Mortal's Journey: Reborn as Xin Ruyin, she begins by possessing Qi Yun's body.

"That's wonderful!"

Qi Yunxiao was overjoyed. He suddenly stood up from the futon, so excited that his steps were unsteady.

If I hadn't retained some rationality, I almost would have jumped up.

His gaze was fixed on the Bagua furnace floating in front of him. The pale golden halo flowing around the furnace was more dazzling than any treasure in his eyes.

He reached out and gently stroked the wall of the Bagua Furnace, feeling the warm touch on his fingertips. The ecstasy in his heart was like a surging tide that was hard to calm.

"I never imagined... this Eight Trigrams Furnace would possess such incredible power!"

Qi Yunxiao muttered to himself, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"As long as there is enough refined iron, refined copper, gold, and silver, it is possible to continuously refine iron essence, copper essence, gold essence, and silver essence?"

His heart pounded wildly at the thought of the huge price difference between ordinary ores and refined materials.

Ordinary refined iron is worthless and can even be bought from ordinary people, but once refined iron is formed, even a piece the size of a sesame seed can sell for hundreds of spirit stones.

If it were an even larger piece of iron essence, even Core Formation stage cultivators would probably fight over it.

Copper essence, gold essence, silver essence, and gold essence are all highly sought-after and extremely rare, making them excellent materials for crafting magical artifacts.

"So, I'll never have to worry about spirit stones again!"

Qi Yunxiao clenched his fist, his knuckles turning white, his face full of excitement.

Spirit stones are extremely important. Cultivation, buying pills, purchasing materials—none of these can be done without them. Countless geniuses have wasted their lives due to a lack of spirit stones, ultimately fading into obscurity.

Now that he has the Eight Trigrams Furnace, his path to immortality will undoubtedly be much smoother.

However, this euphoria did not last long.

Qi Yunxiao took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, and his eyes gradually became calm.

Having experienced forty years of life in his previous life, he naturally understood the principle that possessing a treasure can be a crime.

"No, we can't get too cocky."

He shook his head slightly, his tone becoming serious.

"Materials like iron essence and silver essence are too precious. Even a little bit of them could probably be exchanged for hundreds or even thousands of spirit stones."

"But I am only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, just entering the late stage. If I rashly put out a large amount of refined materials for sale, it will inevitably attract the covetousness of others."

"A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!"

Qi Yunxiao sighed softly, recalling how many cultivators in his previous life had been killed and robbed by stronger individuals for revealing their rare treasures, resulting in tragic ends.

He raised his hand and touched his chin, having already made up his mind: "For now, we must keep a low profile. The refined materials we extract must not be shown to others easily, and sales can only be limited to small quantities and multiple times. We must find the most discreet channels and leave no evidence."

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "Fortunately, I'm not short of spirit stones right now. After selling all the pills last time, I still have more than two hundred low-grade spirit stones left, which is enough to support my cultivation and material purchases in the near future. I don't need to take this risk for now."

As his thoughts wandered, Qi Yunxiao's gaze returned to the Eight Trigrams Furnace. At the bottom of the furnace lay several pieces of iron and copper essence gleaming coldly. These were the finished products he had previously refined using a small amount of ore in experiments. They were pure in texture and contained spiritual energy, clearly top-grade materials.

His gaze sharpened, and a new plan formed in his mind: "The most urgent task is to improve my own strength. With these refined materials, I can forge a few handy magical artifacts."

"A top-tier offensive magic weapon is forged by mixing ordinary refined iron with iron essence. The sharpness and toughness of the iron essence will make its power far exceed that of ordinary magic weapons."

"Even the most advanced defensive armor and magical artifacts probably couldn't withstand its piercing power!"

A glint of light flashed in Qi Yunxiao's eyes.

"For defense, we'll refine a top-tier defensive magic weapon from copper. That should be able to withstand attacks from top-tier magic weapons."

He became more and more excited as he thought about it.

"With a unified offense and defense, I will be able to fight even against a cultivator at the peak of the late-stage Qi Refining realm!"

But he was not satisfied with that. His cautious nature made him consider things more thoroughly: "However, just to be on the safe side, I still need to forge another magic artifact that can increase speed, such as a pair of boot-shaped or wing-like magic artifacts, which can be used to chase or escape in critical moments."

"In addition, make another needle-shaped concealment artifact, as thin as a cow's hair, which can be hidden in the fingertip and thrown out unexpectedly to injure people."

With his plan becoming clearer, Qi Yunxiao no longer hesitated.

"First, I'll buy the five magical artifacts I have, and then I'll purchase some materials for refining them..."

He straightened his robes, stored the Eight Trigrams Furnace in the vortex of Qi in his dantian, and headed directly to the Tianxing Sect Market.

After arriving at the Tianxing Sect market, Qi Yunxiao went to the stalls and sold five low-grade magic artifacts and a mid-grade magic artifact dagger from his storage bag.

His ritual implements were cheaper than those in the shop, so they sold out quickly.

A low-grade magic weapon can generally be sold for around ten spirit stones, while a mid-grade magic weapon can be sold for around 50 spirit stones.

He then spent two spirit stones to purchase a large quantity of refined iron.

He spent another fifty spirit stones to buy some other refining materials.

Qi Yunxiao returned to the nameless hill where he lived in seclusion.

He let out a long sigh, suppressing his eagerness for the art of weapon crafting, and began to prepare to forge the first magical artifact of his life.

This time, he planned to start by practicing with the most basic low-grade magic weapon, a fine iron sword. On the stone platform, there were neatly stacked fine iron, spirit-guiding herbs, and spirit fire talismans to maintain the furnace temperature.

Qi Yunxiao activated the Eight Trigrams Furnace with a hand seal. With a slight movement of spiritual energy at his fingertips, a pale blue flame shot out from the bottom of the furnace and licked the furnace wall.

He carefully placed the refined iron into the furnace, continuously injecting spiritual energy into it, attempting to melt the refined iron into uniform molten iron.

However, since it was his first time refining a weapon, his technique was very clumsy. His control over spiritual energy was inconsistent, and the flames inside the furnace flickered. After the refined iron melted, it condensed into a dark lump of iron. It not only lacked the shape of a sword but was also covered with cracks. The spiritual energy dissipated completely upon contact.

"Sigh, we were still too hasty."

Qi Yunxiao frowned slightly as he looked at the scrapped iron billets in the furnace, his heart filled with frustration.

He originally thought that with his Qi Refining Level 7 cultivation, crafting low-grade magic weapons would be a piece of cake, but he forgot that the art of crafting weapons, in addition to spiritual energy, also emphasizes technique and meticulousness.

He took out the yellowed book "Cloudy Insights" and reviewed the process he had just experienced, word by word.

The spiritual energy was injected too quickly, resulting in impurities in the molten iron.

The heat control was off, and impurities in the refined iron were not completely removed.

When shaping the sword, I was restless and impatient, and the spiritual energy failed to condense into its sword shape.

After reviewing the situation for a while, Qi Yunxiao's fighting spirit rekindled. He put away his insights, walked to the Eight Trigrams Furnace again, and replaced it with a new piece of refined iron.

This time, he calmed down and, following the instructions, condensed the spiritual energy into a thin stream, slowly pouring it into the furnace. The flames maintained a gentle yet stable temperature.

He stared intently into the furnace, sensing the changes in the refined iron. Once the refined iron had melted into clear molten iron, he used the shaping technique to force out the impurities little by little.