Chapter 496 - 495: Magical Treasure Taiyi Golden Bell
"That black iron block really is a treasure, it seems my suspicions were indeed correct..."
In the training room, Gu Yuan examined the Taiyi Golden Bell before him, nodding in satisfaction.
At present, the Taiyi Golden Bell appeared almost unchanged from before, still bearing the ancient and solemn bronze hue.
The surface was covered in dense patterns, mysterious and unfathomable, with images of mountains and rivers, plants and trees, insects, and fish.
However, the aura emanating from this ancient bell was evidently much more profound, exuding a deep and substantial presence.
Compared to a few days ago, the current Taiyi Golden Bell was faintly emanating an imposing aura capable of subduing all the extremes of the universe.
Indeed, the Taiyi Golden Bell had now ascended to become a magical treasure!
Over the course of three days, the Taiyi Golden Bell absorbed all the power from a spirit treasure fragment, completely assimilating it and elevating its essence, leaping from a top-grade magical artifact with seventy-two layers of Earth Demon Restriction to a magical treasure with five layers of Celestial Spirit Restriction!
Its power increased by more than tenfold!
Hence, Gu Yuan was very content.
His lifebound magical artifact had transformed into a lifebound magical treasure, with such a significant increase in power, thereby considerably boosting his combat prowess.
Compared to magical treasures like the Nine Jiao Furnace and Blazing Carp Shuttle, which were acquired randomly, the Taiyi Golden Bell was personally refined by Gu Yuan and was his lifebound magical treasure.
Thus, in Gu Yuan’s hands, its full power could be unleashed even beyond its limits.
However, after realizing the benefits of spirit treasure fragments, Gu Yuan became more eager to obtain other fragments.
Just a single fragment turned his lifebound magical artifact into a lifebound magical treasure; several more could undoubtedly continue to enhance its grade and power.
Of course, Gu Yuan was aware that at the quality level of a magical treasure, refining even a single restriction required years of effort and tremendous energy.
Furthermore, as one progresses, each additional restriction becomes exponentially more challenging to refine.
This is why higher-grade magical treasures and spirit treasures are so rare in the world.
Gu Yuan flicked his finger,
Dang——!!!
Accompanied by a faint ringing sound, the bell’s tone reverberated within the training room.
Under Gu Yuan’s deliberate control, the sound of the bell echoed only within the training room, without releasing any destructive power.
Even Gu Yuan’s physique resonated with the bell, as though his muscles and bones hummed, his flesh and skin stretched, seeming to become slightly tighter.
Even his blood boiled somewhat.
Clearly, the Taiyi Golden Bell also possessed body-strengthening effects.
This was obviously good news for Gu Yuan.
Due to his current cultivation constraints, although Gu Yuan had already broken through to the Golden Core Realm, his body cultivation had not advanced much.
Fortunately, the bottleneck that had been confining him at the Golden Core Great Perfection for so long had loosened.
It meant that although Gu Yuan had just broken through to the Golden Core Realm, his body cultivation could continue to advance.
And with the Taiyi Golden Bell’s assistance, it was only a matter of time before his body cultivation system advanced to the Yin Spirit Realm.
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After admiring the Taiyi Golden Bell’s ascent to a magical treasure, Gu Yuan continued to stroll around Immortal City.
Now that the Treasure Exchange Conference had begun, many cultivators from all over gathered in Immortal City, bringing with them diverse and rare spiritual materials.
Gu Yuan, considering future needs, often purchased some.
Notably, several auctions were held during this period, revealing many treasures, including upper-grade magical treasures, fiercely bid on by several Yin God Giants.
Gu Yuan was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.
His Black Dragon Halberd was equivalent to an upper-grade magical treasure, and while he currently owned several magical treasures, it didn’t imply that magical treasures were commonplace.
Many Golden Core Great Cultivators still used magical artifacts, and only a few used magical treasures.
As for upper-grade magical treasures, they were even rarer. Should two Golden Core Great Cultivators of equal strength duel, the one possessing an upper-grade magical treasure would dominate the other.
Even for Yin God Giants, while it might not be a total crushing, it would significantly enhance their strength and techniques.
Such treasures, once obtained, are cherished and carefully guarded by their owners, rarely sold.
This explains why the Treasure Exchange Conference indeed had many treasures.
However, according to Gu Yuan’s understanding, these auctions were not particularly large in scale.
The grand auction would occur on the sixteenth of the next month.
At that time, many big shots would appear, including Celestial Human Realm Cultivators and Golden Core Great Cultivators.
In addition, there would certainly be the presence of Yin God Giants and even Yang Spirit Great Powers at the auction.
Moreover, Gu Yuan heard...
Prior to a certain auction, a Primordial Spirit True Immortal appeared, purchased an item, and quietly left afterward.
Gu Yuan also intended to participate in the auction, having received a message—actually, news of the event had spread throughout the city.
For example, some details about the auctioned treasures were already widely known.
It was said that among the auctioned treasures this time, there would be top-level magical treasures, items used by Yang Spirit Great Powers.
Additionally, there were legendary top-grade spirit pills capable of reviving the dead and incredibly rare ten-thousand-year-old medicine kings.
Furthermore, Gu Yuan heard that an innate spirit root would be up for auction.
Of course, an innate spirit root is comparably valuable to a spirit treasure or even more precious and rare.
Logical deduction suggested such treasures wouldn’t be available to even a Primordial Spirit True Immortal, let alone sold.
Thus, this innate spirit root wasn’t complete; reportedly, it was a part of an innate spirit root with some peculiarities, which is why it was being auctioned.
This made Gu Yuan partly believe it.
Hence, he planned to attend the auction, both to witness the grand spectacle and to see if he could acquire the innate spirit root.
Gu Yuan already had an innate spirit root, or more precisely, a half-innate Creation Cyan Lotus, which currently rooted and sprouted within his dantian, though still just a tender shoot, having not grown much.
Besides this, Gu Yuan hadn’t encountered other innate spirit roots.
He wanted to experience it for himself.
