Gazing at the Thunderbolt, Liu Yu's eyes flickered, his thoughts burning with excitement.
As though sensing what he was thinking, Guo Poyun chuckled and doused his enthusiasm with a bucket of cold water, transmitting:
"Refining a high-tier spirit ship is dozens of times more difficult than refining a treasure, and the demands placed on the refiner are extremely high."
"Even ordinary artifact-refining masters fall far short of the requirements for refining spirit ships."
"The refiner must simultaneously master artifact refining, formations, talismans, and other cultivation arts. In particular, their attainments in artifact refining and the formation path must both reach the master level."
"The major factions keep a tight grip on the crucial techniques. At present, only the major Spirit Transformation factions can train these 'ship-refining masters.'"
"They also strictly control how many spirit ships of the third tier and above enter circulation. Even with spirit stones, you have nowhere to buy one."
"You have to exchange exceptionally rare resources for them."
At this point, he sighed softly.
Although the Central Region was rich in resources, the vast majority of cultivation resources were controlled by major factions such as the Qian Court, the Sacred Lands, aristocratic clans, and sects. This placed smaller factions and rogue cultivators at a severe disadvantage.
Unable to obtain sufficient resources, rogue cultivators were scarcely better off than those in the four outer regions.
Fortunately, the Central Region's abundant resources also supported a larger population of rogue cultivators than the four outer regions, and quite a few heavenly prodigies still stood out from the crowd.
They formed small alliances among themselves, preventing their circumstances from worsening further under the oppression of the long-established major factions.
"Mm."
Liu Yu nodded lightly. He was not particularly surprised that the major factions monopolized strategic treasures such as high-tier spirit