Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 277 - 236: A Thousand Jin Spent and Never to Return (seeking monthly votes)_1

Chapter 277: Chapter 236: A Thousand Jin Spent and Never to Return (seeking monthly votes)_1

It was not until nighttime that Li Xuan finished this session of ’Hunyuan Celestial Scripture’ cultivation. He was roused by the cold, unable to continue any longer.

The visualization of his Ice Style vitality had ended two hours ago, and after that, Li Xuan had been practicing Thunder Style visualization, using Shenxiao Juemie Thunder as his focus. However, Li Xuan found that this was no longer able to suppress and balance his own Cold Power.

––Just as he had guessed beforehand, the Cold Power of ’liquid hydrogen’, combined with the ’Frozen Cold’ death energy, had induced an extremely terrifying change in Li Xuan’s Ice Style vitality.

Li Xuan’s Ice Style vitality had only increased by about 20 percent, but the Cold Power within his body had nearly doubled during this short afternoon. In terms of ’quality’, he has taken a big step forward.

This also resulted in his painstakingly cultivated Thunder Style vitality losing its balance with the Ice Style.

It directly affected his suppression of the Yinsha energy in his chest.

In the past, Li Xuan was able to draw on the power of his ’Great Rectitude’ to barely hold his own against it.

But now, the scale has tipped.

If this situation continues, his current lifespan of 115 days will soon be depleted.

This is under the condition that Li Xuan had taken the ’Heavenly Puree’ with a maturity of 300 years today, otherwise, the situation would be even worse.

His prior hesitation to recklessly change his visualization focus was correct, otherwise, he might be in his coffin by now.

When Li Xuan opened his eyes, he found that his room had turned into an ice cave, with even the doors and windows frozen solid.

He had no choice but to unsheathe his Huaiyi Blade, forcefully carve out an opening at the door, then left the room carrying his two chirping birds.

Outside the door, Li Xuan saw his elder brother Li Yan, his sister-in-law Su Zhaojun, and Leng Yurou. They were all there, looking at him with eyes filled with surprise, astonishment, and even a hint of fear.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Li Xuan asked curiously at the trio: "Why do I get the feeling that you’re looking at me as if I’m a monster."

"You could say you are a monster." Li Yan pointed behind Li Xuan and asked, surprise evident in his voice: "Little brother, you were cultivating the ’Hunyuan Celestial Scripture’, right? What on earth were you visualizing? Why was there such a commotion? Are we cultivating the same technique?"

Turning around, Li Xuan saw for the first time that there was a huge mound of ice above his room, nearly 7 meters high and looking like a small iceberg. Moreover, it was filled with an eerie chill that sent shivers down one’s spine.

The temperature today was actually quite favorable, yet this iceberg showed no signs of melting.

"Frozen Cold!" Su Zhaojun muttered, her eyes filled with admiration: "This is top-tier death energy, top-tier Cold Power. Little brother, you haven’t even used your magical instrument ’Xuanhan Ruyi’, yet you already have such power. I’m looking forward to the moment you step into The Third Door more and more. Just this one Ice Style alone will definitely shake the world. At that time, I must have a good fight with you, to learn a thing or two."

Thunder and flame scattered all around Su Zhaojun, her Pure Yang Body making her shine like a little sun.

Li Xuan could only manage a bitter smile. Given his current state, whether he could live until The Third Door opened was still a question.

"I had another opportunity. I saw a more suitable visualization focus before. After I open The Third Door in the future, cultivate Yin God and the Golden Body, I’ll paint it for you to see."

––Without reaching this realm, he couldn’t accurately depict the ’liquid nitrogen’, ’liquid hydrogen’ that he’s visualizing, on the visualization chart. As for the ’Freon 12’ he had before, Li Yan probably had no use for it now.

Then Li Xuan hurriedly left: "I have something urgent to do at the Liudao Division, so I won’t be eating dinner at home. Big brother, could you let my mother know for me, express my apologies."

He was in a rush to return to Zhuque Hall, to search the book collection building for a technique to replace ’Shenxiao Juemie Thunder’, otherwise, there would be trouble in at most three days.

However, just as he was about to leave the courtyard in a hurry, he was stopped by Leng Yurou.

"I really have urgent business." Li Xuan looked at her in astonishment: "Sister Yurou, do you have something important?"

"Very important, it’ll only take a few words." Leng Yurou pointed at the Fumo Vajra that was following Li Xuan like a shadow: "Do you want to give him a better power furnace?"

Li Xuan’s eyes lit up slightly: "Need you ask? Of course I do."

After a large portion of the gears and roller bearings inside the Fumo Vajra had been replaced, its combat power was comparable to a war cultivator of the eighth level. Only its power was somewhat lacking, preventing its full advantages from being brought into play.

Especially the defensive array that Leng Yurou added to the Fumo Vajra often didn’t have enough energy supply.

"Then pay up." Leng Yurou stretched out her hand, unceremoniously demanding: "It’ll cost a hundred and twenty thousand taels."

"A hundred and twenty thousand taels?"

Li Xuan thought, "fuck", and quickly took a few steps back, his hand covering his money bag: "What on earth do you need so much money for?"

Combining his cut from the spoils and rewards, his current wealth only amounted to 170,000 teals. Yet, Leng Yurou was demanding seventy percent of it.

"Of course, it’s to build you a power generating furnace."

Leng Yurou explained calmly: "I’ve thoroughly studied the mechanics of gears and rollers, and I’ve already experimented with a few furnace designs. With identical materials, my designs can enhance power output by over nineteen and a half percent. The persistence and the stability are much stronger! Do you want to upgrade?"

"Of course I do." Li Xuan frowned, "But 120,000 teals, that’s too expensive. Can you offer a discount?"

"This is the lowest budget I can work with. Your Fumo Vajra has a great potential, you should upgrade directly to the best. Otherwise, we are just wasting our efforts."

Whilst speaking, Leng Yurou withdrew her hand: "If you are not willing, forget it, pretend I didn’t mention."

With her indifferent ’it’s up to you’ attitude, Li Xuan was actually getting anxious.

Fumo Vajra had been very helpful to him. During the previous ambush, were it not for this artifact in his possession, he could have lost his life by now.

If it’s possible to enhance its existing capabilities, it would indeed be brilliant.

"I’ll give the money, alright?" Li Xuan hesitated as he brought out the banknotes from his pocket. Just as he handed over the money, curiousity got the better of him: "Can it reach the standard of The Third Door?"

After taking the banknotes, Leng Yurou looked at him coldly: "Of course! Otherwise, why would I ask for this much money? The power furnace I design, will be top-tier at The Third Door stage. Considering excess power redundancy, I will engrave a few more arrays inside it, and etch your true understanding of Martial law within."

After a thought, she added, "You’ll need to equip it with a stronger sword and shield; ideally, get the top-grade ones in one go. It will have enough power to utilize.

By then, at least in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, it can match up to a real Eight-level War cultivator. Of course, it wouldn’t be as flexible in actual combat as a cultivator, but for defense and assistance, it could provide you with a legitimate power to confront The Third Door."

Li Xuan wondered where was he supposed to find a sword and shield for Fumo Vajra? Particularly top-grade level gear. He only had two top-grade magical implements himself. These items could cost hundreds of thousands of teals, and even if one had the money, they were hard to come by.

Then, Li Xuan thought of the Artifact Refining Pavilion at the Liudao Division. He could perhaps place an order there to custom manufacture the items. But when he recalled that he already had 86 merits at hand, just a step away from a supreme magical implement, he grew reluctant.

Customizing a top-grade magical implement would cost at least ten merits, not to mention he would have to provide the material. If the material had to be exchanged within the Liudao Division, it would consume even more merits.

In particular, Fumo Vajra was so large, its sword and shield would be several times larger than normal weapons, naturally requiring much more materials.

Li Xuan estimated that one magical implement would consume about thirty merits.

Additionally, Li Xuan began to feel that he might have been swindled by Leng Yurou.

As he handed over the banknotes earlier, he noticed a faint upward curve on Leng Yurou’s lips. But when he looked closely, he could not be sure.

However, he had already spent the money, and there was no way to take it back.

"It might take about three days." Leng Yurou flipped the banknotes in her hand, "Bring your Fumo Vajra to me in a few days, it will take me a day to replace it."

Li Xuan was dubious. Could the construction of a top-tier power furnace at The Third Door stage really be completed in three days? Was this woman fooling him?

Then he saw Leng Yurou handed over a stack of banknotes worth approximately 90,000 teals to Su Zhaojun: "Here! I’m returning your money."

"Tch~ You really found yourself a sucker."

Even though Su Zhaojun was not too happy about taking the money back, although the return of the money was a good thing, she had initially wanted to disable Liu’s strongest aide using this money.

She glanced reproachingly at Li Xuan: "Fool! This girl borrowed money from me half a month ago to experiment with some gear-roller type of power furnace. But she ran out of money before it was completed and has been desperate to find someone else to take it over. If you were patient for another ten or fifteen days, you could have gotten it cheap. Who in Nanjing would be willing to pay a large sum of money for a semi-finished power furnace?"

Li Xuan felt as if there was old blood stagnating in his chest. He wanted to vomit but couldn’t.

He looked reluctantly at the banknotes that Leng Yurou had stuffed them into her pocket but he didn’t muster the courage to demand them back.

Now, he could only hope that the new power furnace Leng Yurou was concocting was worth his money——

Then, Li Xuan left hastily, riding back to Zhuque Hall.

When he stepped through the gate of Zhuque Hall, it was already late at night. But at this hour, a Youjiao came to greet him: "Sir, the steward summons you!"

Before Li Xuan could ask, the Youjiao explained: "This is regarding the matter of Sima Tianyuan, the steward has freed up time to review your contributions and rewards. Also, your consecration has been confirmed. The steward said that it’s a rare opportunity and wants you to arrive as soon as possible."