A year later, Zhang Ling finally finished refining treasures and emerged from the earth-fire chamber. Breathing in the outside air, his heart was filled with excitement.
Suddenly, he made a hand seal, and a flash of azure light appeared around him. A deep blue short sword appeared in his hand, and with a light wave, a whistling sound echoed.
This deep blue short sword was also one of his refined natal magic treasures, created from the seeds of the gourds after refining the Two-Worlds Gourd, using the seeds from the other gourds.
The thousands of azure gourd seeds were like special spirit mines, very hard and suitable for refining sword-type magic treasures. Of course, several rare metal and earth attribute materials were also added during the refining process.
The azure short sword in his hand was just one of them. Using all the gourd seeds, he refined a total of seven short swords, forming a set of flying sword magic treasures.
These short swords were all stored in his Two-Worlds Gourd for nurturing. To continuously increase the power of a natal magic treasure, the nurturing of pill fire is essential.
Generally speaking, high-level cultivators only nurture one natal magic treasure. This is because natal magic treasures, after being nurtured, continuously increase in power.
But this does not mean that high-level cultivators can only condense one natal magic treasure; it's just that very few people do so.
He didn't have such concerns. The azure and white energies within his Two-Worlds Gourd were specifically for nurturing magic treasures, greatly reducing the time required.
Therefore, nurturing seven short swords was not a big burden for him and could also increase his strength significantly.
When he discovered that the azure gourd seeds were very hard, he had this idea. The refined azure short swords were also several times harder than his previous blue flying sword.
At the same time, because the flying swords were refined using gourd seeds as the main material, they were very compatible with the Two-Worlds Gourd.
This was also his previous plan.
Originally, using the Two-Worlds Gourd as a natal magic treasure was different from ordinary attack or defense magic treasures. It was more inclined towards an auxiliary type of magic treasure.
Now that he had these flying swords, he believed that as long as he carefully nurtured them for fifty or sixty years, the power of these flying swords would definitely be much stronger than those nurtured for over a hundred years.
Next, Zhang Ling began to plan his cultivation path. His goal was naturally only one: to quickly increase his cultivation and break through realms.
Zhang Ling returned to his cave and began to cultivate methodically.
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More than a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, while he was meditating, a faint divine sense fluctuation suddenly came from his soul.
Zhang Ling quickly stopped cultivating and came to another stone chamber.
As soon as he entered this stone chamber, the temperature in the air immediately rose several times, as if he were in a furnace. A large part of the floor of the entire stone chamber had turned into a lava state, and even the surrounding walls showed signs of melting.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling quickly reached out and took out a circular formation plate, casting several spells on it, shooting out a white light that covered the entire stone chamber.
This formation plate was used to control the formations within the cave, strengthening the protective power within the stone chamber. Only then did Zhang Ling carefully examine the entire stone chamber.
The first thing he saw was a huge fiery red cocoon placed in the center. This was formed by the spirit beast, the Twin-Tailed Cat.
Ever since it devoured the Xuan Yang Fire, this spirit beast had entered this state, which had been going on for more than ten years.
Today, it seemed that it was about to break out of its cocoon. Zhang Ling couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
The many fire-attribute spirit stones he had placed on the ground had all turned gray-white, and the spiritual power within them had been completely exhausted.
Thinking that this spirit beast had consumed a lot of fire-attribute spirit stones when it advanced, Zhang Ling waved his hand and took out thirty to forty middle-grade fire spirit stones from his storage bag.
These fist-sized fire spirit stones instantly coiled into a ring, falling below the flame cocoon.
Immediately, Zhang Ling sensed a wave of heartbeat-like fluctuations coming from the flame cocoon. Wisps of fiery red spiritual energy were instantly absorbed by the cocoon.
Zhang Ling frowned at this scene. This speed of absorbing spiritual power was almost catching up with his usual cultivation.
He was now in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and the speed at which he absorbed spiritual power was not comparable to that of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The Twin-Tailed Cat was previously only a second-tier beast, even if it was a mutated spirit beast with some special qualities, this was still a bit terrifying.
Could it be because of the Xuan Yang Fire? Zhang Ling couldn't help but think of this possibility. Then, he carefully stared at the flame cocoon formed by the Twin-Tailed Cat, constantly paying attention to the spiritual power fluctuations on it.
This wait lasted for three full days, and the thirty to forty fire spirit stones were almost completely consumed.
The fire spiritual power above the cocoon was even more violent. If it weren't for the protection of the formation, the entire cave would have turned into a sea of fire.
Suddenly, Zhang Ling discovered some changes on the cocoon. A layer of purple halo appeared on it, this halo would shrink and expand for a while, and from time to time, it would turn into wisps of flames surrounding the cocoon.
Looking at this halo, Zhang Ling thought of the Xuan Yang Fire, which was purple-red when he collected it.
The weaker the cultivator, the longer it would take to refine this kind of heaven and earth spirit fire, and if the cultivation was too weak, they would be directly turned into ashes by the spirit fire.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but worry. Originally, the Xuan Yang Fire was several degrees higher in temperature than the pill fire of a Golden Core cultivator, and ordinary third or fourth-tier spirit beasts would turn into ashes upon approaching it.
If the Twin-Tailed Cat wasn't a mutated spirit beast, and no dangerous situation occurred when it devoured the Xuan Yang Fire, he would never have allowed this spirit beast to refine this dangerous spirit fire.
In Zhang Ling's complex mood of tension and anticipation, the Twin-Tailed Cat's advancement continued for a few more days.
Until one moment, Zhang Ling heard a cracking sound. He couldn't help but cheer up and carefully observe the changes on the cocoon.
Deep red cracks appeared on the cocoon, filled with purple-red spiritual light. He released his divine sense to check this layer of flame and immediately felt a burning sensation.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but be shocked, but he was even more expectant. This situation was likely to indicate that the Twin-Tailed Cat had successfully refined the Xuan Yang Fire.
Suddenly, with a loud bang, the entire stone chamber shook, the cocoon exploded directly, and a purple-red flame rushed out from inside, frantically窜动 throughout the entire stone chamber.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and his divine sense immediately locked onto this group of purple-red flames.
Although it was a little uncomfortable for his divine sense to penetrate the flames, he still released most of his divine sense and instantly penetrated the flames, clearly seeing that it was his spirit beast, the Twin-Tailed Cat.
Now, the body of this spirit beast has shrunk by more than half, becoming the size of an ordinary house cat. But the spiritual power fluctuations on its body are not weaker than those of a Foundation Establishment peak cultivator.
Zhang Ling was shocked. This situation was obviously a successful advancement, and it had skipped a level, directly advancing to become a fourth-tier demon beast.
