txolops Chapter 263 Radiant Starwood
Chapter 263 Radiant Starwood
In the sky between Snowflake City and Silvermoon City.
A dark silver streak of light was flying rapidly, and upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the streak of light actually contained a flying boat several meters long.
At the head of the flying boat, a figure dressed in a light blue robe stood calmly.
It was Li Ping, who had left Flying Snow City not long ago.
After leaving Snowflake City, he did not head south directly across the desert grasslands back to the Western Wilderness, but instead went north to Silvermoon City.
This is certainly not to pay tribute to Wei Shen.
The Earth is round, but the cultivation world is not; going in the opposite direction is absolutely impossible.
In fact, his main reason for heading north was to retrieve the treasure.
What treasure did you obtain?
These were the Tier 3 materials that Master Gaoji had promised him!
According to Gaoji Daoist, the amount of third-grade spiritual materials he hid in his treasure vault was more than enough to craft a low-grade third-grade puppet.
After returning to the Western Wilderness, Li Ping will choose an opportunity to switch to cultivating the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Secret Scripture".
Switching between cultivation techniques of different attributes is not much different from dispersing one's cultivation and starting over. At that time, he may experience a period of weakness.
If he could have a Tier 3 puppet to protect him during this period, his safety would be better guaranteed, so he definitely had to refine the Tier 3 puppet in advance.
The treasure vault of Gaoji Daoist is located under a glacier less than 30,000 kilometers away from Silvermoon City.
Li Ping believed that these valuable materials were worth the effort he had to make the trip for.
……
Standing in front of the flying boat, looking down at the icy world below, Li Ping's expression suddenly changed, and he patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist.
Snapped!
The Earth Spirit Rat rolled out of the spirit beast pouch, its bright little eyes looking around at the unfamiliar surroundings with a slightly confused expression, as if it couldn't understand what had happened.
Li Ping shook his head slightly, reached into his storage bag at his waist, and when he took it out, he was holding a pale golden fruit in his palm.
It was the Millennium Bloodline Fruit that he planted while he was in seclusion in Flying Snow City, to test the special effects of the second floating island.
A thousand-year-old bloodline fruit can purify the bloodline of a third-tier demon beast, making it an extremely rare and precious natural treasure for demon beasts.
However, the Bloodline Fruit is of little use to the Wildfire Sparrow, because the trace of Vermilion Bird bloodline contained in the Wildfire Sparrow's body can allow it to reach the fourth or even fifth rank, while the Bloodline Fruit, even if it is a thousand years old, is only useful for the third rank bloodline.
Take the Earth Spirit Rat for example. Its bloodline can only support it to cultivate to the late stage of the second tier. Breaking through to the third tier would be extremely difficult.
However, the Earth Spirit Rat is adept at finding rare and precious materials, which is a unique talent beyond its bloodline, and that's another matter entirely.
Li Ping planned to feed the millennium bloodline fruit in his hand to the earth spirit rat for refinement. Once the rat digested the medicinal power of the bloodline fruit, its probability of breaking through to the third rank in the future would definitely increase.
"Sniff~"
The moment Li Ping took out the Thousand-Year Bloodline Fruit, the Earth Spirit Rat immediately became alert, its tiny nostrils twitching constantly, clearly having smelled the treasure.
Finally, its little eyes landed in Li Ping's palm.
"Squeak~"
The Earth Spirit Rat immediately became excited, stood upright, and repeatedly bowed to Li Ping with its two slender forelegs, trying to beg for the Bloodline Fruit from Li Ping: "Please, great master, this rat is so eager to improve."
Sensing the message transmitted from the Earth Spirit Rat's consciousness, Li Ping couldn't help but chuckle slightly.
He shook his head, tossed the Bloodline Fruit directly to the Earth Spirit Rat, and instructed, "After consuming this spiritual fruit, refine it properly."
A moment later, the earth spirit rat that had eaten the bloodline fruit was put into the spirit beast bag.
Li Ping reached behind him and took out another bulging, ice-blue storage bag.
This storage bag came from Long Jie, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Buyun Sect.
More than thirty years ago, Master Muyun perished, and Flying Snow City was thrown into chaos.
When Li Ping went out to avoid the chaos, he happened to encounter Long Jie, who had returned from looting the Flying Snow Sect. After a fierce battle, Long Jie died under his magic weapon, and the storage bag naturally fell into his hands.
However, Long Jie had a precious spiritual item in his storage bag that he had stolen from the Flying Snow Sect, and Li Ping was worried that the Flying Snow Sect had left a tracking mark on that spiritual item.
Feeling guilty, he didn't even open Long Jie's storage bag, let alone check the spiritual items inside. Instead, he buried the storage bag and its contents in a secluded spot outside the city.
Only now, when he was about to leave the far north, did he casually take out this storage bag.
In the past thirty years, the Flying Snow Sect has not found any storage bags. Obviously, his previous approach was too cautious, resulting in a lot of wasted effort and unnecessary worries.
"What kind of spirit is it?" Li Ping was very curious about the spirit in the storage bag.
This spiritual item must be very important to the Flying Snow Sect, so after it was lost, Shi Yutong specifically asked Xiao Yunzhi to kill Long Jie and help find it.
However, Long Jie had already died at Li Ping's hands, so her plan naturally fell through.
"Splash~"
On the rapidly speeding airship, Li Ping shook his storage bag, and a large pile of materials and magical artifacts poured out, forming a small mountain.
Upon closer inspection, one can see that some of the ritual implements still have traces of blood on their surface, indicating that the origin of these implements was not exactly legitimate.
Of the many second-tier materials in Long Jie's storage bag, except for some spiritual herbs that Li Ping kept to refine into pills to enhance cultivation, the rest were all put back into Long Jie's storage bag, with the intention of selling them all for cash after arriving in Silvermoon City.
After all that was done, all that remained in Li Ping's sight was a jade box covered with sealing talismans.
With a blank expression, he waved his hand slightly, and under his control, the jade box rose into the air and floated down into his hand.
Li Ping gently brushed the surface of the jade box with one hand, and the sealing talismans fell off one by one, revealing the jade box itself underneath.
"Clatter~"
With a crisp sound, the jade box was opened, revealing its contents.
It was a vibrant 'bachelor' tree, over a foot tall, with roots at its base as strong and vigorous as a coiled dragon. Its trunk, a mix of gold and silver, was covered with dense, mysterious patterns that shimmered with starlight.
"Was the spiritual item that Long Jie snatched a spiritual herb? Or perhaps a spiritual tree?" Li Ping wondered silently.
However, after examining it carefully for a while, he couldn't recognize the origin of this spiritual object at all. After thinking for a while, he decided to seek help from outside the arena.
"brush!"
Jiezi Tiandi appeared in the other hand.
Li Ping held the jade box in one hand and the Jiezi Heaven and Earth in the other, and asked with a smile, "Senior Gaoji, I wonder if you can recognize the origin of this spiritual object?"
"A spiritual object, please take a look." Gaoji Daoist's voice came from within the Jiezi World.
But his voice quickly turned surprised: "Wait a minute! Fellow Daoist Li, you've broken through to the Core Formation stage!"
Before Li Ping went into seclusion to break through to the Core Formation stage, he locked Gaoji Daoist in a small dark room and only released him now. That's why Gaoji Daoist lost his composure when he sensed the change in Li Ping's aura.
Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Senior is right. I did indeed recently manage to form a Golden Core."
"There's no such thing as a lucky break when it comes to Core Formation. I went through countless hardships to get to this point back then," Gaoji Daoist said with a sigh, clearly unconvinced by Li Ping's modesty.
Seeing that he seemed lost in his memories, Li Ping smiled and said, "We'll talk about the Core Formation later. Please help me find out the origin of this spiritual object in my hand."
"What's the rush?" Gaoji Daoist grumbled, but stopped reminiscing about the glorious past and instead began to examine the spiritual object in the jade box.
But as he watched, he fell silent.
After a long while, Gaoji Daoist finally spoke slowly: "Fellow Daoist Li, where did you obtain this Yaoji Starwood? If the ancient records I have read are true, this kind of spiritual wood should have been extinct in the cultivation world long ago."
"Radiant Starwood?" Li Ping keenly caught the name Gaoji Daoist used for the spiritual wood in his hand.
Daoist Gaoji sighed, "Indeed, this is a renowned stellar treasure in the cultivation world. Although I knew of its existence, this is the first time I have actually seen it."
"A Star Treasure?" Upon hearing this, Li Ping was first taken aback, then overjoyed.
He needs spirit wood with star attributes as the main material to refine the Zhou Tian Star Banner!
Suppressing his excitement, Li Ping smiled and asked, "Senior, could you please tell me what's so special about this Yaoji Starwood?"
"Of course, even if you don't say it, I will tell you everything I know." Gaoji Daoist's voice came from within the Jiezi World.
He then began to introduce Li Ping to Yaoji Starwood, a top-tier spiritual wood with stellar attributes.
Gaoji Daoist spoke eloquently, while Li Ping listened quietly, nodding slightly from time to time.
According to Gaoji Daoren, the information he knew about Yaoji Star Wood actually came from a book of stories he had read in his early years, written by a man named Qianji Zhenjun.
The Thousand Machine True Lord loved magical treasures most in his life. After he formed his Nascent Soul, he traveled all over the cultivation world to collect information on powerful magical treasures, compiled them into an illustrated book, and named it "Record of Wonderful Treasures of the Universe".
Of the magical treasures collected by the Thousand Machine True Lord, some have detailed methods of crafting, while others are only passed down through legends.
The method for crafting the Sun and Moon Ring, a magical artifact that Gaoji Daoist had previously given to Xiao Yunzhi, came from this.
However, according to the ranking of the Thousand Machine True Lord, the Sun and Moon Ring is only ranked in the lower middle position in the Record of Wonders of the Universe. The ones that are truly ranked at the top are some ancient legendary treasures!
Among them, the one listed seventh by Qianji Zhenjun is the natal spiritual treasure of an ancient extraordinary person, the "Nine-Layer Mysterious Heaven Pagoda".
Legend has it that this treasure was forged from top-tier spiritual wood of nine attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, and stars (light), with each of the nine powers being fused into one.
Once unleashed, it can almost shatter all laws!
The nine types of top-tier spiritual woods each have an incredibly powerful origin.
The material used to forge the Starry Sky Tower was the Radiant Starry Sky Wood.
According to the information gathered by Qianji Zhenjun, the extraordinary person later ascended to heaven and left this world with his natal spiritual treasure, and the method of refining this treasure was lost.
Of course, even if it hadn't been lost.
No one could collect the nine top-grade spirit woods to reforge the magic weapon.
Because these sacred trees are basically extinct.