Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 295 Third-Order Mid-Grade Weapon Refining Inheritance and Yin-Yang Star Flame

In the small courtyard.

With Li Ping having acquired the amethyst furnace, the auction continued.

The second item up for auction was a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon crafted by True Immortal Fiery Flame.

Li Ping glanced at it briefly, then looked away, focusing his gaze on the refining furnace he had just taken down.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Li, on winning the treasure." Zhou Lingyan smiled and came over to offer her congratulations.

Li Ping nodded slightly: "Hmm, a mere weapon-refining furnace is nothing special."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lingyan's expression froze. She thought to herself, "If it's not a treasure, then what are you fighting for?"

However, Li Ping's act of threatening a Foundation Establishment cultivator during the auction, a blatant act of bullying the weak, made her realize that although this Fellow Daoist Li was not a demonic cultivator, he was definitely not a good person either.

What frustrated Zhou Lingyan was that her seductive arts seemed to have no effect on this fellow Daoist Li at all, and she didn't know why.

Unbeknownst to her, Li Ping possessed a chaotic purple space within his sea of ​​consciousness, making it impossible for her mere seductive arts, let alone the Blood God's Guidance created by a Nascent Soul cultivator, to pass through this barrier.

After casually replying to Zhou Lingyan, Li Ping stared intently at the refining furnace in his hand.

In the void above the refining furnace, a line of text that only he could see slowly emerged.

[A refining furnace used by a mid-grade third-tier weapon refiner for many years, 200 mid-grade spirit stones, three portions of mid-grade third-tier spirit materials, and one mid-grade third-tier spirit fire. These can be used as nourishment to master mid-grade third-tier weapon refining techniques.]

Upon seeing this line of text, a smile involuntarily appeared in Li Ping's eyes.

The amethyst furnace is indeed not worth 5,500 spirit stones, but a third-tier mid-grade weapon refiner's inheritance is worth several times that amount.

Moreover, there's no market for it, so you can't buy it at all!

Even a Core Formation cultivator would have to do a great favor to obtain a inheritance of this caliber.

However, with the help of the Tree of Inheritance, he easily obtained it by spending only some spirit stones.

As for the necessary nutrients, spirit stones are not a big problem.

Three portions of mid-grade third-tier spiritual materials and one mid-grade third-tier spiritual fire—given his current status and position, obtaining them wouldn't be that difficult.

It can be said that he is not far from awakening his unparalleled talent in weapon crafting.

Looking at the list of nutrients for inheriting the third-tier mid-grade weapon refining technique, Li Ping seemed to be deep in thought.

Besides weapon crafting and array formation, he is also a third-tier low-grade puppeteer, a third-tier low-grade alchemist, and a second-tier high-grade talisman maker.

Although the nutrients needed to pass on various skills are diverse and different, he also discovered some differences through comparison.

To be precise, it refers to the preciousness of the nutrients needed for inheritance.

Li Ping discovered that, ranked by their rarity, the order was: array formation, puppetry, alchemy and weapon crafting, and talisman making.

He guessed that the more difficult a skill is to master, the more precious spiritual materials it might need as nourishment for its transmission.

Infer from the required nutrients.

Of the five skills he has mastered or is about to master, the most difficult is array formation, followed by puppetry. Alchemy and weapon crafting are about the same difficulty, while talisman making is the easiest to master.

This result also aligns with his own understanding of the five major skills.

……

Three portions of mid-grade third-tier spiritual materials from the inherited weapon-refining technique are nothing special. These three portions of spiritual materials are not restricted by attributes or varieties. With the Gray Island space time acceleration, he can easily cultivate three spiritual trees of about two thousand years old to meet his needs.

The only problem is the third-tier mid-grade spirit fire.

But if he remembered correctly, there was a third-tier spiritual fire in the list of Liehuo Zhenren's relics for auction. This third-tier spiritual fire had been carefully cultivated by Liehuo Zhenren for hundreds of years, and contained his core essence and divine soul imprint. It had long been connected with his mind.

Under such circumstances, low-level cultivators would not dare to refine it at all.

Even a master at the Core Formation stage would have to spend a long time erasing the residual divine imprints in the spiritual fire before daring to refine it into their body.

Despite its various drawbacks, the value of a third-tier spirit fire is undeniable, and it will inevitably attract fierce competition among the cultivators present...

Many thoughts flashed through Li Ping's mind, but he ultimately decided to wait and see.

After all, what he needs is a mid-grade third-tier spiritual fire. If True Person Blazing Fire's spiritual fire is not of the mid-grade third-tier, it cannot be used as nourishment for inheritance.

The items being auctioned off were mostly things that Li Ping didn't want.

However, he also made a few moves during that time and acquired some auxiliary materials for refining weapons.

This made the other Core Formation cultivators take a second look at him, and they all guessed that he might be a weapon refiner.

Before we knew it, the auction was drawing to a close.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng took a deep breath, took out a dark red jade slip from his storage bag, and solemnly introduced it: "During the process of refining weapons, my ancestor had a habit of jotting down his refining insights. After his passing, I compiled all these insights together. This jade slip contains my ancestor's weapon-refining insights, which should be of great help in studying weapon-refining techniques."

As he spoke, his gaze swept across the audience, lingering for a moment on Li Ping.

He and the other Core Formation cultivators guessed the same thing: that Li Ping must be a weapon refiner, and that he had come here specifically to learn from their ancestor's weapon-refining insights.

"I hope this Senior Li will stop causing trouble so arrogantly," the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng sighed inwardly.

If Li Ping were to directly quote a low price and then threaten the other Foundation Establishment cultivators to prevent them from bidding, the price that this weapon-refining manual would fetch would likely be far lower than his expectations.

After sighing inwardly, he smiled and said, "The weapon-refining tips are up for auction. The starting price is two thousand spirit stones, and each bid must be at least fifty spirit stones. Fellow Daoists and seniors who are interested can place their bids now."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Ping, only to see that Li Ping looked uninterested and seemed completely uninterested in the weapon-refining tips in his hands. He breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, given Li Ping's unparalleled talent...

Before long, he will be able to surpass Master Liehuo in the art of weapon forging, surpassing his master. Of course, he will not be interested in any lousy weapon forging tips.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng is nothing but a petty person causing trouble.

In the end, the weapon-refining tips were happily auctioned off by a Foundation Establishment cultivator for a high price of 3,400 spirit stones.

Li Ping looked up and saw that the person was the round-faced youth who had been competing with him for the refining furnace.

"This person is quite wealthy." He was slightly surprised.

However, he immediately shook his head, thinking that flaunting wealth in public was not the act of a wise person.

……

Li Ping did not forcibly intervene, and the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng successfully auctioned off the Blazing Fire True Man's weapon-refining experience for a high price. At this moment, his face was almost full of smiles.

He announced loudly, "Next up for auction is the last and most precious item left by our ancestor, the third-tier spiritual fire 'Two Elements Star Flame'. This spiritual fire was obtained by chance by our ancestor hundreds of years ago. After refining it into his body, he carefully nurtured it for hundreds of years, and its grade has reached the third-tier low grade. It has wonderful uses in alchemy, weapon crafting, and combat."

After observing the expressions of those present, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng continued to explain, "Moreover, I once heard my ancestor say that this spiritual fire was born from a star and eventually fell to earth. Its potential is limitless, and it can continue to grow by absorbing the power of the stars. When my ancestor obtained this spiritual fire, its grade was only second-tier. It took hundreds of years of cultivation and absorbing the power of the stars for it to grow to the third tier!"

"We can grow by absorbing the power of the stars." Li Ping's expression shifted.

With top-tier divine wood like the Yaoji Starwood, cultivating the Yin-Yang Star Flame would be a piece of cake.

Moreover, as far as he knew, spiritual fire could usually be split into two streams by using secret methods to divide its origin.

However, doing so would damage the source of the spiritual fire, inevitably causing its grade to drop drastically, and it would take countless years to recover, so almost no cultivator would do this.

But Li Ping is different.

He possesses the Radiant Starwood and the Gray Island to accelerate the growth of the spirit wood.

Even if the spirit fire's grade drops drastically after being split, it can quickly recover by absorbing the star power within the starwood, and even continue to grow.

In this way, he will not lack spiritual fire to inherit the fourth-order alchemy and weapon-making skills in the future.

No need to search everywhere anymore, saving a lot of trouble.

Moreover, the Yin-Yang Star Flame itself can also be a good helper for him when refining pills, forging weapons, and fighting!

"I must take down this Yin-Yang Star Flame!" Li Ping quickly made a decision in his mind.

Just as Li Ping was pondering, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng finally announced the starting price for the auction. However, as soon as he said the starting price, all the cultivators present showed expressions of astonishment.

The cultivator surnamed Feng said solemnly, "I wish to exchange this third-tier spiritual fire passed down from my ancestor for a Core Formation spiritual artifact."

"A Core Formation Spiritual Object!"

"So they want such a treasure."

"If I had a Core Formation material, I would use it myself. Why would I exchange it for spiritual fire?"

"Indeed, for us Foundation Establishment cultivators, Core Formation spiritual items are clearly more valuable."

……

The Foundation Establishment cultivators standing behind them were discussing amongst themselves. The cultivator surnamed Feng did not place his hopes on them, but instead looked expectantly at the five Core Formation cultivators sitting in the front row.

For Foundation Establishment cultivators, Core Formation spiritual items are indeed more precious than third-tier spiritual fire.

However, for Core Formation cultivators, if they possess such spiritual items, they have absolutely no use for them other than bestowing them upon their juniors or using them for trade.

However, the cultivator surnamed Feng was unsure whether the five Core Formation cultivators present possessed any Core Formation spiritual items, or whether they were willing to exchange their Core Formation spiritual items for third-tier spiritual fire.

Fortunately, it can indeed grow into a third-tier spirit fire. Soon someone offered to make a deal.

The disheveled, barefoot Daoist Zhichen chuckled and said, "I have a bottle of Qionghua Elixir here. Would you be willing to trade with me, young friend?"

Upon hearing this, the cultivator surnamed Feng was somewhat disappointed.

Qionghua Liquid can only increase the success rate of half-stage Core Formation, making it a relatively ordinary Core Formation spiritual item.

Daoist Zhichen was aware of this as well. He smiled and continued, "In terms of actual value, a portion of Qionghua Liquid is indeed considerably inferior to a third-tier spirit fire. I am willing to make up the difference with spirit stones or other items. Would that satisfy you, young friend?"

Daoist Zhichen was aware of this as well. He smiled and continued, "In terms of actual value, a portion of Qionghua Liquid is indeed considerably inferior to a third-tier spirit fire. I am willing to make up the difference with spirit stones or other items. Would that satisfy you, young friend?"

The cultivator surnamed Feng fell silent, seemingly waiting for other Core Formation cultivators to make an offer.

However, the remaining people either did not possess any Core Formation spiritual items or were not interested in spiritual fire, and had no intention of bidding at all.

Seeing this, the cultivator surnamed Feng sighed inwardly and prepared to agree to the deal with Daoist Zhichen.

But at that moment, a domineering voice suddenly rang out: "I do have a Core Formation spiritual item, but the spiritual fire you possess, young friend, is not valuable enough!"