Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 152: Chapter 151: 3000 Zhang

A month’s time flashed by in an instant.

During this time, Xiao Yi was busying himself, traveling to the trading company to purchase medicinal herbs, then refining elixirs, and trading with other Demon Hunting Teams.

The reason why alchemists make money quickly is that the elixirs they refine are worth 10 to 20 times—or even more—the value of the materials used.

Especially the Perfect Level elixirs that Xiao Yi refined, which could serve as hard currency.

With just a purchase of about two million in herbs from the trading company, he had refined over two thousand fourth-grade Perfect Elixirs.

In the Eighteen Cities of Eastern Desolate, there were numerous martial artists.

Correspondingly, there were also many trading companies.

At the headquarters of the Gale Demon Hunting Team.

Xiao Yi looked at the piles of Qiankun Bags and felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

”Master Yi Xiao,” Captain Ning Hao said, ”these are the goods from fifteen Demon Hunting Teams.”

”The goods from each Demon Hunting Team are more or less the same, two hundred Fourth-level Demon Beast Essence Blood, two hundred cores; about two thousand Third-level Demon Beast Essence Blood, and two thousand cores.”

Xiao Yi nodded and asked, ”There weren’t any unpleasant incidents, were there?”

”None,” Ning Hao said with a smile. ”They know that Master Yi Xiao is trading Perfect Level elixirs with them, and the price is even higher. They couldn’t be happier.”

”That’s good,” Xiao Yi nodded.

With a grand gesture, Xiao Yi swept up the piles of Qiankun Bags one by one.

”Captain Ning Hao, I have other urgent matters and will not stay longer. I will remember your assistance this time; if there is anything I can help with in the future, just let me know.”

”Master Yi Xiao is too polite,” Ning Hao bowed his hands.

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Qiankun Bags cannot be repeatedly filled with the same items.

With such a large pile of Qiankun Bags, it was difficult for Xiao Yi to carry them all. He enveloped them with Spiritual Energy and then sprouted his Purple Flame Wings, flapping away.

He didn’t go to the Demon Beast Forest.

Instead, he headed for the wilderness beyond the city.

The Eighteen Cities of the Eastern Desolate were distributed in a curve.

Ahead lay the vast Demon Beast Forest, while behind were other major cities.

Between city and city, apart from the official roads, there were wild and desolate ridges.

After flying for a couple of hundred miles or so, Xiao Yi stopped.

He randomly chose a small hill, punched out a cave, concealed it properly, and then walked inside.

He planned to refine Pure Elixirs and completely break his core and transform his meridians.

These wild ridges, though not as dangerous as the Demon Beast Forest, still harbored some weaker demon beasts.

During a breakthrough, the last thing he wanted was a disturbance; naturally, Xiao Yi had to make thorough preparations.

Sitting cross-legged, Xiao Yi took out the Separation Fire Gold Furnace, all kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as well as Demon Beast Cores, and began refining elixirs in earnest.

He had plenty of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and there was no worry of shortage.

As for Demon Beast Cores, adding those he previously had to the ones he hunted down himself, and those traded from the sixteen Demon Hunting Teams:

Four thousand eight hundred Fourth-level Inner Cores.

Nearly forty thousand Third-level Inner Cores.

In the days that followed, he refined elixirs tirelessly, day and night.

It took a full ten days before he finally stopped.

Excessive fatigue made his complexion pale, his body somewhat weak.

But his achievements were indeed astonishing.

Each batch of elixirs he refined was placed into a Qiankun Bag.

Now, more than a dozen Qiankun Bags were filled to the brim.

He believed that if all the elixirs inside were poured out, they would certainly pile up like a mountain.

Nineteen hundred Pure Profound Cave Pills.

Twenty thousand Pure Innate Pills.

Each Pure Elixir required two Demon Beast Cores to refine.

”If I wasn’t an alchemist, and my refining speed wasn’t fast enough, it would take ten years to save up so many elixirs.”

Looking at the Qiankun Bags in front of him, Xiao Yi felt a wave of emotion.

These more than twenty thousand elixirs, if one were to talk about their value, that would be astronomical.

Just the materials, the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and the Demon Beast Cores, together they amounted to tens of millions of taels.

This was still considering that the Demon Beast Cores were traded directly through the Demon Hunting Teams, which made the price cheaper.

If purchased through the normal channels, at the various trading companies, the price would skyrocket several times over.

”Leaving the Sword Sect, it’s been nearly eight months, and now I’m finally fully prepared.”

”I want to see just what kind of Qi Spring will form, given all the efforts I’ve made.”

Xiao Yi’s lips curled into a smile filled with anticipation.

He devoured the elixirs one after another, quickly transforming them into massive medicinal power.

Normally, even with Pure Elixirs, it would take about half an hour for the elixir’s power to be fully absorbed.

But Xiao Yi had the Ice Phoenix Sword and the Fire Control Beast, two Martial Souls that could absorb the medicinal power in an instant.

By the time 5,000 Elixirs had been consumed, the Ice and Fire Qi Pill and the Nine True Veins began to show signs of melting.

By the way, the 300 pure Profound Cave Pills swallowed at the Sky-splitting Sword Sect last time were not without effect.

The effect, however, was not very noticeable, roughly around ten percent.

That is to say, the Ice and Fire Qi Pills and the Nine True Veins had already melted somewhat before.

Now, the 5,000 Elixirs were continuing to melt the Qi Pills and True Veins on top of the previous absorption.

After completely consuming the 20,000 Innate Pills.

The Ice and Fire Qi Pill and the Nine True Veins had mostly melted.

At the same time, a more intense joy appeared on Xiao Yi’s face.

He knew he had not miscalculated the amount of Elixir he needed.

The remaining 1,900 pure Profound Cave Pills were enough to completely melt the Qi Pill and True Veins.

Indeed, when the remaining Elixirs were completely consumed and their medicinal strength absorbed.

The process of Breaking Core and Transforming Meridians was already complete.

The Qi Pill as the foundation and the True Veins as the material, it led to the formation of the Qi Spring and the Small World.

Inside his body, the melted Qi Pill and True Veins had turned into a strange energy.

This energy mingled and collided with each other.

The next step was to congeal the Qi Spring.

This step had been demonstrated by Elder Yi before. Xiao Yi implemented it as smoothly as clouds and flowing water, with no complications.

Before long, as this step ended, there was an explosive surge of incredible momentum from Xiao Yi.

With a loud boom, the surrounding Spiritual Energy burst forth wildly.

This was a sign of a breakthrough in the Cultivation Realm.

At this moment, Xiao Yi had stepped into the Mysterious Profundity Realm.

Without time to indulge in his joy, he immediately performed introspection.

Inside his body, the Ice and Fire Qi Pill and the nine True Veins had already disappeared.

In their place, where the Qi Pill had been, there emerged a mass of stable energy.

Through this energy, Xiao Yi suddenly saw an immensely vast world.

That was his Small World, his very own patch of heaven and earth within his body.

No one else could even catch a glimpse of it, besides him.

This world, the Small World, was precisely 6,666 zhang in length, width, and height.

Not a fraction more, not a fraction less.

At the very center of the Small World was a huge, dried-up Qi Spring.

The Qi Spring measured 3,333 zhang in length, width, and height.

Again, not a fraction more, not a fraction less.

”3,333 zhang,” Xiao Yi inhaled sharply.

Above this vast Qi Spring, two Martial Souls stretched across.

They were none other than the Ice Phoenix Sword and the Fire Control Beast.

After the formation of the Small World, a Martial Artist’s Martial Souls would also enter the Small World.

The size and strength of the Small World must be able to bear the entry of one’s own Martial Souls.

This is why the size of the Small World is related to the Martial Soul Rank.

Xiao Yi suddenly recalled Elder Yi’s words from before.

The most outstanding genius of the Outer Sect of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect had a Qi Spring that measured 150 zhang in length, width, and height.

For the Inner Sect geniuses, it was 200 zhang, while the most excellent one reached 300 zhang.

The difference between ordinary geniuses and super geniuses was just a hundred or so zhang.

He had jumped straight to over 3,000 zhang.

Moreover, considering Elder Yi’s experience, a 500 zhang Qi Spring was already legendary and he had never even seen one.

It was inconceivable just how abnormal a Qi Spring over 3,000 zhang was.

However, Xiao Yi thought again, his Qi Spring was meant to bear the weight of the Ice Phoenix Sword.

Perhaps only a Qi Spring of this terrifying scale was worthy of bearing the Ice Phoenix Sword.

”Ha!” Xiao Yi felt strength throughout his body and shouted loudly.

With a punch, he shattered the stones of the cave and leaped out.

Now, he was not using the Purple Flame Fire Wings to gather momentum but was purely relying on his own ability to control the air for flight.

After reaching the Mysterious Profundity Realm, he distinctly felt that through the connection with the Small World inside him, he had a certain control power over the real world.

The Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth seemed like sprites, dancing before his eyes and under his command.

”Converge,” Xiao Yi shouted loudly.

In an instant, the Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth, spanning ten thousand meters, surged toward him.

He remembered when Murong Mo had trapped him; at most, Murong could manipulate the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy within a few hundred meters.