He’d met a Master of the Golden Seal that had had only a fraction of its power available to it, and it had used only 10% of that fraction to attack Jiang Chen, but he’d still felt that it’d been difficult to defend against.
If a Master of the Golden Seal struck with its full strength, Jiang Chen strongly believed that even the combined efforts of the four forefathers would be hard-pressed to defend against it.
Of course, a peak Master of the Golden Seal wasn’t simply available at his beck and call. That was just a lovely daydream before he’d fully mastered the mountain.
Jiang Chen also hadn’t forgotten that there were still the Thundercloud Golden Beetle and Thundercloud Tree on the ninth floor of the mountain.
Whether it was the beetle’s bloodlines, or the tree itself, they were both great treasures.
Apart from that, Jiang Chen had gained even more from the Valley of Destruction.
The cores of the Fire Raven King and the Fire Ravens were all valuable fire attribute items. The Raven King’s tail feathers were also prime material to refine into weapons.
The Red-scaled Firelizard was even more of a treasure trove. Although the Goldbiter Rats had made off with its flesh and blood, the scales of the Firelizard had heaven defying powers of defense. Its bones were so hard that even the Rats hadn’t been able to nibble on them. It was thus apparent how strong they were, and how crucial they were to crafting weapons.
Jiang Chen took out two scales at that moment, and held them up. The two of them together would just barely cover the upper half of an adult’s body.
The Firelizard’s enormous size also meant that there were roughly two hundred scales on its body.
Jiang Chen also had armor on his body now; it was the skysilk soft armor that Princess Gouyu had given him while they were in the Eastern Kingdom.
This armor was truly invincible in the true qi realm, but now that he’d entered the spirit realm, its protective effects had become negligible.
“A good piece of armor represents half an extra life in crucial moments. If I don’t use these Firelizard scales well, it’d be a reckless waste of a good gift.”
Jiang Chen decided to personally reforge the skysilk armor, and incorporate the two Firelizard scales into the soft armor.
The two scales would instantly increase the defensive capabilities of the armor by at least ten times.
The Red-scaled Firelizard had even been able to defend against the Fire Ravens at a time when its cultivation had decreased to 20% of its original levels.
Of course, the scales were only able to display their strongest defensive capabilities when they were actually on the Firelizard, and combined with its spirit power.
As sophisticated as Jiang Chen’s methods were, he’d likely only be able to deploy a third of the scales’ original defensive capabilities if he refined the scales now.
However, a third of their original capabilities was already astounding enough.
If he could refine the core of the Firelizard one day, then he’d be able to fully deploy the scales’ defensive capabilities.
However, Jiang Chen knew that it wouldn’t be that easy to refine a saint ranked creature’s core.
He didn’t even dare to think of this matter before his cultivation had entered the sky spirit realm.
However, incorporating the two scales into the skysilk soft armor wasn’t a difficult thing—not with Jiang Chen’s experience.
He spent four hours fully incorporating the scales into the soft armor. When he was finished, the soft armor didn’t look any different from the outside.
The only physical difference was that it’d become slightly heavier, there were no differences on its exterior.
However, the soft armor brimmed with a amount of faint spirit energy now, giving one the feeling that it was an uncommon item.
“The saying that ‘those who specialize in civil subjects are poor, and the ones in the martial dao are rich’ is true indeed. Even sect geniuses, much less ordinary disciples, would be hard pressed to find something like this soft armor for their own use. The path of the martial dao is intricately intertwined with both money and resources.”
Jiang Chen had been born in a third rate kingdom, and had had no money or resources. He’d made it to this point completely due to the memories of his previous life, and the unending efforts he’d made in this life.
Use the armor of the Fire-scaled Lizard as an example—if it hadn’t been for his decisive actions to follow the development of the battle, he likely wouldn’t have had any gains in the end.
“With the increase in this armor’s level, I feel that even earth spirit realm attacks will find it difficult to injure me. Of course, nothing is absolute in this world. Some strong attribute attacks are another matter entirely. However, it’ll be impossible for any fire or water attacks below the sky spirit realm to injure me.”
The Firelizard naturally possessed the fire attribute, and was thus immune to it. Water attacks would also be greatly weakened under the