Chapter 72: Enormous Harvest (Part 2)

  "What a close call!"

  After reading the words left by Jiuzao Old Man on the brocade scroll, Xuantian secretly thought that if he was indeed a person who took things by force, he would have directly taken the ring from Jiuzao Old Man's hand and buried him alive in the mountain today.

  Xuantian took out the space ring from the wooden box, this ring was ordinary and unadorned, black and dull. Xuantian had never seen a space ring before and couldn't imagine that this dull and unremarkable ring was actually a space ring.

  In the space ring, there is not only the body-refining technique 'Nine Refinements Technique' left by Old Man Nine Refinements, but also a great gift left behind.

  Xuān Tiān couldn't wait to 'open' the spatial ring and take a look.

  Holding the space ring in his hand, Xuántiān turned it over and over again, but no matter how many times he looked at it, he couldn't 'see' where the space was inside the space ring.

  After some thought, Xuan Tian once again used his internal energy to infuse the Space Ring, but it still didn't react.

  He was depressed, the space ring was in his hand, but he didn't know how to use it. It was like a treasure was right in front of him, but he couldn't get in.

  "It can't be seen with the eyes, nor can it be felt with internal energy. Could it be... that one must use spiritual power to sense it?"

  Xuantian's mind turned inward, he closed his eyes, no longer using them to observe, and was not affected by the scenery in front of him. He controlled his spiritual energy and entered the spatial ring.

  Wow——!

  A strange feeling appeared in Xuan Tian's mind.

  Although Xuan Tian closed his eyes at this moment, he really saw a space clearly.

  This space, with a length and width of about ten meters, is much larger than the stone room where Jiuzhen Old Man is located. Xuantian is now looking down from the perspective of the Supreme Emperor.

  The ring space is also very empty, and there are not many things inside.

  Some refining equipment materials, various metals, demon cores, and materials from demonic beasts are placed on top of the wooden cabinet to the right.

  Against the left wall, there is also a row of wooden cabinets, which are placed with some successfully refined weapons and defensive equipment. There are various types of knives, swords, guns, etc., and next to them is a wooden box about the size of a human head.

  Right in front of the Xuantian view, a small wooden table was placed against the wall, on which five secret books were placed. One of them was the Nine Forging Technique - Nine Forging Skill that the old man had mentioned earlier.

  There are also several other secret books, which are not martial arts secret books, but alchemy secret books. There are four in total: "Alchemical Refining - Basic Edition", "Alchemical Refining - Yellow Grade Edition", "Alchemical Refining - Mysterious Grade Edition", and "Alchemical Refining - Earth Grade Edition".

  Under the last wall, there was no wooden cabinet or wooden table, only two strange stones, one golden yellow and one crimson red, which must be the physical attribute sensing stones mentioned by Old Man Jiu.

  Xuān Tiān first checked the refining materials and the already refined instruments, relatively speaking, for a terrestrial-level refiner, the remaining materials and instruments were not high-grade.

  Most of the materials for refining equipment are ordinary materials, and only yellow-grade weapons and armor can be refined. Only a very small number of materials have reached the Xuan grade, but they are also the lowest level of the Xuan grade.

  It seems that the old man of Jiu Yan, as a prefecture-level artifact refiner, had a glorious life, but his later years were very miserable. Otherwise, in the space ring, there would definitely be more than just these things. As a prefecture-level artifact refiner, it's normal to have materials for refining earth-grade treasures on him.

  Among the successfully refined equipment, ordinary yellow-grade weapons are still the majority. There are only three pieces of Xuan-stage treasure equipment, all of which are lower-level attack treasures: one is a knife, one is a spear, and one is a sword. The best treasure obtained by Xuān Tiān is the heavy mountain sword, which is a mid-level Xuan-stage treasure.

  After checking these refining materials and tools, Xuan Tian's gaze fell on the "Nine Forgings Technique" secret manual, and instinctively, he reached out to grab the "Nine Forgings Technique" secret manual.

  Xuantian entered the ring space, only a spiritual force, commonly known as intention, naturally without a body. However, when he thought of taking out the "Nine Forgings Skill" manual in his heart, his mind moved, and that "Nine Forgings Skill" automatically flew out from the space ring and appeared directly in Xuantian's hand.

  Xuantian's thoughts also emerged with the 'Nine Forgings Technique', and withdrew from the spatial ring.

  Before leaving this place, it is necessary to cultivate the 'Nine Forgings' to the fourth forging. Therefore, the 'Nine Forgings' are the key to leaving, and Xuan Tian has the greatest interest in the 'Nine Forgings'.

  Roughly flipping through the 'Nine Forgings Technique', Xuan Tian understood the initial intention of Old Man Nine Forgings when he created the 'Nine Forgings Technique'.

  The first step in refining equipment is to refine the material, retain its essence, and remove its impurities. Refining involves using a hammer to strike the material, and during this process, one cannot use internal energy, innate true energy, etc., but can only use external force to hammer.

  Because, using internal force to strike materials, whether it is the essence or impurities, has a great destructive power. Even if it is a successfully refined treasure, using internal force to strike can destroy it. Forging is not about destroying materials, but rather about forging out the essence, so only pure strength can be used to strike.

  Therefore, a strong physique is an essential element for a cultivator of magical instruments.

  Every cultivator needs to cultivate a set of exercises that strengthen their physique, and the 'Nine Forgings Exercise' is a kind of exercise created by Old Man Nine Forgings, who compiled the strengths of his predecessors' exercises into one exercise that has the greatest effect on strengthening the body.

  The stronger the physique of the refiner, the more refined the refining material is. It is impossible to remove 100% of impurities from the material. Therefore, the stronger the physique, the more impurities can be removed, and the refined material will be more refined. This directly affects the grade of the equipment produced.

  "Jiuxian Gong" is divided into nine sections, the first three sections can be cultivated by martial artists in the Wudao realm, the middle three sections can be cultivated by martial artists in the Xiantian realm, and the last three sections can only be cultivated after reaching the Dijie realm.

  "After the 'Nine Forgings', the last three forgings actually require a foundation at the Earth Stage to cultivate, and the level is equivalent to an Earth Stage martial art. Although it's just a physical cultivation technique, if I succeed in cultivating it, my body's enhancement will definitely be more terrifying than when I drank the Black Line King Snake's blood."

  "My physical strength and power have already surpassed those of first and second-rate warriors in the Xiantian realm. If I were to cultivate the 'Nine Forgings Technique', what level would I reach? It seems that although the 'Nine Forgings Technique' is a refining technique created by Old Man Jiuxiao, its effect on strengthening one's physique and enhancing a warrior's strength is extremely powerful."

  For 'Jiuxian Gong', Xuantian was very satisfied.

  The practice of refining the body is originally very rare, except for the inheritance between refiners, ordinary warriors can hardly see it. This 'Nine Forging Skill' is the leader among the practices of refining the body, gathering the essence of various practices of refining the body, and it's not an exaggeration to call it a secret book of martial arts.

  "The fourth refinement of 'Jiuxian Gong' requires entering the prenatal realm, and now Xuantian is still at the tenth level of martial arts cultivation. To leave this place, one must break through the prenatal realm."

  Entering the tenth layer of the Martial Realm for nearly a month, Xuan Tian's cultivation in the tenth layer of the Martial Realm has been solidified. However, even if Xuan Tian cultivates the Pre-Heavenly Technique, his internal energy can be transformed into Pre-Heavenly True Energy, but breaking through the Pre-Heavenly Realm still requires more than a month's time.

  Even with a high-quality Condensing True Pill, it's impossible to advance time by much, at most by ten days or half a month.

  "Are we going to be stuck here for one or two months?"

  Xuantian couldn't help but frown, the food he brought was only enough for about twenty days, and it wouldn't last that long.

  Suddenly, Xuan Tian's gaze swept across the scroll on the ground, and the last sentence of Jiu Yan Lao Ren's words fell into his eyes: There is a great gift in the ring for you, don't forget your oath!

  "What great gift? The 'Nine Forgings' and the Refining Manual had already said that there was something, what other 'great gift'? Could it be that those refining materials and a few pieces of lower-grade Xuan-stage treasures are considered the so-called 'great gift'? Ah, next to the three Xuan-stage treasures, there is also a wooden box——!"

  A flash of insight in Xuantian's mind, a movement of his thoughts, and he entered the spatial ring once again. In an instant, the wooden box the size of a human head flew out of the spatial ring and appeared in Xuantian's hand.

  The wooden box was extremely airtight, without any gaps. Xuan Tian picked up the Heavy Mountain Sword and slashed it out with one sword. The Heavy Mountain Sword was a mid-grade treasure of the Mysterious Stage, incredibly sharp. The top of the wooden box was instantly sliced off by the sword, and a burst of light emerged.

  Inside the wooden box was a fist-sized crystal ball, snow-white as jade, extremely smooth and glossy, sparkling with a bright light. It looked similar to the Blackline King Snake's nucleus, but in terms of appearance and the power it contained, it far surpassed that of the Blackline King Snake's nucleus.

  Xuantian's face suddenly turned into surprise, and he exclaimed: "This is... a Pre-Heavenly Seed?"

  The Innate Seed is a warrior who has reached the seventh or higher level of the Innate Realm, condensing their entire body's Innate True Qi into a single entity, forming a bead-like object similar to a demon core, containing the essence of the warrior's strength.

  If a martial artist has condensed the Innate Seed and the Innate Seed leaves the body, then all of the martial artist's cultivation will leave with the Innate Seed, turning them into an ordinary person. Moreover, their body will rapidly weaken, leading to death in a short period of time.

  So, martial artists basically won't condense their innate kind into a zygote because it has no benefits for themselves.

  Regardless of anyone's qualifications, possessing a congenital seed can allow one to break through to the congenital realm in an extremely short period of time, relying on the power within the congenital seed.

  The Nine-Forging Old Man was able to create the Earth-Grade cultivation technique 'Nine Forging Technique', and his cultivation base was at least at the Earth Grade realm. The congenital seed that he condensed was much stronger than the strong ones in the Congenital Realm, and with the power of the congenital seed, Xuanyuan could not only reach the Congenital Realm but also achieve an even higher level of cultivation.

  "This is indeed a great gift, to me, it's a heavenly gift. Old Man Jiu Yan, you have shown me such kindness, as long as Duan Jianghe is still alive in this world, no matter where he is, whether at the ends of the earth or in the overseas demonic realm, I will personally behead him and use his head to offer sacrifices to you!"

  Xuántiān looked at the Xiantian seed and excitedly muttered to himself.

  The previous vows were just a transaction, but this vow is from the bottom of my heart, the most sincere words.

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