253: Chapter 253 Replicating a Spiritual Treasure! The Heaven-Burning Cauldron! Refining the Origin!

In the Quiet Room, Lu Qiu spread his right hand, and the ball of "Chixiao True Fire" that had just completed its transformation and presented a deep scarlet gold color hovered quietly in his palm.

The flames leaped gently, their brilliance restrained, but the pervasive scorching heat and the faintly distorted light in the Quiet Room signaled the terrifying power contained within.

"How powerful it is, I will only know after testing it," Lu Qiu thought, a flash of anticipation in his eyes.

With a slight movement of his mind, he took something out of his Storage Ring.

It was a piece of armor about the size of a palm, pitch-black all over, covered with dense and hard scales on the surface, and its edges were as sharp as a knife.

It was exactly one of the most solid reverse scales on the Poison-Scaled Flood Dragon!

The Eighth-level Demonic Beast had a naturally powerful Physical Body, and its reverse scale was the strongest defense of its entire body, difficult to damage by ordinary Magic Treasure and sufficient to withstand the full blow of an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Lu Qiu flicked his finger and threw this Poison-Scaled Flood Dragon reverse scale into the air.

Immediately, the scarlet gold True Fire in his palm trembled gently, splitting off a line of fire as thin as a hair. Like a spirit snake with life, it shot out and precisely entangled the falling reverse scale.

"Chi—!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no blinding bright light. There was only a slight, teeth-aching sound of burning.

I saw that the hair-thin scarlet gold fire line touched the pitch-black reverse scale, and the moment it did, the hard black keratin on the surface of the reverse scale, which was comparable to scarlet gold, became like spring snow meeting the scorching sun, rapidly turning red, softening, and melting at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The pitch-black scales quickly lost their luster under the licking of the scarlet gold flames, becoming charred and brittle, and then turned into a wisp of blue smoke, completely dissipating in the air.

The whole process took no more than two or three breaths.

That Eighth-level Demonic Beast reverse scale, which was enough to give a Nascent Soul Cultivator a headache, had no resistance in front of this tiny bit of True Fire, and was incinerated like paper!

An irrepressible joy erupted in Lu Qiu's eyes.

"Good!" he praised in a low voice, his voice filled with uncontrollable excitement.

The test result of this reverse scale clearly and unmistakably told him that with the powerful Physical Body of an Eighth-level Demonic Beast, it would absolutely not be able to withstand the burning of his current Natal True Fire!

This meant that in the face of a Nascent Soul Cultivator of the same level, as long as the opponent did not have extremely special defensive Divine Ability or top-tier defensive Magic Treasure, his True Fire would become a lethal killer weapon.

Even in the face of a Yao Beast with a stronger Physical Body, or a Body Cultivator who had practiced Body Refining Cultivation Technique, this True Fire was enough to pose a huge threat.

"Not only that…"

Lu Qiu's mind sank into his Dantian, carefully experiencing the connection with the True Fire.

After completely devouring and Fusion with the nameless scarlet gold flame, he vaguely felt that his Natal True Fire seemed to have a very special ability that he had never had before.

He tried to urge the True Fire, focusing his mind on his right arm.

I saw the scarlet gold True Fire in his palm swell slightly, and then a strange suction force emerged from the flames. This suction was not aimed at Spiritual Qi, but rather… aimed at life essence, aimed at Qi and blood!

Almost at the same time, Lu Qiu felt that the Qi and blood under the skin of his right arm seemed to be slightly active, and a trace of extremely subtle, almost negligible life essence was being absorbed and devoured by the True Fire in his palm.

After devouring this trace of Qi and blood, the True Fire itself seemed to be more condensed and active by a point. At the same time, a weak but definitely existing warm current fed back from the palm to the arm. Wherever it passed, the muscle fibers seemed to feel a trace of extreme comfort, as if they had received the most original nourishment.

"Devouring the Qi and blood of living beings, feeding back to oneself, and repairing injuries?!" Lu Qiu's heart shook violently, and a bold guess emerged.

He immediately took out a small bottle of ordinary Essence Blood from a certain Fifth-level Demonic Beast that he had collected in his early years.

Opening the bottle cap, he dripped a drop of dark red Essence Blood into the scarlet gold True Fire in his palm.

"Zhi la!"

The Essence Blood came into contact with the True Fire and was instantly vaporized, but it did not completely dissipate.

The scarlet gold True Fire was like a greedy glutton, quickly devouring and refining the Qi and blood essence contained in the Essence Blood. Immediately afterward, a warm heat flow that was dozens of times stronger than when he devoured his own Qi and blood just now surged from his palm, flowed along the Meridians, and quickly nourished his whole body.

Lu Qiu could even feel that the slight amount of Origin Qi he had lost because of refining the True Fire before had actually recovered a bit under the nourishment of this heat flow!

"Sure enough!" A bright light burst into Lu Qiu's eyes.

This newly acquired ability was simply Heaven-Defying!

This meant that as long as there were endless Yao Beast Essence Blood for him to devour, his Natal True Fire could continuously transform into life energy to repair injuries, replenish Origin Qi, and even strengthen his Physical Body!

In battle, what kind of terrifying endurance and recovery ability would this be?

As long as he was not killed instantly, he could almost use this fire to transform into an immortal body and fight more and more bravely!

"This nameless flame actually has such a wonderful use." Lu Qiu completely understood part of the essence of that nameless scarlet gold flame.

It was not only terrifying in power, but it could also refine the Qi and blood of living beings, extract the life Origin within, and feed it back to himself.

Now that this characteristic had been inherited by his Natal True Fire, it undoubtedly raised his survival and combat ability to a new level.

Calming down his excited mood, Lu Qiu's gaze fell back to the center of the Quiet Room, on that dark red ancient tripod that had now returned to normal temperature and stood quietly.

This tripod could hold such terrifying flames as the "nameless flame" for countless years without being damaged, so its material and Origin must be extraordinary.

In the past, his Cultivation was insufficient and he could not refine it, so he could only use it as a solid container and a special fire source.

Now that his Nascent Soul had been formed and his Natal True Fire had greatly increased in power, perhaps he could try to completely refine it and see what secrets were hidden in this ancient tripod that had accompanied him for many years.

Lu Qiu did not hesitate, and sat down cross-legged again. He first adjusted his breath for several days to restore his state to the best.

Then, he raised his hands and cast complex and profound refining Spells at the ancient tripod. At the same time, he opened his mouth and sprayed, and the newly transformed scarlet gold Natal True Fire surged out, turning into a ball of scorching flames, completely wrapping the entire ancient tripod, and began to slowly burn and refine it.

The process of refining was far more difficult and long than Lu Qiu had expected.

The material of this ancient tripod was extremely special, neither gold nor stone, containing an ancient, obscure, and extremely tough Dao rhyme.

Although Lu Qiu's scarlet gold True Fire was powerful, wanting to penetrate the tripod body and leave his Divine Sense imprint at its core was like water dripping through a stone, and the progress was extremely slow.

Moreover, as the refining deepened, the ancient tripod began to produce autonomous resistance.

On the tripod body, those natural textures that were originally extremely subtle and almost imperceptible began to glow faintly, revealing more complex and ancient rune phantoms.

These runes seemed to have life, circulating on the tripod body, constantly offsetting and wearing down Lu Qiu's Divine Sense and True Fire power.

Sometimes, when Lu Qiu's Divine Sense forcibly invaded a key node in the tripod, he would even be countered by a vast and immense will, shaking his Divine Soul and causing his Qi and blood to churn.

"What a powerful Restriction! What a strong spirituality!" Lu Qiu felt awe in his heart, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.

He concentrated all his attention, while continuously burning with his Natal True Fire to soften the tripod Restriction; on the other hand, with his powerful Divine Sense, like the most exquisite carving knife, he peeled, parsed, and covered those ancient runes and will imprints bit by bit.

This was a job that consumed a lot of energy and magic power.

Lu Qiu had to stop several times, take Medicinal Pill, meditate to recover, and then continue.

Day after day, month after month.

In the Quiet Room, there was only the faint sound of the scarlet gold flame burning, and Lu Qiu's heavy breathing caused by excessive consumption of Divine Sense.

Thus, a full year passed.

On this day, when Lu Qiu's Divine Sense finally reached the most core and deepest Origin imprint of the ancient tripod, and with his own Divine Soul power, he struggled but firmly covered and fused with it at the moment—

"Boom!"

In the Quiet Room, it seemed that an invisible sound of Dao rang out.

The dark red ancient tripod suddenly erupted with a sky-high scarlet gold light!

On the tripod body, all natural textures and ancient runes lit up at the same time, interweaving into a mysterious and unpredictable Dao image phantom, circling above the tripod for several times, and then suddenly converged, all sinking into the tripod.

A vast, simple, noble, and seemingly carrying the will of refining all things and melting the universe, the information flow, like a burst levee, rushed into his Sea of Consciousness along the Divine Soul connection established between Lu Qiu and the ancient tripod!

Lu Qiu's body shook violently, his eyes closed tightly, his face showing a look of pain and realization, and he was fully digesting this huge amount of information.

I don't know how long it took, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the ancient tripod in front of him, which had changed its appearance, his eyes full of shock and ecstasy.

The tripod was still the same tripod, with three legs and a round belly, and a simple shape. But its whole body was no longer dark red, but presented a warm and restrained dark gold luster, as if it had been tempered by ten thousand fires.

On the surface of the tripod body, those natural textures were now clearly visible, forming patterns of mysterious flames, Cauldrons, as well as the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers, with faint Dao rhyme flowing.

On the tripod lid, there were two more ancient seal characters, iron paintings and silver hooks, exuding a majestic aura that suppressed the Nine Heavens—

Fen Tian!

At the same time, the true Origin and many wonderful uses of this tripod and the nameless flame in the tripod were also clearly imprinted in Lu Qiu's mind.

The Fen Tian Ding was an Imitation Spirit Treasure refined by a certain Great Grandmaster of Artifact Refining and Alchemy in ancient times, imitating the legendary Spirit Treasure "Nine Yang Tripod"!

Although it was an imitation, because the refiner had a high Realm and the Materials used were also Heaven And Earth Treasure, after countless years and divine fire tempering, its power had far exceeded that of ordinary ancient treasure, infinitely approaching the level of a real Spirit Treasure!

This tripod had three main functions:

First, Alchemy and Artifact Refining. Using it as a Cauldron could greatly improve the success rate of Alchemy and the quality of Medicinal Pill, and improve the success rate of Artifact Refining and the power of Magic Treasure. The inside of the tripod formed a stable fire domain, which could perfectly reconcile the medicinal properties and device properties, and the control of the heat reached the extreme subtlety.

Second, amplification. Using the Fen Tian Ding to urge flame-type Divine Ability and Spell would result in a terrifying amplification of power! The specific amplification effect depended on the Cultivator's Cultivation and the quality of the flame.

Third, and this was also the most core and Heaven-Defying function of the Fen Tian Ding—refining all things and extracting the Origin! Whether it was Heaven And Earth Treasure, Yao Beast Materials, Magical Artifact or Magic Treasure, or even a Cultivator's Golden Core or Nascent Soul, or a Yao Beast's Yao Dan, as long as it was put into the tripod and driven by a sufficiently powerful flame, it could all be refined to extract the purest strand of "Origin Qi".

This strand of Origin Qi could be directly absorbed to nourish the Physical Body, strengthen the Nascent Soul, and improve Cultivation. It had almost no side effects, and its effect was far superior to any Medicinal Pill!

However, this function consumed a lot of energy and had very high requirements for the flame.

And the nameless scarlet gold flame originally in the tripod was called Chi Ling Fire!

It was a very rare Spirit Fire born at the intersection of the earth's heart fire vein and Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence.

This fire not only had an extremely high temperature, but also had the strange characteristics of burning the Primordial Spirit, refining Qi and blood, and dissolving magic power, which had a strong restraint on living beings.

Because of this, by burning the Yao Beast Essence Blood with it, it could extract the life Origin to feed back to itself.

"Imitation Spirit Treasure... Fen Tian Ding... Refining all things, extracting the Origin..." Lu Qiu muttered to himself, stroking the warm dark gold texture of the tripod body, his heart surging.

The value of this treasure was simply immeasurable!

Especially the function of "Refining the Origin", which was a shortcut to Cultivation tailored for him!

He couldn't wait to try it.

With a thought, the Fen Tian Ding spun and quickly shrank to the size of a foot, hovering in front of him. The tripod lid opened automatically.

Lu Qiu took out another jade box, which contained the last remaining wood-attribute Eighth-level Yao Beast Yao Dan from the Materials he obtained from Yinting the Thunder Flood Dragon.

He originally planned to leave this Yao Dan for Xin Ruyin to refine pills in the future, or for his own other uses, but at this moment, he decided to use it to verify the "refining" ability of the Fen Tian Ding first.

He carefully put the fist-sized, emerald-green Eighth-level Yao Dan, which exuded majestic wood-spirit Yao power, into the Fen Tian Ding.

Then, with a solemn expression, he pinched the Spell with both hands and cast several control Spells at the Fen Tian Ding.

"Refine!"

Lu Qiu gave a low shout and opened his mouth to spit out the scarlet gold "Chixiao True Fire".

The True Fire entered the tripod, and under the blessing of the Fen Tian Ding, its power soared, instantly engulfing the Eighth-level Yao Dan.

The tripod lid closed.

Lu Qiu was fully focused, controlling the True Fire, while sinking his Divine Sense into the tripod to carefully sense the refining process.

With the assistance of the Fen Tian Ding and the burning of the scarlet gold True Fire, the hard Eighth-level Yao Dan began to melt slowly. The pure Yao power, the remaining Yao Beast spirit fragments, and the most original wood-attribute life essence within it were peeled, tempered, and purified bit by bit.

This process was extremely slow and consumed a huge amount of Lu Qiu's magic power and Divine Sense.

He had to take Medicinal Pill to replenish it every once in a while, and even used two high-grade Spirit Stone to restore his magic power.

It lasted for a full forty-nine days.

When the forty-ninth day ended, the Fen Tian Ding shook slightly, and the tripod lid opened automatically.

In the tripod belly, the Eighth-level Yao Dan had disappeared, and in its place was a small group of cyan gas, about the size of a longan, showing crystal clear like emerald.

The gas group rotated slowly, emitting a rich, inseparable life aura and pure Origin fluctuation. Just a trace of it leaking out made the Quiet Room full of vitality, and even a few tender green Spiritual Plant grew out of the ground out of thin air.

"Origin Qi!" A flash of excitement flashed in Lu Qiu's eyes. He knew that this was the essence obtained from refining the Eighth-level Yao Dan.

He did not hesitate, reached out, and the emerald-like Origin Qi drifted out. He opened his mouth and sucked it into his abdomen.

The Origin Qi entered his body and instantly turned into a vast, gentle, yet extremely pure warm current, dispersing into his limbs and bones, and finally gathered in the Dantian, being slowly absorbed by the sitting Nascent Soul.

Lu Qiu immediately entered deep meditation, fully operating the "Crimson Sky Burning Heaven Technique" to guide and refine this huge Origin energy.

Time passed silently again.

Two years later.

In the Quiet Room, Lu Qiu, who had been sitting for two years, slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, a Spiritual Pressure that was significantly stronger and more solid than two years ago uncontrollably permeated from his body, instantly filling the entire Quiet Room, shaking the wall runes on and off.

He looked inside himself. In the Dantian, the inch-high Nascent Soul seemed to have grown a little bit at this moment, the spiritual light around him was more solid and bright, and the charm between his eyebrows was clearer.

The magic power circulating in the Nascent Soul, both in total amount and purity, had increased by nearly 30%!

"Just refining the Origin of one Eighth-level Yao Dan has saved me at least a dozen years of hard work!" Lu Qiu felt the surging power in his body, his heart full of shock and ecstasy.

According to this progress, if he could get and refine a few more Eighth-level Yao Dan and absorb the Origin Qi within them, he might even be able to break through the Bottleneck in a short time and step into the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul!

"Fen Tian Ding... Refining the Origin... This is the true foundation of the Dao, the ladder to heaven!" Lu Qiu's gaze fell on the dark gold ancient tripod again, his eyes full of endless heat and anticipation.

With this tripod, with this ability to refine the Origin, his path of Cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds at a speed far exceeding ordinary people!

The Spirit Stone mine on Biling Island provided almost unlimited Spiritual Qi resources, and the Fen Tian Ding provided a shortcut to quickly refine, absorb, and improve Cultivation. The combination of the two, the Realm of Soul Transformation, seemed no longer out of reach!