Zhao Di carefully put away the mid-grade Flame Crystal, waiting for the day when his equipment refinement skills would reach a higher level, at which point he could use this mid-grade Flame Crystal to refine some special functional top-grade magical equipment.

  He opened another jade box.

  "Blood Jade! No wonder!" This jade box also contains a fist-sized, bright and transparent crystal stone, with dense red spiral patterns inside the crystal, which is exactly the top-grade Fire Crystal Stone, also known as Blood Jade.

  Blood Essence Stone is a material that can be refined into a magic treasure, and only cultivators in the Dan Formation stage can use it. In each of the previous Dragon Valley missions, there was this treasure, and this time is no exception.

  It seems that as long as he safely spends a month in this valley, he will at least be able to obtain one Foundation Establishment Dan as a reward!

  With excitement and anticipation, Zhao Di opened the remaining two jade boxes. One of them contained a beautifully crafted piece of jade, but unfortunately, it was only an inferior magical artifact. He couldn't understand why it was placed in the box with such solemnity. The other long box contained a half-foot-long monkey-shaped puppet holding a small knife in its hand. Zhao Di couldn't recognize this object either. However, the small knife held by the monkey's hand was indeed an inferior magical artifact.

  Dazed Zhao Di opened the remaining wooden boxes, each containing one or several grains of various dan pills.

  Apart from the two Yi Jin Wan, Zhao Di recognized none of the others. There was a pink dan medicine that smelled like an alluring fragrance, he guessed that this dan medicine was probably the He Huan Dan mentioned by the young girl.

  This He Huan Dan's name, Zhao Di wasn't the first time to hear. In several books introducing Dan medicine, all mentioned this Dan.

  It is said that this Huānguì Dān is a kind of aphrodisiac holy medicine made from the essence of demonic beasts. Whoever takes this medicine, regardless of whether they are male or female, will lose their original nature and become consumed by lust, only thinking about seeking pleasure. The effect of the medicine can last for twelve hours, after which the person who took it will wake up and lose all memories of the time they were under its influence. Therefore, this medicine is often used by some cultivators who practice the art of absorbing yin to supplement yang to forcibly absorb and cultivate.

  Several other elixirs, each one pungent and foul-smelling, clearly not intended for human cultivators. Zhao Di speculated that they were probably used by the middle-aged cultivators of the Bai Ling Sect to cultivate spiritual beasts.

  Next, Zhao Di tidied up the jade slips one by one and gradually invaded some of his divine consciousness into them to see what was recorded on these jade slips.

  "Inviting Moon Incantation", a female-exclusive cultivation technique, was immediately set aside by Zhao Di.

  "Jade Maiden's Pure Heart Technique", Zhao Di only glanced at the title and put it aside, it was definitely another female cultivation method.

  "The Divine Beast Compendium", this is a specialized book that talks about how to incubate, cultivate, enhance and command divine beasts, it's extremely detailed, it must be something from the Hundred Spirits Sect. Zhao Di became even more convinced that this person had already met with misfortune.

  He guessed that the cultivators of the Bai Ling Gate had found the Blood Essence Stone, but were killed and robbed by the evil star of the Bai Qiao Gate. Before he died, he also seriously injured his opponent. The wounded evil star was then targeted by the second daughter of the Lan Yue Sect, who chased him all the way into the small forest.

  Actually, Zhao Di only guessed the ending correctly. The Blood Jade was indeed found by Bai Kao Men's nemesis himself. He had learned of its possible location from a predecessor who had entered the valley before him, and he made his way to a very secret cave on the waist of Jing Yu Peak as soon as he entered the valley. It was just that his entry point was far from Jing Yu Peak, and he was delayed by some monsters and cultivators along the way, so he arrived at Jing Yu Peak after Zhao Di and the others.

  As soon as he arrived at the peak, he found Zhao Di searching near the secret cave and recklessly chased him away. The ominous star searched for seven or eight hours in the secret cave and finally found a piece of Blood Essence Stone! At this time, the middle-aged man from Bailian Gate had unknowingly formed an alliance with the girl from Luan Yue Sect, and the two of them trapped the ominous star in the mountain cave together.

  The Baiqiao Gate's nemesis, with one against two, did not fall behind. However, soon after, the Yuan Yue Sect had another 13th-level cultivator arrive and join the siege. He was forced to use his extremely risky all-out attack, annihilating the Bai Ling Gate's cultivators in one fell swoop and escaping the encirclement. However, he himself also suffered a fatal counterattack from the opponent before their death, being bitten by their raised winged green snake and poisoned severely. Later, this person fled while fighting, escaping into the forest where Zhao Di was located, ultimately being killed by Zhao Di, who made him his burial clothes.

  Zhao Di continued to examine one by one jade slips with his divine sense.

  Several consecutive ones are task jade slips, which record some situations in Xiānglóng Valley and the target items and rewards issued within the sect. They are not much different from those of Tàixū Gate. The only difference is that some places have more detailed introductions than those of Tàixū Gate's jade slips, while others have fewer.

  Several tasks Jade Suan refer to each other, can also allow Zhao Di to get more information about Dragon Valley.

  "The Hundred Refinements Manual", a cultivation equipment manual, and a very detailed and comprehensive one at that! Zhao Di was overjoyed, thinking to himself: "Indeed, such a thing exists."

  The Baiqiao Gate, one of the seven sects, is famous in the Jin Yan Guo Xianxia world for its equipment refinement. The thirteen layers of evil stars are from the Baiqiao Gate, so it's not surprising that they have equipment refinement classics.

  Among so many jade slips, only this one is most useful for Zhao Di. He couldn't help but spend more time carefully studying it.

  An hour later, Zhao Di, who had cast the Concealment Technique and was walking along a desolate mountain path, felt extremely excited in his heart.

  This time's harvest was quite substantial. Apart from obtaining a Blood Crystal Stone, the Jade Slip of "Hundred Clever Spectrums" also brought him immense benefits!

  This jade slip not only contains detailed records of the refining methods of dozens of artifacts, but also systematically discusses some key points, keys and experiences related to artifact refinement. Especially some special techniques and experiences for refining top-grade artifacts are particularly valuable for Zhao Di.

  But that's not all, the last part of Jade Annals actually talks about how to refine spiritual instruments.

  This made Zhao Di extremely happy as he had always wanted to get his hands on the method of refining spiritual equipment!

  Because Zhao Di felt that the best way to make use of the endless spiritual stones in his hands was still through spiritual artifacts.

  If he had a few mid-grade spiritual artifacts in hand, he could completely go head-to-head with a Foundation Establishment cultivator. If he had high-grade spiritual artifacts in hand, he wouldn't even need to take a Foundation Establishment cultivator seriously!

  For other cultivators, the consumption of medium-grade spirit artifacts is too great. High-grade spirit artifacts require high-level spirit stones, which even Foundation Establishment stage cultivators cannot afford. As for low-grade spirit artifacts, although their consumption is not high, their power is also too small, and they are not as good as using magic tools! Therefore, in today's cultivation world, spirit artifacts are basically rarely used by anyone.

  But for Zhao Di, Ling Jue was the only thing that wasn't restricted by his cultivation level, it was the best way to preserve his life.

  He had searched everywhere for relevant classics on the refining of spiritual instruments. Unfortunately, this thing has been unattended in the immortal world for a long time, and no records can be found in various bookstores.

  The Baiqiao Gate is indeed worthy of being a renowned school of alchemy that has been passed down for thousands of years. As just a high-ranking disciple in the Qi Refining stage, he already possesses such a detailed and comprehensive manual on alchemy, even including records of the refining methods for spiritual artifacts.

  Thus, Zhao Di hurried along the road while inserting part of his divine consciousness into the jade slip of "Baicao Pu" in his hand, carefully examining the section about refining spiritual instruments.

  "The refinement of spiritual instruments originated from ancient cultivators, and now few people delve deeply into it. Generally speaking, the refinement of spiritual instruments is much easier than that of magical artifacts. However, using them consumes a huge amount of energy, so they are not widely spread in the cultivation world. To refine spiritual instruments, one must master certain refining techniques as well as the drawing of spiritual pathways and meridians. The so-called spiritual pathways and meridians refer to the network of lines and patterns engraved on the surface of the instrument, which connect the embedded spiritual stones to all parts of the instrument. Their function is to transmit the spiritual energy of the embedded stones throughout the entire instrument."

  "Various grades of spiritual tools, the refining techniques are roughly the same, but the requirements for the refining materials have a huge difference. Generally speaking, high-grade demon beast materials above level one and some materials that can refine top-grade artifacts can be used to refine mid-grade spiritual tools; while level five or higher demon beast materials and artifact-refining materials can only refine high-grade spiritual tools. However, unlike artifacts, refining high-grade spiritual tools does not require the dan fire tempering of a foundation establishment period cultivator. In other words, as long as there are good enough materials, a qi refinement period cultivator can also refine high-grade spiritual tools. Whether it is low-grade, mid-grade or high-grade spiritual tools, none of them can recognize their master like artifacts do. This is also one of the biggest drawbacks of spiritual tools..."

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