Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 270: Black Robe Insect Cultivator (Combined Chapter)
At this point, the refining of the Meltfire Blade had been initially completed.
It could now exert about seventy to eighty percent of the spiritual artifact's power; the remaining task was just a period of adjustment. Once the adjustment was complete, it would be able to fully unleash the power that the Meltfire Blade was supposed to have.
This was Liu Yu's first supreme spiritual artifact.
Acquiring this magical artifact meant that his strength had officially entered the high end of the foundation establishment realm, surpassing most foundation establishment cultivators.
If he were to encounter an opponent like Li Bùtóng now, under the condition that neither side used their trump cards, relying on the shock spirit stab and the Meltfire Blade, Liu Yu was confident he could contend with him.
Even though he might not be able to defeat him yet, he was assured of a safe retreat.
Although he was eager to test the brilliance of the supreme spiritual artifact, the environment of the jade alchemy hall was clearly not suitable for such trials. Liu Yu reluctantly decided against it and put the Meltfire Blade away into his storage pouch.
He then took out the refined Nourishing Yuan Elixir, swallowed it, and began his daily cultivation.
The difficulty of refining the Nourishing Yuan Elixir was similar to that of the Azure Origin Pill, but the required spiritual herbs had a lower age, making it more suited for sale.
The Azure Origin Pill was an ancient formulation, extremely potent for early foundation establishment cultivators; however, the required spiritual herbs had a significantly higher age than the Nourishing Yuan Elixir, making it unsuitable for sale.
If other cultivators saw Liu Yu selling large quantities of Azure Origin Pills, they would surely question where he obtained so many high-aged spiritual herbs.
Thus, Liu Yu only sold a small amount of Azure Origin Pills, relying mainly on the sale of second-tier low-grade Vitality Pills to earn spiritual stones. As for the second-tier mid-quality Nourishing Yuan Elixirs, he planned to sell them in another twenty to thirty years.
As long as he had enough spiritual stones, Liu Yu knew exactly what he needed and would not lose sight of the bigger picture for small gains.
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Time passed quickly, and three months had gone by.
During these three months, Liu Yu spent three hours each day on his cultivation, one hour on nurturing the magical artifact, and the remaining time attending various auction events and gatherings with foundation establishment cultivators.
However, perhaps due to running out of good luck, his gains were meager, and he hadn't even seen the shadow of a supreme defensive spiritual artifact.
He did manage to collect a somewhat rare item called Earthstone Nethermilk, which helped to expel Dan Poison, but it cost him five hundred spiritual stones, and the results were unsatisfactory.
While some of the Dan Poison was removed, much of it still lingered in his meridians like maggots clinging to bones.
The portion removed was mostly the Dan Poison left behind from taking elixirs during the qi refinement stage, which was relatively shallow and less entangled.
When cultivators were in the qi refinement stage, their gaseous magical power wasn't tightly integrated with their physical body. As the medicinal power of elixirs was refined into magical power, most of the Dan Poison flowed along with it, naturally not accumulating too deeply.
However, after reaching the foundation establishment stage, the physical body was enhanced through spiritual energy washing, and the integration with magical power became tighter. Cultivating would also passively enhance the physical body, allowing the Dan Poison to accumulate more deeply.
Thus, after reaching the foundation establishment stage, the Dan Poison that developed became more difficult to remove.
If Liu Yu wanted to eliminate this portion of Dan Poison, he naturally needed a more effective "poison-expelling spiritual item."