Dashing Student-Chapter 1251: Bountiful Gains

The breakthrough process lasted for a full three days.

At the final moment, the hundreds of thousands of Mid-grade Spirit Stones that Chen Nan took out were already exhausted, but he felt he was just a bit short, so he took out a dozen top-grade spirit stones.

The Spiritual Energy contained in top-grade spirit stones is a hundred times that of Mid-grade Spirit Stones, so the time they're retained in his hands is also longer.

Chen Nan felt the Mana in his body had reached a limit, and even a tiny bit more would be unbearable, so he desperately compressed the Mana within the Golden Core.

Finally, the dense Mana, under constant compression, suddenly liquefied, transforming into a drop of golden liquid, followed by a second, a third, and ultimately all the Mana within the Golden Core had turned into liquid, as if it truly formed a golden lake.

A clear sound came from the void, the sound of Chen Nan breaking through the barrier and stepping into the initial stage of the Fourth Layer of Golden Core Realm.

Chen Nan slowly opened his eyes, and the aura on his body was released like a flood, then quickly returned to tranquility.

After feeling his own cultivation, he couldn't stop smiling, this trip to the sea was definitely rewarding.

However, this breakthrough consumed as much as hundreds of thousands of Mid-grade Spirit Stones and more than ten top-grade spirit stones, making him feel a bit of pain, and he realized that at this rate, his wealth would not last much longer.

"I still need to think of a way to earn Spirit Stones, or should I go find the Demon Clan again?" Chen Nan really began to ponder the feasibility of this idea, but in the end, he vetoed it himself.

Because if this continues, he feared offending all the Demon Clans of the Endless Sea, it would become a situation where everyone calls for his head, so he needed to think of a safe way.

"Speaking of which, there are many Secret Realms in the Endless Sea, I should go and have a look."

Every time Chen Nan entered Secret Realms on the Nine Provinces Continent, he would return full-handed, so Secret Realms were his treasure troves, he wouldn't miss it if he encountered one.

Calculating the time, the spiritual materials left with Gongshu Wu should almost be forged now, he decided to draw a few more talismans in the remaining days.

In the previous encounter with a Jiao Long, talismans had done a great job, if he had a large number of talismans to use, he wouldn't fear anyone unless encountering Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

So he took out talisman paper, mixing various spiritual materials of Jiao Long with other purchased spiritual materials to grind into powder, and began drawing talismans.

Previously, his body was injured, with little Mana left, so the process of drawing talismans was very slow, needing to restore Mana after drawing each one before continuing.

Now Chen Nan's injuries had healed completely and his cultivation had improved a lot, with abundant Mana, the speed of drawing talismans increased several times.

In just a few days, he had drawn thirty Eighth Grade Flood Dragon Talismans, ten Seventh Grade Flood Dragon Talismans, plus dozens of other Seventh and Eighth Grade talismans.

Altogether, there were over a hundred.

With these talismans in possession, Chen Nan felt a bit more confident and upright.

If not for the fact that he ran out of materials for drawing talismans, Chen Nan would have wanted to draw more talismans to carry with him.

The time agreed with Gongshu Wu had arrived, Chen Nan finally walked out of the Cultivation Room, and as the sunlight fell down, he instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes, feeling as if it had been a lifetime.

No wonder they say cultivators are devoid of emotions and desires, Chen Nan had been in seclusion for merely a month and felt like a world of difference. While others remain in seclusion for decades or centuries, upon coming out, wouldn't everything have changed?

If emotions are too abundant, such feelings alone could drive a person mad.

Chen Nan quickly arrived at the Artifact Refining Workshop, and Gongshu Wu was already waiting for him, even when not crafting, he just casually draped a piece of clothing over himself.

The bulging pectoral muscles seemed as though they would burst through the shirt.

Seeing Chen Nan's arrival, Gongshu Wu immediately brought out the crafted Spirit Armor and arrows he had made.

There were two pieces of Spirit Armor, one Seventh Grade, capable of withstanding attacks from Golden Core Realm experts, and one Sixth Grade, made of Jiao Dao's scale armor.

Not only with astounding defensive powers, it could even resist a full-force attack from a Third Layer Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and even possessed an automatic self-repair function.

Although Chen Nan himself was physically formidable, having such a scale armor on him made it very difficult for Golden Core Realm cultivators to kill him.

Unable to contain his excitement, Chen Nan eagerly picked up the Sixth-grade Spirit Armor, bit his tongue to spray a mist of blood. The blood beads landed on the Jiao Long Armor and were instantly absorbed.

A faint connection was established between him and the Jiao Long Armor, he could even perceive the aura emanating from it, as if Jiao Dao had come back to life.

With a mere thought, the Jiao Long Armor transformed into scales, automatically flying onto Chen Nan's body. Once it adjusted to an appropriate size, it tightly adhered, slowly integrating into his skin.

The Spirit Armor was like a tattoo, covering every inch of Chen Nan's body from top to bottom, finally fading away with traces.

Such supernatural phenomena filled Chen Nan's heart with excitement, worthy of being Sixth-grade Spirit Armor, so perfectly satisfying.

Besides the Spirit Armor, there were twelve arrows crafted from Jiao Long Bone, with the white bone arrow streaked with blood-colored traces, which were Jiao Long's Essence Blood.

Holding the arrows, Chen Nan could feel the violent aura emanating from them, like an enraged Jiao Long, each arrow could be considered a masterpiece.

"I'm quite satisfied with these Jiao Long Arrows. With so many precious spiritual materials added, I won't charge you for the Spirit Stones. If your cultivation were stronger, you could even injure Nascent Soul cultivators." Gongshu Wu said with some pride on his face.

Chen Nan was overjoyed and immediately cupped his hands, "Thank you, senior."

"No need, just don't waste these twelve Jiao Long Arrows." Gongshu Wu waved his hand, then turned and left with his hands behind his back.

After carefully storing the Jiao Long Armor and Jiao Long Arrows, Chen Nan also left the Artifact Refining Workshop. But before leaving Flying Star Island, he wandered around the island to see if there were things worth acquiring.

Since he would be returning to Luoyue Island, he might as well bring some gifts for Zhong Ling, after all, she was his first disciple, and he shouldn't let her down.

Having just bought a few small trinkets, Chen Nan suddenly heard passersby casually chatting about the giant auction held by the island's Chamber of Commerce, and the auction had already started.

He thought for a moment, then decided to head towards the auction, in case he might encounter something of interest.

The Flying Star Commerce on Flying Star Island is the largest Chamber of Commerce on the island, and as a local Chamber of Commerce, their auction attracted a large number of cultivators.

When Chen Nan arrived, there was only one seat left, any later and he wouldn't have gotten in.

Before he even reached his seat, Chen Nan heard a voice from the auction stage.

"The next item for auction is a Dragon Blood Danxia Tree, with colors like Danxia reflecting the sea, containing faint Dragon Qi. It's a rare Water Element Spirit Object. Cultivators with a Water Spirit Root can accelerate their cultivation after refining it."

"Starting bid, one million Low-grade Spirit Stones."

Even before reaching his seat, Chen Nan was already shouting bids.

"I offer ten million!"