It was not until half a year later that Liu Changxu began refining a spirit artifact.
By now, he had not only attained great proficiency in refining magical artifacts, reliably producing supreme-grade ones, but had also committed his manuals on spirit artifact refinement to memory. He could deftly inscribe the soul- and space-aspected artifact runes essential to refining spirit artifacts. The principles behind inscribing these runes were much the same as those behind drawing talisman runes; only the materials bearing them differed.
This time, however, Liu Changxu did not remain at the lineage's Artifact Refining Hall on Peach Blossom Mountain. Instead, he took his wives and daughter to live on Jade Bamboo Island while he worked. His spirit beasts were the main reason for this move.
There were few demon beasts around Peach Blossom Mountain, and Liu Changxu's four spirit beasts had enormous appetites. His stores of demon beast meat were almost exhausted, and the beasts hunted by the Household Battle Corps could not meet their needs. Moreover, as the lineage grew stronger, its members also needed to eat large quantities of demon beast meat.
Yet Liu Changxu could not rest easy about their safety if he let his spirit beasts hunt on their own. If demon-hunting cultivators encountered and killed them, it would be far too late for regret!
Demon beasts were worth a great deal of money, after all, and demon-hunting cultivators frequently ventured into the depths of the Azure Cloud Range north of Peach Blossom Mountain. Besides, the lineage's affairs were settled, and both Liu Changxu and his wife Li Zhenxin dearly missed their life on Jade Bamboo Island. Thus, he bade his mother farewell and took his two wives and daughter Liu Jiao to the island.
After they arrived, the happiest of all were Little Blue