During the time on the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship, Lu Yu absorbed the Spiritual Qi from spirit stones in the game to accelerate his training while speeding up the pace of setting up array diagrams in reality.
When absorbing spirit stones for cultivation, the recovery speed of spiritual power in reality also significantly increased. Lu Yu could log off several times a day to set up the Golden Armor Spirit Array.
After two days, only the ceiling remained unfinished in his house, and Lu Yu had also equipped the security door with a bolt. Once locked from the inside, the security door armed with the Golden Armor Spirit Array could not be breached even by a rocket launcher.
Taking some time to spare, Lu Yu researched drawing the Golden Armor Spirit Array on clothing, successfully creating a set of indestructible summer cool short sleeves and cropped pants.
Lu Yu received 100,000 gold coins from Iron Tomb, another 190,000 from No. 77 and Jianghu Tong, and gathered 300,000 gold coins with some odds and ends to exchange for 2,730 spirit stones at the official bank.
Each spirit stone was roughly about 110 gold coins. As for the official regulation that 1 spirit stone = 100 gold coins, this exchange rate only applied when exchanging spirit stones for gold coins.
How to put it, the government indeed never stated that 100 gold coins equaled 1 spirit stone.
Compared to other banks or the underground black market, the spirit stones from the official bank were more quality-assured, with no shortfalls and all freshly stocked with a spiritual Qi loss rate of less than 0.1%.
After returning from the Yinming Cold Pool, Lu Yu began absorbing spirit stones to accelerate his cultivation.
During this period, over a hundred spirit stones were consumed, and after two days of strenuous practice on the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship, his fire spiritual power finally barely reached the level of Qi Cultivation Stage 3.
[Realm: Qi Cultivation Stage 3 (10%)]
[Spiritual Power: 609 (Ice 308, Fire 301)]
[Cultivation Technique: Seven Layers of Ice and Fire (First Layer), Bladeless Blade Technique (Level 3)]
[Skills: Ice Spiritual Qi ∗ Yinming Cold Qi (Ice Martial Power +50%), Fire Spiritual Qi ∗ Celestial Falling Bright Flame (Fire Martial Power +40%)
Flame Demon Eye (Not fully mastered, 30% activated)
Fierce Tiger Fist*Tiger's Might (Incomparable)
Heaven's Edge Ruler Step (Novice, integrated Eight Steps to Chase Cicada)
Bladeless Swordsmanship - Celestial Collapse (Mastery)
Blood Burning Secret Technique (Consumes 30% Qi Blood, Attack Speed +70%, Martial Power +70%) (Slight Accomplishment)
Earth Evasion (Proficient)
Golden Armor Spirit Array (Novice)
Basic Artifact Refining Technique (Novice) — Spirit Pattern Pen Refining (Proficient)]
Lu Yu's physical body's strength was too high, able to withstand a spiritual power limit far beyond the current realm, so when cultivating fire spiritual power, it practically couldn't stimulate the growth of Qi Blood.
After returning from the Yinming Cold Pool, Lu Yu's Qi Blood hasn't grown.
Lu Yu also pondered over the issue of realm, wondering why when he initially broke through the Qi Cultivation Stage, his panel displayed Qi Cultivation Stage 3 instead of Qi Cultivation Stage 1.
Back when Lu Yu had just broken through to Qi Cultivation Stage, his internal ice and fire spiritual powers were both at 177 points, and from the perspective of single-attribute spiritual power, Lu Yu's realm should have been at Qi Cultivation Stage 1 level.
But after Lu Yu completed cultivating the Polar Ice and Fire Body, gaining the ability to freely convert between ice and fire spiritual powers, he was able to convert all powers into a single attribute, thus his spiritual power strength could reach as high as 354 points, attaining Qi Cultivation Stage 3 level.
This was also why Lu Yu's panel displayed the realm as Qi Cultivation Stage 3 after the breakthrough, as the attribute panel displayed data according to his strongest state.
Now that Lu Yu's ice and fire spiritual powers both exceeded 300, he became a true Qi Cultivation Stage 3 martial cultivator. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on Novᴇ(l)Fɪre .ɴᴇt
Lu Yu's possession of spiritual power was double that of other martial cultivators in the same realm.
During the Ice and Fire Polar conversion, his combat power could soar to Qi Cultivation Stage 6.
Qi Cultivation Stage 3 could unleash the combat power of a Qi Cultivation Stage 6 martial cultivator, terrifying for ordinary martial cultivators, but even for Lu Yu, an attack from Qi Cultivation Stage 6 was not as good as his single "A".
Seeing his experience points were just enough to upgrade the Blood Burning Secret Technique, Lu Yu invested the experience points to upgrade the Blood Burning Secret Technique, which could also be used in the Warrior's Mystic Realm.
[Skill Upgrade! Blood Burning Secret Technique (Slight Accomplishment) → Blood Burning Secret Technique (Proficient)]
Blood Burning Secret Technique, consumes 40% of Qi Blood, doubling combat power.
Current Realm: Proficient, requires 200,000 experience to upgrade to the next realm.
The upgraded Blood Burning Secret Technique can double combat power when activated, the effect is extremely powerful.
From Lu Yu's frequent use of the Blood Burning Secret Technique, he already understood what consuming 40% of Qi Blood meant.
Activating the Blood Burning Secret Technique requires reversing 40% of one's Qi Blood, and the reversed 40% cannot be used to activate martial arts, it will be continually consumed until all 40% reversed Qi Blood is depleted, at which point the doubled combat power state will cease.
The more Qi Blood one has, the larger the 40% amount, and the longer combat power doubling can be sustained.
The longer the combat power doubling is maintained, the longer the Qi Blood reversal lasts, imposing a greater burden on the body and leaving more severe aftereffects.
The Blood Burning Secret Technique consumes Qi Blood to unleash potential, enhancing basic attributes such as strength and speed.
Shortly after Lu Yu upgraded the Blood Burning Secret Technique, he felt the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship slowing down, so he packed his things and left the room, just in time to meet Ouyang Lie and Qin Feng, who also felt the movement and left their rooms. The three of them went together to the deck of the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship.
Upon reaching the deck, Lu Yu was stunned by the scene in front of him; the sky was filled with various giant flying spiritual treasures, beast-drawn carriages, and colorful rays of light everywhere.
Magnificent carriages dragged by six scarlet-golden dragons roamed the cloud-covers sky, a vast flying whale overshadowing the clouds, a Sword Dao sect riding giant swords, a holy goddess standing independently on a fiery phoenix, and great spirit bloodline strongmen driving ancient war chariots...
Seeing the arrival of the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship representing the Divine Weapon Pavilion, many faction leaders brought disciples over to greet them.
Upon getting closer, they noticed Zhao Tianjue standing foremost on the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship, and their expressions immediately turned stiff, but they couldn't find a reasonable excuse to leave. At this point, Elder Ku and Elder Wu took action, stepping forward to mediate their discomfort and engaging in conversation.
With a way out, the leaders of the various factions exchanged a few words with Elder Ku and Elder Wu, promptly taking their disciples away from the Celestial Patrol Treasure Ship, reminding them not to provoke people from the Divine Weapon Pavilion as they walked.
Zhao Tianjue wasn't easy to talk to, unlike the other elders of the Divine Weapon Pavilion who were easygoing, and if he led a group into the Warrior's Mystic Realm, it always resulted in a bloody storm.
Meanwhile, he was highly protective; if disciples from other forces were slaughtered in the Mystic Realm, and their elders showed even a slight sign of seeking revenge outside of it, he'd act ruthlessly and domineeringly.
However, if a disciple from the Divine Weapon Pavilion lacked strength and was killed in the Mystic Realm, he wouldn't pursue the killer, one could say he was cold and ruthless.
Following Zhao Tianjue wasn't necessarily safe, but it did mean no worries about future troubles.