel Boots to Ye Liuyun.

""What rank are these armors, weapons, and treasures?""

Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

""They are all of Divine Rank, of course."

""The armor is third tier, while the weapons and these treasures are second tier."

""Your clone's magic staff is originally fourth tier."

Qiong Qi told Ye Liuyun.

""In other words, wearing this armor, can I block attacks from a third‑level Divine Realm expert?""

Ye Liuyun asked.

""Not necessarily! It can block weaker opponents, but not stronger ones! It mainly depends on the relative strength of both sides."

""For example, your clone wielding the magic staff also cannot kill a third‑level Divine Realm martial cultivator."

Qiong Qi explained.

""Oh! Then I can definitely block a second‑level Divine Realm expert, right?""

Ye Liuyun asked again.

Qiong Qi also told Ye Liuyun, ""Once you, Lei Ming, and Long Nv reach the Divine Realm, you'll definitely be fine! Others may not be."

Ye Liuyun nodded, gaining a deeper understanding of the strength gaps between each level of the Divine Realm.

After they returned to the base, Ye Liuyun immediately summoned Lei Ming, Long Nv, and Ye Tiandao, giving them their respective armor and weapons.

He not only taught them how to use them, but also specifically reminded them not to reveal the true nature of the Phantom God Gilding.

Especially Lei Ming— Ye Liuyun reminded him repeatedly.

""I know! I'm not a child anymore!""

Lei Ming argued with Ye Liuyun.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun had them return to the Xuan Kong Shi to train, and also told Lei Ming to attract lightning.

""Then when the time comes, call me—I also want to absorb the lightning source!""

Lei Ming told Ye Liuyun.

""Good!""

Ye Liuyun answered, letting Lei Ming go first to cultivate.

Qiong Qi had already been setting up a lightning-attracting formation for Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi, "Can you engrave this formation onto a formation plate?"

"That way I can use it wherever I go!"

Qiong Qi thought for a moment and said to Ye Liuyun, "It's possible, indeed possible."

"However, the formation plate's load capacity is limited; using it again after one use would be dangerous!"

"So it can only be used as a one-time thing?"

"When you have time, help me engrave more formation plates; I'll keep them as backups."

Ye Liuyun said to the qi supplier.

"Good! Qiong Qi also agreed."

Ye Liuyun immediately had Wu Qingcheng go find the highest-quality formation plates for Qiong Qi.

After the formation was set up, Qiong Qi also sent those thunder-strike stones into the formation, told Ye Liuyun where they should be placed, and then let Man Shu enter the formation.

Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi then hid far away, communicating with Man Shu via the Divine Soul Contract to avoid being affected.

"All right! We are no longer within the thunder-strike range."

"You can now release the power of the Divine Realm!"

Ye Liuyun notified Man Shu via the Divine Soul Contract.

Man Shu now possesses two kinds of Divine Realm power, so she merely attempted to draw down the first heavenly thunder, then immediately hid all her Divine Realm power.

After the dark clouds dispersed, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi rushed back to check the situation.

Man Shu was safe and sound within the formation, and the formation suffered no damage whatsoever.

They mainly checked the load-bearing capacity of the thunder-strike stones.

Qiong Qi also specially instructed Man Shu.

"The amount of heavenly thunder power these thunder-strike stones can store is enough for you to draw down six heavenly thunders.

"You must also constantly monitor the situation; never exceed the limit the thunder-strike stones can bear, otherwise not only will you encounter danger, but the thunder-strike stones might also explode."

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi once again left the thunder-strike range.