Chapter 172

Chen Yu was not surprised that he could smoothly advance to the late stage of the Viscera Refinement Realm.

After consuming the Blood Soul Flower Bud, his body still had a lot of potential, and his foundation was also very solid.

However, advancing to the late stage of the Viscera Refining Realm did not increase Chen Yu's combat strength by much. It mainly made up for his shortcomings in cultivation and increased his overall strength and foundation.

After all …

Chen Yu's "Fiendish Cloud Fist" had reached the pinnacle. His Fiendish Cloud Inner Breath was extremely close to Acquired True Qi, and his body had also condensed Fiendish Cloud True Qi.

Under normal circumstances, he would be able to put up a fight against an ordinary Qi Transformation Postcelestial.

If he added on the Black Emperor's bloodline, as well as the accumulation of energy in his heart, ordinary Qi Transformation Postcelestial Stage cultivators might not be his match.

"If I concentrate on cultivating for two to three months, it shouldn't be difficult for me to advance to the Qi Transformation Postcelestial Stage …"

Chen Yu's eyes flickered as he slowly withdrew his technique.

But now …

The war in the Sect of Chu hadn't ended yet. Chen Yu only had a month to rest.

Chen Yu didn't have the time, nor did he intend to break through to the Qi Transformation Postcelestial Stage.

Furthermore.

To Chen Yu, advancing to the Qi Transformation Realm might do more harm than good.

First, Chen Yu already had the combat strength of a Houtian master. Once he advanced to the Houtian realm of Energy Transformation, his strength wouldn't increase as much as expected.

Secondly, once he advanced to the Postliminary Realm, Chen Yu's potential and threat would arouse the vigilance of Lu Tiezu, Bone Demon Palace, and other powerful enemies. Their assessment of his threat would increase.

If he remained in the Viscera Refinement realm, in the eyes of his enemies, he would still be an ant at the bottom. The pressure he faced would be much less.

It was not suitable for martial arts cultivation to advance.

However …

He could try to advance his Bronze Statue Technique in the body cultivation field.

Right now.

Chen Yu's Bronze Statue Technique had reached the peak of the Bronze Bone Level, which was almost the limit of the Entry Level.

The next step.

They were the Copper Statue Aura Body and the Copper Statue True Body.

If the 《Bronze Statue Skill》 could advance to the "Bronze Statue Protective Body", his overall combat ability and ability to protect himself would increase considerably.

…

A few days later.

Chen Yu focused on cultivating the Bronze Statue Skill, but his progress was very average. He was facing a bottleneck of a major realm.

Because …

Advancing to the "Copper Statue Gang Body" was a great leap in realms. At the very least, it corresponded to the Acquired Heaven stage of martial arts cultivation.

In front of this huge bottleneck.

Chen Yu's previous prescription for "Snake Gall Spirit Ginseng" had little effect.

Three days later.

"With this kind of progress, it'll be impossible for me to break through the Copper Statue Energy Body without at least half a year."

Chen Yu frowned slightly.

The difficulty of advancing a body cultivator's cultivation technique was much more difficult than traditional martial arts, and the further one advanced, the more obvious it became.

And this was even with Chen Yu's body technique talent.

If it was an ordinary person, it would take more than ten times the amount of time.

Chen Yu finally understood why the path of body cultivators had declined and even been eliminated in the tide of history.

Thankfully …

Chen Yu was already collecting the ingredients for the fourth body tempering prescription, and had placed a large number of primal stones and contribution points in Zongwu Hall to purchase them.

The price of the materials required for the fourth body-tempering formula soared by several times.

Three main ingredients: two-hundred-year-old Fire Spirit Ginseng, two-hundred-year-old Ice Snow Lotus, and Moon Spirit Ore.

The hardest to find was the Moon Spirit Mine.

Chen Yu already had one.

Next was the two-hundred-year-old Ice Snow Lotus, which was relatively rare in the Chu Kingdom, especially the two-hundred-year-old ones.

He had brought a few Fire Spirit Ginseng from the Blood Burial Garden, and they were all two-hundred-year-old.

The other supplementary ingredients were relatively rare and expensive.

But Chen Yu believed that he already had the most difficult to find Moon Spirit Ore. As for the other ingredients, as long as he had enough primal stones and some time, it wouldn't be difficult to find them.

…

In the next few days.

Chen Yu slightly relaxed his cultivation of the "Copper Statue Art" and used part of his energy to familiarize himself with the puppet.

Shua!

Chen Yu took out a small metal ball from the faint silver crystal space.

Soon.

A sword and shield puppet about three meters tall walked out of the white mist of light.

Chen Yu used the mental energy technique that Tong Yuling taught him to control the sword and shield puppet, hoping that it would cooperate with him in battle as soon as possible.

This sword and shield puppet was one of Chen Yu's trump cards.

But to be proficient in controlling the puppet and unleash its full power, the level of one's mental energy wasn't low.

In the Blood Burial Garden.

With Lu Zhuo's mental energy, he still couldn't unleash the puppet's full power, especially in battle.

Chen Yu's mental energy was at the peak of the "Cloud Fiend Fist". After being nurtured by the Bloodsoul Flower Bud, his mental energy was slightly stronger than that of Lu Zhuo's.

After two or three days of repeated training.

Chen Yu gradually became more skilled in controlling the puppet. Although it couldn't be said to be like an arm, it was slightly better than Lu Zhuo's.

After familiarizing himself with the puppet.

Chen Yu began to search for the beast skin armor on his body.

This beast skin armor also came from Lu Zhuo, and it was the highest grade treasure that Chen Yu had!

It was a superior-grade treasure armor, and it seemed to be some kind of ancient item. Its defensive power was enough to tempt some Connate Cultivators.

Back in Lu Yuncheng, when the harvest was being distributed.

After much persuasion, Chen Yu reluctantly agreed to keep the beastskin armor.

Half a day later.

Chen Yu figured out how to use the beast skin armor.

If he only used a small amount of acquired True Qi to form an energy layer to protect his body, it was far from enough.

Estimation.

This leather armor needed to be at the peak of the Postnatal Realm or a Connate Cultivator to unleash its full defensive power.

Other than that.

If he added the Black Emperor Bloodline, he could also use it.

"Activate!"

Chen Yu circulated the Cloud Fiend True Qi and the Black Emperor Bloodline and merged them into the beast skin armor.

Buzz!

A layer of purple-green light appeared on the beast skin and protected Chen Yu's body.

When the two forces were pushed to the limit.

Wu ~

A purple-green shadow of an ancient beast appeared on Chen Yu's body. It looked like a black iron giant pig, emitting a violent and savage aura.

At that moment.

Chen Yu felt that the Cloud Fiend True Qi and the Black Emperor Bloodline were being consumed quickly.

The Cloud Fiend True Qi could be slowly recovered in the Sea of Qi, but the Black Emperor Bloodline was different. He had to use it sparingly.

"Retreat!"

Chen Yu immediately withdrew the Cloud Fiend True Qi and the Black Emperor Bloodline, and the ancient beast shadow and the defensive layer on his body disappeared in a flash.

Then.

The precious treasure armor on his body returned to its deathly stillness. It looked like a rustic beast skin armor, not eye-catching at all.

"Not bad."

A smile appeared on Chen Yu's face.

If he activated the beast skin armor with all his strength, he would basically be unafraid of attacks below the Connate Cultivator.

However.

Compared to the power of the beast skin armor, the other two weapons on Chen Yu's body were a bit behind.

The [Mysterious Heavy Sword], as the main weapon, was still a low-grade treasure weapon.

The [Dark Snake Sword], as a close combat weapon, was a middle-grade treasure weapon.

As for the pair of dark green leather boots and the three javelins given by Elder Mao, they were all destroyed in the Blood Burial Garden.

"I have to go out."

Chen Yu let out a breath.

…

The next day.

Chen Yu finished his preparations and set off for the Yunyue Gate.

With his current identity as a true disciple and the spiritual sword seal left by Lu Tiezu, the Sect didn't make things difficult for him and allowed him to go down the mountain.

This time, he went down the mountain.

Chen Yu had two things to do.

The first was to go to the Chu family to forge and refine a treasure weapon.

He still remembered that Master Gu still owed him a chance to forge a weapon.

The second was to go back to the Chen family to solve the puzzle of that bizarre dream.

With Chen Yu's current lightness skill, he arrived at the Chu family's territory in just one day.

After reporting his name.

Chen Yu was soon taken to the back mountain of the Chu family by a butler.

This time.

Chen Yu didn't see Old Ancestor Chu, but the goateed Master Gu.

"Chen Yu, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and you come to me to refine a weapon again?"

Master Gu had a strange look on his face.

He stared at Chen Yu and carefully sized him up, as if he was looking at a legendary figure.

Clatter!

Chen Yu didn't waste time and directly took out a pile of refining materials, including Dark Crystal, Golden Cloud Stone, 055-year-old Yin Fufu Bamboo, Moon Spirit Ore, Meteoric Iron, and so on.

These rare precious ores made Master Gu's mouth wide open.

Not only that.

He also took out a dark silver crystal and a blood-stained jade stone from the pale silver crystal space, which had a layer of faint dark patterns.

"The legendary Dark Silver Crystal. And this … Mutant Peacock Stone! "

Master Gu grabbed the two items with excitement on his face.

These two items in front of him were obtained by Chen Yu from Lu Zhuo's storage bag, which Tong Yuling pointed out.

Without Tong Yuling.

Chen Yu wouldn't have recognized these two items, especially the Mutant Peacock Stone.

These two items could at least be used as materials to refine supreme-quality treasures, especially the Mutant Peacock Stone, which could even be used to refine treasures.

Regrettably.

These two items were very small, only the size of an index finger.

"It seems that the rumor is true. You really have great luck in the Blood Burial Garden."

Master Gu sighed.

Then.

He stared at the pile of precious spiritual ores and said in a daze, "There are so many kinds of spiritual ores. How many weapons do you want to refine?"

Chen Yu smiled and stretched out three fingers.

Then, he took out the Profound Heavy Sword and the Dark Snake Sword.

In addition, he wanted to make three javelins.

Chen Yu took out so many spiritual ores at one time, mainly to see Master Gu's plan.

"What level do you want these three weapons to reach?"

Master Gu said in a low voice.

"The three javelins would be best at medium quality, the Dark Heavy Sword at medium quality, and the Dark Snake Sword would be best at high quality treasures."

Chen Yu said.

"High quality treasures? These materials are sufficient, but your cultivation is … "

Master Gu rolled his eyes.

But soon, his voice came to an abrupt stop.

"Oh!"

Chen Yu opened his palm, and a circle of blue-black acquired natural qi appeared.

"Well, I'm talking nonsense."

Master Gu took a deep look at Chen Yu.

Before Chen Yu came over.

The ancestor of the Chu family had found Master Gu and warned him not to get too involved with Chen Yu.

"The black silver crystal and the mutated peacock stone in your hands are relatively small. To be honest, my attainments in refining weapons are not enough to bring out the real value of these two things. "

Master Gu emphasized before starting the refining process.

It was obvious that if the weapons did not meet his expectations, don't blame him.

"Master, just try your best." Chen Yu nodded.

With Master Gu's cultivation and attainments, high quality treasures were his limit.

But in the land of Chu, Master Gu was already among the top refiners. There might be better refiners, but Chen Yu did not know any of them, and he could not leave the camp of the three sects to run around.

After a period of time.

Chen Yu stayed on Master Gu's mountain, refining weapons with the assistance of the Evil Cloud Genuine Qi.

The whole process was extremely boring.

The first weapon was to make three javelins. Chen Yu only asked for medium quality treasures, which was no pressure for Master Gu.

According to Master Gu, this was just to pave the way for the next two weapons. He wanted to practice his state first.

Three days later.

Three brand-new black metal javelins appeared in front of Chen Yu.

Master Gu smiled and seemed to be in a good state. He motioned Chen Yu to have a try.