My Artifacts Can Upgrade Infinitely

"Let’s keep things separate. Encountering danger is part of the risk of hunting Demon Cultivators." Zhao Zuo shook his head, refusing her offer.

"Besides, this trip wasn’t without its rewards."

Once he calmed down, Zhao Zuo finally noticed the change that had come over him. Unbeknownst to him, he had completed his cultivation of the Second Realm of the Sutra of Calming the Mind.

The Constant Calm Realm. This was clearly good news. The affair had been perilous, but he was more than satisfied with such a significant advancement.

Next, he just needed to save up enough Contribution Points to purchase the Melt Casting Technique. Then, he could try his hand at refining Middle Grade Magical Artifacts.

Zhao Zuo’s eyes grew brighter at the thought. ’Refining Middle Grade Magical Artifacts means I can earn more Spirit Stones and raise my cultivation even faster.’

"Well... alright. Sometimes I feel you’re too kind. You don’t seem like someone who’s spent more than ten years struggling in the Market districts." Shen Yunjiao wanted to insist, but when she saw the look in Zhao Zuo’s eyes, she instinctively went along with his decision.

"Too kind...?" Zhao Zuo murmured to himself. ’I’m fundamentally different from the people of this world. I come from a brilliant, well-ordered civilization.’

’The habits I formed in that civilization aren’t so easy... to change completely.’

"Kindness is never a mistake," Zhao Zuo said with great earnestness. "Come on, let’s go home for now."

As night fell, the two hurried toward the core residential area. Unseen by them, changes were quietly unfolding.

The Demon Cultivator invasion seemed to have concluded with Zhou Wushuang’s death. The remaining Demon Cultivators all received the order to retreat, but fewer than one in ten made it out alive.

After returning home, Zhao Zuo first treated his wounds, simply bandaging the external ones.

Most of his wounds were internal, caused by the concussive force of the impacts. Only a few were external cuts and scrapes. The Demon Cultivator they’d cornered had done very little damage to him; nearly all of his injuries stemmed from those few simple clashes.

’The black dagger and black barrier must be Magical Treasures.’

After treating his wounds, Zhao Zuo picked up the Golden Light Mirror and infused it with Mana to examine it. While they were escaping, the Golden Light Mirror had blocked an attack from the black dagger, effectively saving his life.

’If it can be repaired, I definitely won’t give up on it.’

After a careful examination, Zhao Zuo quickly reached a conclusion. The piercing blow had severed its internal Spirit Patterns. On top of that, the impact from the black dagger’s energy had completely shattered one-third of the Controlling Objects Spirit Patterns within the Golden Light Mirror.

𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Therefore, the Golden Light Mirror was now unusable.

’This problem isn’t too serious for me. First off, the Golden Light Mirror has enough experience points to be advanced at any time. As long as I upgrade it to an Upper Grade Magical Artifact, the Spirit Patterns and the puncture wound will naturally be repaired perfectly.’

Additionally, the Sky-Breaking Saber had come into brief contact with the blood-colored mist that could dissolve Spirit Patterns, as well as the black barrier. This had caused some damage to its internal Spirit Patterns, but fortunately, it was still usable.

After cleaning up, Zhao Zuo left his room.

Even though he had been helping Shen Yunjiao hunt her target, he was still entitled to a share of the spoils—and he had the right of first choice.

In the living room, Shen Yunjiao had changed into a set of clothes for lounging at home. The fabric was thin and quite loose, completely hiding the graceful curves of her body.

The dim lamplight cast a somewhat intimate glow over the room, but Zhao Zuo’s attention wasn’t on any of that.

"Come on. The best part is always dividing the spoils," Zhao Zuo said. His face was still pale, but it no longer hindered his ability to move about.

Wu Fadu had definitely been a wealthy man. He owned two Upper Grade Magical Artifacts: one for offense and one for defense.

"First up, the Upper Grade Magical Artifact: the Defiled Blood Saber." Shen Yunjiao pulled a blood-colored scimitar from her Storage Bag. It was about four feet long and radiated a thick, bloody aura, giving it a rather sinister appearance.

This saber was the Magical Artifact that Blood Dao Demon Cultivators took the most pride in, as it possessed the ability to advance infinitely. It just needed to be continuously fed various types of Essence Blood to upgrade. Legend has it... that a Blood Dao True Monarch at the Nascent Soul Realm once nurtured a Defiled Blood Saber all the way to the level of a Spirit Treasure.

A single slash could drain an enemy of all their Qi Blood, reducing them to a desiccated corpse. Back then, relying on the might of his Spirit Treasure-grade Defiled Blood Saber, he could take on two Cultivators of the same realm by himself and not be at a disadvantage.

Later, he unfortunately went missing while exploring the Ancient Battlefield.

But it was still enough to prove the extraordinary nature of the Defiled Blood Saber.

"This saber is yours," Shen Yunjiao explained. "I barely have enough resources for my own cultivation as it is. I definitely can’t spare any Demon Beast Essence Blood to nurture the Defiled Blood Saber."

"Then I’ll take it." Zhao Zuo didn’t dither. He reached out and lightly tapped the body of the saber.

[Level: Upper Grade Magical Artifact · Defiled Blood Saber]

[Experience: 0/20000]

[Status: Not Upgradable]

’I don’t need to find all sorts of Essence Blood for the Defiled Blood Saber at all. I just need to use experience points to upgrade or advance it. One day... it will have the power to drain an enemy of their blood with a single strike.’

"Then the Ghost Slayer Shield is mine," Shen Yunjiao said.

Zhao Zuo nodded, but then he remembered that the Sky-Breaking Saber had pierced the Ghost Slayer Shield. Although the hole was small, its value must have plummeted. He couldn’t help but suggest,

"...If you trust me, you can give me the Ghost Slayer Shield to repair. I can fix the damage in about ten days and reconnect the internal Spirit Patterns, but it will require one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones for materials."

’Although this would expose my unusual ability to repair Magical Artifacts, I trust that Shen Yunjiao isn’t one to gossip. Besides, I’m already planning to start accepting Magical Artifact repair jobs once I master refining Middle Grade Magical Artifacts.’

"Of course I trust you." Shen Yunjiao handed the Ghost Slayer Shield to Zhao Zuo, and along with it, a pouch of Spirit Stones containing the fee for the repair.

"Thanks. I owe you again," Shen Yunjiao said.

"Alright, alright... let’s see what else is in his Storage Bag," Zhao Zuo said, changing the subject.

The rest of the items in the Storage Bag were things used by Blood Dao Demon Cultivators in their cultivation, such as various Blood Pills, as well as the Essence Blood of Cultivators and Demon Beasts. Zhao Zuo had no use for these things, so he gave them all to Shen Yunjiao to handle.

Also... there were a few bottles of medicine similar to Spring Breeze, which the two of them destroyed immediately.

"Blood Transformation Technique."

Zhao Zuo briefly skimmed it. It was a method to keep a target’s blood active and condense it into blood beads, a necessary Secret Technique for Blood Dao Demon Cultivators. Of course, it was of little use to Zhao Zuo.

"What’s this...?"

Shen Yunjiao took out a red incense burner from Wu Fadu’s Storage Bag. A fist-sized Blood Toad carved from metal was crouching on top.

The moment he touched it, a transparent panel appeared before his eyes.

[Level: Middle Grade Magical Artifact · Blood Toad Guzhong]

[Experience: 0/2000]

[Status: Not Upgradable]

Zhao Zuo signaled for Shen Yunjiao to hold her breath, quietly opened the incense burner, and found it empty inside. He then infused Mana into it, carefully sensing the type and attributes of the internal Spirit Patterns.

"It’s an auxiliary tool for Gu Refining. If you place a Gu Insect inside the burner with the Spiritual Objects needed for its advancement underneath, it will enhance the speed at which the Gu Insect absorbs the Spiritual Objects. However, it can only be used to cultivate Blood Toads."

Zhao Zuo had read about this type of Magical Artifact in the Scripture Pavilion, and with the hint from his Golden Finger’s ability, he quickly figured out its use.

"You can have this weird little thing." Shen Yunjiao shook her head.

"Alright." Zhao Zuo was indeed somewhat interested in the Blood Toad Guzhong, so he didn’t refuse.

Next, Shen Yunjiao poured a large pile of Spirit Stones out of Wu Fadu’s Storage Bag, nearly ten thousand of them in total. Wu Fadu had been hunting every night recently, so these Spirit Stones were likely the spoils from his efforts. He had probably already sold off everything else.

"Let’s split them, half and half," Shen Yunjiao said.

Zhao Zuo had no objection and received about four thousand six hundred Spirit Stones.

The battle had been dangerous, and he’d nearly lost his life, but his total haul was worth nearly twenty-five thousand Spirit Stones. Zhao Zuo was more than satisfied with this amount.

"I’m going into seclusion for the next few days to break through to the eighth layer of Qi Cultivation," Shen Yunjiao said.

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