Chapter 641 - 508: Plan

Zhuu Xiangrong carefully inspected the damage to each Spiritual Artifact and asked:

"Is this Wuji Xinghuang Banner the Lifebound Magical Treasure of the ancestor?"

He felt extremely delighted, because the Artifact Embryo of the Magical Treasure was crafted by him.

For an Artifact Refiner, what’s more exciting than seeing one’s creation shine brilliantly? It’s akin to indirectly refining a Magical Treasure.

"Yes, just call me ’Daoist friend’ in private."

Ji An replied with a smile. Being called ’ancestor’ creates a sense of distance.

Zhuu Xiangrong chuckled, not continuing the topic, and pointed at the Magical Treasure, saying:

"Its damage is minimal. Keep it in the Dantian for nurturing and spend half the time each day on Refinement, and it will recover. No extra methods are needed.

The significance of Lifebound Magical Treasure lies in this; unless the core is severely damaged, it can be restored through the cultivator’s own nurturing and Sacrificial Refinement.

There are gains and losses. If the core of a Lifebound Magical Treasure is damaged, the cultivator will also be injured because of it."

Ji An nodded slightly. The Lifebound Magical Treasure is the cultivator’s strongest reliance, their sharpest spear or sturdiest shield.

But from another perspective, it is also the most in need of protection.

Because there is a very strong ’bonding relationship’ between the Lifebound Magical Treasure and its master; one suffers when the other suffers, and one prospers when the other prospers.

If the Lifebound Magical Treasure is destroyed, the master will also be severely injured.

However, Lifebound Magical Treasures are always more defensive than cultivators, so generally, no one will focus on attacking the Magical Treasure.

If conditions permit, Ji An decides to acquire a few more Magical Treasures in the future to act as ’temp workers’ for the most dangerous and tiring tasks.

"Taking the Wuji Xinghuang Banner as an example, how can a Lifebound Magical Treasure be upgraded and modified to enhance its power and defense effect?"

Theoretically, a Lifebound Magical Treasure enhances its power with the increase in the cultivator’s own Cultivation and the influence of nurturing time, needing no external objects.

However, adding external objects can accelerate this process. For him, spending some resources to solve this problem is great, no lack of money!

Zhuu Xiangrong’s face was serious, and he pondered, "The Magical Treasures and other Spiritual Artifacts chosen by the ancestor primarily use Qi Mechanism changes as their combat method.

Their upper limit is high, but the lower limit is also low, which hasn’t been mainstream in the Cultivation Realm for many years.

Enhancing the power of these types of Magical Treasures is relatively simpler, but they consume more resources. To quickly enhance the power of the Wuji Xinghuang Banner, two types of Tier Three Spiritual Objects are needed.

The first is the Transforming Essence Divine Mud; it’s a Spiritual Object of the Dao of Ji Earth, not only having the function of automatically repairing the Magical Treasure’s body, but also largely weakening attacks.

The second is the Wuhua Treasure Soil, which can condense a Protective Spirit Light with stronger defense, enhancing higher defense strength.

With these two Spiritual Objects, the ancestor can use Magical Power to refine and integrate them into the Lifebound Magical Treasure, needing no help from an Artifact Refiner.

I don’t know if these resources can be exchanged in the Sect’s Secret Vault, you need to ask Fatty Jia."

Ji An nodded slightly. After all, the professional’s plan was very clear.

He waved his hand and kindly said:

"As I said earlier, just call me ’Daoist friend’ in private."

Zhuu Xiangrong’s expression truly relaxed, and he cupped his hands, saying:

"Daoist friend!"

The once fellow disciples in the Sect became the Sect’s ancestor, mixed feelings of joy and a bit of subtle emotion filled his heart.

Ji An pointed at the remaining Spiritual Artifacts, "What should be done with these?"

Zhuu Xiangrong first picked up the broken flagpole and blue flag surface:

"Is this the Cyan Lotus Treasure Banner, one of the Five Elements Spirit Banners?"

The Innate Spiritual Treasure Five Directions Banner consists of five faces, with some similarities in certain areas.

"Yes, crafted by an Artifact Refiner from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion."

Zhuu Xiangrong tentatively asked:

"Daoist friend seems to intend to gather the Five Elements Spirit Banner?"

The replicas of the Five Directions Banner were once very popular among Immortal Cultivators. Given that he already possesses three, his intentions seem quite clear.

Ji An didn’t hide it, "I do have that intention, it just depends on whether I can acquire the refining techniques for the Profound Yuan Water Control Banner and Plain-Color Cloud Realm Banner."

With the Five Directions Banner gathered, it can not only attack the enemy but also be used to trap them. Coupled with his ’talent’ in Magic Techniques, he indeed becomes an all-around ace.

With such advantageous conditions, his Spiritual Strength exceeds the normal Cultivation Realm, making it possible to simultaneously manipulate five Magical Treasures.

Zhuu Xiangrong opened his mouth intending to persuade, as nurturing multiple Magical Treasures would burden the Primordial Life Fire too much, and the divine sense consumption to manipulate multiple Magical Treasures simultaneously against an enemy is high.

But on second thought, how could a younger Golden Core Daoist Master not understand these things?

"The flagpole of the Cyan Lotus Treasure Banner is broken, but I can replace the Dharma Prohibition within the flagpole with the heartwood of top-grade Cyan Dragon Wood, improving its quality over the original.

Additionally, by extracting the Life Qi and Spiritual Mechanism Divine Intent from the Cyan Dragon Wood to fill the damage on the flag surface, it can be repaired.

Daoist friend, prepare the materials, leave the rest to me."

"What are the requirements for the Cyan Dragon Wood?"

"If possible, I need a whole Cyan Dragon Wood at least 21 feet tall."

"No problem," Ji An readily agreed, for him, it’s no big deal.

Zhuu Xiangrong raised the crimson Spirit Banner and continued:

"The damage to the Earth-Departing Flame Banner is severe, requiring Tier Three material Phoenix Stone and some Tier Two Top-Grade Materials.

I have these materials on hand. Utilizing the Nirvana characteristic of the Phoenix Stone, it can be recommissioned, repairing most of the damage.

No need for full repair, as it would be too wasteful. Then, placing it in the Dantian for nurturing, it won’t take years to restore to its original state.

If the Daoist friend is not in a rush to use the Earth-Departing Flame Banner, you can adopt my proposed plan.

If you urgently need to use it, more Phoenix Stone would be necessary.