The next day, Yue Wen went to Treasure Forest first.
He had previously listed his Yang Fire Ore for sale there. Now that there was a buyer, he had to deliver it. Only after selling the ore would he have the money to buy the supplementary materials for refining Spirit-Shaping Soil.
He had also looked up that Redflame Ancient Leaf.
It was a leaf from a Redflame Tree, which only grew above earth veins rich in fire spiritual qi. These trees had extremely potent yang energy and tenacious vitality. Barring accidents, they could survive through several spiritual qi eras.
Redflame Trees neither flowered nor bore fruit; all their spirituality was concentrated in their leaves. Redflame Tree leaves could improve circulation, clear blood stasis, heal injuries, neutralize poisons, and promote the circulation of qi and blood. Neutralizing Jiangshi Poison was also one of their special effects.
Moreover, without outside interference, Redflame Tree leaves would never fall. The longer they accumulated years, the stronger their spirituality became.
The Cangyuan Sect in Hailou City, Eastern Sky Province, owned a Redflame Ancient Tree that had sprouted during the previous spiritual qi era. After centuries of use, only a few dozen ancient leaves from that era remained on it. All the rest were new leaves grown during the current spiritual qi era.
The spirituality stored in new leaves was worlds apart from that in ancient leaves, so the Cangyuan Sect controlled them strictly and would not readily pick them.
Little Black had probably used some means to sneak in and pluck a Redflame Ancient Leaf, bringing the Cangyuan Sect's investigation and pursuit down on him.
Among the many uses for the Redflame Ancient Leaf, Yue Wen found the one that suited him best.
By adding a few supplementary materials, it could be refined into a