Refining Treasures in the Grotto Heaven, Golden Body Reincarnation 1st Stage

Within the Treasure Cave, time flows quietly by.

Three drops of blood essence of different colors floated in front of Jin Xuan, who poured them into the Nine Heavens Breath Soil beneath the Money Tree.

Jin Xuan keenly noticed that the innate restrictions within the Purple Cloud Treasure Gourd, which had been dormant for a long time, were slowly evolving.

The surface of the blue gourd shimmered like the breath of thunder.

"It still needs some time to mature, and we don't know how far it will eventually grow or how many restrictions it will create."

This treasure is excellent, but it's probably impossible for it to reach its peak among top-grade innate spiritual treasures and give birth to forty-eight innate restrictions. As for how many restrictions it will ultimately have, that depends on fate.

After rinsing his body with his essence blood, Jin Xuan took out the other materials used to kill the three demons.

A six-winged cicada, a six-winged flying knife, and armor on the body of a centipede.

As for the mud demon, it didn't leave anything good on its body.

In addition, some other innate spiritual minerals and refining materials were also taken out.

And the Qilin horn obtained from saving Duobao and killing the Mo Qilin.

"These things can be used to forge two treasures. I was too busy cultivating before to have time to forge them."

With the outside world in such turmoil, and unsure of its safety, it's safer to focus on refining treasures in peace.

Jin Xuan's initial idea was to combine the six-winged flying knife and the centipede armor with various spiritual ores to forge a treasure armor that could not only protect the body but also enhance escape techniques and offensive capabilities.

As for the Qilin horn, it possesses both wind and thunder attributes, making it suitable for crafting into a spear, as he himself happens to lack a melee-type spiritual treasure.

As he spoke, Jin Xuan opened his mouth and spat out a ball of his natal fire.

This fire is made from the essence of refining countless treasures, and it is light golden in color with an extremely high temperature. It also has the effect of refining and purifying.

Flames enveloped the centipede's armor, slowly refining and burning it. Jin Xuan used his own understanding of the Devouring Law as a guide, combined with the power of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, to continuously refine and burn it.

This process lasted for more than thirty years, initially forging the armor into the shape of a precious armor. Then, the power of laws was imprinted on it, and many innate spiritual minerals collected over the years were used to enhance the toughness of the armor.

One hundred years later, the armor was initially completed.

It took another hundred years to refine the six-winged flying knife into the armor.

Two hundred years later, the six-winged armor was complete.

Clad in precious armor, Jin Xuan unleashed six golden, gossamer-thin wings on his side as he channeled his magic.

With the Golden Profound Water Escape Technique and the Treasure Armor activated simultaneously, a fleeting afterimage flashed within the Treasure Gathering Cave Heaven, instantly traversing the cave heaven.

"go!"

With a thought, the six-winged flying knife behind him became almost imperceptible, as if it had merged into the air, and with a slight whooshing sound, it instantly crashed into a spirit mine.

The spirit ore was instantly cut into pieces, with neat and smooth cuts.

A moment later, the six-winged flying knives returned to the sides of the armor on their own and disappeared.

"Not bad. The Six-Winged Flying Knife, combined with the Mystic Water Escape Technique, has increased the speed by a full 30%. The Six-Winged Flying Knife excels in speed and concealment, and its power is comparable to that of the Flying Blood Sword."

After some refining, the grade of this treasure did not improve, but it now has thirty-four restrictions.

If one day I have the ability to refine a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, upgrading this treasure will be quick and easy.

As for the Qilin horn, Jin Xuan spent another three hundred years carefully polishing and refining it.

Three hundred years later, Jin Xuan infused a magic spell into the spear, and a spear that was entirely black, about twelve feet long, with wind and thunder patterns encircling the shaft, and a long spear tip that gleamed with a cold blue light finally took shape.

With a buzzing sound, the spear trembled, hovering in mid-air, exuding an incomparably sharp aura.

Jin Xuan gripped the spear shaft, feeling a steady and reliable sensation, as if their minds were connected.

"A top-grade acquired spiritual treasure—the Wind and Thunder Mountain-Breaking Spear! It combines the speed of wind and thunder with the power to break through solid defenses. With just one more restriction, it can be refined into a supreme-grade acquired spiritual treasure."

Jin Xuan clicked his tongue. It wasn't that he didn't have suitable innate spiritual ore, but rather that his cultivation level was insufficient, and his understanding of the laws was inadequate, making it impossible for him to imprint enough restrictions, which prevented him from refining top-grade spiritual treasures.

"To refine a top-grade spiritual treasure, one must be at least at the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, or even at the level of the Daluo Golden Immortal. With an additional restriction, the difficulty of imprinting the mark increases several times over."

But the advantage lies in the fact that this treasure was crafted by my own hands, making it a perfect fit for me. Now I finally have a close-combat spiritual weapon.

After examining the Wind and Thunder Breaking Mountain Spear, Jin Xuan took out the Treasure Basin. Inside the Treasure Basin, the Money Tree was empty, and the Purple Cloud Treasure Gourd had already landed on the ground.

"It's finally done!"

Jin Xuan reached out and grabbed the treasure, which landed in his hand.

On the gourd, blue precious light and purple thunder patterns echoed each other, and a perfect and flawless Daoist charm flowed out.

He immersed his consciousness into it and examined it carefully.

The number of innate restrictions inside the gourd has increased from thirty-eight to forty-two, and the gourd's potential has been fully revealed.

"good!"

Jin Xuan was very satisfied. He left a divine imprint on the treasure and refined it simply. Then he put the Wind and Thunder Mountain-Breaking Spear and the Pixiu Seal into the gourd to nurture the two treasures and enhance their power.

"The power of these two treasures has been enhanced without our knowledge, giving us a significant advantage in future battles. Once we've nurtured their power to its fullest potential, we can then place other spiritual treasures within them."

Jin Xuan sensed that the water elemental energy and the purple thunder energy within the gourd were slowly nourishing the Wind and Thunder Mountain-Breaking Spear and the Pixiu Seal, subtly enhancing the foundation and spirituality of these two spiritual treasures.

With the matter of Lingbao settled, Jin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, his attention finally shifting to the "Golden Body Technique of Fortune and Virtue" inherited from the God of Fortune and Virtue.

"To cultivate the Golden Body of Blessings Technique, one needs to accumulate merit within the body. The first stage requires not much merit; after slaying the three demons, the required merit is already sufficient for the initial entry."

Jin Xuan closes his eyes to cultivate his spirit. This practice requires the use of merit as a guide, combined with the Dharma, to condense a layer of "golden light of merit" on the body's surface, initially possessing the characteristics of being impervious to all laws and unaffected by karma.

Jin Xuan sat cross-legged and began to comprehend the cultivation technique.

The power of merit is formless and intangible, yet it is closely connected to the fortune and karma of living beings.

Jin Xuan guided the flow of golden merit through a special method, drawing it out from the void and slowly integrating it into the skin, flesh, and bones.

The process is incredibly slow, requiring the power of merit to perfectly merge with one's physical body.

At the same time, Jin Xuan slowly absorbed spiritual energy to strengthen his own flesh and blood.

Fifty years later, Jin Xuan was enveloped in a faint, soft golden halo.

It appears fragile and as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it gives people a feeling of being indestructible.

Jin Xuan exuded a unique Daoist aura of purity, peace, and untainted by worldly dust.

"It's done!"

The first stage of the Golden Body Technique does not significantly increase physical strength. For him, its greatest benefit is its natural ability to restrain evil, curses, and filth.

More importantly, it can, to some extent, weaken the causal entanglement in the external world.

At this moment, Jin Xuan felt that some of his karma had been severed.

"Is this the consequence of killing the three demons and the Ink Qilin?" Jin Xuan frowned. "It seems we need to be careful in the future. If we hadn't mastered the Golden Body of Fortune Technique, we might still be targeted by others."

With the completion of the Golden Body Technique, my ability to protect myself has increased to another level. Unfortunately, all the merits I had accumulated have been used up, and the second transformation requires even more merits.

Merit is hard to come by, especially high-quality merit; it can only be accumulated gradually.

As he pondered, a jade talisman trembled within Jin Xuan's primordial spirit sea of ​​consciousness.

"It's Mingtong. Looks like there's good news."

Jin Xuan moved, transforming into a stream of light, and left the cave, following the direction indicated by the jade talisman.