After several splashes, the Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownia wood was driven into the magma, sending up a great mass of bubbling lava. The faintly moon-shaped force within seemed uninterested in the wood, occasionally striking it in fitful waves. Lu Xiaotian had used Spirit Stones inside the barrier to ripen these Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownia trees to 9,999 years. They seemed to have reached their limit and could not grow even a fraction further. To ripen them, Lu Xiaotian had consumed a tremendous number of Spirit Stones. If he had not made considerable gains along the way since entering the Misty Hall—especially after obtaining Chi Yunsang's storage pouch and suddenly becoming wealthy—he would probably still be trying to gather enough Spirit Stones to ripen this sacred Buddhist wood.
The earth-moon baleful force in the magma was not attracted to the wood. Lu Xiaotian remained completely unflustered, his face showing that everything was under control. He spread open his palm, revealing four white spheres the size of eggs. With a flick of his hand, he sent the four white spheres striking four sections of paulownia wood.
The earth-moon baleful force in the magma surged toward the four sections of round wood like sharks that had caught the scent of blood.
A faint smile appeared on Lu Xiaotian's face. These four white spheres were Baleforce-Attracting Beads he had refined by blending no fewer than a hundred kinds of spiritual materials. They were a peculiar magical artifact introduced in the Seven-Level Pagoda, capable of drawing out the earth-moon baleful force.
His original plan had been to first use the Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownia to absorb the Fanluo Spiritfire, then refine it into a magical artifact and use that artifact to wield the Fanluo Spiritfire. That in itself would have been an exceptionally formidable divine ability. However, that