Chapter 11 Upgrading Magical Weapons and Continued Breakthroughs

If Arius wanted to quickly advance to Bone Tempering Perfection or even break through to the Organ Tempering Realm, the medicinal power of one or two century-old Spirit Tempering Herbs was clearly insufficient.

After all, consuming unrefined herbs caused about 70% of their medicinal power to be wasted.

Looking at the remaining century-old Spirit Tempering Herb, Arius shook his head and decided not to consume it directly.

This herb, with its nine branches and hundreds of leaves, would be more useful to Arius if sold gradually for spirit stone fragments.

Shifting his gaze away from the herb, Arius began examining the belongings he had seized from the Ashfell family's Third Elder.

The wealth of the Third Elder far exceeded that of an ordinary rogue cultivator.

He possessed not only a damaged Level 1 treasure, but also ten spirit stone fragments and three Body Tempering Pills!

Seeing these items, Arius felt quite satisfied.

Using the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror to enhance these items could potentially double their value!

With this in mind, Arius exited his chamber and summoned a servant, instructing him calmly:

"Go. Tell Simon to bring me all the gold ingots, jade stones, and agates that the family has accumulated."

The servant dared not delay and quickly left Arius's residence, heading straight for the De Molinos family's patriarchal hall.

Before long, Simon, accompanied by many family guards, delivered several chests of worldly riches to Arius's courtyard.

"Elder…"

"These are all the De Molinos family's worldly assets accumulated over hundreds of years. We have 10 metric tons of gold ingots, 2 metric tons of agates, and 20 metric tons of jade stones…"

Hearing Simon's report, Arius nodded faintly.

The De Molinos family's financial reserves weren't particularly surprising.

After all, the family had been around for centuries. Through the diligent efforts of successive patriarchs and the protection of their cultivators, accumulating worldly wealth had been relatively easy.

"Hmm. Not bad! Not bad at all!"

Looking at the mountain of gold and treasures, Arius was quite pleased.

If he were to use all these resources, the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror could likely produce many valuable items.

Of course, depleting these riches would plunge the De Molinos family into a financial crisis within a month.

However, Arius already had a plan in mind.

Just a hundred miles from Nezier Town was an ancient town under Ashfell family control: Icosium Town.

A Ashfell family branch resided there. While the accumulated wealth of Icosium Town might not match the De Molinos family's, if Arius seized it, it would be enough to sustain the De Molinos family's operations.

Furthermore, there were no cultivators stationed in Icosium Town.

In the thousand-mile radius around Purple River City, ordinary forces dared not target Icosium Town. But Arius was unafraid of the Ashfell family.

With the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror in hand, as long as he had gold and riches, Arius could continually enhance his cultivation resources and, in the shortest possible time, aim for a breakthrough to the Organ Tempering Realm.

For Arius, Icosium Town was already marked for plunder.

"Alright, everyone, leave now!"

After finishing his thoughts, Arius dismissed Simon and the guards who had transported the riches.

It was time for him to use the treasures to enhance his cultivation resources.

"Understood, Elder!"

Simon didn't dare question Arius's orders or harbor any doubts.

In fact, he felt relieved. The De Molinos family's accumulated treasures were now under the protection of their elder.

Simon thought that perhaps Arius had a unique fondness for worldly treasures. After all, cultivators often had peculiar personalities.

For example, the elder of the Madden family from Bicester Town was obsessed with collecting gold and silver. His obsession had reached the point of extravagance—his entire residence was gilded with gold, adorned with jade and other precious stones.

So, if Arius preferred to keep the De Molinos family's riches close at hand, that was perfectly reasonable.

Moreover, from Simon's perspective, placing the family's entire fortune under Arius's protection only made it safer.

As a cultivator, Arius's presence was a deterrent. Even the strongest mortal warrior would find it nearly impossible to steal even a single ingot or stone under his watch.

After Simon and the others left, Arius casually grabbed a chest full of gold ingots and carried it into the underground chamber.

The chest contained more than twenty gold ingots in total.

Arius placed the chest, along with its contents, onto the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror.

In the next moment, the mirror radiated a soft and mysterious glow.

Then, the entire chest of gold ingots was gradually "absorbed" into the mirror.

Holding the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror, Arius directed its light toward the damaged Level 1 treasure he had obtained from the Ashfell family's Third Elder.

The glow, resembling the flow of a cosmic river, radiated a profound and mysterious energy. It enveloped the damaged treasure, as if projecting a miniature universe onto its surface.

In an instant, the damaged Level 1 treasure began to transform.

Originally, it had been a single red array flag. Now, it turned into three ancient flags, each inscribed with intricate runes and shimmering in gold, green, and red.

These three flags represented the elements of Metal, Wood, and Fire.

The transformed flags, now known as the "Threefold Element Array Flags", had fully reached the level of a genuine Level 1 treasure.

And not just any ordinary one—it was of considerable quality.

If sold, it would easily fetch ten lower-grade spirit stones.

Arius recognized these flags from ancient sect records.

The Threefold Element Array Flags were powerful tools:

Metal represented killing power.Wood represented suppression and entrapment.Fire represented energy consumption and destruction.

When wielded by a cultivator at the Level 1 Realm, these flags could cover an area of up to several hundred meters, turning it into a zone of death.

However, as a Bone Tempering Realm cultivator, Arius lacked the ability to harness spiritual energy directly from the heavens and earth.

If he wanted to use the flags, he would need to rely on spirit stone fragments to activate their power, which would significantly reduce their effectiveness.

Still, even at reduced strength, the flags were strong enough to threaten or even kill an Organ Tempering Realm cultivator.

With this treasure in his hands, Arius finally had a formidable weapon—a true trump card.

However, using it would require extreme caution.

Once the Threefold Element Array Flags were revealed, every enemy cultivator present would have to be killed without exception.

This was a Level 1 treasure, after all. If the news of him possessing it spread, cultivators at the Level 1 Realm or higher would stop at nothing to seize it for themselves.

After upgrading the array flags, Arius brought in several more chests of gold ingots.

He then upgraded the three Body Tempering Pills he had obtained from the Ashfell family's Third Elder.

Finally, Arius turned his attention to the ten spirit stone fragments.

In theory, the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror could also upgrade spirit stones.

However, the value of worldly treasures like gold and jade paled in comparison to spirit stones.

Despite this, Arius decided to test the mirror's capabilities.

He placed several dozen chests of gold and silver onto the mirror's surface, along with the spirit stone fragments.

Before long, the mirror once again emitted its soft, mysterious glow.