Zhao's face revealed a smile, and he lightly raised his right hand to grasp one of the Condensed Spirit Dan that was wandering around. This Condensed Spirit Dan emitted a faint green glow, light as if it were nothing, like an illusion but not gas, and not an ordinary object with a physical body, exactly as recorded in the classics.

  "What changes would occur if this Congeal Spirit Pill were placed into the Qiankun Treasure Cauldron?"

  Zhao Di just thought for a moment and shook his head, denying his own idea.

  The essence contained in this Congealation Pill is definitely not the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but rather the power of yin souls. If it's put into a small cauldron, it will definitely not receive any enhancement.

  Although he said so, he still took out the agate stone from the small cauldron and put it into this Congxuan Dan.

  This Congealing Spirit Pellet seemed to sense the danger, struggling desperately to escape from the small cauldron, but Zhao Di immediately covered it with a lid.

  A moment later, when Zhao Di opened the cauldron lid again, there was no longer any sign of the Cong Xuan Dan inside. It had transformed into nothingness and vanished completely!

  It turns out that the Congealing Spirit Pellet is, after all, a form of existence belonging to the soul and spirit, and it belongs to a living being with residual vitality, so it cannot survive for even a moment in the small cauldron that isolates all vitality.

  At that time when Zhao Di was doing this failed experiment, You Lan and You Ruo had each taken a pill of Ning Huai Dan and were sitting in meditation to refine it.

  One night later, the two women had fully absorbed the yin soul energy from the Condensed Soul Pellet. Not only did they recover their peak state, but their cultivation also increased significantly! The fourth-grade demon soul's refined Condensed Soul Pellet was indeed a great tonic for the two women who were equivalent to mid-Foundational stage cultivators.

  After that, Zhao Di and the two women stayed in this stone room of the Earth Fire House, refining batch after batch of Condensed Spirit Pills, a total of over 2,000 to 3,000 pills. They used up almost all of Zhao Di's stored fourth- and fifth-grade demon souls.

  Only a tiny part of these Congealing Pellets was swallowed and refined by You Lan and her sister, while the rest were stored in several specially made black jade bottles.

  Three years passed in this stone room with just one person and two ghosts!

  "Youlan, after more than three years of cultivation, how is that piece of jade stone doing? Is its spiritual energy and age still increasing?" Zhao Di said softly to the girl who was observing a small cauldron, after completing eighty-one large cycles of meditation.

  "The age of this jade is still increasing, now it's probably around 3,000 to 7,000 or 8,000 years old. I've never seen such an ancient treasure like this before, and there are very few records in the classics, so I dare not estimate its exact age."

  "It can still increase! Could it really cultivate the legendary Wanyan Baojing Stone? That's the best material for a magic treasure mentioned in the classics, even an old freak in the Yuan Ying period would be envious!" You Ruo said in surprise.

  Zhao Di picked up the jade stone from the small tripod and examined it repeatedly for a long time, confirming that its age was definitely over 3,000 years, but as for the exact number, he couldn't judge it!

  Even a three-thousand-year-old treasure would be enough to refine a powerful magic weapon. But he was going to use this treasure to refine the Hunyuan Seven Star Sword and make it his life-bound magic weapon, so of course he had to be meticulous and do his best within his capabilities! So he didn't hesitate to put the Brimstone Stone back into the small cauldron, continuing to cultivate it.

  And he didn't need to stay on Wanjie Island for long, as the density of heaven and earth spiritual energy here was already slightly insufficient for his use!

  For him, rapidly improving his cultivation was the most important thing! And with the Five Spirits Root's qualifications, it was impossible to achieve this just by meditating, he must consume large amounts of sixth and seventh grade demon pellets refined into spiritual elixirs!

  Sixth and seventh grade demon pills are extremely rare in the market, even with spirit stones, it's hard to buy many!

  Therefore, going out to sea and killing large numbers of sixth and seventh grade demonic beasts is Zhao Di's only way out.

  With his current strength, possessing the Mixed Yuan Divine Light, two pieces of magical artifacts, one piece of high-quality spiritual equipment that is not weak in power, and coordinating with a large number of puppets holding middle-grade spiritual equipment and several sets of powerful spell arrays, he can barely cope with a single sixth-level demon beast. However, if he encounters multiple sixth-level demon beasts or seventh-level demon beasts, it will be difficult for him to do so effortlessly.

  Even with the help of Tianxiang Huanqing Array, the efficiency of hunting and killing demon beasts would not be too high, only slightly better than those formed by Jiedan period cultivators' demon-hunting teams, but still far from meeting Zhao Di's needs.

  To be able to hunt and kill large numbers of 6th or 7th level demonic beasts quickly, one must venture into the seas beyond the 7th island. There are many Foundation Establishment stage cultivators there, as numerous as the hairs on an ox, and most of them act in teams. To be able to protect oneself there, one's strength must also be greatly increased once again.

  There are many ways to increase strength, and for Zhao Di at present, there are two that are most likely:

  One is to refine a powerful life-bound artifact, making it invincible! The Hunyuan Seven-Star Sword can meet this requirement, but the materials for refining are still insufficient. Even if the fire coral and malachite leaves are gathered, the five treasures must be cultivated one by one, which will also take a lot of time. If all hope is pinned on this point, at least several decades of preparation time are needed! In these decades, his cultivation will almost stagnate!

  Secondly, he wanted to get a batch of foundation-building puppets and refine a large number of high-grade spiritual instruments. He would assemble them into an army of puppets controlled by the high-grade spiritual instruments, each puppet capable of exerting the attacking power of a Foundation Building cultivator. This way, his strength would immediately become extremely terrifying!

  After careful consideration, Zhao thought that these two methods did not conflict with each other and were both extremely important to him. Now he needed a lot of time to slowly cultivate and search for several treasures, which was just right to take advantage of this period to inquire about the information of the puppet in the foundation-building period.

  That long-held concern about Qianji Gate, it seems that I must delve deeper into it! He had heard that the current Qianji Gate is indeed a small sect in the Fangzhang Xian Island Sea area, and the highest cultivation within the sect is only two or three Dan-forming cultivators.

  Zhao Di came out of the Earth Fire House and once again summoned Shi Yao to the cave, where he handed over some matters and left behind a batch of useful elixirs, magical instruments, and spirit stones.

  After that, Zhao Di left Lugu Island again and came to the Fangshi of Penglai Fairy Island through the transfer array of Xingxing Island.

  Since he had come all this way, he went again to Galata to pay his respects to the venerable old monk Dingguang.

  Although the two treasures, fire coral and malachite leaf, have not been purchased here, according to the old monk, there are some clues about the malachite leaf.

  It is said that Wai Hai Shang Meng received a piece of 800-year-old jade, which will be publicly auctioned off in half a year.

  Zhao Di had originally planned to go to No. 1 Island, and now that he had a clue about Manao Ye here, he naturally wouldn't let it slip away.

  He didn't leave Galota immediately, but had a hearty conversation with the old monk, starting from the way of refining instruments to various strange and unusual events. The old monk's knowledge was really vast and profound, not only the current situation of the Starry Sky Sea Xianxia, but also many ancient legends were well-known, and after talking to this person, it was like reading a big and complete ancient book, which made Zhao Di gain a lot!

  Just two contacts, the old monk left a very good impression on Zhao Di's mind! According to legend, the old monk in charge of Galota has a wide range of connections and has intersections with the three major forces, especially with the Buddhist family. With the old monk's interpersonal skills, the legend is indeed true!

  After bidding farewell to the old monk, Zhao Di did not return to his cave dwelling on Yu Qing Peak to rest for a while. Instead, he directly used the transmission array at the top of Yun Tai Peak and arrived at No. 1 Island located in the outer starry sky.

  According to Zhao Di's understanding from classics and others' conversations, this island is the foundation of all human monks in the entire Xingchen. The island is extremely large, even larger than the big island of Xixing, with numerous monks cultivating different techniques, as well as billions of ordinary people living there.

  The monks stationed on Island No. 1 have the strongest defense, and they are the most numerous. In all the beast tides that have occurred in the past, Island No. 1 has always been safe and sound. Moreover, as long as this island is still standing, within a short period of several decades after the beast tide passes, it can rely on its own strength to restore order to the Starry Sky once again.

  (Second update, the next chapter will be a VIP chapter, hope everyone continues to subscribe and support! From the comments of book friends, it can be known that this book is seriously slow-burning, the front is dull, and the truly wonderful parts are all in the back.)