Chapter 146: The Spiritual Nature of the Mine Spirit

  Time flew by, and more than half a month passed like flowing water. Du Fei finally recovered from his injuries after this period of treatment and was back to his usual energetic self. Although the last time he activated the power of the talisman in his body was quite dangerous, the benefits brought about by taking risks were also obvious. After recovering, Du Fei clearly felt that his physical condition had improved compared to before, with each of his meridians becoming slightly stronger and more resilient. Although it was only a slight improvement, for a cultivator like Du Fei, even a slight strengthening of the meridians was already a great fortune.

  It could be said that Du Fei's life was not destined to end in vain. If someone else had suffered the same injuries as Du Fei at that time and managed to recover from their wounds, it would have been considered a great fortune if they could even stand up and speak. If it were another cultivator with a slightly weaker physique, they would likely have been killed by the violent power surge during the energy backlash.

  As for Du Fei, not only did he not leave any lingering injuries or sequelae behind, but he didn't even suffer from a single minor wound. The greatest benefit of this was due to the Tianyuan Technique, which had an incredible healing effect. As long as Du Fei still had a breath of life left in him, the technique could help him fully recover.

  When Du Fei first entered the Inverse Yuan stage, he hadn't discovered what made the Tianyuan Technique so extraordinary. However, after these two near-death experiences, Du Fei finally understood what it meant to have a "lucky charm" and gradually came to realize the wonders of the Tianyuan Technique. As his strength increased, along with improvements in his martial skills and techniques, Du Fei found that the more he explored the depths of the Tianyuan Technique, the more unfathomable it seemed, as if there was always more to discover.

  Every time Du Fei asked about the secrets of the Tianyuan Technique, the Wordless Heavenly Scripture would avoid discussing them, leaving Du Fei to search for the answers himself.

  "Ah, it's so refreshing. Not to mention the recovery from my injuries, I can clearly feel that my strength has increased somewhat." Du Fei said as he swung his fists a few times.

  "With such a small achievement, you're so happy, look at your little accomplishment." The wordless heavenly book wrote. Du Fei also found the words on the wordless heavenly book and touched his head, smiling foolishly.

  "Right, now I'm telling you, don't risk it and try to stir up that power again. With your current strength, if you trigger that power for the third time, you will undoubtedly die, and no one will be able to save you then. Remember." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Ah, I see," Du Fei said.

  "It seems that the power is paying attention to you now, so it's best not to fight for the time being. Thinking about it is also futile. The best solution for now is to cultivate according to your usual method and quickly improve your strength, get the Pure Yang Lethal Steel in hand." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Ah, right! You little brat reminded me, I almost forgot about that old codger's matter. But it's strange, he hasn't called for me in so many days, is he dead? If he's dead, then that's even better. Hahaha!" Du Fei burst into laughter, his voice echoing within the Tian Zhu Brook.

  "You'd better not daydream, kid. Take a look at your own body and you'll know whether that old guy is dead or not. See if the restrictions he set on you are still there." The wordless heavenly book said. Du Fei saw the words of the wordless heavenly book and also began to introspect, but his disappointed expression soon told the wordless heavenly book the answer.

  "If you don't die, then hurry up and cultivate. If you can't open the iron chain for him at that time, you little scoundrel will be waiting to suffer a terrible death." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Good!" Du Fei let out a loud whoop, and immediately a purely black hammer appeared in his hand - it was the Overlord's Hammer. With a spirited expression, Du Fei walked up to the casting platform, picked up the hammer, and began striking the silver steel iron ore on top of it.

  "Ah!" Du Fei let out a loud roar and jumped up, charging into the air over ten meters high. He swung his Heaven-Defying Hammer at the silver steel iron on the casting platform, "Boom..." A massive echo instantly resounded within the Heavenly Casting River, and intense sparks burst forth from the surface of the casting platform. Du Fei was also sent flying far away by the powerful recoil force, heavily crashing to the ground.

  "Ouch, that hurts." Du Fei fell to the ground with a thud, looking quite miserable. "My god, what's going on? How can there be such a huge backlash?" Du Fei rubbed his chin and slowly got up from the ground.

  "Well done, kid! Keep it up and you'll be successful soon." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Oh, what's about to succeed?" Du Fei asked while rubbing his chin.

  "Mineral spirits, silver steel iron stone mineral spirits are almost cultivated." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "Ore spirit? You mean the silver steel iron ore spirit I just smashed is going to be cultivated?" Du Fei's face showed a hint of surprise, thought for a moment, and joy instantly spread across his face: "Are you telling the truth?"

  "Nonsense, it's useless to deceive you. In a short while, I'll be able to succeed, and it seems that you little brat have benefited from the disaster after all, your strength has increased so much that you can even refine the silver steel iron ore essence. Let's not talk about this anymore, hurry up, I haven't seen the birth of an ore essence in a long time." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Alright!" Du Fei's face lit up with joy as he grasped the Heaven-Defying Mace, its power increasing even more than before. With a loud roar, he smashed it down onto the Silver Steel Iron Rock once again. "Ah," another deafening crash echoed within the Tian Zhu Valley.

  "Bang..." Another loud explosion came, accompanied by splashing sparks. The situation was the same as before, Du Fei's situation remained the same, only this time the recoil force was even greater.

  "Ah, my mother! I'm going to die from the pain!" Du Fei let out another pained cry, and just like before, he was sent flying backward by the recoil force, landing on the ground in a sorry state.

  "You son of a bitch, do you want to kill me? Watch as I teach you a lesson today, if I don't make you pay, my surname isn't Du." Du Fei said as he got up and walked towards the location of the Wordless Heavenly Book. With a burst of anger, he grabbed the Wordless Heavenly Book. But the Wordless Heavenly Book suddenly lit up with white light and wrote out words.

  "Halt, listen to me first." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "You're talking nonsense." Du Fei suddenly threw the Wordless Heavenly Book out. A loud "bang" was heard, because Du Fei's throwing force was too great, and it smashed a big hole in the ground not far away. However, the Wordless Heavenly Book was intact, lying in the pit. Du Fei stood up, stunned for a moment, thinking of the book's incredibly hard shell, and then thought of something and started taking off his pants to pee on the book. At this critical moment, the Wordless Heavenly Book suddenly lit up with a faint blue glow, shining so brightly that Du Fei dared not look directly at it. He could only stop what he was doing, using one arm to block the light from shining in his eyes.

  "Do you know what fear is?" Du Fei stood at the edge of the pit with a furious expression.

  "I know, I know, spare my life, big brother." The Wordless Heavenly Book quickly wrote out a few large characters to beg for mercy.

  "Haha, kiddo, aren't you going to tell me what's going on?" Du Fei's anger vanished instantly, replaced by a meaningful smile.

  "You little scamp, I've got you on my path now." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Stop stalling and speak up, I'm still burning with anger." Du Fei took out the wordless heavenly book from the pit.

  "What did you say?" asked the Wordless Heavenly Book.

  "What's with that rebound force just now? How come every time I use more strength, the rebound force gets bigger too? You little brat must know what's going on. Not telling me beforehand and making me suffer two losses in secret." Du Fei said as he rubbed his chin.

  "Haha, sorry, I'm afraid it's my fault, I was so comfortable that I forgot to tell you." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "A moment's negligence? You little scoundrel, don't try to deceive me here!" Du Fei cursed loudly.

  "I'm not deceiving you, you have to believe me. The recoil force just now was actually the defensive power released by the birth of the ore essence. Every piece of ore essence is born with a hint of spirituality, and only ore stones that possess spirituality can be called ore essences. Spirituality is also a mysterious thing, as long as something possesses spirituality, it means that this thing has a certain life force and self-thinking ability. The higher the spirituality, the higher the intelligence. Humans are called the spirits of all things because their spirituality is much higher than that of all things. If better materials are used to refine the ore essence, the spirituality it possesses will also be stronger."

  "Oh, so there's something like this after all. What does it have to do with that rebounding force?" Du Fei looked at the wordless heavenly book in confusion.

  "When the relationship is established, if the rebound force is stronger, it means that the spiritual nature of the ore is also stronger. The stronger the spiritual nature, the better the ore, and the quality of the equipment refined from it will be higher. Because now the spiritual nature inside that piece of ore is wrapped in a layer of energy, which is called the Lingyun Wall. As long as you can shatter that layer of Lingyun Wall and release all the spiritual nature inside, then this piece of ore can be considered refined. And the rebound force you receive is what that layer of Lingyun Wall releases. Hurry up and smash it, that layer of Lingyun Wall won't take long to shatter." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "If I continue to smash it, will it still bounce back with counterforce?" Du Fei asked.

  "If you don't want the mineral spirit, then don't bother smashing it. You should know that treasures aren't easily obtained." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "So you're saying I should continue to fall, right?" Du Fei asked.

  "Is this little bitterness really unbearable for you?" The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Your grandfather's, I'm going all out, you wait and see how I'll deal with you." Du Fei said as he pointed at the ore on the casting platform, then picked up the Tyrant's Sledgehammer and walked towards the ore.