Chapter 486 - 337: Crime Pays with a Golden Belt!
Chapter 486: Chapter 337: Crime Pays with a Golden Belt!
Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the Spirit Treasure Hall, a three-foot Little Dragon with a body glowing in golden light, like a creature cast from glass, swam through the air. Within its dragon belly, a Yin Yang Dao Jade melted like snow, unleashing endless Spiritual Qi in an instant.
The abundance of this Spiritual Qi was like a Spirit Meridian shattering, flowing everywhere, erupting like a mountain flood, with its rolling power capable of destroying mountains.
An ordinary cultivator, even obtaining the Yin Yang Dao Jade, would hold it in the palm of their hand, absorb it slowly, and only after three months could it be refined step by step.
It would never be like Gu Yuan, who swallowed it and directly melted the Dao Jade.
This force was enough to blow up the flesh of a Golden Core Cultivator, leaving no bones behind.
However, Gu Yuan possessed Mysterious Techniques, with great skill and bold courage, naturally opting for an unconventional path.
Transforming into a dragon, he directly swallowed, with the terrifying Spiritual Qi swelling the dragon belly, making it look chubby, yet after a few breaths, the swollen dragon belly gradually shrank back, regaining its smoothness.
Inside the dragon body, there seemed to be an infinite suction, absorbing all the explosive Spiritual Qi and converting it into rolling Mana.
"Swish!"
After a while, the dragon body transformation ended, and Gu Yuan returned to his true form.
From his seven orifices, dense Spiritual Qi spilled out, forming a misty cloud around him.
Gu Yuan continuously breathed in and out, as his Golden Core operated at full speed. Eventually, after almost half a day, he absorbed all the residual Spiritual Qi completely.
"Truly a treasure that amplifies a hundred years’ worth of cultivation power, refining it truly requires effort..."
Gu Yuan opened his eyes, feeling the Gold-Attribute Magical Power that had increased again within him, unable to help but sigh.
The abundance of Pill Jade Spiritual Power was rare in his life; even transforming into a dragon couldn’t refine it completely in one go, as the dragon body transformation’s time was too short.
Fortunately, although it couldn’t be fully refined, it was not far off. The remaining Spiritual Qi requires only a little time for Gu Yuan to absorb it completely.
These past days had been spent in this manner.
And today marked the fifth time.
The Mana within him had surged from seven hundred and fifty strands to one thousand two hundred and fifty strands!
An immense increase in power saves hundreds of years of hard cultivation.
And this was merely five Dao Jades, with five more yet to be absorbed.
But Gu Yuan did not plan to continue absorbing them.
Wanting to refine a Dao Jade in a single day requires Dragon Body Transformation, but tomorrow is the deadline to leave the Spirit Treasure Hall. The external situation is unclear; no one knows if Late Stage Golden Core cultivators will encircle and block him to seize the Spiritual Treasure opportunity.
To be cautious, he must reserve the Dragon Body Transformation for a day to prevent being ambushed.
A hundred strands of Mana still cannot compare to the combat power after Dragon Body Transformation.
After being calculated by the Blood Soul Strange Insect, Gu Yuan already understands that after transforming into a dragon, he possesses the power to contend with an ordinary Late Stage Golden Core cultivator.
However, it only lasts for the time of one incense stick.
Within the time of one incense stick, if he cannot kill the Enemy Cultivator or escape, he will likely be killed by the enemy.
But ultimately, it is a trump card capable of contention and is now his greatest reliance.
With a slight intake and stabilization of his Mana, Gu Yuan waved his sleeve and took out four Qiankun Bags.
On the day the Magical Combat ended, the corpses of the Gua Daoist and several others were devoured by the Blood Soul Strange Insect using Demon Techniques, transforming them into blood sustenance for breaking through the Late Stage Golden Core. Only these few Storage Bags and a few Artifacts remained, but these spoils naturally can’t compare to the two Golden Opportunities, so Gu Yuan hadn’t organized them.
Tomorrow he must leave here, so it’s time for a bit of organization.
"Boom!"
Pill Fire surged, and before long, the restrictions on several Qiankun Bags melted away. Gu Yuan projected his Divine Thought inside them, his eyes immediately showing a look of surprise.
Riches from murder and arson!
He entered the Great Marsh, seized several Spirit Islands, subdued the Sloppy Daoist and Old Turtle, and even killed the Poison Cloud Python, but what he gained was merely a few Spirit Ores and a dozen Tier Three Spirit Fruits and spiritual materials.
But now, within these individuals’ Qiankun Bags, solely Tier Three spirit materials amount to dozens of items combined!
"Extreme Heart Fruit!"
"Great Returning Grass!"
"Tier Three Enlightenment Grass!"
"..."
Various Spirit Grasses, Spirit Fruits, and Spirit Ores are neatly organized by category, clearly the cherished possessions of each individual, but now they are Gu Yuan’s windfall.
"Joyful Liquid!"
"Demon-Breaking Heart-Vibrating Pill!"
"Soul Nourishing Pill!"
"Great Soul Nourishing Liquid!"
Additionally, there are various treasure pills and Spiritual Liquids, each with unique effects.
The most exciting for Gu Yuan was the Soul Nourishing Pill and Great Soul Nourishing Liquid from Gua Daoist’s Storage Bag.
Both of these are treasures for nurturing the soul, maintaining Heart Power. It seems the Path of Divination exhausts the Heart and Spirit greatly, so the Gua Daoist prepared many for emergencies.
Besides, there was the Thunder Flood Dragon’s Storage Bag, which contained a large amount of "Cyan Heaven Thunder Jade."
This is the essence formed only in Tier Three High-Grade Thunder Ore, containing extremely pure Thunder Power; using this stone for cultivation yields twice the result with half the effort.
There were also various miscellaneous spiritual materials and pills, which Gu Yuan roughly estimated and noted in mind, then collected them all before inspecting the few individuals’ Artifacts.
The number of Artifacts was not considerable.
Altogether, they amounted to eight items.
The bearded burly man’s was an ancient bronze lamp and a copper mirror that could protect the Divine Soul. The ancient bronze lamp was a High-grade Treasure, while the copper mirror was a Middle-grade Treasure.
However, at that time, they were all affected by the Enchanting Technique of the Blood Soul Strange Insect, their minds were in chaos, and they lacked any pattern in using Artifacts and Dharma Seals, acting randomly and even failing to use them.