Chapter 156

Chapter 156: Refining the Qiankun Qi Bag

“Xiao Li, and the Lihuo Ding!”

Lu Qing suddenly realized that Xiao Li’s appearance and the Lihuo Ding’s gradual recovery might be a foreshadowing.

Xiao Li is a spirit beast, and the Lihuo Ding is a spirit artifact.

Both are related to spiritual energy.

Could this mean that the spiritual energy of this world has quietly begun to recover?

It’s simply that the recovery is so slow, coupled with the current cessation of the immortal path, that it has gone unnoticed.

After all, according to the Tiandao Sect’s records on the jade disk, the cycle of spiritual energy waxing and waning in the heavenly way can last for a full sixty thousand years.

“If that’s true, we must prepare in advance.”

Lu Qing’s eyes were solemn.

If spiritual energy were truly recovering, it would be a major shift that would last for tens of thousands of years.

The entire world structure would likely be drastically altered.

Lu Qing couldn’t believe that the once-powerful immortal cultivation forces that controlled all the power and resources in the world had truly vanished.

Having inherited the legacy of immortal cultivation, he knew that the methods of immortal cultivators were far more profound than those of warriors.

It was impossible that he had no means of countering them.

He preferred to believe that they lay dormant somewhere, awaiting the day when spiritual energy truly revived to a certain level.

“But this might not be a bad opportunity for me,” Lu Qing muttered softly.

Regardless of whether the immortal sects lay dormant or completely disappeared,

the fact was that immortal cultivators were now rare.

Before the spiritual energy fully revived, Lu Qing might be able to exploit this opportunity and seize the initiative.

Just like this time, he had acquired a spiritual weapon at almost no cost.

Even during the heyday of the immortal cultivation era, spiritual weapons were still extremely precious.

Many small sects had no spiritual weapons at all, while some large sects might only have one or two, which served as a foundation to suppress the sect’s fortune.

To have obtained one so easily was truly a stroke of luck for him.

Lu Qing took out the Qiankun Yiqi bag.

Gently stroking the patterns on the Qiankun Yiqi Bag,

he suddenly thought: Due to the decline of spiritual energy, many spiritual artifacts that were once renowned during the Age of Immortal Cultivation are now in a precarious situation.

Perhaps, like the Qiankun Yiqi Bag, their spiritual power has been greatly reduced, degenerating into the appearance of ordinary objects.

While most of them were likely taken away by the immortal cultivation sects, it’s hard to say if any are still out there.

If he could find these spiritual artifacts, wouldn’t it be a huge win?

At this thought, Lu Qing’s heart couldn’t help but feel excited.

The fading of the immortal cultivation era was a disaster for those cultivators, but for him, it was a true opportunity.

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Qing calmed his mind and prepared to begin refining the Qiankun Yiqi Bag.

Although he hadn’t discovered any inheritance from the Qiankun Yiqi Bag, the inheritance he had previously obtained from the Lihuo Cauldron did contain a method for refining magical instruments.

And as it happened, Lu Qing could still barely perform that method.

Holding the Qiankun Yiqi Bag, Lu Qing’s spiritual power surged within the acupoint between his eyebrows, a trace of it reaching into the bag.

Soon, he sensed the location of the restrictions within.

If he could refine these restrictions, he would be able to control this spiritual weapon.

Following the secret refining method of the Lihuo Sect, Lu Qing controlled his spiritual power and began to refine the restrictions bit by bit.

A few days ago, Lu Qing would have been unable to perform this refining method.

But last night, after condensing the third spiritual rune and forming a rudimentary structure for his natal talisman, his spiritual power had improved significantly, though just barely.

The Qiankun Yiqi Bag had been dormant for countless years, its spirituality greatly diminished, and the power of the restrictions had been weakened to the extreme.

Lu Qing’s refining process went smoothly, and he had refined the controlling restriction with almost no effort.

As his spiritual power penetrated the last layer of restrictions, Lu Qing suddenly felt a shock.

A wave of information entered his mind.

His thoughts raced, and he instantly understood the myriad functions and uses of the Qiankun Yiqi Bag.

First, as he had previously discovered with his supernatural powers,

the Qiankun Yiqi Bag was a spiritual artifact with spatial properties.

Not only did it contain a vast expanse of space, it could also store items and temporarily house living beings.

Furthermore, it contained a magical array capable of inhaling clouds and exhaling mist, altering the climate within a ten-mile radius. It could also inhale and exhale powerful, gusty winds to decimate enemies—truly powerful. Of

course, these amazing uses were only possible when the Qiankun Yiqi Bag was in its prime.

Now, spiritual energy was scarce. The Qiankun Yiqi Bag had been deprived of spiritual nourishment for so long that the magical arrays and restrictions within it had weakened to the point of near stagnation, making it difficult to activate.

For the time being, Lu Qing could only utilize its storage function.

And it could only accept inanimate objects, not living things.

This was all within Lu Qing’s expectations, so he wasn’t disappointed.

If the Qiankun Qi Bag’s formation restrictions hadn’t been weakened to their limit, he wouldn’t have been able to refine and control a spiritual artifact so easily at his current level.

He could clearly discern the pros and cons.

With a flicker of his mind, Lu Qing’s mind entered a mysterious space.

This space was vast, empty, and desolate.

“Hmm?”

Lu Qing’s expression shifted slightly, and the next moment, his mind was in a corner of the space.

He gazed at the contents with a hint of surprise.

“Could these be spiritual materials left behind by the Qiankun Qi Bag’s previous owner?”

With a thought, a small pile suddenly appeared in the center of the room.

It was Lu Qing who had taken out the contents of the Qiankun Qi Bag.

There were more than a dozen jade bottles, some dried herbs, and several large, black pieces that looked like ore.

Lu Qing first examined the jade bottles.

They were either empty or the elixirs within had long since turned to muddy dregs, rendering them useless.

He then used his supernatural powers to examine the dried herbs. He

discovered they were indeed spiritual medicines, but without exception, they had all withered and their medicinal properties had dissipated.

Lu Qing was somewhat disappointed, but he also understood that this was normal.

Spiritual energy had been declining for tens of thousands of years. Even the Qiankun Qi Bag had almost degenerated into a mortal object due to lack of nourishment.

How could it possibly protect the spiritual essence within?

However, clinging to a last glimmer of hope, Lu Qing set his sights on the large pieces of iron ore.

Soon, a rich red light emerged from the ore.

[Meteorite: A mysterious meteorite that fell from outer space and remained buried and compressed underground for hundreds of thousands of years.]

[Heavy, hard, and extremely precious.]

[Extremely tolerant, it is one of the best materials for refining magical instruments and spiritual instrument embryos.]

After reading the news on the iron ore, Lu Qing’s face suddenly showed joy.

(End of this chapter )