Shuanghua Valley was springlike all year round.
Chen Mu's life was regular and peaceful, and half a year passed before he knew it.
That day, beneath a large tree on the hillside, he lay in his rocking chair as usual, refining the Yellow Springs Gourd.
After a long while, Chen Mu opened his eyes, and the Grey Stone Gate appeared before him.
Yellow Springs Gourd: 1/10000/Tier 4;
At that moment, inside the Jade Seed, a smaller sphere had appeared above the original gold-and-black sphere.
At a glance, it already somewhat resembled the rudimentary form of a little gourd.
"Not easy."
With the Grey Stone Gate's assistance and the Lingbao Shuji Pian speeding things along, he had thought he could complete the third-stage Spiritual Treasure Primordial Talisman in three or four months at most. Yet unexpectedly, it had taken more than half a year.
The first and second stages had been fine, but by the third stage, although there were likewise nine Spiritual Treasure Primordial Talismans, the complexity of each talisman had risen dramatically.
Later on, whenever a talisman collapsed, it even took two or three days to return to the progress he had made before the failure.
Even with the Lingbao Shuji Pian's assistance, the time required had inevitably increased.
"This is only the third stage. The later stages will probably be even harder and take even longer."
"No wonder Qi Refining cultivators need decades, even centuries, of painstaking effort to cultivate internal refinement Spiritual Treasure methods."
"This method really is difficult to cultivate." Chen Mu sighed.
"I still need to raise the Lingbao Shuji Pian's Proficiency." He could not help looking toward another section of the Grey Stone Gate.
Lingbao Shuji Pian: 5237/10000/Tier 7;
Over the past half year, whenever the Yellow Springs Gourd collapsed,