Fang Jinyu agreed.

After all, the rewards were so generous, there was no reason not to.

Moreover, although the Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Tianling Sect didn't say what the matter was, his reminder prompted Fang Jinyu to recall some related memories.

Naturally, they were still from that fleeting extraordinary book.

It seemed that for some time now, for reasons unknown, the spirit veins across the Nine Wastelands had caused the spiritual energy in various places to suddenly fluctuate, now sparse, now abundant. Although the total amount of spiritual energy hadn't changed, this fluctuation directly caused many Foundation Establishment Fruits that should have matured this year to either be delayed by three years or to develop problems rendering them unusable for alchemy.

Because of this, the price of Foundation Establishment Fruits produced that year skyrocketed threefold. And the Foundation Establishment Pills refined from these fruits ultimately surged in price to as high as a hundred thousand spirit stones per pill!

It was simply the most outrageous price hike in the cultivation world. Had everything else not risen much, it could have triggered an inflation across the entire cultivation world.

And amidst this surge in Foundation Establishment Pill prices, some people reaped enormous benefits, earning a truly overflowing windfall!

Fang Jinyu remembered that one of those families was surnamed Qin.

‘It seems to be the family of that domineering CEO…’

Originally, Fang Jinyu hadn't thought along these lines, because when he read that book, his main focus was on finding opportunities, so he only had a rough impression of the female lead Su Yier's various fish.

Now, connecting the dots, Fang Jinyu understood.

It must be known that "Senior Brother Qin" had taken the female lead Su Yier's first time. By all logic, Su Yier's neurotic master should have at least crippled that "Senior Brother Qin"!

Yet in the end, he tolerated his existence. Clearly, it was because after the Foundation Establishment Fruit problem emerged, the Qin family had provided the Tianling Sect with a considerable number of Foundation Establishment Fruits, or Foundation Establishment Pills.

After all, Su Yier's neurotic master, though a sword cultivator, had a bit of a bullying-the-weak-and-fearing-the-strong disposition.

For example, the reason he had set his sights on the Lingdu Secret Realm entry slot in Fang Jinyu's possession back then was precisely because Fang Jinyu had no background within the sect and was just an ordinary immortal sect disciple.

‘So, from whose hands did Su Yier's slot eventually come?’ Fang Jinyu only now recalled this matter.

His slot was still in his hands, and a slot couldn't just appear out of thin air.

It could only have come from some unlucky fellow.

But none of this had anything to do with Fang Jinyu. He was merely a small cultivator at the second layer of Foundation Establishment. Even from the perspective of the immortal path, he had just barely stepped onto the starting point.

Then, Fang Jinyu set about preparing to refine the magical treasures.

The Tianling Sect's Nascent Soul stage ancestor was very generous, or perhaps the matter of the Foundation Establishment Pills had displeased him greatly and he wanted to resolve it quickly. Thus, he had given Fang Jinyu the promised rewards in advance.

Two spirit pearls: one wind attribute, one fire attribute.

One box of True Origin Fruits essential for refining the Yuanling Pill, twelve in total.

And a copy of the most precious insights.

Before this, Fang Jinyu only knew that after refining a magical treasure, one could receive the fate energy blessing of these heaven-and-earth-gestated objects. And if one's own spiritual root attributes happened to match the refined magical treasure, one could even borrow the magical treasure's power while still at the Foundation Establishment stage!

Now, after reading these insights, Fang Jinyu learned that a magical treasure's power could not be borrowed recklessly. The mana of the Foundation Establishment stage was insufficient to support the release of a magical treasure's power. Therefore, when borrowing a magical treasure's power, it often first drew upon the cultivator's lifespan as the power source.

This was because all magical treasures contained an internal Heaven and Earth Law Domain.

And the completeness and strength of the Heaven and Earth Law Domain within the magical treasure were the key factors determining its grade.

However, just because one couldn't borrow the power didn't mean one couldn't use the magical treasure to increase one's own strength.

One could, as it were, gain insight from the magical treasure. By grasping just a bit of its surface and combining it with one's own knowledge, one could form a divine ability of considerable power.

And such a divine ability would not only be incomparably suited to oneself but also possess immense might. Yet, when cast, it would consume very little mana. Therefore, just by mastering one such divine ability, one could possess the top-tier combat strength of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Fang Jinyu began closed-door cultivation again.

Naturally, it was still in seclusion on Xiaohe Peak. At present, apart from him, there were no other Foundation Establishment cultivators on this peak. It could be said that he was now somewhat like half a Peak Lord of Xiaohe Peak, and naturally, no one short-sighted would come to disturb him.

After all, the Qi Refining disciples who originally cultivated on Xiaohe Peak all knew that Fang Jinyu had reached Foundation Establishment half a year ago, and what's more, in an incredibly inspirational manner!

This, however, greatly displeased a certain little girl. At this moment, she rested her chin on her little hands, staring at the stone door behind which Fang Jinyu was in seclusion. Who knew what was going through that little head of hers.

And her displeasure stemmed from the fact that when Fang Jinyu wasn't outside, she dared not wander around freely.

Under Fang Jinyu's name, she had enjoyed herself immensely on Li-Character Spirit Medicine Peak and Xiaohe Peak. Even though she had no cultivation, the other Tianling Sect disciples all treated her as a future junior sister.

But this time, Fang Jinyu's seclusion didn't last long. In just a short two days, he ended it.

"Why are you so fast this time?" The little girl immediately came before Fang Jinyu and then discovered that Fang Jinyu was frowning slightly at this moment, seemingly somewhat displeased, so she asked, "Did you encounter some trouble?"

"Sort of," Fang Jinyu sighed inwardly.

The refining of the stone sphere magical treasure went very smoothly. With the help of the Yin Thunder Spirit Pearl and receiving an "Insight on Refining Magical Treasures +1," the refining process could be said to be a matter of course, very natural.

And after refining the stone sphere magical treasure, although his strength did not increase, when Fang Jinyu used the Fate Calculation Art, he discovered that his fate energy had skyrocketed by at least ten times!

This made Fang Jinyu lament the richness of fate energy carried by magical treasures, while also unable to help complaining about how thin his own fate energy was.

After all, he had even had a "Fate Energy +1" before.

And after his fate energy skyrocketed, Fang Jinyu experienced for the first time the benefits brought by such dense fate energy. He gained a bit more insight into his past cultivation, and even had a slight clue about the Yuanling Pill, whose formula he had only read a few times.

"What trouble?" the little girl asked subconsciously; she was simply curious.

Fang Jinyu had not wanted to say, but at this moment his Fate Calculation Art reacted again, so after a slight hesitation, he asked, "Tell me, why does it happen that a magical treasure cannot be refined when trying to refine it?"

The refining of the stone sphere magical treasure went very smoothly, but the Azure Luan Shears were extremely uncooperative!

Even completely impossible to refine!

"That's probably because the magical treasure was imperceptibly interfered with by someone..." the little girl subconsciously replied, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she was first stunned.

She blinked her large, distinctively black-and-white eyes, seeming puzzled, as if not understanding. Then she furrowed her little brows, pondered very seriously for a while, and finally, unable to figure it out, she could only look at Fang Jinyu with a blank little face and ask, "What is a magical treasure?"

She didn't know why either; she had just blurted it out.