240: Chapter 240 Green Peach Silk Ribbon

Facing Tao Tao's inquiry, Lin Qing was not too surprised, only gently nodding in response.

Although Tao Tao was generous and lively, she was ultimately not a careless person; she had interacted with both of Lin Qing's identities and could even be said to be the person who understood Xie Chen's identity best.

Lin Qing's cultivation base, appearance, and even life fluctuations could be changed, but a person's personality and habits could not be altered, especially when Lin Qing was relatively relaxed, making personality and habit issues easier to expose, and when staying with Tao Tao, Lin Qing was indeed quite relaxed.

Various Formation Materials flew in all directions, and Lin Qing's speed in setting up the Formation was naturally quite fast. Just between the two people's questions and answers, a wave of Spiritual Qi came over, and heaven and earth seemed to be covered by a layer of barrier.

The two came to a flat piece of land in the center of the ravine, and Lin Qing did the preparatory work. Materials worth tens of billions were suspended around him, and in front of him stood a forge a zhang high.

Not all Magic Treasures needed to be manually hammered on a forging platform; that method was only suitable for low-level Artifact Refiners, or some weapons with relatively simple structures. By the time one reached Lin Qing's Realm, they generally threw the Materials into the forging furnace and forged them using Divine Thought or Spiritual Qi.

"Come on!"

A Lifebound Treasure was a very private item. To avoid the forging process being tainted with too much of Lin Qing's aura, the entire process needed to be completed personally by Tao Tao as much as possible, while Lin Qing's role was to guide from the side, only stepping in when Tao Tao was about to make some fatal mistakes.

Following Lin Qing's instructions, Tao Tao came to the forging furnace and sat cross-legged.

"Concentrate your mind and calm your Qi, guide your own spiritual power to turn into flames, and warm the furnace first."

Although Tao Tao did not open a fire-attribute Spiritual Vein, she could still turn Spiritual Qi into flames, just like the Fireball Technique and Wind Blade Technique, which any Cultivator could cast, except that when the attributes did not match, the power was relatively small.

Speaking out loud was too slow; when the temperature inside the furnace was about right, Lin Qing directly transmitted his voice to Tao Tao via Divine Thought.

"Put in the Yunxu Spirit Cocoon, infiltrate the spirit fire into it, and following the texture of the spirit cocoon, draw it into silk."

"Put the Qingwen Amber in to smelt."

"Alright, let every strand of spirit silk pass through the amber."

Just like that, Tao Tao strictly executed Lin Qing's instructions, step by step forging her own Lifebound Treasure.

Tao Tao ultimately lacked experience, coupled with the fact that she had only been promoted to the Ninth-Rank Spirit Refining Realm for two years, her ability to finely control Divine Thought was still a bit lacking.

This caused the forging process of the Lifebound Treasure to be exceptionally long, lasting a full half a month. Of course, this speed was relative to Lin Qing forging Magic Treasures himself.

Half a month later, the forging was complete.

At this time, the spirit fire inside the forging furnace had already extinguished, and right in the center of the furnace, a pinkish-cyan ribbon floated and sank.

"Alright, take it out, and from now on just keep it on your body to nurture it day and night."

Under Tao Tao's control, the pinkish-cyan ribbon flew out from the furnace, sometimes circling around Tao Tao, sometimes resting on her shoulder, and sometimes winding around her wrist. Clearly, Tao Tao was very satisfied with this Magic Treasure.

Although ribbon-type Magic Treasures were not as lethal as common blade or sword-type Magic Treasures, their soft characteristics made them more flexible and versatile in combat, creating infinite possibilities.

"Give it a name."

Tao Tao looked at the ribbon, then looked at Lin Qing, and slowly said:

"Let's call it the Qingtao Silk Ribbon."

Lin Qing was slightly stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded. From the perspective of color and form, this name was quite fitting.

"Lin Qing, you are going to leave, right?"

After playing with the Qingtao Silk Ribbon for a while, Tao Tao turned her head to look at Lin Qing and asked. In fact, when she saw the empty shelves inside Jianduan, Tao Tao had already guessed it, but she still wanted to find Lin Qing to confirm.

Lin Qing looked up at the sky, his fingers rubbing the Storage Ring on his hand.

"It is time to leave; I still have many things to do."

Nowadays, the major forces of Central Continent had been hunting down Lin Qing for a full two years, and it was likely that their patience was reaching its limit. The layout of the Level 12 Formation was imminent, and he still had several Materials that he hadn't found yet.

Furthermore, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's side had still not sent any news about Juechenzi, a matter that had been lingering in his mind. Fortunately, within the Cloud Origin Immortal Sect, Juechenzi's soul lamp was still lit, which could be considered the greatest luck in misfortune.

"Alright, you should leave."

Lin Qing said with his back turned to Tao Tao.

"What about you? Where are you planning to go next? Do you want me to go with you?"

"No need. I am leaving, not dying; there will still be chances to meet again in the future. Moreover, I don't know where to go right now; I need to slowly gather clues and take it one step at a time."

Although Lin Qing had been searching for those few main Materials over the past two years, they were rare treasures after all, and with his identity as Xie Chen, they were not so easy to inquire about.

Now that he had broken away from the Wanyan Spirit Pavilion, his identity could be even more flexible and versatile. He planned to find some large chambers of commerce to inquire, and if he really couldn't gather them, he would have to make a trip to the Southern Territory personally.

The remaining few kinds of Materials all came from Yao Beasts, and the Southern Territory of the Tianlan Continent was occupied by Yao Beasts.

Dongxuan and Central Continent were separated by a boundless ocean, and in terms of area, Dongxuan was also much smaller than Central Continent.

As for the Southern Territory, it was different. The Southern Territory and Central Continent were on the same continent, separated in the middle by mighty and continuous mountain ranges, and its area even reached half the size of Central Continent.

That was an ocean of Yao Beasts, with all kinds of powerful Yao Beasts emerging endlessly. Ordinary Eighth-Rank Yao Beasts didn't even have the qualifications to occupy territory, and could only roam around like low-level Yao Beasts.

In such an environment, Lin Qing had to remain vigilant at all times. Tao Tao was only at the Early Stage of the Ninth Rank, and following him would seriously delay his progress in gathering Materials.

Hearing Lin Qing say that there was still a chance to meet again, Tao Tao was no longer so dejected.

"Then how are you arranging things in the Sect? Do you need me to do anything? Your reputation is not small now, and suddenly disappearing will inevitably arouse suspicion."

"Just say that I went out for experiential training, and keep Xie Chen's identity for me. Maybe this identity will still be useful in the future."

The two chatted a lot more, mostly about arrangements within the Sect. Several Senior Brothers and Jin Wan's side would all be handled by Tao Tao, and Lin Qing also let Tao Tao handle Jianduan.

Originally, Lin Qing hadn't thought so much, but since Tao Tao had seen through his identity and didn't mean to report him, he might as well make arrangements and keep Xie Chen's identity just in case of unexpected needs.

In the end, Tao Tao still somewhat sadly left alone. The time it took for an incense stick to burn after Tao Tao left the Cangyun Mountains, a ten-thousand-zhang Dharmic Form rose from the ground of that ravine.

Lin Qing had reached the Tenth Rank!