Chapter 29: The Secret of Refining Equipment

  I got home late today, so I'm updating this late, sorry about that!

  "Xuanyuan Zong has been kind to me, but this action makes it hard for me to be at peace in my heart." Chu Lianfeng refused again.

  "You're really getting on my nerves!"

  Zhao Lie let out a displeased roar, but then seemed to sense the determination in Chu Lin's words and thought of something else. In an instant, his attitude took a 180-degree turn, and he spoke in an unusually gentle tone: "Good disciple knows how to repay kindness, heh heh, this is not bad. I wouldn't want to take on a disloyal and ungrateful disciple..."

  As for Zhao Lie's unpredictable personality, Chu Linfeng was already used to it. Seeing the former turn from anger to laughter, he also felt a warmth in his heart and said: "Master is thinking of Linfeng, all these Linfeng understand..."

  At this point, Chu Linfeng paused for a moment, then a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "After careful consideration, what Master said is not unreasonable. The sixth domain is difficult to open even for Tianjie cultivators, let alone those in the Xuan Yuan Sect. Even if someone has the opportunity to enter this place, it's likely that no one will reach this realm in a hundred years. Rather than wasting resources here, it would be better to let the disciples take action."

  "Xuán Yuán Zōng has enlightened his disciples with great kindness, until they have taken all the scriptures from this place. The disciple only took 'Xuán Yuán Liàn Qì Lù', and when leaving, left behind the remaining scriptures, which can also be considered as a small repayment. This is indeed not delaying either of them."

  "Right, right! Good thinking, young apprentice! Haha, now Master will take action."

  Zhao Lie, the hot-tempered Demon Lord, acted as soon as he spoke. Just as Chu Linfeng was relaxing his mind, Zhao Lie had already activated his reincarnated divine consciousness and attached it to Chu Linfeng's body.

  When Chu Ling's eyes flashed with a faint light, Zhao Lie had already possessed his body. A strong and unmatched aura suddenly burst out from him, revealing his heavenly stage cultivation. It was so powerful that it caused a wave of spiritual pressure visible to the naked eye in the vast space around him.

  Jiuyou Souluo - Po

  Suddenly, Chu Linfeng's mouth spat out five words, and as his palms swiftly probed, illusory palm prints filled the sky. They transformed into giant green-glowing hands that reached into space to grab those jade pupils shrouded in strange colors.

  Numerous illusory hands, both large and small, grasped down fiercely in an instant. Nearly a hundred colorful jade pupils simultaneously trembled violently, producing extremely powerful resistance. For a moment, they could not be subdued. The colors suddenly burst forth, as if about to escape the grasp of the green and large hands, and flee swiftly.

  "No matter how powerful your seal is, I will take what's mine. Is there a reason for me to fail?"

  Zhao Lie's wildly unrestrained voice suddenly roared out, and his hand holding the Decree Seal changed once more. Over a hundred illusory giant hands condensed from the azure glow abruptly swelled to over twice their original size.

  At this moment, Zhao Lie actually forcibly raised his cultivation to the realm of Tianjie Fourth Heaven, and only in this way could he enhance the power of the imperial-grade divine technique Jiuyou Search by another stage.

  However, forcibly increasing his cultivation strength would also make him pay a considerable price, but this was no longer within his consideration.

  In his heyday, Zhao Lie's "Nine You Search and Capture" was at its peak, able to transform into thousands of illusions, covering an area of ten miles in all directions, with a power that could be called unparalleled.

  The mysterious seal set up by the True Person of the Mysterious Origin within the realm of the classics, although subtle and ingenious, was also broken one by one under such an overwhelmingly powerful momentum.

  Under the overwhelming momentum of Qingying's massive hand, nearly a hundred sealed Yu Pei Jian were grabbed and taken into her hand with an absolutely crushing force, instantly shattering the mysterious seals on them.

  When Chu Linfeng regained consciousness, he saw a piece of jade slip in front of him. He was about to say a few words to his master, but unexpectedly, Zhao Lie's voice entered his mind first.

  "Good disciple, this time I have expended a great deal of energy and will be in seclusion for some time. Be careful with everything..."

  Just a hurried entrustment, Chu Linfeng could no longer sense Zhao Lie's presence within his own Purple Mansion. The hoarse and extremely weak voice of Zhao Lie echoed in his ears, and Chu Linfeng couldn't help but feel a slight dampness in the corners of his eyes. He had already understood that all of Zhao Lie's weakness was due to the previous exchange of blows, and all of this was for his own sake.

  "Master, please be at ease. I will not disappoint your expectations and will do everything possible to improve my cultivation strength. In the shortest time possible, I will break through to the Sixth Heaven of the Sky Realm. At that time, I can help you recreate your physical body, repair your divine sense, and let you be reborn."

  In her heart, she secretly vowed, and then gathered her emotions, Chu Lin's gaze fell on the jade pendant on the ground.

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  "The way of refining instruments is as profound as the sea..."

  Chu Linfeng, who had been immersed in the "Xuan Yuan Lian Qi Lu" for half a year, suddenly broke his silence and calmness of these days, sat up abruptly from the ground, with an unbearable excitement and agitation on his face.

  "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu" records the lifelong experience of Xuanyuan Zhenren, a great master of alchemy, in his pursuit of refining instruments. His exposition on the way of refining instruments is meticulous and thorough, leaving no details unexplained. The text also contains numerous personal insights and interpretations of this great master of alchemy, whose subtlety and profundity are difficult to describe in words.

  Even with Chu Linfeng's exceptional innate talent, it took him a full 26 days to simply read through the text, and then another three months to gradually grasp some of the simpler key points. By then, Chu Linfeng was no longer an outsider when it came to the art of equipment refinement.

  However, he did not stop at this point, but instead devoted himself to studying and researching the methods and steps for refining the sixteen kinds of magical artifacts recorded in the first part of "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu", and painstakingly studied a unique secret method for improving the quality of magical artifacts recorded in the Refining Record.

  Although only one of the sixteen types of magic treasures is the highest grade, it is only a high-grade magic treasure. There are also ten ordinary magic treasures, including "Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield" and "Explosive Flame Needle", which Chu Linfeng has successfully refined before. However, through the process of familiarizing himself with how to refine these sixteen types of magic treasures, Chu Linfeng's progress in refining equipment has made a qualitative leap.

  The method of refining equipment recorded in "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu" is so different from others, completely overturning the understanding of Chu Linfeng's initial comprehension of the basic knowledge of refining equipment.

  Similarly, the refined ordinary treasure "Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield" can have its power increased several times after understanding the "Xuanyuan Lianqi Record". Chu Linfeng is completely confident that with suitable materials, its power can be increased by more than tenfold.

  This alone is enough to prove how profound are the many insights into alchemy recorded in "Hsüan Yüan Liu Ch'i Lu".

  Xuanyuan True Person can be said to be an absolute equipment refining madman. With his innate talent and opportunities, if he hadn't put all his energy into the path of equipment refinement, he could have ascended to immortality more than a hundred years ago. If Xuanyuan True Person had spent a bit more thought on the sect he founded back then, I believe that even now, Xuanyuan Sect would not be able to squeeze into the top five sects of the Daoist school, but it would definitely not be difficult for it to become a top-notch sect.

  After reading this volume of "Xuan Yuan Lian Qi Lu", Chu Linfeng has confirmed one thing, that is, the most precious part of the many records in the alchemy record is not the method of refining more than 100 kinds of magic treasures, nor is it Xuan Yuan Zhenren's many insights and experiences on the way of alchemy, but rather the two unique alchemy essentials that he has collected his life wisdom and integrated.

  It is precisely because of the painstaking research and creation of these two Xuan Yuan True Men that they have given rise to so many different methods of alchemy, which is the true value of "Xuan Yuan Lian Qi Lu".