Chapter 204: Refining Immortal Pills In The Holy Light Furnace, The Three Giants Of [happy Home]
After reading the introduction to [Repeated Seal Casting], Yuan Zhu compared it to [Thunder Punishment] and felt that the cost-performance ratio didn’t seem bad.
The inherent attributes of [Sanctuary] itself are suitable for repeated casting. The more it is recast, the smaller the shortcomings, and the higher the cost-performance ratio. But more importantly, he had an idea that required a brand new [Sanctuary.Holy Seal] for cooperation.
Although it was just a guess, if it succeeded, the position of the 2-seal would be a sure profit without loss.
So he consulted his private advisor: “Shall we try it?”
Snake Snake nodded vigorously, both comforting and encouraging: “It’s worth a try! Anyway, [Holy Light] has never been the focus; it’s just a shell disguise to cover your [Boss Template]. Moreover, once [Three Phases] is activated, [Holy Light] is no longer the only choice under ‘Human Stance’. If it really fails, there’s [Anti-Law] as a fallback. Boss, just go for it boldly! All failures and mistakes will be shouldered by me, Yu Jingzi!”
In Little Spicy Stick’s eyes, development + seizing [Great Desolation Immortal Scripture] is the most important. [Boss Template] has infinite potential, so why pin hopes on a mere [Immortal Scripture.Client]?
Yuan Zhu sneered: “Can you handle it?”
“Of course I can! My birth is to bear your sins and take the blame. I am your [Pot of This World]; don’t spare me. Let all the infamy come to me!”
Little Spicy Stick vowed solemnly, their words filled with the resolve of martyrdom.
As Yuan Zhu delved deeper into the truths he contacted and his horizons grew higher, the ‘rainbow farter’ afraid of not keeping up with his growth vowed to carve out a brand new [Taking the Blame Track] outside the [Psychological Treatment Track], one that wouldn’t be abandoned.
Throughout history, which sage or enlightened ruler had stains? I, Yu Jingzi, vow to be the most intimate [Pot King + Sycophant] by Boss’s side!
What a unique ecological niche? Only true confidants can take it on. No need to worry about being laid off; the heavier the blame, the more stable the position.
Sensing Little Spicy Stick’s heartfelt loyalty, the hesitant Yuan Zhu was also inspired and firmed his resolve.
He decisively took out [Sanctuary], properly stored away [Thunder Punishment], and once again used [Holy Mark] as the trigger to absorb the blank Holy Seal and brand it into his soul.
Compared to the Great Perfection 1-seal [Sanctuary], the newly employed 1-seal [Sanctuary] was like a transparent empty shell, needing high-energy nutrition (Soul Ember) to build itself and turn from virtual to real.
With the initial formation of the 2-seal, he smoothly advanced to a new tier. After carefully sensing it, he noticed no substantial changes. The only transformation was his own [Holy Light Intensity], which increased by 10%, a small improvement.
Snake Snake interjected to comfort: “This is very normal. Only when [2-seal] is fully cast and condenses the second [Soul Crystal] will you count as Foundation Establishment second layer. The 2-seal limit is 4 Soul Crystals, which can be seen as Foundation Establishment fourth layer. Even if you chose to brand [Thunder Punishment], Holy Light Intensity would remain at 100% with no improvement. It would just grant mastery of a second ‘Holy Light’ attribute change outside of [Space], namely [Lightning].”
At this moment, the first benefit of repeated Seal Casting emerged: extra quality transformation 0.1.
If choosing other [Holy Seals], Holy Light would have no change. But under the premise of [Inheritance], it might trigger new linkage effects? Pros and cons balance out.
Seeing Yuan Zhu’s calm mindset, Snake Snake transformed into a female secretary, pushed up their gold-rimmed glasses, and suggested: “Boss, your 2-seal [Sanctuary] is still in its growth period and urgently needs high-quality formula. Conveniently, there’s a high-quality portion of ‘Buddhist Ash’ stored in [Soul Space]. Shall we feed it?”
“Not appropriate!”
Yuan Zhu decisively refused. Originally, this high-quality ‘Buddhist Ember’ was prepared for the new Holy Seal. But after temporarily switching to the [Repeated Seal Casting] route, he came up with a bold idea and immediately rejected absorbing [Buddhist Pollution].
Then, from [Soul Space], he took out the [Little Pumpkin] with the smallest internal space and said: “Since recasting [Sanctuary], I now have a better choice!”
Little Spicy Stick was stunned for a moment, then put on a performance of genuine surprise mixed with exaggerated cooperation, exclaiming: “It’s actually [Little Pumpkin]?!”
This batch of [Little Pumpkins] stolen from the Star Realm Bank fault dungeon, each one is an ‘Innate Storage Sacred Body’.
And unlike mainstream storage equipment made with space technology, each is naturally nurtured, birthing an internal ‘Storage Space’, emphasizing seamless natural integration.
[Little Pumpkin] is regarded both as ‘biological (Fruit)’ and as ‘Storage Equipment’. Due to limited internal space (small), the maximum size doesn’t exceed the volume of a naturally grown pumpkin. This makes them exceptionally stable, even able to evade [Space Equipment] judgment as ‘Fruit’ and be secondarily stored in storage equipment.
This special ‘stability’, once refined by [Holy Light] and incinerated into embers, would highly match [Sanctuary] and likely breed a related ‘Skill’.
Once his [Holy Seal] could inherit [Little Pumpkin]’s space stability, even simulating a constant ‘Space Barrier’, then [Holy Knight Breathing Method] would inevitably undergo a quality transformation breakthrough.
At worst, it would no longer be momentary Holy Light’s temporary Blessing, but substantially extend the effective time of [Breathing Method]. If further advanced, it could perfect a genuine body quality improvement [Holy Light Body Refinement Method], cultivating an [Innate Holy Light Space Dao Body].
Even if unable to perfectly replicate [Holy Light Version Little Pumpkin], the incinerated ‘Space System Pumpkin Ember’ would still evolve [Sanctuary] with skills far superior to ‘Buddhist Ember’.
Originally, Tiger Demon’s plan to plagiarize Qi Refiners and create [Shadow System.Cultivation Technique] failed; but a brand new [Holy Light.Body Refinement Technique] now showed a glimmer of hope.
Snake Snake immediately slumped in dejection and clapped: “Boss, you’re simply a genius! You don’t even give me a chance to take the blame.”
Amid the praises that gradually made Yuan Zhu lose himself, he showed a complacent expression, raised his hand to unfold the 1-seal [Sanctuary.Conceptual Weapon], maintained it in a soccer-ball-sized ‘Sacred Cube’ form, and then tossed in the [Little Pumpkin] with the smallest internal space.
At this moment, holding [Sanctuary] in his hand, he struck the pose of Supreme Lord Taishang personally performing Alchemy and began refining the [Little Pumpkin] within.
Snake Snake acted as the audience, shouting “Awesome!” to provide full emotional value to their Boss.
At the same time, not forgetting to expand a new ‘unlock track’ for themselves, Snake Snake hinted to Yuan Zhu: “Although [Holy Seals] are just parallel relations with no hierarchy. After secondary Seal Casting, it’s equivalent to having two electric pressure cookers at once. But for specific refinement, why not try ‘pot in pot’?”
Yuan Zhu: “Makes sense!”
Receiving Spicy Stick’s prompt, Yuan Zhu decisively adopted it, immediately releasing the 2-seal and projecting it inside the [Conceptual Weapon].
Thus, a smaller ‘virtual Holy Seal’ unfolded, wrapping the [Little Pumpkin] that didn’t even have the concept of struggling, then sealed by the larger [Sanctuary], unleashing fiercer firepower, stronger pressure, and higher incineration efficiency [Double Acceleration Refinement]!
Seeing this, Snake Snake continued their exaggerated praise: “Genius! Such a high-difficulty technique succeeded on the first try!”
Yuan Zhu humbly said: “Repeated Seal Casting is inherently a speedrun method. Stay calm, stay calm!”
This was the benefit of [Secondary Seal Casting]. He was already at elementary mastery for [Sanctuary (1-seal)].
Now, even though the 2-seal was just branded and not yet fully cast, the specific operation methods, derived usage techniques, experience, and skills didn’t need relearning; they could all be applied to the 2-seal, starting at Great Perfection.
Not only that, when the 2-seal also bred new abilities, they would synchronously reflect onto the 1-seal, 100% perfectly sharing all data.
In contrast, branding [Thunder Punishment] would require starting from zero, gradually casting, experiencing, cultivating, and summarizing.
Realizing he could ‘speedrun 2-seal’, Yuan Zhu became even more excited, his mindset increasingly stable. This strong confidence nourished the idealistic [Holy Light] energy, causing it to slightly evolve!
“I’m stronger now!”
At this moment, Yuan Zhu went full throttle; the [Double Sanctuary Furnace] was like Lord Taishang’s Eight Trigrams Furnace, erupting with unprecedented incineration intensity, making the originally immovable, extremely stable and sturdy spatial structure [Little Pumpkin] unable to withstand and begin accelerating collapse.
Compared to previously refined ‘Pollutants’, this [Little Pumpkin] was very different. Its stability was high, Pollution Degree extremely low. Extremely sturdy, with internal space bringing stronger Resistance… but it was ultimately a Supernatural Item, unable to escape the scope of [Holy Light] Rejection and destruction.
Refinement lasted a full 15 minutes. Yuan Zhu not only depleted all the Holy Light within the Soul Crystal, but also burned more than half of his own health bar before slowly extinguishing the Destructive Holy Light and canceling the illusory and real Dual Sanctuary Furnace.
Finally, he took a deep breath of the “Soul (Little Pumpkin) Embers” from his palm, revealing a satisfied expression.
Snake Snake: “Boss, how do you feel?”
“Great, but still far from brewing a new ability. Just a small portion of embers strengthened the Sanctuary’s own Space Attribute. This reinforcement not only targets 2 Seal, but also feeds back to 1 Seal. One proof, all proofs—this is a good thing.”
He originally thought that Repeated Seal Casting meant N identical Sanctuaries, but that was not the case.
For low-level Holy Seals, that is indeed true. Basic 3 Etch and 4 Etch Holy Seals have limited quality and do not support the incubation of “new abilities” during the Seal Casting process. Therefore, the Holy Seals produced are all from the same mold.
But the Sanctuary is of too high a grade. During Seal Casting, it has a chance to incubate new abilities based on different nutrients. Therefore, his 2 Seal, 3 Seal… will be Sanctuaries with different attributes and orientations.
It’s just missing the “combination set” effect between different Holy Seals, but gains extra amplification. Gains and losses.
“The idea is feasible, but the raw material reserves are unknown.”
The sacrificed Little Pumpkin provided him with a portion of extremely high-quality embers with the “Space” attribute.
But the amount from a mere single Little Pumpkin is too small. This bit of embers greatly satisfied 2 Seal and even fed back a strong demand of “extreme Desire.”
But Yuan Zhu was first drained dry with no spare energy (Holy Light) to refine a second one. Second, he was unsure if the remaining 30 Little Pumpkins were enough for 2 Seal to nurture a new ability.
Spicy Stick began to advance slander again: “Meng Xiyue! Go deceive, go ambush, trick all her Little Pumpkins over, burn them for 2 Seal. Just fool her that this is an investment in Holy Light Small Pumpkin. Although she loses 30 Little Pumpkins, once the investment succeeds, you can continuously repay the Holy Light Pumpkin Sanctuary.”
Yuan Zhu also revealed a charitable telecom fraud smile: “What my dear subject says deeply resonates with my heart.”
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The next day, at 8 a.m., Master Yuan, who had been busy all night, was still snoring away, when the bedside Semi-Mechanical Mouse let out a sharp explosion, then was woken by Teammate (Zhou Chu).
Reluctantly crawling up, after some washing up. Around 9:30, the three giants of Happy Home gathered at a private beach in District 3, found an open-air café, and admired the scenery.
Unfortunately, it was not the stereotypical subtropical coconut tree bikini volleyball beach, but jagged cliffs and sheer walls, with waves crashing and surging layer by layer; in the distant ocean, there were occasionally Structures rising abruptly, large and small geometric giant objects standing in the sea, looking spectacular and bizarre, as if descending to an alien planet.
Yuan Zhu, who lived deep in the mountains, had never seen such wonders and curiously asked: “Are these Structures everywhere in the world? Why have I never seen any around Running?”
Meng Xiyue, listless and yawning from time to time
The Pink Haired Head leaning on the recliner, listless, made another gesture like a club boss pointing over his territory, waving his hand toward the Sea: “Taixi is one of the most active cores on the New Continent West Coast, where winds and clouds gather, with endless opportunities! Ah…… Woo.”
Yuan Zhu saw her blowing B without finishing, looking like she was yawning nonstop, and asked with concern: “What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you rest well last night?”
Pink Haired Head waved her hand: “Hey, don’t mention it. I was researched all night last night and now my head is dizzy and swollen.”
Zhou Chu keenly noticed something unusual and pressed, “What have you done again? Are you going to be studied again?”
Pink Haired Head was not afraid at all, rolled her eyes at her: “You don’t understand, it’s an academic secret. If I say it, I’m afraid you’ll be jealous. Anyway, my mentor said my ‘soul strength’ has improved a lot.”
With that said, she even raised her eyebrows at Yuan Zhu, her provocation laced with the joy of “congratulations to you too, congratulations.”
Yuan Zhu naturally knew what she was talking about. It was nothing more than being a close contact patient of the Star Core, worrying that there might be lingering issues on her body, staying up all night at the Academy to act as a little white mouse and actively cooperate with the research. In the end, she received good news: her Soul Strength was steadily increasing.
And last night after 2 seals, he also activated [Soul Firewall] to conduct a detailed scan and inspection of the ‘Star Egg’ in his soul.
Currently still in an unreadable state, with no improvement in own soul strength. Mainly, the soul erosion (improvement) brought by the Star Egg was actively banned by the Firewall.
He subjectively rejected this enhancement of unknown origin, instead choosing to infuse this framework with his own ‘Pollution + Knowledge,’ distorting and completing it, ultimately developing it into a ‘Fruit’ in his own shape.
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Last night, Yuan Zhu was so excited that he couldn’t sleep. So he conducted some research and discussion on this [Star Egg] together with Snake Snake.
Both of them agreed that the ‘Star Core’ he encountered within the Space Fault could be understood as a ‘dragon egg’ that was being nurtured and incubated.
A Miao has the strongest strength, belongs to the type capable and goal-oriented in exploring the Star Core, and selecting a piece of the finest ‘prime meat’ most suitable for herself from the Embryo, biting it off in one go (Benefits), eating one’s fill and drinking one’s fill to obtain growth.
Meng Xiyue belongs to the blind men touching an elephant type, casually biting off a small piece from the embryo, a part that fits well with her own body. But she also doesn’t know exactly whether this bite is flesh, or skin, or the tip of a chicken wing, dragon claw, appendix, or other parts?
Nutrients are definitely there; her soul has been strengthened. But what exactly the nutrients are has not been digested yet and currently requires the mentor to assist.
As for Yuan Zhu himself, he probably obtained a nutrient-less, indigestible ’embryo chicken frame’ from the Star Core. Not only did it not bring any direct benefits, but it also occupied Immortal Scripture cache, and continuously absorbed knowledge, planning to use his pollution system to re-nurture a ‘low-spec knockoff embryo’.
Overall, the future might be promising? But at the current stage, the benefits he gains from it are the least, not as good as the other two.
