Early in the morning, Hong Mei left Qingxi Studio with two disciples.
Different from when he came with Uncle Rongyuan, Master Hongmei was very confident and chose to travel with his two disciples using flying car artifacts.
"Master, is this too conspicuous?"
Sitting in the flying car, looking at the mountains and plains below, Yu Lou asked with slight worry.
"No harm done; even if there are two or three Qi practicing cultivators, they won't be able to defeat me. With more people, we can still run away."
While foundation-building cultivators have left their own foundation qi in the Immortal Alliance, it's even more impossible for them to become perishing cultivators."
Master Hongmei is truly corpulent and generous in heart; he seems to not take ordinary perishing cultivators seriously.
"This time, I'm going to show you the real spirit refining realm. Our destination is thousands of miles away, and the flying artifact is here to be used. If we don't use it, this trip would be too troublesome."
"The real spirit refining realm?"
Yu Lou and Yu An looked at each other, confused about what Master Hongmei meant.
"Although the Ten Sects are high above, there are even higher Immortal Alliances above them, and there are also many families and sects governed by Purple Mansions below."
At the intersections of the Ten Sects' territories, there often exist some special markets.
"I go to those markets in Qingxi Studio every two months, it's for business. Without the Red Lotus Refining Pool's water extraction, the profit would be much greater."
So it is......Yu Lou was somewhat enlightened.
He thought the Red Lotus could really control everything.
It seems there are also places beyond the Ten Sects' control in the world.
"Does the Ten Sects tolerate such behavior?" Yu An asked.
"The people in the Immortal Alliance and the disciples of the Purple Mansions are collaborating; the Ten Sects turn a blind eye, as long as it's not too excessive."
The wooden flying car artifact is incredibly fast, covering a distance of six hundred miles in just one morning.
In a picturesque valley, Master Hongmei stopped the flying car.
Below, there are two green mountains covered in dense forests, resembling green dragons lying on the ground. In the ravines between the mountains, a small river flows.
From the perspective of Qi layer five, Yu Lou could still see wild deer drinking water by the river.
Master Hongmei pointed to the ravine below and spoke to his disciples.
"This place is called Shuang Long Mountain. Though it doesn't have any nine-level spirit items, it is still a place abundant in spiritual energy."
Many isolated cultivators have built cave dwellings here, and your Wang family's merchant caravans sometimes pass through this place to do some business.
Take a close look; can you tell where the cave dwellings of the solitary cultivators are?"
Yu Lou looked for a long while, but his eyes were still tired and he couldn't find it.
"Please enlighten me, Master."
"Hahaha, there's one under that large stone, and another behind the waterfall by that pond. There are many more, at least ten or so."
"I used to stay here for years. Many of these cultivators are acquaintances of mine. Let's go down and take a look."
Yu Lou expressed concern.
"Master, why hasn't anyone noticed us coming? Isn't this a bit strange?"
"You don't understand, some of these scattered cultivators may transform into perishing cultivators. They're afraid of being hunted by the Ten Sects or large families, so they don't reveal their forms voluntarily."
Master Hongmei explained this and then activated his power, shouting.
"Brethren cultivators, no need to run, it's me, Hongmei."
Under the spell of his power, Master Hongmei's voice spread like a bell through the valley, startling the birds in the forest and causing the wild deer by the river to run away in a panic.
Soon, a scattered cultivator with high cultivation emerged from his cave dwelling, confirming that it was Master Hongmei.
"Damn fatty, why did you come back? Did you get caught selling subpar artifacts in Qingxi Studio?"
The person who came was a rough female cultivator with dark skin from long sun exposure, and she spoke in a brash manner.
"Third Sister, what do you mean about selling substandard artifacts being discovered? I'm just passing by to see some old friends. These two are my disciples, Yu Lou and Yu An."
"Have seen the senior."
This Third Sister appeared unremarkable, but her cultivation was also at the high level of Qi refining. Yu Lou quickly bowed with his younger brother.
"Great, Master Hongmei, may I also become your disciple?"
Third Sister didn't even glance at Hongmei's cheap disciples and instead wanted to directly become his disciple.
The other scattered cultivators who emerged also greeted Hongmei, who waved his hand and said.
"Let's not waste time. Third Sister, all of you, please inform the cultivators nearby."
"Tonight, let's gather and have a good chat. I brought a lot of artifacts this time, and you can also take a look if there are any you need."
Third Sister pursed her lips, but she didn't continue to cause trouble either.
"Is it still in your cave dwelling?"
"Yes, it will be troublesome."
Master Hongmei now possesses profound cultivation and has made a name for himself in Qingxi Studio.
His old friends naturally gave him face.
The scattered cultivators went to inform other cultivators, and Master Hongmei led Yu Lou and Yu An to the boundary between the two mountains of Shuanglong Mountain.
"Look at this, this is the place where the land veins gather. The two mountains intersect, and the water dragon emerges."
Without any mishaps, in a few hundred years, new nine-grade spirit items will be born here.
The methods for cultivating artifacts by searching for earthly vitality and the methods for adding vitality to formations through the gathering of earthly vitality in seal carving are almost the same.
High-grade spirit items require spiritual flavor, which is more complicated. Ordinary artifacts are not so troublesome, put in the right place to nourish for a few years, and the power can be greatly enhanced.
I've hidden an artifact here, which has been there for over three years. It's already reached the upper limit of artifact cultivation for this place."
As he spoke, Master Hongmei activated his divine sense, and within a short while, a white small shield flew out from the ground.
"It's also a mirror silver gold filament shield, but it uses two pieces of iron steel inside, with twenty-nine layers of restrictions."
Use your divine power to stimulate it and see if you can sense any differences.
Taking the mirror silver gold filament shield, Yu Lou was surprised by the strong spiritual energy it had.
His belt is a spirit item, a medium-grade spirit item given to him by the clan leader, but the spiritual flavor on the belt hasn't exceeded that of this upper-grade mirror silver shield by much.
"Is the method of spiritual energy cultivation so powerful?"
Master Hongmei smiled and shook his head, saying.
"Of course not. Cultivating for three years, the power of reinforcement can only last for three days, and after a fight, it will even only last for half an hour. During these half an hour, it will keep decreasing."
The method of spiritual energy cultivation has both advantages and disadvantages. Even with the method of Yinchun Qingxi cultivation, the duration will not be much longer.
That is, the large families build their clans based on spiritual items and cultivate them within the clan territory, which is where they have practical value. Scattered cultivators are not suitable for this cultivation method.
Bringing you here is to let you understand that when refining artifacts in the future, you should consider the characteristics of the spiritual energy of the place of refinement.
The refinement of ordinary artifacts doesn't require so many considerations, but spirit items do. Even the time of year must be taken into account when refining treasures.
For example, there was once a Purple Mansion, and in the summer, they used the sand in that vast desert to refine water attribute treasure weapons. As a result, that mallet was regarded as a joke by refiners for thousands and millions of years."
Yu Lou nodded thoughtfully, understanding the benefits of having a teacher.
Whether the inheritance of Master Hongmei's refinement comes from where it is doesn't matter, but this inheritance is truly extraordinary.
From the basic inheritance of fire refinement, to the inheritance of forbidden arts on gemstone artifacts, and now to the current inheritance of spiritual energy enhancement cultivation, though not profound, it is complete.
"Come on, take out your artifacts. I'll teach you the incantation, and let's try cultivating them for a few months."
Yu Lou was surprised and asked.
"This... Can our artifacts be cultivated here?"
The five elements intersect in the heavens and earth, but each element has its own unique characteristics. Since the mirror silver gold filament shield can be cultivated here, can their artifacts also be cultivated here?
"Spirit items are consumable items, so there's no need to worry so much about it. Spirit items do need to consider these things."
Master Hongmei speaks in the tone of a refinement master, treating ordinary practitioners and even many family cultivators' treasures as consumable items.
"Leave the artifacts down there, what if those scattered cultivators come to dig them up?" Yu An was rather vigilant.
The thing he is most satisfied with about his disciples is their caution, Master Hongmei smiled and explained.
"Hahaha, don't worry, I know those scattered cultivators. They're all wildlings and have no idea what spiritual energy cultivation is."
Under Master Hongmei's guidance, Yu Lou and Yu An quickly mastered the incantations of the spiritual energy cultivation method and buried their artifacts in this place.
Yu Lou buried a black jade cane, and Yu An buried the edge of his jade axe.
In the evening, the two followed Master Hongmei and his old friends from among the scattered cultivators for a small gathering on Shuanglong Mountain. Master Hongmei also sold three artifacts along the way.
However, they did not stay on Shuanglong Mountain for long; instead, they left that night.
