Chapter 250: Li Yu Adds Points Again

In the desolate land, amidst a stretch of artificial wonders.

The exterminator Li Yu stood motionless, slowly repairing the injuries to his heart and soul.

Although the harvest this time was immense, he had not paid for it without cost.

He had endured the bombardment of prayers from hundreds of thousands of flesh-brick people, and it had been wave after wave, lasting for a long time.

For anyone else, even a Sequence 4, it would have resulted in sudden death.

That Li Yu could survive and even reap benefits from it relied on the uniqueness of his own soul, but his injuries were truly not light.

While healing, he was also calculating his gains.

The most intuitive were naturally the progress of the Truth Bubble and the completion rate of the main quest 【Explore】, both of which had risen significantly.

Secondly, there was the incredible divine ability and secret technique.

"Race Transformation Technique!"

"Now I know it too, though only a small part."

Li Yu silently digested the divine technique he had just obtained in his mind.

Having experienced the pain of being transformed as a flesh-brick person, he had also observed the entire process.

With the Daoist medical divine abilities he possessed, combined with his extraordinary control over flesh and blood, he naturally learned a portion of the race transformation technology.

Of course, it was only theoretical.

Putting it into practice was extremely difficult; at the very least, Li Yu could not do it alone.

However, he finally understood why the race of transformers was so overbearing and why they would do such cruel things on a large scale.

The reason was simple: they could, and they viewed it as normal.

"This already counts as the ability of a 'True God.' In the hands of an arrogant and self-centered race, it is no wonder these scenes occur."

"If some cruel humans possessed such divine techniques, they would do the same."

"Those flesh-brick people are in too much pain. Although they have become long-lived species, this is more of a torture... even if they have actually made some attempts at active evolution to escape their predicament... compared to the choice of having to endure tens of thousands of years of pain before any signs of evolution might appear."

"They are entirely inclined toward extinction."

"One could call it shortsighted, but it might not be a bad choice."

Li Yu sighed in his heart, then looked ahead once more.

A huge harvest!

More than a dozen artificial wonders meant more than a dozen top-tier storage materials, 【Qi-Eating Pouches】, waiting for him to harvest.

But the old problem returned.

He couldn't carry them.

Even if Li Yu filled these pouches with Qi and folded them as much as possible, he still couldn't fit them all. He couldn't exactly carry this pile of pouches while continuing to explore this desperate dead star.

Or, should he sacrifice most of them to the Demon Star Token?

But after the first extraordinary characteristic, would the Demon Star Token give the same merit points for the second identical one?

At this thought, Li Yu's brows immediately furrowed, and he tried it directly.

"Demon Star!"

"If I sacrifice them all, how many merit points will I get?"

"The first extraordinary characteristic of every sub-human species is priced at 10,000 merit points due to the bonus from the main quest 【Collect】."

"Subsequent characteristics of the same type will be awarded different merit points based on their varying values."

"The extraordinary characteristic of the sub-human species the Token Master wishes to sacrifice is priced at 5,000 merit points."

"Hmm?"

Despite being undercut by half, Li Yu was not annoyed but pleased.

Because in his expectations: after the first one, the Demon Star Token would slash the price significantly. After all, the collection quest emphasized "species" rather than "units," so he assumed the Demon Star Token prioritized collecting different types of sub-human species characteristics, and once they were duplicates, the value would drop sharply.

Looking at it now, it was actually acceptable.

This meant that as long as he sacrificed them all, he could directly obtain seventy or eighty thousand merit points.

"As expected of a large-scale weird domain at the nightmare difficulty level; just at the very beginning, one can obtain so much merit."

"Although the dangers contained within are also terrifying to the extreme."

While Li Yu muttered to himself, he recalled the attack he had just received.

It was only because his soul had cheated that he survived; if it were any other Token Master, even one at the same Sequence 5, it would have been a sudden death.

By rights, Li Yu should be content to sacrifice and exchange, but just as he was about to do so.

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind, and he called out to the Demon Star Token again:

"Demon Star!"

"List 【Treasure Refining】 type spells suitable for a Sequence 5 Long-lived Daoist of the Spirit Venerable path to cultivate, ordered by merit point price from low to high; incomplete ones are acceptable."

"Spells specializing in storage-type magic treasures can be prioritized."

That's right, Li Yu suddenly decided to try refining treasures himself.

His original storage sachet was already insufficient; now, even if he sacrificed all the remaining Qi-Eating Pouches to the Demon Star Token, a single one would be enough to occupy most of the sachet's space.

What would he do in the future?

This weird domain conquest had only just begun.

But he lacked the merit points to exchange for higher-level storage magic treasures.

Fortunately, he thought of a loophole he could exploit.

"First, use a low price to exchange for a treasure-refining spell I can cultivate, then use the 【Blessing】 technique to directly add points to an extremely high realm."

"Refining new storage magic treasures on the spot—simply perfect."

The subsequent development actually matched what Li Yu had envisioned.

In that dazzling list of exchanges, after weighing his options, he selected a target:

"Blood Refining Technique!"

"The name is crude and primitive, but it is actually a secret treasure-refining technique from the 【Haotian Sect】. It is an incomplete formula, originating from the Haotian Sect's highly prestigious treasure-refining classic, 'Ten Thousand Treasures Technique,' and is an insignificant chapter within it, the 'Blood Refining Method'."

"Using this method to extract blood allows for the rough refining of almost any magic treasure."

"The cost is a certain chance of backlash; if the treasure's grade is too high, it is very likely to suck the practitioner to death."

"Price: 5,000 merit points." "So cheap, the cost-performance ratio is maxed out, I'll take it."

Li Yu quickly made his decision and took action.

The next moment, the notification sound for the deduction of merit points arrived.

Following that, a secret technique that seemed crude but was actually profound was poured into his mind.

At a rough glance, Li Yu learned it immediately, but his brows could not help but furrow.

The truth that cheap goods are never good!

It remained valid even in this terrifying world.

Although it was a treasure-refining secret technique from the Haotian Sect, it was actually very crude, being nothing more than using one's own fresh blood to perform rough embryo refining on strange materials and branding them.

Not only was it bloody and prickly, but it was also easy to suffer from excessive blood loss afterward.

But there were benefits, too.

"Almost all secret techniques for refining treasures have strict restrictions, and only practitioners of that path's sequence can use them."

(Note: The source text contains a repetitive filler phrase here, which is ignored in translation to maintain professional standards.)

"Being able to find a low-priced one without restrictions is already lucky enough."

"Furthermore, this technique can be upgraded many times. Later, there are things like the complete 'Blood Refining Method,' the higher 'Qi Refining Method' and 'God Refining Method,' the three-in-one 'Secret Treasure Technique'... and after that, the 'Ten Thousand Treasures Technique,' which has a huge reputation throughout the entire world. Even within the entire Haotian Sect, there are few high-sequence powerhouses who have mastered this divine secret technique."

"It has many wonderful uses; adding points to it is not a loss."

"Spirit Venerable! Add points!"

Having made up his mind, Li Yu did not delay or hesitate.

First, he consumed his own lifespan to add points to the "Blood Refining Technique."

In the blink of an eye, Li Yu felt a warm current surging in his mind, and the originally incomplete Blood Refining Technique was completed.

This blessing was worth more than 10,000 merit points.

Because the time flow on this desperate dead star was the same as the real world, Li Yu had no intention of wasting time.

Having exhausted his own addable lifespan, he took out a 【Golden Cicada Slough】.

This top-tier immortality medicine could not originally be brought into the weird domain.

But Li Yu had polluted it in advance and successfully passed the judgment.

The Buddha had bestowed upon him a full twelve Golden Cicada Sloughs, and now only two remained.

"I already have offensive divine abilities."

"I don't need defensive ones for now."

"Using one here is appropriate, but I don't know to what extent it can upgrade the 'Blood Refining Method'?"

This question in Li Yu's mind was answered before long.

The warm current transformed from his lifespan began to crazily push the secret technique within his body forward.

The "Qi Refining Method" has been blessed!

The "God Refining Method" has been blessed!

Three methods in one... the "Secret Treasure Technique" has been learned.

As these perceptions, or rather, cognitions, emerged in Li Yu's mind.

He also instantly mastered a top-secret divine ability of the Vast Heaven Sect.

It was not the kind of divine ability stolen through trickery, possessing only the shell without any actual effect.

It was a secret technique fully learned and ready for immediate use.

In other words, at this moment, Li Yu had substantially learned and could proficiently use the Secret Treasure Art, becoming an Artifact Refiner at the Great Accomplishment realm.

What a relevant heaven-gifted cultivator spends a lifetime cultivating was merely a matter of a few dozen breaths for him, Li Yu.

One Golden Cicada Shedding in exchange for one Treasure Refining Master.

This deal, even if the Buddha himself were to speak of it, would be considered incredibly worthwhile.

Feeling this inconceivable and wondrous scene, the smile on Li Yu's face could not be concealed.

Although he had experienced this kind of magic many times.

It seemed that no matter how many times, it still left him inexplicably astonished.

"If this 【Blessing】 divine ability does not disappear after I promote to 'True Monarch of Food-Qi', but instead continues to evolve and take effect."

"Then theoretically, as long as I am given enough time, I can gradually master all the laws of the heavens."

"Those terrifying divine abilities of the gods will also all be truly stolen by me one by one."

"In the later stages, I fear I will become increasingly powerful; being invincible among the same rank is certainly no joke."

"Hmm?"

"I must absolutely not expose my identity as a cultivator of the Spirit Venerable path!"

With this thought, Li Yu only felt that he had once again guessed a truth.

The cultivation method of the Spirit Venerable path was too prone to attracting hatred.

Both righteous and evil gods, I fear, would all be willing to slaughter them all.

In this way, it was no wonder that this path was only a flash in the pan throughout history.

Sighing repeatedly in his heart did not hinder Li Yu from starting to refine the treasure.

Time was tight, other materials besides the main components were hard to find, and Li Yu was unwilling to make his storage magic treasure too flashy, lest it attract attention.

He adopted the strategy of "using the original broth to dissolve the original food," first leaking Qi to take out one after another of the massive Qi-eating skins.

He immediately busied himself, sewing them all together and beginning the refinement.

The profundity of the Secret Treasure Art!

Next, it was displayed to the fullest.

Even without other auxiliary materials, and without the aid of powerful strange objects.

After about several hours, on that desolate land covered with flesh and blood dust.

Li Yu, with a look of joy on his face, was examining and playing with a "cloth bag" in his hand that looked gray, plain, and even somewhat ugly and horrifying.

PS: There is more to come.

(End of this chapter)