Wang Changsheng gently shook the green storage ring in his hand. A wave of green light swept across, and a large pile of grayish-white ore appeared on the ground. The surface of the stones had noticeable silvery spots, gleaming brightly.
Wang Changsheng picked up a piece of ore and examined it closely. He noticed a faint, inconspicuous grayish substance adhering to its surface.
Inert Spirit Qi differs from common impurities. When common impurities come into contact with magic treasures or refining materials, those items are immediately contaminated; at best, their spiritual essence is greatly diminished, and at worst, they become unusable. Such impurities can be removed using true fire or formations, allowing the items to be used again. However, Inert Spirit Qi only causes contamination after prolonged contact, and neither true fire nor formations can remove it.
Even if the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron can separate Inert Spirit Qi, this qi cannot be used for refining. Inert Spirit Qi is essentially a special substance, not a refining material. It can only contaminate refining materials and is useless for anything else. In the Profound Yang Realm, there are many substances similar to Inert Spirit Qi, but their effects vary greatly.
Wang Changsheng tossed a piece of Silvergang raw ore into the air. He opened his mouth, and a snowy white flame flew out, enveloping the ore as it floated in mid-air.
Half a day passed, but the Silvergang raw ore showed no sign of melting.
Wang Changsheng beckoned with one hand, and the white flame flew back. He observed it carefully, found no abnormalities with the flame, and breathed a sigh of relief.
He placed a piece of Silvergang raw ore into the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron and closed the lid. Immense magical power was then channeled into the cauldron.
The Green Lotus Creation Cauldron emitted a low humming sound. Countless arcane runes appeared on its body, and the green lotus motif glowed brightly and rotated gently, as if alive.
After years of exploration, Wang Changsheng discovered the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron had two main functions: first, purification; second, decomposition.
Purification involves removing impurities from raw materials, making refining easier. Decomposition, on the other hand, breaks down contaminated refining materials into raw materials and impurities, thus achieving purification. Both decomposition and purification require sufficient energy to operate. This energy can either come from a formation or be supplied by Wang Changsheng's magical power.
A quarter of an hour later, the green lotus motif on the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron suddenly dimmed.
Wang Changsheng opened the lid. Inside, he saw a translucent, silvery-white stone. Beside it were some grayish impurities, and in a corner, a clump of grayish substance.
The grayish substance was motionless and practically unnoticeable without close inspection. This was the Inert Spirit Qi.
"Three catties of Silvergang Stone!"
A hint of joy appeared at the corner of Wang Changsheng's mouth. Li Yanchuan's actions were essentially providing him with refining materials.
While pleased, Wang Changsheng also grew secretly vigilant. The Green Lotus Creation Cauldron could even separate Inert Spirit Qi, truly proving it was no ordinary treasure.
As he had suspected, not just any magic treasure could bear the moniker "Creation."
Wang Changsheng put away the Silvergang Stone and stored the Inert Spirit Qi in a green jade bottle. Although Inert Spirit Qi couldn't be used for refining, it was better to be prepared, as it might prove useful someday.
After successfully decomposing the Inert Spirit Qi and purifying the Silvergang ore, Wang Changsheng's confidence soared. He placed five more pieces of Silvergang raw ore into the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron, channeling immense magical power into it.
Soon, the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron hummed, and the green lotus motif on its body instantly brightened.
In less than seven days, Wang Changsheng finished refining all the Silvergang raw ore provided by Li Yanchuan. He extracted a total of seventy-five catties of Silvergang Stone. At market price, seventy-two catties of Silvergang Stone could fetch over seven million spirit stones. This was more than enough for Wang Changsheng to refine a set of Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures. If his refining skill were high enough, he could even forge three or four sets.
Refining a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure required many materials. Silvergang Stone was merely the main material; a large quantity of auxiliary materials was also needed.
Both refining and alchemy were very expensive in terms of spirit stones.
This showed Wang Changsheng a shortcut to wealth. Of course, if it weren't for assisting Song Feng with refining and other Nascent Soul cultivators envying Song Yuchan's guidance to Wang Changsheng, he wouldn't have gained such a huge advantage.
He had previously purchased a batch of refining materials at the Seven Star Tower, which now came in handy.
Wang Changsheng took out the refining materials and began forging Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures.
In the East-Li Realm, he didn't have access to such abundant Tier 5 refining materials for extensive practice. Naturally, his refining skill hadn't improved quickly there.
Wang Changsheng tossed a dozen fist-sized pieces of Silvergang Stone into the Green Lotus Creation Cauldron. He then opened his mouth and spat out a stream of snowy white flame, which settled at the bottom of the cauldron.
The Silvergang Stone slowly began to show signs of melting. As time passed, the Silvergang Stone melted into a pool of silvery-white liquid metal.
Half a year quickly passed.
In a refining room, entirely red, Song Feng sat cross-legged on a red meditation mat. Five rings of various colors floated before him. Each ring glittered with spiritual light and exuded oppressive spiritual energy, clearly indicating they were spirit treasures.
These were the Five-Element Rings, a set of Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures. Each was a mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
Song Feng had spent hundreds of years gathering the materials to complete the set, depleting over half of his fortune.
If the Five-Element Rings were elevated to Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, his chances of surviving the Great Heavenly Tribulation would be higher.
"Tribulation-Transcending Treasure" was merely a general term, not referring specifically to items designed solely for transcending tribulations. Anything used to endure a Great Heavenly Tribulation could be called a Tribulation-Transcending item. The difference lay only in the grade of the magic treasure and the effectiveness of its tribulation-transcending properties.
This set of Five-Element Rings was suitable for a Void Refinement cultivator undergoing a Great Heavenly Tribulation. However, they would likely be ruined after surviving the tribulation. This was Song Feng's second Great Heavenly Tribulation since entering the Void Refinement stage, and he dared not be careless. If the Five-Element Rings were used by an Integration stage cultivator for their Great Heavenly Tribulation, they would be destroyed within a few rounds. The higher a cultivator's realm, the greater the power of their Great Heavenly Tribulation, and thus the higher the grade of Tribulation-Transcending Treasure required.
If Song Feng were to present the Five-Element Rings to an Integration stage cultivator, they wouldn't disdain them. However, this set of spirit treasures was not valuable enough for an Integration stage cultivator to fight over, as their grade wasn't particularly high.
Besides magic treasures, formations, talismans, and pills could also assist high-level cultivators in transcending their Great Heavenly Tribulation. Even their innate spirit beasts could help.
It was not uncommon for racial wars to erupt simply for the sake of seizing Tribulation-Transcending Treasures or special refining materials.
Song Feng took out a light green Dharma plate. He infused it with a magic incantation and commanded, "Nephew Li, how are your preparations coming along?"
"Reporting to Martial Uncle Song, it's almost done. It should be ready in a few days," Li Yanchuan's voice came from the green Dharma plate.
"Prepare the items as quickly as possible. This elder is about to begin refining; there must be no delay," Song Feng commanded in an unyielding tone.
"Yes, Martial Uncle Song. I'll immediately urge the subordinates. Once all the materials are ready, I will send them to you at once," Li Yanchuan readily agreed.
Song Feng nodded and put away the green Dharma plate.
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