To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

The appearance of the two spiritual flames was like two lighthouses in the dark night, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

This is not only because of the difficulty of refining spiritual fire during the Qi Refining stage, but more importantly because of the enhancement that spiritual fire brings to weapon crafting.

"Wow, the Lingxiao Sect actually has a disciple who wields spiritual fire, and even Samadhi True Fire! Whose disciple is this?"

An elderly man with a white beard and a ruddy complexion turned his head and asked from the cloud platform.

Upon hearing this, Liu Shentong scoffed, "The Spirit Void Nether Flame lies hidden deep within the Abyss of Fallen Souls, a place even Foundation Establishment cultivators struggle to find. In terms of grade, it's even above the Samadhi True Flame. Who are you trying to fool with that surprised look?"

The red-faced old man chuckled, not caring at all.

As Liu Shentong said, the Lingxu Youyan is even more precious than the Samadhi True Fire.

Even for Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is extremely difficult to withstand the erosion of the evil energy and delve deep into the Soul-Falling Abyss to track the traces of the spirit fire, not to mention having to avoid the elusive evil spirits of the abyss.

Fiends are formed from the accumulated evil energy of the abyss over countless years. Once a fiend invades the body, the evil energy will accumulate in the heart at best, and the body will die or be destroyed at worst.

But for Golden Core cultivators, these are not difficult at all.

The honest-looking young man was a junior he valued, which is why he inquired about Gu Fan's background.

"You still haven't said whose disciple he is."

In the red-faced old man's view, Gu Fan had mastered spiritual fire during the Qi Refining stage, so it was impossible for him to be completely without any background information.

Liu Shentong uttered two words expressionlessly: "Xuanji".

Upon hearing this name, the red-faced old man's breathing became heavier, and he turned his head to stare at the audience without saying another word.

After a while, he seemed very conflicted, frowning as he shouted, "Jin Kui, if you can't win, you'll have to go to Black Wind Cave for three years of seclusion!"

Upon hearing this, the honest-looking young man named Jin Kui trembled as the spirit fire in his hand shook.

He immediately took a deep breath, stared intently at the spiritual materials in the flames, and gritted his teeth, thinking to himself, "I don't want to go to the Black Wind Cave! Three years of being exposed to eerie winds, does the old man think I'm some kind of monster?"

At this thought, a tall figure emerged from the depths of Jin Kui's mind, causing him to tremble involuntarily. He quickly shook his head to shake off the distracting thoughts.

Gu Fan also heard the red-faced elder's voice and inexplicably felt that the Golden Core Elder's actions seemed to have something to do with him.

But he quickly put those thoughts out of his mind.

"No one can take my magical treasures and spiritual materials!"

......

An hour passed quietly.

The contestant using Earth Flame has melted the main ingredient and is now refining the auxiliary spiritual materials.

However, Gu Fan and Jin Kui, wielding the spiritual fire, were refining the spiritual materials even faster, and had reached the crucial moment of preparing to stretch the embryo.

After incorporating two rare spiritual materials, the Spiral Unicorn has transformed into a dark golden solution, floating up and down in the Samadhi True Fire.

Just then, a hammering sound reached his ears, attracting Gu Fan's attention.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, Jin Kui actually assumed a horse stance, his fists enveloped in a layer of dark qi, and began to punch the spiritual material solution one punch after another, like hitting a sandbag!

The Spirit Void Earth Flame trembled as if breathing under the hammering of the two fists. Each time a fist struck, the spiritual material solution would vibrate, and some fragments would fall off from it.

"This is... a refining technique?" one of the participating disciples exclaimed in shock, recognizing Jin Kui's move.

The contestants all looked surprised upon hearing this, and Gu Fan also raised an eyebrow.

According to the conventional crafting process, the first round of quenching is carried out when smelting spiritual materials to remove impurities.

The so-called "refinement" refers to a forging method that, after fusing various spiritual materials, involves repeatedly refining and tempering them to improve their quality. (Cola Novels, making reading always faster than the last chapter.)

The focus is no longer on removing impurities from the spiritual materials themselves, but on changing the internal structure of the spiritual materials through magical power.

Gu Fan had only learned about the essence of the weapon in the previous inheritance, but had never practiced it. It was not that he did not want to, but that the Lingxiao Sect did not have the secret method of the essence of the weapon inheritance.

Rushing into refining will not only fail to improve the quality of spiritual materials, but may also lead to the structural damage and scrapping of the materials.

He could sense that Jin Kui's punches were extremely stable. Although the force of his punches was fierce, the spiritual material solution did not disintegrate. Instead, it bounced like a ball, even forming a wonderful rhythm. This was obviously a secret technique passed down from the Hundred Refinements Sect.

Listening to the rhythmic forging sounds around him, Gu Fan's heart seemed to tremble as well, causing him to clench his teeth and take a deep breath.

"As expected of the Hundred Refinements Sect, the strongest in weapon crafting, it seems I'll have to do something drastic too."

Despite thinking this way, he struggled to decide how to break the deadlock, his mind filled with countless thoughts.

"The refined spiritual materials are almost certainly of higher quality than mine; my advantage lies not in the material tempering process."

"My advantage is... the All-Seeing Eye!"

Thinking of this, Gu Fan glanced at the coiled dragon stone pillar, or more precisely, at the barrier light screen it emitted. After observing for a moment, a bright light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"This barrier is very similar to the barrier formed by combining the Dragon-Trapping Stakes!"

"The standard for the weapon crafting competition is the number of layers of barriers that can be pierced. I don't need to forge the strongest magical weapon; I only need to forge the one that breaks through the most barriers!"

The method for forging the Dragon-Trapping Stakes came to mind. After forging thirty-six Dragon-Trapping Stakes, Gu Fan had a thorough understanding of the restrictions within them.

"The key to crafting magical artifacts isn't strength, but... breaking the restrictions!"

Gu Fan suddenly realized what was happening, and then revealed a confident smile. He activated his powerful divine sense, continuously stretching the spiritual material solution in front of him.

Gu Fan's every move was also observed by the red-faced old man, causing him to be taken aback.

"Is he... preparing to forge a complete set of magical artifacts?" the red-faced old man asked in surprise.

At this moment, the spiritual materials that were originally fused together have been divided into thirty-six evenly sized pieces by Gu Fan, and then transformed into dark golden needles under the urging of his divine sense.

Each gold needle is only one foot long, as thick as a chopstick, and has a spiral pattern.

Thirty-six spiral needles hovered in front of him. Gu Fan exhaled a long breath, immediately calmed his mind, and began to carve the restriction into the artifact blank with his divine sense as a brush.

His divine sense operated slowly yet steadily, like a precise printer, carving out mysterious patterns in each of the spiral needles in turn.

At the same time, it is also necessary to run the "Melody Harmony Technique" to adjust the rhythm of the thirty-six spiral needles to be completely consistent.

Even with Gu Fan's near-Foundation Establishment level of spiritual power, he felt extremely strained, and beads of sweat trickled down his forehead and onto the ground.

As the hour drew to a close, he finally finished inscribing the restriction. The thirty-six spiral needles resonated and vibrated, like a resounding symphony.

"It's finally done!"

Gu Fan looked up and saw that many contestants had already finished refining their weapons. He was one of the later ones. Only a few people were still carving restrictions with their faces flushed, obviously very anxious.

A moment later, Xiong Pojun's powerful voice rang out: "Time's up!"

Two contestants, who had not yet finished, were immediately alarmed upon hearing Xiong Pojun's voice. Their divine senses were shaken, and they made a mistake in carving. The blank made a crisp sound, and the spiritual light dimmed, clearly indicating that it was ruined.

Ignoring the two eliminated contestants, Xiong Pojun began to examine the results of the other contestants one by one.