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Chapter 71 Look at this Heavenly Lotus, it's so big and fragrant! (2k)

Seeing Sha Xiao's smug look, Ye Fan left the treasure vault without even turning his head.

The moment he saw the treasure vault, he relaxed and couldn't be bothered to watch Sha Xiao show off his superiority in front of him.

Ye Fan knew very well that since Sha Xiao was willing to show him that, it meant that he had at least three more trump cards with the same power and origin.

Ye Fan plopped down on the riverbank, letting out a long sigh of relief, and began to speculate on Sha Xiao's thought process: "Did he use his Source to mobilize the full power of the Imperial Weapon?"

Seeing Xiaoqing's wary expression, Ye Fan bit his thumbnail and continued his deduction: "Impossible, that would be too wasteful, you would never be willing to part with it."

"Moreover, given your personality, since you know that more than one extreme power is searching for you, you will definitely include all their imperial weapons in your plans."

"If you calculate it that way, it's even less likely that you'll be able to activate your Imperial Weapon and confront them head-on."

Sha Xiao smiled and corrected her, "You're right about one thing, even if we use Xiao Qing's private savings."

"Unless the divine weapons and gods naturally revive, we cannot match the speed of divine power circulation of those great beings."

Ye Fan looked even more helpless upon hearing this. He spread his hands in surrender and said, "Your plan must be related to those sources, otherwise you wouldn't have shown it to me. Tell me, what's your plan?"

Seeing Ye Fan readily hand over his brain, Sha Xiao raised a finger and smiled, "It's simple, a wise man makes good use of resources. We are Gu cultivators, when in doubt, we first refine Gu."

"Now that we know the gap between ourselves and those powerful beings, we can naturally refine targeted Gu worms to solve the problem."

"I want to use those sources to refine a Gu, a Gu that can solve our problem of insufficient divine power and the problem of insufficient speed of divine power circulation."

"Hiss?"

Xiaoqing flicked her tongue and "whoosh" pulled out a pair of glasses, putting them on her face, looking every bit like a financial investigation manager.

She needs a detailed explanation, or at least a word of comfort.

Otherwise, even Sha Xiao shouldn't be able to take away his source so easily.

Looking at Xiaoqing, who was on high alert, Sha Xiao smiled and explained in a low voice, "Xiaoqing, as you know, the number of sources will only decrease and not increase."

Xiao Qing nodded knowingly. Ever since joining Sha Xiao's journey, the number of sources had been decreasing rather than increasing.

So far, Sha Xiao hasn't handed over any treasures to her treasure vault.

But she didn't care; that little bit of energy wasn't even as much as what was consumed to maintain the treasure room.

Sha Xiao looked at Xiao Qing and advised with a smile, "Since you're just sitting around doing nothing, no matter how much resources you have, they'll eventually run out."

"To increase the number of sources, we need to fill the gaps in daily use."

"Either you have a mineral vein with you, or you must have the means to refine source liquid from the world."

Xiao Qing shook her head repeatedly. Even she knew that only the Great Emperor possessed the ability to refine Origin Liquid from the heavens and earth.

As for carrying a mineral vein with you?

Let alone that it's practically impossible, even if it were possible.

Every source mineral has roots; it must take root somewhere to slowly accumulate.

Given their current situation, where can they settle down and build a source of minerals?

"—! I actually have a solution that combines the two methods."

Sha Xiao raised his index finger and explained with a smile, "I have a kind of Gu here called the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Lotus."

"Although the refining conditions are harsh, it requires at least a small vein of ore to refine a first-stage Treasure King Lotus."

"But once it is refined, it can continuously draw on the essence of heaven and earth to condense the source liquid."

Ye Fan stroked his chin and asked, "Refining it is so troublesome, what about raising it? What about using it? Raising, refining, and using such rare Gu worms must be a huge hassle, right?"

Sha Xiao looked at Ye Fan with satisfaction: "Son, after teaching you for so long, you've finally developed some of the mindset of a Gu cultivator. Your father is very pleased."

"Splash!"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes, scooped up a handful of river water, and splashed it on Sha Xiao.

Sha Xiao dodged to the side and then laughed, "Indeed, just as you said, generally speaking, the rarer the Gu worm, the more complicated it is to raise, refine, and use."

Ye Fan nodded in understanding: "It's like a useful but not widely used computer language. Because few people use it, even if it works well, there are only a few solutions when problems arise, which is not as comprehensive as the older ones."

"That's right, but those are problems that only occur with imperfect Gu worms."

"A truly perfect Nine-Turn Gu worm symbolizes the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. In terms of nurturing and refining it, it is absolutely, uh, almost not difficult at all."

"If you can't do it, then you need to think about whether it's a problem with yourself."

Sha Xiao originally wanted to make a boast, but after thinking about the disastrous effects of the Nine-Turn Wisdom Gu, he quickly changed his tune.

He coughed and continued, "Especially the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Treasure Lotus, which is a wood-based Gu worm, symbolizing the Great Dao of the world's energy circulation."

"Although the refining process is complicated, once it is completed, as long as it is not kept in a low-energy field for a long time, it can operate on its own and continuously produce spring water of the Creation Source Eye level."

"This level of source liquid would have miraculous effects even on an emperor."

"As for the circulation of divine power, with a sufficient source, we can awaken the imperial weapons and deities year-round, which is much more efficient than us messing around with it ourselves."

Ye Fan suddenly asked, "Dreams are wonderful, but even if we exhaust Xiao Qing's savings, can we refine the Nine-Turn Heavenly Yuan Treasure Lotus?"

Xiao Qing, who had been staring at Sha Xiao with sparkling eyes, suddenly nodded and snapped out of it, staring at Sha Xiao suspiciously.

Sha Xiao's face stiffened, she glared at Ye Fan, coughed, and continued to explain to Xiao Qing, "Of course, what we're going to refine is definitely not that level of Heavenly Origin Treasure Lotus."

"What we need to refine is its lower-level alternative—the Five-Turn Heavenly Yuan Treasure King Lotus, which only requires tens of millions of source materials to refine."

"Although the condensed divine energy and source liquid cannot compare to the Heavenly Origin Treasure Lotus, the advantage of mortal Gu is that it can win by sheer quantity!"

"Once it's refined, the source can be replenished indefinitely. Although these sources have disappeared now, in the long run, it will definitely be a profit."

"Moreover, the divine power production speed of the Five-Turn Heavenly Treasure King Lotus is almost the same as that of a cultivator at the first level of the Sendai realm."

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"If we refine a few more plants, we can surpass those Immortal Platform cultivators in terms of divine power replenishment."

Seeing Sha Xiao frantically trying to cover up his mistakes, looking like an entrepreneur trying to scam investors, Ye Fan couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

Serves you right for showing off like that!

Sha Xiao kicked the gloating Ye Fan with all her might and frantically winked at him.

"Ahem, Lady Xiaoqing, if you really have this ability, then it would be worth it if you could really refine this kind of Gu."

Ye Fan coughed, stood next to Xiao Qing, and adopted the demeanor he used during business negotiations, posing as a secretary, and whispered to Xiao Qing to make contact.

Xiaoqing nodded thoughtfully, but she still felt that something was not quite right.