Monarch Of Time

Chapter 202 - 202 Refining the Golden Jade spirit tree

Shun Long opened his eyes and looked upwards, where 75 balls of qi were floating above his head inside the ʼMonarchʼs Hourglassʼ.

The balls of qi that were closer to the entrance of the hourglass, were shining with a golden color that was brighter than the rest, indicating that the qi inside them was evidently purer.

Although Shun Long hadnʼt reached the peak of rank 9 in Heaven grade, he was still satisfied with the results of his cultivation in the past 2 months.

After thinking for a moment, he then transferred the rank 4 ʼGolden Jade spirit treeʼ, from the herb garden of the ʼStone of Timeʼ to this place.

By now, Shun Long already had more than 10 fully-m.a.t.u.r.ed ʼGolden Jade spirit treesʼ in his herb garden.

Shun Long then turned to look at the tree in front of him that seemed as if it was made from pure gold, before he also took out a dozen more medicinal herbs from the ʼStone of TImeʼ.

It was finally time for him to refine the ʼSpirit nourishing pillsʼ.

Little Black who was also inside the foggy place along with his master now, stared at the golden tree with curiosity in his eyes.

Although he didnʼt know the use of the tree, the black dragon clearly remembered Shun Longʼs excitement, when he had seen the ʼGolden Jade spirit treeʼ at the half-fiend villageʼs entrance.

Shun Long however, knew about the use of this tree.

He already knew that in order for a cultivator to breakthrough from the peak of rank 9 in Heaven grade to the Spirit realm, 3 conditions needed to be met.

The first was, that the cultivatorʼs dantian had to acc.u.mulate enough qi until it had reached saturation. Shun Long knew that this was similar to him having 81 balls of qi inside the ʼMonarchʼs Hourglassʼ.

After all, although the ʼMonarchʼs Hourglassʼ was different from any other cultivation technique that he had currently seen, Shun Long didnʼt believe that the process of breaking would be different than most other cultivators, at least during the breakthrough to the Spirit realm.

The second condition, was for the cultivator to enhance their spiritual strength. In order to step into the Spirit realm, cultivators needed to enhance the power of their own spirit first. This was usually accomplished, by either spending countless hours in meditation, or by consuming precious pills that could help in this regard.

However, such pills were extremely scarce in the Night star continent, as both the medicinal herbs that were needed were extremely rare, and the alchemists who could refine such pills were almost all at the gold grade.

As for the third condition, it was for the cultivator to increase their comprehension of their Dao.

Without sufficient insights in their Dao, a cultivator wouldnʼt be able to break through to the Spirit realm, and would have to spend their life stuck at the peak of rank 9 in the Heaven grade.

As for Shun Longʼs rank 4 ʼSpirit enhancing pillʼ, it was precisely such a pill that could help enhance his spiritual strength.

Of course, the reason that Shun Long hadnʼt started to refine the ʼGolden Jade spirit treeʼ earlier and waited until his cultivation had advanced, was because of the difficulty in the refinement of the tree.

As a rare high-level rank 4 medicinal ingredient, the ʼGolden Jade spirit treeʼ was much harder to refine into medicinal essence than the rank 4 ʼSunskirt grassʼ.

Shun Long estimated, that even now that his cultivation had reached the early rank 9 in Heaven grade, he may still not succeed in the pill refinement.

After taking a deep breath, Shun Longʼs spiritual strength had reached its peak, as a small flame appeared beneath his cauldron.

A few minutes later, he then started to slowly place the medicinal herbs inside, refining them one after the other.

ʼʼRank 3 ʼSilverwood branchʼ, a handful of rank 3 ʼpurple illusion powderʼ, rank 2 ʼwhite-smoke fruitʼ...ʼʼ

Shun Long started to mumble as he continued with the refinement of the herbs.

Finally, a quarter of an hour later, Shun Long stared at the golden tree that was on his side, before he raised his left hand, and using his forefinger, he gently poked a hole on the treeʼs trunk.

A golden-colored liquid that resembled honey, had then started to flow from the ʼGolden Jade spirit treeʼ.

Shun Long used his spiritual strength, to guide the golden-colored liquid inside the cauldron.

However, this liquid was extremely resistant to spiritual strength, making Shun Long struggle to even guide it inside the cauldron.

The moment that the golden liquid entered inside the cauldron, Shun Long could feel a stinging pain in his head, almost as if his spiritual strength was suddenly being attacked.

Although the golden liquid wasnʼt a sentient being, any rare medicinal herb that involved the spiritual strength in any way, had a certain danger of backlash.

Shun Longʼs qi flame increased in strength, as it tried to purify the liquid and refine it into medicinal essence even faster than before.

The golden liquid however was greatly resistant to fire, making the refining process extremely slow.

Gritting his teeth, Shun Long then activated his second ʼMonarchʼs Domainʼ, but instead of having it envelop his own body, the blue light completely covered the golden liquid.

Beads of sweat were rolling down from Shun Longʼs forehead, but with the use of the Dao of Time, the golden liquid had started to rotate clockwise inside the cauldron, under the guidance of his spiritual strength.

Finally, more than an hour later, a strong medicinal scent erupted from the cauldron, while at the same time, Shun Longʼs qi flame was extinguished and he slumped on the ground.

His spiritual strength was almost completely drained by now, but he still willed himself to sit up and open the cauldronʼs lid.

Little Black was also staring at his masterʼs cauldron with anticipation in his eyes.

The moment that the lid of the cauldron was opened, 5 pills that were shining with a golden hue could be seen inside, emitting a powerful medicinal scent.

Shun Long wasnʼt disappointed when he saw that 2 of the pills were high-grade instead of top-grade.

Instead, he placed them in 2 different pill bottles, before he sat down to recover his spiritual strength.

3 hours later, his spiritual strength had recovered to its peak, but Shun Long didnʼt choose to consume the top-grade rank 4 ʼSpirit enhancing pillsʼ right away.

He could clearly feel that lately, although his cultivation base was advancing at a rapid rate, his combat strength hadnʼt reached his peak.

He was certain that if this situation continued and he didnʼt get fully used to his strength, his cultivation would start to stagnate in the future.

Without any hesitation, Shun Long simulated himself leaving the foggy place, as his body appeared back in the room of the inn.