52: Chapter 52 Expanding the Secret Realm's Embryo, a Big Spender of Spirit Stones

After finishing his Cultivation, Li Luochen took out the Second-Tier Five Elements Materials and also produced the Second-Tier Medium Grade Five Elements Spirit Sword.

Anything produced by the System is guaranteed to be premium.

Li Luochen's Five Elements Spirit Sword could absorb Five Elements Materials to upgrade its quality. Although he had only bought this many Five Elements Materials, he wanted to test if he could elevate his Five Elements Spirit Sword to a High Grade Five Elements Spirit Sword.

As the Five Elements Materials drew near, a powerful suction force radiated from the Five Elements Spirit Sword, causing the Five Elements Materials to adhere to the blade.

Immediately following this, a powerful flame emerged from the Five Elements Spirit Sword and began to calcine them.

As the flames continuously calcined them, the Impurities within the Five Elements Materials were stripped away, and the remaining purest parts merged into the blade.

Those pure Five Elements Materials were refined into the Five Elements Spirit Sword; the Five Elements Spirit Sword did not grow in size, but rather its quality improved.

Originally it was only a Second-Tier Medium Grade Magical Artifact, but now it began to advance, as there were, after all, Second-Tier Top Grade Five Elements Materials inside.

In the blink of an eye, the Five Elements Spirit Sword transformed into a Second-Tier Top Grade Magical Artifact. This was only when synthesized into one Five Elements Spirit Sword; when separated into five, they were only Second-Tier High Grade Magical Artifacts.

Even so, Li Luochen was very happy. He had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and already possessed a Second-Tier Top Grade Magical Artifact; his combat power would definitely increase significantly.

Since the Five Elements Materials were so useful, he had to try the Secret Realm.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Luochen took out twenty thousand Spirit Stones from the Family's fifty thousand, and then brought the ball of light to the open space in the backyard of his courtyard.

This area was enclosed within his own small courtyard, and it was quite spacious; it was no problem for over a hundred people to appear at once.

This was created by Li Yanfeng and the others back then to show off his Family's status, and now it came in handy.

Li Luochen first dripped his blood on the Secret Realm Prototype to claim ownership, then threw the ball of light into the ground, where it transformed into a one-cubic-meter space.

Li Luochen took out First-Tier Low Grade Five Elements Materials and Yin and Yang Materials and tossed them inside, then took out one thousand Spirit Stones and tossed them into the Secret Realm Prototype.

As these resources were invested, the Secret Realm Prototype began to expand continuously.

The Secret Realm Prototype was too small, so its speed of absorbing these Materials was not very fast.

Li Luochen was not in a hurry either; he took out a prayer mat, sat cross-legged on it, and began to Cultivate.

Half a month later, when Li Luochen checked again, he found that the Five Elements and Yin and Yang Materials and Spirit Stones in the Secret Realm Prototype had been completely absorbed and refined, becoming a part of the Secret Realm Prototype.

At this time, the Secret Realm Prototype had transformed into a space one hundred cubic meters in size—a regular space with an area of twenty square meters and a height of five meters.

Li Luochen frowned; the Secret Realm consumed so many resources, who could afford to supply it?

However, he was not discouraged; he directly tossed First-Tier Medium Grade Five Elements and Yin and Yang Materials inside and took out another three thousand Spirit Stones to toss in.

Watching the Secret Realm Prototype absorb them, Li Luochen did not wait and continued to Cultivate.

This time it took even longer; it took a full month for the Secret Realm Prototype to finish absorbing everything.

The space inside the Secret Realm Prototype had expanded quite a bit; the surface area reached fifty square meters, and the height reached six meters.

Li Luochen threw all the remaining resources and Spirit Stones into it, while he sat outside to Cultivate, ignoring the Secret Realm Prototype.

When the Spirit Rice matured, Li Luochen stopped his Cultivation and looked towards the Secret Realm Prototype space.

At this time, the Secret Realm Prototype space had grown significantly larger; the surface area reached half a mu, and the height reached ten meters.

Seeing the Secret Realm Prototype change like this, Li Luochen hesitated for a moment before entering it directly.

There was nothing in the Secret Realm Prototype, but there was air, which was somewhat surprising.

No wonder it could be called a Secret Realm Prototype; it seemed he would need to acquire more Five Elements Materials in the future.

In reality, Li Luochen had made a profit; although he had spent one hundred thousand Spirit Stones this time, he had obtained a space of over three thousand cubic meters.

This space could even store living things; although it could not move, it was still quite good.

Li Luochen sighed slightly; a half-mu Secret Realm cost one hundred thousand Spirit Stones. If he wanted to let the Secret Realm Prototype grow into a true Secret Realm, he did not know how many Spirit Stones would be needed.

But thinking about it, those who could open up a Secret Realm were all powerful experts with profound cultivation; they had plenty of Spirit Stones on them and simply did not care about such a small amount.

Li Luochen cared, though. He was only a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator and could only obtain less than one hundred thousand Spirit Stones each year; wanting to expand the Secret Realm Prototype was simply not something that could be completed in a short time.

A Secret Realm Prototype with an area of half a mu was simply not enough. Moreover, there was nothing inside; it could only be used for living.

Li Luochen shook his head and quickly exited the Secret Realm space.

After coming out, he fell into deep thought. Although the Secret Realm was good, it was a massive consumer of Spirit Stones; however, as the Foundation of the Family, the Secret Realm was a necessity.

"Sigh, regardless of how many Spirit Stones are needed, the Secret Realm must be established."

"Let me go see my daughter first. Then I will go see Changsheng."

As his voice fell, he appeared in his front courtyard at an extremely fast speed. Seeing Li Yanshu playing by herself, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yanshu, why aren't you going to find the other little friends to play with?"

The current Qianlong Valley was very lively, with Li Changan, Li Changhe, Li Changhai, and the recently born Li Changxue.

Moreover, Qianlong Valley was only so big, so there was no fear of them getting lost, nor fear of them leaving the Formation. No one restricted their freedom either; after all, they had not started to Cultivate yet, so they could be allowed to play to their heart's content.

Li Yanshu hurriedly shook her head and said, "I'm not going; I want to keep Mother company."

While speaking, she turned her little head and looked cautiously towards the door.

Just at this moment, Zhou Xin walked out smiling, and the aura on her body had actually reached Qi Refining Stage 6.

Seeing that she had broken through, Li Luochen was overjoyed. As expected of someone with Three Spirit Roots, coupled with the supply of a large amount of resources, breaking through to Qi Refining Stage 6 really was nothing.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Luochen took out a drop of Century-Old Stalactite Milk, placed it in a jade bottle, diluted it with Spirit Water, and handed it to Zhou Xin.

The Century-Old Stalactite Milk was left over from his previous Cultivation; as for the Spirit Water, it could be collected by casually casting the Spirit Gathering Rainfall Technique.

"Take this to Cultivate, but don't take too much at once. If you refine it all, combined with premium Medicinal Pills and danxiang spirit liquid, you should be able to break through to Qi Refining Level 8."

The spiritual power of the Century-Old Stalactite Milk was originally very mild, and after being diluted by him, it was even more suitable for Cultivation.

After Zhou Xin took it, she looked at it and asked, "Husband, what is this? The effect is so good?"

Li Luochen smiled and said, "This is diluted Century-Old Stalactite Milk; the spiritual power inside is very mild and very suitable for your Cultivation."

Hearing this, Zhou Xin frowned and said, "Husband, this is a bit of a waste. Why don't you use it yourself?"

Li Luochen smiled and said, "Rest assured, Husband no longer has any use for this thing; it's just right for your Cultivation."

"Alright, I'm going to go see Changsheng. That kid has Two Spirit Roots; I don't know how his Cultivation has been going over this past year or so."

While speaking, he picked up his daughter and quickly went out.

Not long after, Li Luochen found Li Yanhu and saw Li Changsheng, who was Cultivating with him.

As expected of his Two Spirit Roots talent, in just over a year, his cultivation had already reached the Peak of Qi Refining Level 2; such a Cultivation speed was truly not bad.

He praised Li Changsheng and rewarded him with one hundred Spirit Stones before returning to his own courtyard.