Chapter 195: Advance to the Qi Stage! Reforging the Dragon Blood Sword!
Inside the inn, Lin Yan slightly closed his eyes. He sat cross-legged on a bed, his hands forming seals, and a vigorous elemental energy continuously appeared around his body. As the seals of his hands changed constantly, the elemental energy on Lin Yan's body became denser and denser. Finally, the elemental energy flowing around his body reached a threshold, like a volcanic eruption, instantly reaching its peak. Then, the elemental energy within Lin Yan's body also experienced an extremely large increase.
"Is this reaching the Qi Formation Stage?" Lin Yan opened his eyes and felt the vigorous elemental energy within him, smiling satisfactorily. He had been stuck at the Formation Stage for some time. After this period of accumulation, his breakthrough was quite natural. Therefore, this time, when he arrived at the inn to cultivate, it didn't take too long. After just a few days of cultivation, he successfully advanced to the Qi Formation Stage.
Lin Yan tested his new strength after his breakthrough. Compared to before, his elemental energy had become denser, and his body more robust. His overall strength had increased by at least thirty or forty percent. This made Lin Yan even more eager for the benefits that the Qi Stage would bring him. After all, just advancing from the Formation Stage to the Qi Formation Stage had given him such results. So, if he could complete another breakthrough, the benefits would be indescribable.
"So, let's begin!" Lin Yan took out the Qi Formation Fruit he had obtained upon completing the registration. As he took out the fruit, a strong aroma quickly spread. The surrounding air became richer in spiritual energy due to the appearance of the fruit. Without hesitation, Lin Yan put the fruit in his mouth and began to chew it. A fresh and sweet aroma burst in his mouth, flooding his palate with its sweetness. Lin Yan enjoyed the delicious taste of the fruit for a moment, but before he could think more about it, a wave of strong energy surged rapidly from within him.
Lin Yan didn't dare to let his guard down. He immediately activated his Celestial Sun Technique and Devouring Fire Technique, continuously refining and absorbing this pure energy. His refinement speed was fast. After all, the Celestial Sun Technique and Devouring Fire Technique were top-notch techniques. Therefore, with the help of these two techniques, Lin Yan refined the energy at an extremely fast speed.
In the room, Yao Lao had already come out of his Soul Ring. His slightly ethereal figure floated in the air, watching Lin Yan with closed eyes and his energy constantly growing, smiling as he stroked his beard.
"It seems he has succeeded." As expected, with Yao Lao's voice, Lin Yan quickly opened his eyes. A smile appeared on his face, and then, an even more powerful energy than before emanated from his body. This energy, once it emerged, not only made the room where Lin Yan was tremble slightly, but even a fairly large area near the inn began to shake.
Feeling this energy, many warriors on the streets frowned, feeling intimidated by Lin Yan's strength. As for some weaker warriors, like those at the Primordial Soul Stage, after feeling Lin Yan's energy, they even found walking a bit difficult and stood there, extremely uncomfortable.
After a moment, Lin Yan suppressed his energy. The warriors on the streets sighed in relief, expressing their admiration.
"It must be some elder who has just made a breakthrough. Who else would have such terrifying energy?"
"This Great City really hides many experts. We have never felt such powerful energy here before."
"It's truly impressive."
Yao Lao also smiled as he looked at Lin Yan. "Young friend, congratulations on your breakthrough."
Lin Yan nodded with a smile towards Yao Lao.
"Yao Lao, advancing to the Qi Stage is completely different from the Formation Stage. Although both are within the three stages of cultivation, I feel that after advancing to this stage, my energy and my control over it have almost doubled."
Yao Lao responded with a smile.
"Young friend, in our Dou Qi continent, there is a saying that you may have heard."
"Under the Battle Emperor, all are ants!"
"And this Battle Emperor Stage would correspond to your current Qi Stage."
"In our world, this breakthrough has a huge impact on a fighter's growth. Once you reach this level, it's like being reborn. Compared to before, the increase in strength is extremely large."
Yao Lao sighed towards Lin Yan. "Young friend, do you now realize how extraordinary you were before?"
"Advancing to the Formation Stage to kill someone in the Creation Stage was incredibly incredible."
Lin Yan smiled and said no more.
Soon, he took out the smelting furnace and the refining materials he had bought earlier, along with some blueprints. After carefully reviewing the refining manual he had obtained, he began to understand a bit about refining.
Overall, refining was similar to alchemy and the arrangement of spiritual formations. Because for alchemy, it was necessary to have good control over fire and also needed a recipe. And the same was true for refining! The blueprints were indispensable, and fire control was equally important. And in the refining manual that Lin Yan obtained, it was also written that to refine artifacts, both real fire and illusory fire were needed. Illusory fire, of course, was soul fire, something that all inscription masters possessed. But real fire was not always available. Only those who practiced fire techniques could use real fire; otherwise, they would have to rely on the fire from the smelting furnace for refining. Artifacts refined in this way would not be perfect, and even if the blueprints were followed, the final quality would not be the best. And in this aspect, Lin Yan had a great advantage. After all, his real fire was a strange fire. This type of flame, even compared to the flames condensed by those who practiced fire techniques, was much more powerful. Therefore, for Lin Yan, he had an incomparable advantage in refining artifacts.
"So, let's begin!" Lin Yan soon started trying. Before getting to work, talking more was useless. Both for refining and for alchemy, the most important thing was to try it personally.
So he quickly began to work, testing refinement. He first attempted to make a low-level talisman object.
These things, once refined, couldn't even be considered spiritual treasures; they were only comparable to the talismans that Cao Zhu and Liu Long had when Lin Yan found them in the Yan City Talisman Tower.
However, Lin Yan's main goal now was simply to practice, so he didn't care much about quality. In his first attempt, his main goal was to familiarize himself with the process.
As for the true intention of refining powerful spiritual treasures, that would come later. The flames soared! Lin Yan began refining the materials as described in the blueprints, and then placed the materials one by one into the smelting furnace. In fact, he felt that this was not much different from alchemy.
The only difference was that instead of an alchemy furnace, he was using a smelting furnace, and instead of medicinal herbs, he was using minerals and monster bones. Sizzle! In just over half an hour, Lin Yan had successfully refined the first talisman, the Three Suns Sword.
Although this talisman itself was not of a very high level, under Lin Yan's refinement, the talisman he had produced was already among the best of its kind. "What about trying to make a low-level spiritual treasure?" Lin Yan took out the blueprints of a low-level spiritual treasure he had bought earlier.
As a fifth-rank alchemist, he had very skillful control over fire. Additionally, he was also proficient in spiritual seal formation, so he found talisman refinement extremely easy. Whether tempering weapons with real fire or carving seals with spiritual fire and mental energy, the whole process was smooth for him. After all, even Lin Yan was wondering if this was really the first time he was refining talismans.
So, at this moment, he had no intention of continuing to refine low-level talismans. Instead, he planned to refine a low-level spiritual treasure to test it out. "Is it as easy as before?" "Are low-level spiritual treasures as easy to refine?" After more than an hour, Lin Yan finished again, this time successfully refining a low-level spiritual treasure.
This time, his refinement was also quite simple. The only reason it took longer was that refining spiritual treasures was a slightly more complicated process than refining talismans. But for Lin Yan, the refinement process remained incredibly easy. Therefore, he was a little surprised to discover this result.
"Hehe, don't be so surprised, young friend." "Tao is one, though methods are different. Besides, alchemy and refinement have certain similarities." "With your skills as a fifth-rank alchemist and fifth-rank seal formation expert, learning talisman refinement is naturally very easy." "It's quite normal." Yao Lao laughed as he spoke to Lin Yan. Lin Yan found it made sense. Now that he was sure his refining ability had reached a sufficient level, he was no longer interested in advancing gradually. He directly took out the blueprints of a high-level spiritual treasure he had obtained this time and took out his Deep Wave Rule.
A bluish-green fire reappeared in Lin Yan's hands. With a light touch, that bluish-green flame instantly entered the smelting furnace, dyeing the fire inside the furnace with the same color. Then, Lin Yan threw in the Deep Wave Rule.
This time, his expression became a little more serious. After all, all the previous effort had only been preparation for this moment. Additionally, he only had one Deep Wave Rule. If he failed in the refinement, not only would he be unable to refine this high-level spiritual treasure again, but even his own battle technique, the Flame Devouring Wave Rule, would be affected as it lacked the Deep Wave Rule.
This time, there was only one option: success! "Focus!" Using his Celestial Fire to continuously temper the Deep Wave Rule, Lin Yan waited until it was red-hot before pouring in the dragon's blood essence he had extracted from the ancient Dragon Ape.
Instantly, a furious blood aura sprang forth, accompanied by subtle dragon roars. Lin Yan continued to drive his Celestial Fire, burning the Deep Wave Rule and allowing it to absorb all the blood essence.
Once he completed this step, he began to carve the seals as described in the blueprints on the surface of the Deep Wave Rule. While carving, the Deep Wave Rule remained calm, showing no reaction. However, when Lin Yan finished carving the last seal, a powerful mental energy surged from it, followed by a glow and whimpering sounds. Lin Yan opened the smelting furnace and looked at the Deep Wave Rule, which was red-hot.
Regardless of the temperature, he grabbed it with one hand. Feeling how the Deep Wave Rule now weighed almost ten times more and the intense energy it emitted, Lin Yan couldn't help but smile with joy.
"I did it!" "The Dragon Blood Rule!" "Is this a high-level spiritual treasure? It's truly impressive!" Lin Yan laughed with joy. Although he had not yet used it in combat, feeling the power of the Dragon Blood Rule in his hands, Lin Yan knew it would cause serious trouble to any enemy when he did. "Hehe. This is another great breakthrough."
"Now that I have also reached the Qi Creation Realm and obtained such a powerful spiritual treasure, it will be interesting if I encounter Lin Langtian at the Ancient Void Stone." Putting away his Celestial Fire and smelting furnace, Lin Yan toyed with his Dragon Blood Rule for a while as he thought about the upcoming opening of the Ancient Void Stone, showing a smile on his face. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Great Puppet City, Lin Dong, who was preparing to leave, was stopped by a group of people.
The leader of this group was a somewhat androgynous-looking man named Hua Zong, who was the protector of the Puppet Yin Sect. Additionally, his father was an elder of the Puppet Yin Sect. A few days ago, when Lin Dong was in the Great Puppet City seeking help to refine his Ancient Sky Spear into a high-level spiritual treasure, Hua Zong saw him, so he had been waiting for him. Now seeing Lin Dong about to leave, he immediately surrounded him with his people and said with a smile: "Brother Lin Dong, I happened to see a very impressive weapon in your hands by chance. What a coincidence, I'm just now looking for a suitable weapon for myself. If you're willing to part with it, I'll give you a very satisfactory price.
" Lin Dong, with a cold expression, replied, "I'm not selling it!" Then, he turned to leave. But Hua Zong shook his head. Seeing Lin Dong's attitude, he couldn't help but sigh disdainfully: "You really don't realize your own importance."
"Well, if that's the case, I can't blame you. Originally, I planned to be a little softer." "But since Lin Dong doesn't take me seriously, then I'll have to take more drastic measures."
(End of this chapter)