522: Divine machine is refined a hundred times, and all things become tools

Northern part of the Saint Institute.

Innumerable mountains, numerous cave dwellings, overflowing immortal light, and shimmering purple qi, resembling a blessed land with extremely abundant spiritual energy.

Among them was a cave dwelling named Shanhe Cave, which belonged to Three Sages.

Three Sages Zhao Shanhe was not only powerful in cultivation, but also a grandmaster in crafting, holding an extremely high position in the Saint Institute.

Many high-grade Spiritual Weapons in the Saint Institute came from his hands.

Outside Shanhe Cave.

Inside a pavilion.

"Greetings, Three Sages!"

Xie Weilou bowed to a middle-aged man dressed in a blue robe with an extraordinary demeanor.

This middle-aged man was Three Sages Zhao Shanhe; observing Zhao Shanhe's aura, he had already entered the Divine Court, though likely not long ago.

A gentle smile appeared on Zhao Shanhe's face: "Have a seat first."

"......"

Xie Weilou then sat down beside him.

Zhao Shanhe picked up a teacup and poured a cup of tea for Xie Weilou, then asked with a smile: "Have you learned all the skills of the other six sirs of the Saint Institute?"

Xie Weilou replied: "I've only learned a little, and haven't truly mastered the skills of the sirs yet."

Zhao Shanhe chuckled: "You're quite modest, young man! The seven of us each have our strengths, but among the seven sirs, if we talk about who is truly first, it's undoubtedly Fourth Mr.. I'm very curious what Fourth Mr. taught you."

Xie Weilou stated directly: "Fourth Mr. gave me five scrolls, covering alchemy, crafting, formations, Restriction, and talismans."

Zhao Shanhe became interested: "What realms have you entered in these five paths?"

Xie Weilou pondered: "Alchemy is at Sixth-Grade; formations, Restriction, and talismans are all at Seventh-Grade. Only crafting has made no progress yet. The crafting scroll Fourth Mr. gave me involves the realm of Dao Weapons at its highest. I looked at it and found that crafting is more complicated than I imagined, so I specifically came here to learn from Three Sages."

"Alchemy at Sixth-Grade, formations, Restriction, and talismans all at Seventh-Grade, you young man... you're truly a monster!"

When Zhao Shanhe heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Others spend their entire lives struggling to master one path, but this young man, at such a young age, has mastered several paths.

The key is that this young man's cultivation is also heaven-defying, which is terrifying; he's simply a prodigy.

They say talent determines the upper limit, and effort determines the lower limit, but often, talent is truly very important.

Xie Weilou said: "Although the scroll Fourth Mr. gave me is extraordinary, its content starts from the basics. I haven't touched crafting before, so I want to learn from Three Sages starting from the fundamentals."

Zhao Shanhe said with a smile: "In the path of crafting, talent is one aspect, but more crucially, it requires a lot of time. From finding materials, refining treasures, cultivating weapon spirits, to nurturing treasures, it all takes a long time. They say it takes ten years to sharpen a sword, but often, refining an excellent treasure might not just take ten years, but a hundred years, or even longer."

He paused slightly, then continued: "The emperor yu sword and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow on your person were actually refined by my ancestor. To refine these two treasures, he spent three hundred years, and finally succeeded, only reaching the realm of a Half-Step Dao Weapon. Later, the two weapons were placed in the Emperor Star Pavilion, and after thousands of years, continuously absorbing Great Xia's Fortune Power, they finally advanced to Dao Weapons."

Xie Weilou was somewhat surprised: "The emperor yu sword and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow were refined by your ancestor, sir?"

He was indeed a bit surprised. When he first heard the name of the emperor yu sword, he subconsciously thought of the Xuanyuan Sword, refined by the ancient Yellow Emperor. But now it seems that's not the case.

Moreover, the ancestors of the Great Xia Dynasty had no relation to the Yellow Emperor.

Zhao Shanhe sighed: "Just old stories! The path of crafting is indeed very time-consuming, but you, young man, have extraordinary talent, and there's no reason you can't master it. In the path of martial arts, I can't teach you anything, but in the path of crafting, I can certainly impart everything I know."

After speaking, he extracted a soul imprint from his glabella and flicked his finger, sending the soul imprint directly towards Xie Weilou's glabella.

Zhao Shanhe mused: "My ancestor had an extraordinary origin; he was a cultivator from outside. The crafting technique he passed down is called Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements. It only has the upper volume, which covers up to Supreme-Grade Dao Weapons. Even he only glimpsed a fraction of this crafting technique."

"Now I pass this crafting inheritance to you. Study it carefully. If you can obtain the lower volume of Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements in the future, you will be able to refine even higher-grade treasures."

"......"

Xie Weilou felt a torrent of crafting information instantly surge into the depths of his soul. He closed his eyes and began to comprehend it seriously.

Just one contemplation made his scalp tingle and his soul tremble.

This Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements was extremely complex. It not only involved crafting techniques but also explanations of various divine weapons and various understandings of the path of artifacts.

In the path of crafting, people subconsciously only think of swords, spears, halberds, towers, tripods, furnaces, bottles, and so on.

Yet, they do not know that all things in heaven and earth can become artifacts.

A tomb, a palace, a mountain, a skeleton, a piece of heaven and earth, a star, etc., all can be refined into supreme weapons.

The path of crafting should not be confined to a certain object; it should encompass heaven and earth, observe the endless universe, ride the righteousness of heaven and earth, control the debates of the six qi, master the principles and powers of the world, and condense them into peerless divine weapons.

One hour later.

Xie Weilou had comprehended all the contents of Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements. He opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "This Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements... is terrifying!"

Zhao Shanhe said with emotion: "Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements is naturally extraordinary, but neither my ancestor nor anyone in our lineage has been able to reach the heights described within it."

For a crafter, crafting is difficult to separate from fire, materials, furnaces, hammers, and other items.

However, according to Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, crafting should not be bound by form; it should use heaven and earth as the furnace, the Great Dao as the hammer, and the essence of the world as materials, continuously tempering, and then it can naturally become an artifact.

Such a height, Zhao Shanhe's ancestor could not reach, nor could he.

Before, he could only refine Supreme-Grade Spiritual Weapons with all his might. Now that he had advanced to the Divine Court, he could indeed refine Half-Step Dao Weapons, but only Half-Step Dao Weapons.

Xie Weilou said in a deep voice: "This Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements is a crafting technique, but it also seems like a cultivation method."

Zhao Shanhe nodded and said: "Treating the human body as a weapon, refining it a thousand times, forging oneself, can naturally become a peerless divine weapon. However, you should not try it; without the lower volume of Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, this path is impassable."

After all, Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements only has the upper volume. No one knows where the lower volume is, and the ancestor did not give a single word about it.

The astonishing crafting methods mentioned in the upper volume were only briefly touched upon, without detailed explanations.

The specific content is likely all in the lower volume.

"......"

Xie Weilou nodded gently.