Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1683 - 1681: The Boulder Mountain Saber at Magic-Treasure Class

The continuously converted mana was quickly devoured by the Boulder Mountain Saber, and a sensation of insatiable hunger still emanated from the blade.

This can't go on, or else my own mana might be completely consumed. Of course, Lu Ye could interrupt this devouring by simply removing his hand from the hilt of the Boulder Mountain Saber, and he could probably continue later. But having realized what was happening, he naturally didn't want to interrupt.

If spirit jade isn't enough, then use spirit crystals!

As a higher-tier cultivation resource than spirit jade, when cultivators refine spirit crystals, they still only obtain spirit force, which also needs to be converted by the Magic Source. However, compared to spirit jade, spirit crystals undoubtedly contain more abundant spirit force, allowing cultivators to receive better replenishment in the same amount of time.

Lu Ye had spirit crystals on hand; when he first traded with the Merfolk, they gave him a million spirit crystals, which he hadn't used until now. Now they came in handy.

The Talent Tree began to devour the power within the spirit crystals, and Lu Ye felt much better.

100,000, 200,000, 300,000...

A million spirit crystals were consumed in half quantity before the devouring force from the Boulder Mountain Saber gradually weakened. Half a day later, the devouring force finally disappeared completely.

Lu Ye looked down and saw a faint cold light flowing over the Boulder Mountain Saber. This treasure, initially only at the spiritual treasure level, seemed to experience a miraculous ascension in that instant!

Exhausted in mind and body, but Lu Ye's expression was full of excitement.

He slowly drew the saber, and the pitch-black Boulder Mountain Saber appeared before his eyes. On the surface, there were no changes; it looked the same as before.

But under Lu Ye's calm perception, he could tell that his Boulder Mountain Saber had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Magic Treasure!

The Boulder Mountain Saber was now a magic-treasure class weapon, and not just any magic treasure—absolutely one of the top tier!

This wasn't an enhancement in the quality of the Boulder Mountain Saber; it was more like an unsealing.

The barghest-transformed Boulder Mountain Saber itself was of extremely high quality, having once accompanied many powerful cultivators. Without a high quality, it wouldn't have been useful to those cultivators.

But the nature of the Combat Race is peculiarly mysterious. When a mere Constellation like Lu Ye subdued it, it only manifested as a spiritual treasure level, so as not to be beyond Lu Ye's ability to handle.

This was like it placed a seal on itself.

Only today, when Lu Ye advanced to Moon Jade and after consuming large amounts of Lu Ye's mana, did the seal on the barghest get lifted, leaping from a spiritual treasure to a top-level magic treasure.

With the Boulder Mountain Saber vertically before him, Lu Ye examined it closely, smiling happily.

He slightly raised his hand and ran a finger along the blade, feeling pain as blood flowed and his finger was cut open!

So sharp!

Even at the spiritual treasure level, the Boulder Mountain Saber was sharp enough. Now, having been unsealed and becoming a magic treasure, it became even sharper. Otherwise, with Lu Ye's current physique, he wouldn't have been so easily cut by the blade.

Just this level of sharpness is clearly not something ordinary magic weapons can possess. If paired with the Divine Sharp Edge Spirit Runes applied by Lu Ye, this sharpness would undoubtedly reach a whole new level.

Additionally, its toughness was unmatched. Given its high quality, Lu Ye need not worry about his weapon being damaged when clashing with opponents—instead, it was the enemy who should be concerned about that.

Where Lu Ye previously felt a newly advanced Moon Jade specter might not withstand more than a few strikes from him, now with a magic-treasure class long saber, confronting a specter might only take a single strike, unless the specter had the ability to withstand such sharpness...

This undoubtedly is the tremendous enhancement a fine weapon could bring to a combat cultivator.

"Satisfied now?" Lu Ye murmured softly, looking at the Boulder Mountain Saber in his hand.

He didn't expect a response.

To his surprise, the Boulder Mountain Saber gave a slight hum, and a voice echoed in the depths of his mind.

"Three-tenths full."

Lu Ye paused for a moment, then was overjoyed: "Have you awakened?"

But there was no response anymore.

Lu Ye reckoned it was likely because he advanced to Moon Jade, breaking the seal, allowing the barghest's consciousness to awaken briefly, only to become dormant again.

But… three-tenths full?

Not to mention the mana he personally consumed and all the spirit jade, just the spirit crystals alone amounted to over 500,000. If converted to spirit jade, that would be a full five million.

And that only allowed the barghest to be three-tenths full?

Lu Ye's thoughts raced—within the barghest's words, it seemed clear that its current state wasn't its limit. Perhaps when his cultivation improves in the future, he'd witness the barghest's true potential.

Even a barghest only three-tenths full was a top-tier magic treasure—imagine its quality once fully restored?

Stellar space supreme treasure?

Unlikely, as stellar space supreme treasures are generally born with stellar space, and while the Combat Race is ancient, they're probably not at the level of a stellar space supreme treasure.

Nonetheless, this prospect filled Lu Ye's heart with anticipation.

Exchanging several million spirit jade for a top-tier magic treasure, and moreover, a long saber magic treasure he wielded with the greatest ease—this deal was undeniably a fantastic bargain.

With a casual flourish of the saber, then a satisfied assessment, Lu Ye sheathed the Boulder Mountain Saber.

After reclaiming the Treasure Blood Avatars dispersed in four directions, Lu Ye then began to restore himself.

The extracted spirit jade was continuously devoured and refined, then converted into mana through the Magic Source within his body.

Lu Ye immersed his mind, staring at the small flame in the Root Spiritual Orifice, feeling the efficiency of his Magic Source converting mana. He realized he needed to find a way to enhance the quality of his Magic Source, as it affected the speed of his future cultivation.

In the stellar space, the quality of magic treasures is divided into 1-star to 9-star. This classification comes from the Reincarnation Tree and is universally recognized across the stellar space.

However, in general, the most common magic treasures are 3-star to 5-star. Real 1-star or 2-star magic treasures are rare because their quality is too low, not favored by Moon Jade. Moreover, cultivators with even a little Artifact Refining skill won't craft mere 1-star or 2-star trash.

The quality of Magic Sources is similarly divided from 1-star to 9-star. It's said that this classification system is directly inherited from the division of magic treasures.

Coincidentally, the most common Magic Sources for Moon Jade are also 3-star to 5-star!

Although the treasures used to enhance the quality of Magic Sources are quite expensive, Moon Jade from major powers do have the means to elevate their Magic Source quality above 5-star.

But doing so would be wasteful.

Because the efficiency of converting mana does not equate to cultivation efficiency.

Cultivation in the Constellation Realm is simple; one only needs to refine spirit jade or other cultivation resources into one's own spirit force.

But Moon Jade cultivation undoubtedly has an extra layer: absorbing spirit force, then converting it into mana!

The efficiency of converting mana depends on the quality of the Magic Source. However, no matter how high the quality of the Magic Source, if the efficiency of absorbing spirit force doesn't improve, it's useless.

Therefore, for Moon Jade in the stellar space, a 3-star to 5-star Magic Source is already sufficient, anything higher is unnecessary.

Only when one's cultivation reaches Sun Blaze does one try to further enhance the quality of the Magic Source to speed up the conversion of mana.

But in this vast stellar space, how many Moon Jade can successfully advance to Sun Blaze?

Lu Ye wasn't sure about the quality of his Magic Source and had to wait until he returned to the All Phenomena Ocean to test it. Over there, the All Phenomena Merchants Guild has specialized equipment to test Magic Source quality.

By his estimation, his Magic Source couldn't be too poor; it must at least be at the 3-star level.

For someone who has just advanced to Moon Jade, this is already a pretty good result.

But it's still not enough...

Compared to other cultivators, his efficiency in refining spirit jade and other cultivation resources is too high; the conversion speed of a 3-star Magic Source couldn't keep up with his cultivation.

Lu Ye felt somewhat melancholic...

His cultivation always seemed like it was burning through spirit jade.

It wasn't an issue before, as he only needed to buy some fire-type treasures to use as fuel for the Talent Tree and take a plunge into the All Phenomena Ocean, but now, he also has to figure out how to boost the quality of the Magic Source...

Everything needs money.

Although he had the backing of the Merfolk Territory, that couldn't last forever, and the rate of extracting spirit jade there is also limited. Furthermore, both the Merfolk Race and the cultivators of Three Worlds Island need spirit jade for cultivation.

He could only figure it out later.

Setting aside the many distractions in his mind, Lu Ye focused on refining spirit jade.

Two days later, he was brimming with energy.

He could feel that with his breakthrough to Moon Jade, the limit of his physique had once again increased. In other words, the physique honed to its peak in the Constellation Realm was no longer at its peak now, and he could delve deeper into the Yin-Yang Great Millstone for further tempering.

But he didn't plan on doing so. Why? Because during this period, he had exhausted all the elixir pills and spirit flowers and rare herbs given to him by the Flower Race.

Even the 1,000 pieces of soul jade from the Soul Race were down to 300 pieces.

Although the World King Flower borne on the seven-color Divine Lotus didn't overload his Divine Sea, the constant consumption was undeniable.

He had been relying on external forces to replenish his soul power consumption.

If he didn't leave soon, once the soul jade was used up and without any soul power replenishment, things could get dire.

However, speaking of which, while the soul jade and other resources consumed during this period were substantial, they did bring some benefits. His psyche had noticeably strengthened.

But this wasn't what Lu Ye wanted. With the nurturing of the seven-color Divine Lotus, his psyche would continually grow even without these external forces.

Getting up, he retraced his route, channeling his Ocular Power to observe.

The late-stage Moon Jade from the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group likely wouldn't easily give up on a World King Flower, would they? The value of such an item is beyond measure.

So they might be waiting for him outside?

Hopefully, that's the case!

Although he had just advanced and the opponent was already in Moon Jade Late Stage, with the unique environment of the Yin-Yang Great Millstone, Lu Ye still didn't fear him.

A late-stage Moon Jade, and a leader of a galactic pirate group, should at least have some wealth.

Lu Ye was currently very poor, and naturally, he wouldn't want to miss out on such potential riches.

Moreover, he wanted to use this opponent to see how his strength had changed after his advancement.

It was precisely because of this consideration that he retraced his route. Otherwise, leaving the Yin-Yang Great Millstone in a different direction might cause him to miss the opponent.