CHAPTER 227: CHAPTER 226: FOURTH-GRADE SPIRITUAL TREASURE (SECOND UPDATE, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuanji also smiled and said, "Ancestor, your lifespan is also somewhat lacking. Cultivating the [Yin Yang Illusionary Body], you have cut down half of your mission, and in these years using plum blossom divination constantly, you’ve also depleted some lifespan. If my calculations are correct, Ancestor, you might have less than fifty years left!"

"The ancestor’s lifespan is not much, but that doesn’t matter greatly, as you can always strike at the Nascent Soul and, upon reaching the Great Realm, increase your longevity. However, after reaching the Golden Core Ninth Transformation, the Golden Core becomes more solid, making it difficult to break, and the chances of breaking the core to form a Nascent Soul are decreasing! The ancestor is in grave danger."

Old Ancestor Jin laughed, "This is my life tribulation. To achieve the Nine Transformation Golden Core and condense the Supreme Dao Fruit, how could there be no tribulations."

Seemingly thinking of something, Old Ancestor Jin took out a pill bottle and handed it over.

Lu Xuanji took the bottle, opened the cork, and inside there was an elixir emitting an aroma.

"What is this?"

"A Fourth-Grade Life-extending Pill that can extend the life of a Purple Mansion Cultivator by a hundred years!" Old Ancestor Jin said, "Taking this elixir can make up for your lack of longevity."

"No need, thank you!"

Lu Xuanji smiled, "A hundred and fifty years is enough to prove the Golden Core."

"You don’t understand!" Old Ancestor Jin said, "I know you’ve gained great creation, even your Spirit Root grade has improved, comparable to a Celestial Spirit Root, but such creation will hamper your cultivation speed. It both makes and breaks you. Moreover, you have too many lifebound treasures, as many as four, which also slow down your cultivation speed!"

Old Ancestor Jin activated magic to immobilize Lu Xuanji, pried open his mouth, and completely ignoring his stubbornness, forced it in.

Then, circulating magical power to aid him in digesting the potion, completely disregarding the resistant look in Lu Xuanji’s eyes.

If the ox doesn’t drink water, then force its head down.

Cough cough!

When the confinement was lifted, Lu Xuanji wanted to resist something, but it was in vain.

As the potion was digested, his lifespan slowly increased, by as much as a hundred years.

Boom boom boom!

At this moment, the celestial tribulation ended.

Whoosh whoosh!

Right at that moment, the Li Fire Sword, Heaven Mending Cauldron, Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, Void Celestial Armor, and others, automatically flew around the body, touching affectionately, like children looking at their parents.

A spirit treasure, only a treasure that is born with spirituality, is called a spirit treasure.

Magical treasures, before the third grade, are only called spiritual artifacts.

But reaching the fourth grade, after undergoing the creation of celestial tribulations, can nurture spirituality and transform into spirit treasures.

When the spirituality matures to a certain level, it can transform into an artifact spirit.

The difference between a treasure with an artifact spirit and one without is immense.

When activating a treasure, if it has an artifact spirit, not only does it save a significant amount of magical power; the artifact spirit can also adjust the restrictions within the treasure, enabling it to perfectly match with the cultivator, exerting 100% combat power.

But when activating without an artifact spirit, not only is the consumption of magical power enormous, but the compatibility with the treasure is low, and achieving 80% combat power is already quite good.

These treasures are merely fourth grade, the born spirituality is very little, insufficient to form an artifact spirit, merely a vague consciousness, a vague favor.

With the entry of the Li Fire Sword, Heaven Mending Cauldron, etc., into the Dantian, they began to absorb the True Essence, nourishing the treasure with qi and blood.

Just a moment later, Lu Xuanji felt slightly dizzy, his qi and blood greatly depleted, his complexion pale; within his body, over half of the True Essence was absorbed, becoming drained.

Shaking his body, just at the unstable moment, Old Ancestor Jin stepped forward, supporting him.

Intimate contact, a faint fragrance lingering, he could even see her faint eyelashes.

"You know where you were wrong!"

Old Ancestor Jin smiled.

"I know where I was wrong." Lu Xuanji nodded, "These Four Great Spiritual Treasures will affect my cultivation speed, especially the Void Celestial Armor, which absorbs more True Essence and Essence Blood than the other three combined."

"In the future, remember, don’t do things half-heartedly!" Old Ancestor Jin laughed, "At one hundred and fifty, I proved the Golden Core. On one hand, I have some Spirit Stones and treasures from my clan, lacking no resources; on the other hand, in the Qi Cultivation stage, I awakened the Immortal Sword Body, at the start, my cultivation speed was fast. Finally, before the Golden Core, I didn’t forge any lifebound treasures, forging a lifebound treasure only after the Golden Core."

"Thank you!"

Lu Xuanji said, "But even knowing my mistake, I will not change it! With the Void Celestial Armor, my life safety is guaranteed, a Golden Core cultivator cannot kill me, and I can retreat unscathed."

Void Celestial Armor, the refining process is so lengthy, the difficulty so high, it almost exceeds his imagination.

The degree of True Essence absorption, and the absorption of essence blood, greatly dragging down his cultivation speed, which was not anticipated.

However, the gains are substantial as well.

The Void Celestial Armor, using Dao Tribulation Immortal Gold as the main material, is refined by fusing many materials, extremely sturdy, with astonishing defense, capable of mitigating most magical damage. When the battle armor’s second state is activated, it can amplify his combat power, possessing Golden Core level combat power for a short time.

Wearing such battle armor, even the Golden Core could not kill him, allowing him to retreat unscathed.

Compared to the security brought by the Void Celestial Armor, what do the other losses count for?

"Ancestor, would you be willing to help me test the armor?"

Lu Xuanji said.

"Alright, I also want to give it a try!"

Old Ancestor Jin laughed.

Buzz buzz!

The next moment, Lu Xuanji activated the Void Celestial Armor, immediately his body was covered with fish scale-like armor plates, battle boots appeared under his feet, a helmet on his head, and face armor on his face, wrapped tightly, watertight.

Old Ancestor Jin was speechless, how fearful of death he must be to refine such battle armor.

Slay!

Old Ancestor Jin’s palm struck downward, the destructive force impacting.

Lu Xuanji slammed onto the ground, the ground shaking, creating a large pit.

"Fight again!"

Lu Xuanji shouted, activating the Void Celestial Armor, the aura on his body was rising, the strength not inferior to the Golden Core, sweeping to attack.

Old Ancestor Jin smiled, swinging to strike.

Boom boom boom!

The two sides clashed, fighting fiercely, continuously battling in bloodshed.

After fighting for a hundred breaths, the aura on Lu Xuanji’s body weakened, returning to its original state.

Old Ancestor Jin remarked, "Not bad, your battle armor’s defense is good, it can withstand a Golden Core cultivator’s magical attack; it can amplify your combat power, reaching the level of a Golden Core cultivator, ensuring survival against a Golden Core cultivator!"

"However, you must not be careless. The strength of a Golden Core cultivator depends on many factors, including the amount of magic power, the strength of the magical power, combat techniques, the type of magical treasure, the compatibility of the treasure, explosiveness, speed, foresight for the future, and many factors. It’s not a simple high realm that guarantees victory; nor that having many treasures secures victory! There are too many factors deciding the outcome!"

"The so-called strength and weakness require battling to determine, but once a battle begins, both victory and defeat, life and death, are divided!"