novelraw Chapter 240 : Synthesis of [Pill Refining Room, Formation Room, Talisman Room, Weapon Refining Room]
Chapter 240 : Synthesis of [Pill Refining Room, Formation Room, Talisman Room, Weapon Refining Room]
Chapter 240: Synthesis of [Pill Refining Room, Formation Room, Talisman Room, Weapon Refining Room]
The concept of building synthesis had first appeared alongside the [Weapon Refining Room], and at that time, Ji Yuan had thought to grab it all in one go and upgrade immediately.
However, he hadn’t expected the panel to prompt that only when the levels of the [Weapon Refining Room], [Pill Refining Room], [Talisman Room], and [Formation Room] were all the same, could they be synthesized.
Back then, Ji Yuan’s weapon refining skill wasn’t enough to support the [Weapon Refining Room] reaching level 2, so he had no choice but to give up.
It wasn’t until later, in order to upgrade the [Spirit Energy Cannon] and obtain a life-saving measure, that Ji Yuan had forcefully grinded his weapon refining technique to the second tier.
Once the [Spirit Energy Cannon] reached level 2, it had practically gained an attack on par with the peak of the Golden Core stage.
Such a joyful occasion had even made Ji Yuan forget about upgrading the [Weapon Refining Room], let alone anything like building synthesis.
Now that he thought about it, it was quite an opportunity.
To synthesize the buildings, he first had to upgrade the [Weapon Refining Room]. With this thought in mind, Ji Yuan summoned the panel for a look.
【Upgrade Requirements: Middle-Grade Spirit Stones ×20, Azure Underworld Black Iron ×4 pieces, Earth-Spirit Mica Stone ×2 jin, Successfully refine one Spiritual Artifact (Unfulfilled)】
Both Azure Underworld Black Iron and Earth-Spirit Mica Stone were relatively common weapon refining materials. Back in Lanshan City, Ran Kui had even taught Ji Yuan how to extract Azure Underworld Black Iron from Azure Iron.
But relying on himself for refining now would be far too slow.
So Ji Yuan turned the boat around and headed straight for Everything Island.
Such common second-tier weapon refining materials were all available for sale at the Hundred Treasure Pavilion—at most, they just cost more spirit stones.
And what Ji Yuan currently lacked least, was spirit stones.
A day later, Ji Yuan returned to Misty Island with enough materials purchased from the Hundred Treasure Pavilion.
He sat inside his own [Cave Dwelling], took out the materials needed to upgrade the [Weapon Refining Room], and laid them out one by one in front of him.
Then, with a single thought, he selected to upgrade.
As the spirit stones and refining materials placed before him turned into ash, Ji Yuan’s panel refreshed.
A wave of unfamiliar knowledge also surged into his mind.
The method for refining the “Heavenly Thunder Seed.”
This was also one of the spiritual effects of the level 2 [Weapon Refining Room].
Once Ji Yuan fully digested it, his eyes revealed a trace of joy.
The Heavenly Thunder Seed was a great thing—just one was equivalent to a full-powered strike at the peak of Foundation Establishment. It was stronger than most of Ji Yuan’s current attack methods.
Now that he could refine it himself, the next time he encountered an enemy… starting with Heavenly Thunder Seeds—dozens of them—who could withstand it?
Ji Yuan had used the Heavenly Thunder Seed before, so he knew its power.
The refining materials weren’t rare either; it was just that the refining method was a bit tricky… damn, Ji Yuan carefully went over it and realized that his current probability of successfully refining one was practically zero.
Refining the Heavenly Thunder Seed was the same as refining the Water Thunder Seed—it was fundamentally weapon refining.
Ji Yuan’s current weapon refining skills could, at most, produce lower second-tier spiritual artifacts, while refining the Heavenly Thunder Seed required being able to produce upper second-tier spiritual artifacts at the very least.
It was hopeless for now.
But knowing was still better than not knowing. Given time, once his weapon refining skill improved, he would naturally be able to refine the Heavenly Thunder Seed.
After consoling himself, Ji Yuan once again looked at the panel.
At this moment, the panel had already displayed the spiritual effects and upgrade conditions for the level 3 [Weapon Refining Room].
【Weapon Refining Room: lv3 (Cannot Upgrade)】
【Spiritual Effect 1: Magical Artifact success rate +60%, Spiritual Artifact success rate +40%, Magic Treasure success rate +20%, Spiritual Treasure success rate +5%.】
【Spiritual Effect 2 (Purple Heaven Divine Thunder): Gain 1 piece of Purple Heaven Stone each month.】
【Upgrade Requirements: Middle-Grade Spirit Stones ×800; Starfall Iron ×2 jin; Purple Heaven Stone ×1 piece; Successfully refine a Life-Bound Magic Treasure. (Unfulfilled)】
Ji Yuan scanned over it briefly—it was still the usual upgrade format, nothing to elaborate on.
Moreover, upgrading the [Weapon Refining Room] wasn’t Ji Yuan’s real goal. His true aim was to attempt building synthesis.
To merge these four buildings into one and see what kind of new building might be created.
With this thought, Ji Yuan, sitting at the center of the [Cave Dwelling], looked around. The four buildings were all nearby. In that case, it was time to try it out.
“Synthesize Weapon Refining Room, Pill Refining Room, Talisman Room, and Formation Room.”
As the thought arose in Ji Yuan’s mind, he stared dead at the panel.
Sure enough, the panel immediately popped up a line of text.
【Do you want to synthesize the “Pill Refining Room,” “Formation Room,” “Talisman Room,” and “Weapon Refining Room”?】
“Yes.”
【lv2: Pill Refining Room, Formation Room, Talisman Room, Weapon Refining Room】
【All at the same level. Pill, Formation, Talisman, and Weapon synthesis. New building created—Heavenly Craft Workshop.】
“Heavenly Craft Workshop?”
Ji Yuan’s eyes lit up. Just hearing the name, it sounded extraordinary.
The panel refreshed, and the original four building slots vanished, replaced by just one. And this [Heavenly Craft Workshop] had already appeared as a level 2 building.
The remaining information—be it spiritual effects or upgrade conditions—was extensive, far beyond what any of the previous single buildings had offered.
【Heavenly Craft Workshop: lv2】
【Spiritual Effect 1: First-Tier success rate +40%, Second-Tier success rate +20%, Third-Tier success rate +5%.】
【Spiritual Effect 2: Automatically learns the refining methods for “Shapeshifting Talisman,” “Foundation Establishment Pill,” and “Heavenly Thunder Seed”; automatically acquires the “Stardust Illusion-Kill Formation.”】
Just from these level 2 spiritual effects, it was clear that the four previous buildings had been merged together.
There wasn’t anything particularly special about it.
The remaining “upgrade conditions” were likewise standard—since it was already upgraded, Ji Yuan didn’t even bother looking at them.
What truly drew his attention was the level 3 [Heavenly Craft Workshop].
He looked over and saw the following text:
【Heavenly Craft Workshop: lv3 (Cannot Upgrade)】
【Spiritual Effect 1: First-Tier success rate +60%, Second-Tier success rate +40%, Third-Tier success rate +20%, Fourth-Tier success rate +5%.】
【Spiritual Effect 2: Automatically acquires four spiritual effects—“Talisman Treasure Swarm,” “Foundation Selection Day,” “Purple Heaven Divine Thunder,” and “Inverted Big Dipper.”】
【Spiritual Effect 3 (Heavenly Craft Creation): Upon initiation into any of the four crafts—Pill, Formation, Talisman, or Weapon—one immediately masters it.
Note: This spiritual effect cannot be upgraded.】
【Upgrade Requirements: Cultivation must reach Golden Core Stage; Middle-Grade Spirit Stones ×5000; Profound Ice Fire Lotus ×1 blossom; Purple Heaven Stone ×1 piece; Nine Luminaries Stone ×2 pieces; Gold-Devouring Rat King Whisker ×5 strands; Third-Tier Demon Core ×1. (Unfulfilled)】
Damn… that’s quite a lot.
But as Ji Yuan read from top to bottom, he found that 【Spiritual Effect 1】 and 【Spiritual Effect 2】 were essentially summaries of the previous four buildings—now simply consolidated into one place.
As for the four entries under 【Spiritual Effect 2】, whichever Ji Yuan looked at, a memory surged into his mind—no different from before.
What truly stood out was 【Spiritual Effect 3】: “Heavenly Craft Creation.”
And it was even specially marked to indicate that this effect could not be upgraded.
With a bit of sensing, Ji Yuan immediately understood just how broken this 【Spiritual Effect】 was.
Put simply, with this effect, he could skip the entire step of accumulating proficiency.
In other words, regardless of which skill from Pill, Formation, Talisman, or Weapon, as long as Ji Yuan learned it, this effect would be applied, allowing him to instantly master it.
For example, if he learned how to refine a supreme-grade spiritual artifact like the “Sky-Splitter Boat,” normally, even after learning it, he’d still need to slowly build proficiency before increasing the success rate.
But with this “Heavenly Craft Creation,” there was no such hassle. Once he learned how to refine the “Sky-Splitter Boat,” he’d instantly master it on the spot!
The same applied to pill refinement, talisman drawing, and formation inscription.
What kind of broken ability was this?
Normally, just having the ability to build proficiency was already an incredibly powerful golden finger. Yet this panel had, within just one spiritual effect of a single building, entirely removed the need for accumulating proficiency.
To this, Ji Yuan had only one thought—upgrade immediately!
Once the [Heavenly Craft Workshop] reached level 3…
The four great crafts would no longer be obstacles to him.
By then, traveling the world—what would he have to fear?
But upon seeing the “upgrade requirements” again, Ji Yuan’s heart turned cold.
The 5000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones were fine—that was a minor matter.
But reaching Golden Core Stage in cultivation—that was a massive hurdle. As for the rest of the materials, while they were few in quantity—only one or two—they clearly indicated just how rare they were.
So difficult.
Take, for example, the requirement for the “Gold-Devouring Rat King Whisker”...
Ordinary Gold-Devouring Rats were already extremely rare third-tier demon beasts. And this Gold-Devouring Rat King… was the pinnacle among third-tier beasts—yet they wanted its whiskers?
Wasn’t this just bullying honest folk!
As for the other materials, Ji Yuan hadn’t even heard of them.
The only one he could possibly obtain was spending a huge sum to purchase a single third-tier demon core.
And even that—[Pigsty] needed two of them for an upgrade.
It was ridiculously difficult.
After reading through it, Ji Yuan had only one feeling in his heart:
Farming was good, sure—but farming was also a money-burning endeavor. Though the harvest in the later stages was considerable, the upfront investment was just as large.
After checking out the new building after synthesis, Ji Yuan noticed that the labels above the surrounding caves no longer showed things like [Pill Refining Room] or [Talisman Room].
They had all been unified under [Heavenly Craft Workshop: lv2].
‘So it seems the Heavenly Craft Workshop can function on multiple buildings at the same time?’
Previously, each building could only function in one place. For example, if he activated the [Cave Dwelling] effect on Forgotten Worry Island, then the [Cave Dwelling] effect on Misty Island would deactivate.
If he wanted to reactivate the Misty Island effect, he had to first shut down the building on Forgotten Worry Island.
But [Heavenly Craft Workshop] was different. Ji Yuan glanced around and saw that all four nearby caves were displaying “Heavenly Craft Workshop.”
And after testing it, he found he could still activate more.
‘That’s nice—saves me one headache.’
Though the building synthesis was successful and brought a momentary joy, it was again drowned by the weight of reality.
Ji Yuan got up and entered the [Meditation Room], flopped onto the ground, and even during this short rest, he was still doing everything he could to strengthen himself.
Meditating to nourish the divine soul was one of those methods.
The demonic path had already begun its invasion, and from now on, the entire world would no longer have any truly safe places.
Even Ji Yuan’s Misty Island wasn’t immune. That time those two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Water Dragon Sect discovered him… If it had been under normal circumstances, they never would’ve dared act so boldly.
Storming an island protected by sect formation near the sect grounds?
A huge reason they behaved this way was because of this demonic invasion—they too wanted to strengthen themselves as much as possible.
‘In that case… moving Misty Island up the schedule is necessary.’
This had already been part of Ji Yuan’s long-term plan.
Once the Righteous–Demonic War began, everywhere outside the Sect-Guarding Formation’s coverage would become far more dangerous.
Within the sect, at least there was a fourth-tier grand formation to protect them. Plus, it was close to Hua Yaoyue—if something truly went wrong, one message and she’d arrive instantly.
So, in the end, he needed to gradually relocate these buildings to Forgotten Worry Island.
Like [Bee Nest], the corpses buried under [Grave Mound], the [Spirit Vein], and so on.
Beyond that, he had to continue tempering the sword embryos. Only by forging the remaining four sword embryos could his cultivation reach Foundation Establishment Completion—what ordinary people called the peak of Foundation Establishment.
That was the most fundamental and important matter.
Next up was upgrading the [Pigsty], to obtain a body-refining technique as soon as possible. Once his physique was enhanced, he could see if it could reach Golden Core-level strength first.
That way, when the upcoming Righteous–Demonic War began, he’d at least have the strength to stand his ground.
Lastly, he had to keep developing new buildings.
This was something Ji Yuan never stopped doing.
The one he most wanted to develop was [Marketplace], or rather, [Market Town]. If he could activate that and directly transact with the panel, it would save him a huge hassle.
To that end, he had even rented a shop on Everything Island.
Yet the panel didn’t react at all.
Not willing to give up, he went to Red Leaf City and spent a fortune to purchase a storefront facing the street to sell various demon beast materials—but the panel still didn’t react.
Ji Yuan was stumped.
He didn’t know whether the panel had disabled the “transaction” feature, or if he just hadn’t triggered it correctly.
With [Marketplace] a bust, Ji Yuan had no choice but to try other buildings. The one he was most confident in was the [Scripture Repository]. He figured that as long as he stored enough cultivation technique manuals in one room, it should activate.
But even after putting all his manuals into a single room, the panel still didn’t show any text.
Most likely, it still wasn’t enough.
But that was already all the manuals Ji Yuan had obtained from killing and looting. If it still wasn’t enough… he’d have to go buy a batch of low-grade spells to try again.
Still, he figured even if [Scripture Repository] activated, it would likely just grant some spiritual effect to increase comprehension.
That would overlap with the Enlightenment Room, so he hadn’t rushed it.
Now, though, it might be worth another shot—but at the root of it all, he still had to upgrade the [Pigsty] first.
After organizing his thoughts and setting a clear plan for what to do next, Ji Yuan finally felt at ease.
He remembered that the first batch of Foundation Establishment cultivators heading for Shang Mountain were about to depart—and among them were his senior brother and sister. Naturally, Ji Yuan had to see them off.
So he stepped out of the [Cave Dwelling].
Sweeping his divine sense across the whole of Misty Island, he saw that the spiritual grain on the hillsides was almost ripe. With the [Spiritual Field] building effect, Ji Yuan estimated another month would be enough.
Given that, there was no rush to bring the corpse servants along.
If he brought them, there’d be no one left to work.
The [Bee Nest] was also a pain to relocate. After some thought, Ji Yuan decided to first move the Spiritual Pigs and Green-Yellow Chickens, placing them into a Spiritual Beast Pouch for transport.
The [Fish Pond] was another option—but he had just poured in Flood Dragon blood essence. There were likely still remnants.
Ji Yuan decided to let the Spiritual Fish inside absorb and refine it a bit more. If he could raise an Ice Flood Dragon, even if he didn’t use it, he could always sell it for a good price.
Half a day later, Ji Yuan released the Spiritual Pigs and Chickens into the exclusive “breeding zone” on Forgotten Worry Island.
While activating the building effect, he also modified the formation’s access method—meaning the method he gave Dong Qian last time would no longer work.
If she wanted to enter again, Ji Yuan’s permission would be required.
Mm… it wasn’t that he didn’t trust his senior sister—it was just that a junior brother also needed his own space.
After finishing everything, Ji Yuan sent a message to Dong Qian, asking if she would go to Water Dragon Island.
Since Ji Yuan was going, Dong Qian naturally went too.
Before departing, Ji Yuan also messaged Feng Zhi Tao and Yun Qianzai, asking when they planned to set out. To his surprise… Feng Zhi Tao said she wasn’t going this time.
Only Yun Qianzai would go.
Ji Yuan asked why, but Feng Zhi Tao didn’t say much—only that she’d explain once they met at Water Dragon Island.
‘Could it be that Master persuaded her? Or maybe she came to her own decision… Master probably wouldn’t persuade anyone.’
With such thoughts in mind, Ji Yuan called over Dong Qian, and the two of them set off together.
By the time they arrived at Water Dragon Island, several groups of people were already standing around—all Foundation Establishment cultivators. Some were preparing to brave Shang Mountain together, encouraging one another.
Others were here to see their friends off, parting with great reluctance.
From the sky, Ji Yuan scanned the area but didn’t see Yun Qianzai’s flamboyant figure. Instead, he spotted Feng Zhi Tao in a fiery red long dress, standing alone on the southern side of Water Dragon Island, looking somewhat lonely.
“Senior Sister.”
Ji Yuan’s flying boat descended next to her.
Hearing the familiar voice, Feng Zhi Tao’s eyes lit up with joy. She was just about to greet him—but upon seeing the figure standing beside Ji Yuan, her expression immediately shifted into a composed smile.
“Junior Brother, Junior Sister Dong.”
With Ji Yuan as the middleman, Feng Zhi Tao had naturally met Dong Qian a few times before.
They weren’t exactly close—but at least they knew each other’s names.
“Greetings, Senior Sister Feng.”
Dong Qian gave her a slight bow.
“Where’s Second Senior Brother? Hasn’t he arrived yet?” Ji Yuan looked around and asked.
“There are still plenty of people who haven’t arrived. How could he possibly show up this early?”
Feng Zhi Tao had barely finished speaking when Ji Yuan realized the truth.
Yun Qianzai always loved to make dramatic entrances. Just like today—he’d probably wait until the sect’s leading Golden Core Real Persons arrived before making his grand entrance.
“Why aren’t you going this time, Senior Sister?”
Ji Yuan didn’t ask aloud—he chose to transmit the message with divine sense.
“There were too many people who wanted to go, but limited spots. So I gave mine up. Junior Brother, I… I’m not very useful, am I?”
Feng Zhi Tao’s voice was low. “Actually, I’m a little scared. I asked some senior brothers and sisters who’ve been to Shang Mountain recently. From how they described it, it’s extremely dangerous. Even someone at the peak of Foundation Establishment could fall if they’re not careful.”
“Isn’t fear human nature? Besides, defending Shang Mountain is contributing to the righteous path. Staying in the sect also provides chances to contribute—some even more important.”
This wasn’t the time to agree with Feng Zhi Tao’s self-doubt. He had to comfort her instead.
After all, in matters like this… if mishandled, it could easily give rise to mental demons.
Or more specifically… a heart demon.
If she couldn’t resolve this inner knot, then every time she was on the verge of a breakthrough, Feng Zhi Tao would remember how she had cowered in this moment.
How she had been a deserter.
“Really?”
Feng Zhi Tao turned to look at him.
“Of course it’s true.”
Ji Yuan nodded seriously.
“Eh? Junior Brother Ji? You’re going to Shang Mountain too?”
Just as Ji Yuan was speaking to Feng Zhi Tao via divine sense, a familiar voice called out from behind him.