Terran Guardian - Chapter 4172

Chapter 4147: Semi-Saint Ninth-Grade Ore

Qin Yang acted swiftly, returning shortly with a jade box.

The box was sealed with numerous restrictions, and when Qin Yang carefully opened it, the temperature of the vast space scorched, revealing a crimson immortal flame.

“A fourth-grade semi-saint immortal flame!”

Shen Changqing exclaimed, his natal spirit fire in his dantian stirring with a burning

desire to devour it .

Although the flame was incomplete, merely a wisp of its origin, Shen Changqing could still sense the immense power it contained.

Compared to the original Ghostly Spirit Flame, this immortal flame was in no way inferior.

It’s important to understand that

the Ghostly Spirit Flame was a complete third-grade semi-saint immortal flame,

while this immortal flame was only a wisp of its fourth-grade origin.

Even so, it was no weaker than the Ghostly Spirit Flame.

If it were a complete immortal flame, its power would be unimaginable. Shen Changqing

then

took out 100,000 immortal stones and carefully stored the wisp of immortal flame’s origin.

“I’ll leave the matter of that Rank 6 Half-Saint Immortal Flame to Steward Qin.”

“Sect Master Shen, rest assured, I will do my utmost. I will inform you of any news immediately!”

Qin Yang assured him.

He then ordered his men to bring the other immortal ores and divine stones.

As per Shen Changqing’s request, the lowest grade of these ores and divine stones was Rank 3 Half-Saint, with one even being a Rank 9 Half-Saint raw ore.

This ore was entirely black, only the size of an adult’s head, yet extremely heavy.

Shen Changqing tried to squeeze it, but found it impossible to budge.

“This raw ore was found by a powerful member of my Tongtian Pavilion from the Chaos. It is said that this ore is not only tainted with the blood of a Saint, but also contains the Saint’s resentful lingering will, making it an evil object.

However, later, a powerful member of my Tongtian Pavilion intervened and eliminated the Saint’s resentment, and only then was it put up for sale.”

Qin Yang explained at the opportune moment, and Shen Changqing nodded in agreement.

“This is quite good!”

Shen Changqing wasn’t surprised that Tongtian Pavilion had a powerful expert capable of eliminating the remnant spirit of a Saint.

After all,

Tongtian Pavilion was a large and powerful organization with unfathomable resources; it would be strange if they couldn’t even handle the remnant spirit of a Saint.

A semi-Saint grade nine raw ore.

Normally, the price is around 500 top-grade immortal stones per

jin (500 grams). This head-sized piece of raw ore weighs a full 100,000 jin, which translates to a price of about 50 million.

Such a price is undeniably expensive.

After all, normally, a complete grade nine innate imperial weapon only costs about five or six million top

-grade immortal stones. The price of some top-tier grade nine innate imperial weapons would be even higher.

But regardless, 50 million immortal stones for a piece of raw ore is extremely expensive.

However,

Shen Changqing didn’t haggle.

As a grandmaster of weapon crafting, he naturally understood the value of such raw ore.

Don’t underestimate this ore just because it’s only the size of a head. If used to forge innate imperial weapons, it would be more than enough to make up twenty or thirty pieces of innate imperial weapons.

However,

forging innate imperial weapons is never just about the main material.

Furthermore, even forging supreme treasures still carries a chance of failure.

Nevertheless,

in Shen Changqing’s view, exchanging fifty million immortal stones for a piece of ore of this level wasn’t a loss.

The remaining items, while not as valuable as this ore, would still fetch a considerable price due to their quantity.

Ultimately—

all the immortal ores and divine stones were converted to eighty million top-grade immortal stones.

In this way, the original one hundred thousand immortal stones for a wisp of immortal fire essence became insignificant.

Having obtained what he wanted, Shen Changqing didn’t linger in the Tongtian Pavilion and immediately took his leave.

After Shen Changqing left, Qin Yang didn’t dare delay and immediately sent a message back to his immortal clan, explaining the matter.

But after thinking about it…

Qin Yang ultimately felt it wasn’t safe enough, so he had someone temporarily handle the branch affairs while he personally returned.

…

Inside the Cangwu Immortal Mansion, Shen Changqing immediately entered the Seven Profound Divine Tower for seclusion upon his return.

After all, with a hundred times the time flow, every second counts.

Wasting a year outside is equivalent to wasting a hundred years.

Therefore,

whenever Shen Changqing went into seclusion, he would immediately enter the Seven Profound Divine Tower to maximize the time advantage of this supreme treasure.

Afterward,

he took out all the treasures he had acquired from the Tongtian Pavilion.

First was the wisp of immortal fire essence.

Shen Changqing activated his natal spirit fire and immediately began to devour it.

The wisp of immortal fire essence seemed to sense something, struggling violently, its hidden power suddenly erupting, trying to break through the natal spirit fire’s devouring, or even devour the natal spirit fire itself.

But unfortunately, in Shen Changqing’s eyes, the resistance of this wisp of immortal fire essence was meaningless.

Let alone a mere wisp of incomplete origin, even a complete fourth-grade semi-saint immortal fire would be unable to cause any trouble.

After all,

Shen Changqing’s strength was undeniable.

He was no longer someone a wisp of immortal fire origin could threaten.

Therefore,

no matter how fiercely the immortal fire origin struggled, it was futile.

Under Shen Changqing’s full suppression, the natal spirit fire’s absorption process went very smoothly.

When that wisp of immortal fire origin was completely devoured, the natal spirit fire finally underwent a transformation.

Originally, the natal spirit fire could only be considered a half-step fourth-grade semi-saint, but in the 30,000 years outside, Shen Changqing spent a full three million years nurturing it in the first layer of space, further enhancing its foundation. It was now

only a little short of the fourth-grade semi-saint level.

Now, the power contained in that wisp of fourth-grade semi-saint immortal fire origin was astonishing, allowing the natal spirit fire to break through the final barrier and officially advance to the fourth-grade semi-saint level.

A breakthrough in one step.

The power of his natal spirit fire greatly increased.

Shen Changqing sensed this transformation and then attempted to smelt a piece of semi-saint grade three immortal ore.

The immortal ore, which previously required considerable time to refine, was now completely consumed by his natal spirit fire in no time.

This change pleased Shen Changqing greatly.

“Breaking through to semi-saint grade four, the power of my natal spirit fire has greatly increased. Now, consuming immortal ores and divine stones of a lower grade is several times more efficient.

Most importantly, with the transformation of my natal spirit fire, some things that couldn’t be smelted before can now be gradually smelted.

This will make further breakthroughs in my physical strength much easier!”

Although his natal spirit fire had only broken through one level, in Shen Changqing’s eyes, the change was already astonishing.

Since his physical strength broke through to the level of a fifth-grade innate imperial weapon, Shen Changqing had discovered that refining immortal ores and divine stones below semi-saint grade three brought negligible improvement.

Even with semi-saint grade three immortal ores and divine stones, the improvement was drastically reduced.

To truly break through his physical limitations, he needed to refine more high-grade immortal ores and divine stones.

However,

the grade of his natal spirit fire determined the upper limit of what he could refine.

With each breakthrough in his natal spirit fire, the grade of treasures he could refine would also increase accordingly.

This was crucial for Shen Changqing.

“However—” “

A fourth-grade semi-saint natal spirit fire isn’t enough; I need to take another step forward.

Now it all depends on whether Qin Yang can find that sixth-grade semi-saint immortal fire!”

Shen Changqing’s eyes narrowed slightly as he thought of Qin Yang.

Obtaining a sixth-grade semi-saint immortal fire would greatly increase the power of his natal spirit fire.

However, this matter couldn’t be rushed; he could only wait for news.

With this in mind,

Shen Changqing dismissed distracting thoughts and continued refining other immortal ores and divine stones to improve his strength.