Chapter 1681: Treasure-level Panshan Sword

The continuously refined mana was quickly devoured by the Pan Mountain Saber, which still radiated a ravenous feeling.

This couldn't go on; his mana might be completely consumed. Of course, Lu Ye could interrupt this absorption simply by removing his hand from the Pan Mountain Saber's hilt, and he would likely be able to resume later. However, having realized what was happening, he naturally didn't want to stop.

If Spirit Jade wasn't enough, he would use Spirit Crystals!

As a cultivation resource of a higher grade than Spirit Jade, Spirit Crystals, when refined by cultivators, still yield spiritual power that needs to be converted by the Law Source. However, compared to Spirit Jade, Spirit Crystals undoubtedly contain a much greater amount of spiritual power, allowing cultivators to replenish their energy more effectively within the same timeframe.

Lu Ye had Spirit Crystals on hand. When he first traded with the Mermen, they had given him a million Spirit Crystals, which he had kept unused. Now was the perfect time to use them.

As the Talent Tree began absorbing the power from the Spirit Crystals, Lu Ye finally felt much better.

One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand…

A full half of the million Spirit Crystals were consumed at once before the absorption force emanating from the Pan Mountain Saber gradually weakened. It wasn't until half a day later that the absorption force finally vanished.

Lu Ye looked down and saw a cold, ethereal light flowing over the Pan Mountain Saber. This treasure, originally only at the Spirit Artifact level, seemed to have undergone a marvelous sublimation in that instant!

Physically and mentally exhausted, Lu Ye’s expression was nonetheless filled with excitement.

Slowly drawing the saber, the pitch-black Pan Mountain Saber came into view. Outwardly, there was no change; it looked exactly as it had before.

But upon careful perception, Lu Ye knew that his Pan Mountain Saber had undergone a world-shaking transformation.

A Dharma Treasure!

The Pan Mountain Saber was now a Dharma Treasure-level item, and not just an ordinary one; it was definitely among the top-tier.

This wasn't an improvement in the Pan Mountain Saber's quality, but rather a form of unsealing.

The Pan Mountain Saber, transformed by Liao, possessed incredibly high inherent quality. After all, it had once followed many powerful cultivators, and if its quality wasn't high, it wouldn't have been effective in their hands.

But the characteristics of the Weapon Race were peculiar: when subdued by a Constellation Realm cultivator like Lu Ye, it would only manifest at the Spirit Artifact level, to prevent Lu Ye from being unable to control it.

This was as if it had placed a seal upon itself.

Until today, with Lu Ye's advancement to the Lunar Realm and after absorbing a vast amount of his mana, Liao's seal was broken, and it instantly transformed from a Spirit Artifact into a top-tier Dharma Treasure.

With the Pan Mountain Saber upright before him, Lu Ye examined it carefully, his expression pleased.

He slightly raised his hand and grazed the blade, and a stinging pain immediately followed. Blood flowed as a cut appeared on his finger!

How sharp!

At the Spirit Artifact level, the Pan Mountain Saber was already sharp enough. Now unsealed and a Dharma Treasure, it had undoubtedly become even sharper; otherwise, with Lu Ye's current physique, he wouldn't have been so easily cut by the blade.

Such sharpness alone was clearly beyond what ordinary Dharma Treasure weapons possessed. If augmented with the Divine Edge Spirit Pattern enchanted by Lu Ye, its sharpness would surely reach new heights.

Moreover, it was incredibly hard because its inherent quality was exceptionally high. Lu Ye wouldn't have to worry about his weapon being damaged when clashing with enemies; instead, his enemies would be the ones to worry.

If Lu Ye had felt earlier that a newly advanced Lunar Realm cultivator like Gui Ling wouldn't withstand a few of his saber strikes, then now, with a Dharma Treasure-grade long saber, facing Gui Ling would probably be a one-strike affair—unless the opponent had the ability to block such a sharp strike.

This was undoubtedly the immense improvement a high-quality weapon could bring to a Weapon Cultivator.

"Are you full?" Lu Ye murmured softly, gazing at the Pan Mountain Saber in his hand.

He didn't expect a response.

To his surprise, the Pan Mountain Saber hummed slightly, followed by a voice echoing deep within his mind.

"One-third full."

Lu Ye was startled for a moment, then overjoyed, "Are you awake?"

However, he received no further response.

Lu Ye estimated that with his advancement to the Lunar Realm and the breaking of the seal, Liao's consciousness had momentarily awakened and had now undoubtedly fallen silent again.

But... one-third full?

Not to mention the mana he had consumed himself and all the Spirit Jade, he had used up 500,000 Spirit Crystals alone, which would be five million Spirit Jade if converted.

And that only made Liao one-third full?

Lu Ye's mind became active. From Liao's words, its current state was clearly not its limit; perhaps only when his own cultivation became higher in the future would he witness Liao's true splendor.

If Liao was already a top-tier Dharma Treasure after only being one-third full, what quality would it be if it fully recovered?

A Stellar Supreme Treasure?

Probably not. After all, Stellar Supreme Treasures are generally born with the cosmos. While the Weapon Race is ancient, it shouldn't reach the level of a Stellar Supreme Treasure.

However, this still filled Lu Ye with anticipation.

Exchanging several million Spirit Jade for a top-tier Dharma Treasure, and one that was Lu Ye's most preferred and convenient long saber, this deal was undoubtedly a massive profit.

Casually performing a saber flourish, and after examining it with satisfaction for a moment, Lu Ye put away the Pan Mountain Saber.

After retracting the Precious Blood clones dispersed to guard the surroundings, Lu Ye began to recover himself.

The Spirit Jade he took out was continuously absorbed and refined, then converted into mana by the Law Source within his body.

Lu Ye immersed his consciousness, gazing at the small flame within his Origin Spirit Aperture. Feeling the efficiency of his Law Source in converting mana, he realized he needed to find a way to improve its quality, as this ultimately affected the speed of his future cultivation.

In the starry sky, the quality of Dharma Treasures is divided into one to nine stars, a classification system from the Reincarnation Tree that is recognized throughout the entire starry sky.

However, generally speaking, Dharma Treasures are most commonly found in the three-to-five-star range. True one- or two-star Dharma Treasures are actually rare because their quality is too low for Lunar Realm cultivators to bother with. Moreover, any cultivator with even a slight mastery of artifact refining wouldn't produce only one- or two-star trash.

The quality of Law Sources is also divided into one to nine stars; it is said that this classification system is derived from that of Dharma Treasures.

Coincidentally, the most common Law Sources for Lunar Realm cultivators are also three to five stars!

Although treasures used to improve Law Source quality are expensive, Lunar Realm cultivators from major powers are not incapable of raising their Law Sources above five stars.

But doing so would simply be a waste.

Because the efficiency of converting mana is not equivalent to the efficiency of cultivation.

Cultivation in the Constellation Realm is very simple: one only needs to refine Spirit Jade or other cultivation resources and convert them into one's own spiritual power.

But Lunar Realm cultivation undoubtedly adds another layer: absorbing spiritual power, then converting it into mana!

The efficiency of converting mana depends on the quality of the Law Source. However, no matter how high the Law Source's quality, it's useless if the efficiency of absorbing spiritual power doesn't increase.

Therefore, for Lunar Realm cultivators in the starry sky, a three-to-five-star Law Source is already sufficient; any higher is unnecessary.

Only when one's cultivation reaches the Sunlit Realm would one try to further improve the quality of their Law Source to accelerate the efficiency of mana conversion.

But in this vast starry sky, how many Lunar Realm cultivators can successfully advance to the Sunlit Realm?

Lu Ye didn't know the quality of his own Law Source. He could only wait until he returned to the Myriad Forms Sea to test it, as the Myriad Forms Guild had specialized tools for testing Law Source quality.

According to his estimation, his Law Source couldn't be too bad; it should be at least three-star quality.

For a newly advanced Lunar Realm cultivator, this was already a very good outcome.

But it was still not enough…

Compared to other cultivators, his efficiency in refining Spirit Jade and other cultivation resources was too high; a three-star Law Source's conversion speed simply couldn't keep up with his cultivation.

Lu Ye couldn't help but feel a little melancholy…

It seemed his cultivation had always involved burning through Spirit Jade.

It was fine before, when he only needed to buy some fire-attribute treasures as fuel for the Talent Tree and dive into the Myriad Forms Sea to get things done. Now, he had to find a way to improve the quality of his Law Source...

Everything required money.

Although he was backed by the Merman territory, there would eventually be a day when resources ran out. Moreover, the Merman territory had limited speed in mining Spirit Jade. Furthermore, both the Merman race and the cultivators from Three Realms Isle also needed Spirit Jade for their cultivation.

He could only think of a solution later.

Casting aside the myriad distractions in his mind, Lu Ye focused on refining the Spirit Jade.

Two days later, he felt completely refreshed.

He could feel that with his breakthrough to the Lunar Realm, the limit of his physique had increased once again. In other words, a physique refined to its peak in the Constellation Realm was no longer its peak now; he could completely delve deeper into the Yin-Yang Grand Millstone and continue refining himself.

But he wasn't going to do that. Over this period, the spiritual pills and various spiritual flowers and herbs given to him by the Flower Race for replenishing soul power had all been used up.

Even of the one thousand Soul Jades brought from the Soul Race, only three hundred remained.

Although the World King Flower, carried on the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus, hadn't burdened his Divine Sea, the constant consumption of energy was undeniable.

He had constantly relied on external resources to replenish his soul power consumption.

If he didn't leave soon, once the Soul Jades were also used up, it would be disastrous without further replenishment of soul power.

However, on the other hand, although he had consumed a considerable amount of Soul Jades and other soul power replenishing resources during this period, it had also brought him some benefits: his divine soul had noticeably grown stronger.

But this wasn't what Lu Ye wanted, because with the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus providing nourishment and revitalization, his divine soul would continuously grow stronger even without these external resources.

Getting up and returning along the original path, Lu Ye used his full eyesight to observe.

The late-stage Lunar Realm cultivator from the Divine Wind Pirate Group wouldn't give up a World King Flower so easily, would he? The value of this item was immeasurable.

So, the opponent might still be waiting for him outside?

He hoped so!

Although he had just advanced and the opponent was already in the late Lunar Realm, by utilizing the unique environment of the Yin-Yang Grand Millstone, Lu Ye was still not afraid of him.

A late-stage Lunar Realm cultivator, and the leader of a pirate group, must have some decent wealth.

Lu Ye was currently very poor, and naturally, he didn't want to let go of such potential wealth.

Furthermore, he also wanted to use the opponent as a test to see how his strength would change after his advancement.

It was precisely because of this consideration that he returned along the original path; otherwise, if he left the Yin-Yang Grand Millstone from another direction, he might miss the opponent.

(End of chapter)