361: Chapter 361 The Weapon Forging Ground

Amivika looked at Nie Ning with some surprise; she hadn't expected Nie Ning to give up searching for treasures, which was equivalent to giving everything here to them for free.

But the more this was the case, the more curious she became about what exactly Nie Ning wanted to refine.

After all, this was the artifact refining place of a seventh-tier faction; finding just a few random materials would be enough to keep an ordinary Transcendent busy for half a day.

Since the other party could give up so easily, the item he needed to refine was clearly extraordinary.

Amivika's beautiful eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but smile sweetly: "Of course, you've helped us so much, so it's only right that we pursue mutual benefit to achieve a win-win situation."

As she spoke, Amivika reached out and pointed toward the giant stone hammer in the distance.

"I observe that over there should be the artifact refining place; once we finish searching here, we will go and meet up with you."

Nie Ning looked in the direction Amivika pointed, and he could indeed feel a wave of scorching heat; even the fire element was much denser there than in other places.

"In that case, I won't delay you further. I hope you have a bountiful harvest."

"I'll take your kind words."

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, then each headed toward their own targets.

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Nie Ning was very fast, and with Xiao Guang in tow, he soon arrived at the giant stone hammer mountain.

The man and the fox stood on the top of the stone hammer, and looking out, they could even see the entire ruin.

"Strange." Nie Ning whispered.

He hadn't discovered anything abnormal, but that was the strangest part.

Because there were no signs of fighting, which didn't fit the rumors about the ending where they were wiped out by big shots because of refining Transcendent artifacts.

Everything around was intact; it looked more like they had evacuated from this area.

If that was the case, the people from Yishi Mansion probably wouldn't have much of a harvest, and it was highly likely they would end up returning empty-handed.

However, he saw an area in the left section shrouded by a yellow light screen.

Many flowers and plants were growing inside, and there were likely quite a few materials left behind from before.

Nie Ning didn't get involved; otherwise, if these people couldn't get anything and decided to just leave, he would be in trouble. It was better to leave some hope for these people.

He called out to Xiao Guang, and the man and the fox jumped off the stone hammer, landing on the ground.

The surroundings were empty, with only a doorway opened on the stone hammer.

Nie Ning walked over and pushed open the stone door; a wave of scorching hot air rushed toward his face.

Xiao Guang raised a magic shield, which blocked the onslaught of the heat wave.

Looking downward, there was a long, narrow staircase leading directly down, and one could vaguely see orange firelight flickering.

The man and the fox descended deeper, and soon arrived at a spacious area.

Inside was a huge circular arena, with many tools for forging artifacts placed on both sides, and a massive red array carved on the ground.

The scorching breath was making even the air distort; the temperature inside reached at least over a hundred degrees.

Nie Ning looked around and couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

As expected of the artifact forging place of a major artifact refining sect; it was indeed incomparable to the previous Danqi Workshop.

Just the Fire Gathering Array opposite him was beyond Nie Ning's level to discern; he could only tell that the runes on it were extremely profound.

Bringing Xiao Guang to the side, a rectangular stone platform stood there, with a fire-red bead embedded on it.

As Nie Ning made contact with the red bead using his Spiritual Power, a circular fire cloud vortex appeared in the middle of the bead.

At the same time, the array on the ground lit up, and the fire element throughout the entire space began to gather toward the center of the array.

In just a moment, the surrounding temperature dropped to a normal level, which was very comfortable.

"Impressive." Admiration appeared in Nie Ning's eyes.

And in his Transcendent vision, except for inside the array, the fire element outside had been reduced to an extremely low level.

Clearly, the Fire Gathering Array before him was very powerful in terms of concentrating the fire element.

"It seems this should shorten the refining time quite a bit."

For Nie Ning, the most important thing was to complete the refining of the god-forbidden ring as soon as possible, and the array before him perfectly met his requirements.

After familiarizing himself with the operation process of the array, Nie Ning took out the materials he had long prepared, ready to upgrade one of the god-forbidden rings first.

The reason for upgrading first was because refining the god-forbidden ring would damage his soul, so naturally, he prioritized doing things that were harmless to himself.

Moreover, the upgraded god-forbidden ring would provide more powerful energy, which could also help him gain the power to open the portal.

After processing the materials, Nie Ning activated the Fire Gathering Array.

Because the flames were too concentrated, the flames in the middle of the array had turned a crystal-like white.

Excellent!

He couldn't even feel much loss of the fire element.

Seeing this, Nie Ning tossed the prepared materials into the flames in order.

The speed was even faster than Nie Ning had imagined; soon, these flames turned into a mass of black, writhing liquid.

Seeing that it was about time, Nie Ning summoned his first god-forbidden ring.

As the god-forbidden ring fell into the flames, the strange landscape transformed like a projection, expanding to fill the entire space.

Under Nie Ning's manipulation, the black liquid submerged the god-forbidden ring.

Immediately afterward, the surrounding projections began to change; strange black creatures appeared out of thin air, dancing and leaping vividly within this landscape painting.

As time slowly passed, the god-forbidden ring emerged, and the black liquid turned into streaks of special patterns embedded on it.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner; all Nie Ning had to do next was steady his mind and wait quietly.

Xiao Guang stayed at the entrance of the stairs to prevent anyone from breaking into this place.

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By the next day, Amivika and the others finally arrived at the artifact refining place.

The people from Yishi Mansion did not show particularly happy expressions on their faces.

It was indeed as Nie Ning had thought; the entire ruin did not leave behind any Transcendent items, only various medicinal plants that couldn't be taken away and were still in the growth stage.

Fortunately, those medicinal materials were quite precious, and since so much time had passed, those materials had already matured.

After spending the better part of a day breaking the array, they finally obtained the materials planted inside.

The ones that hadn't matured were also collected, so they could be planted in Yishi Mansion's medicinal garden after returning.

But just as they arrived at the base of the stone hammer, they were stopped by Xiao Guang.

After all, Nie Ning was in the middle of refining the god-forbidden ring, and it was impossible to let too many people disturb him at such a time.

Originally, Amelia and the others didn't feel there was any problem; besides, the entrance passage was also discovered by Nie Ning first.

Although they didn't obtain valuable Transcendent items, they did find quite a few rare medicinal materials and other plants.

If there were many people, what they could get would be very little.

"Could it be that there are Transcendent items refined by Iron Mountain Fortress hidden inside?"

At this moment, one of the people bound by Amivika said with a mocking face.

"Indeed, I think that kid just wants to hoard everything for himself."

Hearing this, the others immediately chimed in, chattering away in agreement.

Having been bound for a day and not having obtained anything from here, they were already full of complaints and were eager for the people of Yishi Mansion to turn on each other.