Chapter Thirty: The Golden Collar in the Golden Collar

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  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 though the Xuanyuan Sect can't be counted among the top five sects in the Daoist lineage today, it wouldn't be difficult for it to be considered a top-notch sect.

  After studying this volume of "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu" so far, Chu Linfeng has made one thing certain: the most precious part of the many records in the Lianqi Lu is not the methods for refining more than a hundred kinds of magical artifacts, nor is it Xuanyuan Zhenren's various insights and experiences regarding the way of refining artifacts. Rather, it is the two unique techniques for refining artifacts that he created by gathering his lifelong wisdom and integrating them with his creations. It was precisely because of these two techniques that Xuanyuan Zhenren painstakingly researched and created that so many different extraordinary methods for refining artifacts were derived from them. This is where the true value of "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu" lies.

  Due to the inadequacy of his personal cultivation, Chu Linfeng can currently only employ a technique called "Magic Pattern Tempering Method" for refining equipment. Moreover, he is still unable to fully utilize this technique, but even so, Chu Linfeng has confidence in using the same materials to refine ordinary magic treasures that are three to five times stronger than before.

  After having a preliminary grasp of the "Magic Pattern Refining Method", Chu Linfeng's excitement was so intense, and the reason is not unreasonable. To put it simply, if one masters the "Magic Pattern Refining Method", it would be equivalent to possessing a treasure basin that cannot be exchanged for even tens of thousands of wealth.

  To illustrate this more intuitively, in the Xianxia world, ordinary magic treasures are not particularly rare items, but they can also be divided into three levels: primary, intermediate, and advanced. This undoubtedly makes the value of many ordinary magic treasures more intuitive.

  Taking the "Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield" as an example, it is also a refined treasure. Due to the varying skills of the refiner, the quality of the refining materials used, and some luck factors, the finished product will have different qualities.

  The Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield, if refined properly, can reach the level of a high-grade ordinary item. The power of this treasure tool is several times stronger than that of an ordinary low-grade treasure tool, and its value also increases to dozens of times that of an ordinary low-grade treasure tool.

  As for Chu Linfeng's current cultivation and strength, in the line of alchemy, he can only be considered a beginner. However, after mastering the "Magic Pattern Refining Method", he can use the most ordinary materials to refine a product that reaches the quality of an upper-grade "Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield".

  To know that the cultivation of immortality is not just a matter of quiet meditation to achieve success, an accomplished and extraordinary strong cultivator must have extremely vast financial resources to support them.

  Heavenly opportunities, auspicious land, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, spiritual elixirs and wonderful medicines, spiritual stones and meritorious methods, divine techniques and magical skills, etc., are all indispensable in the cultivation process. However, eight or nine out of ten of these things cannot be obtained by relying on one's own strength alone.

  A person's energy and time are limited after all, even if they have unconventional means, if they spend a lot of time searching for these essential items for cultivation, then even if they gain something, they will waste a lot of their lifespan, not worth it.

  Therefore, wealth is a major cornerstone for achieving success in cultivation, and this has always been an undisputed truth in the cultivation world.

  At the same time, this is also the biggest reason why alchemists and artifact refiners are so envied by other cultivators.

  After all, alchemists and artifact refiners can use their own methods to exchange a small amount of effort for enormous wealth. Looking at the entire cultivation world, among those who have the opportunity to set foot in the sixth heaven or above, except for those cultivators with extremely powerful backgrounds and backers, eight or nine out of ten are either alchemists or artifact refiners.

  Among them, the Alchemist has achieved the highest achievement. After all, in the Cultivation World, without the help of elixirs to enhance one's strength, it would take at most some time to temper oneself.

  But if there is no suitable magic weapon to use, it will be a matter of life and death. Moreover, the number of alchemists is even rarer than that of pill makers, let alone that refining equipment is not like refining pills, which often takes up several months or even years of time.

  To put it bluntly, the profession of refining equipment is simply the elite among elites, and there is no other profession in the cultivation world that can accumulate wealth more than this one.

  Collecting his thoughts, Chu Lin silently recited the "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu" twice in his heart, making sure he didn't miss a single word. Only then did he put away the jade slips containing the "Xuanyuan Lianqi Lu", along with other jade slips containing various divine techniques and cultivation methods, into his storage bag.

  "This trip to the Scripture Pavilion has yielded such a harvest, which is beyond my expectation. Obtaining the 'Xuanyuan Lianqi Record' will undoubtedly save me from taking many detours on my future path of refining equipment..."

  At the same time as he let out a sigh of emotion, Chu Linfeng respectfully bowed to the Dharma image of the mysterious Yuan True Person in the space, his heart filled with sincere gratitude and admiration for this great master of artifact refinement.

  "If I, Chu Linfeng, achieve anything in my lifetime, I will never forget the kindness of Xuan Yuan Sect. If there is an opportunity to repay it, I will definitely do my best." After saying this seriously, Chu Linfeng stood up and walked towards the entrance he came from.

  Long before entering the Scripture Pavilion, or even after Chu Linfeng had taken Zhao Lie as his master, he no longer considered himself a disciple of the Xuan Yuan Sect. However, this did not affect his gratitude towards them. Within the sect, there were those who bullied him and those who treated him kindly, but the kindness far outweighed the grievances, and these were all clearly accounted for in Chu Linfeng's heart.

  "First go to Jiuzi Swamp, then revive the family..."

  This is what Chu Linfeng must do now, and it's also something that no one can stop.

  Kill the Taiqing Sect to save his mother, Chu Lianfeng doesn't have that ability, even if he has endless sorrow and anger, it's not feasible, but with his current cultivation strength as a sixth-level heavenly being and his identity as an alchemy master, he can try to bring the Chu family back into the ranks of secular aristocratic families.

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