txolops Chapter 30 Refining a Supreme Treasure
Chapter 30 Refining a Supreme Treasure
After thoroughly solidifying that indestructible Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
Xuan Yao slowly exhaled a breath of fresh, fragrant air.
With a flick of his wrist, he drew out a round copper coin with a square hole from the deepest part of his dantian.
It was that extraordinary opportunity obtained in Wuyi Mountain—the Treasure-Dropping Coin!
Looking at the simple and unassuming copper coin in his palm, Xuan Yao's expression became extremely solemn.
He knew that this treasure was the most top-grade innate spiritual treasure in this vast and primordial world!
It contains a total of forty-eight extremely complex innate restrictions.
Forty-eight restrictions—this is the ultimate limit that a primordial spiritual treasure can achieve. It is only a tiny fraction away from the legendary primordial supreme treasure that contains forty-nine restrictions!
Such a treasure contains profound laws of the Great Dao and the immense power of cause and effect at its core, which are beyond the comprehension of ordinary cultivators.
Therefore, refining this treasure is thousands or even tens of thousands of times more difficult than refining the Xuan Sha Golden Whip, a high-grade spiritual treasure with thirty-three restrictions in his hand!
In fact, when he was at the Perfected Immortal Realm, Xuan Yao had also tried to separate a wisp of his divine consciousness to refine the Fallen Treasure Coin several times.
However, the result was devastating.
His proud Xuanxian magic power couldn't even stir a ripple in the face of the vast causal restrictions of this ancient bronze coin; it couldn't even get a foothold.
Therefore, Xuan Yao forcibly suppressed his greed and patiently waited until today when he truly attained the Dao of Immortal Golden Immortal and condensed his own laws and golden nature before daring to try refining again.
"Buzz—"
Xuan Yao closed his eyes, mobilized the Golden Immortal power within his body that had undergone a qualitative change, and, together with that wisp of immortal golden nature, slowly probed into the interior of the Falling Treasure Coin.
really!
After some probing, Xuan Yao was overjoyed.
After attaining the Golden Immortal realm, his magical power, imbued with the might of laws, was no longer completely ignored by this top-grade spiritual treasure.
Under his persistent and meticulous efforts, that seemingly indestructible first innate restriction finally showed a slight loosening!
This slight loosening is equivalent to prying open a crack.
Xuan Yao no longer hesitated and immediately focused his mind, devoting all his energy to refining the first restriction.
Spring goes and autumn comes, and the seasons change.
In this way, Xuan Yao spent more than eight thousand years in this secret chamber!
Until one day eight thousand years later, the Luobao Golden Coin's wings suddenly trembled, emitting a clear buzzing sound. An extremely profound pale golden causal Dao pattern followed Xuan Yao's finger and merged into the depths of his spiritual platform.
"Phew... After eight thousand years of hard work, I have finally broken through the first barrier."
Xuan Yao opened his eyes, wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead, his eyes filled with undisguised fervor and shock.
He had only initially refined the first layer of restrictions, grasping the most basic trace of the treasure's power.
Xuan Yao had already clearly sensed that domineering causal power that could overcome all kinds of magical treasures in the world!
As long as he has a thought and summons this treasure, anything that is not a weapon will be forcibly struck down by this copper coin!
"With this treasure as my trump card, I'll have a greater chance of remaining undefeated even when facing seasoned powerhouses whose cultivation far surpasses mine!"
Xuan Yao carefully stored the Falling Treasure Coin in the deepest part of his true spirit, wrapping it tightly with the pure energy of virtue.
Throughout these eight thousand years of treasure-refining, Xuan Yao did not remain in seclusion indefinitely.
Whenever he felt mentally and physically exhausted while refining the restrictions, or when he encountered a blockage while deducing the way of using arrays to ward off evil, he would do so.
He would then leave the Qinghei Mountain Range, ride on auspicious clouds to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Cave, and ask his senior sister, the Mystic Maiden, for guidance on formations.
Xuan Nu was already quite interested in Xuan Yao's ingenious idea of using formations to ward off evil.
Now, seeing this Black Tiger junior brother, who was born into the Later Heaven Demon Clan, break through that chasm from the Perfected Profound Immortal realm in just tens of thousands of years, successfully condense the Golden Nature, and step into the Immortal Golden Immortal realm!
Such a speed of cultivation and such a solid foundation would be considered outstanding even among those innate saints.
While Xuan Nu was surprised, she couldn't help but value this junior brother more.
Therefore, whenever Xuan Yao came to seek advice, Xuan Nu, despite her aloof nature, remained as quiet as ever.
But every time she spoke, she could always pinpoint the fatal flaw in Xuan Yao's array deduction.
Therefore, every time Xuan Nu gave him guidance, Xuan Yao was able to suddenly understand.
Xuan Yao always felt he benefited greatly from listening to her teachings. After returning home, he would immediately go into seclusion under the Enlightenment Tea Tree to ponder deeply and incorporate the Xuan Nu's guidance into his own deductions.
In addition, he had previously listened attentively to Shangqing Tongtian's lecture on formations during the Peach Banquet.
Over these thousands of years, Xuan Yao's mastery of formations has progressed by leaps and bounds, advancing by a thousand miles a day!
Previously, he had only relied on his own comprehension and the foundation of the "Golden Palace Mysterious Fiend True Explanation" to push things forward. His methods and ideas for setting up the formation still carried a lot of the wild, piecemeal approach of a rogue cultivator.
So now, Xuan Yao is under the careful guidance of Xuan Nu, a grandmaster of array formations, and nourished by fragments of the Great Dao of the Sage.
He has begun to subtly possess the grand and majestic demeanor of a true orthodox Xuanmen!
However, as his understanding of formations broadened and deepened, his perspective on them also grew.
Xuan Yao was becoming increasingly aware of an extremely serious problem.
If one truly wants to put this supreme method of using formations to ward off evil into practice and truly turn it into one's trump card for defeating enemies of higher ranks...
The set of high-grade acquired array flags that I just took from the green-robed Taoist is far from enough!
Although the array flags of that Nine Netherworld Bewitching Killing Array were of good quality, their power was also quite considerable.
But it is ultimately a finished product made by someone else, and its internal array patterns and materials have long been fixed.
This set of flags is only suitable for use in protecting the Qinghei Mountain Range, or for emergency use to trap the enemy during battles.
It is simply incapable of perfectly bearing Xuan Yao's unique pure and auspicious energy and the black tiger's savage energy, and it is even less worthy of being the foundation of his future grand array formation!
"What I truly need is a set of natal curse flags, crafted entirely by hand according to my own virtues and fortune to ward off evil!"
Xuan Yao paced back and forth in the secret room, pondering.
However, when he thought about the harsh conditions required to refine such a natal evil flag, Xuan Yao's brows furrowed tightly.
These magical treasures, which serve as the foundation for attaining enlightenment, are different from ordinary flying swords and weapons.
It must be able to withstand the extremely violent natal mystic energy without being damaged, and it must also be able to contain extremely complex mystical array patterns.
More importantly, this set of evil flags must also have a certain growth potential, and be able to withstand repeated refinement as one progresses from the Golden Immortal realm to the Taiyi realm, and even the Daluo realm!
To meet these conditions.
Without truly superior innate divine materials as the main ingredient, and without a refining cauldron capable of harmonizing yin and yang as the furnace,
There was simply no way to begin; forcibly refining it would only make it less effective than the superior array flag of the green-robed Taoist.
"Innate divine material... a treasured cauldron for refining weapons..."
Xuan Yao took stock of his accumulated wealth over the years and sighed helplessly.
Although he possessed a considerable amount of spirit ore, most of it was of acquired quality and utterly useless.
As for refining cauldrons, he didn't own a single one.
After much deliberation, Xuan Yao finally stopped and set his sights on his master, the Queen Mother of the West, who was far away in the inner mountains of Xikunlun.
If it were in the past, he would have been nothing more than a Xuanxian, not even ranking among the inner disciples.
He would never easily ask his master for treasures, because that would make him seem greedy, and his own worth was not worthy of making such a request.
But the situation is completely different now.
He had successfully knocked on the door and attained immortality as a golden immortal.
Under the witness of the Mystic Maiden, he clearly displayed an extremely amazing talent in array formation and a promising future.
A core disciple with immense potential, who may even reach the Great Luo realm in the future.
At this point, if one does not know how to utilize the vast resources and foundation of their sect to complete this final link in their cultivation path...
That would only make him seem too pedantic, unable to assess the situation, and unable to leverage the power of this great religion.
Those who cultivate virtue and good fortune should be adept at leveraging external forces.
Once he made up his mind, Xuan Yao had no further hesitation.
He immediately left the secret chamber, drew water from the cold pool, and carefully bathed and changed his clothes, tidying up his dark Taoist robe and jade crown, which symbolized his status as an inner disciple.
After ensuring that one's appearance is impeccable.
Xuan Yao rode a cloud of auspicious clouds shrouded in pure energy, leaving the Qinghei Mountain Range and flying once again toward the Yaochi Wonderland in the inner mountains of Xikunlun.
This time, he requested to see his master, the Queen Mother of the West, to seek the supreme opportunity to refine his natal evil flag.