Chapter 524: Chapter 464: Great Opportunity_2

Even He Song, who had an endless lifespan, would seclude himself in his cave mansion to cultivate when there was nothing to do.

Not to mention the other cultivators in the Cultivation World.

After the thought flashed in his mind that the owner of this place might never return, He Song pondered for a moment before quickly leaving the underground and coming to the valley.

At this moment, the Golden Elixir Concealment Array was still covering the valley.

However, the large amount of rocks and soil in the valley had turned into a pitch-black color.

The Earth Fire in the center of the valley had burned a large amount of rocks and soil around it into a magma state over the past few months.

Upon cooling, the magma turned into black rocks covering the ground and became the current scene that He Song saw.

Countless black rocks surrounded the palace in the valley, completely ruining the original scenery.

Seeing this situation, He Song shook his head slightly.

He did not deal with the Earth Fire still releasing light and heat at the center of the valley.

He Song’s divine sense probed out and quickly locked onto an array disk underground, several Array Banners, and a large number of spirit stones stored in the Golden Elixir Concealment Array.

After storing all these items in his storage bag,

The situation here was exposed to the air as the Golden Elixir Concealment Array disappeared.

However, after some thought,

He Song ultimately decided to break the small array that was drawing out the Earth Fire and continuously burning its surroundings.

In this way, after He Song left, the area would not be engulfed in a large fire due to the Earth Fire’s presence.

However, although He Song had dismantled the small array responsible for extracting the Earth Fire, and the raging Earth Fire had gradually diminished after the array’s destruction,

The situation here would be discovered without the array’s concealment.

Even if this place was very hidden, it would likely be noticed by cultivators soon.

By that time,

This Golden Elixir Cave Mansion, which had been cleared out by He Song, would attract the attention of numerous Qi Refining stage or Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

If the owner of this cave mansion returned, the place would likely no longer be as it once was.

He Song concealed his figure and flew into the sky.

After taking a final look at the scene below, he quietly headed towards his own cave mansion.

There was nothing left here for him to pay attention to.

So, it was time to leave.

He could not help but wonder whether the owner of this place could not return or had encountered something that had prevented them from returning to their cave mansion for so long.

If they could not return, then there was nothing to worry about with him taking everything in the cave mansion.

After all, who would care about possessions left behind when they were dead?

However, if they were merely delayed for some reason and returned later, their mental state would likely shatter upon seeing their empty cave mansion, wouldn’t it?

After all, it would be quite explosive to go out for a bit, only to return and find that someone had taken everything from your lair.

As he made his way back to his own cave mansion,

He Song quickly searched through Master Yin Yue’s memories in his mind.

Previously, the giant cauldron and the large number of unknown materials he had found in the Golden Elixir Cave Mansion had puzzled He Song for a while.

That was because he did not know what those things were for.

It looked like they were for refining artifacts,

But refining artifacts, where would it take such a long time to melt materials?

With that thought in mind, He Song continued to search through Master Yin Yue’s memories, trying to find some clues about this matter from his memories.

As time went by.

He Song was getting closer and closer to his cave mansion.

But at a certain moment, he finally found information about the giant cauldron and the precious materials within it from Master Yin Yue’s memories.

“This giant cauldron is just an artifacts refining furnace that can expand and shrink. Aside from refining artifacts, it has no other uses.”

“However, those precious materials in the cauldron are a perfect match for many materials needed to refine one’s life-bound Artifacts.”

“Could it be that the owner of the Golden Elixir Cave Mansion wanted to use the power of Earth Fire to melt these materials and then come back to refine his life-bound Artifacts at a later time?”

“After reaching the Golden Elixir stage, one can collect precious materials and refine life-bound Artifacts.”

“Once a life-bound Artifact is completed, it becomes closely related to the cultivator, with their life and soul coexisting. As the cultivator’s cultivation grows, they can continuously invest precious materials, and the power of the life-bound Artifact will also grow.”

“Life-bound Artifacts are powerful, even more powerful than regular Artifacts and spirit artifacts used by cultivators of the same level.”

“Having a powerful life-bound Artifact can bring unrivaled combat power to a cultivator, allowing them to dominate their peers and kill cultivators who are one minor realm lower than themselves.”

“Bear in mind that ordinary cultivators can usually only kill those two minor realms lower than themselves because the gap between them is too vast.”

“If the gap is only one minor realm, they can still escape without being killed too quickly.”

“But with a powerful life-bound Artifact, one can expand this gap further, allowing them to kill cultivators only one minor realm lower than themselves.”

“Hiss… So this is what a life-bound Artifact is?”

“Could it be that by some great fortune, I’ve managed to seize all of the materials that someone else had gathered over the years for their life-bound Artifact?”

“Unfortunately, while there are many materials in the giant cauldron, I can’t use one of them. I need to find a replacement material to continue refining.”

His divine sense swept over the numerous materials inside the giant cauldron stored in his storage bag, and He Song quickly identified the various ingredients.

These materials were indeed the materials used to refine life-bound Artifacts according to Master Yin Yue’s memories.

With these materials, He Song just needs to improve his artifacts refinement technique to a level capable of refining lower-grade spirit artifacts. Then he can refine his own life-bound Artifact.

At that time, He Song’s strength would increase considerably.

However, even though he was filled with surging emotions and couldn’t wait to refine the life-bound Artifact immediately, He Song soon sighed in his heart.

His Golden Elixir was earth attribute.

However, the main materials used to refine the life-bound Artifact in the giant cauldron were gold attribute, which did not match He Song’s attribute.

If he continued to refine the Artifact this way, the life-bound Artifact he produced might have weaker power due to the mismatch in attributes.

This would be a loss that outweighs the gain.

That was the reason for He Song’s sigh.

However, even if the attributes didn’t match, He Song only needed to replace the main material with an earth attribute material to continue refining the life-bound Artifact using these materials.

After replacing the main material and continuing to refine, He Song’s life-bound Artifact would naturally become earth attribute.

At that time, He Song’s strength would experience the greatest growth.

An earth attribute Golden Elixir, paired with an earth attribute life-bound Artifact.

Such a combination is basically only available to cultivators who have reached the Golden Elixir Great Perfection stage.

Be aware.

Even Master Yin Yue, a cultivator in the Later Stage of Golden Elixir, had not yet refined a life-bound Artifact.

Moreover, He Song had not found many materials for refining life-bound Artifacts within Master Yin Yue’s storage bag.

This was also the reason why He Song was initially unaware of what exactly the materials inside the giant cauldron were for.

If he had known earlier that the materials were for refining life-bound Artifacts,

He Song would probably have taken the cauldron and its internal materials directly into his storage bag as soon as he saw it, rather than waiting to collect it later.

Master Yin Yue’s memories regarding life-bound Artifacts were truly scarce, so scarce that He Song had not even managed to uncover them.

As a result, after learning that the materials within the giant cauldron were meant for refining life-bound Artifacts,

He Song was only now beginning to understand how valuable the cauldron and the materials inside it were.

This stroke of fortune was truly immense.