Earlier, on the third floor of the Treasure Pagoda, he had used the Heavenly Secret Token to obtain a piece of geng metal immortal stone. Judging by the metal-attribute aura it radiated, it was a treasure far superior to geng metal spirit liquid...
That made sense. The metal attribute in geng metal immortal stone had already condensed into a crystal and solidified, while geng metal spirit liquid was still metal-attribute energy in liquid form. Naturally, the difference was enormous.
Still, that comparison did not necessarily hold in every case. If the Purple Cauldron struggled to absorb the geng metal immortal stone, or if it contained more impurities, it might not actually be better than geng metal spirit liquid.
But he had no geng metal spirit liquid now, so he could only use the geng metal immortal stone.
Back in the Treasure Pagoda, however, Qin Jiuzhen had been beside him. Ye Han had not let the Purple Cauldron absorb the geng metal immortal stone, instead putting it into his Storage Bag.
With both Ye Lingzhi and Qin Jiuzhen present in the Discipline Hall, he naturally had not done so there either...
Now, on the third floor of the Scripture Repository, there were no outsiders beside him. He had just obtained the Jade Slip containing the Great Geng Sword Art, and without a metal-attribute spirit root, he could forget about successfully cultivating this sword art.
That was because the Great Geng Sword Art was a metal-attribute sword art.
It made sense. The metal attribute brimmed with sharpness, and many sword cultivators possessed it. For example, Gu Changdao, whom the Seventh Elder and Fourth Elder had sent into the Darkness Forbidden Ground to cultivate the Ancient Sword Technique, had primarily possessed a metal-attribute spirit root...
Unfortunately, that fellow had harbored crooked intentions, defected