CHAPTER 676: CHAPTER 543: LONG BAOBAO’S LITTLE SCHEMES

This refining room is usually used only by Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao, so when noise was heard, Long Baobao came in.

He glanced casually at the Qiankun Bag in Ye Lingyue’s hand, and his breath hitched.

"City Lord, did you refine this Qiankun Bag?" Long Baobao’s big eyes blinked rapidly.

When they returned from Purple Bamboo Ridge, Long Baobao knew that Ye Lingyue had obtained some Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo. However, how much she exactly got, Long Baobao was not privy to.

Coupled with the fact that a few days earlier, Ye Lingyue had inquired about refining Qiankun Bags, Long Baobao guessed that she must have wanted to refine Qiankun Bags these past few days. But he did not expect that, in just one night, Ye Lingyue had succeeded in refining one.

And that Qiankun Bag...

"It’s my handiwork, but unfortunately, the quality is lacking a bit, the interior is only this big," Ye Lingyue gestured.

"The space is not large enough because you haven’t added Sky Bright Crystals to it. Even without Sky Bright Crystals, if it’s already that big, the space will be much larger once they are fused in," Long Baobao was even more surprised.

He had been negligent, forgetting to tell Ye Lingyue about Sky Bright Crystals.

Generally, ordinary Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo Qiankun Bags, which are not infused with Sky Bright Crystals, are only the size of regular pouches.

With each additional Sky Bright Crystal added, the size of the Qiankun Bag would double.

Sky Bright Crystals, Ye Lingyue finally understood; she indeed had these items. Ever since the last upgrade of Hong Meng Heaven, she had piled up a bunch in there without using them.

"City Lord, can you let me take a look at this Qiankun Bag?" Long Baobao’s big eyes glistened, sparkling with longing.

Ye Lingyue casually handed over the Qiankun Bag to Long Baobao, who treasured it like a priceless possession, flipping it over and over in his hands.

"It really is a Life Qiankun Bag. City Lord, I didn’t expect that on your first try refining a Qiankun Bag, you would create a Life Qiankun Bag," Long Baobao was incredulous after his inspection.

"Life Qiankun Bag? Does it mean it can be used to store living creatures? Little Zhiyo accidentally got trapped in it last night for a whole night," Ye Lingyue said indifferently. That incident probably left Little Zhiyo with a considerable trauma; now, upon seeing the Qiankun Bag, it looks utterly spooked.

"City Lord, you shouldn’t underestimate the Life Qiankun Bag. This kind of Qiankun Bag is not just for storing living creatures; it also has a powerful healing ability. Any injured Spiritual Beast or spiritual plant, as long as placed inside the Life Qiankun Bag, can slowly recover on its own without any treatment," Long Baobao rolled his cute white eyes, puffing his cheeks, indignant on behalf of the Life Qiankun Bag.

"What? Are you telling me that this little bag I refined has the power to save lives and help the injured?" Ye Lingyue was skeptical.

No wonder Ye Lingyue didn’t know. When Little Zhiyo was sucked into the Qiankun Bag yesterday, it was lively and unharmed, so she didn’t notice when it came out.

In fact, not only Ye Lingyue, but even Long Baobao was shocked that Ye Lingyue’s first attempt at refining a Qiankun Bag had resulted in such a top-grade item.

Long Baobao knew about the Life Qiankun Bag because he had heard about it by chance from Long Huai.

Throughout the centuries, the Long Clan had many talented artifact refiners.

Yet, only the "King of Mutant Fire," Grand Ancestor Long Wang, had succeed in refining a Life Qiankun Bag with Hundred Flames back in his days. That very Qiankun Bag is nowhere to be found within the Long Family anymore, and its current whereabouts are unknown.

Therefore, it’s been many years since a Life Qiankun Bag appeared on the mainland.

Long Baobao had only glanced at the Dragon Armor Artifact Refining manual, and thanks to his extraordinary memory, he managed to remember it.

Worried that Ye Lingyue might not believe him, Long Baobao thought for a moment and then went outside.

After a while, he returned, laboriously carrying a fish.

The fish, which he had taken from the kitchen, was nearly dead.

In the City Lord’s Mansion, the ingredients for Ye Lingyue and the others all came from covertly transported goods from Hong Meng Heaven; the fish Long Baobao brought was meant for the servants.

The fish’s eyes were almost rolling back, looking like it was about to die at any moment.

Ye Lingyue, somewhat skeptical, used her Divine Sense to place the fish into the Life Qiankun Bag.

A quarter of an hour later, Ye Lingyue took the fish out again.

As soon as the Qiankun Bag spat out the fish, there was a loud "thwack," and the fish began bouncing on the ground, its scales shiny and eyes bright, hopping up and down as lively as a fish in water.

"Indeed, it does have healing abilities, so this Qiankun Bag is not exactly a failure," Ye Lingyue was surprised but also had some guesses in her mind.

It seemed to be because the bag was refined using the Qian Cauldron and affected by the White Tripod Breath within, that it mutated and gained the healing function. However, the effect of the Life Qiankun Bag was undoubtedly inferior to that of Qian Cauldron’s Breath.

"Little Steamed Bun, seeing how much you like it, I will give this thing to you. But you should call me Sister Yue instead of City Lord, or I will get mad," Ye Lingyue had no idea about the many stories behind the Life Qiankun Bag. Seeing Long Baobao visibly enamored with it, she pinched his little face, waved her hand, and was ready to gift the Life Qiankun Bag to him.

Long Baobao originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking it over, he nodded his head and said nothing more.

Ye Lingyue, who had spent all night refining the Qiankun Purple Gold Bag, was tired and went to catch up on sleep with Little Zhiyo.

After Ye Lingyue left, Long Baobao stood there, rubbing his cheek that Ye Lingyue had pinched until it was red, and calmed his emotions.

He took out his Pig Head Qiankun Bag and removed two beautifully crafted Jade Boxes from within, one containing a delicate fan.

The other was empty.

Long Baobao thought for a moment and, with some reluctance, placed the Qiankun Bag into the empty box.

Then, inside the second box, he wrote a note signed with the name "Hei Yue." These two boxes were specially prepared by Long Baobao for the World’s First Refining competition.

Once the ink dried, Long Baobao wrapped up the boxes and found Yan Jiu.

"Uncle Yan, these two boxes are for my participation in the World’s First Refining. Could you please help me deliver them to Sifang City?" Long Baobao handed the wrapped boxes to Yan Jiu.

The preliminaries for the World’s First Refining were about to close for registration, and according to the rules, participants did not need to report in person for the preliminaries, only a name and a competing Spiritual Artifact were required.

To avoid Long Sixuan’s people, Long Baobao had previously agreed with Ye Lingyue and the others that they would register under a pseudonym in the last few days of entry for the preliminaries.

Seeing that there were two boxes, Yan Jiu was a bit puzzled but didn’t think much of it and ordered his men to deliver the boxes to Sifang City.