Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 116: Changing the Heaven and the Sun
"Hmph, you're far from being able to fight me, you're just a nobody."

The Five Thunder Yang Talisman is slightly weaker than the Thunder Extreme Purple Talisman that Jiang Xi'er used before, but it still reaches the seventh rank.

He didn't believe that a true cultivator at the eighth rank could survive.

With all obstacles removed, it's time to reap the rewards.

Jiang Zuling smiled as he returned to the side of Kong Qingyun Fire; he saw Jiang Xi'er.

"Sister Xi'er, your helpers are probably doomed. Go back to Baiyue Mountain. You won't be able to get the Cloud Fire."

Jiang Xi'er, who was struggling to put out the fire, showed a reluctant expression and moved her hands even faster.

Jiang Zuling laughed heartily.

With a single palm strike, a three-meter-tall fiery giant palm hurtled towards Jiang Xi'er. She cried out "Ah!" and tumbled in the sea of ​​clouds, disappearing without a trace after being struck by the palm.

The strange situation made Jiang Zuling frown.

His intuition told him that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Suddenly, Jiang Zuling's pupils contracted.

He saw Jiang Mu appear beside Kong Qingyunhuo, holding a jade bottle, and instantly take away the cloud fire, revealing a familiar smile.

His body dispersed once more, turning into clouds and disappearing without a trace.

After failing to locate the target using his divine sense, feelings of shame, anger, and being taken advantage of surged through him, and he became murderous.

"Jiang Mu!!!"

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The cloud is deep and unknown.

Somewhere underground.

Gu Qing looked at the alchemy furnace in Jiang Xi'er's hand. Inside, there was a transparent flame emitting white clouds of heat, and the temperature was incredibly high.

"Your acting is terrible. Jiang Zuling should realize something's wrong."

Jiang Xi'er blushed and whispered with her head down.

"Next time I will pay attention."

"Next time? Taking the Five Thunder Yang Talisman will hurt a lot. Look at my hair, the tips are all burnt."

Jiang Xi'er glanced at it with a puzzled look, then twitched her nose, but couldn't see anything unusual.

"Didn't I give you a lightning rod?"

"Jiang Zuling and I both obtained our thunder talismans from the Five Thunder Immortal. With the effect of the Thunder-Avoiding Pearl, they should be able to reduce the power by 50%."

"Never mind, never mind, I won't say anything more."

Seeing that playing the victim was useless, Gu Qing stopped.

His plan for Jiang Xi'er was simple: they were in a position to reap the benefits, so he would hold off Jiang Zuling while she collected the strange fire—a perfectly reasonable arrangement.

No one can find fault with it.

With Master Wanyi's sixth-grade magic treasure alchemy furnace, extinguishing the fire was a matter of a moment.

This means that success is inevitable.

How long should Gu Qing hold him off? How can he escape? And will Jiang Mu and the Xia family, who have escaped, return? These are all factors that need to be considered.

Furthermore, if the fire is extinguished too quickly, it is easy to expose the fact that the cheating was committed.

The Azure Cloud Fire was there, constantly radiating intense heat and affecting the surrounding environment.

Taking it away so quickly would greatly increase the chances of it being exposed.

Ultimately, it was decided to use the [Mirage Heart Pearl] to transform into Jiang Mu, using his identity to end the final struggle and make him the victor.

Gu Qing is "severely injured and on the verge of death," and Jiang Xi'er is no match for Jiang Zuling.

It's perfectly reasonable that Jiang Mu got the bargain.

Furthermore, that jade bottle was not an unfounded magic weapon, but rather the famous magic weapon of Jiang Mu's childhood sweetheart, Jiang Lin'er's mother, known as the [Spirit Devouring Bottle], which was also a sixth-grade magic weapon.

Jiang Xi'er has an extremely good understanding of the people and things in the Jiang family. She is very skilled at transforming, and apart from her stiff acting, there are no obvious flaws for the time being.

It might only be exposed when Jiang Mu returns home.

By then, Jiang Xi'er will have completed the refining process and won't be able to vomit it out. Even if she is exposed, she can simply compensate with some spiritual items and that will be the end of it.

All are family.

Jiang Zuling currently has to deal with the Xia family's casualties. He was ruthless this time, and if there is any dispute over treasures next time, the other party will also be ruthless.

This must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it could easily escalate into a family feud.

Are you prepared?

"Everything is ready."

"Then refine it here before going back. I'll protect you."

"it is good."

Without hesitation, after spending this time together, she felt that Gu Qing was a trustworthy person. Apart from his somewhat wild and greedy behavior, he seemed alright in other aspects.

Set up the Great Five Elements Isolation Formation.

Gu Qing sat outside the formation, protecting her. It would be impossible for him to say that he had no thoughts about the Azure Cloud Fire.

However, Gu Qing is a person who still has principles.

Unless his life is threatened, nothing can make him break his principles.

Since he didn't choose to compete in the first place, he feels ashamed to have made this move now.

"As for strange fire, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"I prefer magical combat-type strange fire."

He dispersed his consciousness and sat cross-legged to cultivate.

Silently recovering his depleted true essence, Gu Qing couldn't open all his acupoints to fully absorb spiritual energy since Jiang Xi'er was in seclusion refining the strange fire, as the noise he caused would easily attract the attention of people outside.

It only relies on the circulation of energy to recover at the lowest efficiency.

It took him three days of sitting still to finally recover to his peak condition.

"With four Void Cloud Crystals, we can start refining the Crimson Sky Tower and the Golden Stone Treasure Bottle when we get back. It's just that these six restrictions are a bit difficult."

With this in mind, Gu Qing encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation and focused his attention on weapon crafting.

This treasure barrier is composed of numerous basic artifact patterns. Advanced artifact patterns are the prototype of the treasure barrier, which can be considered an intermediate state and a transitional stage.

Gu Qing has mastered 132 basic artifact patterns.

Basic Five Elements Patterns, Basic Minor Three Wonders Patterns, Basic General-Purpose Patterns, Basic Flesh and Blood Patterns, Basic Weaving Patterns.

His foundation in weapon crafting is remarkably solid compared to his peers.

However, compared to those established seventh-grade weapon-refining masters, they are still far behind. Others have mastered hundreds or thousands of basic weapon patterns, and even when they comprehend new treasure restrictions, they can summarize the methods and rules from their past experience.

Quickly mastering new treasures and restrictions—that's the importance of a solid foundation.

He couldn't do anything about it; he was just too young. Gu Qing felt that he needed to make up for this weakness when he went back this time. The more basic artifact patterns he mastered, the greater his chances of refining a spiritual artifact.

If he can advance to the seventh-grade weapon refiner, he can become an elder of the weapon refining hall. His status will be different then, and at least he won't have to do those strange and unusual tasks anymore.

There is plenty of free time to do as one pleases.

Wages will also skyrocket.

Furthermore, seventh-grade weapon refiners earn the same money as great cultivators. The rewards are at least ten times higher depending on the level. He was also very curious about how many weapon points a spiritual weapon could be converted into.

I don't need thousands, a few hundred would be enough for me.

As time passed, Gu Qing became engrossed in deconstructing the treasures and restrictions, trying to decipher the basic artifact patterns that made them. And let me tell you, since it was advanced from the Divine Refinement Hundred Techniques...

The core is the two types of artifact patterns: Divine Mechanism and Hundred Refinements.

It was several levels easier than he had imagined.

Counting the time, today is the thirtieth day of Jiang Xi'er's secluded cultivation.

(End of this chapter)