Chapter 514 Found a Treasure

Ji Li felt that ever since he’d run into Lu Sangjiu, nothing had gone right. She was his absolute bane!

At this very moment, his loathing for Lu Sangjiu even surpassed his hatred for Xie Ningyuan.

Banxia was trembling with fear. “Th-then what do we do now? Keep trying to find them?”

Ji Li took a deep breath. “No, I’ve thought of another, better way.”

A pearl flew out of his storage bag and hovered before him.

This pearl held a world within it… That’s right. This was the Magic Treasure of the Spirit Void Realm itself, the Spirit Void Pearl.

Ji Li gazed deeply at the Spirit Void Pearl before speaking. “After all this time, Xie Ningyuan should have gone through his Ascension long ago. He’s just deliberately suppressing his cultivation.”

“But once I upgrade this pearl, refining it into a top-grade immortal artifact, the Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Void Realm will naturally become denser. When that happens, Xie Ningyuan won’t be able to stop his Ascension even if he wants to.”

“The moment Xie Ningyuan ascends, Lu Sangjiu is sure to show up. Then I’ll kill Lu Sangjiu first, and Xie Ningyuan right after!”

Banxia was stunned for a moment, glancing hesitantly at the Spirit Void Pearl. “But… if you expend so much effort refining the Spirit Void Pearl, won’t that just benefit those people in the Spirit Void Realm?”

“It doesn’t matter,” Ji Li said lightly. “It will all be mine sooner or later anyway. Expending a little effort is nothing.”

The Spirit Void Pearl’s previous Artifact Spirit paid a heavy price to cut off his path to becoming its master, but that was only a temporary measure.

Given enough time to build a connection with the Spirit Void Pearl, not even that fellow Gu Jue could stop it from acknowledging him as its master. It was merely a matter of time.

Banxia felt a persistent unease, but seeing Ji Li so certain, she didn’t dare say anything more to dampen his spirits.

Then she heard Ji Li say, “I have the materials ready. Prepare the gifts and Spirit Stones. I need to pay a visit to our sect’s Artifact Refining Master.”

Once the Spirit Void Pearl was upgraded into a top-grade immortal artifact, Xie Ningyuan’s doom would be at hand.

At this time, Lu Sangjiu and Luo Linlang had found a random city and rented a cave residence.

Luo Linlang had just ascended and needed to properly consolidate her cultivation.

As for Lu Sangjiu, she needed to study the Divine Artifact she had just obtained.

Taking out the axe, Lu Sangjiu did the same thing as before. She placed her hand on it and circulated the energy in her body, absorbing the residual Divine Power from the weapon.

The process was very fast, just like last time. She absorbed all the Divine Power from the axe, and it quickly became an ordinary axe, which she tossed aside.

But the changes within Lu Sangjiu were immense. She had an indescribable feeling, as if absorbing a certain amount of Divine Power had triggered a qualitative change in her own power!

Her power grew more condensed. She was likely several times stronger than cultivators of the same rank who used Immortal Qi or Demonic Qi!

She felt an incredible surge of power. ‘I’m so strong right now, I really want to find someone to fight and test it out!’

However, this feeling didn’t last long. Suddenly, it was as if her powers had gone dormant on their own. Everything that just happened felt like an illusion. When she opened her eyes again, Lu Sangjiu was back to her original state.

‘Uh… What was that about? Was it just messing with me?’

Speechless for a moment, she tried to summon the power again but failed, so she had no choice but to give up.

She then focused her attention on the Demon Eye Fire in her Dantian. It sat there quietly, showing no reaction.

She tried to use the energy in her body to poke it, and it immediately started to tremble. For some reason, it gave her the feeling… ‘Is it… scared?’

But in any case, since she’d already taken it in, she had to at least try to use it. With a thought, a wisp of black flame appeared on her right palm.

‘I’ve only ever seen this thing devour Demonic Qi. I wonder if it’s interested in Immortal Qi?’

With that thought, she reluctantly took out a high-grade spirit stone and placed it in the palm of her other hand.

But the flame didn’t move a muscle.

Lu Sangjiu brought it closer to the flame, but it still didn’t react.

‘Am I being too stingy? Maybe a high-grade spirit stone just isn’t appealing enough for it?’

After a moment’s thought, she once again reluctantly produced a top-grade spiritual stone.

Hmm… still no reaction.

Lu Sangjiu fell silent for a moment. ‘Maybe it’s just not interested in Spirit Stones? But wait, I haven’t tried an Immortal Stone yet. I can’t jump to conclusions.’

After a moment of internal struggle, Lu Sangjiu finally, reluctantly, took out an Immortal Stone, muttering, “If you don’t eat this one, then I…”

She was about to say, “then I’ll assume you don’t like Immortal Qi.”

But before she could finish, the flame suddenly trembled, and then—GULP!—it swallowed the Immortal Stone in one bite!

Lu Sangjiu: !!!

‘My Immortal Stone!’

‘Good grief, so it really was just turning its nose up at the other energy for not being dense enough? Such a picky little thing!’

The flame’s sudden gulp of the Immortal Stone startled Lu Sangjiu, and she subconsciously retracted the flame.

Just as she was lamenting her lost Immortal Stone, she suddenly noticed the black flame beginning to tremble violently!

It looked like it was having a fit, making Lu Sangjiu’s eyes widen in shock. “Wh-what’s wrong with it?”

While she was at a loss, the flame suddenly went “HORK!” and spat out a huge mouthful of Immortal Qi. It didn’t stop, continuing to rhythmically spit out mouthful after mouthful, looking for all the world like it had an upset stomach!

Lu Sangjiu was dumbfounded once again. ‘Wait, a flame can get an upset stomach?’

But she didn’t have time to dwell on it, because she immediately discovered that the Immortal Qi the little flame spat out was circling right in her Dantian. She could absorb it instantly, with almost no effort at all.

This… Lu Sangjiu was dumbfounded yet again. ‘Have I discovered a wonderful new use for this little flame?’

The process continued until the little flame had spat out every last bit of Immortal Qi, all of which Lu Sangjiu absorbed. All told, it took about one hour.

Normally, it would take her at least five days to completely absorb a single Immortal Stone for her cultivation. But with the little flame’s help, she had managed to do it in just one hour!

‘Doesn’t this mean that with the little flame’s help, my cultivation speed can increase by more than a hundredfold?!’

‘I’ve really hit the jackpot this time!’

Lu Sangjiu was overjoyed. No longer worried about her Spirit Stones, she took them all out, summoned the little flame again, and let it devour them!

She wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she thought she saw the little flame tremble when it saw so many Spirit Stones… Ahem, but regardless, it obediently swallowed them all.

Then, Lu Sangjiu quickly retracted it. And just as she’d expected, it started spitting out Immortal Qi again, just like before.

Lu Sangjiu was absolutely thrilled. She didn’t want to do anything else. She immediately went into seclusion, preparing to use up every last Spirit Stone she had!