Immortal Refiner

At the Grand Academy, on a spacious training ground.

Li Qing sat upright in the chief seat, calmly watching the cultivators who were arriving one after another. These were all students who had recently joined the Grand Academy, and they were extremely interested in Li Qing, this newly arrived Artifact Refining Instructor.

Before long, the entire training ground was filled with people.

Although the cultivation levels of the cultivators present were mostly in the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages, they were the elites of the younger generation of the Great Yu Kingdom.

These people's aptitudes, endowments, and comprehension were all quite terrifying; each and every one of them was one in ten thousand among cultivators.

Li Qing's divine sense swept across the entire field one by one. Looking at the expectant gazes, he couldn't help but recall when he was in the Lower Realm, the disciples of the Lingyun Sect also looked at him with such gazes.

At the edge of the training ground, several Void Refinement stage instructors also came, obviously to listen in and see just how this new Artifact Refining Instructor was.

As a ray of morning sun broke through the mountains and rivers on the horizon, Li Qing slowly stood up, and then took out the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.

Buzz!

Accompanied by a flash of golden light, everyone present felt a heart-palpitating, sharp intent, even from a considerable distance.

"Good sword! When this sword trembles slightly, even the surrounding space vaguely presents a sense of tearing. It is definitely an unparalleled, sharp sword!"

"Hiss, is this probably an Earth-grade spiritual treasure?"

"Is Instructor Li also a sword cultivator? I wonder how he refined this sword!"

"..."

Many of the cultivators present were sword cultivators, so they naturally saw the extraordinary nature of the golden killing sword in front of Li Qing at a glance, and their eyes were burning with desire.

Seeing that he had received the effect he wanted, Li Qing cleared his throat and said:

"Ahem!"

"I see that all of you are at least at the Core Formation stage, so you must have already refined your own natal magic treasures, and your understanding of the Dao of Artifact Refining has already entered the door, right?"

"Then I won't waste everyone's time talking about the basic knowledge of Artifact Refining, and just get straight to the point!"

Saying that, Li Qing flicked the Immortal Slaughtering Sword with two fingers, and a burst of golden light surged out from the sword body.

Before long, dense Dao patterns appeared on the sword body. These Dao patterns not only included Li Qing's masterpieces, but also the natural Dao patterns imprinted on it when he crossed tribulation over the years.

"The natal magic treasures you have refined are probably mostly treasures that fit the cultivation techniques you practice, and later, as your cultivation level improves, the power of the treasures will also increase together."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of many people became more focused.

Most of the cultivation techniques they practiced had methods for refining natal magic treasures, but many of the magic treasures in these techniques had already been refined into powerful spiritual treasures, so if they wanted to nurture their own natal magic treasures to the level of spiritual treasures, it would be a rather troublesome matter.

This situation can only be resolved by attracting a Heavenly Tribulation when advancing to the Transformation God stage.

Imprinting unique natural Dao patterns in the Heavenly Lightning can make one's own natal magic treasure contain uniqueness, so that it can break the boundaries and grow into a spiritual treasure.

However, there is also a problem with this, that is, the Spirit Realm is not like the Lower Realm. Advancement below the Transformation God stage is almost impossible to attract a Heavenly Tribulation, unless it is a Heaven's Chosen who shocks the past and the present. Otherwise, one will only experience a small Heavenly Tribulation when breaking through to the Transformation God stage.

Therefore, it is difficult for them to possess their own spiritual treasures in the Nascent Soul stage, unless they obtain them from other channels. It's just that precious things like spiritual treasures cannot be found everywhere in the Spirit Realm to the point where even Nascent Soul stage cultivators can have one in hand.

And if one can possess a spiritual treasure, then it can indeed occupy a great advantage in fighting against opponents of the same level, which is much faster than their hard cultivation of Dao techniques and divine powers.

On the training ground, Li Qing used his Immortal Slaughtering Sword as a reference, focusing on introducing some of the Dao patterns he had mastered, as well as his combination and arrangement of these Dao patterns, so that they produced such unimaginable power.

Since we are talking about Artifact Refining, then naturally it is what he is best at.

Li Qing's words were almost like golden lotuses, and he instantly pulled all the minds of the cultivators in the audience.

During this period, in order to allow these cultivators to better understand what he was talking about, he did not hesitate to use the power of his divine sense, and at the same time used his own divine soul to reflect some pictures related to engraved Dao patterns.

Once you devote your mind, the passage of time becomes extremely fast without realizing it.

When the sun set in the west, Li Qing closed his mouth and put the Immortal Slaughtering Sword back into his body.

"Okay, today's Artifact Refining class is over."

"On the second floor of the Book Mountain Building, there are many inheritances related to Artifact Refining. You can borrow and read them later, focusing on learning the Dao patterns in them to deepen your accumulation."

"In the next class, each of you will pick five Dao patterns of your choice and show them to me, and then tell me what kind of treasure you want to refine with these five Dao patterns."

After saying that, Li Qing swiftly flew away from the training ground without looking back.

Only then did everyone wake up from their dreams, revealing a look of unfinished business.

"This Instructor Li's Artifact Refining class is really good, going deep and simple, even I can understand it."

"Instructor Li's attainments in the Dao of Artifact Refining have probably reached an extremely high level. Judging from his introduction to that Earth-grade spiritual treasure just now, that peerless sword should have been refined by himself."

"Able to refine Earth-grade spiritual treasures?! The academy has really invited an Artifact Refining Master. I'm afraid there are not many Artifact Refiners in the entire Great Yu who have the ability to refine Earth-grade spiritual treasures, right?"

"Well, such existences are either invited into the palace, or recruited by some aristocratic families with extremely high courtesy to be enshrined, and rarely show up outside."

"Instructor Li's next class will be in ten days, so we have to prepare early."

"..."

Soon, the cultivators on the training ground dispersed like birds and beasts, and many people hurried to the Book Mountain Building, intending to borrow and read some inheritances related to Artifact Refining.

As for Li Qing himself, he had already returned to his cave dwelling early.

Since obtaining the Formation inheritance from Instructor Ying in the Book Mountain Building, he had been living a secluded life these days, and had been studying the knowledge related to Formations.

From this, he discovered that this Great Yu's chief Formation Master had also put his mind to the combination of Formation and Artifact Refining in his early years, and had achieved some considerable results.

These contents benefited Li Qing a lot, and his understanding of this Dao also increased day by day.

"In the future, if I refine the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram, perhaps I can also adopt some existing formations."

"For example, the Four Symbols Sky-Supporting Formation. This formation evolves the true spirits of the Four Symbols, using the formation to trap and kill enemies. My four killing swords should be able to replace the positions of the Four Symbols."

"There is also the Four Extremes Great Evolution Formation. This formation has four formation eyes, and I can use the four killing swords to suppress them on top of the formation eyes. At the same time, mobilizing the power of the four killing swords can also achieve extremely impressive effects."

“. . . ”

The array inheritance from Instructor Ying brought great inspiration to Li Qing. It can only be said that it is worthy of being an inheritance placed on the same level as many Void Refinement stage Dao techniques. Originally, he was completely clueless about the array of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram, but now his thinking has broadened a lot.

Li Qing understood and said to himself: "The main power of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram that I envision comes from the four killing swords. The formation is only an auxiliary."

"If existing formations can be borrowed, I don't need to create a unique formation myself."

Just like that, time passed day by day.

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Li Qing devoted most of his energy to studying Instructor Ying's formation inheritance, and he had almost no time to take care of his own cultivation.

During this time, he would occasionally go to the dojos of other formation instructors to listen in. Most of these instructors were once students of Instructor Ying, and the formation techniques they learned also originated from Instructor Ying. Therefore, Li Qing gained a lot from listening in. Many of the doubts he usually had trouble understanding were almost immediately clear.

Of course, in addition to studying the path of formations, Li Qing never stopped learning the language of the Profound Underworld Realm.

However, in the Supreme Academy, courses such as the languages of the myriad races were extremely unpopular, and courses were not arranged for ten days or half a month.

For this reason, Li Qing had to personally visit those instructors who taught the languages of the myriad races to ask for advice on some of the things he didn't understand in the language of the Profound Underworld Realm.

Although these instructors were extremely knowledgeable, they were not ultimately people from the Profound Underworld Realm. There were some characters that Li Qing didn't understand, and they couldn't give an answer.

Li Qing could only compare and verify the context of that volume of notes to guess what those characters meant.

As for his weapon refinement class, Li Qing naturally would not delay it.

It was nothing more than teaching some content on refining magical treasures, which basically would not take too much of his effort. He could easily cope with these students by taking out some of his own knowledge.

Even so, Li Qing's weapon refinement class had become the second most popular immortal cultivation arts class in the Supreme Academy, second only to the formation class. Whenever it was his turn to teach, the dojo would always be overcrowded, and some cultivators would even go to the trouble of occupying the best position a day in advance.

"Instructor Li, last time you said that my envisioned Five Elements Spirit Ship was not mature enough. I went back and thought about it for a long time, but I still don't understand where it is not perfect. Please give me some guidance!"

Li Qing glanced at the spirit ship blueprints that this person had taken out, and then said: "You were able to think of using the mutual generation of the five elements to provide a constant stream of spiritual energy for the spirit ship, but you didn't think that the five elements not only generate each other, but also restrain each other?"

"If the Dao patterns you conceived are engraved on the spirit ship together, there will definitely be conflicts. At that time, ordinary spiritual materials may not be able to withstand the power of the five elements."

"If you increase the quality of the spiritual materials further, it will far exceed the limits of magical treasures. With such precious spiritual materials, why not directly refine a spiritual treasure?"

As soon as these words came out, the cultivator who was extremely interested in spirit boat warships immediately understood.

"So that's how it is . . ."

"I don't recommend that beginner weapon refiners directly use complex magical treasures such as spirit boat warships as their goal. Moreover, today's spirit boat warships have already developed to a level combined with formations. Refining only with weapon refinement Dao patterns is far inferior to arranging formations on warships."

After listening to Li Qing's analysis, this person fell into deep thought and did not recover for a long time.

Li Qing didn't pay much attention to this. He wouldn't give anyone special treatment. If this person insisted on continuing to delve into a dead end, he wouldn't stop him.

The path of weapon refinement always contains endless possibilities. What if this person really has some unique insights?

"Instructor Li, I plan to refine this treasured sword. Do you see any other places where the Dao patterns can be improved?"

"Instructor! I bought Crimson Flame Marrow and a small piece of Immortal Spirit Green Gold from Jade Capital City. Can I start refining . . ."

"Instructor Li . . ."

People are always different. In Li Qing's weapon refinement class, some people are dull and lack creativity. Without corresponding weapon refinement blueprints, it is difficult to refine magical treasures.

But there are always some people who are naturally intelligent, and their talent in the path of weapon refinement is surprisingly good. Some whimsical ideas even made Li Qing secretly nod.

There are also some students with considerable financial resources who come from some aristocratic families. They can often collect the corresponding spiritual materials as soon as they want to refine a magical treasure.

As time gradually passed, in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. Under Li Qing's careful teaching, the first person to refine a magical treasure was finally born, and it was refined on the spot!

Boom!

The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged up instantly. A red silk ribbon flew into the air, devouring all of this spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Under the eyes of everyone, this red ribbon quickly reflected wisps of Dao pattern spiritual light.

"Hahaha! I succeeded. After failing several times, I finally refined the Crimson Flame Silk!" A young and beautiful woman shouted in surprise. Her name was Liu Qing, and her aptitude in the path of weapon refinement was quite outstanding. He even had some thoughts of taking her as a personal disciple.

However, it was just a thought after all. His main purpose in the Supreme Academy now was to study Instructor Ying's formation inheritance and the text of the Profound Underworld Realm. Naturally, he had no time to take care of other people.

Moreover, the day when the Profound Heaven Divine Palace would open was getting closer and closer, and Li Qing naturally had to prepare for this matter.

"Not bad, cleverly combining the Fire Melting Pattern and the Wind Escape Pattern, this Crimson Flame Silk can be considered a quite good magical treasure." Li Qing nodded in praise.

When the crowd below saw this scene, they all showed envious expressions.

As an instructor of the Supreme Academy, Li Qing was qualified to mobilize some of the academy's resources to serve as an incentive for students.

Therefore, he had promised long ago that whoever could refine the first treasure different from his own natal magic weapon under his guidance, then Li Qing would personally refine a Yellow-grade spiritual treasure for him before this person graduated.

The materials used were naturally provided by the Supreme Academy, and Li Qing only needed to refine it for him.

A spiritual treasure was naturally extremely attractive to these cultivators who were only in the Core Formation stage or the Nascent Soul stage.