Chapter 370: Magic Treasure Upgrade

Master Lu of this artifact refining shop also frequently went to He Pingsheng's shop to purchase elixirs.

The two couldn't be called familiar, but they recognized each other.

So he recognized He Pingsheng.

"Greetings, Master Lu!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands, very politely.

Master Lu waved his hand and said, "Hey... what Master Lu or not Master Lu, just call me Daoist Lu from now on, no need for this!"

"Alright, Daoist Lu!" He Pingsheng reached out and took out a treasure, throwing it in front of Master Lu. "Take a look, how is this treasure of mine?"

It was a Ten Thousand Soul Banner!

A top-tier magic treasure!

It possessed twelve layers of restrictions.

Speaking of which, it was a magic treasure used by the Golden Core stage, theoretically belonging to a third-tier item.

"Yo... this treasure is not bad!" Master Lu held the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and looked at it for a while, saying, "Powerful, powerful... it's actually a top-tier magic treasure!"

"Hehehe... I can't refine such a high-level treasure!"

"This old man has helped people refine artifacts over the years; although I have refined magic treasures, they were all low-tier!"

"If this magic treasure wants to be upgraded, it must be nurtured in the dantian!"

He Pingsheng nodded. "Yes..."

"Today, this poor Daoist came to ask Master Lu to take action and see if you can help me upgrade this item?"

Master Lu looked like a third-tier artifact refiner; if asked to refine a fourth-tier 【Ancient Treasure】, he certainly couldn't do it. Just now, he himself said that he had only refined third-tier low-tier magic treasures at most.

But upgrading was different.

You might not be able to refine from scratch, but simply upgrading is not a big problem.

Whether it can be upgraded mainly depends on the upgrading materials; the requirements for the artifact refiner's technique are not very high.

"If it's just an upgrade by one level, reaching a low-tier Profound Treasure should be no problem!" Master Lu said. "However, do you have suitable artifact refining materials with you?"

"I don't have such materials here!"

He Pingsheng took out a storage bag and handed it to Master Lu. "Do you think this will work?"

Inside the storage bag was a piece of Extreme Yin Qingjin.

About a foot in size.

He Pingsheng had obtained it from the Five Dragon Gully Mystic Realm back then; it was a piece of Extreme Yin Qingjin about a zhang in size. This thing was too big to fit into the Treasure Gathering Basin, so He Pingsheng had it cut into ten pieces.

Ten pieces of foot-sized Extreme Yin Qingjin, then after strengthening, they became twenty pieces.

Now he took out one piece for Master Lu.

"This is... Extreme Yin Qingjin?"

"Good stuff, a top-tier yin-attribute artifact refining material, and it's truly a perfect match for your Ten Thousand Soul Banner, a perfect match..."

"Daoist He, it's a pity, your artifact refining material is a bit scarce!"

Master Lu gave a sheepish smile.

He Pingsheng asked, "How much do you need?"

Master Lu said, "At least three portions are needed!"

He Pingsheng waved his hand, took out three more pieces, and threw them to Master Lu. "I'll give you four portions!"

"If there's any left, I'll gift it to you!"

"Help me upgrade it, your remuneration... will be calculated separately!"

"Tell me how much?"

He Pingsheng liked to make the rules clear when doing things.

Master Lu thought for a moment and said, "This is an upgrade of a top-tier magic treasure, which is extremely troublesome, and it requires yin-attribute flames for forging. This old man doesn't have yin-attribute flames on hand right now, so I have to go find this kind of yin fire separately!"

"With all this back and forth, the labor fee won't be cheap!"

He Pingsheng smiled and didn't speak.

Master Lu said, "How about this, I won't ask for spirit stones!"

"I want a bottle of top-tier 【Gathering Origin Pills】... twelve pellets..."

Twelve top-tier Gathering Origin Pills?

This price is not low; if placed in the Red Moon Commercial Chamber, that would be 1.8 million spirit stones!

But He Pingsheng agreed.

He immediately took out a bottle of elixirs and gave it to Master Lu.

After receiving the elixirs, Master Lu was extremely happy!

Actually, He Pingsheng also had a 【Soul Nurturing Banner】 that needed upgrading, but he didn't want to refine it here with Master Lu.

Two top-tier magic treasures, and both were yin-attribute magic treasures, would cause unnecessary trouble.

Better to find someone else to refine it if there's a chance later.

"Then it's settled!" He Pingsheng said. "I wonder how long it will take for my magic treasure to be successfully upgraded?"

Master Lu thought for a moment and said, "Give me two months!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng nodded. "Two months later, I will come to pick up the goods!"

"Master Lu, I have another question I'd like to ask!" He Pingsheng asked. "You are an artifact refiner; you should know where there are large-scale earth fire exposures within our Liang State, right?"

"Large-scale earth fire exposures?" Master Lu frowned and then said, "Don't say, there really is one!"

He Pingsheng was excited and asked, "Where?"

Master Lu said, "There is a commandery in the northernmost part of the Liang State, named 【Arctic Commandery】!"

"I know this!" He Pingsheng said. "Legend has it that the Arctic Commandery is covered in ice and snow, extremely barren!"

"Hmm!" Master Lu nodded and said, "But in this Arctic Commandery, there is a large mountain named Ruokai Mountain!"

"Further north of Ruokai Mountain, there is an abyss named 【Purgatory Abyss】. The earth fire in this abyss is boiling; it is a supreme holy land for fire-attribute cultivators!"

"This abyss stretches for hundreds of miles and is ownerless!"

"If Daoist He wants to practice fire-attribute Dao techniques, you can go there to comprehend; you might have unexpected gains!"

He Pingsheng was overjoyed and said, "Many thanks, many thanks..."

"My elixir fire is somewhat insufficient; I always feel it lacks some power when refining elixirs, so I want to go over and temper it!"

"Understandable, understandable!" Master Lu said. "Actually, this old man is the same, sigh... this elixir and artifact refining consumes too much fire!"

The two exchanged pleasantries, and then He Pingsheng took his leave.

His real purpose was not to temper fire-attribute power, but for that phoenix egg.

The phoenix egg had absorbed quite a bit of fire-attribute rule power, but it showed no signs of breaking its shell.

He Pingsheng estimated that even if all the Red Fire Crystals were swallowed by it, this phoenix egg might not necessarily hatch. If it wanted to hatch, it would have to be placed in a larger blaze.

Since there was a Purgatory Abyss north of Ruokai Mountain, why not go over and try?

Hmm...

Ruokai Mountain?

Why does it feel a bit familiar? Seems like I've heard of it somewhere?

With this on his mind, He Pingsheng returned to his elixir shop.

Seeing Cheng Cheng Dao Cai and Cheng Xiaohe behind the counter, He Pingsheng slapped his forehead, thought of something, and said, "Old Cheng... are you not going into seclusion to practice recently?"

Cheng Cheng Dao Cai's face turned bitter: "Young Master, this old man feels that my travels are insufficient recently; even going into seclusion to swallow elixirs is difficult to make any progress!"

"That's perfect!" He Pingsheng said. "You go out and travel for a while, and by the way, help me handle a matter!"

Cheng Cheng Dao Cai was overjoyed and said, "Young Master, please speak. What matter? You command it."

He Pingsheng said, "Actually, you also know that we are all from the Qi State, not the Liang State!"

"I originally had a sect in the Qi State, but because of some reasons, the sect was broken into, and I lost contact with my Master, Senior Sister, and Senior Brother!"

"You go to the Cultivation Alliance in Dingxiang Commandery of the Qi State and help me inquire about it!" ===== CHAPTER 371 =====