Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 124: Qingyang Skill
Every year, a portion of the earnings from the markets around the Yuan Yang Sect is handed over to the sect, and it's no different for Jiatai Market, where there are also disciples of the Yuan Yang Sect among the law enforcement cultivators.
With Liu Yu's foundation establishment stage cultivation, he only needed to spend a bit of effort to control the law enforcement team to expel a person from the market, at which point he could deal with them as he pleased.
If that person were still at the qi refinement stage, they would have to spend more spiritual stones to get what they wanted.
However, now that Liu Yu is at the foundation establishment stage, he no longer needs to worry as much; he can assert his influence directly and find numerous ways to take what he wants.
The power of a cultivator is derived from themselves, and as one’s cultivation level increases, their strength grows, leading to fewer restraints. It’s common for high-level cultivators to have the power of life and death over low-level cultivators.
Having already explored Jiatai Market thoroughly, Liu Yu had only managed to collect half of the spiritual herbs and seeds for the three types of elixirs. Continuing to stay there would be pointless.
Liu Yu planned to return to the sect first. Collecting spiritual herbs and seeds would take too much time and energy, so he intended to leave that task to Jiang Qiushui.
After reaching foundation establishment, his lifespan and strength had increased, but the preparations he needed to make had also multiplied. One person's energy is ultimately limited, and it is impossible to cover everything.
While lost in thought, Liu Yu had already walked outside the market. He took out the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade from his storage bag and transformed into a streak of black light, flying away.
After flying for several dozen miles, he switched to the Wind Escape Boat, restoring his original appearance and heading towards the sect.
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An hour later, a streak of black light descended upon the peak of Cailian Mountain.
Liu Yu stored the magical artifact back into his storage bag, opened the formation, and entered his cave dwelling, sitting down on the meditation cushion in his practice room.
He reached into his storage bag and took out two items, which were the bronze lamp and a rope-like artifact that resembled a wick.
Liu Yu carefully examined the rope-like artifact in his hand, and the more he looked, the more he felt the two had something in common.
Firstly, the colors of both were similar, and secondly, the thickness of the rope matched the hollow part of the wick in the bronze lamp, forming an impeccable fit.
After observing for a while, he picked up the bronze lamp, activated the spell gesture in his hand, and slowly infused it with magical power, beginning to refine this magical artifact.
With Liu Yu's current foundation establishment stage magical power and spiritual consciousness, refining a high-grade magical artifact naturally did not take long; it took only a quarter of an hour to refine the bronze lamp.
He tried to activate this artifact, and after infusing it with magical power, it quickly reacted. A faint azure flame emerged from the hollow center of the lamp; despite being so close, he felt no increase in temperature, which was indeed mysterious.
Liu Yu observed for a while, unable to discern its nature, and simply started testing the power of the artifact.
He took out a black sphere from his storage bag, which was a high-grade magical artifact obtained from a soft-spoken male disciple of the Heavenly Harmony Sect. The sphere projected a black light curtain, and he then directed the azure flame towards the light curtain to burn it.
As soon as they made contact, within less than two breaths, the black light curtain showed signs of instability, flashing rapidly. After another three breaths, it burned a hole, through which the azure flame lunged at the black sphere.
The black sphere dimmed visibly as it was burned by the flame.