Innate Spiritual Peach

[Earth Mystic Robe]

Quality: Low-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure

Description: An Acquired Spiritual Treasure containing five Acquired Restrictions, possessing excellent defensive capabilities.

Inside the cultivation room.

A dark yellow treasure robe radiated the formidable aura of a Divine Treasure.

Although it only contained five Acquired Restrictions, its actual power was not necessarily greater than that of the weakest Innate Spiritual Treasure.

But a Divine Treasure was still a Divine Treasure. The Earth Mystic Robe was still a level stronger than an Innate Treasure.

"What an excellent Earth Mystic Robe. As expected of an Acquired Spiritual Treasure. This one robe alone is worth five Defense Immortal Artifacts."

The Earth Mystic Robe had been personally refined by Luo Qing, making it very convenient to refine and control.

After Luo Qing draped the treasure robe over himself, he immediately praised it without end.

With this robe on him, even ordinary Innate Treasures might not be able to break through its defenses.

At this thought, a strange look appeared on Luo Qing's face.

Even a Mystic Immortal like him could have a defensive Acquired Spiritual Treasure protecting him.

What about Hun Xing, the Grand Unity Golden Immortal?

Was the defensive treasure on him an Acquired Spiritual Treasure, or an Innate Spiritual Treasure?

He had overlooked this before, and it had now become a thorny problem.

It seems I'll have to adjust my plans gradually! Luo Qing thought grimly.

When Luo Qing left his cave abode and appeared above Hundred Gods Mountain,

he did not conceal the aura of the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Earth Mystic Robe draped over him.

Instead, he allowed the Earth Mystic Robe to radiate the pressure of an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

Before, it had only been a guess. Now that they had seen the Acquired Spiritual Treasure on Luo Qing with their own eyes, the gods of Hundred Gods Mountain immediately became excited.

"Divine Lord, I have never met Fellow Daoist Chi Ling. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Chi Ling would be willing to help me refine a Divine Treasure? I'll provide the materials, and you may name the price!"

"Fellow Daoist Chi Lingzi, I have a piece of an Innate Spiritual Wood branch here. It's excellent material for refining a Divine Treasure. I wonder if you're interested, Fellow Daoist?"

It was not that the many Mystic Gods of Hundred Gods Mountain lacked spiritual materials containing the Origin of the Great Dao.

The gods simply knew how precious those materials were. Before this, no one on Hundred Gods Mountain had been able to use them to refine Divine Treasures.

Thus, the materials could only lie around gathering dust.

Now that someone capable of refining Acquired Spiritual Treasures had finally appeared, the deities who possessed spiritual materials could no longer sit still.

They all sought out Luo Qing, hoping he would refine Divine Treasures for them.

As long as the refinement succeeded, the payment could be discussed.

In little more than a month, Luo Qing had received fifteen orders to refine Acquired Spiritual Treasures on Hundred Gods Mountain.

It was not that only fifteen people on the entire mountain possessed spiritual materials.

Rather, the materials held by most people were too scarce, and the Origin of the Great Dao within them was negligible.

They were simply insufficient to refine into Divine Treasures.

Of these fifteen orders, eleven had come from the Metal God elders.

This showed just how impoverished the region around Hundred Gods Mountain truly was. Even the spiritual materials for refining Acquired Spiritual Treasures were so scarce.

"Fifteen isn't a small number. Once these fifteen are finished, I should be able to lure the golden phoenix out, right?"

Luo Qing cast a deep glance toward the cave-abode district where the Phoenix Clan was temporarily residing.

Compared with the gods of Hundred Gods Mountain, Luo Qing hoped even more that cultivators from the Phoenix Clan would come to him to refine Divine Treasures.

And the Phoenix Clan that Luo Qing was watching was observing him as well.

"High God You, shouldn't we send someone to try to contact this Chi Lingzi? An Artifact Refining Grandmaster who can refine Acquired Spiritual Treasures is rare even within our clan!"

A Mystic God of the Phoenix Clan asked You Feng Gold God, who was leading them.

"There's no hurry. We'll be staying on Hundred Gods Mountain for several hundred years. Later, we'll still need to rely on him to exterminate the Fierce Beast Remnants, so it wouldn't be wise to provoke a conflict too early.

"We can observe this Chi Lingzi first and see how successful he is at refining Acquired Spiritual Treasures. Then we can discuss recruiting him."

You Feng Gold God spoke calmly.

Acquired Spiritual Treasures were not so easy to refine. In particular, those whose cultivation had not reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm lacked sufficient understanding of the Origin of the Great Dao.

Errors could easily occur during the refinement process, causing the treasure to fail.

When Luo Qing once again entered seclusion and began refining Acquired Spiritual Treasures,

the Mountain Lord Hun Xing also gazed toward the direction of Luo Qing's residence with a sigh, saying regretfully,

"What a pity. Such a talented Fire God. If only I had encountered him after my transformation, I would definitely have taken him as my Direct Disciple."

"But now that he has refined an Acquired Spiritual Treasure, he will certainly attract the Phoenix Clan's attention. It seems I'll have to help him with his cultivation."

Hun Xing had not expected Luo Qing to refine an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

Although he had known that Luo Qing possessed some talent in Artifact Refining, the barrier between an Immortal Artifact and an Acquired Spiritual Treasure was like an impassable chasm.

The Metal Gods had not even begun to touch the Great Dao. How could a Mystic God use the Origin of the Great Dao to refine artifacts?

Now that things had already reached this point, and wishing to prevent future complications, Hun Xing decided to bestow some cultivation resources upon Luo Qing and accelerate his progress toward the Metal God realm.

"Where is White God?"

"Master, this old servant is here!"

"Go to the treasury and collect ten Innate Spiritual Peaches. Bestow them upon Chi Huo.

"Tell him that refining an Acquired Spiritual Treasure is commendable, but cultivation is fundamental.

"In four or five hundred years, Hundred Gods Mountain will fight a decisive battle against the Fierce Beast Remnants. I hope that before then, he can break through to the Metal God realm and serve Hundred Gods Mountain."

"This old servant obeys!"

Before long, ten Innate Spiritual Peaches were delivered into Luo Qing's hands.

Inside the cultivation room, Luo Qing looked at the Innate Spiritual Peaches before him and raised his brows slightly.

"Looks like the fact that I refined an Acquired Spiritual Treasure has forced that old bastard Hun Xing into a hurry."

Luo Qing's eyes flickered for a moment. The decisive battle between Hundred Gods Mountain and the Fierce Beast Remnants would indeed be an excellent opportunity to escape.

At that time, Hun Xing would definitely personally appear on the battlefield.

The people assigned to guard Luo Qing would be no more than a few Metal Gods.

If he had reached the Metal God realm by then and had the Five Elements Spiritual Ring protecting him, escaping from Hundred Gods Mountain would be effortless.

Looking at the spiritual peaches before him, the Eye of the Great Dao revealed their origins at a glance.

They were Innate Spiritual Fruits borne by a peach tree that was a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

Luo Qing had no idea where Hun Xing had obtained them. These spiritual peaches had no other major effects.

They merely contained vast amounts of innate vital essence, which could rapidly pile up a person's cultivation.

Below the Metal God and Golden Immortal realms, whether one was a Earth God or a Mystic God, cultivation consisted of accumulating vital essence and undergoing a quantitative transformation.

It did not yet involve laws or the rules of the Great Dao, so one could achieve rapid progress.

In later generations, swallowing a single Golden Core and becoming a Golden Immortal on the spot was based on this principle.

"Still, I have to control the speed of refinement and make two preparations."

Luo Qing thought darkly.

Facing a malicious Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Luo Qing had no choice but to proceed with caution.

Even the slightest mistake could cost Luo Qing his life.

Two hundred years passed.

Twelve manifestations of an Acquired Spiritual Treasure's emergence appeared above Luo Qing's cave abode.

Of the fifteen commissioned refinements, Luo Qing ultimately announced that he had successfully refined only twelve.

As for the three that had been destroyed, no one dared trouble an Artifact Refining Grandmaster capable of refining Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

In truth, however, Luo Qing had quietly hidden the remaining three Divine Treasures away.

Concealing the phenomena caused by the emergence of Acquired Spiritual Treasures was effortless for Luo Qing.

"An eighty percent success rate for Divine Treasures!"

When the news spread, You Feng Gold God could no longer remain calm.

He already had an eighty percent success rate as a Mystic God. Once he reached the Metal God realm, wouldn't refining Acquired Spiritual Treasures be as easy as drinking water?

Perhaps once he reached the Grand Unity realm, he could even refine Top-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

Once he reached the Great Luo realm, wouldn't Top-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures be mass-produced?

Although the power of a Top-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure could only rival that of a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure,

if they could be mass-produced, every high-ranking cultivator of the Phoenix Clan could possess one or even several Top-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

The thought alone was terrifying.

At that time, it would not only be a matter of the Phoenix Clan occupying the Southern Domain. Even conquering the Central Primordial Era would be within reach.

Although she knew the likelihood of mass production was minuscule, You Feng Gold God had already made up her mind to recruit Luo Qing into the Phoenix Clan.

"Go. Give this to Chi Lingzi and have him refine an Acquired Spiritual Treasure on our behalf. If it succeeds, the remaining spiritual materials can serve as his payment for refining it."

As she spoke, You Feng Gold God tossed a storage pouch to a Mystic God and instructed him.

"I shall obey the command of You Feng Gold God!"

The Mystic God immediately took the storage pouch and left.

Before long, the storage pouch appeared before Luo Qing.