After a long while, Jianchen finally returned to his senses. He looked at the monster cores around him with great excitement. He felt that this huge surprise had come too suddenly.
Just a moment ago, he was still worrying about the monster cores. Now, the Artifact Spirit had given him a mountain of monster cores. The number of Class 7 and Class 8 monster cores had reached an unimaginable level. This made Jianchen feel like he was living in a dreamlike world. Everything that was happening in front of him was not real.
Jianchen took a deep breath and slowly calmed himself down. He looked at the neatly stacked monster cores that had completely blocked the corridor. Without any hesitation, he immediately began to put the monster cores into his Space Ring.
There were monster cores of various grades. After putting thousands of them into his Space Ring, Jianchen finally calmed down. He seemed to have thought of something and immediately stopped what he was doing. He thought to himself, "If I put all these monster cores into my Space Ring, won't I lose a lot of monster cores if I lose my Space Ring in the future? And the sacred artifact has already recognized me as its master. It's hidden in my consciousness, so it's impossible to lose it. It seems like it's safest to leave these monster cores in the sacred artifact. "
After understanding this, Jianchen stopped putting the monster cores into his Space Ring. He turned to the Artifact Spirit and said, "Find a large room to be used as a warehouse. Then put all these monster cores there. Also, give me a hundred Class 7 monster cores."
"Yes, master!" The Artifact Spirit immediately replied. With a wave of its hand, the monster cores in the surroundings all disappeared. Only a hundred fist-sized Class 7 monster cores were left floating in the air.
Jianchen's gaze fell on the hundred Class 7 monster cores. Immediately, he frowned slightly. He walked up and picked up a monster core to examine it. He saw that the Class 7 monster cores were all dull. The thick layer of dust on them had already turned into a thin layer of stone shell, tightly enclosing the monster core. At a glance, the fist-sized Class 7 monster cores were like round stones.
Jianchen exerted a little force in his hand and crushed the outer layer of the monster core, revealing the monster core hidden inside. The monster core was still dull. He could only feel a tiny bit of energy hidden deep within the monster core.
Seeing this, Jianchen's eyebrows immediately became tightly knit together.
"Master, these monster cores have already existed for hundreds of thousands of years. A lot of the energy inside has been lost due to the corrosion of time. The remaining energy has almost all solidified." The Artifact Spirit explained.
Jianchen stared at the Class 7 monster core in his hand and said, "Indeed. A lot of the energy in this Class 7 monster core has been lost. Only about 60% of the energy is left."
Monster cores were different from Emperor Weapons. On the Tianyuan Continent, every Emperor Weapon was a powerful weapon that was regarded as a treasure. They were carefully preserved and cared for as if they were their own children. In addition, Emperor Weapons could absorb the Yuan Qi of the world to replenish themselves. Therefore, Emperor Weapons could be preserved for a long time. However, the same couldn't be said for Magic Cores. Magic Cores were only useful to humans and were completely useless to the Magic Beasts. This was because Magic Beasts simply couldn't absorb the energy inside a Magic Core like humans. Therefore, when those powerful Magic Beasts passed away, the Magic Cores they left behind could only become sacred objects that were enshrined by the Magic Beasts as a sign of respect to their ancestors. If a monster core was stored for too long, the energy in it would slowly disappear and solidify.
"Although some of the energy inside has been lost, these monster cores are still very useful to me. Artifact Spirit, I will immediately go into seclusion. If I need you, I will naturally call you. Also, during my seclusion, pay attention to the situation outside at all times. If there is any movement, immediately inform me. "Jianchen said.
"Yes, master!"
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In the quiet hall, Jianchen sat cross-legged on the cold ground. The Sword Spirits had already appeared and were sitting cross-legged on top of Jianchen's head, refining the first Class 7 monster core with difficulty.
This time, the refining process was very slow. It was several times more difficult than refining the Emperor Weapon. The remaining energy in the monster core that had existed for several hundred thousand years had completely solidified. During the refining process, Jianchen felt that the energy within the monster core had completely turned into a hard block of ice. He currently placed the block of ice in his mouth and sucked in the melted water with great difficulty. It was extremely difficult.
After an entire day, the first Class 7 monster core was finally completely refined. It turned into a tiny sliver of Chaotic Force that entered Jianchen's body. The sliver of Chaotic Force was clearly smaller than the Chaotic Force he had obtained from refining the Emperor Weapon.
However, Jianchen was still satisfied. The Artifact Spirit possessed several tens of thousands of Class 7 Monster Cores and even quite a few Class 8 Monster Cores. If he could refine all of them, his Chaotic Body would definitely reach a whole new level. At the very least, it would be more than enough for him to reach the second layer of the Chaotic Body.
Jianchen did not stop. After refining the first monster core, he immediately took out a second Class 7 Monster Core and continued refining it.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed. During those three months, Jianchen had always been refining monster cores and cultivating Chaotic Force. The hundred Class 7 Monster Cores he had brought in before had all been used up by Jianchen, allowing the chaotic neidan in his dantian to expand by quite a lot.
"At this rate, it'll only be a matter of time before I reach the second layer of Chaotic Force." Jianchen was unable to contain his joy as he looked at his enlarged chaotic neidan. He left his seclusion and directly called for the Artifact Spirit outside.
The Artifact Spirit silently appeared before Jianchen. Jianchen immediately asked, "Did anything happen outside while I was in seclusion?"
"Master, the situation outside is still the same as before. Nothing has changed," said the Artifact Spirit.
"That's perfect. Then I can stay here for a little longer. Artifact Spirit, bring me another five hundred Class 7 Monster Cores. Try your best to pick the ones that have been left behind recently," said Jianchen.
"Yes, master!" The Artifact Spirit replied politely. With a thought, the five hundred Class 7 Monster Cores appeared before Jianchen out of nowhere. Every single monster core pulsed with powerful energy. The energy within them was still very active and had not solidified. Clearly, their owners had not passed away for a very long time.
Jianchen accepted the five hundred Class 7 Monster Cores before entering the palace.
"Master, the seal of the Radiant Saint Force origin energy will be undone in half a year," just as Jianchen turned around, the Artifact Spirit's voice rang out in Jianchen's head.
Jianchen paused slightly when he heard that. The faces of his parents immediately appeared in his head. He said, "You must inform me when the time comes." With that, Jianchen disappeared from the palace. The heavy doors of the palace slowly closed as well.
Jianchen sat on the ground in the empty palace. He murmured, "In half a year, I'll be able to obtain the origin energy of Radiant Saint Force and become a Class 7 Radiant Saint Master. At that time, I'll be able to revive my parents."
"But before that, I need to increase my strength as quickly as possible. Only when I'm not afraid of the ten protector clans can I return to the Tian Yuan Continent. Otherwise, not only will I not be able to save my parents, but even Xiao Bai will be implicated. My life will be in danger as well."
Jianchen quickly dismissed his thoughts and continued to refine the monster cores. Now that the problem of the monster cores had been resolved, he needed to increase his strength as quickly as possible.
On the distant Tian Yuan Continent, the storm of searching for the Winged Tiger showed no signs of stopping. This matter had already spread across the entire continent. Everyone knew about it. Not only had the ten protector clans moved out, but even the ancient clans and hermit clans that had been in seclusion for many years had appeared as well. They joined the search for the Winged Tiger.
The ten protector clans did not remain idle during this period of time. They worked together many times to search the entire continent using secret techniques in an attempt to find the presence of the Winged Tiger and Jianchen. However, without exception, they were disappointed every single time.
Although the Pure Heart Pavilion had Changyang Hu's clan, which caused a slight change in their relationship with the Changyang Prefecture, they did not give up on searching for the Winged Tiger. The matter of the Winged Tiger was extremely important. It affected the fate of the entire continent. As one of the ten protector clans, the Pure Heart Pavilion would definitely not ignore the safety of the continent for Changyang Hu alone.
However, the relationship between the protector clans of the Changyang Prefecture and the other eight clans had become much colder. The other eight clans all had ulterior motives. They did not want the Changyang Prefecture to successfully obtain the Winged Tiger, so they all purposefully excluded the Changyang Prefecture.
The Changyang Prefecture had obviously discovered this long ago, but they did not do anything about it. They did not care at all. However, they were even more eager to find Jianchen than the other nine clans. Not only was Jianchen a prodigy of the Tian Yuan Continent, but he was also a follower of the Winged Tiger. As a direct descendant of the Changyang Prefecture, as long as they found Jianchen first, it would be equivalent to directly gaining control of the Winged Tiger.
The two great elders, Changyang Zu Yunxiao and Changyang Zu Yeyun, remained in the Changyang clan in Lore City the entire time. They silently protected the clan that their son had founded in the past during this tense time as they waited for his return.
The situation with the Flame Mercenaries was great as well. The group's strength basically increased with each passing day. Although all the ancient clans had been mobilized and the news of them possessing tungsten alloys had leaked out, the Flame Mercenaries had the shadow of the Changyang clan behind them. Coupled with the support of the grand elder of Mercenary City, the ancient clans did not dare to covet the tungsten alloys they possessed. Only the people of the Tianmu clan, after negotiating with You Yue and Bi Lian for a while, managed to exchange some tungsten alloys with the Flame Mercenaries for something equally precious.
The Flame Mercenaries had never stopped mining and refining tungsten alloy, so they had already accumulated a large amount of tungsten alloy. The original cities had all been destroyed, and they were currently in the process of constructing a city. They planned to use the tungsten alloy to create a city that belonged to the Flame Mercenaries.
Ming Dong remained in seclusion in a place with no one around. He had never appeared. Ever since Jianchen had left, Huang Luan had returned to the Huang family to cultivate.
Tie Ta, Little Fatty, Wang Yifeng, and Dugu Feng had all entered seclusion as well. They cultivated with the monster cores Jianchen had left behind before he left, increasing their strength as quickly as possible.
In the Tianqin clan of Walaurent City, Qin Xiao originally planned on searching for Jianchen, but as the protector clans revealed Jianchen's portrait, the entire continent was shaken up. His movements were immediately stopped by the great elders of the Tianqin clan, and he was forcefully imprisoned in the clan.
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