Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 262, Section 271: Entangled by Dragon's Rope, the Dharma King Descends

As the man's figure appeared, Jingfeng, whether from emptiness within or from fear, felt his legs buckle and collapsed to the ground.

"Master!"

The man, known as the leader, dressed in white with a black hat, and his attire seemed no different from that of ordinary Ming Cult members.

However, the face beneath the hat was blurred and difficult to discern.

It simply stood there quietly, not emitting any powerful aura, but rather like a brick or a withered branch in this dry well.

"Jingfeng, you've worked hard these past six months."

A gentle voice rang out, and Jingfeng crouched even lower, more terrified:

"Your subordinate is incompetent and has been imprisoned by the Louguan Daoist sect until now, thus delaying the great cause of the Holy Sect."

Upon hearing this, Mingzun, the leader of the Ming Cult, let out a soft laugh.

"If you could escape from Dao Tong Zhenren's hands, that would be the most absurd thing in the world, but it doesn't matter now."

"Tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, and the Louguan Dao will hold its routine assessment. The imperial court will always send people to observe the ceremony."

"This year, Gao Pian might also attend."

Jingfeng suddenly looked up, as if he had realized something:
"what do you mean?"

According to Zheng Lang, when the dragon boat was born, he and the people of Magu Mountain were moved out of the secret realm long before.

"Only Li Cunxiao and his apprentice came out the latest."

“Lingbao is an innate object containing the ultimate Dao. Louguan Dao already has the Yin-Yang Banner; having another one would be inappropriate.”

As the Venerable Mingzun spoke, he looked up at the sky, his gaze seemingly passing through the large rock above him, and saw the Four Symbols and Four Peaks of Louguandao, as well as the Two Elements Peaks and the Three Pure Ones Hall that guarded them.

"In a quarter of an hour, Mingli, Miaoshui, and Miaohuo will rescue you."

“Taiyi Zhenren will naturally be dealt with by several Dharma Kings. You go and capture Du Guanglei and Li Cunxiao alive.”

Jingfeng was initially a little apprehensive, but when he heard that the Dharma King was coming, he showed joy.

Before he could say anything, Mingzun's figure disappeared into his body again, causing his face, which had just regained some color, to turn pale once more.

But now his spirits were much higher than before, and a ferocious smile spread across his lips:
"Li Cunxiao, you have caused me to fall into this state. How can I repay you when we meet again?"

The steps for crafting magical artifacts are similar to those for alchemy.

Refining materials, fusing them, and shaping them into shape.

The biggest difference between the two lies in martial arts, or more profoundly, in the spirit of the martial artist.

The goal of alchemy is to use the same formula to produce an elixir with consistently stable effects.

Different alchemists may achieve different results due to their personal habits and techniques, but the overall medicinal properties remain stable.

Mo Bao is different; he pursues individuality and seeks qualities that align with the nature of a martial artist.

Therefore, when commissioning someone to forge magical treasures or divine weapons, the Firecraft Taoist must understand the other party's martial arts characteristics so that the magical treasures or divine weapons obtained will be as easy to use as one's own limbs.

Li Cunxiao was refining a magical artifact for his own use, specifically designed to complement the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover. Whether it could become a top-grade artifact depended on his own understanding of this unique skill.

"Red gold, silver lead, and realgar, refine them!"

Inside the Miaoyan Palace, the Azure Dragon and the Black Dragon intertwined and clung to an open cauldron, radiating astonishing heat.

Previously, there were dozens of different kinds of materials on the ground, but now there are far fewer.

At Li Cunxiao's command, a total of 150 catties of rare gold and stones were carried by the Azure Dragon and turned into flowing liquid in the alternating blue and red flames.

The Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover itself is a fusion of three superior martial arts from the Fire, Metal, and Earth elements, corresponding to three rare and precious materials: Crimson Gold, Silver Lead, and Realgar.

Gold is the essence of the sun. For a ruler, consuming it can enhance spiritual power, lighten the body, benefit the five internal organs, expel evil spirits, and slay demons. Pure gold, refined from gold, is the most yang and yang substance.
Silver and lead are considered the foremost of the five metals. Silver is found within lead; silver is the offspring of lead. It is said that water can produce metal, and metal found in water is white and represents the White Tiger, its trigram being Dui, and the metal of the west (Geng and Xin).

Realgar, on the other hand, is an earth stone among the five elements and five stones. In the past, a kind of five-stone powder was popular among Taoists, with blue being azurite, red being cinnabar, white being quartz, black being primordial magnetite, and yellow being realgar.

However, this formula was too potent; after taking it, martial artists often suffered from fever and body rupture, leading to their death. It was gradually lost to history.

The three materials gradually fused together under the scorching heat of the Flaming True Qi.

At that moment, Li Cunxiao had a thought, and the originally blue-red dragon quietly turned dark green.

The Red Emperor's flowing mercury is of a yang nature, making it suitable for refining elixirs that bring life back to life.
The Taiyin Flowing Pearl is associated with killing and warfare, and is especially suitable for forging a murderous sword!

The dark green dragon, with a fiery red pearl in its mouth, extended its claws and grabbed the dragon skin from the ground. As true energy was channeled into it, the dragon skin gradually relaxed from its contracted state.

Before Li Yisheng sent this great gift, Li Cunxiao originally only intended to use a pair of fire and water dragon tendons to harmonize yin and yang as the main body of the Dragon-Binding Rope.

Now that he has a better seventh-tier main material, he has no intention of abandoning it.

"Just like when Master forged the Wind and Fire Wheels, it was called a top-grade magic treasure, but it was actually the embryo of a pair of divine weapons."

"The difference between divine weapons and demonic treasures lies in the fact that they are free from evil energy, are extremely pure and refined, and are in perfect harmony with the user."

"I haven't opened the gate yet, so I can't forge the divine weapon in one go, but that doesn't prevent me from forging the embryo of the divine weapon."

"Therefore, the higher the grade of the raw materials, the better."

"A pair of sixth-tier water and fire dragon tendons, and five fifth-tier fire dragon tendons, totaling nine dragon tendons as the dragon skeleton;"

"With the Golden Stone Spirit Liquid as its blood, and wrapped in seventh-tier dragon skin, it is enough to lay the foundation for the future transformation of the Dragon-Binding Rope into the Chaos Ribbon."

As the numerous steps flowed through his mind, Li Cunxiao saw that the Golden Stone Spirit Liquid was ready, and the black dragon skin had recovered to its original length of thirty feet, resembling a living black dragon coiling in the Miaoyan Palace.

"Now is the time to infuse it with the true essence of martial arts!"

The old Taoist priest's voice was not loud, but very clear, and there was a hint of tension in his eyes.

His apprentice had only refined magic treasures less than ten times before he was about to attempt a high-grade magic treasure. If it weren't for the fact that the other party's performance had always been unexpected, he would never have let Li Cunxiao try it rashly.

A complete seventh-tier dragon hide is already a rare and precious material.

"Nine Dragons Divine Fire, Heavenly Net and Earthly Trap, swiftly!"

With a soft shout, the surging true essence transformed into nine dark red fire dragons, each grasping a tendon and rushing into the dragon's skin.

In the blink of an eye, the shriveled dragon skin was stretched to its limit.

Nine dragon tendons run one after another, like the thread behind a sewing needle, stitching together the cracks in the dragon skin.

But this was not the end. Li Cunxiao waved his hand again, and the golden-red spiritual liquid flew into the black dragon's mouth.

From the outside, it looks as if a ray of dazzling golden light is swallowed into the dragon's belly, illuminating, igniting, and melting the originally gelatinous dragon tendons.

The dragon skin began to glue itself back together, and even the scales at the joints changed from a multicolored black to a dark red.

"It's now!"

Upon seeing this, Li Cunxiao's eyes flashed with a divine light. He spread his hands out as if performing the Lion's Mark of Fearlessness, creating a canopy in front of his mouth. At the same time, he took a deep breath—his chest expanded instantly like a bellows, making his lower limbs appear extremely thin.

"call!!!!!"

What spewed from his mouth was not wind, but blazing white flames. At the same time, his heart, kidneys, and dantian emitted a brilliant divine light, which was the Samadhi Fire.

White flames traced arcs of fire, intertwining and weaving like the jewels adorning the Buddha's body, wrapping around the black dragon in concentric circles.

With the Samadhi True Fire burning, the crack in the black dragon's abdomen, stitched together by the dragon tendons and the spiritual liquid of gold and stone, healed even faster, and at the same time, the dark red color began to spread throughout the entire dragon body.

"Next comes the slow and steady process."

Taiyi Zhenren was only slightly relieved after witnessing this scene.

Having been refined to this stage, the magic weapon is basically complete; the remaining issue is its quality.

As long as Li Cunxiao's vital energy can withstand the current refining process, the final product obtained under the continuous tempering of the Samadhi True Fire will not be lower than the middle grade.

"A superior-grade magical treasure requires the body to be broken down and refined. During the process, there must be sufficient blood and qi and true essence, as well as the spirit of a martial artist to be infused into it."

"The power of the primordial spirit was originally only accessible to martial artists at the Xuan Guan level, but Cun Xiao created his own martial art because of the dragon boat."

"That Lion Fist Seal contains a method for utilizing spiritual power."

"Using this method in conjunction with the Samadhi True Fire, it does possess some of the effects of the true Samadhi Fire. A high-grade demonic treasure might not be out of the question."

The old Taoist priest stroked his beard, and with a casual wave of his hand, a row of neatly stacked porcelain bottles appeared on the ground.

With a flick of his whisk, the bottle stopper popped open, and the pills inside flew out automatically, transforming into a pure medicinal vapor, which Li Cunxiao inhaled without missing a drop.

"In this way, we won't have to worry about not having enough true energy."

Seeing that Li Cunxiao's firepower had intensified, Taiyi Zhenren nodded in satisfaction.

Soon, the night passed.

Du Guanglei, feeling utterly bored, stood guard at the entrance of Miaoyan Palace.

I glanced inside every now and then, but saw nothing. Turning my head, I saw a faint glimmer of dawn appearing on the horizon.
"What are Uncle-Master and Junior Brother Li doing in there? Refining pills?"

"Master, there's no need for all the sect leaders to come out together to welcome the imperial envoy."

"Knowing that there are not enough people, you still made me guard Miaoyan Palace. With Uncle Taiyi here, isn't this redundant?"

Du Guanglei shook his head, dismissing these thoughts, and began to consider the current situation.

Just recently, Prince Zhu Quanzhong of Liang submitted another memorial, requesting that troops be sent to defend the emperor.

According to information from the clan, this time, without waiting for a reply from the imperial court, the army under the command of the King of Liang began to be mobilized. As a result, bandits such as Huang Chao in Luoyang, the eastern capital, have recently become more restrained, and their conflicts with the imperial court have decreased significantly.

But Du Guanglei was not happy when he learned about this, because he knew that warlords like Zhu Quanzhong were far more terrifying than bandits like Huang Chao who rose and fell in an instant.

Even though Huang Chao's rebellion was powerful, he was not a grandmaster and did not possess any magical treasures.

Gao Pian did not mobilize a large army beforehand, entirely because he did not want to needlessly deplete the court's strength. After all, there were too many powerful and treacherous forces around them; the Prince of Jin and the Prince of Liang posed a much greater threat than Huang Chao alone.

"If Zhu Quanzhong wanted to usurp the throne, what would become of the Louguan Dao sect?"

Hearing that even the Zheng family of Xingyang had secretly submitted to Zhu Quanzhong, Du Guanglei couldn't help but worry about his own family, the Du family of Jingzhao.

"Below the Grandmaster, all are ants. I have not yet reached the perfection of the Heavenly Ladder, let alone broken through the Profound Gate."

"As for Junior Brother Li, he has already reached the Heavenly Ladder Realm in just over half a year. He is very likely to become a Grandmaster in the future, in addition to being proficient in alchemy."

"Such an outstanding person cannot be taken lightly, even by the military governors of the major vassal states, right?"

With a sigh, Du Guanglei gazed at the gradually brightening dawn in the distance, feeling for some reason that it seemed somewhat dim compared to usual.

"No, it's not that the sunlight is dim, but rather the place I'm in."

Noticing the temperature rising imperceptibly, Du Guanglei turned his head sharply and was horrified to find that the entire Miaoyan Palace was radiating red light.

It was so dazzling that even the disciples on the other mountain peaks could see it clearly.

In comparison, even the faint glimmer of dawn on the horizon seemed dim, as if a celestial being had swept away the morning glow that belonged to heaven and earth, and wrapped it around Miaoyan Palace like a silk ribbon.

"This aura... it's a magical artifact? But what kind of magical artifact has such an intense aura?!"

Seeing the blood-red gems on his hands and feet glowing under stimulation, Du Guanglei was even more shocked.

The same expression appeared on the faces of the disciples on and off Azure Dragon Peak. The next moment, they saw the crimson clouds in the sky converge into a huge, winding dragon shadow.

The dark red dragon scales resembled the most robust armor in the world;
The enormous horns each have two forks on their smooth, curved surfaces;
The golden dorsal fin extends from the tail to the neck, like layered mountains, covered by a tangled mane.
It has strong, powerful limbs, amber-like claws and teeth, and golden-red eyes that resemble lava.

"Dragon! A real dragon!"

"What's going on? Have demons escaped from the back mountain of Azure Dragon Peak?!"

"Quickly, go and fetch the elder!"

"Wait!"

Li Siqi had arrived outside Miaoyan Palace at some point, and looking at the colossal object that stretched for thirty feet, he felt a chill run down his spine.

A strange sense of crisis welled up inside him, but he suppressed the odd feeling and observed carefully. Then, he revealed an even more shocked expression:
"No, this isn't a living creature, it's a magical artifact! At least a high-grade magical artifact!"

what?
The surrounding disciples were so shocked by these words that they were speechless.

Is this thing a magic treasure?
It looks just like a real dragon!

"Master, what is this?"

Seeing Taiyi Zhenren step out, Li Siqi already had a guess in his mind, but he was not quite sure he could believe it.

The old Taoist priest did not answer, but looked at the red dragon soaring in the sky. He seemed to see the figure of the young man on the dragon's head, and a proud look and a happy smile appeared on his face.

Roar! ! ! ! ! !

A resounding dragon roar echoed through the sky. Li Cunxiao watched the clouds fly by on both sides and felt the red dragon beneath his feet, which was in perfect harmony with his heart. He felt extremely happy.

After two days and two nights, the embryo of this divine weapon was finally forged.

Once the barrier is broken and the true fire of essence, energy, and spirit is cultivated, it can be refined a second time and quickly transformed into a divine weapon.

The first divine weapon he forged by his own hands!

Just as I was feeling excited, a cloud of dust suddenly billowed into the sky from a spot on Liangyi Peak beneath my feet.

Immediately afterwards, a golden arrow shot out from Miaoyan Palace, soaring straight into the sky, instantly tearing through the clouds and scattering a dazzling light.

"What kind of Dharma King are you? Hiding here, get out here!"

(End of this chapter)