Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 204 - 115: Damaged Demon Fire Golden Banner and Repair Methods

Chapter 204: Chapter 115: Damaged Demon Fire Golden Banner and Repair Methods

Broken Demon Fire Golden Banner (Tier Eight): Premium quality, Demon Dao Magical Treasure, contains demonic fire and evil spirits, capable of refining and killing all things.

Attribute: Activates the treasure to transform into a mountain-like golden banner to strike the target, dealing 50,000+200% physical damage as Magic Damage, casting range 20 kilometers, Mana consumption 6000 points.

Attribute: Activates the Demon Fire Golden Banner, summoning the sealed demon and evil spirits within the banner to attack the enemy; demons and evil spirits can be reborn within the banner after death.

Demon (Normal): Level 80-99, normal template, 40,000 Qi and Blood, 3000 attack, 10 Mana for rebirth, 0/10,000.

Evil Spirit (Normal): Level 60-70, normal template, 5000 Qi and Blood, 1500 attack, 5 Mana for rebirth, 0/100,000.

Attribute: Absorbs enemies into the Demon Fire Golden Banner, using demonic fire to burn and refine them, demonic fire deals 10,000+50% Magic Damage, death within the banner results in a loss of 40 years’ lifespan, in the following year, experience gain -50% while burning with demonic fire, and complete death within the banner will turn one into a demon, trapped in the banner without rebirth.

"Hiss!"

"This magical treasure is so powerful!"

Su Yu evaluated in his heart, fearing this object might be even stronger than the Wind and Fire Fan in his hand, just a step away from being a rare treasure.

But unfortunately, this thing is damaged and can only be used after repairs.

But the method of repair....

It requires a Demon Dao artifact refining master, normal artifact refiners can’t repair it.

Or it can be sold; although it’s damaged, its attributes are there, so it could be sold as a normal Tier Eight Treasure.

But Su Yu was reluctant seeing its abnormal attributes and decided to keep it for now, planning to ask his second brother after returning.

A day later, everyone returned to Jinjiao Island, Zhang Chao went to submit the task, and Su Yu also returned to Mingsu Palace to find his second brother, informing him of the potential trouble with the Zuo Family.

The second brother laughed and said:

"There’s nothing to fear about Demon Prison Island, especially since they made the first move; we have the justification and need not fear. Don’t worry. If they don’t come, fine. If they dare to come, Mingsu Palace is not to be trifled with; they’ll get no return."

Su Yu felt relieved, turned, and took out the damaged Demon Fire Golden Banner, asking:

"Second brother, does Master Mingsu have a way to refine this magical treasure into a Profound Sect treasure?"

Su Huan took the Demon Fire Golden Banner, raised an eyebrow, and said with some surprise:

"Good stuff, little brother, you’re quite lucky to have this drop."

"But this thing is not easy to repair."

"Let’s do this, I’ll take it to show my master and see if he can repair it."

"Thank you, second brother."

"No problem."

After leaving his second brother, Su Yu stretched, returned to sleep.

He slept soundly, and woke up feeling refreshed.

After eating, he was about to go out to level up when he suddenly received a message from his second brother:

"Where are you, little brother? Come to Mingsu Palace immediately, my master wants to see you."

"Huh?"

"I’m at home, what does Master Mingsu want with me?"

"It’s about that Demon Fire Golden Banner."

"I’ll come right away."

Su Yu was full of doubts.

"Could there be a problem with that Demon Fire Golden Banner?"

With a sense of doubt, he arrived at Central Mingsu Peak, where his second brother was waiting, upon seeing him, immediately dragged him inside, speaking as they walked:

"Master says your Demon Fire Golden Banner has some issues and wants to ask you."

Su Yu was full of questions, followed his second brother into Mingsu Palace, soon arriving at a hall seemingly dedicated to artifact refining, where he saw Master Mingsu, reclined on a seat, playing with the Demon Fire Golden Banner.

Master Mingsu appeared as a middle-aged man, dressed in a Profound Moon Robe, extremely handsome but with graying hair and slight wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, indicating his real age was not young.

Su Yu quickly stepped forward to bow:

"Su Yu, disciple of Fengyunzi from Xuankong Mountain, greets Master Mingsu."

"Rise."

Without lifting his head, Master Mingsu asked:

"The last time I saw Jin Yinian, he was still a Core Disciple; ambitious to challenge True Disciples. It seems he failed and started accepting his fate by taking disciples. Which disciple are you?"

"I am the sixth disciple of my master."

Master Mingsu raised his gaze, looked Su Yu over, raised an eyebrow, seemingly intrigued, and gave him a thorough once-over, then asked with interest:

"Your Qi and Blood, along with Mana, are quite unusual. Have you awakened some bloodline?"

"Yes, I have awakened the True Dragon Bloodline, hence my high Qi and Blood, Mana, and physique."

Master Mingsu’s eyes flickered with understanding, gave a light chuckle, nodded:

"Not bad."

He pushed the Demon Fire Golden Banner towards him, saying:

"I called you over to ask what ideas you have on repairing this treasure."

Su Yu, puzzled, asked:

"May I know what you mean, Master?"

"You might not know, this Demon Fire Golden Banner is actually a Buddhist artifact; it used to be a Tier Nine Buddhist Treasure, but somehow ended up in the hands of Demon Dao cultivators. It was forcibly corrupted through powerful Demon Dao magic, thus degrading its treasure grade."

"What?"

Su Yu was both shocked and surprised, quickly recalling the many Demon God reliefs seen on the inner walls when trapped in the Demon Fire Golden Banner, some seemingly resembling the Furious-eyed Vajra of Buddhism.

He hadn’t thought much before, but now that it was mentioned, it indeed seemed so.

But here, Master Mingsu paid no heed to Su Yu’s shocked expression and proceeded to say:

"I have three methods of repair; listen carefully."

"The first method is to directly repair it into a Tier Eight magical treasure, which would cost about three to four thousand gold and could be completed in two to three months."

"The second method involves inviting a high monk to purify the demonic energy using Buddhist skills, restoring the treasure to its original form. However, the essence of the magical treasure is incomplete, many Buddhist treasures and relics inside the golden banner have been removed, and after repair, it would still just be a Tier Eight Buddhist treasure."

"This would require four to five thousand gold in materials and take more than half a year to repair."

"The third method is to have a high monk of great virtue reforge it, collect at least ten thousand merit to infuse into the magical treasure, reshape its Buddhist essence, and recreate it as a Tier Nine Buddhist treasure."

"This would need a large number of Buddhist statues and high monk relics, with just the material costs possibly running into tens of thousands of gold, and it would take more than half a year. But the most crucial part is the ten thousand merit, which I’m not sure where to obtain."

Hmm....

Su Yu hesitated for only a second before making a decision, asking:

"May I inquire, sir, if I choose the third method, how much exactly would the material costs be?"

The first option was certainly out of the question, as a disciple of the Immortal Sect, wielding a magical treasure would be unseemly.

That left only the second and third options.

In the past, he would have definitely chosen the second, just to have a Tier Eight magical treasure.

But now he already possessed two Tier Eight treasures, so another one wasn’t urgently needed. Naturally, he should opt for a Tier Nine treasure.

What is the concept of a Tier Nine treasure?

The higher the class of the treasure, the greater its power, but correspondingly, the fewer its numbers.

Spending two or more True Feathers of the Divine Bird and Divine Bird Divine Soul, along with a lot of money, only got a Tier Eight treasure, and although a Tier Nine treasure is just one rank higher than Tier Eight, its power is exponentially greater. Su Yu thought of the Tier Nine Polar Divine Cauldron he saw at the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect’s auction, which had astonishing might.

At this moment, Master Mingsu, with a look that seemed to anticipate his words, said:

"If you choose to reshape this treasure, you will need to pay a total of 60,000 gold, including all materials and the fee for hiring high monks. It’ll take six months, and by then, you’ll get a blank treasure that you’ll need to gather ten thousand merit for, to shape it completely."

"Hiss!"

This price gave Su Yu a fright, and he shook his head, saying:

"I don’t have that much money right now."

"No problem, come find me when you do, or you can use your own connections; your great master is the head of Xuankong Mountain, perhaps you can find a more skilled artifact refiner."

Master Mingsu tossed the Demon Fire Golden Banner back to Su Yu, who quickly caught it.

"Thank you, Master."

"No worries, Su Huan is both my disciple and my son-in-law. You’re his younger brother, so you’re family. Come to me directly if you need anything in the future."

"Thank you, Master."

Master Mingsu nodded and gestured for them to leave.

Upon leaving Mingsu Palace, Su Huan said to him:

"Sixty thousand gold is too much, and second brother can’t come up with that kind of money right now."

Su Yu immediately said:

"There’s no rush, even if I had the money, I wouldn’t have enough merit to activate the essence. Compared to that ten thousand merit, sixty thousand gold seems like a minor issue."

Su Huan thought for a moment and nodded:

"Indeed, accumulating ten thousand merit is not easy."

"By the way, second brother, do you know any methods to quickly accumulate merit?"

"It’s not easy; there are generally two methods. One is to practice the Buddhist Heart Skill, which evolves into the Buddhist skill of transcending, allowing one to gain merit by transcending souls. But this method is slow and requires patience."

"The other is to eliminate Demon Dao cultivators. Such cultivators create Demon Magic often with slaughter involved, making their merit basically negative. Defeating them can earn you a considerable amount of merit."

"However, heavily targeting Demon Dao cultivators might attract notice from their powerful members, leading to retaliation, posing great risk."

"Besides that, there might occasionally be special situations to earn merit, but these are rare and hard to gather in bulk."

"I see...

Su Yu scratched his head and waved it off, saying:

"There’s no rush, let me think it over."

"Alright then."

After parting with his second brother, Su Yu arrived at Jinjiao City with an initial idea already forming in his mind.

Money was manageable; he currently had 2400 gold, the life-extending fruit could sell for several thousand gold, and the Four Symbols Thunder God Array in his possession could sell for nearly eight thousand gold, totaling over fifteen thousand gold.

He could earn the rest slowly since it would take considerable time to accumulate merit. Creating such a treasure, as long as it was forged before his tribulation, would be quite satisfactory.

He estimated that addressing his tribulation, completing all Cultivation Skills, and condensing the additional four Immortal Bones would take him at least another decade, he would have enough time.

If he had a Tier Nine treasure in hand, passing the Loose Immortal Tribulation would be almost guaranteed.

"It can be done!"

Su Yu decided to set matters aside for now, first heading to a shop to sell all his miscellaneous loot from the journey, including three pieces of Tier Six magic treasures, gaining a total of 426 gold.

Then....

"Should I make a trip to the Wind God Palace?"

But he realized immediately that visiting the Wind God Palace would mean losing the Wind God’s Order, which made him somewhat reluctant.

Although this item had a single attribute, it was powerful, capable of simultaneously restraining multiple targets—a great advantage in combat.

However, thinking further, entering the palace with even the entrance token being a Tier Eight treasure indicated that the level of Wind God Palace must be extraordinarily high, offering potential massive benefits.

Yet upon more thought, based on the cumulative experience of players over tens of thousands of years, usually in such scenarios entering a divine palace would likely include a test, with rewards based on passing it or the test’s score; with his current strength, he was unlikely to do well.

"Better to be cautious."

Considering everything, Su Yu ultimately decided to leave it for later.