NOVPUB"Indeed, it works! Rocks that can be found everywhere can be transformed into metals containing the Qi of Gold!"
Su Changkong was also invigorated by the spirit. Metals are rare resources, especially the rare ones, which are more valuable than gold, but rocks can be found everywhere, even picked up on the roadside!
Su Changkong gathered one rock after another, using the power of the Turning Stone into Gold to turn them into metals, which he then refined and absorbed.
But merely half a day later, Su Changkong’s brow furrowed: "Rocks can be found everywhere... but the energy of the Divine Seed is not infinite. Once the Divine Seed’s energy is exhausted, it needs time to recover, which means it’s still impossible to transform the Blade Soul to its peak in a short period of time."
Having the Turning Stone into Gold Divine Seed did indeed make it easier for Su Changkong to obtain the Qi of Gold, but the replenishment of the Divine Seed’s energy was time-consuming and strenuous, even though Su Changkong had the Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core to replenish the Divine Seed with True Yuan. The Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core needed to refine Spiritual Energy to compensate for the consumption.
"Turning Stone into Gold... doesn’t necessarily have to use rocks; let’s try turning grass and trees into metals."
A thought struck Su Changkong, considering this point. If the Divine Skill named ’Turning Stone into Gold’ could only turn rocks into metals, that limitation would be too great!
With that in mind, Su Changkong took out from the Bag of Book Fragrance a piece of Spirit Grass with seven leaves, over a foot tall, brimming with Spiritual Energy and medicinal value.
This was a Spirit Grass from Yellow Stone Cave Sky, collected by Shi Jingtian, but after Su Changkong vanquished him, it naturally became his spoils of battle.
"Turning Stone into Gold!"
Using Turning Stone into Gold, the Divine Seed in Su Changkong’s heart, laden with rust, slowly vibrated, generating a tremendous force of Divine Skill. Instantly, the structure of this Spirit Grass changed, transforming from its original botanical form into a metal sculpture of grass and trees, altering its very essence!
As Su Changkong had predicted, Turning Stone into Gold could transform not only rocks but also grass, wood, and flesh into metals! This demonstrated the formidable power of this Divine Skill!
"Crack, crack, crack!"
Su Changkong immediately used the Blade Nurturing Art to refine it into the Qi of Gold. The entire metal Spirit Grass crumbled to powder, from which a strand of Qi of Gold, denser than before, was refined and drawn into his Sea of Consciousness, nourishing the Blade Soul.
"So it is... Ordinary items, such as rocks turned into metals, contain very sparse Qi of Gold, because the rocks themselves have little Spiritual Energy. But if it’s an item containing a lot of Spiritual Energy, like Spirit Pills or Spirit Grass, then when transformed into metals, they contain very rich Qi of Gold. In essence... it’s an equivalent transmutation!"
Su Changkong had come to a realization.
The more an object contained Spiritual Energy, the higher the quality of the metal it would become after being transformed by Turning Stone into Gold.
"Good! I have a large amount of Spirit Grass, which is actually of little use to me; I can use all of it to enhance my Blade Soul. And there are also those two Entering Saint-level corpses that can be turned into gold!"
Su Changkong’s eyes shone brightly.
At Su Changkong’s level, ordinary Spirit Pills could hardly cause any growth in his Divine Seed, it would be better to use them to enhance his Blade Soul, along with the bodies of Martial Artists.
Wei Shengxin and Shi Jingtian, who were at the Entering Saint level, had consumed countless Miraculous Pills during their lives; even in death, there was a significant amount of energy remaining in their bodies, which once transformed into metals would certainly refine a good amount of the Qi of Gold.
Without hesitation, Su Changkong took out from the Bag of Book Fragrance corpse after corpse of Martial Artists, all enemies who had perished at his hand, Wei Shengxin, Shi Jingtian, Gu Lie, Blood Divine Child, and others... he casually stuffed them into the Bag of Book Fragrance.
Under the effect of the Turning Stone into Gold Divine Seed, they all turned into metals, which were then transformed by Su Changkong using the Blade Nurturing Art into the Qi of Gold.
The corpses of Innate Martial Artists were one thing, but the Entering Saint-level corpses turned into metals, unleashing a torrent of residual energy into dense Qi of Gold, nourishing Su Changkong’s Blade Soul, which grew at a visibly rapid pace!
Iron Cutting Blade Technique (Level 11, Shaking Ancestral Brilliance 27%), Iron Cutting Blade Technique (Level 11, Shaking Ancestral Brilliance 28%)...
Su Changkong’s Iron Cutting Blade Technique kept progressing rapidly, and his Blade Soul grew at a visible pace, as a large amount of the Qi of Gold was refined and absorbed by the Blade Soul, making Su Changkong’s Blade Soul increasingly sharp and formidable, and wrapped in the sharp ’Geng Metal’ Blade Qi, Impregnable was its distinctive feature!
Iron Cutting Blade Technique (Level 11, Shaking Ancestral Brilliance 78%)
Time ticked away second by second, and after three months of refining Entering Saint-level corpses, several Innate Martial Artist corpses, and a large number of Spiritual Herbs and Medicines, Su Changkong’s Blade Soul became several times stronger than before, yet it was still a considerable distance from the Perfect Realm.
"My resources at hand are running low... The further I go, the more Qi of Gold my Blade Soul needs to grow."
Su Changkong had underestimated his Blade Soul’s appetite. Looking at the Bag of Book Fragrance, now greatly depleted, he frowned continually; he had indeed used an enormous amount of resources.
Aside from the two Entering Saint bodies and the multitude of Innate Martial Artists’ corpses, he had used up the Spirit Herbs, Medicines, and even Demon Monster Crystal Cores acquired from Yellow Stone Cave Sky and Stubborn Stone Mountain, which Su Changkong had turned into gold for nurturing his Blade Soul.
"I still have... Divine Seeds."
Looking at the three Divine Seeds in his hands, Su Changkong wore an odd expression.
Divine Seeds were the essence of an Entering Saint powerful being, not to be stripped unless in death, valued for their ability to be passed down and create new Entering Saint powerful beings.
Even though Su Changkong had no use for these Divine Seeds, once he reached the Ancient Holy Country, they could be traded for valuable cultivation resources; one Divine Seed could be worth as much as an Immortal Holy Pill.
