Or, he would be able to activate the Spirit Ascension Form of the White Bone Soul-Calling Banner when needed.
As for the Ghost-Faced Profound Light Shield... he'd probably have to wait a while longer.
It couldn't be helped. The two Spiritual Artifacts from the Yellow Springs Dao were designed for maximum power, which meant their True Essence consumption was unavoidably high.
This was why, despite having plenty of Spirit Stones, Xiao Chen hadn't bought any new Spiritual Artifacts at the market. Even if he did, he wouldn't have enough True Essence to power them.
Of course, a typical cultivator might have opted to buy a few cheaper, Basic Spiritual Artifacts to tide them over.
Once they grew more powerful, they could just replace them.
'But my cultivation speed isn't slow,' Xiao Chen thought. 'It won't take long to increase my total True Essence, so there's no need to waste money like that.'
