txolops Chapter 301 The Inheritance of Weapon Refining and the Change of Masters in the Immortal City
Chapter 301 The Inheritance of Weapon Refining and the Change of Masters in the Immortal City
Xiaomeishan Underground Spirit Island.
Li Ping sat cross-legged, and a thought struck him.
Whoosh!Whoosh!
A mid-grade third-tier spirit flame and a golden spirit tree about three feet tall landed in front of him.
Where the Taiyin Cold Flame landed, a thick layer of frost instantly formed on the ground, and the temperature on the Spirit Island plummeted, as if winter had arrived in an instant.
As for the ten-thousand-year-old golden mystic wood, that's even more terrifying.
The golden spirit tree was permeated with an invisible, sharp metallic aura, like the sharpest scalpel, cutting countless tiny cuts into the ground wherever it landed.
This is just the aura naturally emitted by the spirit wood. If it were refined into a natal magic weapon and its Geng metal energy were actively activated... it could not only cut through ordinary ground, but also sever ordinary magic weapons.
Li Ping took out several spirit-sealing talismans and pasted them one by one onto the ten-thousand-year-old golden wood, sealing the Geng metal energy that had been spontaneously activated.
Then, he carefully took out a jade box that was more than four feet long and put away the Golden Profound Wood that had been sealed with its aura.
After dealing with the Golden Profound Wood, Li Ping's gaze fell on the third-tier, mid-grade Taiyin Cold Flame.
Without much hesitation, three portions of third-grade mid-level spiritual materials, two hundred mid-level spirit stones, and most importantly, the amethyst furnace, which he had prepared in advance, appeared next to the Taiyin Cold Flame.
Looking down at the many items in front of him, Li Ping smiled and nodded, then stretched out his palms. Countless transparent wisps of energy, visible only to him, emanated from his palms, enveloping all the items.
Refining, absorbing...
At the same time, on the sapling of inheritance, above the branch representing puppetry, another branch slowly emerged.
Li Ping fell into the illusion once again.
This time, he became a country boy who was discovered to have spiritual roots by Master Nian in the mortal realm. Master Nian took him in as a disciple and brought him back to the market to cultivate.
"I haven't achieved much in my life, but at least I've spent my whole life exploring the art of weapon crafting and have reached the next level, becoming a weapon crafter." The master was quite proud: "For the rest of your life, you must diligently follow me in cultivating the art of weapon crafting and strive to become a weapon crafter yourself."
He nodded, bewildered.
Not long after, his master discovered that he had an extraordinary talent for weapon crafting.
"I never imagined that I would receive such a talented disciple in weapon crafting before I die. My life has been worthwhile, hahaha..."
Three years later, he successfully crafted a non-ranked magic weapon. Seeing his master's gratified smile, he even laughed until tears streamed down his face.
He was somewhat puzzled; was weapon crafting really that difficult?
Ten years later, he successfully crafted a first-grade low-level magic weapon, catching up with his master's crafting skills. His master passed away peacefully with a smile on his face.
In the years that followed, he relied on his superb weapon-refining skills to earn cultivation resources in the market, and fought wits and courage against the immortal cultivation families that threatened and recruited him.
Twenty years later, he single-handedly elevated the weapon-refining tradition created by his master to the middle grade of the first rank, and his own cultivation also reached the peak of Qi Refining.
That year, the market was thrown into chaos, and the entire immortal cultivation family that ruled the market was wiped out.
He seized a batch of resources amidst the chaos and then left the market alone.
Soon after, with the resources he had seized, he successfully established his foundation and, by chance, acquired a second-tier low-grade weapon-refining inheritance.
With the guidance of his lineage, his progress in the art of weapon crafting accelerated even further.
In less than twenty years, he successfully crafted a first-grade high-quality magic weapon and became a first-grade high-quality weapon refiner.
Forty years later, he fully absorbed the second-tier low-grade weapon-refining inheritance he had purchased, becoming a respected second-tier low-grade weapon refiner, and the name of weapon-refining master began to circulate in the immortal city.
At the same time, his own cultivation also successfully broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
He did not give up. He felt that he was still a child who knew nothing about the art of weapon crafting. He was so obsessed with weapon crafting that he hoped to purchase a third-tier weapon crafting inheritance and continue to study the art of weapon crafting.
Unfortunately, he did not get his wish.
Tier 3 inheritance, nowhere to be bought.
So, he settled for second best and bought a second-tier high-grade weapon-refining inheritance from a declining cultivation family.
Fifty years later, his exceptional talent for crafting weapons enabled him to master the crafting techniques of second-tier mid-grade magic weapons, making him a second-tier mid-grade weapon crafter.
Similarly, thanks to the resources he earned from his weapon-refining skills, he successfully broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage.
He was very pleased with himself.
Fifty years later, he finally fully digested the second-tier superior-grade weapon-refining inheritance in his hands and became a second-tier superior-grade weapon refiner. His cultivation level also reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.
His cultivation has reached its limit!
The art of weapon crafting has reached its end!
Life is coming to an end!
He became agitated and once again approached the declining cultivation family that sold weapon-refining inheritances, proposing to purchase the next three tiers of inheritances.
With his keen insight into weapon crafting, he had long noticed the incompleteness of the inheritance in his possession. He was convinced that the other party still had a third-tier inheritance in their hands, and he longed to obtain it.
However, his request was unsurprisingly rejected, with the other party using the excuse that they did not have a third-tier inheritance to fob him off.
But how could the other party's excuses possibly fool him?
But how could the other party's excuses possibly fool him?
He was furious: "Why? Why won't you people pass on your skills to me when you clearly have no talent?"
A few days later, the fallen cultivation family was wiped out.
He not only obtained a third-tier superior-grade weapon-refining inheritance, but also a Core Formation spiritual item and a mysterious map.
In his early twenties, with the help of a spiritual artifact for forming the Golden Core and by borrowing the spiritual veins of the Jixia Immortal City, he successfully formed his Golden Core and became a revered Golden Core cultivator.
A century later, he became obsessed with the art of weapon crafting and successfully advanced to the third-tier weapon crafter.
But he could sense that his talent had reached its limit.
His talent for weapon crafting, which delighted his master and made him incredibly proud, became increasingly difficult after reaching the third tier.
He panicked!
He believed that this was due to his insufficient strength. If he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, his lifespan would greatly increase, and he would definitely become a third-tier high-grade, or even fourth-tier, weapon refiner.
He set his sights on that mysterious map.
The first expedition ended in failure!
The second expedition ended in a grievous wound!
On the third expedition, I almost lost my life!
Disheartened, he abandoned his exploration plans and focused on cultivating his descendants, intending to establish a cultivation family.
One hundred and sixty years later, he finally made another breakthrough in the art of weapon crafting and became a mid-grade third-tier weapon crafter.
He wanted to continue studying the art of weapon crafting, but he knew his time was running out and his life would end here.
He was unwilling to accept it.
He really wants to live another five hundred years!
he died.
……
Sitting cross-legged, Li Ping opened his eyes, a hint of confusion in them.
Fortunately, this was not his first time receiving an inheritance. When he received the third-order puppetry inheritance before, the time span he experienced was much longer.
Li Ping quickly regained consciousness.
He silently savored the memories, expelling all the inexplicable emotions that arose during the process of Master Liehuo's weapon forging, leaving only the purest weapon forging skills.
What kind of person Liehuo Zhenren is, and what he has done, is none of his business.
Of course, even if he inherited the weapon-refining skills that Master Liehuo had studied throughout his life, he would not feel gratitude or admiration for Master Liehuo because of it.
This was all due to his unparalleled talent, and had nothing to do with Master Liehuo.
Manipulating flames, tempering spiritual materials, engraving magic patterns... all the knowledge flowed continuously into Li Ping's mind, just as if he had truly devoted himself to studying weapon crafting for five hundred years.
a long time.
Li Ping exhaled and looked at the Tree of Inheritance on the first gray island.
With another weapon crafting inheritance added, the inheritance tree has grown even taller.
Meanwhile, not far above the branch representing puppetry, an even thicker and longer branch was swaying slightly, and a line of text was faintly emerging.
[Refiner: Mid-Rank 3]!
……
Li Ping nodded in satisfaction. Having successfully inherited the weapon-refining skills of the Fiery True Man, he could finally start refining magical artifacts for himself.
Purple-veined wood is easy to work with. He already has several crafting plans in mind for refining a shield-shaped magic weapon; he just needs to choose a suitable one.
As for the ten-thousand-year-old golden mystic wood, that's a bit troublesome.
True Man Liehuo, a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation, had never come into contact with such a treasure before, let alone know what kind of treasure it would be suitable to refine.
After thinking it over, Li Ping had no choice but to call for outside help and consult Daoist Gaoji.
……
On the dark silver flying boat.
Li Ping examined the numerous messages Yan Hengchuan had sent over this period, occasionally frowning.
First, there's Fenglan Immortal City. After several years of glory, its city lord, Xiong Pohai, passed away. The person who succeeded him as city lord was Ji Shuwen, who had a close relationship with Li Ping.
She recently broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment and is indeed qualified to serve as the city lord.
Of course, there are quite a few late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators from the three sects who are qualified to serve as city lords.
The most important reason why this position fell to Ji Shuwen was that her Daoist partner Huang Yan had formed a Golden Core several years ago and become one of the high-ranking members of Ziyun Valley.
With him backing them up, how could other late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators dare to actually compete with Ji Shuwen, even if they had ideas?
Li Ping was very happy for Ji Shuwen for getting to this point.
In addition, thanks to the Foundation Establishment Pill bestowed by Li Ping in previous years, the Ji family successfully cultivated a Foundation Establishment cultivator, becoming a veritable Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan.
The Yan, Ji, and Yu families each have a Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge.
Moreover, Ji Shuwen's cultivation partner is a newly promoted Core Formation True Person. Yan Jing has become a disciple of a Core Formation True Person. In addition, Li Ping, a Core Formation True Person who is related to the three families, has also appeared at Bifeng Lake.
All of these factors have led to the Jiang family, the immortal cultivation family that now rules the Jiang Kingdom, no longer daring to openly suppress the three-family alliance.
Even at the Foundation Establishment ceremony of the Ji family's Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Jiang family took the initiative to present a second-tier spiritual vein as a congratulatory gift, intending to ease the tension between the two sides.
Yan Hengchuan, considering it was not advisable to make too many enemies, accepted the Jiang family's offer.
Besides these, Yan Hengchuan also sent a lot of intelligence about Donghuashan Market.
Besides these, Yan Hengchuan also sent a lot of intelligence about Donghuashan Market.
The most important one is that Feng Guan, a descendant of the Fiery Immortal, successfully formed the Golden Elixir at Donghua Mountain.
Upon seeing this message, Li Ping raised an eyebrow slightly.
More than a decade ago, he traded a Qi Condensation Pill and 5,000 spirit stones with Feng Guan for a third-tier spirit fire, as well as two sets of third-tier spirit materials: water and fire.
Unexpectedly, more than a decade later, Feng Guan actually formed a golden core.
Apart from these few messages, he didn't care about the other messages; he just glanced at them and put them down.