Chapter 351 - 77: Treasure
Chu Xuan initially didn’t rush to take action; instead, he asked his senior sister to guard him, sitting cross-legged on the ground while first taking out the small jade bottle to refine it and leave a mark.
Although deploying the Six Souls Banner should be able to capture the [Nine Nether Cold Fire], having just obtained a new magical artifact, he decided to test it out first.
He couldn’t discern the quality of the item, but Chu Xuan estimated it to be around the Mystic Tier.
Besides, during the Celestial Evil Period, except for a few close confidants, no one knew this was the Demon Venerable’s personal artifact.
Moreover, during the last time at the Li’an Demon Sect, the treasure activated on its own to save its master, already exposed in front of outsiders, leading to rumors spreading in the outside world for the past decade.
Despite Chu Xuan’s suspicion, no one had come to question him during these ten years, proving there was no need to worry excessively.
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For cultivators of the Fourth Realm, such a low-grade magical artifact should be refined quickly, but for some reason, this bottle was like a bottomless pit, no matter how much magical power Chu Xuan poured in, it could not fill.
Because of meditating on the ancient battlefield, Chu Xuan’s heart was gradually invaded by the heart demon, illusions arose.
He frowned slightly, not needing to take out the Buddha bone relic, simply visualizing a [Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Avalokitesvara] in his heart, instantly dissolving the disruptive demon thoughts without a trace.
Chu Xuan insisted on refining the small jade bottle, exerting his cultivation technique to the fullest, divine sense and magical power poured in without care for consumption...
Qin Mengyao, who was quietly admiring the handsome visage of her junior brother with her chin resting on her hand, soon realized something was amiss.
Chu Xuan’s forehead was slightly sweating, seeming to struggle, and after an hour had passed, he still hadn’t completed refining it? After all, it’s not a Celestial-tier treasure.
Qin Mengyao couldn’t help but send a divine sense transmission: "Junior brother, are you alright? If you can’t refine it, maybe you should stop for a while; I can fetch that flame for you."
Chu Xuan couldn’t afford to divert his attention, but he slightly shook his head, signaling he understood the situation.
Contrary to his senior sister’s guess, Chu Xuan felt a bit excited; the harder it was to deal with, the more it indicated it was no ordinary item.
Estimating it to be almost ready, Chu Xuan finally used the Six Souls Banner, which descended from his sea of consciousness to the fourth level of the Twelve-Story Tower, located at the chest cinnabar palace position, into the hand of the Nascent Soul.
As the Nascent Soul activated the banner, the dark green radiance flowed like water, pouring into the small jade bottle held by Chu Xuan.
The previously unresponsive white jade bottle finally began to vibrate with a humming sound.
This kind of radiance could refine external objects, although each activation was quite costly to Chu Xuan, limiting reckless usage, yet the effect was top-notch.
With the Six Souls Banner aiding, coupled with the prior infusion of a large amount of magical power and divine sense, Chu Xuan finally imprinted a Divine Soul Seal into the bottle, genuinely turning it into his own magical artifact.
Chu Xuan opened his eyes slightly, looking at the now quiet jade bottle in his hand, heaved a long sigh of relief.
The bottle looked the same as before, without any change. In his heart, Chu Xuan didn’t feel any enlightenment, nor did he know its name, only vaguely sensing it had the ability to absorb.
Thus, Chu Xuan adjusted his breathing for a while, relying on his powerful cultivation technique to almost fully recover in a short time, then raised the jade bottle in his hand, shouted towards the wilderness engulfed with white flames: "Collect!"
The Nine Nether Cold Fire swiftly surged and was rapidly absorbed into the jade bottle. In just a few breaths, the flames spread across the wilderness were collected cleanly, leaving only a notably paler Nine Nether Flame at the center stubbornly resisting.
Chu Xuan was about to increase the absorption strength, but suddenly from the crushed bone fragments on the wilderness emerged a three-legged cold toad!
The creature’s size wasn’t large, but its aura was quite remarkable. It suddenly spewed out a torrent of Extreme Cold Qi like a white waterfall from its mouth, and its red tongue shot towards Chu Xuan’s face like lightning!
Qin Mengyao snorted coldly, two Immortal Swords appearing out of thin air in her hand, instantly slicing the tongue into several pieces.
The cold qi was absorbed by the jade bottle in Chu Xuan’s hand.
Seeing the cold toad in pain turn to devour the Nine Nether Flame, Chu Xuan immediately aimed the jade bottle at it, intending to absorb it too, even exerting added force.
Unexpectedly, the pale flame was forcibly sucked into the jade bottle, but it had no effect on the three-legged cold toad.
Fortunately, Qin Mengyao transformed into a blood light, swiftly slayed along, wielding the Yuan Tu and Ah Bi swords together!
Poor cold toad, without showing more than two or three parts of its abilities, couldn’t even manage to spit out its inner core and died aggrieved under the attack of this deadly star, wielding dual Immortal Swords.
Qin Mengyao had her eyes on its Ice Soul Toad skin, purposely using Sword Intent for a complete removal.
Chu Xuan looked at the Nine Nether Cold Fire in the jade bottle, murmuring to himself: "Can it truly only absorb spiritual objects?"
No, clearly it could absorb even the cold energy attack; it should be a magical artifact specialized in energy absorption.
Moreover, despite absorbing so much spiritual fire, its capacity seemed sizeable, the bottle remained warm and unmarred, unaffected by cold or yin energy, and appeared capable of holding ten times more flame with ease.
"Truly a treasure," Chu Xuan couldn’t help but praise.
The old fisherman probably never refined this item himself, only tested it, deeming it inferior to the golden fishing net, then turned to refine the net instead.
Thinking of this, Chu Xuan felt a bit guilty; the Divine Command and the small jade bottle were taken from him. Although voluntarily given, it seemed he reaped all the good things from the old man.