409: Seventh-grade restriction, alchemy mission

Half a month later.

Inside the wooden house, a milky-white rune appeared on the spiritual material in Xie Weilou's hand. The rune glowed, emanating a mysterious pressure, and the wooden house continuously vibrated.

"It's done! The first seventh-grade Restriction rune!"

When Xie Weilou saw this rune, a glint appeared in his eyes, and a smile spread across his face.

Half a month of countless failures finally led to the first success, and it felt incredibly good; everything was worth it.

"......"

Xie Weilou carefully observed this seventh-grade Restriction rune. He did not continue to engrave Restriction runes on this spiritual material.

Because this spiritual material already had subtle cracks and could not withstand a second seventh-grade Restriction rune.

He took out the remaining spiritual materials, then closed his eyes and continued to engrave, following the feeling he had just experienced.

In a flash.

Two hours passed.

Xie Weilou's engraving speed became faster and faster. Each spiritual material had a seventh-grade Restriction rune, and the runes had different attributes.

If he used better spiritual materials, he could even engrave combined Restriction runes on a single spiritual material at the same time.

This process naturally consumed a huge amount of soul power, but his persistence over the past half-month had already strengthened his soul considerably, so he could endure it.

"......"

Xie Weilou opened his eyes and glanced at the spiritual materials in front of him. He did not continue to engrave single Restriction runes but instead took out two mid-grade spiritual swords from his storage ring.

Mid-grade spiritual artifacts, made of special materials, far surpassed ordinary spiritual materials and could fully withstand more Restriction runes.

Xie Weilou gripped the spiritual brush, his power emanating as he carefully engraved Restriction runes on the spiritual swords.

In a flash.

Another hour passed. Xie Weilou had engraved thirteen Restriction runes on each of the two mid-grade spiritual artifacts, which were attack Restriction and defense Restriction respectively.

These two mid-grade spiritual artifacts could only withstand thirteen seventh-grade Restriction runes.

With these thirteen Restriction runes, the two mid-grade spiritual artifacts seemed to have transformed into two Forbidden Artifacts: one capable of unleashing powerful attacks, and the other capable of resisting terrifying forces.

However, the pressure from these Restriction was too terrifying. Once unleashed, these two swords would certainly not be able to withstand it and would definitely shatter. Therefore, they could only be used once. Perhaps this was what a Forbidden Artifact was!

Thus, it also meant that he had officially stepped into the threshold of a seventh-grade Restriction Master.

"Artifact refining... combined with formations, Restriction, and Talismans, will surely increase the power of treasures several times over."

Xie Weilou had an epiphany in his heart: artifact refining, formations, Restriction, and Talismans could all be integrated with each other.

Even in the path of alchemy, formations and Restriction could be incorporated to enhance the effects of elixirs.

"My Restriction level has already reached the seventh-grade. Next, I need to consider alchemy and see if I can raise my alchemy level to the sixth-grade as soon as possible."

Xie Weilou put away the many items in front of him, a thoughtful expression appearing in his eyes.

For alchemy, the only indispensable thing was various spiritual herbs. At present, he did not have many high-grade spiritual herbs on him. If he wanted to practice, he would have to think of other ways.

"I'll go to the Merit Hall."

Xie Weilou pondered for a moment, then got up and left the wooden house.

The Merit Hall had many tasks. He would see if there were any alchemy tasks. If so, he could accept some first to get some high-grade medicinal materials.

Not long after.

Xie Weilou arrived in front of Spring Autumn Cicada's wooden house and bowed to him.

Spring Autumn Cicada smiled faintly and said, "A seventh-grade Restriction Master, your speed is truly astonishing!"

Relatively speaking, he felt that cultivating martial arts was actually simpler. As long as resources were in place and one's talent was not bad, one could naturally break through quickly.

The most difficult were alchemy, formation arts, Restriction, and so on. However, Xie Weilou was able to make rapid progress, which showed his extraordinary talent, born to excel in these fields.

Xie Weilou smiled and said, "Thanks to the scroll Fourth Mr. gave me, otherwise it wouldn't have been so fast."

Spring Autumn Cicada said, "Next, you should consider improving your alchemy level. You can go to the Merit Hall, Kaiyang Peak, and Danxia Cave. You will gain a lot."

Regarding the path of alchemy, the Saint Academy was not as comprehensive as Danhe Valley, but it had all the necessary basic things.

Within the Saint Academy, there was also a sixth-grade Alchemist, who was precisely the Cave Master of Danxia Cave.

Kaiyang Peak combined artifact refining, alchemy, and cultivation, but its focus was on artifact refining. Although alchemy was also taught, there were only three fifth-grade Alchemists teaching, and occasionally the Lord of Danxia Cave would also go to impart some knowledge.

"Thank you, Fourth Mr., for your guidance. I'm going to the Merit Hall now."

Xie Weilou bowed and flew away.

"......"

Spring Autumn Cicada smiled lightly and continued fishing.

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Merit Hall.

"Kid, you're here!"

The elder of the Merit Hall revealed a smile upon seeing Xie Weilou.

Xie Weilou smiled faintly and said, "May I ask, Elder, are there any alchemy tasks in the Merit Hall?"

Upon hearing this, the elder stared at Xie Weilou with surprise: "You also know alchemy?"

Xie Weilou whispered, "To be honest, I learned a few tricks from Fourth Mr. and plan to find some medicinal materials to try."

The elder pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, and instantly, hundreds of jade Talismans appeared before him, each with some characters on it.

The elder said, "Saint Academy cultivators have a huge need for elixirs. Although Kaiyang Peak and Danxia Cave will refine elixirs with all their might, they cannot meet the demand. Therefore, some Saint Academy cultivators will post tasks here, and the requirements are all on these jade Talismans. You can take a look!"

He continued, "Those cultivators who posted the tasks have already prepared the medicinal materials in advance. However, since this is your first time accepting such a task, I don't know how high your alchemy level is, so I dare not give you the medicinal materials directly..."

Xie Weilou directly took out three jade bottles and handed them to the elder: "Elder, please take a look. These are elixirs I refined, 100% genuine."

The elder immediately took the jade bottles, opened them one by one, and examined them carefully. After finishing, a look of shock appeared in his eyes: "All fifth-grade elixirs? Is your alchemy level that high, young man?"

Xie Weilou smiled and said, "I received the true 傳 from Fourth Mr.!"

The elder's eyes showed a look of realization: "That's right! After all, Fourth Mr. is unfathomable to begin with."

He mused, "You can choose any of these alchemy tasks that suit you. The task rewards vary. Some cultivators are more rigorous, so they have prepared several sets of medicinal materials. As long as you can refine the elixirs according to the requirements, that's fine. After you've refined them, come back to me for handover. Also... these third-grade elixirs of yours will temporarily be held by me. If you fail to refine them, you'll have to compensate the person!"

"Naturally."

Xie Weilou smiled and nodded. He looked at the tasks in front of him. The highest was only sixth-grade, and there was only one task for refining a sixth-grade elixir.

"I'll accept all these tasks."

Xie Weilou pondered.