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Chapter 395 - 38 Spirit Qi Furnace and Dragon Storing Bottle (2/3)

Chapter 395: Chapter 38 Spirit Qi Furnace and Dragon Storing Bottle (2/3)

Spirit Qi Furnace. The core best-selling product of the Tianyuan Realm.

In that world, where Spirit Qi was thoroughly contaminated by Demonic Qi, cultivators who left the city and safe zone only had three choices to safely supplement their Spiritual Power: Spirit Stones, elixirs, and Spirit Qi Furnaces.

But Spirit Stones were too expensive, and elixirs weren’t much cheaper, only being used at critical moments.

Only the Spirit Qi Furnace was affordably priced and had many uses.

It could not only drive Magic Artifacts but also serve as a temporary supplement during combat. A high-grade Spirit Qi Furnace, aside from daily use, played a significant role during critical moments such as martial arts breakthroughs—even though the output of Spirit Qi from the furnace might harm the body, taking a little damage in exchange for a boost of Spirit Qi was a bargain at such times.

Because it was so common in the Tianyuan Realm, An Jing almost overlooked the technical prowess of the Spirit Qi Furnace, just like how people in his previous life took for granted the smartphone and various mobile devices since everyone had one, many probably couldn’t feel that those were the amalgamation of the most cutting-edge technologies of an entire civilization.

Now, by comparing it to the Dragon Storing Bottle, An Jing began to observe the Spirit Qi Furnace from a different perspective and immediately made many discoveries.

First of all, the Spirit Qi Furnace was very much like an extremely simplified Dragon Storing Bottle.

The simplest Dragon Storing Bottle required at least thirty-six different Spiritual Materials, which were twelve Heavenly, twelve Earthly, and twelve Spiritual Materials, corresponding to the Heavenly Gang Count. With the addition of Dragon Qi, it formed a Qi Furnace that could hold Hundred Qi and circulate on its own. It could not just hold various kinds of Spirit Qi but also smelt different kinds of Spirit Qi.

Its advanced versions used seventy-two and one hundred and eight different Spiritual Materials respectively, with almost unlimited upgrades and a wide variety of effects. It could even produce many Divine Skills and was considered a high-level Divine Weapon Seed.

On the other hand, the Spirit Qi Furnace only had one main material, ’Spirit Stone,’ which used the Spirit Stone as the core carrier and was simplified to the utmost extent, so it could only store the universally pure Spirit Qi.

If the Spirit Qi wasn’t pure enough, the impure Qi could contaminate the Spirit Jade, gradually reducing the storage limit of the Spirit Qi Furnace and increase the resistance, until it was completely unusable, leading to disposal.

But the Dragon Storing Bottle didn’t have this problem. In fact, it was the opposite: it could refine the impure Qi and turn it into Spirit Qi!

With various Spiritual Materials as auxiliary, Dragon Qi as the core, and the Dragon Storing Bottle could harness the power of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, aided by the rotation of the Five Elements, to purify all absorbed Spirit Qi... If it was a high-level Dragon Storing Bottle, it could even refine Spirit Qi into a precious liquid.

If the user was willing to spend Dragon Qi, then the Dragon Storing Bottle could even produce ’Emperor’s Essence,’ which used Dragon Qi to enlighten all spirits with intelligence... But such high-level Dragon Storing Bottles, even the Imperial Court and the Ancestral Dragon Hall wouldn’t have many.

"Dragon Qi is the core of the Dragon Storing Bottle, and many of its functions rely on Dragon Qi to operate," said An Jing with increasing certainty, "And the Spirit Qi Furnace is simply a simplified Dragon Storing Bottle that has had its Dragon Qi removed. Both are based on the same technology—I can be sure that the Tianyuan Realm also has a tradition of Dragon Qi and Dragon Storing Bottles."

"If we remove the Dragon Qi and modify the remaining materials, we can also produce a Spirit Qi Furnace with quite outstanding effects..."

"This is really good," said Subdue Evil excitedly, "This counts as a core technology. If we can mass-produce Spirit Qi Furnaces, it would be a financial opportunity in both the Tianyuan and Embracing the Void realms, and we wouldn’t be controlled by anyone."

"It is indeed a key product technology, useful if I want to establish power in the future... But it’s not time for that yet," An Jing revealed a smile, "On the contrary, the Dragon Storing Bottle is of great significance to me. As one destined to possess both the Seven Luminaries and Seven Fiend Qi, I’ll encounter numerous types of Spirit Qi and Evil Qi in the future and will need such a Magic Artifact that can autonomously transform and refine."

An Jing sincerely thanked You Ruhui, causing You Ruhui to feel somewhat shy, repeatedly saying things like ’it’s nothing’ and ’you’ve helped me a lot too.’

Next, An Jing inquired about You Ruhui’s future plans.

"I had originally planned to find a small island to develop, to grow slowly over two or three years by nurturing Dragon Qi with Dragon Jade," You Ruhui said seriously, "But that was because I was only at the Inner Breath level, and that was how I had to start... But now, I am at the Inner Strength level."

[With this, I have saved the most critical initial three-year development period and can directly take a larger island from Jin for development—this way, the Dragon Qi I cultivate myself will also be more plentiful.]

[Starting at a higher level, the snowball of progress grows larger from the beginning, and my development speed is more than ten times faster than my original plan, all thanks to you, An Jing.]

"That’s the best."

An Jing also smiled happily—for Ruohui, An Jing was a partner who brought her surprises and accelerated her growth, but for An Jing, wasn’t Ruohui just the same?

The various classics, Magic Artifacts, and Divine Skills that Ruohui brought at crucial moments, each one was vitally important to An Jing.

An Jing then shared his discovery that "cultivating Soul and Spirit and Divine Abnormality early on is beneficial for subsequent cultivation" with Ruohui, and the young girl also expressed that she felt the same—the most crucial talent that Daoist Disciples and Saint Heirs pick isn’t the talent of the flesh since such talent can be changed and improved. The most crucial talent is the firmness of one’s thoughts and the resilience of one’s soul and spirit.

Only such talent can, in turn, transform the flesh, just as An Jing felt; while shaping Divine Abnormality, they could take the opportunity to gradually modify their physical gifts bit by bit, making themselves more and more of a genius.

"Strange indeed."

An Jing couldn’t help but feel puzzled upon hearing this, "Why didn’t I feel it?"

[Dummy]

At the other end of Emperor’s Blood, Ruohui was almost rolling her eyes: [Because your talent is already terrifyingly high—other people’s full talent increased by a tenth or twenty percent is a noticeable improvement, but of course, you won’t feel much with an increase of a tenth or twenty percent when your talent is already a hundred times full.]

[I know my own qualifications. If not for the death of my father and mother, I would have been just an ordinary Commandery Princess in this life, without any grand ambition, only liking to enjoy flowers and water... I am not suited for this excessively genius path; it’s better for me to be steady and solid like ordinary folks.]

[Not to mention, I have the Dragon Jade, don’t I?]

"Having your own thoughts and the path you want to pursue makes you a true genius."

An Jing, however, was very serious: "Being able to choose one path and stick to it resolutely is something 99% of the people in this world cannot achieve."

Emperor’s Blood consumption was too great; Ruohui disconnected the communication, but An Jing felt that she might have been made shy by his compliments—true to form, he knew how to praise someone.

After ending the communication with Ruohui, An Jing confirmed his gains and the next objectives for his actions.

In this battle between Linjiang City and Broken Blade Mountain, An Jing’s gains on the Linlang Commerce Chamber side were average because Mo Li didn’t have much on him; most of the wealth was in the warehouse of the Linlang Commerce Chamber, full of various Spiritual Materials and Spiritual Objects. An Jing would let Xu Tai and Bai Qinghan take an inventory later.

On the True Demon Sect side, An Jing obtained a book of Secret Transmission [Disembodiment and Return to Truth Spell] from the leader of the True Demon Sect.

"This is only half of it, but it’s enough."

An Jing glanced over it and ascertained that although the ’Immaculate Marrow’ described in the book was already very mysterious, it was still only half of some great Divine Abnormality. The other half teased flesh and blood; if completed, it would turn one’s entire being into a perfect shell.

But this shell, for whom was it intended?

An Jing thought about the Heavenly Demon Decay clone hidden among the Red Armored Guards that no one had ever discovered and felt that the answer was quite obvious.

Cultivating this would end up turning a person into a flesh vessel for the Heavenly Demon’s descent, into materials for someone else... But it must be said, it was indeed ingenious; An Jing thought that he could extract the beneficial parts for himself to learn.

At this point, with his possession of the True Demon Sect, Ancestral Dragon Hall, Da Chen Dynasty, and Heaven’s Will Demon Sect ’s precious classics, and with Linjiang City as a relatively stable base, it was time to settle down and thoroughly study the classics for a while, to accumulate a foundation for his future path.