Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

A fifth-tier magic weapon is still a fifth-tier magic weapon. Even though the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade that Lu Cheng'an forged was of poor quality, its price was still much higher than the fourth-tier top-grade defensive magic weapon he had forged before.

After Lu Cheng'an forged the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade, he did not leave his cave. Instead, he spent two months comprehending the experience gained from forging the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade.

After digesting the gains from refining the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade, coupled with the proficiency bonus on his panel, his weapon-refining skills improved significantly.

Then he began the second refining process.

This time, Lu Cheng'an forged the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade, a fifth-grade low-level weapon.

He had previously asked the Yin Hua Sect to help him collect materials for refining the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade, and there were three sets in total.

Nine months later, Lu Cheng'an completed his second refining process.

This time, he absorbed the experience from his first attempt at forging the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade, and the forging process went much more smoothly, but there were still some flaws.

The quality of the Yin Sha Spirit Slaying Blade forged this time has improved considerably; it can now be considered a Yin Sha Spirit Slaying Blade of relatively medium quality.

After completing this refining process, Lu Cheng'an spent another two months adjusting his understanding before starting the third refining attempt.

Because of the panel, Lu Cheng'an's crafting skills would improve significantly every time he crafted a low-grade fifth-tier magic weapon.

Therefore, the quality of the Yin Sha Spirit Slaying Blade he forged for the third time reached a very high level, and it could be considered a fine example among fifth-grade low-level magic weapons.

Dongfuzhong.

Lu Cheng'an took out all three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades that he had forged over the past three years. After inspecting them, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"I wonder what Master Tianyun's reaction will be when he sees these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades that I forged?"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly; he had no intention of hiding his progress in weapon forging.

He had some understanding of the situation of weapon refiners in the Xuan Chen Realm. There were many high-level weapon refiners in the Xuan Chen Realm. Some weapon refiners with monstrous talent were able to refine fifth-order magic weapons and magic treasures even at the Nascent Soul stage, thanks to the convenience provided by their sects.

Lu Cheng'an was able to forge a fifth-grade low-level magic weapon on his first attempt, and it was even a relatively easy magic weapon, the Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blade.

While this could be considered exceptional talent in weapon crafting, it certainly wouldn't cause a major sensation.

After thinking for a while, Lu Cheng'an put away the three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades again and began to adjust and restore his depleted mana.

Half a month later, Lu Cheng'an sent a message to Master Tianyun, and then walked out of the cave.

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an appeared in the cave of Master Tianyun.

"Thanks to the sect leader's care over the years, I have successfully become a fifth-grade low-level weapon refiner. This is the result of my weapon refining over the past three years!"

Upon seeing Master Tianyun, Lu Cheng'an immediately took out the three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades of different qualities.

All three Yin Sha Spirit Slaying Blades are of the fifth rank, low grade, but their quality varies greatly.

Master Tianyun was extremely shocked to learn that Lu Cheng'an had forged these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades within the past three years.

What shocked him was not that Lu Cheng'an had forged a low-grade fifth-order magic weapon so quickly, but rather the speed at which Lu Cheng'an had improved in forging fifth-order magic weapons.

Having been a Nascent Soul cultivator for so many years, he had seen many fifth-tier weapon refiners with profound weapon-refining skills, but he had never seen a fifth-tier weapon refiner who had made such obvious progress as Lu Cheng'an.

"Fellow Daoist Lu is truly astonishing; the speed at which your weapon-refining skills have improved is truly remarkable!"

Master Tianyun sighed, then asked with a smile, "What do you plan to do with these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades?"

These three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades were clearly Lu Cheng'an's practice pieces. He certainly wouldn't keep them for his own use; he would definitely sell them.

Master Tianyun wanted to buy these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades from Lu Cheng'an. They could let the Nascent Soul cultivators of the sect use them, or they could sell them through the shops opened by the sect. Either way, they wouldn't lose out.

"Sect Master should be able to see that these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades are of no use to me, and I also lack spirit beads to purchase fifth-tier weapon-refining materials. Naturally, I must sell these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled bitterly and said, "If the sect leader is interested, I can sell these three Yin Sha Spirit Slaying Blades to the sect leader at a low price."

"I do have that idea. Since you feel the same way, I'll just name my price and see if you agree!"

"Two thousand five hundred spirit beads of the lowest quality, three thousand two hundred spirit beads of medium quality, and four thousand spirit beads of the highest quality. What do you think?"

The price offered by Master Tianyun was relatively fair; it wouldn't cause him to lose money, but he certainly wouldn't make much profit either.

Lu Cheng'an had some understanding of the price of a low-grade fifth-order magic weapon, and the price offered by Tianyun Shangren actually exceeded his expectations, so he agreed immediately.

"Sect Master, just put these three Yin Sha Spirit-Slaying Blades away. You don't need to give me the Spirit Pearls yet. I would like to ask the Sect Master to help me purchase some materials for refining fifth-grade low-level magic weapons and magic treasures. The Spirit Pearls required will be deducted from these materials."

Lu Cheng'an took out a jade slip from his storage ring. The jade slip listed the names of various materials.

Lu Cheng'an wants to refine three kinds of fifth-grade low-level magic treasures next. One of them is Shi Ningyu's natal magic treasure, the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda, which needs to be upgraded to the fifth-grade low-level.

The Divine Jade Sect's heritage contains materials for refining the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda to a fourth-tier top-grade level, but it lacks materials for advancing to a fifth-tier low-grade level.

The other two are the Spirit Flame Glazed Armor and the Mysterious Gold Secret Armor, both of which are defensive magic treasures.

The Spirit Flame Glazed Armor and the Profound Gold Secret Armor, both low-grade fifth-tier defensive magic treasures, consume little mana when activated and can be activated instantly.

If Lu Cheng'an had been wearing the Spirit Flame Glazed Armor during the battle at Jinding Mountain, he wouldn't have suffered such severe injuries even if the Blood Sun Demon Lord had interfered.

The Spirit Flame Glazed Armor is a fire-attribute magic weapon, which Lu Cheng'an prepared for himself.

The Xuanjin Secret Armor is a metal-attribute magic weapon, prepared by Lu Cheng'an for Shi Ningyu.

If the two of them were to go to Jin Ding Mountain, there would definitely be battles, and they would need to be equipped with defensive magic items.

Lu Cheng'an planned to first help Shi Ningyu upgrade the grade of the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda to the fifth-grade low level, so as to further improve his weapon-refining skills. This way, he would be more confident in refining the Spirit Flame Glazed Armor and the Profound Gold Secret Armor.

After glancing at the materials Lu Cheng'an had asked him to collect, Master Tianyun quickly agreed.

"I will collect these materials for you as soon as possible. This is the method for refining the Yin Gathering Pool. I hope you can master the method as soon as possible. Not only does the Heavenly Corpse Sect need this Yin Gathering Pool, but our Yin Hua Sect also needs this magic weapon!" Venerable Tianyun said in a deep voice. The Yin Gathering Pool is the foundation of the existence of both the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Yin Hua Sect. The two sects have been unable to cultivate a fifth-level weapon refiner for a long time, and now they are preparing to invite weapon refiners from outside to help refine the Yin Gathering Pool.

Lu Cheng'an's appearance caused Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren to change their minds.

Lu Cheng'an was born in Yunzhou, not a local cultivator, and was a rogue cultivator, so he posed much less of a threat to them.

After receiving the jade slip containing the method for refining magical artifacts using the Gathering Yin Pool from Tianyin Shangren, Lu Cheng'an remained silent and began to examine the method of refining the Gathering Yin Pool.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an frowned deeply. He glanced at Tianyin Shangren and then continued to study the refining method of the Gathering Yin Pool.

"Sect Master should know how difficult it is to forge the Yin Gathering Pool! With my current forging skills, it would be very difficult to forge this magic weapon!" Lu Cheng'an said with some helplessness.

The version that Master Tianyun presented was the magical artifact version of the Gathering Yin Pool, which was more difficult to refine than the magical weapon version.

Moreover, the Gathering Yin Pool itself is very difficult to refine. It is a set of magic treasures, consisting of four parts.

Each individual component is a low-grade fifth-tier magic weapon.

After each component is forged, the four components must be forged together.

This process is the most difficult; if you are not careful, the merging may fail, and all four components will be completely destroyed.

Although Lu Cheng'an had great confidence in his weapon-refining abilities, he was still not confident in refining such a difficult Yin-gathering Pool.

Lu Cheng'an felt that although the Gathering Yin Pool was only a fifth-grade low-rank magic weapon, its crafting difficulty was even higher than that of a fifth-grade mid-rank magic weapon.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, there is no need to worry about failure in refining. The Heavenly Corpse Sect and Yin Hua Sect will provide the materials needed to refine the Yin Gathering Pool."

Master Tianyun believed in Lu Cheng'an's progress; he was certain that after a few failures, Lu Cheng'an would be able to refine the Yin Gathering Pool.

Moreover, the Heavenly Corpse Sect also needs the Gathering Yin Pool. The initial refining materials are jointly provided by the two sects, so the losses should not be too great when shared.

Once Lu Cheng'an successfully refines the Yin Gathering Pool, refining the Golden Mother Yuan Plate and the Seven Elements Nourishing Spirit Flag should not be difficult.

Although the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Yinhua Sect have not cultivated any fifth-order weapon refiners in recent years, they have not given up collecting materials to refine the fifth-order Yin Gathering Pool, the Golden Mother Yuan Plate, and the Seven Elements Nourishing Spirit Flag.

Master Tianyun believed that with the accumulation of their two sects over the years, they would definitely be able to support Lu Cheng'an in refining a fifth-grade low-level Yin Gathering Pool.

“Since the sect leader is not worried about losses, I can agree to refine the Yin Gathering Pool.”

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly and said with some helplessness, "It's just that the Yin Gathering Pool is too difficult to refine. If I want to refine the Yin Gathering Pool, it will definitely take a long time. I'm afraid it will take a long time before I can go to Jin Ding Mountain!"

"You don't need to worry about that. This Yin Gathering Pool is useful to both our Yin Hua Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect. While you are refining the Yin Gathering Pool, cultivators from both of our sects will naturally be stationed at Golden Cauldron Mountain!" Venerable Tianyun said with a smile.

"Since the sect leader has already made arrangements, I can rest assured!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled easily and said, "The sect should have other weapon refiners' insights into refining the Yin Gathering Pool. If there is a real Yin Gathering Pool, I would also like to observe and study it myself. This should help to refine the Yin Gathering Pool more quickly!"

“The weapon refiner does indeed have insights into crafting the Yin Gathering Pool, and I will bring it to you later. There is indeed a low-grade fifth-order Yin Gathering Pool in the sect, but it involves sect secrets and cannot be shown to you,” said Venerable Tianyun in a deep voice.

Even if Lu Cheng'an successfully refines the Yin Gathering Pool, he may not be able to discover its true secrets.

However, if one were to observe the Yin Gathering Pool that is currently in use, one might discover its true secrets.

After Master Tianyun refused, Lu Cheng'an did not press the matter further.

At worst, he'll just fail a few more times; he'll only lose some time.

After making his arrangements with Master Tianyun, Lu Cheng'an returned to his cave dwelling.

He told Shi Ningyu about his agreement with Master Tianyun, and then took her to a new cave dwelling.

This cave dwelling is adjacent to Lu Cheng'an's cave dwelling, and the concentration of spiritual energy in this cave dwelling is comparable to that in Lu Cheng'an's cave dwelling.

Knowing that Lu Cheng'an's refining of the Yin Gathering Pool might take a considerable amount of time, Master Tianyun felt embarrassed to have Lu Cheng'an and his wife squeezed into one cave dwelling. Therefore, he offered to arrange a cave dwelling for Shi Ningyu as well.

Of course, Master Tianyun was also worried that Shi Ningyu was disturbing Lu Cheng'an's refining of the Yin Gathering Pool in the cave.

Not long after Shi Ningyu moved out of Lu Cheng'an's cave, Master Tianyun sent Lu Cheng'an insights from other weapon refiners on how to refine the Yin Gathering Pool, as well as a complete set of materials for refining the Yin Gathering Pool.

Afterwards, Master Tianyun sent a message to the Old Man of Ten Thousand Corpses, informing him of Lu Cheng'an's progress in refining the weapon and asking Lu Cheng'an to help refine the Yin Gathering Pool.

The decision of Master Tianyun greatly surprised the Old Man of Ten Thousand Corpses.

He did intend to have Lu Cheng'an help him refine the Yin Gathering Pool and the Golden Mother Yuan Plate, but he did not intend to have Lu Cheng'an help him refine these two low-grade fifth-order magic treasures right now.

Because he knew how difficult it was to refine the Yin Gathering Pool and the Golden Mother Yuan Plate.

He thought that Master Tianyun must be crazy, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a foolish decision.

After giving Tianyun Shangren a severe dressing-down at the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect, the Old Man of Ten Thousand Corpses hurriedly headed towards the Yinhua Sect.

He also brought with him the insights gained from the previous fifth-tier weapon refiners of the Heavenly Corpse Sect in refining the Yin Gathering Pool, as well as two complete sets of materials for refining the Yin Gathering Pool.

"Is your Heavenly Corpse Sect doomed, or have you gone mad, Old Ghost Tianyun? Don't you know how difficult it is to forge the Yin Gathering Pool? Even if Lu Cheng'an had just become a fifth-order weapon refiner, and even if he forged some more low-grade fifth-order magic weapons, he might not be able to forge the Yin Gathering Pool!"

Upon seeing Tianyun Shangren, the Ten Thousand Corpses Elder cursed loudly. Over the years, they had considered seeking other fifth-tier weapon refiners to help refine the Yin Gathering Pool.

However, they also knew how difficult it was to refine the Yin Gathering Pool. A low-grade fifth-rank magic treasure like the Yin Gathering Pool required at least a mid-grade fifth-rank weapon refiner to refine it.

There are even fewer fifth-tier weapon refiners of this caliber; they are mostly trained by Nascent Soul cultivators, and the Nascent Soul cultivators simply don't dare to hire these weapon refiners to refine their weapons.

The Elder of Ten Thousand Corpses' idea was to wait until Lu Cheng'an's weapon-refining skills improved further before they would ask him to refine the Yin Gathering Pool.

Instead of asking Lu Cheng'an to forge such a difficult magic treasure, the Yin Gathering Pool, right now that Lu Cheng'an has just become a fifth-tier low-grade weapon refiner. (End of Chapter)