I use my future dreams to prove immortality.

Chapter 93 Purification

"Dao soldiers are different from Blackwater Sect disciples; they cannot accept sect missions, and it is not easy for them to obtain sect contributions."

"Dao soldiers can only replenish the spiritual energy of the spiritual stones by purifying the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then exchange them for sect contributions."

Han Su sighed helplessly and said, "In order to ensure the scarcity of sect contributions, every two spirit stones can be exchanged for one Blackwater Sect contribution point, and each person can exchange a maximum of ten Blackwater Sect contribution points per month with spirit stones."

Two spirit stones can be exchanged for one point of sect contribution.

The basic Qi Refining stage of the Thunder Cultivation Technique requires 20 Blackwater Sect contribution points, which means he needs to spend 40 spirit stones to exchange for the Thunder Cultivation Technique.

According to Gu Hongzhuang, he can purify three Thunder Spirit Stones every month, and it will take him one year and two months to gather enough Spirit Stones to exchange for a Thunder Cultivation Technique.

It's taking too long!

This is the most basic lightning cultivation technique. To obtain higher quality techniques, the time required is terrifyingly long.

Of course, if it were other Taoist soldiers, the difficulty would be several times greater.

They are required to provide their respective immortal masters with ten spirit stones each month. However, most immortal masters only exploit their Dao soldiers, and the extra spirit stones purified are difficult to retain.

This significantly increases the difficulty of accumulating forty spirit stones.

"Thank you for your guidance, Immortal Master. I am deeply grateful."

After bidding farewell to Han Su, Zhou Qiuyuan returned to his residence and took out the Thunder Spirit Furnace.

Although the Thunder Spirit Furnace is a superior Thunder Spirit tool, its quality is lower than that of the Thunder Blade, and its Thunder Spirit Core only has 367 Thunder Spirit Roots.

Prior to this, he had consulted Gu Hongzhuang and was already very familiar with the process of purifying spiritual energy.

Zhou Qiuyuan pressed the Thunder Spirit Furnace against his left chest. Eight barbs grew from the bottom of the Thunder Spirit Furnace, embedding themselves completely into the skin and flesh of his chest, thus becoming closely connected to his body.

Once a body cultivator releases their spiritual energy, they will completely lose control over their spiritual power.

The chest is closest to the heart and lungs. Only by embedding the Thunder Spirit Furnace into the body can one maintain control over spiritual energy for a long time and reduce the loss of spiritual energy.

Now, Zhou Qiuyuan is in a dream of the future, and he is bolder than usual.

He took out the core of the Thunder Spirit Furnace and replaced it with his own Thunder Spirit Root to power the Thunder Spirit artifact.

Zhou Qiuyuan took out another blank spirit stone and kept it for later use.

The Spirit Stone is made primarily from spirit stones that have been depleted of spiritual energy by cultivators. This item can be repeatedly recharged and used, and the total amount of spiritual energy it can hold is approximately equal to that of a spirit stone.

However, spirit stones are different from attributeless spirit stones. After being purified by body refiners, they are endowed with different attributes.

It is suitable for cultivators with the corresponding attributes. Although cultivators who are not compatible can still use it with difficulty, they will have to go through an extra process of converting spiritual energy, making their cultivation efficiency much lower.

Of course, the drawbacks of spirit stones go far beyond this; the spiritual energy stored in spirit stones cannot last as long as that of spirit stones.

As time slowly passes, the spiritual energy within the spirit stone will gradually dissipate, remaining for a maximum of one to two months.

In this way, spirit stones become limited, only suitable for cultivation and setting up short-term formations, and cannot completely replace spirit stones.

Today, spirit stones can be exchanged for spirit stones to some extent; ten standard units of spirit stones can be exchanged for one low-grade spirit stone.

Zhou Qiuyuan activated the Thunderous Breathing Technique, and a wisp of Yang Thunder Qi circulated in his lungs before being transferred into the Thunder Spirit Furnace.

hum!

The special patterns on the Thunder Spirit Furnace were activated, a buzzing sound came from inside, and a barely perceptible purple flame lit up inside the furnace.

Zhou Qiuyuan absorbed a wisp of Yang Thunder Qi and sent it into the purple flames of the Thunder Spirit Furnace to be roasted and forged.

The purple flames were repeatedly forged ninety-nine times, causing the volume of the Yang Thunder Qi to shrink by more than ninety percent. A barely perceptible black aura could be faintly sensed dissipating from it.

The lightning spirit energy became pure and clear. Zhou Qiuyuan slowly poured it into the empty spirit stone, and a faint purple aura appeared on the spirit stone.

The process of refining spiritual energy ninety-nine times is a must. After each spiritual stone is purified, it will be tested with a special magical artifact.

Even the slightest difference can lead to a huge error. If even a little bit of contamination remains and isn't completely cleaned, this spirit stone is considered trash by cultivators.

If the quality of the spirit stone is not up to standard, it needs to be "reworked".

At that point, the same process must be repeated to completely purify the impurities, which takes a great deal of time and effort.

As someone who had been through it all, Gu Hongzhuang specifically advised Zhou Qiuyuan not to try to slack off.

Come again!

Zhou Qiuyuan began his second attempt, sending a new wisp of Yang Thunder Qi into the Thunder Spirit Furnace. However, this wisp of Yang Thunder Qi wove into a thunder net, making the spiritual energy structure more stable.

After being forged ninety-nine times, the remaining lightning spiritual power doubled compared to before, a remarkable improvement.

Even so, he is still far inferior to a body cultivator at the Vajra Realm.

When a body cultivator reaches the Vajra Realm, they can merge with the furnace, and their body can transform into the furnace to purify the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The body is much better at preserving spiritual energy than the Thunder Spirit Furnace. The pure thunder spirit power retained after ninety-nine forgings will be at least three times higher than it is now.

Only in this way can ten or more spirit stones be purified each month.

Zhou Qiuyuan tried several times, and although the efficiency of the lightning net purification improved significantly, it could only retain up to 20% of the lightning spiritual power, which was still not comparable to that of a Vajra Realm cultivator.

In the following period, Zhou Qiuyuan continued to refine his body in the real world, acquire knowledge from the library in the future dream world, purify the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and try to improve the purification efficiency of the Thunder Spirit Furnace.

Unfortunately, the results were minimal.

It would take Zhou Qiuyuan six to seven months to collect twenty sect contribution points.

Although the time was halved compared to the initial time, it was still too long.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye. After taking the Nourishing Thunder Pill, Zhou Qiuyuan sat cross-legged, and a powerful, drum-like heartbeat emanated from his heart.

Zhou Qiuyuan slowly opened his eyes, his qi and blood showing an astonishing increase compared to before.

The Thunder Heart, forged through ten refinements, is finally complete!

At this point, only the final Thunder Liver needs to reach the tenth refinement level.

After completing both internal and external training, he entered the transformation period. This stage is different from other body training stages and does not require the use of elixirs.

No cultivation is needed during the transformation period; simply wait for the body to transform. The main cultivation of Thunder Bones, Thunder Heart, and Thunder Liver will drive the growth of all parts of the body.

Once the transformation is complete, the other parts of the body that have undergone initial tempering will possess strength comparable to that of an ordinary tenth-level refinement.

Finally, one must find a suitable spiritual tool and merge it with oneself.

At that time, not only will you be able to materialize spirit tools, but you will also be able to possess strength comparable to spirit tools and master the special abilities that spirit tools possess.

Of course, most importantly, after fusing with the furnace, the efficiency of purifying the spiritual energy of heaven and earth increases several times.

By then, the efficiency of earning sect contribution points and spirit stones will increase several times over.