502: Chapter 502 Slacking off

The Late Golden Core Stage is known as the Great True Person; the Golden Core approaches perfection, possessing the fundamental conditions to comprehend the Laws of the Heavenly Dao.

Liu Xuan's promotion to the Late Golden Core Stage did not just increase his magic power; the Laws of Artifact Refining, Alchemy, and Formations precipitated in his Sea of Consciousness were naturally absorbed and strengthened, and his control over the Hunyuan Great Dao and Great Dao of Space also increased simultaneously.

'I suppose I can now be considered a proper Fourth-Tier triple-threat Great Master of Artifact Refining, Alchemy, and Formations!'

The magic power and Divine Soul of a Late Golden Core Great True Person can barely satisfy the requirements for refining fourth-tier Medicinal Pills and Acquired Spirit Treasures without special assistance; as long as one can comprehend the Laws in advance, one can promote to a Fourth-Tier Great Master.

Before promoting to the Late Golden Core Stage, the legacies of skills above the fourth tier were settled within Liu Xuan's Sea of Consciousness. Although his Foundation below the fourth tier was matchlessly solid, he could not be considered to have truly advanced to a Fourth-Tier Great Master.

In the Cultivation World, those who promote to Fourth-Tier Great Master at the Late Golden Core Stage are extremely rare throughout history. Because they comprehend Laws ahead of time, they will soon Breakthrough to become Nascent Soul True Lords; as long as they do not perish prematurely, they are figures who can leave their names in history.

Liu Xuan was different from them. He didn't just advance to a Fourth-Tier Great Master in one skill, but was a triple-threat master. If no accidents occurred, he would soon become a four-path omnipotent master, proficient in everything regarding Alchemy, Artifacts, Talismans, and Formations.

Looking at the ninefold sun yang furnace nearby, Liu Xuan's Divine Thought took over the Pill Furnace. The runes of the Alchemy Laws manifested, the furnace walls glowed with red light, and at the same time, mysterious and complex Alchemy patterns lit up.

"Mas... Master~"

A voice similar to a young child's was transmitted directly into Liu Xuan's mind through his Divine Soul.

The spirituality of the ninefold sun yang furnace had promoted into an embryonic artifact spirit!

Liu Xuan had been using his Incarnation to perform Alchemy while simultaneously imbuing the ninefold sun yang furnace's spirituality with Alchemy knowledge for several years.

This time, he officially promoted to a Fourth-Tier Alchemy Great Master. As the Alchemy Laws merged in, it actually caused the furnace to promote directly into an embryonic artifact spirit.

"A Pill Furnace with an artifact spirit can refine low-tier pills by itself and has auxiliary effects when refining high-tier pills."

What kind of Alchemy furnace was this? This was a money-printing machine!!

"ninefold sun yang furnace, I shall call you Xuan Yang!"

"How is it? Are you satisfied with this name?"

"Master~"

Xuan Yang was only an embryonic artifact spirit. Aside from the Alchemy knowledge previously imbued by the Incarnation Wang Qiao, its own intelligence was extremely low. It had never had contact with the outside world and couldn't even manage basic communication.

"Forget it! I won't play with a dummy. You should just focus on learning Alchemy!"

Assigning a trace of Divine Thought to his Incarnation Wang Qiao to continue imbuing Xuan Yang with Alchemy knowledge, Liu Xuan's figure flickered and vanished.

Artifact Refining Workshop.

The thousand star flying sword industry chain was basically complete. From the procurement and refining of the basic material fluorescent spirit iron to the shaping of sword embryos, rune engraving, and nurturing Ling Yun... every step had a specialized Artifact Refiner in charge.

However, the output was not high, only about ten basic tier 2 medium grade thousand star flying swords a day.

The key step of engraving runes for the thousand star flying sword could only be done by Liu Xuan and Zhou Qingwei. No matter how mature the industry chain was, if the two of them didn't work hard, the output would never increase.

Liu Xuan had too many things to be busy with every day; it was impossible for him to spend long periods of time on Artifact Refining.

The old man Zhou Qingwei, on the other hand, had time. He spent most of his time in the Artifact Refining Workshop.

However, most of his energy was spent on researching that trace of charm on the Third-rank Mid-grade thousand star flying sword.

"Brother Zhou, why are you slacking off again?"

Liu Xuan teleported into the core of the Artifact Refining Workshop and saw that Zhou Qingwei was not refining artifacts, but was instead staring intently at a Third-rank Mid-grade thousand star flying sword.

"Go away, go away!" Zhou Qingwei frowned and waved his hand impatiently. "Don't disturb me. I just got a bit of a lead and you interrupted it!"

"The Dao of Artifact Refining isn't learned like that!" Liu Xuan stepped forward and smiled. "What difficulty has Brother encountered? Speak up and I'll help you analyze it."

"You?" Zhou Qingwei reached out to stroke his beard. "Your talent is indeed high, but your cultivation Realm is right here. Helping me analyze? Wait until you become a Fourth-Tier Artifact Refining Master before saying such things."

Liu Xuan smiled upon hearing this. He had hurried over precisely to show off in front of the old man and, while he was at it, remind him to work hard.

The illusory god treasure robe released its concealment of his aura, and Liu Xuan simultaneously released his Breath-Concealing Technique. His Late Golden Core Stage aura was revealed without a doubt.

"Brother, why don't you look again?"

"Late Golden Core Stage!" Zhou Qingwei's hand froze at his chin. "Weren't you at the Early Golden Core Stage? How did you reach the Late Golden Core Stage?!"

"I promoted to the Mid Golden Core Stage long ago. I was just using this illusory god treasure robe to conceal my cultivation before."

Zhou Qingwei looked closely and only then discovered that the magic robe on Liu Xuan's body was extraordinary; it was a fourth-tier Low Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure magic robe.

The illusory god treasure robe could deceive a Nascent Soul True Lord; one must have a delusion-breaking Divine Ability to see through it.

Who could have imagined that a Golden Core True Person like Liu Xuan would be wearing a fourth-tier magic robe?

Furthermore, after Liu Xuan comprehended the Great Dao of Space, his own Breath-Concealing Technique was also extremely powerful, allowing him to guide his own aura into dimensional space. Unless he released his aura himself, an ordinary Nascent Soul True Lord would find it difficult to see through his true cultivation even with a delusion-breaking Divine Ability.

After refining the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Heart, his disguise and transformation Divine Ability had reached the level of returning to simplicity. Unless they had deep interactions, it was almost impossible for a Nascent Soul True Lord to see through him.

"So what if you're at the Late Golden Core Stage? Do you mean to say you've advanced to a Fourth-Tier Artifact Refining Master just after breaking through?"

Zhou Qingwei said unyieldingly, "The Dao of Artifact Refining emphasizes being down-to-earth. A Late Golden Core Stage cultivation is merely the threshold for a Fourth-Tier Artifact Refining Master. You still have to temper yourself slowly!"

"Since you want to help me analyze, then I'll let you see what a real gap looks like!"

Zhou Qingwei had always felt that Liu Xuan did not cherish his own talent for Artifact Refining, so he intended to strike a blow to his self-confidence to make him spend more time on the Dao of Artifact Refining.

"I've already figured out the underlying logic of the thousand star flying sword. The Third-rank Mid-grade thousand star flying sword is a key node. Once successful, we can fuse fourth-tier Low Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure thousand star flying swords in large quantities!"

"The difficulty of the tier 2 medium grade thousand star flying sword lies in its complex Talismans, while the difficulty of the Third-rank Mid-grade thousand star flying sword lies in its charm. That is a kind of comprehension of the Origin of the Laws of Artifact Refining. Currently, I only have a tiny bit of a clue. The key point is stuck on the issue of Law compatibility, specifically..."

Zhou Qingwei explained all of his understandings, as well as the difficulties and doubts he had encountered. He even intentionally omitted some simple details, wanting to make it so Liu Xuan couldn't understand, and then wait for Liu Xuan to ask him for guidance.

"Brother, your problem is very serious. You've been on the wrong path from the very beginning!" Liu Xuan shook his head slowly after listening.

Without waiting for the old man to retort, Liu Xuan formed a sword hand and lifted it. The Third-rank Mid-grade thousand star flying sword flew into the air and transformed into a thousand tiny Flying Swords that scattered about.

"The charm of the thousand star flying sword does not lie in the Dao of Artifacts, but in the Dao of the Sword!" As soon as he spoke, the thousand Flying Swords linked together, and the 'charm' that Zhou Qingwei had been painstakingly seeking manifested as seal script floating in mid-air.

"The Dao of Artifacts is the Foundation, and the Dao of the Sword is the spirit. Only by merging the two into one can the charm of the Third-rank Mid-grade thousand star flying sword be achieved."

Zhou Qingwei stared fixedly at the mid-air, his eyes growing wider and wider until Liu Xuan merged the Flying Swords back together and put them away.