But Ji Yuan quickly discovered that once the Spiritual Qi entered the heavenly net, it disappeared as if it had sunk into the sea.

'Damn it, as a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, I can't even activate it!'

Ji Yuan refused to accept defeat, especially since his Spiritual Qi reserves far exceeded those of other cultivators at the same level.

After a while, with a pale face, Ji Yuan looked at the heavenly net that barely rose from his hand and eventually gave up.

From mid-stage to late-stage Foundation Establishment, peak Foundation Establishment, early Golden Core Stage, mid-stage Golden Core... the gap was still too great, even if he acquired the other party's magical treasure, he couldn't use it.

Let's talk about Spiritual Qi.

The gaseous Spiritual Qi of the Qi Cultivation Stage, the liquid Spiritual Qi of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and by the Golden Core Stage, Spiritual Qi becomes solidified.

This alone is incomparable.

'I am heading north to Mirror Lake to break through to the late-stage Foundation Establishment, and once I achieve that, my Spiritual Qi reserves should increase significantly, and I should be able to barely activate the heavenly net.'

'Having a Golden Core Stage magical treasure at the Foundation Establishment Stage is also a major trump card.'

As for the effects of this heavenly net, Ji Yuan had already thoroughly understood them during his refining process.

In a nutshell.

[Ensnare and refine instantly!]

It serves both as an offensive and a defensive measure.

In critical moments, it can even envelop oneself, providing a form of defense.

Once the opponent is ensnared, it can gradually erode their body and seal off the Spiritual Qi in their Dantian.

It's safe to say, if the opponent doesn't break free from the net immediately after being trapped, they stand little chance. If they don't escape right away, their body will be injured, and their Dantian will be trapped, making escape nearly impossible.

What a treasure!

This is truly a treasure that I can use until the Golden Core Stage.

Ji Yuan quickly placed it into his Storage Bag.

The next matter concerns Spirit Stones. After all, Ji Yuan used up a full 3000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones with that shot aimed at Celestial Silkworm Zhenren.

All these Spirit Stones were spent on Celestial Silkworm Zhenren, he's got to compensate me, right?

Fortunately, he truly could afford it.

Ji Yuan found boxes full of Spirit Stones in his Storage Bag, among them two boxes of Upper-grade Spirit Stones.

...6450 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and 100 Upper-grade Spirit Stones.

Damn, just the Upper-grade Spirit Stones alone are worth 10000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, seems resorting to killing is the way!

This is way faster than living on subsidies.

After a brief moment of excitement, Ji Yuan began replenishing his Spiritual Qi with 100 Mid-grade Spirit Stones while pondering.

Typically, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator may possess considerable wealth, but they wouldn't carry that many Spirit Stones on their person.

Even if they did, most would convert them into power.

The fact that Celestial Silkworm Zhenren carried so many Spirit Stones likely means Jiang Hong put them on him.

Unfortunately, with not enough means, I couldn't keep him... a Nascent Soul's child is truly a big gold pig.

After checking the Spirit Stones, it was time to look at the remaining Spiritual Artifacts.

In this regard, Golden Core cultivators are quite different from Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Foundation Establishment cultivators like Ji Yuan have over ten pieces of Spiritual Artifacts on them.

However, any ordinary Top-grade Spiritual Artifact or Mid-grade Spiritual Artifact is of little use to a Golden Core Zhenren.

Their main means of confronting opponents is still their Lifebound Magical Treasure.

Whether offensive or defensive.

They focus on specialization and not quantity.

Cultivators like Ji Yuan, who practice the "Canglan Nine Tribulations Sword Manual," such as Liu Yuan, after breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, can collect materials to refine nine sword embryos into nine Flying Swords.

At that time, the nine Flying Swords could also form a Sword Array.

This also serves as both offense and defense.

As for... oh no, to pursue and hunt, there is the Escape Light.

Thus, Golden Core cultivators don't carry many magical artifacts or Spiritual Artifacts, usually only one Lifebound Magical Treasure.

But not always, during casual conversations with Phoenix Peach and the others, Ji Yuan learned that above Spiritual Artifacts, there are Spiritual Treasures.

These Spiritual Treasures are extremely powerful and unlike Lifebound Magical Treasures which one can only have one, you can have as many Spiritual Treasures as your strength allows.

However, Spiritual Treasures are quite precious, and early or mid-stage Golden Core cultivators generally don't have any.

Ji Yuan initially thought to check if Celestial Silkworm Zhenren had any, but it turned out not to be the case.

There is one Top-grade Spiritual Artifact, and that is the Magic Robe he was wearing.

But it had been split into two by the [Spiritual Energy Cannon].

What a pity.

With no Spiritual Artifacts or Spiritual Treasures, it came down to Talisman Treasures.

There were some of these, and there were three!

When Ji Yuan took them out of the three Jade Boxes, he was once again delighted.

Compared to the Giant Deer Sword consumed in the battle with Jiang Hong, it seemed insignificant.

And the three Talisman Treasures in front of him...

The first one was surprisingly a "heavenly net" Talisman Treasure.

Celestial Silkworm Zhenren had used his Lifebound Magical Treasure to create this Talisman Treasure. Though its effect is slightly inferior, for Ji Yuan, it is perfectly suitable right now.

Moreover, it's brand new, capable of three uses.

The remaining two, one is the "Black Dragon Armor" and the other is the "Netherworld Piercing."

Just right for attack and defense.

The Black Dragon Armor naturally is for defense. However, despite focusing on defense, it also possesses offensive capabilities, able to summon a black dragon to protect while also being able to attack the opponent.

Very practical, especially for self-preservation.

The number of uses is also three times.

The last Netherworld Piercing has already been used once, so it can be used two more times.

With a slight perception, Ji Yuan realized the Talisman Treasure has a remarkably low consumption.

Compared to Black Dragon Armor and heavenly net, each of those uses equals two uses of the Netherworld Piercing.

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