By the time Ye Jingcheng returned to the restaurant, Ye Qingfeng had already arrived ahead of him.
Her face was full of delight, and she said to Ye Jingcheng:
"Martial Uncle, I've obtained the spirit materials for a top-grade magical treasure and bought some spirit records containing insights into treasure refinement. I'm planning to try refining a sixth-stage top-grade fire-attribute flying sword and raise my artifact-refining skills to the sixth-stage top-grade level in one leap."
Compared with Soul-Repelling City, Azure-Green City had far more spirit materials.
Although some people kept insisting that the great cities of the Mortal Dust Continent were no worse than those of the Immortal Origin Continent and the Azure-Green Continent.
Only after seeing for oneself could one understand that the difference was like heaven and earth.
Those rumors were probably nothing more than an attempt to keep the Mortal Dust Continent's low-level cultivators settled, for fear that no one would remain to guard it.
"Then go ahead and refine it!" Ye Jingcheng nodded his approval. Although this would take some time, whether Ye Qingfeng entered seclusion during their year here would actually make little difference.
They were unlike Void Refinement factions such as the Duan Family, the Blue Star Sect, and the Mystic Deer Sect, which possessed extensive connections. Maintaining those relationships alone was important to them.
As for them, even their cooperation with the Thousand Fish Tower involved only communicating with a Spirit Transformation steward. Even with spirit stones in hand, they dared not spend them openly.
This made Ye Jingcheng feel an increasing urgency to improve his cultivation.
In the Spirit Realm, a cultivator's cultivation determined not only the resources they controlled, but also their social connections.
The Duan Family, for instance, currently felt only a slight goodwill toward Qixuan Valley. Because of Duan