Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 984 Building Wooden Branches
Huoyun Cave, as its name suggests, is a force that mainly practices fire techniques, and the Cave Master is a powerful fire practitioner. Unfortunately, he has not yet comprehended the principles of fire.

When he arrived at the treasure house of the Fire Cloud Cave, he was filled with spiritual objects of fire attributes. As soon as he saw it, dozens of top-grade spiritual stones of fire attributes came into Li Qing's sight.

He couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, thinking that the foundation of this Fire Cloud Cave was indeed not weak. There were so many top-grade spirit stones with fire attributes. You know, even in the spirit world, top-grade spirit stones are not that common.

However, in this treasure house, the top-grade spirit stones are just items of a very low level and are not worth mentioning.

In the center of these top-grade fire-attributed spirit stones, there was a round and plump red bead surrounded by stars.

“This is a dragon bead of a seventh-order red fire dragon. The Yin-Yang Sect once wanted to exchange it for three Yin-Yang Great Rejuvenation Pills, but I refused to give it to it. So, if you like it, just take it.” The Lord of Huoyun Cave said with a smile.

To be honest, Li Qing was indeed quite excited. He stared closely at the inner core of the seventh-order red fire dragon, but eventually he looked away.

He discovered that this dragon bead did not seem perfect, and there was something missing inside, as if it had been used by someone for spiritual practice.

Now it is placed in the center of so many top-grade spirit stones, in the hope of using the pure fire-attributed spiritual energy within the spirit stones to make up for the deficiency of the Fire Dragon Pearl.

"Haha, I've heard of the reputation of Fire Cloud Cave for a long time. It just so happens that I'm also practicing fire techniques. Now that I have a rare opportunity to come into the treasure house of my senior, I naturally have to see more treasures and broaden my horizons." Li Qing responded with a smile.

The Lord of Huoyun Cave did not mind this. He waved his hand and continued to introduce the treasures in his treasure house.

“Fire-Melting Marrow, a fire spiritual object that may not be found even if you search a thousand volcanoes. This object can be used to refine Fire-Mighty Spiritual Treasures, and it can even serve as the main spiritual material.” The Lord of the Fire Cloud Cave said, pointing to a mass of red objects that were constantly wriggling.

This ball of molten marrow seemed to be alive, twisting and wriggling on the ground. This meant that a fire-proof formation had been set up here, otherwise the entire earth would have been burned through.

As a weapon refiner, Li Qing naturally knew that this thing could be used as the main spiritual material for refining Tongtian Lingbao, but it required extremely high weapon refining skills. Generally speaking, it was more than enough to be used as an auxiliary material.

However, he did not choose this Fire-Melted Marrow. Although the Tongtian Magical Treasure was priceless, even he was not sure that he could refine it with such a ball of Fire-Melted Marrow.

“You don’t even like this? Over the years, I, an old Taoist priest, have been hoping to use this ball of fire to melt the marrow and refine it into a magical treasure of my own. Unfortunately, I can’t find a suitable refiner.” The Lord of Huoyun Cave shook his head repeatedly, looking full of emotion.

Upon hearing this, Li Qing's mouth twitched. Just a ball of fire molten marrow could be refined into a supernatural treasure. If such a weapon refiner was really so easy to find, then he wouldn't have to make a living by refining weapons.

Li Qing did not leave this place. He looked at a red jade slip placed casually next to the Fire Molten Marrow. It turned out that this jade slip was made of Yangyan Crystal!

"Senior, what is this jade slip?"

The Fire Cloud Cave Master shook his head and said, "It's just some useless insights that I gained when I read a volume of the Daozang Heavenly Book."

There are five volumes in "Daozang Tianshu". It is said to be a heavenly book from the fairyland. Every person who reads it will have different understandings and insights. It is extremely mysterious.

Li Qing didn't expect that the Lord of Huoyun Cave had actually read a volume of "Daoist Canon" in person. This was even more shocking than when he knew the information about Tianming Spring.

"I admire your experience, senior. I didn't expect that you have seen the rare Daozang Tianshu with your own eyes. You know, it's not easy to even look at some copied rubbings of such a rare book."

Huoyun Cave Master did not understand Li Qing's flattery. He glanced at Li Qing and said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji is not from Tianyuan Continent, right?"

When these words came out, Li Qing was slightly startled, not knowing why the other party said this, so he hurriedly asked: "I am indeed from overseas, I wonder how Senior Huoyun knew that?"

The Fire Cloud Cave Master said calmly: "There is an original copy of the Daozang Heavenly Book in the Dao Palace. As long as you can advance to the Fusion Stage, you will have the opportunity to be invited to the Dao Palace to see the original copy of the Daozang Heavenly Book!"

"Of course, the prerequisite is that you can prove your loyalty to the human race."

The original version of "Daozang Tianshu"!

Li Qing took another breath of cold air. He never expected that there was an original volume in the hands of the human race!
That is something of truly immeasurable value, and even the most powerful people in the Mahayana stage would be tempted by it.

Of course he knew about the Dao Palace. It was the place of supreme power for the human race and the place where all the Heavenly Lords resided. Any decision they made would affect the rise and fall of the human race.

The Taoist Palace does not participate in the worldly affairs, but it controls all the major immortal forces in the human territory.

There are still two Heavenly Masters in the Taoist Palace today, which is the fundamental reason why the human race can stand in the eleventh place in the Tianyuan Continent.

These things were told to him by Xia Wushuang at the beginning, but he really didn't know that there was an original copy of "Daoist Canon Book" included in this Taoist Palace, and as long as one advances to the fusion stage, one can read it!
“Almost every cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage who was born and raised in the Tianyuan Continent would have been informed of this matter, and even some cultivators in the Spiritual Transformation stage might also know about it. Daoist Fellow Wuji, your cultivation has already reached perfection in the Nascent Soul stage, but you don’t know about the Daozang Heavenly Book in the Taoist Palace. You are definitely not a native cultivator of the Tianyuan Continent.” The Lord of the Fire Cloud Cave chuckled.

Li Qing was embarrassed, and then he clasped his fists towards the other party and said: "Thank you for telling me, otherwise I might not know this even after a few hundred years."

“Hahaha, that’s not the case. As long as you enter the fusion stage, you will receive an invitation from the Taoist Palace. After you swear an oath to never betray the human race, you can read the Taoist Canon.” The Fire Cloud Cave Master waved his hand and said with an indifferent attitude.

Then, Li Qing started wandering around again under the guidance of the Lord of Huoyun Cave.

Although the things recommended by the latter were of good value and worth the price of the ticket, it was difficult for Li Qing to feel truly moved.

He kept declining politely and didn't make his intentions clear, which made the Fire Cloud Cave Master a little impatient.

"Fellow Daoist Wuji, have you not chosen the treasure you like yet? These are the only treasures my Huoyun Cave has. If you are not satisfied with all these fire spiritual objects, then I don't have anything that can satisfy you."

At this moment, he suddenly saw a dry branch without any leaves, but with dense textures on it.

The Fire Cloud Cave Master said calmly, "The Jianmu branches no longer have any vitality and activity, so they can no longer be used to refine any treasures."

"This is a divine object bestowed upon me by Xiaoyao Tianzun ten thousand years ago. Now its symbolic significance is greater than its actual value."

However, Li Qing's voice began to tremble. He said, "Excuse me, senior, is this really a branch of the Tongtian Tree?"

"Of course, the gift from Heavenly Lord cannot be false!" said the Lord of Fire Cloud Cave in a proud tone.

Jianmu is another name for the Tongtian Tree, and the Zhuxian Sword Formation on Li Qing's body still lacks the branches of this immortal tree and the Earth's Core Jade Milk to be truly refined. At present, this formation is still incomplete.

Therefore, since he obtained it, he has never used this formation to fight against the enemy, because he is worried that using it too many times will cause the unrefined formation to be destroyed.

"It turns out to be such a divine object, senior, I will choose this branch of the towering tree!" Li Qing made his choice without any hesitation.

For him, being able to completely refine the Zhu Xian Sword Formation Diagram is the most important thing. No other treasure can be compared with it!
The Fire Cloud Cave Master raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you sure? Don't blame me for not reminding you. Although this is indeed a branch of the Tongtian Tree, it has lost all vitality and is not even as valuable as the previous Fire Dao treasures!" Li Qing's attitude was also quite firm. He nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I want this branch of the Tongtian Tree. It doesn't matter if it has no vitality. I have other uses for it."

Naturally, he would not tell the other party that he could condense the seven-colored life essence to revive this lifeless branch of the Tongtian Tree, so he just said that he had other uses.

The deal was quickly concluded, and the Fire Cloud Cave Master did not intend to further investigate what use Li Qing had for such a useless branch of the Tongtian Tree. He was actually looking forward to Li Qing's choice.

Just like that, despite the repeated persuasion of this hot-tempered great monk in the fusion stage, Li Qing chose to leave and did not stay here for long.

After leaving Huoyun Cave, Li Qing, with surging emotions, immediately rushed to the courtyard where he lived.

He first used his spiritual sense, which was comparable to that of a cultivator in the fusion stage, to investigate, and after making sure that there was no one following him, he set up many restrictions in the courtyard to prevent outsiders from breaking in.

"What a pleasant surprise. However, restoring the vitality of the branches of the Tongtian Tree in the courtyard is not safe enough. Let's go directly to the cave world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing began to refine the silver ring on his wrist. With a flash of silver light, his figure immediately disappeared from the spot.

This is faster than traveling between the two worlds, but it also makes quite a noise, and it is easy to tell that one has entered the cave world.

Not long after, Li Qing arrived at the center of the cave world, where there was a fairy palace, which was the original Tianmiao Fairy Palace.

Xiao Chongjiu, who had already transformed, was sleeping soundly on the top of a mountain with medicinal fields, and was unaware of Li Qing's entry.

Li Qing was no longer willing to say anything more about this useless thing. He just shook his head and began to condense the seven-colored life essence, trying to revive the branch of the towering tree.

Soon, rich colorful life energy flowed out from his fingertips. In just a short moment, Li Qing had consumed thousands of years of his life.

"The life level of the Tongtian Tree is too high. Thousands of years of life essence may be far from enough. I have to bleed more this time." Li Qing said solemnly. Fortunately, he is not short of life essence. Now he has a life span of more than 200,000 years.

As groups of colorful life essence seeped into the branches of the towering tree, the dry branches soon began to move strangely.

A bit of vitality emerged from the branches of the towering tree, and a bit of green appeared on its withered yellow surface.

Seeing this, Li Qing increased his efforts to squeeze out his own lifespan, and condensed 20,000 years of lifespan in one breath.

As time went on, the speed at which the branches of the tree began to regenerate became slower and slower, forcing Li Qing to be cautious.

Before long, he had drained away 80,000 years of his lifespan, leaving him with only 150,000 years left.

However, the branches of the towering tree have not yet fully regained their vitality. They have just added a lot of green on the surface, but there is no sign of new life.

"This isn't right. Why does it get harder the further you go?"

Li Qing, with a frown on his face, even doubted whether he could revive the beast with the remaining 100,000 years of his life. He couldn't help but slow down his movements, not daring to squeezing out his own lifespan recklessly anymore.

After a while, the branches of the towering tree were infused with colorful life energy, and the entire branch was covered with fresh green, but there was still no vitality showing.

At this moment, his remaining lifespan has fallen below 100,000 years!

"What we can confirm now is that the seven-colored life essence has a certain effect, but it seems to be a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. It can only make the branch look like it has just fallen, but the fundamental vitality is still not revealed."

"It still has 98,000 years of life left. According to this trend, even if I use up all my lifespan, I may not be able to revive it."

Li Qing's frown deepened. Now he was sure that this was definitely a branch of the Tongtian Tree. Otherwise, if it was any other spiritual tree, it would have been full of vitality long ago, and might even have taken root and sprouted.

When he thought of taking root and sprouting, Li Qing was stunned for a moment. He narrowed his eyes as if he had thought of something.

“Take root and sprout.”

"Am I going in the wrong direction?"

Li Qing seemed to realize something and immediately stood up, ready to look for information and news related to Jianmu.

But before he could move, the memory inheritance related to the Demon Lord surged in his mind.

Boom!

The pictures one after another pulled Li Qing's consciousness in, making Li Qing feel as if he had experienced something personally.

In the memory of this Demon Lord, there are actually memories related to the Tongtian Tree!

Jianmu, Tongtian Tree, World Tree, Original Ancestral Tree.
This fairy tree has multiple names, each with a different name, but they all refer to the same thing.

According to legend, this tree was born in the chaos, when there was no separation of universe and heaven and earth, and even the fairyland did not exist.

Jianmu uses the origin of chaos as its nutrients. In the beginning, it gradually took root, sprouted, and grew branches and leaves. Each of its leaves carries an interface as big as the spiritual world!

As the World Tree grew larger, the branches and leaves of its crown became more luxuriant, but one day the nutrients from Chaos would not be enough for it to absorb.

Withering is its inevitable end.

But the World Tree withered, but its fallen leaves did not perish. Instead, they transformed into worlds hidden in the chaos. Some of them even merged into one, becoming an even larger interface.

And this is how the true immortal world was born!
"This is one of the many legends about the beginning of the universe. The Demon Lord's memories suddenly surged. Is this a hint for me?"

In this memory scene, Li Qing only felt as if he had witnessed with his own eyes the growth of the World Tree, its prosperity, and finally its withering, turning into an endless world filling the chaos.

"If that's the case, then even if I live for a million or ten million years, I won't be able to revive this branch, let alone my short life span."

"Each of its leaves is a world. This branch must probably carry more than ten worlds, right?"

(End of this chapter)