177: Weapon Refining Ceremony (Part 2)

After reading all the requirements, Chen Cuo immediately said, “Hmm, the Magical Artifact that Junior Brother Zhang needs to refine isn’t simple, but I’m quite confident. May I ask if Junior Brother has prepared all the Materials?”

The Magical Artifact Materials related to the Five Elements Spiritual Fire Sky Flame Lantern are not many; most are auxiliary Materials that don’t take much time to collect. However, the five Five Elements Spiritual Fire types, which serve as the core of the lamp flame, are not so easy to gather.

Firstly, the primary requirement for these Spiritual Fire types is that they belong to the Five Elements. There are many kinds of flames in the world, and common ones on Lingbao Mountain include Earth Vein Fire, Heavenly Lightning Fire, Three Yang Flame, and Stone Heart Flame.

Most Spiritual Fire types are inherently of the Fire Element, but there are also special cases in the world, like the Stone Heart Flame, which belongs to Earth Vein Fire and should be classified under the Earth Element.

The other elements are easy to talk about. With Zhang Zhao’s background, he should be able to collect them with a little time.

What Chen Cuo truly wanted to see was the Water Element Spiritual Fire he collected. As the saying goes, water and fire are merciless, and water and fire are naturally antagonistic. A Water Element Spiritual Fire that is also a flame of the Water Element is not something commonly seen.

Even though Chen Cuo had recently frequented the Sect’s library to borrow various miscellaneous texts and introductions to rare treasures, records of such Water Element Spiritual Fire types were very few. He wondered if Zhang Zhao had such good luck.

This type of Spiritual Fire only appears in environments where Yin and Yang merge and water and fire generate each other.

“Of course, they are already prepared. Three sets of auxiliary Materials are ready, but the five types of Spiritual Fire are still being collected. Only the last Water Element Spiritual Fire is missing, and there has been a recent lead. It will be gathered soon.”

“Senior Brother can familiarize himself with the Artifact Refining steps first. With Senior Brother’s Artifact Refining Genius, there should be no problem!”

“Good!” After the agreement was reached, Chen Cuo entertained Zhang Zhao for a while, then exchanged Artifact Refining insights with him, after which the other party bid farewell and left.

Chen Cuo then began to seclude himself to study the Artifact Refining method of the Five Elements Flame Lantern. Some of the techniques within it were also of considerable help to his Five Elements Spell Cultivator practice.

Another half a month passed, and it was now early March, almost time for the Lianqi Grand Jiao.

Although the Lianqi Grand Jiao is an exclusive event of Lingbao Mountain, it originated from the Daoist Luotian Lianqi Grand Jiao and also has complex procedures, stricter in rules than even the True Disciple Grand Ceremony.

These Disciples, who had just entered the True Disciple rank, had to strictly abide by the rules. At this time, the Sect’s presiding Elder had already begun to notify Chen Cuo to prepare.

The next day, Chen Cuo finished handling various trivia in his Immortal Cave and rode a crane to the Daoist temple. This lecture would be held at Yuanyuan True Man’s Daoist temple.

Many Inner Sect Disciples were setting up the venue. This Daoist temple was an independent peak, and its Spiritual Qi alone was richer than the Inner Sect area. Casual breathing could compare to simple Cultivate, and these Inner Sect Disciples, being able to stay here for a long time, could easily Breakthrough their Bottleneck, as it was, after all, the residence of a Golden Core Immortal Master.

Therefore, the task of setting up the venue was a rare opportunity for them.

When Chen Cuo arrived at the Daoist temple, many True Disciples and Foundation Establishment Elders had already arrived early.

Although Chen Cuo was surprised by this situation, he didn’t feel much. He just thought his Master was truly extravagant.

The top performer in each True Disciple assessment would be accepted as a Named Disciple by Yuanyuan True Man.

Only by Breaking through to Foundation Establishment Perfection or completing certain tasks of repairing the Butian Pavilion, reaching a certain standard, would one become his True Disciple.

Even so, Yuanyuan True Man is now 400 years old, at the Golden Core Perfection Realm. He only has three True Disciples, plus Chen Cuo and other Named Disciples, totaling seven people.

Yuanyuan True Man has presided over three True Disciple Grand Ceremonies, accepting three Named Disciples before. Chen Cuo is the fourth, and the other Disciples are unrelated to the True Disciple assessment.

He Broke through to Golden Core before he was a hundred years old and reached Golden Core Perfection at three hundred, making him an undeniable Genius.

Seeing the many Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters attending this grand event, each forming their own small groups, exchanging and discussing, Chen Cuo didn’t find anyone familiar for a while, so he quietly found a corner and sat down.

Most of them were at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Some were Elders, some held the True Disciple rank like him, and there were also people from other Schools and Families, all at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Because the content of the Dharma transmission and lecture for this Lianqi Grand Jiao had already been announced to everyone—it was about the method of refining Magic Treasure—it was too distant for Cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. Even for those in the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, refining Magic Treasure was mostly beyond their capabilities.

After a while, Chen Cuo also noticed that among these small groups, a few were very eye-catching. Among them, several Fairies were particularly radiant, attracting green leaves to protect them.

The most captivating was Snowy Mei. That female Cultivator was now at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, and her aura was even more powerful.

Her Cultivation must have advanced again, and with the iridescent crystal crown on her head, like a crystal crown, it added to her splendor, captivating hearts with every smile and frown.

Chen Cuo had no intention of joining the crowd, but he was secretly listening to the conversations of some small groups. Some were exchanging Artifact Refining experiences, while others were simply gossiping about the Sect.

“Have you heard? The Four Sects recently plan to cooperate with the Demon Sect to jointly develop the Extinction Spiritual Realm. The Trans-Realm Great Array in the far west will be reactivated soon.”

“I recently refined a special Puppet. It’s a blueprint given by an Inner Sect Disciple. Its function is wonderfully profound, usable for cultivating the marvelous Dao, and its appearance is like that Xue…”

“Cough, cough, Huang Daoyou is truly a wonderful person, but I, Guan, read the Spring and Autumn Annals. However, such ingenious and tricky skills are indeed very beneficial. After the Dharma meeting ends, I will come and exchange a few words with Huang Daoyou.”

Chen Cuo muttered to himself, “What in the world, even the Cultivation world has realistic dolls?”

Moreover, he received an important piece of news: many people throughout the Sect were discussing cooperating with the world they had always worked with to develop the Extinction Spiritual Realm.

It is rumored that the reason was that the Demon Sect Six received support from the leader of the Demonic Path in the North Sacred Continent, the Yellow Springs Demon Sect. The Yellow Springs Demon Sect crossed the Realm barrier, prompting the Demon Sect Six to reach some agreements with the great powers of the Four Sects, such as the Yuanfu Sect.

Because of the many Immortal Seeds in the Extinction Spiritual Realm, the West Sacred Continent has gained three Nascent Soul Immortal Masters in the past thousand years. As a result, the Demon Sect Six has been so oppressed by the Righteous Path in the West Sacred Continent that they are no longer a force to be reckoned with, unlike other continents where the Demonic Path still contends equally with the Righteous Path.

Chen Cuo listened and pondered. He had now established the Hua Jian Trading Company to earn resources for himself. The reopening of the Trans-Realm Great Array was a major event that would affect the entire Cultivation world of the West Sacred Continent.

He was wondering if there was any opportunity for him to get involved and fell into deep thought.