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Li Hong covered the entrance and sat cross-legged on the ground. After a moment of thought, he took out a stack of Spirit Talismans from his pocket.
These Spirit Talismans were prepared for Li Hong by the Spirit Stone during the rescue mission to Fengdu three years ago. Most of them had been used up, leaving only about ten as the last remnants of the Spirit Stone. Reluctantly, Li Hong flipped through them for a long time before finally selecting one and carefully putting the rest back into his Cosmic Bag. He ignited this "Invisibility Talisman."
The Invisibility Talisman not only granted invisibility but also had the significant effect of concealing one's aura. The higher the practitioner's cultivation level, the longer it would last. It was estimated that as long as no one touched it, this Invisibility Talisman could be effective for up to ten days. Li Hong formed hand seals and placed the Invisibility Talisman at the entrance.
After completing this, Li Hong opened his Cosmic Bag again and took out a piece of Supreme Celestial Stone, roughly the size of a human head. He traced his finger across it, and the Supreme Celestial Stone effortlessly split into fifteen or sixteen small fragments without a sound. Li Hong pushed all of them in front of his knees so that he could easily reach them.
All his possessions were in the Cosmic Bag, and Li Hong was too lazy to move them out, so he decided to use them as they were, which felt safer. Therefore, the newly acquired Celestial Artifact Universe Bag contained only two items: one was the Cosmic Bag, and the other was the White Jade Box that already held a Strange Silk Scroll.
He remembered that when he first obtained this Cosmic Bag, he tried to open the Silk Scroll inside the White Jade Box but couldn't manage to do so no matter what. At that time, he was only at the Late Stage of Heart Refinement and had not yet formed his Nascent Soul. Now that he had formed his Nascent Soul, perhaps he could open this Silk Scroll now?
With this thought in mind, Li Hong decided to give it another try.
He opened the White Jade Box, revealing the ancient Silk Scroll lying inside all alone. With a wave of his hand, the Silk Scroll flew into his palm. As he infused it with his Awareness, it began to shine brightly again, with golden flames flickering from within. After observing for a moment, Li Hong stopped channeling his Awareness, holding both ends of the Silk Scroll with determination in his heart. He channeled his Awareness through both hands and pulled hard.
With a soft tearing sound and a dazzling display of golden light, the entire stone cave was illuminated.
Li Hong was overjoyed; he could really pull it open this time! The Silk Scroll shimmered like a golden scripture, and upon being unfurled, it revealed many peculiar ancient characters resembling tadpoles. A beam of golden light slid across the page, and in an instant, those characters came alive, flowing off the page like a mighty river into Li Hong's mind.
With a thud, the Silk Scroll fell to the ground as if lifeless, returning to its ancient appearance. But Li Hong couldn't help but grin foolishly.
It truly contained Ancient God techniques and was exactly like the inheritance method described in "Six Spirit Salty Ritual." This Silk Scroll recorded methods for refining Spatial Treasures!
There were numerous Spatial Treasures within Immortal Sects, mostly held by renowned figures among the Nine Major Sects. Ordinary disciples could hardly obtain even a low-grade artifact bag; treasures like Cosmic Bags in possession of famous figures were at least mid-grade spiritual artifacts or higher. This was due to one significant reason.
These Spatial Treasures were not crafted by later generations but passed down through generations of cultivators; thus, their quality was generally high. It should be noted that inferior ones could easily be destroyed and could not be preserved through so many generations.
In other words, although each of the Nine Major Sects of the Immortal Sect had some secret techniques for refining artifacts that were not widely shared, none possessed methods for refining Spatial Treasures. Spatial Treasures were considered taboo in artifact refinement among Middle-Earth Cultivators. Currently, all Spatial Treasures in both immortal and demonic sects were inherited from ancestors or even Ancient Gods.
Now that Li Hong had discovered methods for refining Spatial Treasures, he felt immense joy within him. Just knowing how to refine Spatial Treasures meant that his name would be recorded in history from now on.
Spatial Treasures are items capable of storing objects and compressing vast spaces into tiny forms; they are commonly referred to as Cosmic Bags or Spirit Bags. Most are indeed bag-shaped, while others come in various bizarre forms. The bag shape is simpler and easier to create; special shapes are much more challenging to make, which is why bags are generally more common.
The method for refining Spatial Treasure is not difficult, but the consumption of Awareness will be quite substantial. In terms of the resources needed for refining tools, this is not a big deal; the key is that one must gather some very special materials. These materials are quite strange and complex, truly something that can only be encountered by chance.
For example, the reason why it is called Cosmic Bag is that it uses the skin of the ancient celestial beast Kui Niu. One of the main materials required for Spatial Treasure is that the outer layer must be made from the skin or bones of spiritual beasts or celestial beasts.
To refine this Cosmic Bag, one actually had to kill an ancient celestial beast. Thinking about this made Li Hong feel quite uneasy. After cultivating the Six Spirit Salty Ritual, he had continuously formed bonds with various spiritual and celestial beasts. He knew he would never kill a celestial beast just to refine Spatial Treasure unless it was already dead and he happened to find its remains. So this truly is something that can only be encountered by chance.
Just as he sighed, fearing he might not even find materials for experimentation, Li Hong suddenly had a thought—wait, he actually had something! Twenty years ago during the Newcomer Competition in the Ancient Celestial Field, hadn’t he found many Giant Claws of Exotic Poison Scorpions? Those could be used to refine Spatial Treasure! Li Hong immediately smiled brightly. Moreover, he recalled that the Ancient Celestial Field now essentially belonged to him; besides having many dead Exotic Poison Scorpion Giant Claws, there were likely plenty of other materials for refining Spatial Treasure as well. With those fierce beasts constantly fighting each other, picking up some scraps from corpses would definitely not be a problem.
Li Hong felt invigorated and eagerly reviewed the method for refining Spatial Treasure from start to finish. This Divination Technique was similar to the Six Spirits Salty Ritual; whenever he wanted to “see” it, he just had to pull it from his mind, and golden characters would appear before his eyes as if he were truly “seeing” it.
As Li Hong “looked,” he firmly memorized all the required materials for refining the treasure. When he reached the last two sections, he was both surprised and delighted to discover that Spatial Treasure also had divine artifacts. The last two sections detailed how to refine a spatial divine artifact.
However, upon seeing those materials, his tongue nearly fell out; they absolutely required the skin or bones of divine beasts! Li Hong chuckled; this meant it was utterly impossible.
Divine beasts resided in the celestial realm; they had all transformed into human forms like his brother Du Yizi. To refine such a Divine Artifact Spatial Treasure, one would have to kill them and wait for their corpses to revert before skinning and boning them...
Thinking of this made Li Hong shake his head vigorously as his eyes caught sight of the last two sentences... The Divine Artifact Spatial Treasure could contain living beings, where time stood still inside; living beings would neither grow nor perish.
One must understand that even now, what he possessed was merely a Celestial Artifact Universe Bag which could not contain living beings. If he could refine a divine artifact Cosmic Bag, it would mean he could store living people inside and carry Big Silver Ball, Small Silver Ball, Little Fei, and Black Abyss with him at all times! This was an immense benefit. Li Hong deeply noted this point and thought to himself that he would never kill Beast Cultivation creatures; however, if someone unfortunate died, taking some scraps of their bones and fur to try refining such a spatial divine artifact should be acceptable.
Although this idea seemed somewhat unethical and cruel, Li Hong still hoped that one day he would truly have the opportunity to obtain some divine beast fur or bones.
After fantasizing for a while, Li Hong reluctantly withdrew his thoughts. He then remembered something: having advanced to the Early Stage of Nascent Soul while simultaneously forming Ten Infants meant his cultivation had surged significantly; some treasures needed another good look.
The Upper Dantian space resembled a vast and profound universe, with Ten Infants shining brightly at its center. They sat in a circle with closed eyes, continuously practicing the fifth chapter of the Six Spirit Salty Ritual. Threads of golden Awareness flew up from above their heads and intertwined with various treasures floating above: Lingyi, Five Elements Shuttle, Yue Que, Divine Slaying Monument, Cosmic Bag containing Heavenly Torch's Fire Separation Pearl, and finally that unfamiliar Little Black Flag obtained from the temple.
The Spirit Five Elements Shuttle was undoubtedly Li Hong's initial treasure obtained from Yue Changzi; their bond was deep. Although Yue Que lacked certain spiritual qualities, it was closely tied to Li Hong’s efforts and was his most valued Celestial Artifact. As for Divine Slaying Monument, it had proven trustworthy last time; thus Li Hong decided to regard it with newfound respect from now on.
Now Li Hong's Awareness was fully sufficient to use Celestial Artifacts, and his Divine Consciousness could simultaneously command two Celestial Artifacts. This meant Yue Que and Divine Slaying Monument could often be brought out for display.
The advantage of Yue Que lay in its silent speed; its strength lay in lightning-fast attacks and adeptness at breakthroughs. Meanwhile, Divine Slaying Monument excelled in brute force and could counter stronger Celestial Artifact treasures. If these two worked well together, Li Hong knew his combat power could at least rise another level. As for Spirit Five Elements Shuttle, it consumed little Awareness and was very practical against ordinary enemies. Cosmic Bag being a Spatial Treasure had nothing to do with combat; at most its Binding Immortal Rope could be useful.
All these treasures shared a common trait: they were all offensive treasures; even Five Elements Shuttle leaned more towards offense than defense. He now urgently needed a very good defensive treasure. With a thought, Li Hong focused his Divine Consciousness on Little Black Flag.
Currently, it is the only one that hasn't figured out its function and usage, and now is just the right time.
With a thought, the Little Black Flag flew out of the Upper Dantian space and quietly hovered in front of Li Hong's eyes.
Li Hong swiftly raised his hand and pointed his index fingers on either side at the Little Black Flag, channeling his Awareness downwards and continuously injecting it into the Little Black Flag. The Little Black Flag seemed like a bottomless pit, accepting all the incoming Awareness, yet it remained unchanged and unresponsive, even the Artifact Spirit inside did not make a sound.
Li Hong was surprised. He remembered clearly that this Little Black Flag had an Artifact Spirit, which had said it couldn't be activated due to insufficient cultivation at that time. However, that was before absorbing one-tenth of the Fire Saint's cultivation. Now that he had already surpassed the Nascent Soul Stage and formed Ten Infants, there was no reason for the Artifact Spirit to remain silent.
After thinking for a moment, Li Hong suddenly poured his Divine Consciousness into the Little Black Flag.
It felt like passing through a long narrow passage into a strange Vast Space. This space was filled with various enormous Three-Dimensional Array Diagrams, arranged neatly and endlessly.
Moreover, this space was not silent; from the center came a loud snoring sound, resembling someone snoring heavily.
Li Hong's Divine Consciousness swiftly maneuvered around the array diagrams and slithered forward.
In the center of the space, on a high platform, a small black Strange Cow was sleeping soundly. The upper half of this Strange Cow resembled an ordinary cow from the Mortal Realm, but its lower half had only one leg. This leg was long and bent in curves, still coiling around, with a bit of keratin at the end. The Strange Cow looked very much like a small calf whose lower half had fused with a snake.
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