Chapter 69: Instant Sky Plate

  Kong Wu Lao Dao, who had been sitting cross-legged in the central hall of Xianyun Temple, finally stood up and walked towards the exhausted cultivators, seemingly unaffected by the strange phenomenon triggered by Sun Ming, still with an expressionless face.

  "Alright, the time has come. Everyone, please demonstrate your refined artifacts once." Kong Wu's words were neither light nor heavy, but the cultivators who had spent three days refining their artifacts felt their hearts tighten up again as soon as they heard them. Although it was easier to demonstrate something they had refined themselves, after all, they would be demonstrating in front of so many people, including some seniors and superiors, which made them feel a bit embarrassed.

  It was actually Nangong Liuyun, the disciple of Kongwu Laodao, who was more open-minded. Perhaps it was because he was used to being in front of the scattered immortals of the Holy Alliance's first vein that he didn't feel anything towards these people anymore.

  "The green silk and white gauze, a mid-grade spiritual artifact with the effect of binding and flight." Nan Gong Liu Yun's answer was brief and concise, but it fit her icy personality. In fact, this green silk and white gauze were indeed rare and precious among mid-grade spiritual artifacts. The entire thing was made from fire silkworm silk, and on top of that, the spiritual silk of a green spider was used to draw an array pattern. Although it looked gentle and agile, this thing was absolutely not just simple binding when activated. Fire silkworms were a type of silkworm that grew at the mouth of volcanoes, and their silk had been used by cultivators for centuries to refine defensive light armor. The fire silkworm silk was snow-white and could also immunize against some fire-attribute injuries, with the effect of amplifying fire-attribute true yuan power. As a rare spiritual beast of the wood attribute, the green spider's silk inherited all the characteristics of wood-attribute materials. Arrays made from green spider silk were far superior to ordinary engraved arrays in terms of true yuan power flow and amplification. So Nan Gong Liu Yun's artifact was absolutely not just simple binding and flight as she said. Her master, Kong Wu Old Dao, looked rather relieved, and the elderly members of the Sacred Alliance's artifact refinement branch behind him also nodded slightly. This little girl seemed very carefree, and after giving a slight bow to her seniors, she walked away, not forgetting to give a disdainful glance at the foolish-looking artifact refiners standing there.

  Fortunately, the second person appeared soon after, but this guy came and went quickly, and actually took out a treasure-level flying sword. Although it was a high-quality treasure, there wasn't much to show off about it. Facing the grayish-black eyes of the Holy Alliance's seniors, this brother was quite tactful and didn't speak loudly or boastfully, and quickly left.

  Sun Ming watched with a wry smile, thinking that his own things should at least be demonstrated once. Although it was just a treasure-level flying sword, he thought to himself that an equipment refiner who lacked confidence in himself would never achieve great heights.

  Many alchemists went up to demonstrate, but there were really not many that could catch Sun Ming's eye. One guy had something pretty good, although it was just a treasure-grade artifact, but the idea was clever and quite novel. It was actually a mirror that could see the flow of one's own true yuan force, although it didn't have any auxiliary effects, being able to clearly see the flow of one's own true yuan force was of great use for those in the Golden Dan stage or lower who couldn't introspect, however unfortunately there weren't many cultivators like Sun Ming with foresight, let alone in this ancient and weathered Xianyun Hall, these old antiques wouldn't be able to see the true purpose of this thing, after all, things below the spiritual artifact grade would basically be ignored by them.

  The truly good things are not determined by their grade, any magic treasure has its own purpose, no matter how high or low its grade is. However, in this cultivation world where strength is everything, the grade of a magic treasure has almost become the only standard to measure its quality. It seems that anything with a lower grade is considered trash. Who can really see the original intention of the craftsman who forged this magic treasure? Sun Ming thought about this and sympathetically looked at the craftsman who forged that low-grade mirror. After all, he was still an unremarkable craftsman at this time, but he understood innovation, which made him precious. His future path is still long, and it's very possible that he will become a great master, because only those who understand innovation can make progress.

  Sun Ming lazily watched the performances of one by one walking up to the stage, yawning boredly, stretching his waist, and began to wander around aimlessly. Suddenly, he felt a chill behind him, and immediately turned his head back to look.

  "This is the Xianyun Hall, can fellow Taoist be more mindful of your manners." Nangong Liuyun looked at Sun Ming with a cold gaze, his expression was indescribably disgusted. Sun Ming felt uncomfortable in his heart.

  "Is this Xianyun Temple your family's? I do whatever I want, what business is it of yours?" Sun Ming also somewhat indignantly said with a rather frivolous tone, and afterwards he even lifted one foot to place on the other leg, his movements indescribably lazy. Probably Nan Gong Liu Yun was seeing this kind of cultivator for the first time, originally an icy cold smile as white as snow, now flushed red with anger.

  "You!!! Born from the number one sect in the world, Tianxia Diyi Qixiu Menpai, why are you so lacking in etiquette?" Nan Gong Liu Yun seemed to be at a loss for words, his tone of speech was even a bit incoherent.

  "Xiu Zhen is about being natural and carefree, what's the point of all those rules and restrictions? Our Qi Ling Sect may be the number one sect in the world for cultivating instruments, but we don't have so many tedious formalities." Sun Ming turned a blind eye to Nangong Bing'er's anger and replied with this sentence, before turning his head back around.

  "YOU!!!" Nangong Liuyun was furious, his small face bright red, his two jade hands clenched into fists. Fortunately, Sun Ming and her seat were relatively far back and hadn't been discovered by others, or else this would have caused a big commotion.

  "The Liuyan sword splits the sky, a top-grade spiritual instrument." Mu Rongyun's words temporarily brought an end to the conflict between Sun Ming and Nan Gongliu Yun. After all, a top-grade spiritual instrument in the cultivation world is already a very high-end weapon, let alone one that was refined by a five-star refiner. With just this flying sword, Mu Rongyun could become a six-star or even seven-star refiner.

  "Hmph, the number one sect of Tianxia's artifact refinement is going to fall into someone else's hands today." Nan Gong Liu Yun's tone had a vengeful first, Sun Ming furrowed his brow and ignored her.

  "I have refined the Nine Heavenly Essence and Iron Essence to create this, I am confident that I can cut off any flying sword below mid-grade spirit device." Murong Yunfan said with a rather pleased tone, with a provocative expression looking at Sun Ming. But in the end, even the provocation was gone, leaving only disdain. No wonder, when Sun Ming's treasure was formed, although there were some strange phenomena, but after all, there were only a few high-level masters who could truly perceive the level of this treasure, and Murong Yunfan was not among them. However, the expression of Lan Xian Zhenren was quite ugly.

  "With just a few materials like Star Iron and Azure Stone, you were able to forge a top-grade spiritual artifact all by yourself. Your innate talent is truly astonishing. It seems the outcome of this competition is far from certain." Dryan sighed.

  "Ah, I hope this spiritual treasure doesn't surpass Cloud Luan's attack power." Lan Yun Zhen Ren looked at Mu Rong Yun Luan who was joyfully cutting through the trial stone and said with concern. At this moment, he had also lost his original calmness, after all, things were no longer in his control, everything could only be done to the best of one's ability and then left to fate.

  Finally, the cultivator in front of Sun Ming finished displaying his treasure and returned. Sun Ming stood up and slowly walked over, although Ling Xing and Ling Yu had only refined two low-grade spiritual artifacts, but judging from the situation, it shouldn't be too embarrassing.

  Sun Ming stood in the center of the hall, took out the newly refined magic treasure from the Nasu ring, cleared his throat and said loudly.

  "Instant Sky Disk, top-grade spiritual artifact, function, instant teleportation." The words had barely fallen when a loud commotion erupted, the sound of discussion and argument rising to the level of a street vendor's shouting.

  Before Sun Ming could explain, Kong Wuyi interrupted, it can be seen that he has a very high interest in this matter.

  "Lingming, instant movement, that's a skill that only cultivators in the fusion period can possess. You say this treasure can move instantly, it's a bit too fake, isn't it? Moreover, although this thing can be considered a top-grade spiritual instrument from its material and craftsmanship, what puzzles me is why it doesn't have even a hint of the spiritual power fluctuations that a top-grade spiritual instrument should possess? It looks like a broken treasure."

  Kong Wuyi's words reminded the crowd of cultivators who were shocked and discussing the two words "instant movement". For a moment, the discussion subsided, and they all looked at Sun Ming with a puzzled gaze.

  "Master Shu, is this thing a failed refinement? How come there's not even a hint of spiritual energy fluctuation?" Tian Huo asked uncertainly beside Ming Xin.

  "Hmm, I'm not quite sure either. Just yesterday, the elixir had just been refined and it seemed like a success, but why this situation has occurred is really beyond me." Murong Xue said with a smile.

  "But don't worry, you see Ming Er's expression didn't change at all when he was asked about this question, it means he must have a backup plan, let's just wait and see." Tian Yi said with a smile.

  "Lingming, in this grand hall of the Holy Alliance's headquarters, why are you shining so brightly and deceiving people? Since it's already a failed thing, shouldn't you hurry up and leave, lest you tarnish the reputation of the 'Number One Artifact Refining Sect'?" Mu Rongyun's voice was particularly jarring in the now-quiet great hall of Xianyundian. Sun Ming felt a surge of anger, thinking to himself, "It's just a stone I bought from you, right? Could it be that Dong Huang Taizhen would give away the Dong Huang Bell just because he said 'Donor, you and I have fate'?"

  Sun Ming didn't make a sound, he just took out the top-grade crystal stone from the Xumi ring and inserted it into the empty hole in the center of the nine Bi Kong stones. Before everyone could react, Sun Ming's figure had disappeared.

  "Sister, you see that now this treasure is still useless?" Sun Ming suddenly appeared in front of Murong Yunfan and said.