Chapter 210

Chapter 210 Refining the Earth Spirit Pearl

. Lu Qing’s face remained expressionless as he watched the middle-aged woman’s life force gradually fade.

Ever since he’d read her message, he hadn’t considered letting her go. He

hadn’t immediately killed her simply because she still held some value.

Even the poison he’d given her was genuine.

It was the poison Lu Qing had found on the assassins from the Seven Killings Tower, and it was incredibly potent.

If the antidote hadn’t been administered within the time limit, the middle-aged woman would have died from a ruptured stomach.

However, considering she had led him there, Lu Qing ultimately chose to let her die painlessly.

After examining the woman’s body and confirming her death with his supernatural powers, Lu Qing left the secret room and departed the Zheng Mansion.

However, before departing, he did something else.

“Fire! Fire!”

A quarter of an hour later, when Lu Qing stood atop the tower, the Zheng Mansion was in chaos.

Flames shot up into the sky, the blaze raging fiercely.

The fire broke out in the warehouse Lu Qing had looted, the courtyard where Old Lady Zheng lived, and two other uninhabited courtyards.

Lu Qing did this to conceal his presence.

Once the fire was extinguished, the warehouse and the courtyard where the old woman lived would likely be reduced to ruins.

No one knew how much of the contents had been burned or how much had been stolen.

After watching from the tower for a while, seeing that the fire would not be extinguished anytime soon, Lu Qing left with satisfaction.

He had already taken the most valuable items, so even if the entire Zheng Mansion burned down, he wouldn’t feel bad.

Furthermore, the houses on the west side of the city were all inhabited by wealthy families.

Each house was independent and far apart from each other. No matter

how large the fire in the Zheng Mansion was, it wouldn’t affect other homes.

So he left the city with peace of mind.

As he left the city, Lu Qing saw a group of people, including the elegant old man, returning from outside the city.

However, no one could detect Lu Qing.

Watching the elegant old man and his companions hurried toward the Zheng residence in a hurry, Lu Qing felt a strange feeling.

He wondered what their expressions would be when they discovered the Zheng family’s treasure house had been burned.

Filled with joy, Lu Qing left the provincial capital and entered the forest. He immediately activated the Earth talisman, unleashing his power and heading towards Jiuli Village.

After stopping and starting for the better part of a day, Lu Qing successfully returned to Jiuli Village.

However, he didn’t return home. Instead, he entered the forest and arrived at the Jade Transformation Cavern.

Everything in the Jade Transformation Cavern remained unchanged. Lu Qing sat on the jade bed in the dark room and retrieved the Earth Spirit Pearl from his Qiankun Yiqi Bag.

He had passed by his home for this earth-elemental pearl.

Even in the age of immortal cultivation, the Earth Spirit Pearl was considered a supreme treasure, its value rivaling even the most powerful high-level spiritual artifacts.

This treasure, bred from the very essence of the earth element and imbued with the purest earth power, possessed a myriad of incredible uses.

Once refined, practitioners will gain a variety of unimaginable benefits.

“One of them is that my aptitude, which has already reached its limit, can be further improved.” Lu Qing’s eyes gleamed.

According to the records of the Lihuo Sect’s inheritance,

the five origin spirit beads all possess various miraculous uses.

If one could refine one of them for personal use, they could harness the power of the spirit bead to cleanse their body and enhance their aptitude.

Lu Qing had previously consumed the Earth Vein Spirit Fluid, and his cultivation aptitude had already been elevated to a certain limit.

Unless he could find a spiritual object even more miraculous than the Earth Vein Spirit Fluid, further improvement in his cultivation aptitude would be nearly impossible.

Coincidentally, this Earth Spirit Bead was a cultivation spiritual object far more precious and miraculous than the Earth Vein Spirit Fluid.

“That old woman Zheng’s spiritual power is weak, and she has no inheritance. So, despite possessing the orb, she’s completely unable to comprehend its profound meaning. Unable to refine it, she can only store it in a secret vault.”

“But I’m different. The Lihuo Sect, as a highly skilled cultivator in both alchemy and artifact refinement, has inherited numerous methods for refining spiritual objects, including several divine refining techniques, which I can now utilize.”

After a moment of turbulent emotions, Lu Qing finally calmed his mind and calmed his emotions.

He sat cross-legged, then held the Earth Spirit Orb in front of him, preparing to begin refining it.

Thanks to the earth energy nourished by the formation within the cave for countless years, the jade bed was incredibly sturdy,

capable of bearing the weight of the Earth Spirit Orb.

Once his thoughts were completely still, the Spiritual Talisman trembled slightly, and Lu Qing channeled a trace of spiritual power from the acupoint between his eyebrows, wrapping it around the Earth Spirit Orb.

As his spiritual power touched the Earth Spirit Pearl’s surface, Lu Qing’s first sensation was heaviness, an immense heaviness.

Previously, when he had collected the Earth Spirit Pearl, he had relied on the power of the Qiankun Yiqi Bag, a spiritual artifact, and hadn’t felt much of it.

But now, using his own spiritual power to touch and feel the Earth Spirit Pearl, he truly felt the might of this earth-element treasure.

His spiritual power, against the Earth Spirit Pearl, was like an ant scaling a mountain; it couldn’t move the pearl in the slightest, a true ant trying to shake a tree.

However, Lu Qing wasn’t using his spiritual power to move the pearl, but to refine it.

As his thoughts turned, Lu Qing recalled the spiritual methods of refining spiritual objects, inherited from the Lihuo Sect.

The spiritual power entwined with the Earth Spirit Pearl suddenly became incredibly gentle, like flowing water and mist, gently seeping into the Earth Spirit Pearl’s interior, intent on leaving its spiritual imprint.

Of course, as an earth-element treasure, the Earth Spirit Pearl’s interior wasn’t easily penetrated.

This was destined to be a painstaking process that would test both patience and willpower.

Fortunately, Lu Qing possessed both.

Time slipped by, and within the jade-like cavern, day and night remained obscured. Whether it was night or day, the walls on either side of the cave glowed with a shimmering white light.

Lu Qing sat cross-legged on the jade bed, motionless.

His pale complexion betrayed his lack of relief.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Qing’s expression suddenly relaxed, and he opened his eyes, a faint smile appearing on his face.

“I finally succeeded in refining it.”

“Although it’s only preliminary, I can at least barely control this Earth Spirit Pearl.”

“Fortunately, the spiritual energy hasn’t yet revived. This Earth Spirit Pearl has experienced tens of thousands of years of spiritual energy depletion, and its spiritual energy has been depleted, and its power has also been greatly reduced. Otherwise, with my current level of cultivation, it would be a pipe dream to think of refining it for myself.”

“Now let me experience the true wonders of this legendary Earth Spirit Pearl.”

Lu Qing’s mind moved, and the soul-restricting imprint that he had painstakingly placed within the Earth Spirit Pearl suddenly activated.

The Earth Spirit Pearl suddenly shrank, transformed into a beam of light, and sank into the acupoint between his eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)