103: Crafting Spiritual Weapons (Part Two)

After refining eight Low Grade Spiritual Artifacts, he felt he was capable of refining Medium Grade Spiritual Artifacts. This was the confidence brought by being an Artifact Refining Master. He could very easily become a Level 3 Artifact Refiner; only then would he truly feel the difficulty of Artifact Refining. Now, with the two additional green snake Spiritual Artifacts he had refined, he already had eighteen Spiritual Artifacts in his hands, with a total value approaching twenty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones. This level of wealth was enough to make even a Golden Core Stage Cultivator feel tempted.

Now, he was going to refine his own profound water violet lightning spear. This was a Spiritual Artifact perfectly suited to his attributes. He possessed water attributes, but also had lightning, just like Gu Yuchuan's true form. Water attribute was primary, and as his Bloodline grew, he would gradually develop lightning talents. After all, before the Thunder God and Lightning Mother appeared, only the Dragon Clan could summon wind and rain. It was very normal for the Dragon Clan Bloodline to have talents related to lightning.

The main material for this Spiritual Artifact was called Linglong True Wood. Legend had it that it could only be born in the Linglong Treasure Land, also known as a blessed land. It was extremely precious and not something one could buy just by having money.

This was just the main material; the auxiliary Materials were equally precious. It also required something called Yin-Yang Immortal Jade. This was a relatively common material in Artifact Refining, but it was extremely precious. Its main function was to mix two different attributes together, allowing them to complement each other rather than interfere with each other, which was a key item to further unleash the power of the Spiritual Artifact.

The final finishing touch material was the Lightning Bead. This was a man-made material. Great experts manipulated lightning and condensed it into beads containing the Law of lightning. These were Lightning Beads. Although they were not particularly precious, they could only be condensed by Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, making them very rare. These few Materials could be said to be more precious than the last.

Gu Yuchuan carefully studied the diagrams several times, and once he was certain he understood how to refine this Spiritual Artifact, he prepared to begin.

The first step was undoubtedly dissolving the Materials. The only thing that needed dissolving was the Lightning Bead; the Linglong True Wood was for carving. He used his mana to control the earth fire and began to dissolve it bit by bit. The power of the lightning constantly bombarded his mana, making his control extremely difficult. Under the power of the lightning, the earth fire even became a bit disobedient. Slowly, the Lightning Bead turned into a ball of purple liquid.

Now he had to start carving the Linglong True Wood. The hardness of this wood was quite formidable. He felt some strain while carving. After all, the shape of the spear was very important; even a slight unreasonableness in the lines would lead to mana being unable to flow smoothly, which would cause the refining to fail.

A layer of fine sweat had already appeared on his forehead, but he had no time to wipe it away. He carved with total focus. In this instant, it seemed as if only Artifact Refining remained in his world, and he forgot everything else. Two hours later, the shape had been carved out.

The spear looked very imposing, entirely blue, with a divine dragon coiling around it. Gu Yuchuan was very satisfied. Thinking about wielding such a Long Spear against enemies in the future made him excited.

At this point, the Artifact Refining had only completed the first step. It was still quite early before it was truly finished. The second step was to fuse the Materials together.

He placed the carved Long Spear into the lightning water. Instantly, the water began to boil. He immediately controlled the Yin-Yang Immortal Jade to add it in, beginning to balance the water attribute and the lightning attribute. Fortunately, these two attributes were complementary by nature; they were not fundamentally opposing attributes like water and fire. Therefore, under the influence of this immortal jade, they slowly fused together. With this, more than half of the steps for Artifact Refining were completed.

The final step was quenching. Since he had already used so many precious Materials, Gu Yuchuan didn't mind using a bit more. He took out a bottle of Yellow Springs Water. This was the best quenching material among Level 2 Materials, capable of increasing the toughness and power of the Spiritual Artifact, making it even more formidable.

After a puff of white smoke, the profound water violet lightning spear was finally fresh out of the forge. It looked so imposing. When Gu Yuchuan grasped it, he could feel a tremendous power. His combat ability would be even stronger in the future.

As a weapon, he naturally used it most often for close combat. Every time he swung it, it carried moisture and lightning. By contacting the opponent's weapon, he could channel this power into it, thereby destroying the other party's weapon. This was a very powerful and insidious ability. After all, ordinary Cultivators valued their weapons highly and would feel heartbroken if they were damaged even slightly.

The second point was a characteristic that all Spiritual Artifacts had: the ability to transform into a living creature to attack. This profound water violet lightning spear could transform into a flood dragon. However, it only had the shape and no Concept, so it only looked like it had dragon might but was actually just so-so. After all, a flood dragon was a variant beast Bloodline, and a top-tier one at that, at least at the level of a Demon Emperor.

He gripped the Long Spear, becoming more and more satisfied. He could feel that with this weapon, his combat ability had increased significantly, by at least twenty percent. His own combat ability was already exaggerated, and after a twenty percent increase, it was even more so. Now, he could truly defeat ordinary Cultivators at the Third layer of Foundation Establishment. Of course, only those with average Dao Foundation; those with Purple Mansion Dao Foundation would be impossible. However, even against a Purple Mansion Dao Foundation, a Second layer of Foundation Establishment Cultivator should not be able to defeat him.

He spent another day refining two taiji purple gauze smokes. The number of Spiritual Artifacts in his hands now exceeded twenty. The most precious ones were definitely the taiji purple gauze smokes; defensive items were always more precious than offensive ones. This one alone might be worth over eighteen hundred Spirit Stones.

He did not immediately leave seclusion but began to refine a large number of Magical Artifacts. After all, a shop couldn't just have Spiritual Artifacts; it had to have Magical Artifacts. However, he only refined some High Grade Magical Artifacts and top-grade magic tools. After all, he would follow the boutique route in the future, which was easy and profitable, and he wouldn't steal too much business from lower-level Artifact Refiners, which would also earn him a good reputation.

On the fourth day, he finally left seclusion. As soon as he came out, there was good news. His subordinate, the Spirit Fish Yu Linglong, had successfully refined a Medicinal Pill and became a Level 1 Alchemist. One had to know that Alchemy was the head of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation. He was overjoyed. In the future, he wouldn't need to go out to buy Medicinal Pills. He immediately decided to use a large amount of resources to let Yu Linglong's cultivation and Alchemy skills grow rapidly. Once she reached Foundation Establishment, he could even spend a large amount of money to make her a Spirit Beast.

He immediately summoned Yu Linglong, preparing to meet his little Alchemist.