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Chapter 156: Refining the Qiankun Yqi Bag
"Little Li, and the Lihu Ding!"
Lu Qing suddenly thought that Little Li's appearance and the gradual recovery of the Lihu Ding might have been signs of something.
Little Li was a spirit beast, and the Lihu Ding was a spiritual artifact.
Both were related to spiritual energy.
Could this indicate that the spiritual energy of this world was quietly beginning to recover?
Perhaps it had gone unnoticed because the recovery was too slow and the path to immortality had been severed.
After all, according to the records of the Tiandao Sect on the jade tablet, it takes a full 60,000 years for spiritual energy to wax and wane in its cycle.
"If this is true, we must prepare in advance."
Lu Qing's eyes turned solemn.
If spiritual energy was truly recovering, it would herald a great change after countless years.
The entire world order would likely undergo significant shifts.
Lu Qing couldn't believe that the once-renowned immortal cultivation sects, which controlled the world's power and resources, had truly perished.
With his knowledge of immortal cultivation, he knew their methods were far more profound than those of mere martial artists.
They must have had some plan in place.
He preferred to believe that they were biding their time, waiting for the day when spiritual energy would truly recover to a significant extent.
"However, this may also be an opportunity for me," Lu Qing murmured to himself.
Whether those immortal cultivation sects were lying low or had perished, the fact remained that immortal cultivators were scarce in this era.
Because, before spiritual energy fully recovered, Lu Qing might be able to seize the initiative.
Just like this time, he had acquired a spiritual artifact with minimal cost.
Even during the peak of immortal cultivation, spiritual artifacts were extremely rare.
Many small sects didn't possess any, and larger sects might have only one or two as their foundation.
For him to obtain one so easily was an incredible stroke of luck.
Lu Qing took out the Qiankun Yqi Bag.
He gently caressed the intricate patterns on the bag.
He suddenly thought that due to the depletion of spiritual energy, many renowned spiritual artifacts from the immortal cultivation era might be in a weakened state, reduced to little more than ordinary objects like the Qiankun Yqi Bag.
While most were likely taken by the immortal cultivation sects, there might still be some left in the world.
If he could find them, it would be a tremendous windfall.
The thought excited Lu Qing.
While the end of the immortal cultivation era was a disaster for those cultivators, it presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.
After indulging in his thoughts for a while, Lu Qing calmed his mind and prepared to refine the Qiankun Yqi Bag.
Although he hadn't found any inheritance within the bag, the inheritance he obtained from the Lihu Ding included a method for refining artifacts.
Fortunately, Lu Qing could just barely employ that method.
Holding the Qiankun Yqi Bag, Lu Qing channeled his spiritual power from the Yinxu acupoint in his brow, extending a thread of it into the bag.
Soon, he sensed the restrictions within the bag.
If he could refine these restrictions, he would be able to control this spiritual artifact.
Following the secret refinement method of the Lihu Sect, Lu Qing manipulated his spiritual power to begin refining the restrictions bit by bit.
Days earlier, Lu Qing wouldn't have been able to perform this refinement method.
Chapter: "The Qiankun Yqi Bag's Previous Owner"
After condensing his third Divine Soul rune the previous night and establishing a foundation for his natal talisman, Lu Qing's Divine Soul power had made significant progress, though it was still somewhat lacking.
The Qiankun Yqi Bag had been dormant for countless years, its sentience greatly diminished, and its restrictive might severely weakened.
Lu Qing's refinement process went smoothly, and with minimal effort, he managed to refine the controlling restrictions of the bag.
As the final layer of restrictions was penetrated by his Divine Soul power, Lu Qing's heart trembled as he sensed a stream of information flowing into his mind.
He turned his thoughts over, instantly understanding the various functions and wonders of the Qiankun Yqi Bag.
First, just as he had previously discovered through his psychic probe, the Qiankun Yqi Bag was a spatial spiritual artifact.
Not only did it contain a vast space, but it could also store items and accommodate creatures to live temporarily within.
Additionally, it harbored formations that could alter the climate and environment within a ten-mile radius, manipulate clouds and wind, and unleash powerful gale-force winds to annihilate enemies—truly formidable.
Of course, these wonders described the Qiankun Yqi Bag at its peak.
Now, with the scarcity of spiritual energy, the bag had gone far too long without nourishment, causing the formations and restrictions within to weaken to the point of stagnation, making them incredibly difficult to activate.
For the time being, Lu Qing could only make use of its item storage function.
Moreover, he could only store inanimate objects and not living beings.
This was well within Lu Qing's expectations, so he didn't feel disappointed.
If the formations and restrictions of the Qiankun Yqi Bag hadn't been so severely weakened, he wouldn't have been able to refine and control a spiritual artifact so easily with his current realm.
He was clear-headed about the gains and losses of the situation.
With a slight movement of his heart, Lu Qing's consciousness entered a profound space.
This space was quite vast, and within it was a desolate, empty expanse.
"Hmm?"
Lu Qing's expression stirred, and in the next moment, his consciousness arrived at a corner of the space.
He was pleasantly surprised by what he saw there.
"Could these be the spiritual materials left by the previous owner of the Qiankun Yqi Bag?"
With a thought, a small pile of items appeared in the room.
Lu Qing had taken out all the contents of the Qiankun Yqi Bag.
There were over ten jade bottles, some withered herbs, and several large blocks of pitch-black ore that resembled iron.
Lu Qing first examined the jade bottles.
He found them either empty or containing nothing but decayed medicinal residue, useless.
He then used his psychic powers to inspect the withered herbs.
Indeed, they were spiritual herbs, but without exception, they had all withered and lost their medicinal potency.
Lu Qing felt a twinge of disappointment but understood that this was to be expected.
Spiritual energy had been in decline for tens of thousands of years, and even the Qiankun Yqi Bag had nearly degenerated into a mundane object due to lack of nourishment.
How could it possibly preserve the spirituality of the objects within?
However, holding on to a glimmer of hope, Lu Qing turned his attention to the blocks of ore.
Soon, a dense red light emerged from the ore.
[Otherworldly Meteorite: A mysterious meteorite that fell from the heavens and was buried deep underground for countless years.]
[Extremely heavy and hard, it is an invaluable material.]
[It possesses exceptional receptivity, making it one of the best materials for crafting artifact embryos.]
After reading the information that surfaced from the ore, a delighted expression appeared on Lu Qing's face.
(End of Chapter)
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