Feng Jun took out five thousand upper-tier Spirit Stones, and the Guardian did not say anything further; two Stone Rings reappeared on the table.

Feng Jun put away three Stone Rings and asked in a deep voice, "Can the auxiliary Magical Treasures be controlled by the main Magical Treasure?"

"That’s right," the Guardian replied easily, "If I couldn’t even do that, how could I dare ask for Spirit Stones?"

For it, making two auxiliary Magical Treasures didn’t actually consume much Spiritual Energy; the key issue was that to make such a Magical Treasure, one must be unusually proficient in the laws of time and space, and also have extensive knowledge of the main Magical Treasure’s characteristics.

So it earned not just a fee for craftsmanship, but also for knowledge. Isn’t it said that knowledge is wealth?

If you were to say that its asking price was high, it really wasn’t. In its prime, if you asked it to make such a thing for a mere five thousand upper-tier Spirit Stones—it would at least require a good personal relationship, otherwise, it wouldn’t happen.

Having obtained these three Stone Rings, Feng Jun had the thought of leaving, "Dare I ask if senior has any other instructions?"

The Guardian, having received five thousand upper-tier Spirit Stones, was also quite satisfied; such a number of Spirit Stones was already enough for it to use for "a period of time." You must know that Feng Jun previously gave Spirit Stones to it only in hundreds.

However, it did have another matter, "To ensure the Stone Rings can open the channel more smoothly, the Xuanhuang Qi... you should use it up; once the Domain is delighted, everything becomes easier."

Feng Jun frowned, expressing his distress, "But the problem is... I don’t know how to use Xuanhuang Qi, how about I ask someone after I get over there?"

"I have a rough method here," with the Guardian’s thought, another Jade Slip appeared on the stone table, "Take a look; there are some rare materials, which the Earth Realm no longer has, but in the Cultivation World, with effort, you can still find them all."

Feng Jun picked up the Jade Slip and swept it with his Divine Sense, discovering sixteen materials; only three were definitely available on Earth, Tianqin could easily buy only five, while the remaining eight were quite difficult to handle.

"Five materials require some time to collect, and three materials I’ve never heard of, I’ll have to inquire about them."

The Guardian couldn’t help but ask, "Which three have you never heard of?"

Feng Jun read out the names one by one, and after some thought, the Guardian said, "The Green Flame Frost Flower... you can vaguely sense its presence on the Flying Centipede you captured, maybe investigate it."

Feng Jun’s mouth twitched slightly, "Do I have to gather materials in the Insect World too?"

With a calm expression, the Guardian said, "This material isn’t particularly rare, it’s about the same level as your Earth Spirit."

Earth Spirit isn’t rare? Feng Jun really had no words to complain, "Could it be because the names aren’t consistent?"

The next moment, the Jade Slip in his hand disappeared without a trace, "Hmm? That could be a possibility, I’ll mark down the form and characteristics of these three materials for you... never mind, I’ll mark all sixteen."

That’s the right approach. Feng Jun nodded first, then realized a question, "Did senior personally engrave this Jade Slip?"

The Guardian, helpless, said, "Of course it was me. Did you think I had a side account? What do you want to ask?"

"I beg senior to teach me," Feng Jun cupped his hands and spoke solemnly, "I used to only know how to use Obsidian and didn’t understand how to use a Jade Slip."

The Guardian felt slightly puzzled, "It’s used the same way as Obsidian; the engraving method is the same. Although Obsidian is rarer, the use effect of a Jade Slip is not inferior to it."

"That’s strange," Feng Jun frowned, "I once tried engraving on a Jade Slip, but it didn’t work."

"Impossible," the Guardian vehemently denied, it had a very clear understanding of this, "I’ve tried on both Obsidian and Jade Slips; there’s no difference, and on Jade, Divine Sense engraving is even easier."

With a "pop," Feng Jun slapped his forehead, "How could I be so stupid... different world rules!"

Hearing him say that, the Guardian realized too, "Then try it in both planes."

Though it had extremely high cultivation level, it really hadn’t traveled through many planes and, in this respect, wasn’t really more knowledgeable than Feng Jun.

With a new hypothesis in mind, Feng Jun quickly returned to Luohua. He didn’t even have time to merge the Stone Rings before grabbing a few pieces of Jade to begin trying Divine Sense engravings.

It was really odd; he had tried many times in Kunhao, but his Divine Sense simply couldn’t affect the Jade; however, in the Earth Realm, Jade was indeed like Obsidian, and Divine Sense Engravings could be left with ease.

Zhang Caixin had just advanced to the Out-of-Dust stage. Even though it took seven days to stabilize her state, her aura still fluctuated at times, occasionally revealing the Out-of-Dust stage aura.

So she wasn’t in a hurry to cultivate and mainly wandered around the estate—for, as Feng Jun put it, a cultivator needs to advance bravely but also maintain some worldly presence; this is called Worldly Trials.

Watching Feng Jun ponder over Jade, she was extremely curious—this was the trade you built your base on, and now that you’ve started donating gold, why are you still pondering it?

In recent years, Luohua has consistently been supplying Jade to Zhengyang City. Although it’s no longer treated as a pressing task and even Sister Hong, who was in charge, rarely participates, the annual supply has not diminished.

Interestingly, despite Zhengyang releasing so much Jade annually, the market price has not dropped; instead, it has steadily risen, indicating a robust market.

However, Luohua has no intention of increasing the business volume. Sister Hong was ultimately very frustrated, and simply let go of it—every year it’s just this amount, take it or leave it.

That’s why Zhang Caixin was so surprised when she saw Feng Jun fussing with Jade.

When she learned that Feng Jun was using Jade to engrave Divine Sense, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Is this so fun? I want to try it too."

Previously, she had attempted to engrave Obsidian, but Obsidian was not cheap, and importantly, her Divine Sense was not outstanding. Doing this during the Qi Refinement Realm, she succeeded occasionally but also suffered quite a bit.

Now with the Worldly Trials, she could feel her Divine Sense significantly improved, prompting another attempt—in the Earth Realm, Jade is indeed not cheap, but in Kunhao, Obsidian is at least ten thousand times more expensive than Jade.

She tested for a while and found the effects quite good, then went to find Feng Jun to discuss the experience.

But upon arriving at Feng Jun’s location, she was astonished to find that he had released a mobile abode—apart from a few prefabricated houses, there were only two tents here.

Releasing the mobile abode must mean something is happening, and Zhong Lijing sat cross-legged outside, looking like "I’m acting as a protector for the boss."

Someone like you, I could beat a hundred... Zhang Caixin found it amusing; you’re a mortal protecting a Golden Core?

However, thinking that way about her own sisters felt pointless, so she sat quietly, cross-legged—my presence at the Worldly Trials makes me a real protector.

The reason Feng Jun entered the mobile abode was because he was about to fuse the fifth Stone Ring.

The specific process need not be detailed; the key point is that he used up a whole three days to fuse the fifth Stone Ring.

This is extremely rare; for the fourth ring, the fusion took only about two hours, but the fifth ring took so long—is it simply the completion of a set of Magical Treasures leading to such a concluding effect?

Indeed, it was somewhat as he imagined. Upon completing the fusion of the fifth Stone Ring, he felt something seemed to descend upon him.

That indescribable feeling was hard to articulate, but he knew clearly he had undergone a magical transformation, enhancing every aspect, feeling lighter and wanting to ascend to the heavens.

He even felt he could advance to Golden Core Fourth Layer at any moment. Certainly, there are great causes and effects between heaven and earth!

Are there new skills after fusing the fifth Stone Ring? He felt eager to try, that kind of impatience.

However, the next moment, he realized his body couldn’t move, as if it was restrained. He struggled twice but couldn’t break free, instantly realizing this was the incomplete conclusion of the Five Rings.

Two more days passed before he could move, and he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief... finally over.

But the next moment, a tremendous crisis hit him, even causing his hair to stand on end.

This is definitely a significant fear, Feng Jun grasped instantly, raising his eyes to the sky.

Sure enough, in the distance, thick clouds rolled in fast, overwhelmingly unstoppable, with thunder and lightning within, like a doomsday scene.

"Damn, is it necessary?" Feng Jun couldn’t help but complain, "I just refined a Magical Treasure... even if it’s a True Artifact, you don’t need to send down a celestial tribulation, do you?"

Guarding outside the mobile abode, Zhang Caixin heard this and was stunned, "What... celestial tribulation?"

Meanwhile, over the skies of the Alxa League, a soft sigh echoed, "Truly remarkable, befitting that Spiritual Treasure. In this Age of Endtimes, it can actually bring down a celestial tribulation? Are you, big-eared fool, confused or has Spiritual Energy truly revived?"

"Damn," Feng Jun was now completely sure it was a celestial tribulation because he had seen too many in the same arena. But... I hadn’t planned on advancing; what does this meant by descending now?

Of course, no one can reason with a celestial tribulation. Although Feng Jun felt he hadn’t planned to advance to Golden Core Fourth Layer and couldn’t fathom why a celestial tribulation was provoked, but... better to escape first.

He reached for his mobile phone, intending to use it to travel elsewhere, but with flickering electric arcs and faint ’popping’ sounds, the phone screen went black!

He pulled out two more phones, but they were out too—celestial tribulations, apart from targeting cultivators, are inherently powerful electromagnetic fields.

Realizing this, Feng Jun put away his mobile phone, glancing at the Heavenly Palace with a grin, "Okay, let’s see who can outrun whom!"

(Update here, summon monthly tickets.)