To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Amidst cheers from the Lingxiao Sect disciples, the weapon-crafting competition came to a close.

Next, of course, came the award ceremony that Gu Fan had been eagerly anticipating.

According to records from previous Three Sects Dharma Assemblies, the winner of the artifact competition can choose one rare spiritual material from those provided by the organizers.

These spiritual materials are unlike any Gu Fan has encountered before; they are rarely seen even in auction houses, and only major sects like the Three Sects of Wei can easily produce them.

As the rarity of spiritual materials increases, the quantity will naturally decrease.

Xiong Pojun took out five jade boxes and opened them one by one to show them off. Each jade box contained only a small piece of spiritual material, the largest being the size of an egg and the smallest the size of a pigeon egg.

Gu Fan looked down and carefully examined the items, but he could only recognize two: "Xuanhuang Stone" and "Gold Crystal".

The former is an extremely well-known earth-attribute spiritual material, whose characteristic is that it can control weight. A fist-sized piece of Xuanhuang stone can be crafted into a magic weapon with a weight comparable to a small mountain.

As for gold crystal, it is an auxiliary material that can greatly enhance the toughness of magical artifacts.

However, neither of these two was compatible with Gu Fan's spiritual root attributes, so he cupped his hands and asked, "Please forgive my poor eyesight, senior, please tell me what the other three spiritual materials are besides Xuanhuang Stone and Golden Crystal."

Xiong Pojun smiled and nodded, saying, "It's normal that you don't recognize them; these are all rare items brought out for this Dharma assembly."

As he spoke, Xiong Pojun pointed to a thumb-sized, deep blue jade stone: "This is Ice Soul, which has a similar function to Gold Crystal and is used to forge magical artifacts with ice and cold attributes."

Then he pointed to a piece of pitch-black charcoal: "This is Thunder Spirit Wood. It is the heartwood that remains after a thousand-year-old spiritual tree was struck by lightning and tempered by thunder and fire. It not only contains wood-type spiritual energy, but also a trace of heavenly lightning power."

Finally, there was a piece of red gold sand the size of a pigeon egg, which shimmered with iridescent colors in the sunlight.

Xiong Pojun said earnestly, "Blazing Star Copper is different from the others. It fell from the sky and was broken after being tempered by heavenly fire. Although the quantity is small, it is an excellent material for forging fire-attribute magic weapons."

Gu Fan suddenly understood.

He had seen these three spiritual materials recorded in ancient books, but since there were no illustrations, he could not identify them.

In terms of value, these spiritual materials are all comparable, but it is obvious which one is most suitable for oneself.

"I'll choose this piece of Fiery Star Copper," Gu Fan said, pointing to his finger.

Xiong Pojun nodded, put away the remaining jade boxes, and gestured for Gu Fan to take the Fiery Star Bronze.

When Gu Fan returned to the Lingxiao Sect disciples, he still couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

"The quantity of Fiery Star Copper is too small to be used as a primary material, but it is excellent as a secondary material. In particular, it can be used to reforge the Yin-Yang Twin Wheels. Although it cannot be upgraded into a magic weapon, after being infused with Fiery Star Copper, it should be comparable to the power of a talisman."

As for saving the Fiery Star Copper until the Golden Core stage to forge magical artifacts, Gu Fan only considered it for a moment before giving up.

Between Qi Refining and Golden Core, there is the Foundation Establishment stage.

Not to mention that he has an enemy he has never met, just considering his pursuit of Foundation Establishment stage combat power, he would not possibly put Lie Xing Tong aside.

Only combat power that can be realized is real. If he can truly form a core one day, then as a weapon refiner, he will not have to worry about not finding suitable spiritual materials to refine magic weapons.

After enjoying the congratulations from everyone, the disciples of the three sects dispersed.

As for the martial arts competition to be held tomorrow, it will take place in a special venue outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

......

Early the next morning.

As Gu Fan finished gathering Qi in the morning light, he saw Cai Xuan's figure, as light and agile as a nimble cat.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, today's martial arts competition is being held in Luofeng Mountain. I would like to invite you to come with me."

Cai Xuan was quite dejected after narrowly losing the talisman competition yesterday.

After all, in her opinion, receiving the favor of the True Spirit Lord should have been a sure thing, but she didn't expect Gu Fan to actually draw a second-tier spirit talisman.

Therefore, Cai Xuan looked at Gu Fan with a hint of resentment, and even the lynx at her feet turned its head away, as if it didn't want to pay attention to Gu Fan.

Gu Fan coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment and said, "Thank you, fellow Daoist. Please lead the way."

The two rode their magical artifacts and sped towards the outside of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. Along the way, they encountered many fellow disciples. Streams of colorful escape lights spread across the sky like rainbows, a sight to behold.

Half an hour later, the group arrived at a valley.

Outside the valley, the Golden Core elders of the three sects had already arrived and were chatting idly on the magic boat.

The Lingxiao Sect won the literary contest, and Liu Shentong and others were all smiles and rosy-cheeked. In contrast, the Golden Core elders of the Hualing Sect and the Bailian Sect looked gloomy.

Once all the disciples had arrived, a pale-faced, narrow-eyed man in black robes stepped out of the Hualing Sect's magic boat.

Unlike other Golden Core cultivators from the Spirit Transformation Sect who wear animal skins, this black-robed man's attire resembled snakeskin, covered in fine scales.

"The martial arts competition of the Dharma Assembly begins today. Disciples from the three sects, step forward!"

The black-robed man's voice was dry and cold, sounding like a python licking your cheek.

As soon as the words were spoken, the disciples from the three sects stepped forward, each one full of fighting spirit.

After scanning the area, the man in black robes waved his sleeve and released many white dominoes, which flew towards the disciples.

As the dominoes flew towards him, Gu Fan reached out and caught them in his hand. They felt slightly cold to the touch, and when he probed them with his divine sense, he could see several restrictions. This domino was actually a magical artifact.

"The martial arts competition will last for three days. All participating disciples will enter Falling Phoenix Valley and will be randomly teleported to a certain location in the valley."

"There are demonic beasts and many dominoes in the valley. You can kill the demonic beasts to collect the dominoes, or you can seize the dominoes of others."

"Three days later, the ranking of the three sects in the martial arts competition will be determined according to the number of dominoes held by all disciples."

"If you encounter a life-or-death crisis, you can teleport to outside of Falling Phoenix Valley by infusing magic into the dominoes, but this will be considered as giving up your qualification for martial arts, and the dominoes you hold will not be counted in the ranking of the three sects."

After explaining the rules, the man in black robes asked loudly, "Do any of you have any questions?"

A moment of silence followed.

"In that case, let's go into the valley!"

At the command of the man in black robes, a battle flag was pulled out from his sleeve, and after being shaken, a golden light appeared at the entrance of the valley.

Gu Fan gazed at the source of the golden light and silently activated his Myriad Manifestations Dharma Eye.

Now, with his improved cultivation, he can even observe the Zhou Tianyun Forbidden Array of the Lingxiao Sect for two breaths with his Myriad Manifestations Dharma Eye.

Although the formation's appearance cannot be clearly seen, it will not cause any harm.

The valley in front of him was clearly protected by an array, but it could not possibly be of the fourth rank, which is why Gu Fan dared to look around so boldly.

Under the all-encompassing Dharma Eye, the array hubs around the valley radiated golden light, and the array patterns wove together into a large net that not only surrounded the entire canyon but also covered the air.

"This formation... doesn't seem very effective," Gu Fan thought to himself.

Although he couldn't see through it at a glance, the formation gave him a sense of familiarity, and its grade was definitely not at the third level.

In other words, this formation is managed by a formation master, making it absolutely difficult for Foundation Establishment cultivators to overcome. Even Golden Core cultivators can only hold it off for a short time, and that's about it.

Gu Fan suddenly recalled that there was an Elder Yuan in the Spirit Transformation Sect who liked to gamble with his master.

"Could this formation have been set up by Master?"

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