Chapter 361: Sister, You

Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue found a strange Dao artifact on the second level of this cave dwelling.

It had no spirit core, only pure power.

This was a Dao artifact forged by condensing all laws into itself; though it lost the potential to ascend, its destructive power in its rank was limitless.

When Fang Yu enveloped the artifact with magic power and began refining it, unexpectedly, there was no difficulty at all—he refined it instantly.

Normally, lower-grade Dao artifacts had already developed spirit cores, while mid-grade and high-grade ones possessed autonomous consciousness; even a Divine Ability Secret Realm cultivator who obtained such artifacts needed to communicate with their spirit cores and could not use them freely.

But now, Fang Yu had obtained this spear—no spirit core, only terrifying power—and it was directly refined by him, becoming his treasure.

"So its name is Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, a mid-grade Dao artifact forged by an elder master, who transformed all the laws within a mid-grade Dao artifact into devastating killing power, rendering this artifact incapable of ascending further."

After refining this spear, Fang Yu's mind instantly understood its origin.

Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, mid-grade Dao artifact.

This was a treasure forged by an elder master ten thousand years ago; judging by its name, it was clearly crafted to annihilate the Divine Race.

Fang Yu naturally knew that the Divine Race invaded the Xuan Huang Great World once every ten thousand years, bringing endless suffering; thus, countless righteous souls and cultivation experts in the Xuan Huang Great World longed to slay the Divine Race and defend their world.

They forged one treasure after another to kill the Divine Race, but most of these elder masters perished.

The owner of this cave dwelling now in which Fang Yu stood forged a mid-grade Dao artifact, abandoning all other functions of a mid-grade Dao artifact, solely to kill the Divine Race.

Now, the cave's owner had vanished, yet the cave remained.

"The Divine Race—when they arrive, we will surely fight them."

Fang Yu's thoughts shifted; he gripped the divine spear and felt its terrifying power.

The spear's own power was far beyond his.

His current cultivation base was Heavenly Man Realm, with three million units of strength, yet the terrifying power within this spear, even without activation, had already reached an unimaginable level.

If a Longevity Secret Realm expert activated this spear, a single thrust would likely slay all Longevity Secret Realm cultivators.

Fang Yu finally obtained a treasure.

This was his own stroke of fortune, and also a stroke of fortune inherited from True Person Xia Qiu.

This was very good.

Think about it—since stepping into the Cultivation World, Fang Yu had always sought fortune, and had only acquired one Cave Xuan Mansion, but its owner was too poor, leaving no elixirs or benefits, only the Cave Xuan Mystic Spirit Armor, which he still had to upgrade himself.

But now, he had gained the inheritance from True Person Xia Qiu's dwelling and obtained a mid-grade Dao artifact within this cave, instantly boosting his strength manyfold.

Mid-grade Dao artifact!

Its power far surpassed that of a lower-grade Dao artifact.

Fang Yu spent vast sums of money refining that lower-grade Dao artifact, yet now he held a mid-grade Dao artifact with no cost whatsoever—it was incredibly satisfying.

In addition to this mid-grade Dao artifact, Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue also saw several gourds and similar objects on the second level of the cave, each seemingly containing something.

There were thirty-six gourds total, each emitting the scent of elixirs; nine of them carried an extraordinarily dense elixir aura, as if their contents had reached the level of Heaven-Extreme Spirit Elixirs.

This was another surprise.

Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue exchanged a glance and acted simultaneously—a series of pitch-black cutting forces sliced through space, severing the twenty-seven ordinary gourds, revealing the elixirs within.

They were Nascent Soul Elixirs—countless Nascent Soul Elixirs, filling the void like a storm.

Each Nascent Soul Elixir was plump and full, brimming with Xu Yuan Qi, and after all this time, still retained its complete medicinal properties.

One gourd alone contained fifty thousand Nascent Soul Elixirs—clearly, the gourds contained inner space capable of storing vast quantities.

These twenty-seven gourds totaled one million three hundred fifty thousand Nascent Soul Elixirs.

Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue, witnessing this, both wore expressions of delight.

Nascent Soul Elixirs were such precious items—they could never have too many; to cultivate, they needed to consume Nascent Soul Elixirs, and to purchase magic treasures, they also needed such valuable elixirs.

Now they possessed one million three hundred fifty thousand Nascent Soul Elixirs—a considerable fortune.

After all, if they were to refine Nascent Soul Elixirs themselves, it would not be easy.

To refine Human Grade Top-Tier elixirs like Nascent Soul Elixirs, merely gathering the herbs was a massive challenge—traveling far and wide to collect various herbs and celestial treasures, refining thousands or tens of thousands of jin, then using an elixir furnace, consuming vast amounts of time.

It would take months, even a year, to successfully refine a single gourd of Nascent Soul Elixirs.

Thus cultivation was an immensely time-consuming endeavor—searching for herbs, refining elixirs, cultivating Divine Abilities—before one knew it, a hundred or eighty years had passed.

Especially for crucial realms like Heavenly Man Realm, cultivators spent far more time refining within it.

In past eras, cultivators typically spent two or three hundred years, or even three or four hundred years, in Heavenly Man Realm before entering the 6th Stage of Divine Abilities, Return to Oneness Realm.

Think about it—Heavenly Man Realm granted eight hundred years of lifespan; refining the Five Elements Divine Ability to perfection might take a hundred years, but one could not enter Return to Oneness Realm relying solely on the Five Elements Divine Ability—that would make one a waste.

Thus one needed three or four hundred years of traveling, seeking treasures and fortune, acquiring Divine Abilities, then cultivating seven or eight, or even a dozen or more Divine Abilities, before entering Return to Oneness Realm; by then, three or four hundred years had passed, and one had cultivated over a dozen Divine Abilities, becoming an invincible presence in Heavenly Man Realm, ready to enter Return to Oneness Realm.

Spending three or four hundred years refining and testing oneself in Heavenly Man Realm was entirely justified—only then could one's future path be more stable.

The Six True Persons of Taiyi Sect spent one or two jiazi refining in Heavenly Man Realm, rising to fame and earning people's respect—until Fang Yu smashed all their reputations with a single slap.

Now, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue had instantly acquired one million three hundred fifty thousand Nascent Soul Elixirs—equivalent to saving them over a hundred years of arduous cultivation.