The reason Lu Qing wanted to study the Void Core in the spiritual artifact space of the Li Huo Cauldron was naturally to keep it a secret.
After all, the Void Core is the power core of the Void Flying Boat, and it is unknown what kind of changes will occur after they come into contact.
Although the cave he was in had an array to conceal the fluctuations in his aura, it was still only a Golden Core level cave and not secure enough.
The Fire Cauldron is a mid-grade spiritual artifact, and it is more of a suppressive artifact. The spiritual space inside is extremely stable, and it also has the effect of concealing auras and shielding cause and effect.
Even if there are any changes, they will be difficult for outsiders to detect under the double cover.
The Void Flying Boat appeared, and "Flame" quieted down.
As a spirit of the vessel, it naturally knew the advantages and disadvantages of this flying boat. Seeing Lu Qing suddenly take it out, it must be because of something important.
"Um?"
As soon as he released the Void Flying Boat, Lu Qing sensed a mysterious connection between the Void Core he held and the Flying Boat.
Unconsciously, it already wanted to fly away from his grasp and into the flying boat.
At the same time, he also felt a suction force coming from the void airship, trying to draw the void core in.
He did not stop it, but released its silver sphere and let it fly towards the airship.
The moment the sphere touched the airship, the airship's body became like flowing water, completely merging into it.
The next moment, light burst forth, and dazzling silver light erupted from the void airship.
An incomparably powerful force emerged out of thin air and swept across all directions.
Sensing this power, "Yan" immediately changed color.
As a spirit of the artifact, it was terrified of this power.
That was the instinctive awe that arose when faced with a magical artifact far beyond one's own nature.
Lu Qing felt somewhat fortunate as he sensed the powerful energy emanating from the Void Flying Boat.
Fortunately, he chose to fuse the core within the spirit artifact space; otherwise, the powerful aura of such a magical treasure would not have been concealed by the cave's array outside.
At that time, the entire Tian Shu City will likely be alarmed by this aura.
At the same time, there was anticipation in his eyes.
I wonder what new changes will occur to the Void Flying Boat after this fusion.
After several dozen breaths, the fusion was still not complete; on the contrary, the aura emanating from the void flying boat was becoming increasingly powerful.
Even the spiritual artifact space within the Fire Cauldron began to tremble and fluctuate faintly.
This forced Lu Qing to work together with "Yan" to activate the array within the cauldron, which finally stabilized the spiritual artifact space.
The fusion of the Void Flying Boat with the core took a full quarter of an hour before its power gradually subsided and the silver light dimmed.
When the silver light completely disappeared, revealing the true form of the Void Flying Boat.
Lu Qing discovered that although the original damage to the hull was still there, the gaps had become much smaller.
The aura of the flying boat became more restrained, but it still faintly revealed an incomparably profound and vast power.
This caused the entire airship, simply by remaining stationary, to tremble and fluctuate within the surrounding spiritual artifact space.
"Master, this flying boat..."
"Yan" cried out in a trembling voice.
It could sense that the void airship was now far more powerful than before.
It instilled a deep-seated fear in it, as the spirit of a mid-grade spiritual weapon.
"Let me take a look first."
There was also a hint of excitement in Lu Qing's tone.
He had already refined the Void Flying Boat. Now, through the divine soul imprint he left in the flying boat, he could sense that the power of the Void Flying Boat had undergone a qualitative transformation.
But he'll have to figure out exactly what changes have occurred on his own.
Lu Qing activated his special ability first and looked towards the Void Flying Boat.
After a while, a purple aura of power, almost solidified, emerged from the airship, and several notes floated out.
【Void Flying Boat: A rare treasure, a fragment of a Dao artifact.】
【This flying boat is one of the main components of a powerful Dao artifact. Made of special materials, it was severely damaged. After fusing with the Void Power Core, its condition greatly improved, and its power was somewhat restored. It has now leaped to the level of a high-grade spiritual artifact.】
【A Dao artifact is a magical treasure containing an entire Dao law; it can be made into a Dao artifact.】
【This flying boat possesses the ability to traverse the void and escape at extremely high speeds.】
【After fusing with the power core, the Void Ship has become complete, capable of drawing energy from the vast void to regenerate itself.】
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"It has indeed recovered to the level of a high-grade spiritual weapon!"
When Lu Qing finished reading the messages on the note, his eyes lit up with immense joy.
Although he had a premonition when he felt the power of the Void Flying Boat.
But when he actually saw the message on the note that it had been restored to the power of a high-grade spiritual weapon, he couldn't help but feel excited.
This is a top-grade spiritual artifact!
Just half an hour ago, the frenzy caused by the Immortal Bell at the auction was still fresh in everyone's mind.
Those top powers are willing to spend hundreds of millions of spirit stones to acquire it.
It is easy to imagine how precious a top-grade spiritual weapon is.
Unexpectedly, after the Void Flying Boat merged with the core, it also became a high-grade spiritual artifact.
Moreover, according to the information revealed in the note, after the core was integrated, the Void Flying Boat became a °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° complete entity.
Now it is able to draw energy from the vast void to continue its recovery.
When it is fully repaired, it will probably undergo a transformation!
"And those powerful forces, because they wanted to conserve their strength to compete for the Immortal Golden Bell, allowed me to successfully acquire the Void Core."
Lu Qing felt both surprised and relieved.
The results of this auction were truly enormous.
Even if we gain nothing in the secret realm, this trip to Tian Shu City will still be worthwhile.
After finally calming down, Lu Qing began to use his mind to carefully sense the changes inside the void flying boat.
Then he discovered that the Void Flying Boat had undergone a qualitative leap in power.
More importantly, at the very center of the deepest part of the flying ship, there is a silver sphere with layers upon layers of incredibly profound and complex rune arrays, slowly rotating.
With each rotation, a large amount of energy is drawn from the depths of the void, stored up, and slowly repaired.
They completely ignored the spiritual artifact space isolation of the Li Huo Cauldron.
This process was extremely slow. Lu Qing estimated that at this rate, it would take a century to completely repair the boat.
However, he was already quite satisfied.
After the Void Flying Boat merged with its core this time, it not only recovered to the level of a high-grade spiritual artifact.
Furthermore, with a core that constantly draws energy from the void, he will no longer need to consume spirit stones as frequently as before when activating the flying boat.
"Unfortunately, there are too many powerful beings in the Tianyuan Great World, so we cannot test the power of the Void Flying Boat after its transformation."
Once the power of a high-grade spiritual weapon is unleashed, it will be incredibly astonishing and shock the surrounding area.
They might be sensed by some old monster who's been cultivating in seclusion somewhere.
With his current strength, once the outside world discovers that he possesses a high-grade spiritual weapon...
I'm afraid those top powers and ancient monsters with primordial spirits will swarm in and tear him apart alive.
Therefore, Lu Qing decided that he should never use the Void Flying Boat unless it was a matter of life and death.
After sensing it for a while, Lu Qing put the Void Flying Boat into the Qiankun Qi Bag.
"Master, has the grade of this flying boat been upgraded?"
At this moment, Yan couldn't help but ask.
“That’s right, the Void Flying Boat has now been upgraded to a high-grade spiritual artifact.” Lu Qing nodded.
"It's really true!"
Yan was shocked.
Although it, as the spirit of the artifact, had already guessed something when it sensed the power of the void flying boat that far exceeded its own.
But when Lu Qing confirmed it, it couldn't help but be shocked.
"Master, what was that silver sphere just now?"
Since arriving in the Tianyuan Great World, "Yan" has been staying obediently in the Li Huo Cauldron.
It no longer manifests itself as it did in its home world.
It even rarely dares to use its spiritual sense to observe the outside world.
Because it knows that the Tianyuan Great World is not its hometown.
There are many people at the Nascent Soul Realm here, and those powerful beings have incredibly sharp spiritual senses.
If its spirit were discovered, it would likely cause Lu Qing a great deal of trouble.
Therefore, Yan only knew that Lu Qing had gone to the auction, but was unaware of what happened at the auction.
“This sphere is one of the core components of the Void Flying Boat,” Lu Qing replied. “I found it at an auction and just happened to win it back.”
Unexpectedly, this would elevate the flying boat's grade to another level.
"The master's luck is truly extraordinary."
Yan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Just by going to an auction, one can encounter the core that can transform the Void Airship.
Lu Qing's incredible luck is truly astonishing.
"It was just luck." Lu Qing smiled. "By the way, Senior Yan, there's something I'd like to ask you."
"Please speak, Master."
Upon hearing this, Yan immediately perked up.
"I want to forge a set of flying swords, but I need to go into seclusion for a while and can't find the time right now."
"I would like to ask Senior Yan to help me forge the sword blank first. I'll use this extraterrestrial meteorite iron as the main material."
With a wave of his hand, Lu Qing conjured a large piece of extraterrestrial meteorite iron in front of him.
"You want to use this extraterrestrial meteorite iron to forge a sword blank? Leave it to me!"
When Yan heard that Lu Qing wanted to use extraterrestrial meteorite iron to forge a sword embryo, he immediately understood that the flying sword he was going to forge was probably not simple.
After all, meteorite iron from outer space is no ordinary material; it is a peerless spiritual material used to forge spiritual weapons.
"Master, what style do you want it to be made into?"
"The shape of the sword blank is roughly like this."
Lu Qing lightly traced the shape of the flying sword he needed in the air with his fingers.
After glancing at it, Yan immediately memorized it: "Master, rest assured, I will refine it as soon as possible."
"I am naturally at ease with you taking action."
Lu Qing had great faith in Yan's weapon-forging abilities.
This being is, after all, an ancient being who has lived for tens of thousands of years.
In the ancient era of cultivation, the Li Huo Sect needed to use the Li Huo Cauldron to refine important magical treasures and elixirs.
Through constant exposure and personal involvement, Yan's skill in crafting weapons and alchemy has become extremely high, at least at the master level.
Moreover, the Fire Cauldron has long since recovered to its peak, and forging a few sword blanks is still a piece of cake.
After giving Yan a few more instructions, Lu Qing left the spirit artifact space.
"Aqing, how is it?"
Xiao Li had been crouching beside the Li Huo Cauldron. When she saw him come out, she immediately jumped onto his shoulder and asked.
"A great harvest." Lu Qing rubbed its head. "After the core was integrated into the flying boat, the Void Flying Boat's current grade has been restored to the level of a high-grade spiritual artifact."
"High-grade spiritual weapon?!"
Xiao Li's eyes widened instantly, her mouth slightly agape, revealing an expression of disbelief.
It recalled the scene at the previous auction where top powers were frantically bidding for a high-grade spiritual artifact.
At that time, it was just like Lu Qing, who was also amazed by the value of a high-grade spiritual weapon.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, they also had a high-grade spiritual artifact.
"Ah Qing, does that mean we have 150 million spirit stones now?" Xiao Li asked, somewhat dazed.
“You can’t convert it like that.” Lu Qing couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at it. “High-grade spiritual artifacts are priceless; no one would easily put them up for auction.”
The reason this auction took place was due to special circumstances.
After this, it is unlikely that such a situation will occur again for thousands of years.
Furthermore, our Void Flying Boat is far more precious than ordinary high-grade spiritual artifacts, its value far exceeding what spirit stones can measure.
Moreover, there's something fishy about that immortal golden bell.
It won't be easy for the powerful forces that won the bid to completely control it.
Lu Qing recalled the information on the note he had gleaned using his special abilities at the auction and thought to himself.
He knew that the matter of the Immortal Bell was far from over.
This top-grade spiritual artifact will likely cause a huge stir in the future.
However, Lu Qing did not tell Xiao Li about these things.
After playing with Xiao Li for a while, Lu Qing finally composed himself and prepared to begin his secluded cultivation.
During this seclusion, he once again activated his supernatural abilities to continue comprehending the 【Seven Star Sword Formation】.
He had already comprehended six of the seven basic sword intents required for the 【Seven Star Sword Intent】.
Only the last and most important type of Heavenly Pivot Sword Intent remains, which I have yet to comprehend.
An aura of sudden enlightenment surged through Lu Qing.
Before long, he also successfully comprehended the Heavenly Pivot Sword Intent.
At this point, he had fully comprehended all seven basic sword intents.
Next, the seven sword intents need to be fused together to condense the 【Seven Star Sword Intent】.
Only after successfully condensing the Seven Star Sword Intent can one formally cultivate the Seven Star Sword Formation.
This step is not easy. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least the Nascent Soul Realm to condense the 【Seven Star Sword Intent】.
In other words, Lu Qing possesses extraordinary abilities, making him an anomaly in the cultivation world, which is why he was able to accomplish something almost impossible.
Time slipped away quietly as Lu Qing pondered his enlightenment.
The city of Tian Shu was bustling with activity.
News of the auction spread rapidly.
The appearance of a top-grade spiritual weapon at the auction, and the news that it sold for 150 million spirit stones, sparked heated discussions among countless people.
Many cultivators who did not participate in the auction were filled with regret upon learning the situation.
It is truly a great regret in life not to have witnessed such a grand occasion.
Amidst this excitement, another bombshell piece of news suddenly broke out.
"What did you say? The secret realm that's being nurtured atop the sacred mountain is showing signs of disturbance?"
