Chapter 104: Chen Honghong Awakens

  However, to Chu Hao's surprise, the materials for Hu Jin Wan were not difficult to find. These materials were basically available among the six people, and they could be easily purchased. As for Ning Shen Xing Suo Wan, a merchant from Wu Guo had two of the required materials, and a local merchant promised to help Chu Hao search for them. The materials for Fa Qi Ruan E Jian were more difficult to obtain. The black-eyed snake skin, Di Tu Ci Wei shell, and Huang Yin Ruan Si required were all relatively rare items in the secular world. Five people had never heard of them before, but a merchant from Ma Ya Empire said that he seemed to have seen the auction of black-eyed snake skin at an auction, although he didn't buy it.

  Although Chu Hao was somewhat disappointed, these things were all on the body of the demon beast. This is the Cloud Sky Border, if you go deep into the mountains, there shouldn't be a lack of demon beasts. The last time at Monkey Mountain was an example, so he wasn't worried about the material problem either.

  But when he took out the list of materials for the Spirit Concentrate Pill, several merchants simultaneously revealed a look of astonishment.

  Chu Hao looked at them strangely and hurriedly asked. The few people hesitated for a moment before saying, "Young Master Wang, don't you know that these materials are not only hard to get in other countries, but it's simply impossible to obtain them in the Yun Tian Empire!"

  When he heard this, Chu Hao was very surprised in his heart. The materials in the Xunling Dan formula were indeed very rare. However, for ordinary people and mundane world, these materials had no use at all. Rarity and scarcity are two different concepts. Being hard to obtain only means that these merchants knew about these materials, but couldn't get their hands on them.

  "What did he say?" Chu Hao concentrated and asked.

  "It's not like it's a secret or anything... apart from the 'Yunyue Bailuo' which ordinary people haven't heard of, all the other materials on this list are prohibited for sale among merchants in the Cloud Heaven Empire. Even auction houses within the empire can't sell them. If you hand these materials over to the imperial court, you'll even be rewarded." The merchant from Wugu country paused before continuing: "Of course, these materials are extremely rare, we've never seen them ourselves, it's only when the ban was issued that we found out about them."

  The merchant's answer made Chu Hao stunned. Then he remembered the night of the flower lantern festival, when two old Taoists from the Purple Cloud Gate had tried to bribe the Green Robe Old Man with the Spirit Gathering Pill.

  "He calmly asked: 'When did this ban start?'"

  "It was carried out in the second year of the current emperor's reign."

  Upon hearing this, Chu Hao confirmed his own speculation that this ban was also orchestrated by the Purple Cloud Sect. Otherwise, how could the imperial family of Yun Tian, who were merely ordinary mortals, possibly prohibit these refining materials, all of which were ingredients for the Lingdan?

  It seems that the formula for this Spirit Gathering Pill is currently only available to the Purple Cloud Sect, and they also have a grasp of the production method. Otherwise, the old man in the green shirt would not have hesitated on that day.

  The effect of the Lingdan, Chu Hao's previous life was only a furnace master, so he didn't know how powerful it could be, but since the Purple Cloud Sect had issued such a ban, in his heart, he even more urgently wanted to refine this thing.

  With the help of Hunyuan Ding and Chen Honghong, even if it's not possible to refine in bulk, one or two pills shouldn't be a problem. If they can also utilize Liehuo Fire, the success rate will increase even more.

  Unexpectedly, Chu Hao received such a message and was overjoyed. After discussing with the six merchants for a while, he let them go down, and Jiang Yuan personally sent them out, which made the six people feel honored.

  Today, Chen Honghong still didn't show up. Chu Hao rearranged his thoughts and felt a bit worried, wondering if something had happened? However, thinking back to that day's scene, the Huanyuan Ding was indeed successfully restored, so there shouldn't be any problems.

  After absorbing the spiritual energy of Dàyǔ Wood, Chú Hào ate three more Tiger Tendon Pills and then practiced with Liú Lì and others for a while. He felt that the growth of his acquired Qi had also accelerated, and he was slightly satisfied.

  The next day, Chen Honghong's voice finally echoed in his mind, and Chu Hao let out a sigh of relief. "Aren't you supposed to be resting for a day? It's already the third day."

  "You useless little brat!" Chu Hao's worry was naturally felt by Chen Honghong, but although he scolded and taunted with his mouth, for some reason, there was a warm feeling in his heart. So, after saying that, he added: "Although the Hunyuan Ding has been successfully repaired, something unexpected happened in the middle, so it's been delayed for a while."

  "What unexpected event?"

  "You'll know if you take it out and see for yourself." Chu Hao heard this, closed the door to the room, then summoned the Hunyuan Ding. He took a look, but didn't find anything unusual. Before he could ask again, Chen Honghong hummed and said, "Stupid kid, don't you know how to sense its spiritual energy level?"

  Chu Hao furrowed his brow, and then a look of wild joy appeared on his face as he exclaimed: "This... the Hunyuan Cauldron has reached the level of an 8th-grade treasure!"

  "Not bad!" Chen Honghong said: "The Dà Yǔ wood is indeed a top-notch material among the rare treasures. At that time, it even escaped a segment. If it were used entirely to repair the Huàn Yuán Dǐng, I really don't know what kind of state it could be restored to. The Huàn Yuán Dǐng belongs to the water and earth elements of the five elements, and can produce thunderbolts and golden liquids. But the Dà Yǔ wood is a rare treasure of the water element, and has lived for 500 years, so it's naturally different. I underestimated this thing before."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Chen Honghong paused for a moment and continued: 'However, although Hunyuan Ding has recovered to the realm of Baopi eighth grade, it's only the initial stage. Its divine function, you need to at least reach Xiantian fifth layer to use. If it's just seventh grade, you can already use your Xiantian.'"

  Chu Hao nodded, his tone unchanged, saying: "The repair of the Hunyuan Ding exceeded expectations by a whole level, and with restricted cultivation, it will naturally be upgraded. This is nothing."

  "Huh?" Chen Honghong said in surprise, "This doesn't match your usual personality, how can you be so calm?" After a moment of silence, Chen Honghong continued in disbelief, "There's actually spiritual energy inside your body, what's going on?!"

  Chen Honghong's tone was no longer as sarcastic as before, revealing a sense of shock.

  Chu Hao felt a slight sense of pride in his heart, being able to shock the renowned Mixed Yuan Ding's spirit was not an easy feat. "Of course, you don't even look at who I am, these spiritual energies will choose their master, they all came to my body on their own."

  Chen Honghong didn't even bother to argue with his nonsense, and instead said solemnly: "You little brat, have you absorbed the spiritual energy of the Great Yu Tree?"

  Chu Hao was somewhat surprised and asked: "How did you know?"

  "Nonsense, the spiritual energy here is thin, except for the Great Yu Wood, where else can you absorb spiritual energy? Those two pieces of low-grade spirit stones, I suppose you won't be able to use them either, and you don't have such a high level of spiritual energy!" Chen Honghong said:

  "And how can you absorb the spiritual energy from the Great Yu Tree? What's going on here? You're just a postnatal cultivator, how can you possibly make high-level heavenly and earthly energies coexist without rejecting each other?"

  Chu Hao detected a hint of urgency in Chen Honghong's voice and knew that she was worried about him, so he stopped rambling and said seriously: "I've been wanting to ask you this question for the past two days. After repairing the Hunyuan Cauldron that day, the wood of Great Yu broke, and I had the idea of absorbing spiritual energy, using my acquired energy to capture and store it in my body. But as for how the spiritual energy can exist safely in my meridians..."

  "You haven't even opened your heavenly gate, yet you can actually use postnatal energy to capture spiritual energy. This is unthinkable... Chen Honghong listened to Chu Hao's account and was somewhat surprised. After thinking for a moment, she said: "You foolish kid, fortunately, you have great fortune and a strong life force. Your reckless use of postnatal energy to capture spiritual energy almost got you killed. This is truly fortunate. It seems that your Lihuo fire must have helped you out greatly."

  Chu Hao also felt that only this reason was acceptable, he himself was also reckless and able to absorb spiritual energy, which indeed exceeded some specific laws of cultivating the truth.

  "Although the pure spiritual energy in your body cannot be converted, it can change your physique and even make you fly faster before birth, which is a good thing." Chen Honghong thought of something and said: "Right, check the seal on your body. That seal blocked the absorption of spiritual energy and the operation of the method, now that you can absorb spiritual energy, does it mean that the seal is invalid?!"

  Chu Hao had never thought about this problem before, but after Chen Honghong's reminder, he hastily sat down on the ground and introspected his body with his divine sense. Immediately afterwards, tens of seconds later, Chu Hao's eyes widened, and his face was instantly filled with an ecstatic expression!