Supreme Blood Gourd

The time came for the third attempt at refining the Blood Gourd.

When a faint "hum" came from the mold, Xu Changqing swiftly drew away the surrounding heat, then slowly opened it.

Very soon, the familiar blood-red mini gourd appeared before his eyes.

This time, he had been more meticulous in every aspect—timing, temperature, ingredients, and more.

Yet to his surprise, there were neither more nor fewer than four spirit runes.

Three Blood Gourds.

The first had taken the longest and used the most ingredients, while the temperature control had been average.

The second had taken slightly less time and used fewer ingredients, but its temperature control had been precise.

Especially the third one: in nearly every aspect, it surpassed the previous two. It was the product of a summary after several stages of refinement. By all reason, even if its quality remained unchanged, it should have had more spirit runes.

Xu Changqing had never imagined that it would still have exactly four spirit runes. He immediately frowned. "Is this gourd limited to four spirit runes, or is there... something I haven't noticed?"

At this moment, the three Blood Gourds, like triplets, lay before him.

Their size, shape, appearance, spirit runes, and quality could be said to be completely identical.

Although four spirit runes were not few, already placing them among High-Grade Spirit Artifacts,

they were still a far cry from the supreme grade Spirit Artifact Xu Changqing wanted. At minimum, it needed seven or more spirit runes to meet his requirements.

After all, the more spirit runes there were, the more talismans and formations could be engraved. When the time came, both their ordinary effects and special effects would be stronger.

Since he would be using it himself, he absolutely could not be perfunctory.

Xu Changqing took a deep