Chapter 2621 - 2613: Refined

Chapter 2621: Chapter 2613: Refined

The Artifact Spirit ultimately didn’t ask about the news of the One-Element Fire Embryo, because it felt...this rarity is indeed quite uncommon and extremely expensive. Compared to the Two-Element Fire Embryo, its enhancement to the Yin-Yang Mirror is also limited; it’s indeed a bit wasteful.

However, later when it found out that Feng Jun actually had a One-Element Fire Embryo, that regret of pounding one’s chest and stamping one’s feet need not be mentioned.

In fact, when it was repairing the Yin-Yang Mirror, it indeed didn’t spare any expenses. It proposed to Feng Jun that, apart from materials, it also wanted to borrow a hundred top-grade Spirit Stones, planning to fix the Yin-Yang Mirror within two days.

Feng Jun immediately vetoed it, saying, "Are you joking? Who uses top-grade Spirit Stones to repair a Pre-Celestial Stage Magical Treasure? Even middle-grade ones won’t be used. I’ll give you five hundred thousand ordinary Spirit Stones for your own use."

"On Earth, you also said that using middle-grade ones was about right, and now you’re acting all high and mighty again?"

But the Artifact Spirit was not having it, saying that this was not just about repairing a Pre-Celestial Stage Magical Treasure, but also about enhancing its quality. At the same time, as an Artifact Spirit, it needed to be more compatible with the Magical Treasure, and the Spirit Stones it used should at least be of the highest quality.

In its view, a hundred top-grade Spirit Stones were really not much, and Feng Jun’s storage at least held several thousands of top-grade Spirit Stones.

But Feng Jun felt that it was being overly dramatic, even if it was once a great power, now it was penniless yet still trying to show off—why would you assume that earning Spirit Stones is a simple task? I won’t cater to this bad habit of yours.

After some back-and-forth, Feng Jun finally relented a bit and offered fifty top-grade Spirit Stones along with five thousand middle-grade ones, because the Artifact Spirit claimed that it could take a high-interest loan and repay double later.

What moved Feng Jun was certainly not just the promise to repay double, but also the Artifact Spirit’s statement that borrowing money would give it stronger motivation to earn more, and even that the Yin-Yang Mirror could serve as a hitman for a fee of ten thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones per task.

The Yin-Yang Mirror as a hitman was quite formidable. Although it was just a Pre-Celestial Stage Magical Treasure and, even after enhancement, would still only be close to a Precious Treasure, it involved the rules of life and death, which Pre-Celestial Stage cultivators absolutely could not withstand.

Even Golden Core Masters couldn’t withstand it at least seventy percent of the time, and the remaining thirty percent were basically Strong Golden Cores—Golden Cores have no real understanding of rules, and there’s no effective way to resist this kind of nature.

Thus, it is a Magical Treasure capable of crossing stages to defeat opponents, although it’s essentially ineffective against Nascent Souls, but that’s not to say that Nascent Souls necessarily understand more rules; it’s just that the Pre-Celestial Magical Treasure has its usage limitations.

The gap between Nascent Soul and Pre-Celestial is just too large. If a Nascent Soul stands there, no matter how a Pre-Celestial attacks, it couldn’t break its defense even if it exhausts itself.

Anyway, in Feng Jun’s opinion, this Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror was not much less impressive than the Paralysis Talisman the Yin Spirit Bigwig gave him, also capable of instantly defeating Golden Cores at the Pre-Celestial stage. Although it can’t be one hundred percent effective against Golden Cores, it can be used repeatedly and without limitation.

Moreover, the Paralysis Talisman can only immobilize the opponent for three to five seconds, which is a huge drawback. Feng Jun managed to kill so many Golden Cores at the Pre-Celestial stage not just because of the Paralysis Talisman but because he could use the Weimian’s Force to eliminate opponents.

If there were no effective killing methods, even if the Golden Core were immobilized, if it couldn’t be killed in the short term, it would be a huge hassle — wasting a Talisman is trivial; the main issue would be having to flee for life, evading the subsequent pursuit by the Golden Core Masters.

The Yin-Yang Mirror is much better. Once the mirror shines on an opponent, it directly seals the soul, and unless it shines again, they won’t wake up.

During this process, it’s possible to slowly find ways to kill the opponent—if absolutely necessary, just bury the person, and after thirty to fifty years, they might still have a chance of survival, but after three to five hundred years, they’d basically starve to death.

If still not assured, wait for a thousand years, and the Golden Core will eventually die of old age, right?

With the Yin-Yang Mirror willing to act for a fee, Feng Jun thought this condition wasn’t bad. Currently, the cut-off period at Luohua is quite severe; he’s at the Fifth Layer of the Golden Core, Zhang Caixin is only at the Second Layer Pre-Celestial, Liu Yiyi is even at the First Layer Pre-Celestial, and Yu Qingzhu is trying to break through the Pre-Celestial Stage.

With the promise of the Yin-Yang Mirror, at least when Luohua Disciples go out, they won’t be intimidated by Golden Cores.

So, he straightforwardly counter-offered, "One thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones per action, that price could employ a High-Rank Golden Core."

But the Artifact Spirit had its arguments, "It may be enough to employ one, but it doesn’t mean they’ll definitely encounter combat, and even in combat, they might not go all out... Even if they do, their efficiency is unlikely to compare to mine, a minimum of ten thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones."

"Fine, let’s just pretend I didn’t say anything," Feng Jun shook his head, "At worst, I’ll have a few Golden Cores accompany the disciples on their outings... Don’t mention ten thousand, I won’t spend a single middle-grade Spirit Stone; plenty of people are begging to help."

He really wasn’t boasting; countless people schemed to form a connection with him, even Ancient Yao Family’s Divine Spirit True Lord sought him out outright. How hard could it be to find a few free Gold Cores as bodyguards?

But though that’s what he said, Feng Jun certainly wouldn’t seek free help, as free is the most expensive in the long run—actually, for a thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones, he could hire ten Golden Cores, "Or maybe I’ll let you see how Golden Core Masters quote me their prices?"

"Okay, then one thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones per action," the Artifact Spirit didn’t mind; it was just testing the waters with its earlier high quote, "Prepare the materials, I’m eager to repair the Yin-Yang Mirror."

Shortly after, Feng Jun gathered the materials and told it that just the materials were worth eighty top-grade Spirit Stones.

However, the Artifact Spirit didn’t care at all. It asked Feng Jun to find a place in the manor and go into seclusion immediately.

Just as it went into seclusion, Qian Zhong came over. She was startled and dared not release her Divine Sense to probe, but the manor wasn’t that big, and she could faintly sense some things just by intuition.

So she unabashedly asked Feng Jun, "That Great Cultivator following you closely, is he a senior from your sect?"

"Haven’t you already sensed its aura?" Feng Jun glanced at her, speaking with a faint smile, "Do you really think its aura is similar to that of the senior from my sect?"

"Not very similar," Qian Zhong admitted openly. After all, being a Divided Spirit Great Lord, her perception was still on point. Then she probed further, "But this one... is not simple either."

"Our relationship is average," Feng Jun replied casually, "It insists on coming to check things out... such a senior, I definitely can’t stop it, neither can you, Senior Qian Zhong."

"I know," Qian Zhong answered promptly. Cultivation level is a hard truth. Admitting you’re outmatched is not shameful, especially when she was just scared back from probing, "With such cultivation coming over, it’s purely to intimidate."

Feng Jun gave a bitter smile, "Just make sure not to provoke it, pretend you haven’t noticed it."

Qian Zhong nodded, raising her assessment of Feng Jun’s threat level silently again in her heart—there are truly many old monsters in this guy’s sect!

She wasn’t the only one frightened. The Yin Spirit Bigwig hiding in the manor couldn’t take it either. It called for Feng Jun through their agreed signal and complained right upon meeting, "Isn’t Qian Zhong enough? And now, there’s an even more ruthless one?"

It was cautious of Qian Zhong too, but no matter what, it dared to do small moves right under Qian Zhong’s nose. But this newcomer, it knew it completely wasn’t a match—akin to a terrifying adversary from another world.

"This... is someone who’s latched onto me," Feng Jun smiled helplessly, "Life indeed has many helpless moments, but fear not, as long as you don’t provoke it, it won’t provoke you."

"With it going into seclusion next to me, how dare I go into seclusion again?" the Bigwig muttered under its breath, then recalled something, "What’s wrong with this guy, that it’s actually the Artifact Spirit of an Outstander Magical Treasure?"

This point alone demonstrated that the Bigwig’s strength was indeed higher than Qian Zhong’s. Qian Zhong’s probing was noticed by the Artifact Spirit and scared away, but the Bigwig wasn’t discovered and even noticed the other party’s response, like an Artifact Spirit—and an Outstander Magical Treasure at that.

"This... it’s a long story," Feng Jun gave a bitter smile. The operations of the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror’s Jing Ling were so perplexing that outsiders found them mind-boggling, easily creating a sense of awe, "Strange things often happen around me."

"Who doesn’t have many strange things going on?" the Bigwig replied empathetically, then asked, "How long is it staying?"

Feng Jun knew its concern and quietly hinted, "It might stay for a long time, but don’t worry, I’ve already refined that Magical Treasure."

"Refined it?" The Bigwig perked up at his words, fully understanding the implications of these three words. But precisely because it understood, it couldn’t help but ask, "You’ve contracted this Artifact Spirit... no adverse consequences?"

"How could there be no consequences?" Feng Jun pouted in frustration. Although the other party didn’t dare ask more, he also dared not disclose more, reluctantly humming, "But I couldn’t avoid it... relying on the strong to bully the weak, luckily I can still uphold my bottom line!"

It’s my fault for meddling! The Bigwig remained silent, thinking that facing such an existence, you can still maintain your bottom line... had I known, I wouldn’t have bothered about you.

Two days later, the Artifact Spirit came out of seclusion. The Yin-Yang Mirror was indeed restored, a lot better than its previous state. As for whether it had become a quasi-Precious Treasure, Feng Jun didn’t ask, and the Artifact Spirit didn’t say.

The Artifact Spirit didn’t discuss these matters, nor mention whether the Spirit Stone was used up. According to Feng Jun’s estimate, there should still be more than half remaining...

But this was inconsequential. As long as the Artifact Spirit was willing to repay double, he was more than happy.

In the following days, the group preparing to venture into the Void was gathering again, and the Artifact Spirit didn’t waste time. After resting for a day, it sought out Feng Jun to discuss how to refine a magical treasure for game battles,

This time, Feng Jun no longer concealed it and straightforwardly called for Yi Jue. After a brief exchange, Yi Jue suggested proactively—whether to invite Qian Zhong Zhenjun?

She remained cautious of Qian Zhong all the time, but unfortunately, she wasn’t familiar with Artifact Refining. In White Pebble Beach, only Qian Zhong had a higher cultivation than her—she was more than one major realm higher, presumably more insightful than herself.

Of course, the overall concept of the magical treasure wouldn’t be leaked, just some details needed perfection.

As for the concept originating from the Artifact Spirit? Yi Jue hadn’t even realized that the mirror on the table beside her had anything unusual.