Transmigrating to the Qi Cultivation Path, I became an outdated Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Chapter 115 The Dao Artifacts I Refined Are Divided into Nine Grades [Daily Subscription Requested]

"Senior sister, I never expected you to be this kind of person!"

"Junior sister, same to you. When I came in just now, I don't know how many people were practically shoving their faces at Brother Xiang's."

"They were just joking, but you...it's truly despicable."

"Who is it that is so disdainful? I am not engaged."

It is said that you, junior sister, will soon marry Zhao Jingzhi. I wonder what Zhao Jingzhi will think if he finds out that you are joking with Brother Xiang like this.

Will they call off the engagement? It's so hard to guess.

"you!"

When He Sheng finished his enlightenment and woke up from Qian Yuehong's daze, he saw Lin Yuejing and Zhen Yuerui, the two fellow disciples, almost tearing each other's hair and clothes apart.

It wouldn't be good for her and her fellow disciple to really break off their relationship, at least not in front of me, lest Master Shuiyue blame me and affect my grand plan for a ninth-grade Dao artifact!

Thinking about his grand plan, He Sheng decided to intervene forcefully.

"alright!

"Stop it, everyone."

Upon hearing He Sheng speak, the two sisters turned around and looked at each other, both with angry expressions.

Ignoring their expressions, He Sheng pointed at Zhen Yue Rui and said, "You want a Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, and you can deliver it within three years, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yue Rui was immediately delighted and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right!"

After speaking, Zhen Yue Rui once again adopted a victorious posture, looking at Lin Yue Jing provocatively.

Lin Yuejing immediately became anxious.

"Brother Xiang..."

"Shut up!"

He Sheng was very forceful. Regardless of Lin Yuejing's reaction, he reached out to Zhen Yuerui and said, "Pay the deposit first. I will give you 10,000 drops of sinking water plus 5 great merits."

The remaining ten major merits will be paid after delivery.

Is there a problem?

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yue Rui immediately wanted to bargain, but seeing Lin Yue Jing glaring at her with a fierce look, she quickly said, "No problem."

"This humble woman will return immediately to gather the necessary supplies and bring them to Elder Xiang shortly."

He Sheng waved his hand, telling Zhen Yue Rui to hurry up and go.

After he left, before He Sheng could even speak, Lin Yuejing, who was standing to the side, couldn't wait any longer and said with a hint of resentment, "Brother Xiang, are you so fickle and easily bored with the old and new?"

Sigh, once a woman lets her guard down, her bottom line can go lower and lower.

Despite his sighs, He Sheng remained focused on making money. While secretly circulating the "True Tranquility Technique" to resist Lin Yuejing's natural allure, he said, "You want a third-grade Dao artifact, right?"

Lin Yuejing looked surprised upon hearing this. She had never heard of Dao artifacts having different grades before, and couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, Brother Xiang, what do you mean by a third-grade Dao artifact?"

"In my possession, the Thousand Waters Condensing Moon Sword is a first-grade Dao artifact, the Water Moon Thousand Lights Sword is a second-grade Dao artifact, and if you want a Dao artifact that is even higher, then naturally you would want a third-grade Dao artifact."

Lin Yuejing's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't a third-grade Dao artifact exactly what she had been seeking?

But then she thought again that Zhen Yue Rui had spent fifteen great merits and ten thousand drops of sinking water to buy a second-grade Dao artifact, the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword. She subconsciously thought that a third-grade Dao artifact would require three Water Moon Thousand Light Swords to forge, and the price would be at least three times higher. Where would she get that much money?

"Brother Xiang...I..."

Lin Yuejing blinked as she looked at He Sheng.

He Sheng sighed, seemingly quite taken in by this, and said, "Speaking of which, I have known Yue Jing for seven or eight years. We went north to the Yuexia Sect together back then, so our relationship is definitely different."

That's it!

Fifty great merits, how about that?

You can use the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword in your hand to offset fifteen major merits.

In this way, you only need to pay twenty-five major merits first.

"Once you deliver the third-grade Dao artifact, you will receive ten great merits and the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword in your possession."

He Sheng looked like he was reluctantly parting with something, which made Lin Yuejing's face light up with surprise and delight, and she immediately started to make plans in her mind.

"Twenty-five great merits, we should be able to come up with them if we go back to the clan and try to gather them up, but..."

Lin Yuejing still harbored a lingering worry and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xiang, when will this Grade Three Dao artifact be delivered?"

"The Four Gates Martial Arts Tournament is still five years away, right?"

He Sheng looked at Lin Yuejing with a smile, as if he could see right through her thoughts. Lin Yuejing, however, was quite bold and frankly asked, "Brother Xiang, could you deliver it before the Four Gates Martial Arts Tournament?"

"Can!"

Seeing He Sheng's resolute answer, Lin Yuejing felt a jolt in her heart, as if the top ten or even the top three of the Four Gates Martial Arts Competition were beckoning to her.

"Brother Xiang, please drink this cup to the brim."

As Lin Yuejing spoke, she poured another cup of Qianyuehong wine and held it to He Sheng's lips.

"Yuejing, we're both unmarried, and you're feeding me wine like this. I'm not afraid of what will happen if word gets out, but I don't know..."

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He Sheng smiled but remained silent.

Lin Yuejing blushed and immediately said, "Brother Xiang has already said that we are both unmarried, so what am I afraid of?"

I, Lin Yuejing, have always been open and honest. You have treated me with sincerity, brother, so I will naturally reciprocate.

What an open and honest attitude!

He Sheng almost believed what was said.

I even felt a little guilty, wondering if I had been too ruthless in taking advantage of the situation.

After Lin Yuejing left in a hurry, He Sheng no longer lingered on Qian Yuehong's hazy intoxication. He patted his storage bag, and a stream of light in shades of light flew out and landed steadily in his palm.

It was a sword about a foot long.

The blade is not as sharp as an ordinary flying sword, but presents a very unique flowing appearance.

Upon closer inspection, the sword is actually composed of thousands of thin, transparent blades, each as thin as a willow leaf, stacked one on top of the other.

Each sword leaf is only the size of a fingernail, as thin as a cicada's wing, crystal clear, with extremely fine pale blue light threads flowing inside, like a wisp of water sealed in ice crystals.

The thousands of sword-like blades are not tightly joined together, but rather maintain a subtle gap. Fine blue light threads extend from the edges of each blade, intertwining and connecting with each other, yet remaining independent.

It was as if a clear stream that was flowing slowly had been condensed into the shape of a sword by some mysterious force.

With a slight thought, He Sheng channeled his magical power into the sword.

hum!

A clear, melodious sword cry rang out.

The thousands of sword blades simultaneously lit up with a dazzling blue light, and the sword body suddenly dispersed, turning into a sky full of water mist.

Amidst the mist, three bright moon shadows appeared and disappeared, arranged in a triangular shape, intertwined with each other, their moonlight far more concentrated than that of the Thousand Waters Condensing Moon Sword alone.

Wherever the moonlight passed, even the spirit-gathering array patterns on the stone walls of the rear hall lit up one after another, as if responding to some kind of resonance.

This is the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword!

He Sheng gently stroked the sword with his fingertips, feeling the refined and powerful True Water Sword Intent contained within it.

According to Lin Yuejing's previous feedback, the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword is not only 20% more powerful than the Thousand Water Condensing Moon Sword, but more importantly, it also increases the [True Water] attribute by 10%!

Don't underestimate this one percent.

In battles between cultivators who have mastered the Qi Divine Path, the waxing and waning of attributes is of paramount importance.

A 10% increase can be enough to decide the outcome at crucial moments.

Looking at the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword in his hand, He Sheng sighed inwardly:

People shouldn't be too honest. If you're too honest and work like a beast of burden, others won't appreciate your honesty. They'll just take advantage of you as a matter of course, and might even want to suck your blood a little more.

Lin Yuejing initially proposed to forge the Thousand Waters Condensed Moon Sword and expressed her willingness to bear the costs of failure, up to a limit of ten Great Merits.

He Sheng then followed her lead and created the claim that the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword only had a 50% success rate.

In this way, the cost of the Thousand Waters Condensing Moon Sword is set at twelve major merits. Considering the added value of the grade upgrade, it is actually reasonable to raise it to fifteen or sixteen major merits.

However, if I had told Lin Yuejing the truth from the beginning, the success rate of forging the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword would have been 100%.

Lin Yuejing only calculates based on the cost of six major merits. If I then quote a price of ten major merits, she'll probably think...

If you think I'm utterly heartless, you'd be lucky if you didn't curse my ancestors for eighteen generations behind my back.

Human nature is a complex thing.

He Sheng shook his head, then turned his gaze to the clock face in his palm.

[Tier 2 High-Grade Refiner: 3901/12000]

(Total cultivation time: 49 years, 6 month and 6 days)

For the past four years, he has lived a secluded life, ignoring the gossip and following the established plan to refine weapons and cultivate his skills step by step.

Because the quality of the spiritual spring in the Lake Spirit Residence is far higher than that of the Longevity Pool Water Mansion, the most time-consuming purification stage in the forging process of the Thousand Waters Condensing Moon Sword has been shortened considerably.

Furthermore, after he achieved the pseudo-core, his divine sense surged, and the speed at which he inscribed forbidden patterns far surpassed that before;

And because he had gained a rudimentary understanding of sword intent, he became increasingly adept at crafting [True Water] swords...

With all these factors combined, the time he needed to forge a Thousand Waters Condensing Moon Sword has been shortened from the initial six months to five months.

The process of forging the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword using three Thousand Water Condensed Moon Swords is based on a finished Dao artifact, eliminating the need for separate condensation and nurturing, and can be completed in just three months.

"From start to finish, the total time required to forge a Water Moon Thousand Light Sword is 18 months, or one and a half years."

During these four years, he completed two rounds of forging the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, which took three years in total.

In the remaining year, he forged two more Thousand Waters Condensed Moon Swords.

Forging a Thousand Waters Condensed Moon Sword grants 300 proficiency points, while forging a Water Moon Thousand Light Sword grants 600 proficiency points.

If you were to use the general training time to increase your proficiency by 3600 points, it would take at least twenty or thirty years.

Moreover, the experience of refining weapons over the past few years has made my use of my divine sense more refined and proficient.

The Water Moon Thousand Light Sword is extremely difficult to forge and requires a very high level of spiritual sense. Even a third-level weapon refiner could ruin it if they were not careful.

But He Sheng is different. He possesses the [Ripples] supernatural power, which he uses to enhance his divine sense, allowing him to replicate even the smallest details. In addition, he applies his knowledge to the crafting of the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, using the Divine Yuan Net to completely control the key points. This is why his success rate in crafting this sword can reach 100%.

He Sheng played with the sword in his hand, and the flashes of inspiration he had just gained came to mind. After some contemplation, he finally came up with the easiest solution to implement.

That was a combination of magical artifacts he designed by incorporating a method for refining imitation magical artifacts called "Heavenly Water Seal" from the "Secret Records of the Twelve Spiritual Treasures of the Upper Heaven" and using the ring-shaped air-sealing structure similar to a buckle.

He named this brand-new Dao artifact, which he had not yet actually begun to forge, the True Water Moon Shadow Sword!

"The complete True Water Moon Shadow Sword requires twelve Thousand Water Condensed Moon Swords as the base material, supplemented by One Yuan Heavy Water to stabilize the key forbidden rune nodes, before it can be finally successfully forged."

He Sheng muttered to himself as he calculated.

"But the beauty of this thing is that it can be made by disassembling and refining."

When the three swords are forged together, they become the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword.

If, on the basis of the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, a Thousand Water Condensed Moon Sword is added to each of the top and bottom ends, and the ring-shaped void restriction is used as a buckle to connect them... then it becomes a third-grade Dao artifact composed of five Thousand Water Condensed Moon Swords.

Its power is at least ten percent stronger than the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, and its amplification of [True Water] is at least fifty percent.

Following this method of refining by splitting and continuously adding layers, He Sheng felt that producing a sixth, seventh, or eighth-grade Dao artifact would be no problem.

Moreover, the True Water Moon Shadow Sword itself isn't even the limit; it could easily be categorized as a ninth-grade Dao artifact. There's still plenty of room for profit.

He Sheng became more and more excited as he thought about it. He immediately took out a blank jade slip and began to sketch the structure of the ring-shaped void restriction with his divine sense as a pen.

After completing the inscription of the forbidden patterns, He Sheng flipped his palm and took out a drop of One Yuan Heavy Water.

The spiritual water floated in his palm, its entire body a deep dark silver color. It was only the size of a dragon's eye, yet it weighed over a thousand pounds, and the spiritual pressure it emitted was astonishing, reaching the level of a high-grade third rank.

The only increase in cost is the consumption of monotonous heavy water.

Fortunately, a third-grade Dao artifact only requires one drop of primordial heavy water to be refined into the upper and lower buckles to stabilize the forbidden pattern structure.

Furthermore, the One Element Heavy Water itself is of the [True Water] quality, which is extremely compatible with the True Water Moon Shadow Sword.

He Sheng scrutinized the ring-shaped spatial restriction structure outlined in the jade slip several times. Feeling that there were no flaws, he then focused his gaze on the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword in his palm.

"Let's begin."

He Sheng threw the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword into the largest spiritual spring, then patted his storage bag and took out the remaining two Thousand Water Condensed Moon Swords, and began to formally refine the third-grade Dao artifact he had envisioned.

As for the names of these third-grade Dao artifacts...

Let's call it the True Water Moon Shadow Sword, and let others call it whatever they want.

Once he made up his mind, He Sheng began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the forging of the True Water Moon Shadow Sword.

Just two months later.

In the rear hall of Lake Spirit Residence, a dazzling pillar of light suddenly shot out from the largest main spring.

The beam of light was a cool, moon-white color. It shot into the air and then burst apart, turning into countless tiny moon shadows that fluttered down and illuminated the entire rear hall as if it had fallen into a dream woven by moonlight.

He Sheng sat cross-legged beside the main spring, his hands forming hand seals like butterflies flitting among flowers, his magical power flowing into the spring like a tidal wave.

In the center of the spiritual spring, the three swords, one large and two small, were spinning rapidly.

The central Water Moon Thousand Light Sword stood as steady as a rock, with three bright moon shadows hanging above its blade in a triangular shape, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy drawn in by the four surrounding Thousand Water Condensed Moon Swords.

The two swords, Thousand Waters Condensing Moon, are positioned one above the other, with their tips pointing outwards and their hilts aligned with the center, slowly and inch by inch moving inwards.

At the end of the hilt of each Thousand Waters Condensing Moon Sword, there is a ring-shaped air barrier the size of a fist.

The void restriction was carved in the void using pure divine sense as a blade and the subtle ripple divine power as a guide. Its entire body flowed with silver-blue light, and its structure was exquisite and complex, far surpassing ordinary void restrictions.

"Now!"

A glint flashed in He Sheng's eyes, and he pointed upwards with his right hand in a hand seal.

The two drops of single-element heavy water suspended above the spiritual spring moved in response.

The weight of the single-yuan heavy water exceeded a thousand jun (a unit of weight), and with each drop, the entire surface of the spiritual spring trembled.

The first drop fell precisely into the ring-shaped void between the top of the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword and a Thousand Water Condensed Moon Sword.

The dark silver heavy water spread out like mercury, flowing slowly through the gaps in the forbidden patterns. Wherever it passed, the previously gapped ring-shaped voids and forbidden pattern nodes instantly snapped together seamlessly.

The second drop followed immediately, falling into the lower ring-shaped confinement space, perfectly sealing all the gaps.

The moment the two drops of monolithic heavy water completely merged into the forbidden pattern structure, the framework, with the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword as the core and a Thousand Water Condensed Moon Sword hanging above and below, was fully formed.

With a slight thought, He Sheng's sword suddenly burst forth with dazzling moonlight.

The moonlight was so intense it almost materialized, like a moon shrunk countless times as it rose before his eyes.

The bright moon slowly rotated in mid-air, echoing each other, the sword light intertwined with the moonlight, and the coldness and sharpness blended together.

He Sheng raised his hand and made a gesture.

The bright moon trembled slightly, then suddenly contracted inward, coalescing into a slender sword that landed steadily in his palm.

This first-generation True Water Moon Shadow Sword is a bit longer than the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword.

The sword still has the shape of flowing water, but the number of blades that make up the sword has exceeded five thousand.

Each sword-shaped leaf is only the size of a fingernail, as thin as a cicada's wing, crystal clear, with extremely fine pale blue light threads flowing inside.

But at this moment, these light filaments are no longer isolated, but rather like an extremely intricate net, firmly weaving together more than five thousand sword blades.

Along the spine of the sword, a thin, dark silver line runs straight through the blade, extending from the guard to the tip.

That was the trace left after the primordial heavy water was integrated into the forbidden pattern structure, and it was also the most fundamental difference between this Dao artifact and the ordinary Thousand Waters Condensed Moon Sword and Water Moon Thousand Light Sword.

"It's done!"

But the power of this generation's True Water Moon Shadow Sword is unknown.

He Sheng stood up, and with a thought, he channeled his magical power into the sword.

hum!

A sword cry, clearer and longer than that of the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, resounded throughout the rear hall.

The sword suddenly split apart.

This time, it wasn't just a cloud of water mist that spread out.

Within the mist, over a hundred moon shadows lit up simultaneously!

Unlike the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword, which only condenses three triangular moonbeams, those moon shadows covered the sky and were densely packed, as if in an instant all the stars in the night sky had been replaced by the bright moon!

A hundred shadows of the moon.

He Sheng felt the feedback transmitted from the sword and suddenly understood.

This is the unique ability of the first-generation True Water Moon Shadow Sword. Based on five Thousand Water Condensed Moon Swords, with the One Yuan Heavy Water as its bone and the Ring-shaped Void Restriction as its link, it can unleash the True Water Sword Intent to its extreme, transforming into a hundred moon shadows.

Each moon shadow can be integrated with the sword intent of the swordsman, thereby generating hundreds of sword lights that are both real and illusory!

He attempted to incorporate his already mastered "Moon in the Water" sword intent into it.

In recent years, he has not deliberately cultivated sword intent, but only occasionally improved it by using general training time, gradually pushing the "Sea Moon Sword Technique" to the point of mastering the "Moon in the Water" sword intent.

The reason he did this was naturally because he didn't want anyone to notice anything amiss. After all, being in the Moon Glow Sect, if he were to suddenly and rapidly improve his abilities, and Ying Ruyue eventually noticed something, he felt that his fate would definitely not be good.

At this moment, the fully realized sword intent of [Moon in the Water] flowed into the sword like a gentle stream.

The next moment, things changed abruptly.

The hundred moon shadows in the misty sky began to tremble slightly, and then each emitted a hundred sword lights that were both real and illusory.

A hundred moon shadows are like ten thousand sword lights.

Ten thousand sword lights appeared simultaneously, completely engulfing the entire rear hall.

The sword light did not scatter and shoot out in a chaotic manner, but rather echoed each other in a mysterious rhythm.

Some of the sword light was real, incredibly sharp, even causing the spirit-gathering array patterns on the stone walls of the rear hall to light up one after another, as if resisting this terrifying sword intent.

Some sword lights are illusory, seemingly ethereal and formless, yet they can switch between reality and illusion at will, making it impossible for people to distinguish which one is the real killing move.

Even more remarkably, the sword light between the real and the illusory can merge together, transforming into even more powerful sword lights.

He Sheng was immersed in the world of interwoven sword light, and an overwhelming sense of awe welled up in his heart.

"Ten thousand sword lights streaked across the sky... their power is even stronger than I anticipated!"

He sensed it carefully for a moment and gradually came to understand.

This first-generation True Water Moon Shadow Sword, in terms of power alone, is at least 20% stronger than the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword!

If we also consider the overwhelming range of sword light and the bizarre changes brought about by the interplay of reality and illusion, its actual effectiveness in combat is probably far superior to the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword.

As for the amplification of the [True Water] attribute, He Sheng was unable to specifically sense it because he did not possess the Life Divine Power.

However, he could vaguely sense that the wisp of dark silver thread formed from the primordial heavy water within the sword was continuously absorbing the water-based spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This sword is incredibly intelligent; not only does it know how to absorb water-elemental spiritual energy to nourish its body, but over time, its [True Water] quality may even gradually increase.

He Sheng's mind stirred again, and the countless sword lights surged back like rivers flowing into the sea, reforming into a slender, light blue sword in his palm.

He lowered his head, his fingertips lightly tracing the thin, dark silver line along the spine of the sword, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

"Once this sword is completed, Lin Yuejing's fifty merits will be in her grasp."

He began to calculate in a low voice.

Even if he stops forging weapons in the next few years, he only needs to give this sword to Lin Yuejing, and then give the Water Moon Thousand Light Sword that Lin Yuejing used to offset fifteen great merits to Zhen Yuerui, and he will get a total of ten thousand drops of sinking water and fifty great merits.

Adding to the ten great merits I received from Lin Yuejing, I now have sixty great merits!

hiss!

He Sheng couldn't help but gasp.

You don't know until you calculate it, and then you're shocked by the results.

He originally thought that by refining weapons step by step to gain merit, it would take at least twenty years of hard work to accumulate the one hundred great merits required to enter the Water Moon Blessed Land.

But now it seems that as long as there are a few more innocent victims... no, a few more wealthy and high-end clients like Lin Yuejing and Zhen Yuerui, he can accumulate a hundred great merits within three to five years!

Once I enter the Water Moon Blessed Land and acquire the fifth-grade cultivation technique, "Water Moon Void-Piercing True Sword Art," I can begin preparing for true Core Formation...

He Sheng was happily immersed in his beautiful dreams for the future when suddenly a sharp glint seemed to pierce through the hall. He quickly...

Coming to my senses, I noticed a slender, aloof figure standing before the palace gate.

It was actually Shuiyue Zhenren, Ying Ruyue!

Ying Ruyue had been there for who knows how long. Her clear, cold eyes were looking at him with a half-smile, her gaze deep and penetrating, as if she could see into his heart.

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