Chapter 85

The surface of these round stones was smooth but pitted, and there were many irregular fine holes on them.

After a while, the bright light in Wang Yu's eyes converged, and he walked to the next round stone, performing the same action.

Beside him, Shan Jin Can revealed a mocking expression, letting Wang Yu display his methods.

After the seven Chaos Stones were checked one by one, Wang Yu returned to a round stone of medium size, touched the skin again, checked it to confirm there were no errors, and then turned to Shan Jin Can and said:

"Elder Jin, I choose this one."

In the previous check, only this Chaos Stone, when he performed the Star Thought Art method, could vaguely sense something echoing from afar inside.

"Are you sure? I actually think the largest one is more likely to contain spirit materials," Shan Jin Can shook his head, seemingly not very optimistic about Wang Yu's choice.

"It doesn't matter; since this junior has chosen, I still have some confidence," Wang Yu replied respectfully.

"Fine, since you bought it, it's naturally up to you. Pay the spirit stones," Shan Jin Can said, no longer saying anything more upon hearing this.

Wang Yu fished out a storage bag from his body and poured it onto the ground before him, and a small pile of white crystals emerged.

Shan Jin Can swept his spiritual sense over them, checked that the number of spirit stones was correct, and then rolled his sleeve, collecting them all.

Then, he turned his hand and suddenly had a golden long blade, walking to the round stone Wang Yu had chosen.

His wrist shook slightly, and the golden long blade suddenly lengthened by several times, its surface covered by a layer of white light.

"To prevent the Chaos Stone from accidentally damaging the spirit materials inside during cutting, I will use this Soft Cloud Blade to open the stone," Shan Jin Can said, raised his arm, and the golden long blade slashed down. The movement was very slow, but when it reached the center, dense white silk erupted from the blade, and he waved it simultaneously, cutting the entire round stone into countless fist-sized broken stones.

"Eh, it seems spirit materials really were produced," Shan Jin Can withdrew the white light from the long blade in his hand, restored it to its original size, but an expression of surprise appeared on his face, and he immediately walked to the pile of stones, looking at them carefully.

"Elder Jin, what spirit material is it? How many spirit stones is it worth?"

Wang Yu saw this, his heart was also happy, and he hurriedly leaned over.

"What a pity, it's just a piece of Five-Colored Glaze. Although it's a second-rank material, it can only be used as an auxiliary material when refining pills and is not very scarce. A piece this big is likely worth about a hundred spirit stones," Shan Jin Can said with some regret after identifying the item in his hand and threw the stone directly to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu caught the stone in a flurry and looked at it.

He saw that embedded in the pale gray stone was a small crystal the size of a thumb, emitting five-colored light.

Second-rank material, pill-refining auxiliary material, over a hundred spirit stones!

Wang Yu couldn't help but smile.

With this thing, not only was the capital for buying the Chaos Stone back, but he could also earn twenty spirit stones.

"Little fellow, your luck is not bad. Do you want to choose another Chaos Stone? Maybe you can produce spirit materials again!" Shan Jin Can swept his spiritual sense over the other broken stones and, after not finding any other spirit materials, urged Wang Yu, full of expectation.

Wang Yu heard this and was also somewhat tempted, but after his gaze swept over the other round stones, he shook his head repeatedly:

"Forget it. This junior is not greedy; I'm very satisfied that I didn't lose money on my first stone-gambling. I'll wait until I've researched it more before considering continuing to gamble on stones."

"Since that's the case, then it's up to you. I've relieved my itching hands by producing a Chaos Stone with spirit materials this time. If you want to buy mechanical puppets or similar things in the sect in the future, you can come directly to me. I am the only second-rank mechanical master in the sect, and I can give you a 10% discount," Shan Jin Can didn't force him anymore, rolled his sleeve, collected the other six Chaos Stones, and said to Wang Yu with a smile.

"Second-rank mechanical master?" Wang Yu was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

Didn't that mean that this "Elder Jin" before him could manufacture second-rank puppets?

"Although the Four Symbols Gate is famous for its beast-taming techniques, it also recruits guest elders who are loose cultivators with special skills; I am one of them. Alright, I still have to research mechanical arts; you can leave if there's nothing else," Shan Jin Can explained two sentences and rudely issued an order to chase him away.

"This junior wants to take these things back to research. Additionally, I want to ask if the Spirit Item Pavilion has any evil energy for sale," Wang Yu hurriedly pointed at the broken Chaos Stone pieces on the ground and asked about another item he needed.

"These things are waste materials; if you want to take them, take them.

As for evil energy, it is at least a second-rank spirit item and is generally only born in extreme environments. This pavilion has two types: Black Wind Evil Energy and Golden Sun Evil Energy; the former costs one thousand spirit stones per portion, and the latter costs one thousand five hundred," Shan Jin Can was somewhat surprised but still told Wang Yu truthfully.

This price...

Wang Yu gasped; he couldn't afford so many spirit stones now.

Thus, he could only take out two storage bags, suck all the broken stones into them, and bow to take his leave.

Midnight.

Wang Yu walked out of the stone room and looked up at the pitch-black sky, vaguely seeing dots of stars; Setan and the moon had all disappeared without a trace.

He subsequently came to the edge of the cliff, sat cross-legged, flicked his sleeve, and a fist-sized Star Stone rolled out.

He held the stone in one hand, closed his eyes, and began to urge his mental power according to the Star Thought Art incantations.

After a while, the stone gradually lit up with white crystal light.

At the same time, in the pitch-black void above the cliff, some starlight was influenced by unknown energy, transformed into transparent crystal threads invisible to the naked eye, and slowly plunged into Wang Yu's crown chakra below...

The next morning, Wang Yu opened his eyes again, and the stone in his hand had strikingly turned into a pile of powder.

Having cultivated Star Thought power all night, far from feeling tired, he was full of spirit, as if he had slept well all night.

More importantly, he felt his mental power had clearly risen, although it was negligible, but this was just the beginning of cultivating Star Thought power.

With accumulation over time in the future, his mental power surging was almost a certainty.

By then, even if his cultivation speed couldn't compare to double-spirit-root disciples, it wouldn't be inferior to three-spirit-root disciples by much.

Wang Yu suddenly raised his wrist and injected Star Thought power into it. The next moment, a pale white watch emerged.

Sure enough!

This thing was condensed from Star Thought power and could also appear in the cultivation world.

Wang Yu's gaze fell on the motionless time digits on the watch: ten, nine, eight...

When he silently counted to "one" in his heart, the digit representing seconds on it jumped forward, increasing by one second, and then remained motionless again.

The timing on this could actually be used normally, and it wasn't affected by the time flow.

Wang Yu pondered in his heart, silently lowered his wrist, and the white watch blurred and disappeared silently again.

One month later.

Wang Yu was breathing and cultivating in the stone room. The time had passed for the time it takes to burn a stick and a half of incense, yet he still showed no signs of stopping cultivation; instead, he gathered the wisps of spirit mist around his body, making them even denser.

Over half a year later.

Wang Yu, who was meditating, had even more dazzling red light on his body surface, and the temperature in the void nearby was constantly rising, giving people a scorching feeling.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, the red light on his body surface suddenly transformed into air waves and rippled away, his aura rose crazily, and in the blink of an eye, it had increased by more than half, and at the same time, his spiritual sense also increased by a large chunk.

This was mid-Qi Refinement, Qi Refinement level 4.

Wang Yu felt the "abundant" mana that had increased by more than half in his body and was overjoyed in his heart.

He didn't know if it was because he switched to the Fire Spirit Art, but this time he almost didn't feel the existence of a cultivation art bottleneck, and it was as if it had happened naturally, directly cultivating to Qi Refinement level 4.

Suddenly, he formed a seal with one hand.

With a "Puff," a crimson flame emerged.

But he didn't stop chanting, his fingers pointing repeatedly into the void at the flame.

Instantly, the flame blurred, transformed into two, then blurred again, and transformed into four, eight...

Wang Yu flicked his sleeve, and all the flames dissipated; he murmured with a happy expression:

"With the current mana, I should be able to learn flying escape techniques and entry-rank spells."