Borrowing a sword

Chapter 237 Everything Can Be Refined!
Chu Huaixu was bestowed the seal "Nan Liujing" by the Daoist Ancestor, and jokingly called himself "Ri Daoren" (Daoist of the Sun).

He looked up at the blazing sun in the sky, trying to refine the sun's power into the medicine cauldron. It wasn't that he really wanted to do the feat of Hou Yi and destroy the sun.

He just wanted to confirm some things.

Chu Huaixu suddenly felt that the power of [Dao Begets One] to refine all things seemed to be very similar to the Dao Seal left by the Dao Ancestor!
He even suspected that the so-called Dao Seal was created in this way!
The reason his mind went completely blank and he froze on the spot was because if that were really the case, it would be terrifying.

"If the Taoist school is not exaggerating or using hyperbole, then the Taoist Ancestor did leave behind three thousand Taoist seals."

"What the hell does that even mean?!"

The world is full of all things, a vast and abundant land.

Three thousand kinds of power are not actually that rare.

The problem is that each time you draw upon the power of heaven and earth, you lose your [original power]!

"Based on the system's previous description, can I conclude that the so-called Two-Character Dao Seal requires each one to not only draw upon a certain type of power from all things in heaven and earth, but also to expend one-tenth of its original power?"

"The Three-Character Dao Seal will likely cost even more!"

In that case, what does three thousand Dao Seals even mean?

"If my idea is correct, then where did the Dao Ancestor get so much primordial power?"

"This means there must be at least three hundred fragments of the origin!"

The preface to the Chu Huai preface seems exaggerated to me.

"Could it be that, besides the Origin Spirit Realm, there are other places where fragments can be obtained?"

"This number is a bit too alarming!"

"Perhaps I'm mistaken?"

"Or perhaps there are other methods to extract the power of all things?"

Chu Huaixu's thoughts were racing, but he couldn't verify them now.

When the opportunity arises, he can try using the "Tao Begets One" technique himself to refine a power of all things, and then he will get part of the answer!
Then he will know whether this is the same kind of power as the Dao Seal left by the Dao Ancestor!
With this thought in mind, Chu Huaixu decided that he could visit the Treasure Pavilion the next day.

The Taoist sect has a profound history, and its Treasure Pavilion contains all sorts of rare and precious materials.

"Ordinary things cannot be used to extract the power of all things."

"It's like the power of the parasol tree; it requires a ten-thousand-year-old parasol tree, and not just its branches, but the essence of the tree."

"Tsk, those items that meet the criteria must be ridiculously expensive, right?"

Thinking of this, this evil "capitalist" immediately realized: "It's time to make the medicine cauldron work 24 hours a day without interruption."

Now we can finally start refining pills!
He had already purchased the formula for the second-level elixir and prepared a portion of the materials, waiting for the cauldron to finish refining the source power.

After returning to the room, Chu Huaixu sat down on the futon and immediately had [Dao Sheng Yi] begin its work.

The cauldron immediately began refining pills, humming and puffing.

But Chu Huaixu checked the time and realized that it would take about three hours to refine one batch of second-level spiritual pills.

If alchemists knew about this efficiency, they would probably be astonished.

But he still thought it was a bit too slow.

"It's not as efficient as refining a first-grade elixir."

"It seems that it will take even longer to refine high-level elixirs in the future."

Fortunately, the price of the elixir increases significantly with each higher grade.

Chu Huaixu was still able to make a fortune.

The night is getting darker.

Chu Huaixu suddenly opened his eyes and sensed a fluctuation of spiritual energy.

This fluctuation originated from Han Shuangjiang's bamboo house.

"You broke through?" A hint of joy and envy appeared on his face.

The giant ice block's cultivation speed is incredibly fast. He only just obtained the third-stage cultivation technique today, and he has already successfully broken through and entered the third stage.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something.

"As mentioned before, the Dao Ancestor's pure yang body allows for rapid cultivation, but it requires him to maintain his primordial yang without depletion."

"So much so that his 'arch-enemy,' the female patriarch of Spring and Autumn Mountain, even considered personally taking action to break his vital essence."

"The Xuan Yin Body is as famous as the Pure Yang Body, and their characteristics are similar. The greatest benefit is that they allow for rapid cultivation."

"But there seem to be some limitations as well?"

Chu Huaixu still doesn't know what the limitations of the Xuan Yin Body are.

He felt he should find an opportunity to learn more about it.

After sitting cross-legged on the futon, he immediately opened his character panel.

"Hmph! I can't let her outdo me!"

He immediately clicked the upgrade button, raising his own level to 28.

The next moment, endless pain began to spread throughout my body.

"My pain threshold seems to have increased slightly again." He carefully felt it.

This may also be related to the Eucharist.

"I wonder what level Xiao Xu is at now," he thought to himself.

The next day, early in the morning, Chu Huaixu went to the Treasure Pavilion after having breakfast.

As soon as he entered, the Taoist senior brother in charge of welcoming him was extremely enthusiastic.

"Chief Chu has arrived."

He didn't even call him "junior brother," he called him "leader."

"Senior brother, I'd like to take a look at the Heavenly-level Treasure Book, specifically the material type," Chu Huaixu said.

"Okay, I'll go get it for you right away."

The booklet arrived quickly; it wasn't thin.

Inside were countless rare and precious materials, mostly valuable resources for refining weapons or alchemy. Even just looking at the treasure book, Chu Huaixu couldn't seem to rely on the system to detect and identify them.

He needs to see the actual object.

However, the Chu Huai Preface can be analyzed by oneself.

"These prices are all astronomical," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

These often require tens of thousands of contribution points, and this is the cheapest batch.

Moreover, among all the Heavenly-grade treasure books, those made from this type of raw material are often the cheapest.

Those elixirs and magical artifacts are even more exorbitantly priced.

Chu Huaixu's gaze quickly fell on the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanjing marrow liquid and the ten-thousand-year-old Xuan Turtle shell.

The former appears to be rare and precious materials used as aids in the cultivation of advanced techniques.

The latter is a precious material for refining defensive magical artifacts.

"May I take a look at these two items?"

The "top salesman" senior immediately said, "Sure, Chief Chu, but you might have to wait a little while."

Chu Huaixu understands that the item is precious and will likely require going through certain procedures.

"Well, it doesn't matter."

"Besides, I can only retrieve these two items one at a time."

"it is good."

About an incense stick's time later, another senior disciple from the inner sect arrived with the shell of the ten-thousand-year-old Xuan Turtle.

Chu Huaixu opened it and took a look, then let the system verify it.

The final feedback was that it still did not meet the refining conditions.

"The tortoise shell won't do; we need the inner core?" Chu Huaixu frowned slightly.

However, he didn't care, because this thing was very expensive, and he would feel the pinch if he could actually buy it.

Besides, the power of all things that will be refined at that time might be called the power of the Xuan Turtle.
He possesses the power of a tortoise.
Chu Huaixu still harbored some resistance.

"I'm sorry, senior brothers, this doesn't seem to be what I need."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."

Next, they went to get him the Ten Thousand Year Mystic Crystal Essence.

Another incense stick's time passed before the item was retrieved.

Chu Huaixu checked the system and found that it met the requirements!

"【Can be used to refine Xuanjing power!】"

Moreover, it is cheaper than the Xuan Turtle Shell, costing only 11 contribution points.

Chu Huaixu gritted his teeth and bought it.

Upon returning home, he immediately sat down on the futon and waited for [Dao Sheng Yi] to finish refining the elixir before letting it refine the Xuanjing marrow liquid.

The entire refining process was much faster than Chu Huaixu had imagined.

It only took two days to complete the refining process.

He channeled his divine sense into the black bead to examine it.

A ball of blue light was seen floating inside the medicine cauldron.

It sometimes contracts and sometimes expands, as if it were breathing.

Chu Huaixu took it out and made it float in his palm.

According to the system's instructions, cultivators can only absorb three types of this power of all things; this is the upper limit.

This, in turn, made him hesitate.

"If only three types can be absorbed..."

Chu Huaixu felt it was slightly lacking.

He could sense that it was vastly inferior to [Nan Liujing].

It’s not on the same level at all!

The focus of the power of the Mystic Crystal is also on its defensive attributes.

For Chu Huaixu, this can only be considered icing on the cake.

Of course, the most important thing is that it can only absorb three items.

If it's not tall enough, Chu Huaixu feels it's taking up too much space.

Of course, his main purpose in crafting this thing was actually to verify his own conjecture.

Now, he actually has the answer.

"Like! So similar!"

"This is so similar to the Dao Seal!"

"It's just that the Dao Ancestor seems to have 'packaged' it, bestowing it upon the younger generation of the Daoist sect in the form of a Dao seal."

In an instant, endless waves surged in Chu Huaixu's heart.

"Therefore, these three thousand seals."

This result is truly alarming!

He figured that Xiang Yan and the others probably didn't know what these three thousand seals represented!
This can hardly be called a treasure mountain!

All together, that's at least 300 strands of primordial power!

Another question popped into his mind.

"So, what kind of being is the Dao Ancestor?"

(P.S.: Sorry, I still have an event I can't cancel, so I can only update once today. Tomorrow I have to transfer flights to get back to Yiwu, which takes five hours. Traveling is so tiring. I envy those authors who finish their books and participate in the events.)

(End of this chapter)