106: Star Iron

Gu Changan: "How much are the Green Root Fruit and Flame Heart Grass?"

The deacon of the Treasure Pavilion turned to look at the two Spirit Medicines.

"For the 10-year-old Green Root Fruit, I'll charge you 100 Spirit Stones!"

"The 10-year-old Flame Heart Grass is not easy to Cultivate; it requires special fire-attribute Spiritual Qi, so I'll charge you 1000 Spirit Stones!"

Gu Changan felt that he still had over 20,000 Spirit Stones left to spend!

He then asked: "What about the Thick Earth Jade and Spirit Spring Dew?"

The deacon of the Treasure Pavilion breathed a sigh of relief; finally, the 40,000 Spirit Stones were about to be spent!

"Thick Earth Jade can be used to refine Magic Treasure, 10,000 Spirit Stones per piece!"

"Spirit Spring Dew has many uses, 3,000 Spirit Stones per bottle!"

Gu Changan waved his hand: "I want all of these things I asked about; calculate how many Spirit Stones it comes to?"

"Use the rest to buy guyuan pills!"

The deacon of the Treasure Pavilion's eyes flickered: "A total of 234,200 Spirit Stones!"

"For the remaining 5,800 Spirit Stones, I'll make the decision to give you three guyuan pills!"

Gu Changan raised an eyebrow slightly and bowed to the other party.

"Then I thank you here, Fellow Daoist!"

Then, with a wave of his hand, another bottle of Medium Grade foundation establishment pill appeared on the table.

The deacon of the Treasure Pavilion excitedly picked it up to inspect it. Seeing that it had the same texture and smell as the previous one, he finally set his mind at ease.

"In that case, I will have them prepare everything!"

"Fellow Daoist, you may leave first!"

"I will naturally settle the remaining account!"

Gu Changan nodded, put away the Storage Pouch handed over by the other party, and slowly walked out of the Treasure Pavilion.

As expected, some people behind him were targeting him.

Among them were several Qi Refining Stage Cultivators, who were likely just ordinary Bandit Cultivators.

Anyone who could enter and leave the Treasure Pavilion would have some assets!

Then, a gaze from a corner fell upon him.

Gu Changan glanced over and saw that the other party had Orange Treasure Qi attached to them, clearly a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

This must be the eyes and ears of that deacon from just now!

Gu Changan considered whether to go out and have a fight?

Or pretend not to know?

As the saying goes, one shouldn't fear a thief stealing, but rather a thief coveting.

Who knows when they might deal a heavy blow!

Since the other party was a deacon at the Treasure Pavilion, there must be a Golden Core Stage Cultivator in their family.

If a Golden Core Stage Cultivator came to intercept and kill him, he would truly be unable to escape!

Better to lure them out of the city and take care of them!

It just so happened that his hundred soul banner was starving and impatient!

On the way, Gu Changan bought some food to hold in his hand, eating it leisurely.

After leaving the city gate, he summoned the Qingming Sword, stepped on the Flying Sword, and flew towards the distant mountain peak.

The speed was extremely fast, and the Qi Refining Stage Cultivators behind could not keep up at all, only able to watch Gu Changan disappear.

However, there was always a gaze fixed upon him.

Until after flying over a mountain, Gu Changan quickly changed his clothes.

Then he changed his appearance, his eyes bright and spirited, his face somewhat long.

He looked just averagely handsome.

Then he used Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada to start walking back, though he was 20 miles off from the path he came on.

Not long after walking, he saw a Cultivator chasing after him from behind.

Gu Changan saw that it was the Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator who had been at the corner earlier.

He was stepping on a Flying Sword, and now he wasn't afraid, as there were people ahead who had seen him.

He flew straight towards the place where he had just disappeared.

After some calculation in his heart, Gu Changan decided not to kill him after all.

Gu Changan moved through the forest, and before long, returned to the city gate.

Those people from the Treasure Pavilion must have thought he had already left Dark Night City.

Who knew that he would execute a sudden return.

Gu Changan returned to his small courtyard and began to study how to upgrade items.

The Five Elements Foundation Establishment Art introduced that when practicing the Secret Technique, one must use sacrificial refining to drive a Heaven And Earth Treasure of the same attribute into the Dantian of the same attribute.

Gu Changan figured this meant driving it into his 5 spiritual qi vortexes.

As for which one to choose first?

Gu Changan prioritized the Hundred Refined Black Iron, firstly because its Rank was high enough.

His Orange Treasure Qi was insufficient, and he still needed to save it for daily cultivation needs.

Most likely, he could only take one Heaven And Earth Treasure to experiment with first.

After familiarizing himself with the Cultivation Technique, Gu Changan took out the treasure gathering basin and placed the newly bought Hundred Refined Black Iron into it.

First, he used Orange Treasure Qi to copy a portion.

Then he used yellow treasure aura to upgrade it.

He saw the Hundred Refined Black Iron wrapped in yellow light, and finally, the light flashed and disappeared.

A piece of iron as black as ink appeared.

It contained dots of starlight, like the stars in the night sky, which was very beautiful.

Gu Changan didn't know what to call it, so he named it star iron!

It wasn't that Gu Changan didn't want to continue upgrading, but he had no green Treasure Qi!

The yellow treasure aura roughly reached the Golden Core level, which should be enough for his use.

Gu Changan began to follow the successful method in the Secret Technique, casting 108 hand seals.

He drove them one by one into the star iron.

The 108 hand seals turned into 108 runes, forming a Great Formation within the star iron.

It covered the entire surface of the star iron.

Then the star iron slowly shrank, turning into a wisp of faint light.

Gu Changan controlled it, slowly entering his Dantian, and then entering the metal-attribute spiritual qi vortex.

The 5 spiritual qi vortexes were originally arranged in a row, forming a ring.

Due to the addition of the star iron, the rotation speed of the entire ring doubled.

The absorption speed of metal-attribute Spiritual Qi also doubled.

If the original metal-attribute Spiritual Root was a Low Grade Spiritual Root, then now the metal-attribute Spiritual Root had become a Medium Grade Spiritual Root.

Gu Changan was overjoyed; as long as he converted all his Spiritual Qi into metal-attribute.

Then his body's absorption speed would double.

Reaching the level of a Medium Grade Spiritual Root!

Now the only thing restricting him was Medicinal Pill!

Gu Changan hurriedly took out the guyuan pills he had just bought and used Orange Treasure Qi to upgrade them into top-grade solid origin pills.

The top-grade solid origin pills had 12 pill patterns, the entire Medicinal Pill was milky white, emitting a faint fluorescent light.

Gu Changan hurriedly took one out and began to swallow it.

A huge amount of Spiritual Qi suddenly appeared in his body, rampaging around, equivalent in quantity to two top-grade foundation establishment pill.

One top-grade solid origin pill filled up one spiritual qi vortex.

Gu Changan took 4 top-grade solid origin pills in succession, and his entire Dantian was instantly filled.

Originally, it would have taken a whole day to absorb so much Spiritual Qi.

The metal-attribute spiritual qi vortex with the star iron had an absorption speed twice that of the other spiritual qi vortexes.

In less than half a day, all the Spiritual Qi was absorbed.

The entire Dantian was also in a full state.

Gu Changan began to try to make a Breakthrough; suddenly, his whole body shook, emitting fluctuations of the Foundation Establishment 2nd Layer.

His Divine Sense also increased by about 1/10.

In less than half a day, he had reached the Foundation Establishment 2nd Layer.

Gu Changan was ecstatic, but each top-grade solid origin pill consumed thirty wisps of Orange Treasure Qi.

His treasure gathering basin could collect and gather 220 wisps of Orange Treasure Qi every day.

This meant that seven top-grade solid origin pills were simply not enough for his Cultivation!

He could only think of a way first.