Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 444 - 439: Good Luck Comes Knocking, Soul-Extinction Radiance_1

Chapter 444: Chapter 439: Good Luck Comes Knocking, Soul-Extinction Radiance_1

The offering to True Disciples was not within Jia Ren’s consideration, for he was not someone who lived off offerings.

"Do we still need to pay a visit to the Chu Family?" Jia Ren hinted indifferently, as if he had just thought of something.

"Of course," Chu Yinan replied casually, without realizing the implication of the question.

Who knows if this could be a trap, a scheme to lure him away from the Sect? One should not entertain malicious intentions, but it is always wise to guard against them. Having been deceived before, nearly tricked out of Sect control, any invitation that entailed leaving the Sect always raised his guard.

"Let me give it some thought," he said.

Though he spoke those words, Jia Ren had no intention of joining.

"Master Jia must consider it carefully," Chu Yinan said with a smile. "I hear Master Jia has been looking for spatial spiritual materials. As luck would have it, the Chu Family happens to possess a piece of Kongling Bright Crystal. If Master Jia is willing to join the Chu Family, the Kongling Bright Crystal will be offered with both hands."

Chu Yinan, having inquired about Jia Ren’s situation, knew that he was searching for spatial spiritual materials and thus brought it up.

Is it just a pie in the sky? Show me the real benefits! Rather than embarking on ’adventures’, he would prefer to work in the Lingbao Sect for decades more.

While thinking this, Jia Ren responded with a smile, "If I were to take up a position, the Chu Family would be my first consideration." Of course, that’s predicated on the assumption that I would leave the Sect. Just like the benefits promised by Chu Yinan, it ultimately remained a castle in the air, unfulfilled.

"The Chu Family will surely welcome you with open arms." After Chu Yinan finished his recruitment pitch, they shared a look, a moment of silence passing between them before they bid farewell and departed.

Jia Ren put the matter out of his mind and walked towards the Spirit Law Pavilion.

The nearby stalls were numerous, and there was an abundance of spiritual materials. Most of them were the same spiritual materials that had been on sale previously; the truly valuable items had already been snatched up.

Grey-robed Protectors could occasionally be seen patrolling the area, helping Lingbao Sect Cultivators locate suitable treasures. This also highlighted the benefits of having Protectors: someone else dealt with trivial matters, saving cultivators the trouble of venturing out to find resources. Suitable spiritual materials could also be secured in advance, which was both convenient and efficient.

As he swept past the stalls, he encountered several fine spiritual materials. Materials acquired from the Giant Forest Secret Realm were exchanged for those suitable for refining Spiritual Treasures.

"Kongling Bright Crystal?" Jia Ren stopped at a stall, gazing at the milky-white gem on display, its internally layered structure giving the impression of a vast inner world. His expression turned odd.

He had just learned of Kongling Bright Crystals and didn’t expect to come across a genuine one so soon. His luck was incredibly good; the primary material for the Mountain and Sea Pearl was now secured.

Unlike the Demon-Sealing Tower, this treasure needed to be crafted perfectly. The Mountain and Sea Pearl was mostly intended as a personal spatial storage, so as long as the core Spirit Patterns were successfully implemented and it was integrated into a coherent system, it would suffice.

"How do you exchange for the Kongling Bright Crystal?" Jia Ren approached the stall, inquiring directly about the item.

"It can be exchanged for fire-type spiritual materials. The quantity depends on the quality, ranging from an even swap to a five-to-one exchange," the stall owner explained. Spiritual materials were also differentiated by grades, and materials of different qualities would markedly affect the outcome of refining Spiritual Treasures. The exchange rate for spiritual materials in the Refining Palace varied greatly, with differences up to fivefold.

"I don’t have fire-type spiritual materials, but what about wood-type spiritual materials?" Jia Ren offered. The Giant Forest Secret Realm mainly produced wood-type spiritual materials, with the occasional earth-type material. The only fire-type spiritual material he had was the Blazing Sun Spirit Jade from the Black Gold Desert, which was only slightly inferior in quality to the Blood Spirit Phoenix Marrow Jade.

When Jia Ren presented the Blazing Sun Spirit Jade, the stall owner’s eyes lit up. After a moment’s hesitation, he said, "The Blazing Sun Spirit Jade plus one piece of wood-type spiritual material."

Jia Ren nodded, handed over a segment of Azure Golden Vine, and completed the trade.

The exchange wasn’t a loss; spatial spiritual materials were much rarer, and compared to them, fire-type spiritual materials were relatively easier to find. If he missed this opportunity, finding another Kongling Bright Crystal wouldn’t be so easy.

Securing the desired spatial spiritual material right at the start, Jia Ren was in high spirits. He then continued to shop around at various stalls, exchanging spiritual materials and amassing quite a haul.

Once done with his business, Jia Ren headed straight for his Cave to practice his Divine Skills and secret techniques.

Heart-Mind Sensing, Yama Heavenly Child, and Ji Kong Palm were manageable, but the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique was the focus of his cultivation.

Jia Ren had acquired this body refining technique but had not yet started practicing it; he was stuck at the entry-level. The most critical issue was the selection of Magic Artifacts and Magical Treasures.

After finishing the creation of the Heavenly Fire God Cover, he had reviewed the Lingbao Sect’s relevant Magic Artifacts several times. Combined with the ideas forming in his mind, he finally had some direction.

Jia Ren entered the Refining Workshop in his Cave. Making ordinary Magic Artifacts was easy, so there was no need to go to the Refining Palace to use the Spirit Treasure Refining Furnace.

Under the heat of the Purple Sun Divine Fire, the various materials melted at an astonishing speed without compromising their fundamental nature. In less than two Hours, he had crafted a Top-grade Magical Instrument. The efficiency of his Artifact Refining was terrifying!

The Magic Artifact was named the Extinguishing Spirit Pearl. Once deployed, it could create a specific Extinguishing Spirit Zone. Within such zones, Cultivators were unable to absorb nature’s spiritual energy.

This was just the initial stage of the Dusk Treasured Light, with limited influence. At the Magic Artifact grade, it could only affect a radius of a hundred zhang at most, so its effect was limited. To think that such a Magic Artifact could deal with Divine Transformation Cultivators was pure wishful thinking. It was unlikely to have much impact on them.

"The quality is merely average. I must continue refining!" The Extinguishing Spirit Pearl he had just refined, his first attempt, was actually of exceptionally high quality—a level that even a Refining Master would struggle to achieve. Yet, Jia Ren was not satisfied. He took out more materials and continued, determined to forge the very best Extinguishing Spirit Pearl.

The quality of the Extinguishing Spirit Pearl determined the expanse of the Extinguishing Spirit Zone—the higher the quality, the larger the affected area. He forged over twenty of them in one go before finally stopping the refinement of this type of Magic Artifact.

The well-crafted Extinguishing Spirit Pearls were casually tossed into the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower to be further enhanced by Sacrificial Fire.

The Extinguishing Spirit Pearls Jia Ren refined were extraordinary. He had incorporated the Inscription of Fire Transmission, allowing them to absorb the Sacrificial Fire transformed by the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower. Though the conversion efficiency wasn’t as high as that of the Coherent Spirit Pattern, it was sufficient. A mere trace of Sacrificial Fire had nearly caused the Magic Artifact-grade Extinguishing Spirit Pearls to burst.

"Success!" Jia Ren exclaimed. "Let’s test its power first, shall we?"

Jia Ren took out the most perfect Extinguishing Spirit Pearl he possessed and casually poured Spiritual Power into it to activate. After all, the Extinguishing Spirit Pearl was only of Magic Artifact grade; it could affect a hundred-zhang area, creating a hundred-zhang Extinguishing Spirit Zone.

"I can begin now!" Choosing the Treasure Light was an irreversible decision; once confirmed, it could not be altered. Jia Ren had made his decision and didn’t hesitate. Holding the Extinguishing Spirit Pearl, his palm darkened.

"Treasure Light Body Refining Technique!" The Extinguishing Spirit Pearl shone brightly, emanating a grey Treasure Light unique to itself. The Treasure Light appeared swiftly but vanished even more quickly. The Extinguishing Spirit Pearl’s light dimmed; it had sustained significant damage.

This was not permanent damage to the Magic Artifact. Once placed into the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, its Treasure Light would replenish at an astonishing rate. It was like a phone that had run out of battery; after being charged, it could be used repeatedly.

He absorbed the Treasure Light, converting it into the Soul-Extinction Radiance for the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique, one cycle after another.

Other Cultivators practicing the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique always used Spirit Stones to pave the way, refining a large number of homologous Magic Artifacts to constantly absorb Treasure Light. Poorer Cultivators could only slowly restore the Treasure Light of their Magic Artifacts and Magical Treasures, recycling them. The two groups improved at vastly different speeds.

After nearly ten such cycles, the Soul-Extinction Radiance finally reached its limit.

"Soul-Extinction Radiance!" Jia Ren unleashed the Soul-Extinction Radiance. The surrounding Spiritual Energy began to recede at an astonishing rate, and the affected area gradually expanded. In a short time, a thousand-zhang area turned into a Spiritless Zone.

This was the limit of the first layer of the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique. After reaching the second layer, the intensity and affected area of the Soul-Extinction Radiance would continue to grow with the absorption of Treasure Light.

Jia Ren didn’t pause but continued to improve his Proficiency Level. Half a day passed, and the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique smoothly advanced to the second layer.

He wasn’t in a hurry to find and refine a second type of Magic Artifact. Instead, he once again absorbed Treasure Light from the Extinguishing Spirit Pearl, taking it in completely until he reached the limit of the second layer.

The Treasure Light Body Refining Technique circulated, a grey light surging as he tested the range and area that the Soul-Extinction Radiance could affect.

"The affected area can reach up to twenty li?!" The Soul-Extinction Radiance from the second layer of the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique had an expanded range, capable of affecting up to twenty li. Within this twenty-li radius, an Extinguishing Spirit Zone formed, devoid of even a trace of nature’s spiritual energy.

The exclusion of Spiritual Energy wasn’t instantaneous; it gradually sealed off nature’s spiritual energy. It was fairly effective against Low-Order Cultivators but somewhat underwhelming against High-Order Cultivators. High-Order Cultivators possessed astonishing Escape Speeds; if they detected the problem in time, they could easily flee the affected range. Hopefully, incorporating Spirit-Dispersing Radiance later on will solve this problem.

Although the Magic Artifact’s base effect is somewhat lacking, if the Soul-Extinction Radiance’s range of influence continues to expand, its power will become extremely formidable.

Several divine consciousnesses swept towards Jia Ren’s Cave; Lingbao Sect Cultivators had detected the anomaly in the Spiritual Energy here. Cultivators usually preferred the nature’s spiritual energy around their abodes to be as dense as possible, yet this fellow was keeping the rich nature’s spiritual energy at bay... His abode was extremely far from other Cultivators’ Caves, so not many took notice.

Jia Ren ceased his testing, a more accurate assessment forming in his mind.

"Next, I can start refining the second Magic Artifact."

The Treasure Light Body Refining Technique was divided into eight layers. Each time one ascended a layer, a new type of Magical Treasure could be absorbed to be used as a body-refining Treasure Light. The first and second layers involved Magic Artifact Treasure Light, capable of possessing only one type of Treasure Light effect. The third and fourth layers involved Magical Treasure-grade Treasure Light, possessing two Treasure Light effects. The fifth and sixth layers involved Mystic Treasure Grade Radiance; each such Treasure Light possessed three effects.

For the first layer, he had chosen Soul-Extinction Radiance, and for the second layer, it was still Soul-Extinction Radiance. This saved him the trouble of refining a new Magic Artifact and also increased the range and area of influence of the Soul-Extinction Radiance.

Once two streams of Soul-Extinction Radiance had formed, their combined effect was not a simple one-plus-one-equals-two; the range of influence reached forty li.

One couldn’t have overly high expectations for a Treasure Light that was merely sufficient for dealing with Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The Dusk Treasured Light was Jia Ren’s concept. He desired to create this ’Land of Dusk,’ and for that, its area of influence needed to be sufficiently vast. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry could easily escape the influence of the Dusk Treasured Light, how could it ever display its full power? The conceived Dusk Treasured Light would be utterly useless then. Once my Dusk Treasured Light reaches its ultimate state and can affect the entire Mysterious Realm, I will embody the Age of Dusk! 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

He continuously elevated the Proficiency Level of his Treasure Light Body Refining Technique. In just ten days, he successfully broke through to the third layer.

Jia Ren absorbed the Treasure Light from the Extinguishing Spirit Pearl, pushing it to its limits. The area affected by Soul-Extinction further expanded, shockingly reaching one hundred and twenty li—an astonishing improvement.

With the first two Treasure Lights having reached their peak, it’s now time to consider Magical Treasure-grade Treasure Light.