Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 45: Meeting Wu Chang Again
Liu Yu reached out and grasped the Mother Blade of the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade. With a thought, six Child Blades flickered with black light, dancing around the room with incredible agility.
Under the control of his spiritual consciousness, the hard stone wall was easily etched with a deep mark, as if cutting through tofu. Controlling this supreme magical artifact with the strength of his spiritual consciousness was effortless, and he couldn't help but release a long howl filled with exhilaration!
Time flew by, and seven days had already passed. During the early hours, the stars still shone brightly in the sky, showing no signs of fading.
Liu Yu was already well-prepared, his energy and spirit in excellent condition, ready to embrace a new fate.
He took out the Golden Dragon Sword, transforming it into a dazzling golden light as he flew towards Blue Spring Peak.
On the fifth day, Jiang Qiushui came knocking at his door, bringing the formula for the Azure Spirit Pill, five shares of the spiritual herbs needed to refine it, and ten spiritual stones. The formula for the Azure Spirit Pill was worth one hundred spiritual stones, while each share of the spiritual herbs was valued at twenty spiritual stones, making a total of two hundred and ten spiritual stones.
Liu Yu had a high regard for Jiang Qiushui's abilities; completing all of this in five days was quite fast. He immediately handed her the ten spiritual stones as a goodwill gesture.
Of course, Liu Yu understood that Jiang Qiushui had gone through this much effort to run errands for him for a reason. To ensure she would continue to work diligently, he had to provide some benefits. He initially planned to focus on his cultivation after becoming an inner sect disciple and leave the trivial matters to her. However, with the onset of the spiritual stone mine war, he needed to head to the Qingzhou border, and this matter had to be set aside.
Most of the spiritual herbs for the Azure Spirit Pill would reach maturity after one hundred years, leaving seeds and ceasing to grow. The main herb, Blue Green Grass, would also enter its mature phase at one hundred and fifty years, leaving seeds and stopping growth.
With the formula and herbs for the Azure Spirit Pill in hand, Liu Yu could continuously accelerate the maturation of the herbs through his Immortal Abode and refine the Azure Spirit Pill. The Azure Spirit Pill was one of the best pills for enhancing magical power and raising cultivation in the late stage of qi refinement. This pill had a mild potency and was easy to absorb. With the Azure Spirit Pill, Liu Yu could quickly raise his cultivation to full circle of qi refinement, significantly increasing his strength.
The wind at night still carried a bit of chill. For ordinary mortals, prolonged exposure would inevitably lead to illness, but for cultivators whose bodies were nourished by magical power, it posed no significant threat.
Liu Yu's task this time was to guard Cold Moon City at the Qingzhou border. Next to Cold Moon City was a small cold iron mine, and they needed to ensure its normal extraction was not disturbed.
This small cold iron mine could produce cold iron ore worth five hundred spiritual stones every month. Cold iron was extracted from this ore and was a material used to refine low-grade magical artifacts. Low-grade magical artifacts made from cold iron were quite popular among loose cultivators, and the sect would send someone to collect the extracted cold iron ore once a month. This mine could bring in a profit of five to six thousand spiritual stones to the sect each year, making it something they would not easily abandon.
In the past few days, Liu Yu gathered information about Cold Moon City and its surroundings. The information showed that the area around this city consisted mostly of ordinary mortal towns, with no significant families or powers nearby, only three minor families at the qi refinement level that posed no threat to him. The nearest marketplace was three hundred miles away, indicating a severe lack of resources for cultivating immortality in this place; it could be considered quite remote.