Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 86: Met

The dark red gourd before him was the first Spiritual Treasure Fang Hong had personally refined, and also the result of his initial attempt at the "Spirit Fusion Secret Art."

Although the gourd Spiritual Treasure looked ordinary and unremarkable, Fang Hong was filled with anticipation.

What kind of Divine Power did it possess? Everything was still unknown and could only be revealed after a personal test.

This was the most profound aspect of the Spirit Fusion Secret Art.

It allowed Spiritual Treasures to fuse with the spiritual essence of materials during the refining process, giving birth to all sorts of strange and unexpected Divine Abilities.

The gourd Spiritual Treasure had fused with earth fire crystal, profound iron essence, and a rare, ten-thousand-year-old Cloud Essence, so its effect would certainly be extraordinary. What surprises could it bring?

The moment the Spiritual Treasure took shape, Fang Hong immediately forced out a drop of his vital essence blood from his fingertip, beginning to establish a spiritual connection with the gourd Spiritual Treasure...

Time quietly passed, and a month later, the gourd Spiritual Treasure was finally completely refined, establishing a strong spiritual connection with Fang Hong.

Fang Hong reached out and grabbed it; the gourd Spiritual Treasure automatically flew into his palm, and a warm sensation emanated from his palm, making him feel a sense of comfort and intimacy.

Fang Hong still didn’t fully know what Divine Power this gourd possessed, but he guessed it had a significant connection to that ten-thousand-year-old Cloud Essence.

To verify his idea, he decided to conduct an experiment.

Fang Hong took out the Skeleton Staff Spiritual Treasure from his storage bag, letting it float to his left, while he placed the gourd Spiritual Treasure to his right, facing each other.

Fang Hong formed hand seals and simultaneously injected Magic Power into both Spiritual Treasures.

In an instant, the Skeleton Staff flashed with purple light, then shot out fiercely, smashing towards the gourd Spiritual Treasure.

The next moment, a layer of red spiritual light appeared on the surface of the gourd Spiritual Treasure, and then a white flash erupted from its mouth, as a fiery red cloud mist spewed out, rapidly engulfing the incoming Skeleton Staff.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Something astonishing happened!

The purple spiritual light around the Skeleton Staff rapidly dimmed within the cloud mist, its spiritual essence seemingly stripped away in an instant, and the entire Spiritual Treasure began to continuously shrink until it completely lost its ability to resist.

Finally, the Skeleton Staff was actually drawn into the gourd by the cloud mist, disappearing without a trace!

"What?!" Fang Hong’s pupils constricted sharply, his face full of shock.

He had originally thought the cloud mist spewed by the gourd was some kind of attack, but he never expected it could directly swallow an entire Spiritual Treasure, and with such ease!

"Could this be the Divine Power of the gourd Spiritual Treasure?" Fang Hong stood rooted to the spot, unable to recover for a long time.

Suddenly, he remembered that Li Lu had mentioned in Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden that the ten-thousand-year-old Cloud Essence possessed the characteristic of sweeping away Spiritual Artifacts.

Now it seemed, this gourd Spiritual Treasure indeed inherited the Divine Power of that Cloud Essence!

With a thought, Fang Hong reached out and grabbed the gourd Spiritual Treasure, taking it back into his palm.

He injected Magic Power again, and a white light flashed from the gourd’s mouth. The Skeleton Staff, which had been swallowed, was actually spewed out again, landing in front of him.

"Oh? This is..." Fang Hong stared intently, his face showing surprise once more.

He was startled to find that the purple light on the surface of the Skeleton Staff was even more solid and dazzling, as if it had been re-tempered by some mysterious power, and the spiritual essence of the entire Spiritual Treasure had significantly increased.

Fang Hong immediately extended his Divine Sense into it, and this exploration gave him a fright.

He discovered with horror that the spiritual imprint of the original owner, which had remained inside the Skeleton Staff, had actually been completely erased!

"This... How is this possible?!" Fang Hong couldn’t help but exclaim.

Fang Hong was not the original owner of the Skeleton Staff, so he couldn’t achieve a complete spiritual connection with it, nor could he store it within his body.

Even by refining it with Dan Fire, he could only unleash seventy to eighty percent of its power.

The reason for this was the spiritual imprint of the original owner.

Erasing the spiritual imprint of a Spiritual Treasure was extremely difficult, something even a Nascent Soul Cultivator might not be able to achieve.

But now, the spiritual imprint of this Skeleton Staff had disappeared, which meant it had returned to its unowned state, fresh out of the furnace.

Fang Hong only needed to refine it with his essence blood to unleash its full power, one hundred percent!

"Hahaha!" Fang Hong couldn’t help but laugh uproariously, unable to hide his joy.

He couldn’t believe the gourd Spiritual Treasure possessed such astonishing Divine Power!

In a short moment, it could turn a Spiritual Treasure he couldn’t fully refine into his exclusive possession!

This... was simply heaven-defying!

Imagine, in a fierce battle, if he suddenly swept away the enemy’s Spiritual Treasure, what a shocking situation that would be?

"The gourd is fiery red all over, and it can spew red cloud mist... I’ll call you ’fire cloud gourd’!"

Fang Hong immediately gave the gourd Spiritual Treasure a name, gazing at the gourd in his palm with deep affection.

Afterward, he stored the fire cloud gourd within his Golden Core space, continuously nurturing it with the Qi of his Golden Core to strengthen their spiritual connection.

Next, Fang Hong didn’t delay. He sat cross-legged, forced out another drop of his vital essence blood, spewed out Dan Fire, and began to refine the Skeleton Staff.

It was a free Spiritual Treasure in its complete form; not refining it would be a waste!

...

Ten days later, the refining was complete, and Fang Hong finally gained complete control over this Spiritual Treasure that once belonged to someone else.

With his spiritual imprint planted, the Skeleton Staff was finally completely subdued by him, capable of unleashing one hundred percent of its power.

Adding the fire cloud gourd, he now had two Spiritual Treasures.

At this moment, Fang Hong sat on his meditation cushion, the spiritual light from the spirit stone in his hand slowly extinguishing as the Spiritual Qi was completely absorbed, and his Magic Power was fully restored.

He opened his eyes, ready to refine the flying needle Spiritual Treasure in one go; this was the core attack method recorded in the "Essence Emperor Art."

Although the Divine Power of the fire cloud gourd was powerful, it mostly served an auxiliary role, while the flying needle was the true killing move for direct confrontation.

"Whoosh!"

Just as Fang Hong was about to start refining the treasure, a spiritual light-flashing communication talisman suddenly flew to his side, hovering in the air.

Fang Hong was slightly startled. He reached out and opened it, hearing Luo Hao’s voice from within the communication talisman: "Junior Brother, come to Purple Jade Peak. I have an important matter to discuss with you."

"Important matter?" Fang Hong frowned slightly. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Since it was a personal message from the Sect Leader, he naturally couldn’t neglect it and could only temporarily set aside the treasure refining.

He put away his artifact refining materials and formation, got up, left his Immortal Cave, and flew towards Purple Jade Peak...

A moment later, Fang Hong arrived at the outskirts of Purple Jade Peak and found that the mountain-guarding restriction was not activated, so he flew directly in, landing in the pavilion where he had last spoken with Luo Hao.

Inside the pavilion, Luo Hao sat alone at a stone table, reviewing jade slips, his expression solemn, his brows tightly furrowed, seemingly dealing with a difficult matter.

"Senior Brother, what do you need me for?" Fang Hong landed in the pavilion and asked.

"Oh, Junior Brother, you’ve finally come out of seclusion. Please have a seat." Luo Hao briefly greeted Fang Hong, then continued to examine the jade slips.

Fang Hong nodded and sat down beside him, his gaze falling on the jade slips in front of Luo Hao.

Silence filled the pavilion for a time, broken only by the soft rustle of Luo Hao turning jade slips and his occasional low sighs...