105: The gourd is hanging on the vine

Xiao Qingyuan activated his Spirit Eyes and carefully sensed it.

At the center of the gourd, there was a faint, shadowy illusion formed by the convergence of malevolent energies such as Killing Intent, Evil Qi, blood Qi, Death Qi, Sword Qi, and demonic Qi.

Xiao Qingyuan’s heart skipped a beat.

These were all the malevolent powers inherent in those several Magic Swords.

Although the illusion was faint, and the slaying immortal gourd had not yet incorporated its core Flying Dagger,

it still couldn't be controlled, but it was already causing him a slight sense of threat.

Seeing this, Xiao Qingyuan understood that the slaying immortal gourd was not just capable of wielding Luck in battle.

Its inherent power was also terrifyingly immense.

“Eh?” Xiao Qingyuan sensed carefully and suddenly discovered there was more to it.

“So that’s how it is.”

“The Immortal Clan is vast, and not every trace of Luck can be pure.”

“His slaying immortal gourd divides it into two streams: the pure Luck gathers in the gourd’s skin to increase defense.”

“The impure Luck gathers in the inner core to enhance offense.”

“It is expended through slaughter.”

“This way, it not only reuses waste and increases attack power, but also purifies Luck, allowing the Immortal Clan to endure longer.”

“The slaying immortal gourd’s ability to absorb stellar energy has also not been lost; all stellar energy gathers in the outer skin, allowing it to slowly increase the gourd’s strength by absorbing stellar energy, and it can still be used to smash people.”

Xiao Qingyuan held the gourd in his hand, playing with it.

This made things clear and simple.

Next, there was a second step: installing the core into the slaying immortal gourd;

The third step: simultaneously binding and collecting and expanding the Immortal Clan’s Luck, not even neglecting the impure Luck;

Finally, adding the cultivation of a tool spirit—a total of four steps. Only when all are completed will the basic framework of this item be considered finished.

In the future, its grade would continuously Breakthrough as its Luck increased.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qingyuan felt another headache.

“The Immortal Slaying Flying Dagger of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi used the corpse of a Chaos Demon God, which itself possessed astonishing Evil Qi, making this treasure Heaven-Defying in power, killing people like cutting grass, taking heads with a raised hand—it was incredibly sharp.

But where can I find Materials that are both capable of growth and can automatically absorb malevolent energies?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Qingyuan shook his head.

“It seems I can only accumulate enough Reincarnation power and then slowly plan it out!”

“The most pressing task is still to find a way to expand the Immortal Clan’s Luck.”

Thinking this, Xiao Qingyuan replaced the Formation core of Spoon Mountain and placed the slaying immortal gourd there.

This was the advantage of a Luck Treasure.

He could always sense its state and location, completely unafraid of it getting lost.

Not only would it be useless if others got it, but it could also return on its own.

He had already reached Foundation Establishment, and the original Formation was somewhat insufficient. Xiao Qingyuan had long planned to re-arrange it.

Now with the slaying immortal gourd, it was the perfect time to implement it.

He was busy for three days.

Xiao Qingyuan finally reorganized all the Formations.

He changed the main Formation’s core.

The new grand Formation also had a larger range.

On the surface, the new grand Formation was composed of seven spiritual spring eyes, forming a series of interlocking Formations, from each lineage plus the old man and his family, excluding his aunt.

Its grade was also no different from before.

In reality, the true Formation eye was the slaying immortal gourd, connected directly beneath Baozi Mountain through an underground passage.

There was also a grand Formation here protecting the ore vein, which also served as an energy source.

The other spring eyes merely provided energy.

This time, as long as the true Formation eye was not destroyed,

no matter how many Formation-breaking talismans came, they would be useless.

Moreover, the actual grade of this Formation, due to the slaying immortal gourd, reached Tier 2 in terms of defensive power.

The reason he didn't cultivate the slaying immortal gourd in his Dantian was that Xiao Qingyuan discovered that this item preferred to stay in the outside world rather than in his Dantian.

It automatically absorbed stellar energy, Spiritual Qi, and even star iron, accepting everything without refusal.

So he simply let it grow freely.

Besides the grand Formation, Xiao Qingyuan also finally planted that gourd seed in the ore vein according to the Water Refining Method.

In a square, empty mining cave, dug out to the size of a plaza,

a palm-sized seedling stood alone on the ground.

The mining tunnels above it twisted and turned, orderly like an ant’s nest, yet extremely easy to get lost in, like a massive underground palace, hiding the Immortal Clan’s greatest secret.

The slaying immortal gourd floated quietly above, suspended spontaneously.

And beneath the seedling was the most concentrated area of Spiritual Qi in the star iron ore vein.

It was also the deepest point that could be dug in the first layer of the ore vein.

If dug any deeper, the Spiritual Qi below would explode like a punctured balloon, combining with the surrounding Heaven and Earth power of the ore vein to form a unique phenomenon.

Xiao Qingyuan naturally would not allow such a thing to happen.

“Phew…” He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: “It took a lot of effort, but I finally finished arranging this place!”

Saying this, Xiao Qingyuan chuckled.

He had made all preparations; this grand Formation in Spoon Mountain was like a heavy lid, firmly securing this space.

Only the roots of the gourd seedling could penetrate downwards through tiny crevices.

Slowly absorbing the Spiritual Qi that had accumulated for countless years below.

After checking thoroughly three times, until he confirmed there were no omissions,

Xiao Qingyuan beckoned, controlling the slaying immortal gourd, which temporarily served as the Formation eye, to slowly float towards him.

He opened the lid.

The next second,

a wisp of fine iron sand poured out from the gourd’s mouth, rustling down.

It watered the area around the seedling.

Buzz—!

At the same time, Xiao Qingyuan formed hand seals.

The Water Refining Materials, already buried around, lit up in sequence at the same time.

This suddenly brightened the originally dim underground space, and countless strange, light-blue light patterns, like runes, twisted and lit up.

They quickly filled the entire underground space.

It was then that the stubborn seedling, cruelly covered by the heavy iron sand, seemed to accelerate its growth by tens of millions of times, quickly breaking through the soil and shooting upwards with fierce momentum.

One chi,

Two chi,

One zhang,

Five zhang… until, in Xiao Qingyuan’s eyes, it spread continuously, twisting along the ground like a climbing vine.

Finally reaching the thickness of a thigh and over ten zhang in length, its growth rate finally began to slow down.

Xiao Qingyuan suddenly snapped back to reality in surprise, completely not expecting the scrap iron filings to be so effective.

Or perhaps the growth rate of this vine was inherently astonishing.

He quickly took out the iron bamboo frame he had prepared in advance.

He tied it up seven or eight times, forming a huge gourd trellis.

After doing all this, Xiao Qingyuan looked up, admiring his work.

He exclaimed:

“Good heavens, it’s so tall! This isn’t a gourd vine; it’s almost like a thousand-year-old tree spirit, and its appearance is also ‘muscular and gnarled’.”

“Hiss…”

“Was the geng metal gourd vine at Medicine Immortal Valley that terrifying before?”

However, Xiao Qingyuan didn't know that the several Magic Swords had already been stripped of all their malevolent Qi by the slaying immortal gourd.

They had become incomparably pure.

This seemingly ordinary object was actually the product of the essence of the earlier gourd vine.

It belonged to the category of divine objects concealing their brilliance.

The most crucial point was that the mysterious ore vein below was of too high a grade!

And coincidentally, the roots of the gourd vine just happened to pierce into the mysterious ore vein below, which had accumulated Spiritual Qi for countless years.

The superposition of various coincidences made this gourd vine appear so extraordinary.

Little did he know, if even one step in the process had gone wrong,

Xiao Qingyuan would not only have failed to plant the gourd vine, but the secret beneath the ore vein would also have exploded.

Causing a phenomenon to appear.

Because if it weren't for Xiao Qingyuan's operation this time,

after so much star iron had been dug from above, the area below was already on the verge of eruption.

Now, his actions had, on the contrary, released a lot of pressure.

Making the situation in this place stabilize in another strange way.

Before Xiao Qingyuan could finish sighing,

the gourd, which had been completely still, suddenly seemed to be stimulated by something.

It shot straight up towards the gourd vine with a whoosh.

At the same time, the gourd vine was not to be outdone; it even extended a small branch, quickly lashing out towards the gourd.

Xiao Qingyuan was startled and was about to stop them.

However, to Xiao Qingyuan’s astonished gaze, the two actually connected seamlessly.

The vine slowly retracted, and finally, his first Lifebound Treasure, the slaying immortal gourd, hung on the vine without any sense of incongruity.

Xiao Qingyuan was dumbfounded.

“What’s going on here…?”