An hour later.
Thoroughly satisfied, Xiao Yu said goodbye to Fan Xue, then went back to find He Ya, ready to head home to Magic City.
Today had truly been a bountiful harvest.
He had obtained the Heavenly Mandate Stone! Becoming an immortal was within reach!
From now on, Xiao Yu could proudly declare that he was an immortal-in-waiting!
However, besides a job and money, Fan Xue had ultimately also asked for a Fortune-Telling Stone, and Xiao Yu had agreed.
Now that he had mastered Samadhi True Fire, making a low-grade magic artifact like this was extremely easy. He also had all the materials on hand; after his previous return from Yanjing, a delivery had brought him plenty of century-old treasures.
After returning to Magic City, Xiao Yu took only three days, with one failed attempt, to produce the Fortune-Telling Stone. Along the way, he also became much more familiar with artifact refining.
Of course, just as he had said, unless Fan Xue was tired of living and wanted to kill herself, it was nothing more than a useless little toy for her own amusement.
Several days later, Xiao Yu's cultivation smoothly broke through to the third layer of Core Formation.
As usual, each increase in realm unlocked a new ability or upgraded some spells.
This time, it was his artifact refining ability that improved. He could forge flying swords and then ride them through the air...
Unfortunately, having this ability made no difference. He did not have those rare metals, and even if he found them and made a sword, he could not fly around on it. Xiao Yu had no desire to be photographed by a satellite and then captured by the government to serve as a lab rat.
Of course, what guy had never dreamed of flying