That's definitely not how it's said.
Even in the 21st century, the cost of powerful firearms is extremely high!
Let's take Guan Yingying's Void-Piercing Sword Intent as an example and calculate the cost.
First of all... the sword intent was emitted by Nie Qingshuang. With her cultivation level of the Void Realm, condensing sword intent was just a matter of raising her hand, which can be considered to be zero cost.
Secondly, the formation depicted above is capable of storing such a massive amount of energy as the Void-Piercing Sword Intent.
According to Guan Yingying, this formation was carved by Nie Qingshuang over three months by a high-level spirit array master at the Void Transformation Realm...
Cultivators at the Void Realm already possess immense soul power, but high-level spirit array masters who have deeply studied the Dao of Spirit Arrays are few and far between across the entire continent.
If we were to measure it by market price, these formations would cost at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones to inscribe!
As for the final material used to engrave the array patterns, Shen Yunhao had inquired about it from Guan Yingying. It was forged by a high-level forging master using rare materials such as extraterrestrial meteorite essence and earth spirit essence.
The materials alone are already incredibly expensive, not to mention the labor involved.
Such a jade talisman is worth no less than, if not more than, a top-grade Xuan weapon.
The key issue is that after each use, the spirit array on it will be damaged and needs to be repaired by a spirit array master.
All things considered, the cost is truly staggering.
Even Nie Qingshuang, the master of Qingyou Palace, only produced two, giving one to Guan Yingying and the other to Ning Yuyao.
It wasn't exactly favoritism, because she had promised long ago that as long as someone could be included in the Chronicles of the Storm, Nie Qingshuang would provide them with this life-saving measure.
Ning Yuyao's spell was used on Mu Shuangshuang a year ago in the underground palace, and it has now been used to repair the formation and recharge it.
As for Mu Shuangshuang, her situation was slightly more tragic.
Her mother's life-saving measure for her was a paper talisman, which was used up and then discarded; she could only make another one at the same cost.
Although the exact cost is unknown, one can guess that the spirit stones consumed to store the attack of a Void Realm cultivator would flow out like water...
Thinking of this, Shen Yunhao suddenly wanted to grab Ning Yuyao and spank her.
That's such a waste! They're all family here...
With a wave of his hand, millions of spirit stones vanished into thin air.
Later, Shen Yunhao also asked why, since he could store sword intent, he didn't ask an old man in the Taixu Realm to help him. Wouldn't a Taixu sword intent be much more powerful than a Dongxu one?
Unsurprisingly, this earned him a big eye roll from Guan Yingying.
"Storing the intent of the Void Sword... even divine artifacts probably can't do that. There shouldn't be any material in this world that can contain an attack from the Void Realm within such a small object. The jade talisman we have, representing the Void Piercing Strike, is already the most powerful artifact on the entire continent, and it can only store the power of the early Void Piercing stage; it's unlikely to even store the power of the mid-stage..."
Shen Yunhao then nodded in realization.
No wonder, even though Mu Shuangshuang's mother's cultivation level was at the mid-stage of the Void Realm, which was higher than Nie Qingshuang's, Ning Yuyao's sword intent was just enough to neutralize it.
Because the power limit is there, even Mu Shuangshuang's mother couldn't turn moves that exceeded this limit into magical artifacts.
"Even the son of the Tai Xuan Dao Sect Master has the same magic weapon for protecting his life as us, but there is one special case we need to be aware of!"
Which one?
"If he pulls his father out right away, we'd better run!"
Shen Yunhao: "..."
Guan Yingying then mentioned another matter.
"Of course, the power of these crafted magical artifacts is mainly limited by the materials used, but the power of spirit arrays is far greater! Although the path of spirit arrays is not considered a proper cultivation method, there are still many places where arrays can be used!"
"Take our Guanghan Palace's protective formation as an example. With the Tianshan Mountains as the foundation, the formation's power is enough to rival that of a late-stage Taixu Realm cultivator!"
Shen Yunhao's eyes widened immediately. "Late stage of the Void Realm? Isn't that the pinnacle of the continent?"
"That's right, and even if a cultivator at the late stage of the Taixu realm were to attack, they absolutely wouldn't be able to break through! No matter how powerful a Taixu cultivator is, they are still just one person and cannot contend with the power of the entire world. This is the power of the spirit array..."
"..."
I understand, you look down on greedy spirit array masters.
However, they still highly approve of the spirit arrays set up by spirit array masters...
"Alright, alright, enough of this nonsense. Are we still practicing swordsmanship today?"
"Practice! Practice! Practice!"
"Then go put on your armor?"
"???"
"I've taught you everything I needed to. Now it's time for real combat... Once you can defeat me, who's suppressing my cultivation at the Iron Bone Realm, you'll be considered a master! At that point, I won't need to worry about you anymore..."
ah?
Shen Yunhao was dumbfounded.
Defeating Guan Yingying?
In terms of talent, it must be quite difficult.
"What are you looking at! It's good enough that I didn't let you beat Junior Sister. When you actually face Junior Sister one day, you'll know what terror is!"
Seeing the direction Guan Yingying left in, Shen Yunhao quickly followed.
But in his heart he thought...
If it really is Yao'er... maybe it will be easier to fight...
...
After getting a beating, he spent the afternoon shamelessly cultivating deep in his cave while cuddling his cat.
During the body-refining process, Milk Tea could not help Shen Yunhao much, but its own cultivation level continued to increase as it absorbed spiritual energy.
After feeding the cat spiritual energy once again, Shen Yunhao began the post-coital cat-petting session, rubbing it while asking in confusion.
"Judging from the level of spiritual energy, you should be at the Iron Bone Realm now, but... why don't you have any combat power at the Iron Bone Realm level? If you were another demon race, you would have grown to a huge size by now and started eating people everywhere!"
The cat squinted its eyes, enjoying the pleasure of being stroked.
"I don't know... Milk tea doesn't fight, and it doesn't eat people..."
Milk Tea wriggled her chubby body and snuggled closer to Shen Yunhao.
"Could it be that the Devouring Beast has no combat ability at all?"
Shen Yunhao pulled out the book of strange tales about monsters and monsters, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find any other reason.
"That's true. To put it bluntly, it's just a cultivation cheat code. It doesn't seem to matter if it doesn't have combat power..."
At this moment, the cat raised its head and yawned widely.
"I'm full...I want to sleep...Master...Let's go to sleep!"
"..."
Shen Yunhao shook his head and patted the cat's bottom: "Go and rest. Judging by the time, I have to go and greet another great god!"
"OK!"
The cat walked to the side, wagged her big brown tail, and a flash of blue light appeared. Suddenly, a soft fur cushion appeared in the stone chamber deep in the cave, and Milk Tea lay down on it with a satisfied look on her face.
Shen Yunhao stood there dumbfounded for two seconds, then suddenly shouted!
"Holy crap! Milk Tea, when did you learn magic?"
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