Niu Jinshui nodded readily, then flew away one after another with Tang Honggong and Elder Hu.
Qian Duoduo carefully closed every door in the Immortal Cave, watered the flowers and plants in the yard, removed the traces pecked by the Spirit Ant Bee on the main gate, and then followed the mountain path back to his residence.
Stronger power, becoming a Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Heavenly Human Cultivator, becoming a Fifth Grade, Sixth Grade Artifact Refiner, going to the Upper Road…
These thoughts surged in his mind like giant waves.
Qian Duoduo sat motionlessly on the Spiritual Platform in the Cultivation Room for an hour, unable to calm down, wasting an hour's worth of 10,000 gold coins of Spiritual Qi.
He jumped off the bed and went to the Artifact Refining Room, took out the newly acquired Magic Treasure, and began Artifact Refining to forget Yu Yixiang.
By the end of the Artifact Refining, only one Magic Treasure remained unrefined.
This Magic Treasure was the Entering Saint Key.
The Entering Saint Key was a Middle-Grade Profound Weapon.
The Magic Treasure described it in a rather mystical way, saying that with this Magic Treasure, one could unlock a Sacred Artifact lock on the Refining Saint Wall once and obtain the Entering Sainthood Incantation.
And the Entering Sainthood Incantation was the secret to comprehending the Refining Saint Wall; if an Artifact Refiner could grasp the secret, he might gain the ability to refine Sacred Artifacts!
And an Artifact Refiner who refined Sacred Artifacts was a Ninth Grade!
Sacred Artifact, Ninth Grade?
Qian Duoduo shook the Magic Treasure, feeling that these claims were exaggerated beyond belief.
Because even Liu Boli didn't know who had ever become a Ninth Grade Refiner.
A Ninth Grade Refiner had never even appeared in legends.
He didn't believe it, but the Entering Saint Key still needed to be refined.
After carefully reading the Magic Treasure for the Entering Saint Key, Qian Duoduo was greatly surprised.
The Entering Saint Key had a peculiar appearance, like a jade bi with countless small holes, each with a unique shape and texture.
Its material was extremely special, refined from hao gold and extreme gold.
Qian Duoduo had encountered hao gold before, but he had only seen extreme gold and never refined it.
The most difficult part was not these; inside the Entering Saint Key, there was actually a heart.
This heart was required to be beating, and its material was soul liquid.
This meant that the Entering Saint Key was a living thing, and its refining difficulty was no less than that of condensing a soul!
At some unknown point, Liu Boli floated out.
His expression was also solemn as he studied the Magic Treasure for the Entering Saint Key.
He was more serious in his concentration than when looking at those Xuanshi Puppets Magic Treasures.
"This item is extraordinary."
After reading it, Liu Boli let out a long sigh.
"Are there really Sacred Artifacts in this world?"
Qian Duoduo still felt that the Magic Treasure contained a lot of exaggeration.
Liu Boli gave a wry smile.
"Perhaps there are. After recovering to the Heavenly Human Initial Stage, I initially had some confidence, feeling that there was nothing I couldn't handle on this Lower Road. However, Yu Yixiang's sudden disappearance was completely beyond my capabilities, and now I feel that I may not have complete certainty even in the Refining Spirit Sect."
He went out to Wanjin Pavilion to buy some extreme gold, gathered all the Artifact Refining materials, and Qian Duoduo returned to the Artifact Refining Room in his Immortal Cave.
"Master, I'll handle the initial steps; when it comes to condensing the soul, you help me."
Liu Boli nodded and stayed in the Artifact Refining Room, closely observing Qian Duoduo's every move.
After refining the hao gold, Qian Duoduo placed the sky-blue extreme gold into the cauldron.
However, even with the first layer of the Eternal Wealth and Nobility Art fully activated, Qian Duoduo couldn't budge the extreme gold in the slightest.
hao gold was extremely difficult to melt and could only be refined at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
Qian Duoduo was only able to refine it successfully because he had cultivated the first layer of the Eternal Wealth and Nobility Art.
As for extreme gold, it required a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivation, and even with the Turning Stone into Gold Art running simultaneously, Qian Duoduo couldn't make any progress.
Just as Qian Duoduo was about to call Liu Boli for help, the two small purple fish in his Lower Spirit Sea suddenly swam, and under the operation of the Golden Life Devouring Dragon Art, a Purple-Eyed Golden Winged Bird rushed into the cauldron and swallowed the extreme gold in one gulp.