A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 42: A Series of Lucky Finds! (Please read on! Please vote!)

What is gold essence?

Gold essence is one of the five metals used to refine magical artifacts. It is a magical artifact material of the same grade as iron essence, which is a specialty of the Core Formation cultivator Li Huayuan. It is collectively known as the five metals along with copper essence, silver essence, iron essence, and tin essence.

Although it was incorporated into the handle of this talisman brush, it was not forged into a magical artifact. Moreover, it was merely a simple mixture with black iron, and was not contaminated by blood refining techniques. With some effort, most of the gold essence could be extracted.

Even if the extracted finished product is not as high quality as that refined by a Core Formation cultivator using alchemical fire, it is still enough to slightly enhance other magical artifacts.

Alternatively, one could simply take the pen and integrate it into the other magical artifacts.

In short.

The materials used to refine this pen can be used to enhance magical artifacts.

The addition of gold essence can enhance toughness, sharpness, hardness, and other aspects.

Moreover, the amount of gold essence used in this golden talisman pen is quite substantial.

As for how he knew these things?
Because this was originally a small opportunity he designed for the original body in the original timeline. It's just that after getting the little green bottle, the original body simply didn't have the mind to pay attention to these details.

Furthermore, the reason why the original owner of this body always had a good impression of Han Yunzhi was largely due to this talisman pen.

Sometimes, "liking" doesn't come out of nowhere.

"Moreover, this golden bamboo brush itself can be used to draw beginner and intermediate level talismans, and the other materials used are also quite valuable. In the future, I might be able to get involved in the talisman-making process, just like the original owner?"

Buying it now for only twenty spirit stones worth of low-grade pills is definitely not a bad deal.

It really was a small bargain.

"Hey, fellow Daoist, is the amount of pills you gave me incorrect?"

Smelling the medicinal fragrance, Han Yunzhi confirmed the quality of the pills in the four bottles. For her brother, the forty pills in four bottles offered a great chance to break through his bottleneck in the remaining time. Once he reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining, becoming one of the top contestants, his chances of securing a spot would undoubtedly increase significantly. The safety of the arena competition would also be greatly enhanced.

But to her surprise...

The finished pills inside the elixir bottle are fine.

However, there is a problem with the quantity.

"What, you think it's not enough?" Han Li said with a smile.

"No, it's just, it's just..." The little girl pursed her lips, unsure how to express her gratitude.

It turns out that each bottle contained not just ten pills, but eleven.

If there are four bottles, then there will be four extra pills.

Furthermore, the four extra pills were not Yellow Dragon Pills or Golden Marrow Pills, but rather Red Jade Pills, which had a much higher medicinal value. Two Yellow Dragon Pills or Golden Marrow Pills were only worth one low-grade spirit stone. One Red Jade Pill, however, was worth one spirit stone.

Having four extra Red Jade Pills means having a slight increase in the possibility of breaking through the current bottleneck before the Ascension Ceremony.

Han Li certainly wouldn't have been so generous with anyone else. But it's different with Han Yunzhi and her brother.

He can bear the risks.

He is more looking forward to the rewards in the future.

“Miss Han, your Golden Bamboo Talisman Brush is quite valuable, and I cannot take too much advantage of you and your brother. Besides, I only hope that these pills will help your brother break through his bottleneck and win a spot in the Ascension Tournament.”

After the money and goods were settled, Han Li didn't rush to become close to the brother and sister. He nodded slightly to them to make a familiar face before leaving.

It's good enough if we can leave a good impression.

It’s too late.

After blending into the crowd, Han Li stroked his chin thoughtfully:
"In my initial conception, Han Yunzhi's brother was severely injured during the Ascension Tournament and was beaten to the point of near death. Originally, as the two siblings were the losers in the challenge, they would not have been able to join the Spirit Beast Mountain. However, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Spirit Beast Mountain noticed the excellence of Han Yunzhi's spiritual root, which was that of dual water and wood spiritual roots."

"Having dual spiritual roots already makes one a minor genius in terms of spiritual root aptitude."

"As long as you don't do anything reckless and don't lose your primordial yin before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the probability of achieving Foundation Establishment with just one Foundation Establishment Pill is extremely high."

Furthermore, cultivators with dual spiritual roots can cultivate twice as fast as ordinary cultivators with three spiritual roots.

This advantage brings another identity: "Core Formation Immortal Seed"!
An ordinary person with three spiritual roots would need to cultivate diligently for a lifetime without the aid of elixirs to raise their magical power to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Even with the help of elixirs, it is not necessarily possible to refine one's magical power to a level of purity sufficient for condensing a pill.

Unlike those with special physiques or unique spiritual roots, those with dual spiritual roots cultivate much faster, allowing more time to hone their magical power in preparation for Core Formation. The Foundation Establishment cultivators of Spirit Beast Mountain, if they weren't foolish, wouldn't let such a promising talent slip through their fingers.

"Because of Han Yunzhi, the brother and sister were able to join the Spirit Beast Mountain together."

"However, Han Yunzhi's brother's injuries were repeatedly prevented from receiving proper treatment due to interference from a Foundation Establishment family in Spirit Beast Mountain. This delay forced Han Yunzhi to marry a direct descendant of the family. Before Han Yunzhi's true identity was revealed, she could only endure it, which at one point forced this outwardly gentle but inwardly strong-willed girl to participate in the Blood Trial to seek the precious healing medicine, the Blazing Sun Flower, in the forbidden area..."

"In other words, if Han Yunzhi's brother can make a breakthrough, many bad things may not happen."

The four bottles contained a total of forty-four pills, four of which were Red Jade Pills, which were of much better quality than Yellow Dragon Pills and Golden Marrow Pills.

The quantity is sufficient.

If Han Yunzhi's brother still cannot break through the bottleneck and make further progress, then it is truly his fate to suffer this calamity.

As for whether this will change many things?

Han Li didn't pay much attention to this.

Because the brother and sister were of low strength, they could bring very little change to the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom at the moment, and had no impact on him at all. Moreover, he felt an immediate goodwill towards this little girl who was extremely similar to his younger sister in both appearance and personality, and was willing to show her more kindness.

"Speaking of which, all sorts of underhanded and vicious tricks are not forbidden on the Ascension Tournament stage. I'll have to be extra careful when I go up there." The Seven Sects are not so merciful.

It is impossible, and there is no need to force it.

Cut your losses in time.

...

While Han Li was strolling around, a group of young cultivators caught his attention.

In the past, people would be overjoyed to join in the fun.

Isn't he another burly man who sells fragments of silk handkerchief magic treasures?

Actually, this man had been selling his handkerchief fragments a couple of days ago.

After all, he guessed that this fragment of silk handkerchief was a remnant of a magic weapon used by a Core Formation cultivator or even a Nascent Soul cultivator.

It possesses extremely strong concealment abilities: not only can it become invisible, but it can also conceal the spiritual energy fluctuations of anything it conceals. No matter how outsiders try to investigate using their Heavenly Eye, they will find nothing.

Of course, being invisible does not mean disappearing.

If you reach out and grab it, you can still find the missing pieces of the handkerchief and the hidden object beneath it.

It's definitely a great functional item.

just.

For cultivators in the Qi Refining stage or even the Foundation Establishment stage, fragments of magical artifacts cannot be refined, and therefore cannot unleash all their inherent properties.

In addition, this fragment is only about the size of a palm, so it cannot cover anything too big or too many things; it can only just cover a bottle about the size of a fist.

Therefore, the man traded here for two days, but no one was willing to pay a large sum.

And spirit stones don't just fall from the sky.

Within the gates of the seven major sects, Qi Refining stage disciples obtain spirit stones by tending herb gardens, guarding spirit mines, and caring for spirit beasts, averaging only two or three spirit stones per month. For independent cultivators and cultivation families outside the sects, the avenues for obtaining spirit stones are even fewer.

Let alone two or three spirit stones a month.

I'd be grateful to have a stable income of three to five spirit stones a year.

therefore.

Asking these penniless cultivators to take out a large sum of spirit stones to buy this fragment of the silk handkerchief magic treasure was truly asking too much of them.

"Didn't it sell again?"

The burly man at the stall murmured with a slightly disappointed expression:
"If we can't get enough spirit stones to buy pills that can help improve our magic power and break through our bottlenecks, we won't have enough time."

"Sigh, in the end, there are more and more people among the contestants whose cultivation levels are getting higher and higher."

It's not that the cultivation environment for independent cultivators has improved, but rather that a large number of promising young talents with high cultivation levels have emerged.

Instead, more and more cultivation families in the Yue Kingdom are training their members to compete for the quota.

Those with some background and experience naturally have many advantages over independent cultivators.

"With my cultivation at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining, I am only at the middle to upper level among the cultivators present. Moreover, these people are not all participating in the Ascension Tournament arena battle. If I forcefully compete for the final spot, I am afraid I will not fare well."

The Han dynasty was very self-aware in this regard.

The night market in Tainan is coming to an end soon.

When most of the people had left.

A communication talisman quietly ended up in the hands of the burly man, who looked somewhat dejected.

“Huh? This is…”

Someone was actually willing to exchange four bottles of pills that could help improve one's magical cultivation for the fragment of the handkerchief in his hand.

Shall we meet?

See you there.

then.

The big man arrived at the small building where Han Li lived, having been invited.

Both of them are straightforward and to the point.

Let's get straight to the point.

Finally, the two sides agreed to exchange four bottles of pills.

The man left satisfied, while Han Li secretly chuckled as he stroked the small magical handkerchief he had just acquired.

What the man didn't know was that this piece of silk handkerchief was not a fragment of a magic weapon belonging to a Core Formation stage cultivator, or even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, but rather a fragment left behind after the magic weapon of a legendary Nascent Soul cultivator from Tiannan was broken thousands of years ago!

This is the main reason why the original owner always carried the Heavenly Bottle on his chest in the lower realm, yet it was never detected by Nascent Soul cultivators or even by ancient Nascent Soul cultivators like Xiang Zhili.

If this fragment of silk handkerchief were of slightly lower quality, the Heavenly Bottle would have been exposed long ago.

(End of this chapter)