txolops Chapter 103 Re-refining
Chapter 103 Re-refining
Chapter 103 Re-refining
They had actually arrived nearby long ago, but upon seeing the intense fluctuations in spiritual energy, they knew that Core Formation cultivators were fighting here, so they hid far away.
Only after Luo Ming rode away in his escape light did they dare to come and check.
The four of them split up and used their divine senses to scan the depths of the cave. They only found the remaining, increasingly thin pure spiritual energy in the air. Apart from a few rock pits corroded by the corpse poison, there were no traces of fighting on the ground, not even a trace of blood.
"Strange, there were clearly fluctuations of a battle between Core Formation stage experts just now, so why are there so few traces? Could it be that those two seniors stopped short of defeat?" A Foundation Establishment cultivator with a youthful face frowned and whispered, his tone full of doubt.
At this moment, the elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator with graying temples and a calm demeanor bent down and squatted down. He gently stroked the rock where the Spirit Eye Spring had been, his fingertips feeling a faint dampness. He then brought the rock to his nose and sniffed it, a knowing look immediately flashing in his eyes.
"I know what they're fighting over. Look here." He raised his hand and pointed to the crevice in the rock.
"The remaining spiritual energy is extremely pure and carries the unique warm and moist aura of the spiritual spring. The rocks also bear traces of being soaked by the spiritual liquid. Presumably, that senior who has reached the Core Formation stage collected a spiritual spring here. The commotion just now must have been caused by the senior collecting the spiritual spring, which led to a dispute with another Core Formation cultivator."
Upon hearing this, the other three gathered around and investigated in the direction the old man pointed. Sure enough, they noticed something unusual, and their faces immediately showed deep envy.
"The Spirit Eye Spring! That's a treasure that can accelerate cultivation!" A slightly overweight Foundation Establishment cultivator rubbed his hands together, his face full of regret. "I've been cultivating on these nearby islands for three years, searching for rare and precious materials every day. How come I never noticed such an opportunity hidden here?"
"Who can argue with that!"
Another cultivator in a blue robe sighed, his tone full of resentment, "We rogue cultivators are already slow to cultivate. If we can find a spiritual spring, we might be able to reach the threshold of the next realm in a few years."
The young cultivator chimed in, "That Core Formation senior is incredibly lucky. He stumbled upon such a tremendous opportunity."
The elderly cultivator stood up, his gaze sweeping across the cavern: "Since that Core Formation expert has already taken the spiritual spring, there's basically nothing good left here. However, the spiritual energy around here is a bit denser than elsewhere, so there might still be other branches of spiritual veins hidden here. Why don't we split up and search carefully, and try our luck? Perhaps we can find another small spiritual eye spring, even if it's just a node in a spiritual vein, we could still benefit greatly."
After leaving Lingwu Island, Luo Ming did not immediately return to Tianxing City, but instead sped off in another direction.
"Golden Gu, how far is your cave from here?" Luo Ming asked the Golden Gu old man inside the Thousand Demon Banner, standing on the black jade flying boat with a calm expression.
He originally planned to return to Tianxing City immediately and then go to the outer sea to hunt demons, but he just learned from the other party that there was an underground fire vein on Golden Gu Island where his cave was located, which made him feel like someone had delivered a pillow when he was sleepy.
The Xuanhuo Mirror is currently of average power, but if it were to be refined again with the power of earth fire, its power would be greatly enhanced, so he naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity.
"Young master, the fire vein there is a rare medium-sized fire vein, and it is not as violent as most fire veins, making it most suitable for refining fire-attribute magic weapons," the old man with the golden gu said respectfully.
He is quite open-minded now. Although he lost his freedom as the main soul in the Thousand Demon Banner and will never be able to reincarnate again, his lifespan will be very long. He feels that Luo Ming must have a complicated background. If he performs well, he might be able to gain a lot of benefits.
"You've been at the Core Formation stage for so long, and you only have one magic weapon—a shield?" Luo Ming asked, somewhat incredulously.
He thought that the old man with the golden gu had been around for so many years, he must have a lot of magical treasures. He originally thought he would get a few from him, but he didn't see a single one.
"Cough cough! Young master, you have no idea of the hardships we rogue cultivators face. This old servant had originally accumulated several magical treasures, but several years ago I encountered that old fellow Yun Feng. At the time, I was injured, and I risked self-destructing two of my magical treasures to escape..."
The old man with the golden gu thought of that Yunfeng Zhenren and felt that his current situation was entirely due to that person, so his voice suddenly became shrill.
Luo Ming listened with great interest to the old man's story of his grudges with Master Yunfeng. He found it quite amusing. Although he knew the old man was probably hoping he would avenge him, he treated it as a joke. As long as Yunfeng didn't cause him any trouble, he wouldn't bother with such mundane matters.
Half a month later, Luo Ming arrived at an island that had been destroyed beyond recognition and was slightly taken aback.
"Are you sure this is your Golden Gu Island?"
"It must be that old bastard Yunfeng who demolished my cave while I was away on the island..." The Golden Gu Elder was furious when he saw that his cave on the island had been reduced to ruins, and he immediately started cursing.
Luo Ming hovered above the island, his powerful divine sense scanning the surroundings. He was relieved to find that the underground fire veins were still intact.
"As long as the fire vein is alright, that's all that matters. Anyway, you don't need the cave dwelling anymore, so why worry about those things?"
He made a joke, then went deep underground on Golden Gu Island, looked at the slowly flowing, scorching magma, and nodded slightly.
Ten days later, a series of rumbling sounds came from underground on Golden Gu Island. Then, a beam of mysterious light flew out from the island and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye. It was Luo Ming, who had already finished refining the Mysterious Fire Mirror.
Looking at the Xuanhuo Mirror in his hand, which was radiating astonishing fire-attribute spiritual energy, Luo Ming nodded in satisfaction.
"It's a pity that I extracted too much of the fire elemental energy from the upper layer of the fire vein, causing it to become unstable and erupt. Otherwise, I could have refined it for a few more days."
Now he increasingly felt that this Xuanhuo Mirror was somewhat unusual, as it could absorb so much fire energy, and it didn't seem to have reached its limit yet. He wondered where Lu Xuan had obtained the method for refining this treasure.
The power of this treasure is now more than twice as strong as before. If it were like this when he fought the Golden Gu Old Man, there would be no need for the Golden Wind Cone Talisman. The power of this Xuanhuo Mirror alone would be enough to refine all of the opponent's corpse puppets. Speaking of those corpse puppets, although Luo Ming found them disgusting, they were no weaker than ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivators when they worked together. Now they have been controlled, refined and mastered by him. When they reach the outer sea, they will be quite useful helpers.
As for the old man with the Golden Gu, such as the Iron Wire Corpse Puppet Worm, although its individual power is not very strong and it requires the Corpse Dao technique to cultivate, he discovered that this worm has a strong ability to control puppets, and he plans to study it carefully.
After all, this old man with the Golden Gu possessed a rather impressive secret technique for creating corpse puppets.
Several months later, Luo Ming finally returned to Tianxing City. After resting for several days to recharge, he set off for the teleportation array to the outer sea.
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