Chapter 74

Suddenly, Qin Fengming felt a stirring in his heart and, without hesitation, channeled the magical power in his hand into the small gourd. (www..com)

The surface of the small gourd suddenly emitted a bright light. Instantly, he felt a tremendous suction force from the gourd, drawing the spiritual power from his body through his fingers. In a moment, more than half of his spiritual power was gone.

Startled, Qin Fengming let out a loud cry and simultaneously flung his hand outward. The small gourd was immediately thrown out and fell to the ground. The surface of the gourd shimmered with a dazzling light.

Qin Fengming stared blankly at the small gourd for a long time, not daring to approach. His heart pounded as if he had just been in a fierce battle.

After the gourd flickered for a moment and returned to its original state without any other incidents, he felt slightly more at ease. He held a spirit stone in each hand, sat on the bed, and began to recover his spiritual power.

After more than two hours, his lost spiritual power was completely replenished.

He stared blankly at the small gourd on the ground and noticed that it seemed unchanged, still green and lustrous, standing quietly on the wooden floor. He found a small stick, carefully walked over, squatted down, and gently touched the gourd with the stick. The gourd only swayed slightly and then showed no reaction.

After staring blankly for a moment, he extended a finger and carefully tapped the gourd, but there was still no reaction. He grew bolder and picked up the gourd, but it remained unchanged.

However, he felt that the gourd had undergone some subtle changes that he might not have noticed if he hadn't handled it frequently.

Recalling what had just happened, he realized that as soon as he channeled his spiritual power into the gourd, it had exhibited strange phenomena. After some thought, he seemed to understand something.

He stood up, sat on the edge of the bed, and gently shook the gourd. He felt that the contents inside were heavier than before, as if there was a liquid inside that was sloshing around. He furrowed his brows, stared intently at the gourd in his hand, and after much deliberation, made a decision.

He placed the gourd on the table, extended his right index finger, and slowly touched the gourd. He channeled a stream of spiritual power through his finger into the gourd while keeping his eyes fixed on it.

The gourd suddenly emitted a bright light as the spiritual power entered, with a rainbow of light flowing over its surface.

He immediately felt his spiritual power flowing out of his finger and being absorbed by the gourd on the table.

He quickly retracted his finger, which left the surface of the gourd without any resistance. But in that instant, he still felt that more than half of his spiritual power had disappeared. Without waiting to recover his power, he quickly picked up the gourd. Indeed, although the gourd had changed little, he felt that the liquid inside had increased.

Although he still didn't fully understand the gourd, he seemed to have grasped something.

He hurriedly took out a spirit stone to recover his spiritual power. After recovery, he went to the kitchen, took some dry rations, returned to his room, closed the doors and windows, and sealed them with bedding to prevent any light from escaping.

After eating the dry rations and adjusting his body to its best state, he took out the gourd, placed it on the table, extended his right index finger, and channeled a continuous stream of spiritual power into the gourd. This time, he persisted for a longer period, stopping only when more than half of his spiritual power had been absorbed.

He then took out a spirit stone to replenish his spiritual power and continued to channel it into the gourd.

This process was repeated for over half a month, and he didn't know how many times he had done it. Finally, he felt that the liquid inside the gourd had reached about half, and he stopped channeling his spiritual power.

Qin Fengming replenished his spiritual power, picked up the gourd, and saw that the surface of the gourd was glowing. Three of the five clouds on the surface had changed color: one was light yellow, one was light green, and one was blue. The clouds seemed to float on the surface of the gourd, appearing vivid and lifelike.

He gently shook the gourd and felt something inside like water. He placed his hand on the lid of the gourd and, with a light twist, the lid separated from the gourd.

He was pleasantly surprised. Previously, he had exerted great effort to no avail, but now, the problem was easily solved.

As he opened the lid, he felt a pure and refreshing spiritual power rush towards him, invigorating his spirit.

Looking inside the gourd, he saw a deep blue liquid, crystal clear, emitting a refreshing and invigorating fragrance. The liquid seemed to be filled with spiritual power. Upon closer inspection, there was nothing else inside the gourd.

Holding the green gourd and looking at the blue liquid inside, he wondered what the purpose of this unknown liquid was, which had taken him over half a month and consumed countless spiritual powers and dozens of spirit stones.

He closed the lid of the gourd, put it in his pocket, and fell into a deep sleep.

The endless channeling of spiritual power over the past few days had exhausted him both mentally and physically. He slept for a day and a night, only waking up in the afternoon of the next day.

After a quick meal, although he was now in the late stage of the Qi Gathering realm, he still couldn't abstain from food. Only cultivators at the ninth layer of the Qi Gathering realm could officially abstain from food and drink, relying on the absorption of elemental energy to maintain their bodily functions.

He took out the gourd, shook it, and felt that the liquid inside had not decreased. However, he didn't know what to do with the liquid that had cost him so much effort. He was unwilling to consume it directly.

Although he didn't know its exact use, he instinctively felt that the liquid must be very useful.

In the end, he put the gourd away. The primary task now was to refine some high-quality magical artifacts, sell them at the market, and exchange them for spirit stones. After the recent consumption, his already limited supply of spirit stones had decreased by dozens, leaving him speechless.

He organized the materials in his storage ring, found over sixty types that were not very precious, and searched the refining hall. He then went to the kitchen, took some food, and informed the other two disciples before entering his refining room.

He spent several days in the refining room. When he emerged with seven high-quality magical artifacts, he was extremely exhausted. It had been eleven days since he entered the refining room.

After resting for a night, Qin Fengming left the Luoxia Sect and went directly to the market.

He spent two days in the market, selling the seven high-quality magical artifacts separately at the Divine Artifact Hall, the Refining Hall, the Thousand Armory, and the Treasure Pavilion, earning over 1,500 spirit stones, which replenished his storage ring.

He went to the Divine Talisman Shop, bought some talisman paper, talisman pens, and cinnabar, and had a conversation with the old man with white hair before leaving the shop with excitement.

Every time he visited the market, he would chat with the old man at the Divine Talisman Shop. Over time, Qin Fengming learned that the old man was originally a disciple of the Golden Talisman Sect in the Hao Domain, who had devoted his entire life to the art of talisman making, neglecting his cultivation. He was still at the ninth layer of the Qi Gathering realm and had no hope of advancing further in his lifetime.

After bidding farewell to the old man, Qin Fengming went to the Xianke Inn.