Chapter 486: Chapter 258: Repairing the Magical Treasure

As the first auction was successfully held, Five Dragons Island seemed to have regained its former prosperity, and the market fair was bustling with activity.

As always, the market fair had three auctions, each held three months apart, lasting a total of nine months.

For cultivators, the nearly year-long market fair was indeed a rare opportunity.

Even many cultivators in seclusion emerged, heading to the market in search of suitable treasures, some hoping to find a bargain.

"All good things must come to an end. Old Lin, you and I are now both Core Formation cultivators, with hundreds of years of life span ahead. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet again." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

At the dock of Five Dragons Island, after the last auction of the market fair, the Bihai Palace and merchant ships from all directions prepared to depart.

Hu Jin wore a hearty smile, clasping his hands at the dock.

Lin Chang’an, dressed in white, also smiled freely, clasping his hands and saying, "Old Hu, your time in the Law Enforcement Hall is not as stable as my cultivation here, do be careful."

"Don’t worry, Old Hu still must fulfill the ancestral legacy and become a mighty Nascent Soul cultivator."

The two glanced at each other and exchanged smiles.

Though both had reached Core Formation, they each embarked on their own paths.

In front of the dock, Lin Chang’an watched as the Bihai Palace’s merchant ship disappeared from sight.

"That Old Hu."

Lin Chang’an shook his head with a smile, looking at the Jade Scroll in his hand, left by Hu Jin.

It recorded methods to nurture and repair a magical treasure, clearly intended for the Blood Evil Sword, whose spirituality had been damaged.

Compared to refining a lifebound treasure, even though this one had its spirituality damaged, it was still a Tier Three Middle Grade treasure.

Nurturing and repairing it was certainly easier than upgrading a new treasure from scratch.

"If the Blood Evil Sword can be truly repaired, even to Tier Three Upper Grade, it would indeed be a powerful treasure."

Lin Chang’an nodded silently. Though other people’s treasures could at most exert seventy to eighty percent of their power, a Tier Three Middle Grade treasure was far beyond the reach of ordinary Core Formation cultivators.

"Ordinary Core Formation cultivators cannot afford a Tier Three Middle Grade treasure."

Meanwhile, on the Bihai Palace ship disappearing into the clouds, Hu Jin looked down at the Jade Scroll in his hand, unable to help but click his tongue and say:

"Old Lin is indeed generous. This deal is certainly not a loss."

The Jade Scroll clearly recorded an upgraded version of the Tier Three Maze Five-Element Array. Previously, he and Lin Chang’an had collaborated to refine a quasi-Tier Three Maze Five-Element Array.

Now the Jade Scroll recorded which materials to add and how to upgrade the array disc and array flag without affecting the array patterns on the disc.

The details on the Jade Scroll were meticulous, including the manipulation details of the Tier Three Array.

No matter how strong the friendship, mutual benefit was necessary, for if only one side gained all the benefits, the bond would inevitably unravel.

...

In the Five Dragons Island Sea Region, with this market fair, various forces began to join hands to stabilize the situation.

After all, the turbulence over the past decades had affected everyone’s interests.

The Long Family, Profound Sound Pavilion, and two other Golden Core families joined forces to stabilize the situation, and other forces also began to resume normalcy.

Celestial Spring Peak.

[Life Span: 146//599]

[Realm: Core Golden Early Stage (3/100)]

"The Spirit Supplement Pill is only short of a Tier Three Middle Grade Demon Core. Looks like I need to check the Heaven-Reaching Mist Sea."

At this time, Lin Chang’an opened his eyes in the cave, frowning silently.

It’s not that he wanted to take risks, but Tier Three Middle Grade Demon Cores rarely appear on the market, usually traded among cultivators.

For example, his other identity as a Tier Three Pill Master, was only through the Profound Sound Pavilion’s effort to draw him in that he managed to trade for it.

If he relied on his skills to slowly accumulate spirit stones, waiting for the next trade meeting, it would waste his valuable cultivation time.

Although he was only 146 years old, each step in the Golden Core Realm is calculated in cycles of sixty or even a hundred years.

The other two auctions didn’t have what he needed, though other items tempted him, refining the Spirit Supplement Pill was most important.

"No wonder True Monarch Lu is so generous, improving the spirit root and Golden Core quality is difficult, few are willing to invest in their descendants."

Thinking of this, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but shake his head.

This was using a Tier Three Middle Grade Demon Core to refine the Spirit Supplement Pill, only to enhance a cultivator’s spirit root aptitude and Golden Core quality to a Middle Grade Spirit Root.

He possessed three Tier Three skills, and even decades later, he’d have four Tier Three skills.

For other ordinary Core Formation cultivators, even some Golden Core families and sects, such lavishness would be impossible.

"The resources for refining a Spirit Supplement Pill are almost enough to prepare for ten Core Formation opportunities."

This was just for improving Middle Grade aptitudes with the Spirit Supplement Pill; if the quality were higher, the consumption would be greater.

Even he hadn’t considered upper grade aptitudes.

Between the two, which is more vital?

Even a Nascent Soul influence couldn’t be so extravagantly wasteful.

Would such substantial resources be spent merely to elevate the aptitudes of a Middle Grade Spirit Root and Golden Core?

"Su Miaoyin is truly enviable."

Thinking of Su Miaoyin in her daoist robes, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but feel envious. She epitomized having a Nascent Soul parent in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

The Immortal Cultivation Realm is vast, and few like True Monarch Lu plan so extensively for their descendants.

"Only the very few Nascent Soul cultivators who have one or two descendants and value familial bonds would perhaps part with such resources."