A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 134 Xuan Yuan Pearl

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"go!"

Before Luo Ming's low shout had even finished, the Demon-Binding Rope seemed to be sentient, shooting out with a "whoosh" and instantly arriving beside the Azure Dragon. While the Azure Dragon was still stunned, the rope tightened around it layer by layer, binding it tightly into a ball, making it look like a rice dumpling.

Upon hearing the sound, several spirit beasts nearby immediately raised their heads, excitedly opened their eyes, and their eyes were full of curiosity—judging from this, the unruly Azure Dragon had probably made a mistake again, angering its master and causing it to be punished.

Luo Ming glanced at the Azure Dragon, who was bound and unable to move, looking completely bewildered. With a thought, he transmitted his voice and instructed, "Come, try to break free. If you can break free from this treasure's restraints, I'll take you out for some fresh air."

After a demon beast advances to level five, its mind becomes no different from that of an adult human, except that it has not yet been able to transform into human form and cannot speak human language. However, through communication of divine sense, the Azure Dragon can accurately understand Luo Ming's intentions.

At first, Qingjiao was filled with trepidation, wondering where he had gone astray recently and offended his master.

Upon hearing Luo Ming's instructions, it realized that its master was merely testing the power of the newly forged magic weapon. It immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of eager anticipation ignited in its eyes.

Having followed Luo Ming for many years, it knows its master's temperament best—as long as it performs well, it will surely receive rewards and preferential treatment.

"Aww!"

The azure dragon let out a low roar, and its body suddenly emanated a dense azure light. Its body expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming more than twice as thick as before in an instant. Its muscles bulged and burst forth with immense demonic power, attempting to break the demon-binding rope.

This is obviously impossible. If a magic weapon could be easily broken by a level 5 demon beast, then it wouldn't be a magic weapon.

But in the next instant, its body suddenly shrank, transforming into a miniature dragon about ten feet long and as thick as an arm, trying to use the gap in its shrinking size to break free of its restraints, its plan was extremely clever.

"He does have some quick wit, but he underestimates the power of this treasure to restrain demonic beasts." Luo Ming took in all of the Azure Dragon's little movements, a playful smile playing on his lips, already understanding its scheme.

Without moving, he merely chuckled softly, and the Demon-Binding Rope seemed to sense it, suddenly contracting as the Azure Dragon's body changed shape. The patterns on the rope became visible, binding the miniature Azure Dragon even more tightly, rendering it completely immobile.

It's like a python coiling around its prey, tightening its grip every time the prey exhales, until the prey can no longer inhale.

"roar!"

Upon seeing this, the Azure Dragon was enraged and roared, its voice echoing throughout the cave.

The azure dragon's body surged with spiritual light, and the water spiritual energy in the surrounding world gathered wildly, rippling outwards—it was actually planning to use a water escape technique to forcibly escape.

Just as the power of water escape was about to take shape, the Demon-Binding Rope suddenly flashed with blue light, and a thick sealing power suddenly erupted.

The Azure Dragon froze, its eyes instantly filled with disbelief—the large amount of water-attribute spiritual power it had just gathered was forcibly severed by the sealing power of the Demon-Binding Rope, its innate divine power was cut off as if its source had been cut off, and it could not use it at all.

Seeing this, Luo Ming couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. With a casual wave of his hand, the Demon-Binding Rope, like a serpent returning to its nest, instantly detached from the Azure Dragon and transformed into a stream of light, flying back into his palm.

"As expected of a magical artifact specifically designed to subdue demonic beasts."

Luo Ming held the cold Demon-Binding Rope in his palm with his fingertips, thinking to himself, "Although the main material for its refinement is only a large tendon of a level 5 blue dragon, based on the strength it just displayed, even against a level 7 demon beast, if the opponent doesn't have any powerful supernatural abilities, it won't be able to break free for a while. This short time is enough for it to launch several fatal attacks."

In the experiment just now, he only used the most basic binding power of the Demon-Binding Rope, and he rendered the Azure Dragon helpless without depleting its original demonic power. Such a performance has far exceeded his expectations.

With a slight turn of his wrist, Luo Ming's Demon-Binding Rope transformed into a three-colored, flowing light bracelet, which steadily wrapped around his wrist. He did not intend to refine this treasure into his natal magic weapon; wearing it on his wrist was both concealed and inconspicuous. In the future, when he needed to activate it on the spot, it would save him the time of taking it out of his storage bag, allowing him to launch an attack more quickly.

Having confirmed the power of the Demon-Binding Rope, Luo Ming didn't delay any longer and turned to re-enter the weapon-refining room.

All the materials needed to refine the Xuan Yuan Pearl were already prepared on the refining platform. He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and officially began the refining process of the Xuan Yuan Pearl.

The fire in the cave never went out day or night, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the secret room, Luo Ming sat cross-legged, his face slightly pale, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.

Twelve round beads, each the size of an infant's fist and entirely blue, floated in front of him. The beads seemed to contain deep sea waves or a condensed version of the stars in the night sky, radiating a profound spiritual light. They subtly formed an array, their energy perfectly integrated.

"Finally... it's done." He let out a long sigh of relief, his voice tinged with exhaustion but also brimming with a sense of accomplishment.

For the past three years, he has hardly ever stepped out of the secret room.

The process of refining "mysterious water" from the submerged sea crystal was saved a lot of time thanks to the Spirit Gathering Cauldron. However, condensing the mysterious water with various auxiliary materials into beads and inscribing intricate "heavy element" and "spirit condensation" restrictions on each bead was an unprecedented test of his divine sense, magical power, and patience.

He made several mistakes during the process, ruining several semi-finished products. While he was heartbroken over the wasted materials, he also honed his skills. Fortunately, the amount of Submerged Ocean Crystals he had obtained from the depths of the abyss was plentiful enough to withstand these losses.

At this moment, the twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls floated silently, representing all his gains over the past three years.

Without needing to activate it, the Xuan Yuan Pearl could feel the surrounding water spiritual energy spontaneously gathering, and the air itself seemed to become subtly heavy.

Without further delay, Luo Ming changed his hand seals and shouted, "Withdraw!"

The twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls transformed into twelve streams of dark blue light, which Luo Ming swallowed one by one, and they entered his dantian in turn.

Upon internal observation, the scene in the dantian was completely transformed. In the center, the dazzling golden core slowly rotated, absorbing and releasing pure magical power.

The twelve newly arrived Xuan Yuan Pearls were not scattered randomly, but rather rotated slowly around the Golden Core in a mysterious trajectory. The surface of the pearls shimmered with a faint light, reflecting the glow of the Golden Core's fire.

When the first wisp of alchemical fire touched the Xuan Yuan Pearl, the pearl trembled slightly and emitted a faint, clear sound. Instead of being burned, it actively absorbed the tempering power of the alchemical fire, as if it were receiving timely rain after a long drought.

The alchemical fire enveloped each Xuan Yuan Pearl, constantly refining it. Luo Ming could clearly feel that, as time went by, the connection between his mind and this set of natal magic treasures was continuously strengthening.

"Although these Xuan Yuan Pearls have just been refined and need at least a hundred years of alchemical tempering to gradually reach their maximum power, the combined attack of twelve magic treasures would probably be too much for even a late-stage Core Formation cultivator to withstand."

Only after the Xuan Yuan Pearl natal magic weapon was completed did Luo Ming feel that he was a true Core Formation cultivator.

As for the forging of the Xuanming Sword, he doesn't have much hope for it now. He'll probably only be able to collect all the materials after he reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

Sensing the situation within his dantian, Luo Ming's heart stirred, and the twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls began to slowly rotate, forming an array around his golden core. This array was the one recorded in the Xuan Shui Ning Yuan Secret Technique, capable of refining the power of the core formation.