"Dear 'One Star Whip Holder', the information consultation application you recently submitted has been accepted and responded to. Please check the details through 'Developing Jade Bi'."
The next morning when I returned to my home in the wild forest.
Gao Yuan received an official reply letter from the alliance among the transmission symbols indicating that the consignment items were successfully sold.
"The efficiency of the organization of the whip holders really cannot be overshadowed!"
He admired in his heart, and in a flash he came to the 'Appearance Jade', and his spiritual consciousness covered the latter.
"Consultation fee 1,000 merit?"
Looking at the prompts on the consultation page, he felt a little disappointed.
After consulting so many times in a row, he can now roughly determine the specific value of the information he obtained this time simply by looking at the consulting fees offered by the alliance.
Although 1,000 points of merit is not low, it is almost the same as the reward for hunting an ordinary "Flying Dragon City Deacon" or a higher-level "Ember" pious person.
But compared with the map information of the 'Grey Desert North Sixteenth District' that he spent 10,000 merit points and swore an oath to his inner demon, it was far inferior.
Obviously, the issue of the 'source of spiritual energy of Hunyuan Realm monks' that he consulted this time was definitely much worse than the previous consultation, just from the perspective of intelligence value.
"Forget it, it's just some information after all. Let's just treat it as a passive way to increase our knowledge."
He whispered to himself.
Then he skillfully clicked OK, deducted the merits in his name, and then returned directly to the outside world.
…
A moment later.
A light yellow jade slip had already fallen into Gao Yuan's hands.
He sat back on the leisure chair in the lounge and adjusted his sitting posture slightly.
At the same time, he used his spiritual consciousness and swept it towards the jade slip in his hand.
As he expected, the jade slips did not contain much content.
In general, in response to his problem, the alliance officials listed a total of five ways.
There were two of them, channels that he had known before.
That is to find the ‘Land of Spiritual Veins’ and arrange various levels of ‘Spirit Gathering Arrays’.
However, in the description of the 'land of spiritual veins', the jade slip did mention a situation that he had not learned about before.
That is a magical secret treasure called "Spiritual Seed".
It is said that this kind of secret treasure can only be obtained with a very low probability in some ruins deep in the Gray Desert.
What it is and the specific production mechanism cannot be verified.
As for the specific function of this so-called 'spiritual seed' secret treasure, it can be implanted into the ground of a certain area like a 'seed'.
Generally speaking, as long as it is not the kind of place where 'spiritual energy' is isolated.
In areas where 'spiritual energy' breeds, you only need to plant this 'spiritual seed' secret treasure.
After a period of germination, this area will gradually be transformed into a 'land of spiritual veins' that can transform and derive spiritual energy on its own!
As for the time required for the transformation, and the speed at which the 'spiritual energy' can be derived from the transformed 'land of spiritual veins'.
In addition to being related to the conditions of the area to be transformed, it is also directly related to the strength level of this 'spiritual species' itself.
In short, the higher the level of the 'spiritual seed' itself, the greater its ability to transform and generate the 'land of spiritual veins'!
"In this world, there can be such a strange secret treasure. It's so wonderful!"
Seeing this, Gao Yuan looked amazed and muttered to himself subconsciously.
At the same time, his heart moved slightly.
In the dark, he seemed to have grasped something, but when he thought about it carefully, he had no clue.
After a long silence, he finally focused on the subsequent content of the jade slip in front of him.
Although he had not confirmed the third and fourth channels of obtaining 'spiritual energy' before, he had made corresponding speculations.
They are ‘the best spiritual stone’ and ‘elixir’.
Needless to say about the latter, the art of 'alchemy' is broad and profound, and the materials for alchemy are even more extensive, encompassing all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
And many high-level alchemy materials are rare spiritual materials that contain "spiritual energy".
So using it as medicine and finally making the elixir has the effect of restoring 'spiritual energy', which is also expected.
As for the saying that the 'top quality spiritual stone' contains spiritual energy, Gao Yuan really didn't expect it to be so profound before.
He had only thought before that the name of the spirit stone contained the word "spirit", and that it itself was an ore containing rich energy.
So, is the energy contained in these spiritual stones a kind of solidified 'spiritual energy'?
Because there are more impurities in lower-level and intermediate-level spiritual stones, what he used to verify before was the 'high-level spiritual stone' with much fewer impurities.
However, the results of the verification made him extremely disappointed. Although the energy in the superior spirit stone was very pure, it was not the 'spiritual energy' he needed for daily practice.
There are obvious differences in the external representations of the two.
It is precisely because of this that after carefully inspecting the inside of the 'Advanced Spirit Stone', he did not pay much attention to the 'Top Spirit Stone'.
After all, in his opinion, the difference between high-grade spiritual stones and top-grade spiritual stones is just a matter of purity.
"Isn't it true that in the process of purifying the superior spiritual stone into the 'superior spiritual stone', it still needs to go through some key transformation process?"
"It is this extra transformation process that changes the nature of the internal energy of the superior spirit stone, so that after it is purified into the 'top grade spirit stone', part of the 'spiritual energy' is born inside?"
Gao Yuan was filled with curiosity and whispered to himself subconsciously.
But regarding this issue, he was unable to prove it at all for a while.
The specific production process of the ‘top quality spiritual stone’ is a mystery.
In fact, based on what he has learned over the past few years.
Even the methods for purifying superior spiritual stones are only in the hands of a very small number of forces.
And this is also the fundamental reason why the exchange price of superior spiritual stones has remained high over the years.
The latter is an indispensable energy core for many high-level formations. Whenever someone sets up a stall to exchange high-level spiritual stones in the exclusive trading area, it will quickly cause a large group of people to grab it.
Especially in the past two years, 'Advanced Spiritual Stones' have become more and more popular.
Its exchange ratio with intermediate spirit stones has skyrocketed on the original basis.
In less than four years, its exchange unit price has soared from a relatively stable 550 intermediate spirit stones to now about to break through the thousand mark!
As for the 'top quality spiritual stone', it is even more of a legendary item.
That is to say, during the previous Tiandong Auction, Gao Yuan saw someone bidding on the 'Top Spirit Stone' among the high-end auction items in some categories.
Apart from this, so far, he has never seen any transaction record of the 'Excellent Spiritual Stone' on any other occasion.
Reminiscing about those treasures that were specially marked to only accept bids for spirit stones at the 'Tiandong Auction', Gao Yuan couldn't help but understand.
"After all, it is a good thing that can absorb the 'spiritual energy' directly. It is normal to be special!"
"After all, this can not only increase the cultivation speed of Hunyuan Realm monks, but also can directly increase battery life in actual combat!"
"Whether it's an individual or a major power organization."
"As long as the properties of restoring spiritual energy remain unchanged, this 'top quality spiritual stone' must be a strategic reserve level of hard currency!"
"Fortunately, I have a systematic 'condensation' function!"
"As long as the latter has enough 'high-grade crystallized magic core' as raw material, whether it supplies my daily practice or assists me in refining 'spiritual power' in battle, it will not be worse than this 'top quality spiritual stone'
!”
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan looked straight at the last way.
"Huh? 'Secret Refining Method'?"
"Is there such a secret method?"
Looking at the information in his mind, he let out a cry of surprise.
I saw that at the end of this jade slip, what was listed was an introduction to a method called 'Secret Refining Method'.
According to the jade slip, this 'secret refining method' is a special cultivation method that was successively recovered from the ruins of the 'Grey Desert' many years ago.
Its specific function is to use the 'advanced crystallized magic core' as raw material, supplemented by secret techniques, to extract 'spiritual energy' from it.
At the end of the jade slip, the channels for obtaining this 'secret refining method' are also listed.
That is, after the star level of the 'whip bearer' is promoted to two stars, a certain amount of merit can be used to redeem it directly in the 'Exchange Treasure House'.
"I see!"
“Isn’t this a simplified version of the system’s ‘condensation’?”
Looking at the contents of the jade slip, Gao Yuan's heart suddenly became enlightened.
Previously, he had questions about the various Hunyuan families’ methods of producing ‘Yuan Jing Stone’.
Even after unlocking the 'Condensation' system, he still had certain questions in his mind.
The first is how the secret method of converting the 'advanced crystallized magic core' into the 'Essence Stone' became so popular.
After all, according to his understanding, it seems that all the major Hunyuan realm families in the sixteen cities of the Northern Territory have ways of supplying Yuanjing stones to their disciples.
The second thing is, why are the ancestors of these Hunyuan Realm families so idle?
It seems that each of them does not need to practice, but has enough time to hunt down the "weird demons" and refine the "Essential Essence Stone".
After all, even if one 'advanced crystallized magic core' can be refined and transformed into hundreds of 'Essential Essence Stones', the proportion is still very exaggerated compared with the number of disciples supported by major families.
Unless these ancestors of the Hunyuan Realm families are top-notch in the Hunyuan Realm, they can easily push through the depths of the Gray Desert.
Otherwise, the amount of time he spends hunting down ‘weird demons’ every year will definitely not be short.
Based on the information on the jade slip just obtained, the reason why the ancestors of the Hunyuan Realm families want to refine the 'Advanced Crystallized Demonic Core'.
Its main purpose should be to perform the 'secret refining method' to obtain more 'spiritual energy'.
As for the 'Essential Essence Stone', it is just a derivative obtained by these people while acquiring 'spiritual energy'!
"Tsk, for this kind of 'residue' after refining the 'spiritual energy', those Qi-training monks are actually required to use a life-for-profit contract that lasts for more than thirty years in exchange!"
"Sure enough, no matter which world it is in, any monopoly is a complete profiteering!"
Gao Yuan muttered something with emotion, and Gao Yuan, whose curiosity was satisfied, no longer had any doubts in his heart.
He turned over his hand and put away the newly acquired jade slip, and then took out the jade slip that recorded the refining method of the magic weapon "Blue Sky Sword", and studied it carefully.
…
On the first day of March, the semi-annual alliance auction was held as scheduled.
It was just after midnight in the early morning.
Gao Yuan put on the exile mask and entered the exclusive secret room.
He subconsciously opened his personal panel:
[Permission]: Xuan level
[Alliance Contribution Points]: 150
[Storage of spiritual stones]: 30435967 intermediate spiritual stones
[Transaction Information]: Expandable
[Task information]: Expandable
"More than 30 million intermediate spirit stones should be enough for me to spend a while!"
Looking at the number of stored spiritual stones on the panel, Gao Yuan muttered to himself with some relief.
Then he came to the 'Developing Jade' and habitually searched it in the alliance trading area.
But until the black light door in the corner lit up, marking the opening of the exclusive trading area, he didn't find any valuable items.
At that moment, he didn't stay in the exclusive secret room for long. He walked straight to the black light door in the corner and leaned in.
…
"What comes next is the forty-sixth lot of this auction, sixteen kilograms of the third-level spiritual mine 'Space Cracking Stone'!"
"This is an extremely rare space attribute ore..."
"After inspection by the alliance, this piece of 'cracking stone' is pure in texture, and its overall quality is judged to be 'medium-to-upper'!"
As the auctioneer on the small platform opposite spoke in a rather passionate tone, he explained the properties of the next lot.
As soon as the 'Spiritual Materials Special' started, Gao Yuan, who had been sitting still, suddenly became energetic.
Because this kind of spiritual mine called ‘Sky-Cracked Stone’ is one of his main targets for participating in the auction this time.
At the same time, it is also the magic weapon 'Blue Sky Sword' that he is preparing to refine. So far, it is the only core material that is lacking.
"Is it a mid-to-high-quality 'cracking stone' mine? It's still a full sixteen kilograms!"
After listening to the auctioneer's introduction, Gao Yuan repeated it secretly in his heart, and a joy flashed through his heart.
"In addition to the eight kilograms and three taels of 'Sky Sky Stone' that I purchased before, I have finally collected all the materials for refining the 'Blue Sky Sword'!"
As his mind turned, on the small platform opposite, the auctioneer paused briefly and announced in a loud voice:
"The starting price is 200,000 intermediate spiritual stones. Each time the price is increased, it shall not be less than 5,000 intermediate spiritual stones!"
“Start bidding now!”
"Boom!"
After he finished speaking, he picked up the auction gavel on the table in front of him and tapped it lightly.
As the sound of Qingyue's hammer resounded throughout the venue, a series of quotations suddenly sounded in the venue.
"Two hundred and one thousand!"
"Two hundred and thirty thousand!"
"Two hundred and eighty thousand!"
…
Gao Yuan, who was sitting in the corner in the audience, was not in a hurry to bid. He had 30 million mid-level spiritual stones in his warehouse, and his heart was as stable as an old dog.
The bidding price for the item above has been raised to a high of 500,000 intermediate spiritual stones through bidding after bidding.
There were far fewer people participating in the auction than at the beginning, so he shouted out the price a few times.
In the end, he successfully acquired this 'Space Cracking Stone' at the price of 1.23 million intermediate spiritual stones.
"Tsk, if you have the spirit stone in your pocket, you won't panic!"
After winning the main target of this auction, Gao Yuan was in a good mood and said happily in his heart.
"Besides that, tomorrow morning's 'Exclusive Session on Qigong Bookwork' will be held next, which is worth looking forward to!"
He was thinking secretly in his mind.
His goal is very simple, which is various talisman formations.
No matter what level it is, what type of function it is, as long as the price is not too outrageous, he is ready to eat them all.
After verifying the idea of remotely controlling a puppet yesterday, he became more and more looking forward to the implementation of the 'unmanned puppet plan' in his mind.
Before that, the reserve of talisman arrays of various functional categories will naturally be put on the agenda.
What's more, with the new version of the system's 'deduction' function, no matter what kind of talisman array it is, even if it is a talisman array below level three corresponding to the Qi training realm.
He is also confident in using the system's 'deduction' to deduce it all the way to an advanced level!
In addition, he is interested in collecting various 'magical powers', 'magic weapons', 'secret techniques', etc.
After all, after the problem of the source of 'spiritual energy' is solved.
Gao Yuan no longer had any worries in his heart, and he took up the habit of "sitting concurrently" that he had always maintained.
As for the financial pressure during this period, his current considerable net worth is his source of confidence.
In addition, since the last alliance auction sold a sky-high price, he has been sparing no effort to collect clues about the materials for refining the 'Baohe Pill'.
In the past two years, he has successively collected several main materials for 'Baohe Dan'.
When the materials are collected one day, he can open the furnace again and refine a furnace of top-quality 'Baohe Dan'.
At that time, the latter can bring him extremely generous spiritual stone income.
…
Underground stronghold.
In the weapon refining workshop.
Gao Yuan sat back in the armchair and quietly studied the jade slip in his hand, which recorded the refining method of the magic weapon "Blue Sky Sword".
In fact, the content of the latter was already clear to him after repeated reflections over the past two years.
It is no exaggeration to say that every detail is memorized.
The reason why he is still meditating now is just a method he uses to meditate.
After a while, Gao Yuan put down the jade slip, closed his eyes and carefully read the contents on the jade slip in his mind.
This 'Blue Sky Sword' magic weapon is also known as the 'Splitting Sky Sword'.
As its name suggests, the knife is a purely offensive weapon.
Due to the main material 'Space Cracking Stone', the 'Blue Sky Sword' will be compatible with space attributes to a certain extent after it is made.
If reflected in actual combat, it highlights the ultimate speed and excellent attack capabilities.
It is said that after the magic weapon is completed, it may even have the ability to tear apart space!
"Tsk, even though this Blue Sky Sword is only a low-grade magic weapon, it can't even rely on the infusion of 'spiritual energy' to cultivate 'supernatural powers' on its own."
"But after all, it is a purely offensive magic weapon. Once it is refined and supplemented with a large amount of 'spiritual energy', it can also greatly boost my attack power in the transitional stage of the early Hunyuan realm.
Shortcoming!"
"What's more, the early investment in 'spiritual energy' cannot be said to be a complete waste."
"Even if I find a more advanced magic weapon refining method later, and then replace the Blue Sky Sword, I can still give it to the 'unmanned puppet' later, so I won't lose money after all!"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan realized that he no longer had any doubts in his mind.
He immediately stopped hesitating and started the preliminary preparations for refining the magic weapon according to the refining method recorded in the jade slip.
…
Although both require the help of 'spiritual flame' to temper, there are essential differences in the operating principles between magic weapons and magic weapons.
The latter relies on various talisman formations imprinted on the embryo, and then displays various powers.
After it is successfully refined, all subsequent powers will be completely solidified.
No matter who gets it, as long as it can provide sufficient energy, its power will not be affected.
The magic weapon is different. Its specific power is inextricably linked to the refiner.
Even if it is the same magic weapon, when the refiner's cultivation level changes, there will be corresponding changes.
In addition, there are huge differences between magic weapons and magic weapons in terms of specific refining techniques.
Even in the process of refining the magic weapon, there is no concept of "embryo".
According to the description of the jade slip recording the refining method of "Blue Sky Sword", the first and most important step in refining the magic weapon is to construct the 'true seal'!
The latter is the foundation and core of all magic weapons.
The type of 'True Seal' and its specific strength will be directly related to the specific power displayed after the magic weapon is successfully refined, as well as its subsequent growth potential.
The so-called "spiritual energy" pouring in the later period is essentially a process of continuously cultivating the "true seal" of the magic weapon with the assistance of "spiritual power" and making it grow continuously!
After constructing the 'True Seal', various auxiliary materials are used to construct the outer outline of the magic weapon based on the 'True Seal'.
In Gao Yuan's understanding, this refining step is a bit similar to building blocks, just like what he is doing now.
…
Relying on the master-level 'spiritual true flame' technique, Gao Yuan controlled the scale of the spiritual flame with ease according to the memory in his mind.
With the cooperation of specific secret techniques and abundant 'spiritual power', the two 'sky cracking stones' that were the main materials of the magic weapon gradually softened and slowly began to squirm on their own.
Not long after, a gray mist-like energy containing strange fluctuations escaped from the surfaces of the two 'sky cracking stones'.
Under the guidance of lofty thoughts, these gray energies spontaneously gathered together as if they were alive, slowly squirming and contracting.
Eventually it condensed into a mysterious mark the size of a thumb with a shining surface.
This mark between reality and reality is the core of the magic weapon 'Blue Sky Sword' - the True Seal of the Sky!
Looking at this small and unusually illusory mark, Gao Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
While he was concentrating on maintaining the stability of this mark, he explored his consciousness.
Under his guidance, various materials that had been specially purified by him and were stacked on the surface of the stone table beside him began to float towards this side.
At the same time, a few feet away from the 'True Seal of Splitting the Sky', another 'True Flame of Melting Spirits' also emerged directly.
After the latter appeared, the fire was slightly stronger, and he wrapped all the floating auxiliary materials inside.
After a while, these different types of materials melted and blended together under the high temperature.
It was extracted by Gao Yuan using complicated secret techniques, and finally turned into metal filaments with a mysterious aura.
Following the guidance of his mind, they obediently gathered around the newly condensed 'True Seal of the Sky'.
Then it spontaneously organized itself according to a strange path.
Just like 3D printing, as these 'filaments' are flipped up and down, a long single-edged knife with a green body gradually takes shape.
With the latter as the center, waves of obscure energy fluctuations are condensed but not emitted, transmitting a mysterious atmosphere.
And during this process, Gao Yuan's spiritual consciousness was also wrapped with strands of pure 'spiritual power', mixed in these 'threads', and continuously being woven into the blade of this long knife.
Although the 'Blue Sky Sword' had not been successfully refined at this time, he unconsciously felt a faint blood connection with the long sword in front of him that had not yet been fully formed.
This feeling was incomparably wonderful, completely different from what he usually felt when activating the magic weapon.
…
Two days later.
Gao Yuan sat cross-legged on the soft floor in the lounge. He stretched out his consciousness and 'looked' into his body.
In his perception, a miniature knife the size of a fingernail and completely green was floating quietly in the sky above his 'Original Pearl'.
The "spiritual energy" that was absorbed by his energy from the outside world and was constantly interacting with his "first divine orifice".
From time to time, a strand of hair will be cut off by this mini knife.
And the latter, nourished by these 'spiritual energy', rises and falls on the 'natal pearl' just like life.
Faintly, an extremely sharp aura emanated from this knife!