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As soon as Li Shizhou stepped out of the stone gate, he saw Zhuo Ruting walk out of her stone chamber and walk quickly toward him with a joyful expression.

She was wearing a white dress, and her face looked haggard, clearly showing that she had been filled with worry every day for the past few years.

"My husband, you've finally emerged from seclusion. I haven't been able to cultivate in peace these past few years."

Zhuo Ruting walked closer, took Li Shizhou's arm, and said softly.

"Is that so? Now you can rest assured. Come, let me use my escape light to take you flying."

Before Zhuo Ruting could agree, Li Shizhou had already wrapped her body in his escape light, transforming into a long rainbow as he left the cave and flew around the sacred mountain.

Once a cultivator has formed their core, they can use the escape light to fly through the air without relying on flying magic tools. This is one of the hallmarks of a cultivator who has formed their core.

Of course, the speed of the escape light cannot compare to specialized flying supernatural abilities or flying magical artifacts.

However, it is several times faster than the most advanced flying magical artifacts.

After flying for a full quarter of an hour, Li Shizhou finally put his arm around her slender waist and returned to the main stone chamber.

......

The next morning.

Li Shizhou left early and headed to the Star Palace's Inner Affairs Hall.

Although he has now entered the Core Formation stage, he can be considered a high-level cultivator in the Chaotic Star Sea, second only to the Nascent Soul old monster.

But he doesn't think he can rest easy now.

A difference of just one level can make all the difference.

To lower-level cultivators, Core Formation cultivators are towering mountains that they must look up to, but to those Nascent Soul experts, they are nothing more than slightly larger ants.

Whether it's to prepare for the Great War of the Reverse Star Alliance decades from now, or for the long-term consideration of the Immortal Path, there can be no slackening.

After exchanging the jade plaque at the Inner Affairs Hall, Li Shizhou headed straight for the Transmission Hall.

When he came out, the "Spiritual Illumination Scripture" in his sea of ​​consciousness had changed. Although it was still surrounded by restrictions, it now contained cultivation techniques for the Core Formation stage and methods for the Nascent Soul stage.

This is also one of the methods Star Palace uses to control the cultivators within its ranks, forcing even those with a certain level of strength to rely on Star Palace for support.

It is rumored that many of the Star Palace's cultivation techniques were obtained from the Void Heaven Palace, but it is unknown whether his "Spiritual Illumination True Scripture" is among them.

In the original book, after passing through the Ice and Fire Path of the Void Heaven Palace, cultivators will have a chance to obtain treasures.

You can choose one of the following: "Ancient Treasures", "Essences", or "Cultivation Techniques".

However, once you choose to take the treasure, you must accept the test of an extremely wonderful illusion.

At that time, Han Laomo took out the blood-red cloak and the Five Elements Rings, two ancient treasures, from it.

If given the opportunity, Li Shizhou plans to visit the Void Heaven Palace. He has over fifty years to prepare.

If he can obtain the complete version of the "Lingzhao True Scripture" by then, he won't have to worry about the subsequent cultivation methods if things go wrong in the future and he takes Zhuo Ruting away.

......

A few days later, Li Shizhou used his escape light to fly towards the outskirts of Tianxing City.

A few days ago, after leaving the Transmission Hall, he couldn't wait to take out the three treasures as soon as he returned to his cave. These were obtained from the ancient sect's treasury and had been stored in his storage bag for decades.

Now all three items have been refined and recognized as his own. After refining them, he was pleasantly surprised to find that these treasures were all ancient artifacts.

Although it cannot be stored inside the body, it can only be kept in a storage bag and taken out like a magical artifact when needed.

However, ancient treasures generally possess power far exceeding that of ordinary magic weapons, enough for him to use before he can refine his own natal magic weapon.

One of the purple-gold armors transformed into inner armor after being worn.

It will immediately and automatically protect its entire body when attacked, without even needing to use its divine sense, and its defensive power is astonishing.

The other small bell, half a foot tall, can transform into a ten-foot-tall bell to trap enemies.

As for the gauntlets, they are ancient offensive artifacts, but due to the limited space of the cave dwelling in Tianxing City, they cannot be used effectively.

He went out now precisely to test the power of this treasure.

Using his escape light, Li Shizhou flew thousands of miles across the vast ocean before stopping in a rocky area, hovering in mid-air.

He took out a golden gauntlet from his storage bag, put it on, and channeled his magic power into it.

On the surface, the gauntlets did not show any glint of light, but in the blink of an eye, they had actually accumulated immense power.

Li Shizhou swung his fist toward a reef several miles away, which was over thirty feet tall. Suddenly, a golden fist three feet in size appeared.

"boom"

After a loud bang, the reef shattered into pieces, sending countless rocks of varying sizes flying everywhere and splashing into the sea.

Li Shizhou had only just advanced to the early stage of Core Formation, yet the power he unleashed with the ancient gauntlet was already significantly stronger than a full-force attack from an ordinary mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

This ancient treasure is not only incredibly powerful, but it can also be used quickly and discreetly.

The only drawback is that it consumes a lot of mana. With the mana in his dantian being twice that of an ordinary cultivator, he can probably only throw less than twenty punches before his mana is exhausted.

After practicing on several different rocks, he finally put away his boxing gloves with satisfaction.

Suddenly, the sound of a baby crying rang out, and Li Shizhou looked intently in the direction of the sound.

A white mist could be seen moving rapidly on the sea surface more than ten miles away.

In front of the white mist, there was a waterline tens of feet long, a trace left by a sea monster fleeing at high speed underwater.

Li Shizhou probed with his divine sense and found that the creature fleeing ahead was a sea serpent demon with black and white stripes, and its aura indicated it was a level four demon beast.

Inside the white mist was another level-four demonic beast.

Its face is like that of a baby, and below it is the body and tail of a blue carp.

It has two huge fish fins growing from its body, as well as four arms that are very similar to human hands, each arm holding a radiant treasure.

This beast is exactly the same as the Infant Carp Beast described in the original book.

Both demonic beasts were at the fourth level, but the Infant Carp Beast was clearly much stronger, and it seemed to be chasing the Sea Serpent Demon as prey.

Just then, the golden panel refreshed.

[Daily Opportunity Information]

[Area: Thirty li]

[An: Fifteen miles away from you, there is a level four demonic beast, the Infant Carp Beast. It carries a colorful stone tablet containing the method for crafting magical artifacts. Take it; it will be very useful for crafting magical artifacts in the future.]

The above content piqued Li Shizhou's interest.

After a cultivator forms their core, they can refine and use magical artifacts.

Some cultivators with high-level weapon crafting skills will create magical artifacts according to their own needs.

However, for most cultivators in the Core Formation stage, it is still more reliable to refine according to the classics left by their predecessors, which can save a lot of cultivation resources and time.

There are also various books on crafting magical artifacts in the Star Palace, but they require a certain amount of merit points to obtain.

Since this infant carp beast was only level four, and he happened to come across it, Li Shizhou decided to take the stone tablet and study it.

With a swift movement, he transformed into a rainbow and chased after the two monsters in the sea.