The Quest for Immortality

Of course, in such a situation, the Magical Treasure would most likely be destroyed after taking the hit.

But having a destroyed Magical Treasure is always better than losing one’s life.

Another direction is the enhancement of the body through Magical Treasures, as the name suggests, they can directly enhance a cultivator’s physical body.

This is Mo Hua’s major shortcoming.

But upon examining it, these types of Magical Treasures are similarly high-end and extremely secretive as Tao cultivation inheritances, far out of reach for the average cultivator.

The unified name for body-enhancing Magical Treasures is ”Copper Skin Iron Bone.”

It is a high-end, sophisticated, and unusual ”Magical Treasure” inheritance that entails not only Artifact Refining but also Alchemy and some Formation functions.

”Copper Skin Iron Bone” is divided into two types: external skin planting and inner bone implant.

In the cultivator’s skin, certain liquid metals and irons can be implanted to cover the skin, forming ”Copper Skin” or ”Scale Armor,” rendering the cultivator impervious to blades or spears.

Within the bones of the cultivator, certain special gold and jade materials can be implanted to strengthen the bones, similarly enhancing the cultivator’s physique to an unparalleled level.

Magical Treasures implanted into skin and bones are collectively referred to as ”Copper Skin Iron Bone.”

Of course, this is just a general term; in practice, there will be gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, stone, white jade, etc., for different skins and various bones.

These kinds of Magical Treasures have special forms, materials, and inheritance, and even their nurturing or refining methods are distinct, representing top-tier family inheritances.

”Copper Skin Iron Bone...”

Mo Hua was somewhat tempted.

Integrating into the skin and bones, they are hidden and convenient, providing all-around enhancement to the body.

Moreover, it sounds very impressive.

The main point is, there is no prerequisite for prior ”nurturing,” and it seems that before Core Formation, it is enough to implant the Magical Treasure into Copper Skin or Iron Bone, which is quite attractive to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua temporarily jotted down these types of Magical Treasures and then continued to look further.

Finally, the Concealment and Escape type of Magical Treasures. .

Most Formation Masters, along with many Artifact Refiners and Alchemists who are not adept at combat, use these types of Magical Treasures as their own items.

This is also a conventional choice.

After all, the pursuit of Tao cultivation is long life.

Since one seeks long life, naturally, they want to ”preserve life.” If one dies and becomes a short-lived ghost, what is the point of seeking longevity? ṝâ𐌽ỌꞖΕ𐌔

But Mo Hua is different from ordinary Formation Masters; he himself is highly skilled in spells, especially proficient in Concealment Technique and movement technique, so such Magical Treasures are ”icing on the cake” for him, but they cannot cause a quality change.

Thus, the priority for choosing such Magical Treasures is relatively low.

However, since it is a conventional choice, it implies it is commonplace and popular. It also means that the usage is widespread, reliable, and versatile; it might not be superior to others, but neither would it be inferior to most.

Practical is the best, and there is no need to always ”seek novelty.”

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Mo Hua spent some more time skimming through the Encyclopedia of Cultivators’ Magical Treasures and other such classics, conducting a detailed comparison, and roughly determined his choice:

Copper Skin Iron Bone!

His own Magical Treasure would be implanted into ”Copper Skin Iron Bone”!

Using Copper Skin Iron Bone to strengthen the body!

After all, his physical body is truly too weak. And since childhood, he has had a dream of Body Cultivation, imagining that one day, he could subdue people with his ”fists,” or, like Junior Brother, wield a long spear, charging in and out of an army of thousands.

Of course, it seems impossible for now, but he can try a little harder.

With Copper Skin Iron Bone as the Magical Treasure, whether taking hits, fleeing, engaging in close combat, or dodging, it all becomes easier, and even ambush attacks would be more forceful.

However, trying to make this a Magical Treasure would likely be very difficult.

Mo Hua could only strive, but the result of the effort would depend on destiny.

After all, not everything in the world can go according to his wishes.

To cope with uncertainties, Mo Hua also selected a few backups.

One is the armor-type Magical Treasure for preserving life, Goldstone Armor, which might save his life at a critical moment.

The next is the Concealment Robe for hiding, and the Thousand Miles Divine Travel Boots for fleeing.

Mo Hua prefers the Thousand Miles Divine Travel Boots, being extremely fast.

After doing something bad, he could run away swiftly, and no one would catch him.

As for the Spiritual Power type of Magical Treasures, they seem quite appealing...

Once nurturing a ”Spiritual Jade Gourd,” it’s equivalent to having a second Qi Sea, and he might not find it too strenuous to wield Superior Daoist Magic.

But these types of Magical Treasures are ”unattainable,” and he can only look at them.

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After thinking it through, the first thing Mo Hua did was go to Elder Master Xun to seek his opinion.

Elder Master Xun was somewhat surprised but nodded after considering it for a moment.

The physical body is Mo Hua’s biggest shortcoming.

To make up for this weakness, addressing the vulnerabilities in the body is indeed reasonable.

Moreover, once Copper Skin Iron Bone is implanted, it improves offense, defense, and preservation of life; the only issue is...

”Our Taixu Gate lacks such inheritance,” said Elder Master Xun.

Mo Hua was stunned, ”Not even in the Inner Gate?”

Elder Master Xun replied, ”It’s not that there is none, but they are scarce, and not quite suitable for your use.”

”Our Taixu Gate, after all, is fundamentally a Sword Dao Sect, renowned by our ancestors for Swordsmanship, yet some Swordsmanship is not convenient to pass on, thus, it gradually became more ’Median,’ teaching a bit of Swordsmanship, Spells, Martial Arts, and so on.”

”Other Magical Treasure inheritances are fine, but ’Copper Skin Iron Bone’ is too special. This requires directly implanting certain gold and stone materials into a cultivator’s body, which needs ancestral inheritance along with experience and techniques accumulated over generations of cultivators, to form a stable inheritance.”

”Only then can it be foolproof, otherwise, the implanted golden jade materials can easily cause problems.”