Chapter 693: Luo Zhi Needle

Yan Buji asked with doubt, "So, is there something wrong with your wound?"

"It's not a big wound; once I purge the blood Qi from the wound and take a pill that restores severed limbs, I'll be fine. But removing the blood Qi makes the wound itch, and I can't help wanting to scratch it."

"I see… then Elder Ximen could try my pill?"

Yan Buji took out the Six-turn Celestial Pill he had previously forged by exploiting a loophole to obtain the Alchemy Technique inheritance, and placed it on the table.

"Hmm?"

Elder Ximen looked oddly, poured out the Celestial Pill and studied it carefully: "What does your Celestial Pill… do?"

"It stops itching; after taking it, the itch disappears."

"Hmm?"

Elder Ximen looked at Yan Buji oddly: "That's it?"

"Yes."

"Sss… how come you kid keep refining useless pills?" Elder Ximen didn't care about anything else, ate the anti‑itch Celestial Pill, and instantly felt the wound stop itching.

"Not to brag, it really works!" Elder Ximen exclaimed with delight.

"Ha ha, as long as it works. It was a formula I devised back when I was trying to break through to Six-turn Alchemist, not very refined but I managed it, so it never had use. Solving your little trouble, Elder Ximen, is a good thing!"

Elder Ximen was quite satisfied with Yan Buji's attitude, especially since this person had ability and talent and also happened to be useful to him, he valued him even more.

"You're good at everything, but your talent is a bit lacking. Still, seeing how you are, your cultivation path must have gone through many trials to become so smooth; that's not a bad thing."

"Elder's excessive praise, the cultivation path can never be smooth sailing," Yan Buji laughed.

Yan Buji believed that even if his cultivation this lifetime is bitter and exhausting, at least he is still alive, gaining experience, and when facing real difficulties there will surely be a solution.

Like now, Yan Buji has built a good relationship with Elder Ximen, maybe he can still get some benefits from him.

Elder Ximen looked at Yan Buji, thought for a moment: "Is there anything you want? I can't just take your Celestial Pill for free."

"That shouldn't be needed, right? That pill wasn't for many people to use; it just solved Elder Ximen's little trouble. To reward me would be excessive," Yan Buji smiled.

"Eh." Elder Ximen shook his head: "I don't have a habit of taking things without giving something back; just tell me what you want."

"Then… Elder Ximen, do you have any void‑piercing techniques you could teach me?"

"Void‑piercing?" Elder Ximen looked at Yan Buji, puzzled: "I do have a powerful void‑piercing art, but you can only learn it after reaching the Refining Void stage…"

Yan Buji's face twitched.

The threshold is getting higher and higher.

"You seem to need it urgently, so I'll give you this." Elder Ximen said, pulling a silver needle about thirty centimeters long from his storage bag.

"Immortal Accumulation Artifact?" Yan Buji felt the spiritual aura radiating from the silver needle, and his eyes lit up.

"This item is called 'Luo Zhi', I once slayed a cosmic‑path demonic cultivator to obtain it, but I'm not a cosmic‑path cultivator, so it doesn't serve me much. It not only can pierce voids, but also can weave the threads of cosmic‑path power into a garment that slips below spatial turbulence. If a master artificer were to redevelop it, this Immortal Accumulation Artifact might have other uses."

Yan Buji carefully took the Luo Zhi Needle and examined it: "Is this actually a Seven-turn Immortal Accumulation?"

He was a bit troubled, unsure whether his magical power could sustain it.

"The item is yours; whether you can use it, I don't know," Elder Ximen smiled.

"Thank you for the gift, Elder!"

"Hmm, nothing else, you may return now."

"Yes!"

After leaving the Hall of Transmitting Skills, Yan Buji consulted Ye Lin and planned to explore the secret realm of Duan Po Mountain in two months.

During this period, Yan Buji mainly refined his Accumulation Device, especially the newly acquired Luo Zhi Needle.

Returning to the Lian Dan Tang, Yan Buji glanced casually at the two newly arrived disciples, confirmed they were fine, then rushed back to the cultivation chamber to begin preparations.

"This Luo Zhi Needle is the most supreme Immortal Accumulation Artifact I've ever seen."

Yan Buji took a deep breath.

His artificery skill hasn't progressed much, still at a basic level; even when he can forge Fivefold Transformation Accumulation Devices, it's just stacking materials to reach the grade.

Nevertheless, the Accumulation Devices he forges aren't low‑grade; at least they aren't garbage that requires huge effort.

As for the crafting process of this Luo Zhi Needle, it's far more complex than he imagined, and because he didn't make it himself, its displayed power may be limited.

"But this Luo Zhi Needle should match my Yantian Gong, allowing me to manipulate it with the invisible threads of Yantian Gong. Even without the aid of Dao Mark power, it can reduce magical power consumption slightly," Yan Buji thought, and began the ritual.

Accompanied by rising magical power, Yan Buji inhaled deeply, letting the Luo Zhi Needle circulating in his magical flow absorb his essence.

This step must last a long time, after all it's an Immortal Accumulation Artifact, not easy to refine.

Yet a brief ritual merely awakens the artifact's inherent traits.

Once the traits are fully awakened, he can infuse his vital essence to control it.

The idea was sound, but after Yan Buji finished the ritual, he realized he had made a huge mistake.

"The interior of this Luo Zhi Needle is hollow? And it contains dozens of extremely tiny components?" Yan Buji's eyes widened, he was at a loss.

If enlarged, it would look like a bamboo tube packed with various parts, only this needle has shrunk them many times, so externally it appears seamless.

But in reality, since Yan Buji can confirm it's an Accumulation Device, it cannot follow the ancient Magical Cultivation artifact‑making path; he had thought there would be only a few components, not dozens!

This is a bit troublesome.

Yan Buji pondered and thought of a method.

"First, I don't need to fully infuse my vital essence; just coating the surface should be fine. Two months is still too short; to fully refine this Seven-turn Immortal Accumulation into a weapon you can swing like an arm, at least three years are needed to start."

Yan Buji, helpless, could only perform a preliminary refinement, so that under barely controllable conditions he could perhaps exert about one‑tenth of its original power.

Thereafter, after refining the Luo Zhi Needle, Yan Buji prepared some pills and set out with Ye Lin toward Duan Po Mountain.