Hell Emperor.

Chapter 469 Ye Jie - Basalt Shield
After listening to Ye Jie's drum performance, Li Fei'e opened her mouth slightly, shocked by the scene before her. She was unable to react for a moment and asked in astonishment:

"When did you learn the art of drumming? Why didn't I know it before?"

In response, Ye Jie just smiled and said, "There are still many things you don't know."

Li Fei'e puffed his lips and said unconvincedly: "I have never learned the art of drumming before. Give me some time. After I read the classics of the sect, I will definitely play the drums better than you!"

Ye Jie was skeptical: "Really?"

Li Fei'e raised his chin as a matter of course: "Of course, have you forgotten what talents and magical powers I have? If it were another drum, I might not be able to play it, but this Kui Pi war drum related to thunder will definitely not be difficult for me!"

Ye Jie nodded, and then said: "In this case, you can take this Kui leather war drum with you. It will belong to you from now on."

Hearing this, Li Fei'e was stunned, and the others were also quite surprised.

Shen Qingge immediately said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. This Kui Pi War Drum is a fourth-grade magical instrument. It is priceless. How can you just give it to E'er like this?"

Ye Jie waved his hand and said with a smile: "With our friendship of life and death, what does a mere fourth-grade magic weapon count for?"

Shen Qingge still disagreed: "I saw that when Ajie beat the drum, thunderclouds filled the sky. Even if he didn't use any thunder magic, the power was enough to fight against a second-level immortal. I think this Kuipi war drum is a rare and useful magic weapon for you. How can you bear to give it up? E'er won't accept it either."

Li Fei'e blinked and did not answer. Apart from her initial surprise, she was actually very happy to accept the Kui Pi war drum.

In response, Ye Jie simply said, "Although the Kui Skin War Drum is of good quality, it can only exert its greatest power in the hands of the right person. I don't have any natural lightning abilities, nor have I learned any lightning spells. It would be a waste for me to use it. On the contrary, E'er is more suitable for this magic weapon than me."

Li Fei'e nodded repeatedly, then looked at his master with some anticipation, and waited for his master to agree before accepting the Kui skin war drum.

Seeing that the two of them had such a good understanding, Shen Qingge had no choice but to agree in the end, although he was helpless.

After getting permission from his master, Li Fei'e happily ran to the war drum. After expressing his gratitude, he carefully examined this powerful fourth-grade magical weapon.

Ren Changhong watched this scene and said with some emotion: "For ordinary practitioners, it is harder than ascending to heaven to get a handy magic weapon. I have been a Shura for decades, and I only got a sixth-grade Frost Sword. Little Fei Moth is much luckier than me."

Shen Qingge raised his eyes slightly and saw Li Fei'e's joyful expression, but in the end he didn't say much.

After dealing with the Kuipi war drum, Ye Jie turned his attention to the basalt shield that had been promoted to the spiritual officer guarding the temple.

Even if he could get the Liang Yi Incense Burner from Yao Yin, if he wanted to continue to be promoted to the position of immortal official in the future, this basalt shield would be a magic weapon that Ye Jie must use.

Thinking of magic weapons, Tian Ming's image appeared in Ye Jie's mind. Tian Ming had already proved his ability in forging the Kuipi war drum. It seemed that he would have to trouble him to forge this basalt shield.

After saying goodbye to his companions, Ye Jie quickly found Tian Ming.

After delivering the Kuipi War Drum, Tian Ming devoted himself to the research of mechanical beasts. Looking at the wooden carved mechanical beasts at hand, his eyes bloomed with a fiery light, and he automatically ignored everything in the outside world.

It was not until Ye Jie came behind him that he realized he heard the sound, but he did not stop what he was doing and continued to insert the components into the mechanical beast.

Ye Jie glanced around and his eyes fell on the mechanical beast made by Tian Ming. It was a mechanical beast that looked like a human. What made Ye Jie's mouth twitch was that the mechanical beast's attire and face were clearly 80% similar to his own.

"Palace Master Ziwei, you are here, come and see the mechanical beast I just built!"

As soon as he saw Ye Jie, Tian Ming spoke eagerly.

Looking at the mechanical beast, Ye Jie pondered for a moment and couldn't help but said: "Your craftsmanship in making the mechanical beast is impeccable, but why does it look so much like..."

Seeing that he had seen through this, Tian Ming also spoke at the right time: "This is a mechanical man I created based on you in order to commemorate the help of the Purple Star Palace Master to the Tianji Sect, for future disciples to admire and learn from."

Ye Jie gave a dry cough. Tian Ming, who was assembling the mechanical beast, suddenly reached to the side and heard the sound of flapping wings. A wooden carved eagle immediately brought the wooden arm to be assembled. Tian Ming took the arm and carefully installed it on the torso of the mechanical man.

Situations like this occurred many times. Whenever Tian Ming needed something, whether it was as big as a whole arm or as small as a rivet, the mechanical beast would get it for him accurately without him even having to remind him.

"This eagle-shaped mechanical beast is really interesting. I remember you said it seemed to be called Eagle Ten..." Ye Jie commented.

Tian Ming nodded: "Yes, it is the tenth mechanical eagle I created through my innate magical power of nine times one. It is smarter and more agile than the ordinary ones."

Suddenly, I don't know what went wrong in the process. The arm of the mechanical man that had just been assembled suddenly began to twitch violently, and the arm swung around like a windmill. Lian Tianming did not expect this and was almost slapped by the mechanical beast. He hurriedly took off the arm and finally stopped the abnormality. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing Ye Jie staring at him, Tian Ming said embarrassedly: "To be honest, this is my first time to create a humanoid mechanical beast, so it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. In Tianji Sect, the third elder is the master of creating humanoid mechanical beasts. If I have time, I need to ask him for more advice."

Ye Jie nodded. When he went to visit the third elder, he did see a powerful mechanical man.

Not long after, Tian Ming finally completed the assembly of the mechanical man. He wiped the sweat from his head and put the wooden man on the ground. Then he heard a harsh sound of friction from the mechanism, and the mechanical beast finally moved.

At first, the wooden man could only walk slowly on the ground, but soon, its movements became more and more agile, and it began to run quickly, and its running speed was no different from that of ordinary mortals. "It's done... Although there are still many flaws in some places and there is a lot of room for improvement, it is after all the first mechanical man I made, and it is worth commemorating. I will call it 'Man One'." Tian Ming said happily.

Hearing this, Ye Jie couldn't help but hold his forehead. What's this person's name? It seems that the mechanical beasts in the Tianji Sect are always named by category and serial number, and there is no real unique name.

Ye Jie pondered for a moment, looking at the extremely agile and human-like mechanical man, and commented:
"It is said in the scriptures: 'Namelessness is the beginning of heaven and earth, and name is the mother of all things.' This mechanical man doesn't even have a name. Even if his appearance is very human-like, he can't become intelligent and become a spirit, let alone leave his own record in the Book of Life and Death."

Tian Ming was stunned, thinking carefully about the meaning of Ye Jie's words, and then his body trembled. He felt that the bottleneck that had troubled him for a long time in the past was now loosening. He quickly closed his eyes, concentrated and held his breath. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief:
"The words of the Purple Star Palace Master are like a revelation to me. The more I think about it, the more I can understand the subtleties. If I continue to think about it, I am afraid that I will attract an immortal calamity on the spot, and then it will be troublesome... Now I understand why the third elder insisted on naming the mechanical man, and he did not regret it even if he was punished by the sect rules for it."

Ye Jie was slightly stunned. He had never heard of this matter from other elders. At this time, he heard Tian Ming ask:

"By the way, I wonder how the other elders react? Will they support me in the election for the sect leader?"

Ye Jie answered truthfully: "I have met with the three elders. Except for the chief elder, the other two elders are willing to support you. As for the chief elder, it may not be easy to get his support. As for the support of the disciples in the sect, I believe that their attitude will change when my companions get the meteorite back."

Tian Ming understood the situation and sighed, "When we were training in the past, the Great Elder always criticized me. When it comes to making mechanical beasts, ordinary disciples only need to make semi-finished products. But even if I make a complete mechanical beast, I will be severely criticized and a lot of problems will be picked out. It seems that I can't get his approval..."

Recalling the previous investigation, Ye Jie revealed the whole story of the discovery of the tunnel and the traitor, and then said:

"...That's the situation. There might be a traitor among the inner sect elders. He was the one who leaked the information about the Moon Meteorite to the Devil Lord Wangchen."

"how come……"

After hearing the news about the traitor, Tian Ming's eyes trembled. He had never expected such a thing to happen. His eyes dimmed. It was obvious that this incident was a big blow to him.

"What do you think about the traitor? As an eyewitness to this incident, do you have any unknown information?" Ye Jie asked.

Seeing that Tian Ming remained silent for a long time, Ye Jie changed the question: "How many elders know about your borrowing of the Moon Meteorite?"

Under Ye Jie's guidance, Tian Ming also fell into memories and said:

"I borrowed the moon iron to study its unique abilities so that I could build a pair of wings for Eagle Ten. No matter how exquisitely made the wings of ordinary mechanical beasts are, they cannot fly out of this vast world. No matter how high they fly, they will be caught by the sky and eventually fall. Only moon iron can allow it to stay away from the world and fly all the way to the bright moon... If I can study the properties of moon iron clearly and understand its mysteries, I might be able to use other iron ores in the human world to simulate similar abilities..."

After a pause, Tian Ming pondered, "I discussed with the Third Elder the feasibility of using Moon Iron to transform the wings, but I didn't tell him that I was going to get Moon Iron, so he probably didn't know... Anyone who enters the forbidden area to take things needs to inform the First Elder in advance, so the First Elder must know... As for the Second Elder, I asked him if Qinglian Chamber of Commerce has Moon Iron for sale, and he said yes, but we can't afford it. He also told me that there is Moon Iron in the forbidden area, so he might be able to guess it."

At the end, even Tian Ming was a little confused and didn't understand what was going on. He could only look to Ye Jie for help:

"Master Ziwei, it is said that a bystander sees more clearly. I alone cannot find the traitor. Can you tell me which elder is the traitor?"

Ye Jie groaned and said, "There are not enough clues at the moment, so I can't come to a conclusion yet. But please rest assured, I will find out who the traitor is before the election of the Sect Leader."

Tian Ming nodded, his eyes seemed to reveal a bit of fatigue: "I'll trouble the Purple Star Palace Master for this matter... Speaking of which, the Purple Star Palace Master is obviously the benefactor who saved the Tianji Sect, but I keep asking you for favors, which really makes me feel ashamed."

Ye Jie waved his hand: "It's okay, helping sentient beings solve their problems is what the Lord of Yama Palace should do."

Tian Ming lowered his head and said dejectedly: "Why did that traitor do such a thing to betray his master and ancestors? Could it be for the position of the sect leader? I am willing to become the sect leader only because I can better study the mechanisms and the way of refining weapons, so that the Tianji Sect can flourish. I never thought that I would be involved in such a dispute..."

Ye Jie said slowly: "Although you are the reincarnation of Tianji Immortal Venerable, it is not so easy to become the leader of a sect. If you don't look for trouble, trouble will come to you... Speaking of which, I have one more thing about this weapon refining method that I would like to ask for your help."

When Tian Ming heard about refining a weapon, his eyes lit up immediately: "You want me to refine a magic weapon? No problem, as long as I have the right materials, no matter what Ziwei Palace Master wants, I will make it!"

Ye Jie asked, "I want to build five basalt shields. I wonder what materials I need so I can go collect them."

"Basalt Shield..."

Hearing the name of the instrument, Tian Ming fell into deep thought for a while, and then he answered:
"The basalt shield is an earth-based magical tool. To make a basalt shield of average quality, you only need to prepare thick basalt stone and refine it with Mingyi Earth Fire. But if you want to make a basalt shield of excellent quality, you need to use a real basalt tortoise shell, supplemented with the netherworld soil, and Yama Earth Heart Fire. It is probably very difficult to collect all these materials."

Hearing the name of the material, even Ye Jie couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It has long been known that high-grade magical weapons are quite difficult to refine, and are rare killing weapons in the hands of practitioners. However, the materials needed for the basalt shield still far exceeded Ye Jie's expectations.

There was the Black Tortoise Shell and the Netherworld Soil, where could Ye Jie find it? However, Ye Jie could easily find the Yama Earth Heart Fire.

Ordinary immortals, even if they go to the underworld alone, cannot find the Yama Earth Heart Fire. But for Ye Jie, the master of Yama Palace, he only needs to build seven unlocked high-level underworld buildings, the Yama Furnace, to have an inexhaustible supply of Yama Earth Heart Fire, which is quite convenient.

Or, give up collecting precious materials and use the most common basalt stone to create a low-quality basalt shield?
Ye Jie thought about it for a while, and finally shook his head.

After learning that the power of an immortal official requires a higher-grade magical instrument to unlock, otherwise it would just be an empty title with an empty realm, Ye Jie had to try as much as possible, no matter how complicated the creation of the magical instrument was.

(End of this chapter)