Chapter 67: Mysterious Fire Nine Transformations

  An hour passed, and Sun Ming sat quietly there, motionless, looking around at the surroundings, some of the instrument repairers had already selected materials and were ready to start refining.

  "Shifu Lingming, what is this kid doing? Why is he just sitting there without moving?" Tian Huo asked Xuanxin on the side with a somewhat impatient tone.

  "Hehe, what's the hurry? After all, this is his game. We can't do anything by being anxious here, let's just wait and see. Lingming is a careful child, he won't do something without being sure." Zhenxin said with a smile as he looked at Sunming who was sitting cross-legged, head down and silent.

  Sun Ming still hadn't started refining, instead he was observing the people around him who were preparing or had already begun refining their equipment. "Fire Crystal Iron, Rhyme Spirit Stone, Taiyi Golden Essence..." Sun Ming saw the materials in front of Murong Yunling and thought to himself, "So this girl wants to refine a fire-attribute flying sword, no wonder she likes these violent things. But it seems that refining something you're most familiar with is more reliable." Sun Ming looked around and found that most of the cultivators were refining flying swords, armor, and other things they were most familiar with. He felt confused, unsure of what to refine, since he was familiar with everything, making it hard to choose.

  "He had refined many things himself, from the initial Fan Tian Yin, Wu Huo Qi Xuan fan, Jin Jiao sword, Kong Xian rope, to the refining of Ling Tian Zong's formulaic treasures. It could be said that he was rich in experience, but this time it was different after all. This was a test related to the sect's honor." Sun Ming was worried.

  "Refine yourself into the thing you want to refine, interest is the best teacher." Yun Zhongzi suddenly blurted out this sentence after a long time of not speaking.

  "Exactly, why not refine the one treasure I've always wanted to? With so many materials here, whatever I need is available, no need to worry about materials, what's there to hesitate about?" Sun Ming laughed and stood up, walking towards the material storage room behind him.

  "This kid has finally made up his mind." Tian Huo let out a sigh of relief.

  "The Alliance Master, I'll ask a presumptuous question. If Yun Luan loses this time, which sacred artifact will the Qixiu Alliance give to the Qiling Sect?" asked Gan Xin.

  "Hmph, just give them the Cold Moon Immortal Sword then. Ha! Even if I were to give them any useful immortal artifacts, the Artifact Refining Alliance and us are the same, almost all of our cultivators are fire-attribute. I'd like to see what they can do with a water-attribute immortal sword! You, Qian Xin, why don't you trust Yun Luan? That kid is only in the Golden Dan stage, while Yun Luan is an entire level higher than him!" Lan Xian True Person said with some displeasure.

  "Hmm, I'm just a bit worried, after all, the Qilong Sect has been standing in the Xiuzhen realm for so many years, there must be some unknown secrets." Qianxin said with an awkward smile.

  "Unknown secrets? What kind of secret can make a Jindan stage child refine top-grade spiritual equipment? Since Yun Luan is holding the Nine Heavens Spiritual Liquid, he must be able to refine top-grade spiritual equipment. Do you think a Jindan stage child can refine top-grade spiritual equipment?" Lan Xian Zhenren smiled and seemed to say that Qian Xin was worrying too much.

  "I always feel that something is off, if there's such a huge gap, why does that Lingming disciple have such a confident smile? Never mind, I won't think about it anymore. After all, this matter was decided by the Alliance Master, even if we fail, it doesn't have much to do with me." Qianxin Old Dao chuckled and cast his gaze towards the crowd of artifact refiners on the opposite side.

  Sun Ming was not like the other artifact refiners who were very purposeful in searching for certain materials, but instead wandered aimlessly in the material library, occasionally taking down a few things from the shelves. Looking back at the crowd behind Sun Ming, the fastest ones had already started to take shape. Of course, the guy who made the fastest progress was a bit of an oddball, and he actually managed to create an embroidery needle, which left his senior fellow disciple sitting opposite him crying with laughter. This guy even went so far as to carve an array on it with spiritual fire, looking very serious, which made the other artifact refiners shake their heads in dismay. After all, carving arrays on small, exquisite artifacts required extremely high mental and spiritual cultivation, and even if a cultivator's physical condition was excellent, their eyes might not be able to see such tiny details clearly. And this guy's mental and spiritual cultivation were only at the initial stage of the yuan ying period, so his artifact came quickly but also went quickly, and he accidentally broke it, causing a wave of regret among the surrounding crowd.

  "What is the most famous needle-type magic treasure in the Xiu Jian realm, Elder Ming Xin?" Tian Huo asked, seemingly having thought of something as he turned to ask Ming Xin beside him.

  "Hmm, the Needle-type Magic Treasure is actually a very powerful type of attacking magic treasure. You can hardly see things like this in the Cultivation Realm, but it seems that there's someone in the Demonic Path who's quite famous for using needle-type magic treasures... what was his name again?" Ming Xin turned to ask Ming Ting beside her.

  "Li Tianmo, a steward of the Demon Palace, has a treasure called the Ghostly Blood Needle. However, this treasure is too evil, with 99,999 bones needles, each containing a vengeful spirit. Countless cultivators have died at its hands, and if not for the agreement between the Holy Alliance and the Demon Palace, who knows how many more would have fallen to the Ghostly Blood Needle?" said Dusk Court in a gloomy tone.

  "Heh, actually, aside from the demonic path's soul-refining technique, this needle-shaped treasure isn't a bad thing either. It seems that this little guy has put in some effort." Tian Yi smiled as he looked at the artifact refiner who had started crafting another needle-shaped treasure.

  "Alright, it seems like we're starting tomorrow." said Mu Xin with a smile.

  "What is he picking up? What is this kid going to refine?" Tianyi muttered to himself with a puzzled expression.

  Actually, even if the elders of the Instrument Spirit Sect were to stand in front of Sun Ming now, they would absolutely not be able to tell what he was refining. Bi Kong Shi, Xing Chen Tie, Yun Ling Jing Shi... many things, piled up into a small mountain in front of Sun Ming, making the surrounding instrument cultivators think that Sun Ming wanted to take advantage of the competition to make a profit. Nan Gong Liu Yun also put down the thing in his hand and looked at Sun Ming, and on his icy face, a hint of doubt actually appeared.

  "Everyone continues, continues, being looked at like this, continue." Even someone as fierce as Sun Ming couldn't help but feel a bit unbearable under the suspicious gaze of this person.

  Sun Ming ignored everyone's gaze and sat cross-legged again, starting to think.

  "Master Uncle, I don't understand either. Ling Xing and Ling Yu have already started their cultivation, so why is our most anticipated Ling Ming doing some strange actions here again and again?" Tian Huo asked with concern.

  "Heh heh, if I'm not mistaken, Ling Ming should be refining a brand new magic treasure. He's already selected the materials and is now thinking about how to refine it. Don't worry, this kid won't disappoint us." Meng Xin said with a smile.

  "I hope so." Tian Huo's voice sounded somewhat lacking in confidence.

  "Hmm, it seems like tomorrow is going to start." Tianyi smiled and said after a while.

  A ball of disguised Hongmeng purple fire appeared in front of Sun Ming, and a piece of Xingchen iron the size of two fists was thrown into the spiritual fire by Sun Ming to start refining. The most annoying thing for refiners is this process, removing impurities from these materials, which often takes a very long time. When the elders of Qiling Sect saw this, they shifted their gaze elsewhere.

  "No, Master Uncle, look at Lingming." Tianhuo suddenly said in a slightly trembling voice.

  "What's wrong?" Ming Xin was quite displeased. As the current elder of Qilingshan, Tian Huo's temper was not suitable for his position at all.

  "This, this is?" Dusk Heart also looked at Sun Ming with great surprise. The elders of some instrument repairmen who came to participate in the trial and were sitting around also discovered Sun Ming's abnormal situation, and they whispered to each other, some even stood up in surprise.

  Two clusters of spiritual fire appeared in front of Sun Ming, the larger one was refining Star Iron, while the smaller one was condensing Bi Kong Stone. With a loud noise, the two clusters of spiritual fire echoed each other, looking quite beautiful, and Sun Ming's expression was natural and calm, as if all this was born from nature itself.

  "Is this really it?" Tianyi's voice was filled with undisguised surprise.

  "Ah, that's right! This should be the first level of the Xuanhuo Jiubian Gongfa recorded in our sect's classics. I didn't expect Ming'er to learn this technique so quickly!" Zhenxin said with a relieved smile.

  "Hmm, this is recorded in detail in the sect's library. I didn't expect that since you've learned this technique, it seems that only three people have successfully cultivated it throughout the history of the Cultivation Realm." Tianyi said.

  "Uh, when the predecessor who created this technique first wrote in the preface that it's not for those with extraordinary talent to cultivate, after all, there are very few alchemists among cultivators. Dividing the originally not-so-powerful spiritual fire to refine magic treasures is already a challenge, let alone controlling them requires extremely high mental cultivation. Even if we don't talk about that, the power of the spiritual fire will weaken after being divided, which is not something ordinary alchemists can handle. Therefore, although the Xuanhuo Jiubian technique has been widely disseminated and almost every alchemist school has a few people who practice it, there have only been three successful alchemists in the history of the cultivation world."

  "Mo Xin Dao You, your sect has taken in a good disciple, haha." Kong Wu Lao Dao also seemed to be surprised by Sun Ming's performance, and there was even a hint of envy in his words.

  Sun Ming didn't feel anything, only a bit embarrassed by the gazes of those around him. He had simply separated a part from the Linghuo to refine the Bìkōng stone because it was convenient and didn't have any other meaning. However, this unintentional move was thought by others to be the cultivation of the Xuanhuo Jiubian. Sun Ming heard the discussions of those around him, so since they thought he cultivated the Xuanhuo Jiubian, then let them think that. Anyway, he didn't have any losses.

  "It seems that this Lingming can't stay any longer! He has actually learned such a powerful technique!" Lan Xianzhen's gaze towards Sun Ming was filled with unspoken malice.