txolops Chapter 302 The Dragon-Slaying Guillotine, the Key
Chapter 302 The Dragon-Slaying Guillotine, the Key
Donghua Mountain gradually came into view.
Li Ping shook his head, clearing his mind of many thoughts, and then began to think about the magical artifact he planned to refine.
When Gaoji Daoist learned that he had actually obtained a ten-thousand-year-old Golden Profound Wood, he was dumbfounded and repeatedly exclaimed that he was very lucky.
Ordinary Core Formation cultivators are hardly qualified to use spiritual materials like the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Profound Wood to refine magic treasures. Even for Nascent Soul cultivators, obtaining a single piece is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
He provided Li Ping with a method for refining magical treasures.
According to Gaoji Daoren, Qianji Zhenjun recorded a legend in the "Record of Wonders of the Universe".
In ancient times, nine evil dragons that had cultivated to the late stage of the fourth rank caused havoc in the cultivation world, devouring many humans. A powerful cultivator among the humans, enraged, took action and killed all nine evil dragons.
They used the remains and essence of these nine late-stage fourth-order evil dragons to forge a spiritual treasure called the "Nine Dragon Guillotine"!
Once mastered, this treasure displayed its divine power, capable of slaying anything—magical weapons, armor, flying boats, even human bodies—and slaughtering countless alien races, causing many of them to tremble in fear and tremble at the mere mention of its name.
In terms of quality, the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Mystic Wood is actually not as good as the remains and essence of nine dragons, which are equivalent to the late Nascent Soul stage cultivators, but it is still a rare and precious item in the cultivation world.
In particular, its inherent Geng metal energy and its extremely sharp characteristics make it very suitable for forging magical weapons such as guillotines.
Therefore, taking Gaoji Daoist's advice and combining it with his own expertise in weapon crafting, he planned to refer to the ancient powerful predecessor's "Nine Dragons Guillotine" spiritual treasure and use ten-thousand-year-old golden wood to forge a natal magic weapon guillotine.
He named this treasure the "Dragon-Slaying Guillotine"!
Of course, he was not clear about the specific method of refining the Nine Dragon Guillotine of that powerful senior. The main power of his Dragon-Slaying Guillotine came from the sharpness of the ten-thousand-year-old Golden Profound Wood itself.
However, whether it's the Dragon Slayer Guillotine or the shield magic weapon he plans to forge...
Although its power mainly relies on the spiritual materials themselves, in addition to the main materials, some rare auxiliary materials also need to be mixed in during the refining process.
In this way, not only will the power of the magic weapon be enhanced, but the formation speed of the magic weapon during the refining process will also be accelerated.
Fortunately, these auxiliary materials are all relatively common refining materials. With his status as a Core Formation expert, as long as he spends more time and spirit stones, it shouldn't be a problem to gather them all.
But after returning to the Western Wilderness for so many years, with only expenses and no income, Li Ping didn't have many spirit stones left.
Therefore, he plans to go to Donghua Mountain Market to clear out all the unnecessary talismans, pills, and magical artifacts he has and exchange them for spirit stones to buy spiritual materials.
As is customary, it was Li Jingyu who took the lead.
……
Just as Li Ping was heading to Donghuashan Market.
Inside a cave, Old Monster Chi Lei and Feng Guan stared in astonishment at the array barrier in front of them.
They never expected that after painstakingly finding the location of the ancient cultivator's cave with the help of the map left by the Fiery Immortal, the key to opening the cave would be a third-order Yin-Yang Star Flame.
"Why didn't you say so sooner? Why didn't you say so sooner about something so important?" Feng Guan felt like a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind.
He wished he could dig up his ancestor's grave right now, drag him out, and get to the bottom of things.
If the ancestor had told him about this beforehand, how could he have possibly exchanged the Yin-Yang Star Flame for a Core Formation artifact?
Old Monster Chi Lei also fell silent, not expecting that True Man Liehuo had pulled something here.
If he knew what Feng Guan was thinking, he would definitely tell Feng Guan that he had misunderstood his ancestor.
Because the Fiery Immortal was killed by them, not by natural causes.
In the rush of his death, he naturally didn't have the chance to tell his descendants the key aspects of the Yin-Yang Star Flame.
The result is that now, the two of them are staring blankly at the restrictions on the ancient cultivation cave.
Not to mention the profound and mysterious restrictions of the ancient cultivator's cave, which were simply beyond their ability to break through by force. Even if they did have that ability, they wouldn't dare to launch a direct attack.
If they accidentally trigger the self-destruction of the restriction, wouldn't all their efforts have been in vain?
Frustrated and regretful, Feng Guan said, "Fellow Daoist Chi Lei, we must go back and retrieve the Yin-Yang Star Flame from Li Jingyu."
Upon hearing this, Old Monster Chi Lei gave him a strange look before nodding and slowly saying, "The Yin-Yang Star Flame is related to whether the ancient cultivator's cave can be opened smoothly, so naturally we must take it back."
"Given Li Jingyu's greedy nature, it will probably cost us a fortune to get the Two Elements Star Flame back from him." Feng Guan sighed, thinking of how difficult Li Jingyu had been at the previous trade fair.
He was secretly pondering how to retrieve the Yin-Yang Star Flame when he heard the indifferent voice of the Crimson Thunder Old Monster: "Us? This matter is enough for me, there's no need for Fellow Daoist Feng to trouble himself."
"Huh?" Feng Guan looked up, puzzled.
At the same moment, a short spear crackling with lightning instantly emerged from the sleeve of the Crimson Thunder Monster, slashing through the sky towards Feng Guan.
Upon seeing this, Feng Guan was both shocked and furious: "Chi Lei, what are you doing?"
Roaring, he didn't slow down. He spat out a magic weapon shaped like a blue brick, which swelled up in the wind and turned into the size of a house to meet the short spear.
He dared not be careless in the face of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator who had been working for many years.
Feng Guan finally breathed a sigh of relief when the thunder spear was stopped by the blue bricks.
However, when he looked up at Old Monster Chi Lei, he saw Old Monster Chi Lei staring at him with a strange expression, like watching prey fall into a trap. (We solemnly recommend this book to you: "Immortality Begins with Inheriting the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation," reading address: [link to book]).
"This is bad!" Feng Guan sensed something was wrong and immediately tried to leave.
But it was too late. Two jet-black corpses suddenly emerged from the ground and pounced straight at Feng Guan.
To his upper right, a mirror shrouded in pink mist appeared out of nowhere, reflecting beams of precious light that swept towards him...
……
A moment later, Old Monster Chi Lei held Feng Guan's storage bag thoughtfully.
As for Feng Guan himself, he was sandwiched between two dark, molten corpses, one on each side, completely devoid of life, clearly having already turned into a corpse.
Zhou Lingyan's alluring figure slowly emerged from the pink mist, asking in confusion, "Senior Brother Chi Lei, why did you make a move?"
"I suspect this kid has already vaguely sensed something's wrong," Old Monster Crimson Thunder said calmly. "Besides, after opening the Heavenly Secret Box, we've basically achieved our goal, so there's no need to keep him around any longer."
Actually, he hadn't originally planned to kill Feng Guan so soon.
After all, exploring ancient cave dwellings inevitably involves danger, and Feng Guan can be used as cannon fodder for scouting.
However, an unexpected incident occurred: opening the cave's restrictions required the Yin-Yang Star Flame, meaning this exploration was destined to end in failure.
To avoid any unforeseen complications, killing Feng Guan to silence him was undoubtedly the safest course of action.
In this way, only the three of them would know the location of the ancient cultivator's cave, allowing them to explore it at their own pace.
"Hehe...this kid's body is mine now." The old demon Wu's excited voice came from below: "A Core Formation cultivator's body is a treasure!"
Old Monster Crimson Thunder frowned slightly, but ultimately nodded slightly: "That's only natural, but you'll get a smaller share of the remaining treasures."
Most of the legacy of the Fiery Immortal eventually ended up in their hands.
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After arriving at Donghua Mountain, Li Ping went to several large shops and sold all the talismans and magical artifacts he no longer needed.
He then spent a large sum of spirit stones to purchase precious auxiliary materials needed to refine magical artifacts.
Given his status as a Core Formation expert, doing such a thing might attract some attention, but it wouldn't necessarily pose any risk.
In less than half a month, while his storage bag was empty of spirit stones, he finally gathered all the auxiliary materials he needed for refining treasures.
After doing all this, he did not linger on Donghua Mountain, but left directly and returned to his old lair.
When the three old monsters, Chi Lei and his companions, finished dividing Feng Guan's personal treasures and returned to Donghua Mountain to inquire about Li Jingyu's whereabouts, they learned that he had already left the Qi Kingdom.
Reluctantly, the three had no choice but to send people to inquire about Li Jingyu's whereabouts while remaining at Donghua Mountain to wait for him to come to them.
In their view.
Li Jingyu has come to Donghua Mountain many times to buy spiritual items and sell magical artifacts, talismans, pills, etc. If there is any demand, he should appear at Donghua Mountain again.
Of course, they didn't place all their hopes on Li Jingyu.
Instead, they were also searching for clues about the third-order Yin-Yang Star Flame.
If they could obtain the spirit flame from elsewhere, they wouldn't need to go looking for Li Jingyu.
What frustrated them was...
For ten consecutive years.
Not only was there no news of Lingyan, but Li Jingyu was also nowhere to be found, as if he had vanished from the cultivation world.
"The tenth year of missing Li Jingyu".
"Come back soon!"
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Xiaomeishan underground spiritual vein.
Li Ping awoke from his meditation, slowly opened his eyes, and a hint of joy appeared in them.
Ten years of arduous practice.
He finally reached the Core Formation stage with his second Golden Core, and can now be called a dual Core Formation cultivator.
Even in body refinement, he has already reached the peak of the second tier. As long as he obtains the third-tier body refinement technique, he can attempt to break through and advance.
Besides spiritual practice.
Over the course of ten years, after much preparation, he finally forged the Dragon Slayer Guillotine and the Purple Light Shield.
Furthermore, he refined the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine with his own blood essence, turning it into his natal magic weapon. In the future, as his strength continues to grow, and with the tempering of his inner fire and essence, the power of this treasure will also continue to increase.
Sit cross-legged.
Li Ping slightly opened his mouth and spat out a golden light, which swelled in the wind and transformed into a three-foot-long, golden guillotine that landed in his hand.
The guillotine blade trembled incessantly, appearing remarkably intelligent!
This golden guillotine is none other than the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine, the natal magic weapon of the Second Golden Core cultivator!
As for the Purple Light Shield...
Limited by their own energy and lifespan, each cultivator can only refine one natal magic weapon.
Li Ping possessed the power of a health-preserving technique to restore his original essence, but he didn't have enough lifespan to spend on refining his natal magic weapon.
After a moment's thought, Li Ping opened his mouth again and spat out the Devouring Yuan Sword.
This natal magic weapon, which he obtained from Yan Liming, could barely exert a decent amount of power after he refined it.
"Give the Devouring Yuan Sword to Xuan Yi!"
After swallowing the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine back into his stomach, Li Ping finally had time to take out the blood-red armor piece, infuse it with magic power, and begin reading the contents of the third tribulation of the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture".