Magical Stone Minor Realm, Mountain Suppressing Sect.
Within the dimly lit mine, a Qi Practitioner of the Seventh Level of Qi Practicing named Pillar was busily chiseling a second-order Purple Stone ore the size of a human head.
He held a hammer in one hand and a chisel in the other, and streams of blood-colored mana emerged from his meridians, flaking off pieces of grey-white stone.
Unbeknownst to him, with each strike of his chisel, small indiscernible amounts of his life energy and essence blood were seeping away, infusing into the Purple Stone ore and undertaking a process similar to refinement, striving to elevate the quality of the ore as much as possible.
Pillar's chiseling continued for several hours.
Ding!
Accompanied by a crisp sound, a thumb-sized gem emerged, vaguely tinged with blood and radiating light.
This was the finished Purple Jade Stone.
"There, Pillar bro finished half an hour early today."
