Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 154: Clear Mind
"It's finally done!"

Wei Zhong looked at the five brand new five-colored puppets in front of him and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

For a total of seven years, Wei Zhong almost used up all the spiritual materials he had exchanged from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, and also invested a lot of his own stock, before he finally succeeded in refining five puppets in the late Jindan stage.

This cost a lot of money, and its value was at least equivalent to three silver puppets, which was slightly beyond Wei Zhong's estimate.

“But it’s all worth it!”

Wei Zhong went out and, with the help of Ling Ziwei, retrieved the five mid-stage Jindan puppets. He then collected his own spiritual power from them and immediately felt that his own spiritual awareness had grown.

"In seven years, my spiritual power has increased by about 20%, and this is just the improvement brought by six puppets."

Wei Zhong felt that the "God-Splitting Technique" was more and more terrifying.

"However, this method is not without limit. With the strength of my spiritual consciousness, ten is the limit. In order to ensure the smooth practice, it is better to maintain six spiritual consciousness at most. After the late stage of Jindan, the number of spiritual consciousness can be increased."

Thinking of this, Wei Zhong spent another half a year, dividing his spiritual consciousness into the silver-white puppet and the new five elements puppet one by one.

Looking at the eleven puppets in front of him, Wei Zhong murmured:
"The Five Elements puppets are numbered by rank. The middle stage of the third stage can be called Yisan, and the late stage is Jiasan. After that, according to the five elements, it can be called Jiasan gold, Jiasan wood...
As for this special silver-white puppet, it might as well be called Yinxuan."

Wei Zhong named the puppets with code names, and with the assistance of Ling Ziwei, he put ten five-colored puppets into the formation.

The power of the Five Elements Killing Formation was enhanced again.

Watching the killing array that was becoming increasingly ferocious, Ling Ziwei finally realized what Wei Zhong had been tinkering with over the past few years.

"My dear, can this formation really defeat Yuanying?"

After considering it for a while, Wei Zhong said slowly:
"That's indeed what is described in that inheritance, but this formation still lacks five third-grade, top-grade magical instruments, so its power is still insufficient."

It was not easy for Wei Zhong to refine five puppets in seven years.

At the same time, in order to ensure daily practice, there is simply not enough time to refine magical instruments.

More importantly, Wei Zhong didn't have enough spiritual materials. Not to mention five third-grade top-grade ones, even refining a mid-grade one would be difficult.

Wei Zhong once again deeply realized that puppetry is a money-eating beast.

'I also need to sell a batch of elixirs in exchange for some materials.'

"From what my husband said, it seems that this formation is not too far from the Nascent Soul combat power?"

Wei Zhong nodded:

"Almost the same, but still some distance away from the Nascent Soul stage. At most, it can protect the Spirit Island. It has no ability to take the initiative to attack. Repelling the enemy ten miles away is the limit."

Despite Wei Zhong's remarks, Ling Ziwei's eyes were already filled with excitement.

You know, there is no such powerful protective formation in the entire Luohe Prefecture. For those Jindan families or small forces, the protective formation can only serve to resist the early and middle stage Jindan cultivators.

Even the most powerful Jinguan Pavilion and Zhigang Palace, their protective formations can only defeat those in the late stage of Jindan.

Wei Zhong had only seen Yuanying level in the Qingmu Sect. However, according to Tan Tai Lin, most of the power of the formation was enhanced by the suppression of some secret treasure.

After it was removed, it was only at the level of Jindan combat power. This shows the preciousness of this formation.

"The refining of magic tools must be put on the agenda."

Wei Zhong was thinking this in his mind and had already informed Miaoli Shan through the white jade token.

Only half a month had passed when he rushed from Yunzhou City to Qingbo Island.

Looking at the changing aura of the formation above his head, a hint of amazement flashed in his eyes:
"You have mastered the Divine Attraction Technique very thoroughly."

When he looked down at Wei Zhong, he saw that he had a calm expression. This guest official of Wei was as steady as ever.

"Take out the items for the trade. But I have to say this in advance. There will be no chance of getting as many third-level spiritual materials as before.

I know you are studying puppetry, but there are also many weapon refiners in the Chamber of Commerce who are studying this, and this kind of spiritual material is in short supply at this time of year."

Wei Zhong looked up, with a moment of surprise in his eyes, and then returned to calmness:
"I wonder what level of puppets the Chamber of Commerce has reached now?"

Miaoli Shan took a sip of the spiritual tea and said:
"Third level, top grade."

"Not reaching the fourth level?"

Miaoli Shan sneered:
"If the fourth-level puppet is so easy to refine, doesn't it make us Nascent Soul cultivators look like waste?"

Wei Zhong bowed:

"Please forgive me, Senior. That is not what I meant. It is just that for the Chamber of Commerce, with so many talented people gathered together, the progress is really slow."

Miaoli Shan nodded at this time:

"I don't know much about this matter, but it is said that the lack of some key spiritual materials makes it difficult to improve the puppet technique."

"Key spiritual material?"

Wei Zhong recalled the refining method inherited from his ancestors.

"Could it be?"

"Let's talk about you. What level has the puppet refining reached now?"

Wei Zhong thought about it and answered:

"I am not talented enough, I can only refine a third-level mid-grade puppet."

Miaoli Shan raised his eyebrows. It was not too slow, but too fast.

The reason why the Chamber of Commerce was able to refine top-quality third-grade puppets was not only because they received the inheritance earlier, but also because of the cooperation between many weapon refiners and puppeteers.

Wei Zhong is alone. In the past few years, he not only has to learn how to make puppets, but also has to make pills in exchange for resources, and he also has to focus on his own practice.

"With such rapid progress, could this person have split himself into two?"

"Friend Wei's talent in puppetry is also quite good!"

Miaoli Shan expressed such emotion.

Wei Zhong smiled slightly and took out the spiritual object he needed to trade this time.

A silver-white storage bag appeared in Wei Zhong's hand.

What’s different from the last time is that it doesn’t contain a large number of elixirs.

Miaoli Shan took it and probed with his spiritual sense, and was immediately surprised:

"Fourth-level magic sword?"

He looked up at Wei Zhong, his face full of disbelief.

"Fellow Daoist, you have actually advanced your weapon refining skills to the fourth level?"

'Although the magic sword in the storage bag is a little crude and not as good as the gourd and pipe in my hand, it is undoubtedly of the fourth level.'

"That's right. After studying the art of puppetry, I came across the art of refining weapons. With good fortune, I was able to refine this magic sword."

Yunji Chamber of Commerce was reluctant to give Wei Zhong spiritual materials, so Wei Zhong had to use some powerful materials. The fourth-level magic sword in his hand was just suitable for this.

Wei Zhong holds both the titles of fourth-level alchemist and fourth-level weapon refiner. Even among the Chamber of Commerce, there are not many such people, right?

"Daoyou is really..."

Miaoli Shan didn't know what to say. In just over a decade, Wei Zhong had advanced both alchemy and weapon forging to the fourth level.

This was the best even in the Chamber of Commerce. All those high-level alchemists and weapon refiners relied on hard work over time to get to the top, but the person in front of him had achieved this level of success at the early stage of Dan formation, which amazed Miaoli Shan.

"Is this magic sword enough?"

Miaoli Shan nodded:
“The distribution of spiritual materials in the Chamber of Commerce has always been based on resource bias. Now that you have reached the fourth level in refining, you have reached this standard.

Not only are fourth-tier spiritual materials fully accessible, but the second and third tier spiritual materials are also available."

Wei Zhong recalled that when he exchanged for spiritual medicine in the past, it was very troublesome for him to obtain thousand-year-old spiritual medicine from the Chamber of Commerce when he was a second-level alchemist. The same was true for obtaining ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine when he was a third-level alchemist.

But after displaying the fourth-level alchemy technique, everything changed.

It may not contain all kinds of elixirs that can last for thousands of years, but it can at least meet the needs of daily training.

'This time, I have demonstrated the fourth-level weapon refining technique. It will not only help me improve my weapon refining skills, but it will also be of great benefit to puppet refining.'

"In that case, please have a look at this list, Senior Miao."

Wei Zhong handed over a jade slip, and Miao Lishan raised his eyebrows after reading it:
"Fellow Daoist, you are really good at taking advantage of the situation. It is no problem for you to exchange these spiritual materials, but the quantity is not so large.

After all, the resources within the Chamber of Commerce are also very scarce. And the spiritual objects in your storage bag are not valuable enough. "

Wei Zhong nodded. In the storage bag, there was not only a fourth-level magic sword, but also many magic weapons that Wei Zhong had refined during his training.
“That’s fine, senior. You can exchange them according to the value of the spiritual objects in the storage bag. However, these kinds of spiritual materials are absolutely indispensable…”

After some communication, Miaolishan left with satisfaction, taking the jade slip and storage bag. He still had to return to Yunzhou City to collect what Wei Zhong needed.

More importantly, it is necessary to inform Yu Shanqin and his master Shan Gu of the news that Wei Zhong has been promoted to a fourth-level weapon refiner.

After Miaolishan left, Wei Zhong returned to the cave. His eyelids flickered slightly, and a curtain of light appeared in his eyes:

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Middle stage of Jindan (fifth level, 12%)]

【Shouyuan: 413/540】

Over the past few decades, Wei Zhong has not only made rapid progress in several skills, but his cultivation has also not fallen behind.

After making further progress, he was no longer in the middle stage of Jindan.

"But the remaining 120 years of life is a bit unsafe."

It would take Wei Zhong at least one hundred and twenty-five years to perform a complete triple-time Taoist method.

"Then I'll level up once."

The white subtitles on the panel flashed, and Wei Zhong noticed the changes in himself at the same time. His cultivation level decreased, but his energy seemed to have increased.

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Middle stage of Jindan (fourth level, 12%)]

【Shouyuan: 368/540】

"Krypton-level life exchange and the law of time have really achieved a perfect cycle here."

Wei Zhong dispersed the panel and took out the "Divine Induction Technique" to study it carefully.

“The Yunji Chamber of Commerce encountered obstacles in the spiritual materials when refining the fourth-level puppet, and it only appeared in two places.

The first is the psychic energy core. The fourth-level psychic energy core stores a total amount of spiritual power that is no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, which is a great test for spiritual materials.

The second is the place where the cultivator's spirit is placed. In "The Art of Summoning the Gods", it is called the Divine Box.

The divine boxes from level one to level three are all very crude, but things change when they reach level four."

The reason why Nascent Soul cultivators are so powerful, apart from the enormous spiritual power circulating in their Dharma bodies, more importantly, is their Nascent Soul.

Not only can the Nascent Soul be separated from the physical body to control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it also naturally carries a powerful Nascent Soul pressure.

The huge gap between Jindan and Yuanying is mainly due to this.

When the two fight, as long as the Nascent Soul reveals its own pressure, the Core Formation will be crushed by the spiritual consciousness, making it difficult to cast spells, and only 50% of its abilities can be used.

If a fourth-order puppet wants to compete with the Nascent Soul, it needs to solve this problem, and that is the divine box.

"Severing God Jade, Heavenly Illusion Stone..."

They were all fourth-grade spiritual materials, and most of them were names that Wei Zhong had never heard of.

"This divine box should account for half of the value of the fourth-level puppet!"

Wei Zhong smacked his tongue.

"It's impossible to refine it by myself. At least I have to wait until I truly enter the Nascent Soul stage before I can consider this matter. But if I just want to block the pressure of the Nascent Soul..."

Wei Zhong took out a piece of leather with a white fluorescent surface:

"I wonder if this thing can be used as a raw material for refining the divine box?"

There was a flicker in Wei Zhong's eyes, and after thinking for a while, he retracted them.

"Why think about these useless things? I don't even have the technology to refine a fourth-level spirit core, but I'm thinking about how to refine a divine box. It's really too ambitious.

It is better to refine five third-grade high-quality magic weapons as soon as possible and perfect the Five Elements Killing Formation. Then you will have a means of protection at the level of Nascent Soul, and you will be able to practice with more peace of mind. "

"The Five Elements Soldiers kill, and the cultivators hide in the formation and fight against the Nascent Soul by controlling the formation. This can avoid the influence of the Nascent Soul's pressure to a certain extent. Unfortunately, this method cannot be used on puppets at all."

Wei Zhong shook his head, put it behind his mind, and began to practice "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique"...

After waiting for only a month, Miaoli Shan came to Qingbo Island again and handed Wei Zhong a storage bag filled with various spiritual objects.

At the same time, he handed over a thumb-sized white jade bottle.

"This is something that the leader of the guild specifically asked me to give to you. It is called the Spirit Purifying Jade Liquid, and it has the effect of cleansing the spiritual consciousness of cultivators. It is very precious, so please use it with care.

And let me bring a word,

Although the "Spiritual Splitting Method" can significantly improve spiritual consciousness, we must also pay attention to the disadvantages of long-term spiritual consciousness splitting. Don't leave hidden dangers, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to condense the Nascent Soul when the spiritual consciousness is not complete. "

Wei Zhong was slightly thoughtful after hearing this.

Miaoli Shan thought that Wei Zhong was unwilling to accept this for nothing, so he explained:

"The leader of the guild said that this item is included in the opportunity promised by Senior Jie, so you can accept it without worry."

Wei Zhong then took it in his hand, and probed with his spiritual sense, and found that there was only a drop of water droplet-shaped object with a slightly silvery color in the jade bottle.

Miaoli Shan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw him accept it:

"Fellow Daoist, don't underestimate this jade bottle, which only contains one drop. It is also very valuable. It is not only of great benefit to Jindan cultivators, but also of great help to Yuanying cultivators like me."

"A genuine fourth-level spiritual object?"

Wei Zhong immediately realized the value of this item, and said with a folded hand:
"Please ask Senior Miao to express my gratitude to the leader of the meeting on behalf of Wei!"

Miaoli Shan nodded, handed the storage bag filled with various spiritual materials to Wei Zhong, and left after a few words.

Wei Zhong looked at the jade bottle in his hand, his mind stirring:
'I showed my fourth-level alchemy and weapon refining skills at the same time, which finally made the leader see my potential and willing to give me this spiritual object?'

After opening the jade bottle and just smelling it, Wei Zhong immediately felt a cool and comfortable feeling in his consciousness.

"It's indeed a good thing!"

(End of this chapter)