My Fairy Growth System

Extreme Path Demon Sect, the Scripture Pavilion of the Artifact Peak.

Yu Qingtan went straight up to the third floor, where there were no other people. The number of books wasn't large, just a single bookcase, after all, it was only a single peak's Scripture Pavilion.

She carefully examined the introductions of the books and eventually chose a refining technique inheritance called Xuan Yuan Refinement Art.

According to the introduction, this was a refining legacy passed down from the Central Domain, which included methods for refining magic artifacts, spiritual artifacts, and treasure-grade artifacts. Later on, there were even methods for refining Taoist instruments, but they were not included here.

The complete Xuan Yuan Refinement Art directly cost her eight thousand contribution points from the Extreme Path Demon Sect.

Yu Qingtan then went down to the second and first floors and spent two thousand contribution points to exchange for several second-stage and first-stage refining technique inheritances that Xu Kexin had never learned.

This was, of course, to lay a solid foundation.

Unlike the twenty-seven basic Artifact Bans required for Spirit Tailoring, a first-stage refiner needed to master a total of one hundred and eight basic Artifact Bans, and the high-stage refiners would incorporate these one hundred and eight basic Artifact Bans in various combinations into the treasures they refined.

Although Yu Qingtan had copied the skills of a second-stage refiner from Yin Cen, she still had very little practical experience, having only taken the time to refine some trinkets for practice.

Most refining inheritances taught methods of material refinement, material fusion, and Artifact Ban inscription, which had many similarities. Yu Qingtan exchanged for several low-level refining inheritances mainly to consolidate her own refining foundation.

Afterward, Yu Qingtan went to the Treasure Pavilion of the Artifact Peak and used the twenty thousand contribution points Xu Kexin had to exchange for a portion of Innate Ding Fire and a piece of Innate Yi Wood.

Yes, Xu Kexin had twenty thousand contribution points of her own, but Yu Qingtan still played poor in front of Real Person Xi Yue because Xu Kexin had often done this in the past, and many of the twenty thousand contribution points were borrowed from her fellow disciples.

It was indeed a borrow, as Xu Kexin borrowed and returned, making future borrowing easy. But borrowing contribution points to enhance one's strength first made earning contribution points easier once strength increased—it was like borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

In addition, in Xu Kexin's storage bag, Yu Qingtan also found a portion of Innate Wu Earth, a lower-grade treasure forging hammer, a lower-grade treasure-grade forging cauldron, numerous spirit stones, cultivation resources, and refinement materials, all of which Yu Qingtan gladly accepted.

After spending all her contribution points, Yu Qingtan returned to Xu Kexin's cave dwelling, a mountain-carved habitation with dense spiritual energy and a pleasant surrounding vista, located on Artifact Peak.

The cave dwelling was simply furnished, not lavish. Yu Qingtan began to comprehend the newly acquired refining techniques within the cave dwelling while starting her own artifact refinement.

For instance, to refine a second-stage spiritual sword, Yu Qingtan needed to place the raw materials in the forging cauldron, melt them with the spiritual fire, control the fusion of the materials using refining techniques, then forge them with the forging hammer. During the forging process, she also needed to forge and incorporate the Artifact Bans, finally creating a qualified spiritual sword.

During this time, she received communication talismans from disciples wanting to visit her but she politely refused them all. It was not until nearly a month later that a communication from a certain person made her end her brief seclusion and choose to leave.

She even dressed in a skirt that Xu Kexin rarely wore, styled her hair into a pretty cloud bun, and adorned herself with various accessories. Normally, because of the need to refine artifacts, wearing such things was indeed inconvenient.

After leaving seclusion, Yu Qingtan went straight out of Artifact Peak and flew on her sword to a valley. The valley was full of bird songs and fragrant flowers, the scenery delightful; a Small River trickled by, its flowing waters accompanied by a graceful young master standing with hands behind his back, looking in the direction of Yu Qingtan's approach.

The young master was clothed in a white garment, his face fair as jade, and stood like a graceful figure amidst the mundane world—a true image of a gentle and refined young man.

"Brother Chu!" Yu Qingtan called out with emotion, landing in front of this person.

"Xin'er, you're here!" the man in white directly took Yu Qingtan's hands into his, gazing at her with his eyes, and spoke softly.

Yu Qingtan endured the discomfort, did not withdraw her hand, and with a slightly red face, she said, "Brother Chu, why have you only just returned? Did you encounter any difficulties on your mission?"

This person was named Chu Yu.

He was the second disciple of the True Calamity Crossing, an early-stage Golden Core cultivator, Real Person Chu Yu. He had a passionate love affair with Xu Kexin, information that was bought from the Heavenly Secret Tower.

This was the main reason why Yu Qingtan chose Xu Kexin as her target, and it was even more perfect that she was a disciple of the Extreme Path Demon Sect's Artifact Peak.

However, the information from Heavenly Secret Tower also mentioned that Chu Yu had unclear relationships with several female cultivators and was a master of time management, which Yu Qingtan had learned from the detailed information she bought from Heavenly Secret Tower at ten times the price.

Unfortunately, Xu Kexin was not aware and had deep feelings for Chu Yu.

She was still a young girl, not yet forty, who was immersed in cultivation and artifact refining all year round. Last year, during a mission, she happened to meet Chu Yu and was attracted to his handsome appearance. Chu Yu, realizing this, decisively pursued her, and they easily became a couple.

"It's nothing. During the mission to kill the Third Stage Sea Clan, I encountered a Late Stage Golden Core cultivator from Wonderful Sound Pavilion. She clung to me, and it took quite some effort to get rid of her," Chu Yu said indifferently.

The Wonderful Sound Pavilion, like Tianxiang Valley, was an external power of Qunfang Pavilion. Yu Qingtan had seen cultivators from Wonderful Sound Pavilion when she went to Wendao Sect to attend the Nascent Soul ceremony.

"Is that so? Brother Chu, you weren't hurt, were you?"

"Of course not, what can a mere Golden Core cultivator from Wonderful Sound Pavilion do to me!"

"Brother Chu, you're so impressive. Are you close to breaking through to the Middle Stage of the Golden Core?"

"I will definitely break through this year!"

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After chatting for a while, Yu Qingtan subtly withdrew her hand.

"Xiner, speaking of which, you haven't visited our Disaster Crossing Peak. How about I take you there today to experience its scenery?"

Chu Yu suggested. Xu Kexin was good, but she actually believed in the philosophy of not dual cultivating unless they were Daoist companions. It had been a year, and he had only held her hand without even a kiss, which was unacceptable.

"But, I heard that Uncle Master of Disaster Crossing doesn't like outsiders entering Disaster Crossing Peak, especially the top of the peak. He has even laid down the Fourth Stage Protective Array, the Evil Poison Formation, at the top of the peak."

According to the information from Heavenly Secret Tower, the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel was cranky by nature. The Disaster Crossing Peak was home to less than a hundred people, and only he and his three personal disciples lived at the peak protected by a Fourth Stage formation. Only recently, Shen Wanning arrived and Ru Yao left.

Occasionally, the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel would bring female cultivators back, but none of them were seen again. This was also why Yu Qingtan did not directly try to infiltrate Disaster Crossing Peak; as a Golden Core cultivator, she could not capture someone without causing a great commotion.

"No matter, with me leading, Xiner, you are hardly an outsider. Besides, the master has been in seclusion recently, so it's fine as long as we don't disturb him."

"Alright then!"

Yu Qingtan's face grew redder, she drew small circles on the ground with the tip of her toe and said in a low voice.

Her acting was flawless.

"Junior Sister, you must not go with him to Disaster Crossing Peak, he is not a good man." Explore more at empire

At this moment, a streak of escape light came rushing in, and a voice called out urgently.

Inside the escape light was a young man dressed in a simple grey robe, with an honest face.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Hmph, I'm not a good man, so are you saying that you, Wang Baoqiang, are the good man?"

Seeing the newcomer, Chu Yu snorted coldly.