Lin Xiao carefully wiped clean the spiritual stone, which appeared increasingly appealing to him.
The stone was only the size of a thumb, but its purity went far beyond his expectation. After a rough assessment, Lin Xiao found that the stone, aligned with a few more materials, could turn an average weapon into a medium-level spiritual one. And the product would be reusable and able to release mighty powers for five times at least, unlike the prior dagger.
Power release of five times was nothing to be sneezed at, as average spiritual weapons' containment of spiritual power could only endure three times. Five times remained a groundbreaking achievement on the Fire Meteorolite Continent.
An additional power release of twice was an equivalent of another two opportunities of survival for the holder in a battle.
Of course, Lin Xiao got to be otherwise engaged, or else he would try producing a piece of spiritual weapon with the stone.
Putting away the stone, Lin Xiao set his mind on the demonic core of the dead wolf.
A demonic core was hard to come by, which wouldn't materialize within a demonic monster on a normal occasion.
In general, a demonic core of a single attribute was already a hard-won treasure, as cores of this kind could be utilized in wide-ranging ways, such as alchemy, weapon refining and military formation. As Lin Xiao learnt at the Forsaken Cemetery, each production called for demonic cores with attributes.
And the one in Lin Xiao's hands was the most premium one could ever obtain. Since the demonic wolf had been bathing in the multicoloured spiritual flames for ages, the core, since it came into existence, had been equipped with five elements, available for all production purposes.
A dozen of purposes flooded into Lin Xiao's mind instantaneously. Nevertheless, he could not go any further than just painting a picture, as his was not yet capable of using it.
"Well, I'd better off advancing my cultivation first. The current priority is pinning down a suitable method for the cultivation in the Refining Devine Realm." Lin Xiao made up his mind, he wanted to go and have a look at the scriptorium.
But he decided to do something else prior to that.
He had to make a formula for refining the Martial Law Gestation Elixirs first, lest an ordinary herb was found missing while he got hold of the Hedao Fruit.
Done with the formula, he popped out with it to see Li Taixuan, who turned out to have long been waiting outside for him.
Without further ado, Lin Xiao handed over the herb inventory and bid Li to take care of herb collection.
Li Taixuan took it over, cap in hand. Seeing Li was about to leave, Lin Xiao made an incidental inquiry, "I wanna look around in the scriptorium and see whether I can get any cultivation methods for The Refining Devine Realm." Lin Xiao said it in a bid to let Li Taixuan name some recommendations.
Lin had visited the scriptorium before, which had a relatively large storage of books. It would take him ages to single out a proper book, which was not available for him, as he was actually in a rush.
On hearing that, Li Taixuan dared not procrastinate. He was supposed to help his martial brother select cultivation methods with enthusiasm.
But after wracking his brain, Li ended up of two minds as well. Given Lin Xiao was a disciple of Chi Yan the Great Master, an inappropriate recommendation would stifle his improvements. Li deemed it better to leave it to Lin Xiao to decided for himself, and he could give advice if necessary.
Having made up his mind, Li decided to leave it at Lin Xiao's discretion.
He felt for a token in his collar, which stood for the authority of the Taixuan Sect, which would allow Lin Xiao in the scriptorium for a good read.
Nevertheless, hardly had Li was about to take the token out when he put it back. On the top two floors, the reading rooms termed with cultivation methods of realms above the Refining Devine Realm. The token was a gold pass, with which Lin Xiao was able to have an unimpeded visit there, being exposed to the books on the top two floors was way too early for him. It would not do it for him, and what was worse, he might breed boil-the-ocean ideas with poorly laid foundations. That was no different from undermining him.
This martial brother was the future mainstay of the Taixuan Sect, so Li decided to tread carefully.
Thinking of that, Li Taixuan drew back his hand with no hair turned, and fetched another token instead.