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

Chapter 397: Long-term retreat, huge improvement, and the breakthrough is imminent
The beginning of "Luo's Equipment Refining Record" is an introduction to the people of the Luo clan. Wei Zhong saw that the marked year was actually more than 3,000 years ago, which was when Wei Zhong had not yet ascended to the spiritual world.

The spiritual consciousness continued to extend backwards and took a general look.

I discovered that this "Luo's Equipment Refining Record" is really as its name suggests, it is a record of equipment refining of the entire Luo clan.

It records in detail the methods of refining various magic weapons from the first to the seventh level.

They were all summarized by many members of the Luo clan.

The most famous ones are "Big Ronaldinho" and "Little Ronaldinho".

This reminded Wei Zhong of the "Daluo Mountain" and "Xiaoluo Mountain" in the Chiyang Palace.

Apparently, the Chiyang Palace, famous for its weapon refining, named these two mountains to commemorate the two men.

The two were separated by a period of 50,000 to 60,000 years and were not in the same era, but their weapon-refining skills were equally superb and their achievements were equally extraordinary.

Among them, the Chiyang Boat, Shuiyun Boat and other spiritual boats were made by Xiao Luo. They have lasted for thousands of years without breaking down. Today's equipment refiners can only maintain them but cannot make perfect replicas of them.

The various refining techniques used are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Of course, some of the rare spiritual materials used are no longer available and there are no substitutes.

All in all, the weapon refining skills of this weapon refiner named Luo have reached a superb level.

As for the more ancient "Daluo" weapon refiners, the inheritance halls of various halls such as Lingxiao Pavilion were all made by them.

Although according to the records in "Luo's Equipment Refining Records", there was assistance from the immortals in the upper realm, but the fact that he could help the immortals refine these things itself shows his strength.

Wei Zhong read the "Luo Family Weapon Refining Technique" for a while. He did not read many weapon refining methods, but instead read the entire history of the Luo family.

"Only a seventh-rank weapon refiner can leave notes here. Does this mean that the Luo family hasn't produced a seventh-rank weapon refiner in three thousand years?"

Wei Zhong couldn't help shaking his head:

"As expected, no matter how glorious a family was in the past, it will eventually decline."

Walking out of the Luo family's historical records, Wei Zhong began to observe the various specific weapon refining contents.

From the weakest first-tier magic tools to the highest seventh-tier magic tools, all members of the Luo family have similar or contradictory opinions.

This does not mean that they are wrong, but rather that these people have developed their own characteristics in the field of weapon refining.

There was too much content for Wei Zhong to digest all at once, so he could only learn while refining equipment to verify it.

While Wei Zhong was staying in the cave and concentrating on refining weapons, he was completely unaware that the news of his arrival as a seventh-level alchemist had already fermented throughout the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

Even the Immortal Sect disciples who were unfamiliar with Wei Zhong had more or less heard the name "Five Colors" from other people.

Some were excited, some were indifferent, and some were hostile.

The excited ones may have the wish to ask for elixirs, but feel that the prices of other alchemists in the sect are too high; or they may want to become the apprentice of this new seventh-level alchemist, hoping to improve their sect's status; or they may feel that the sect's strength has increased...

Most of the indifferent people don’t care about external affairs and are busy with self-cultivation, so they don’t bother to pay attention to such external affairs.

As for the hostile people, they are cultivators who have bad relations with the Chiyang Palace or have direct conflicts of interest with Wei Zhong, the seventh-level alchemist.

In short, with the title of a seventh-rank alchemist, "Five Colors" has just arrived, but has already become famous within the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

Hundreds of years passed like this...

"How is the five colors doing recently?" Yang Jing asked about the condition of his disciple Wei Zhong.

"Replying to the Palace Master, Senior Brother Wu Se has not activated the magic formation in the cave since he officially went into seclusion that day."

Hearing this, Yang Jing couldn't help but nodded:
"He is patient and has a promising future."

He turned his head to look at Yang Bao beside him, and suddenly changed his expression to look angry at him for not fighting back:
"Look carefully, if you have half the attitude of Five Colors, I, the ancestor, will feel at ease."

Yang Bao gave a bitter smile:
“Brother Wu Se is a hard-working person, how can I compare with him?

"Old Ancestor, instead of scolding me here, why don't you let me go out and get some fresh air. Maybe once I feel better, I can come back and refine this Seven Treasures Ascending Dragon Cauldron..."

Hearing this, Yang Jing became furious again, waving his sleeves and cursing:

"Go, go, go..."

Yang Bao showed joy on his face and bowed down:

"Thank you, ancestor!"

He quickly stood up and fled from the hall.

A fiery red flying sword flew out from his sleeve and landed at his feet.

A flash of sword light flashed across the sky and left the Chiyang main hall.

"I don't know how long Brother Wu Se has been in seclusion. If he continues to stay in seclusion for such a long time, it will be bad if he falls into a demonic barrier. I have to help him come out of seclusion and show his face to his fellow disciples."

As he spoke, the sword flashed and headed straight for Wei Zhong's cave residence.

"How long has that person been in seclusion?" Li Jingshuo looked at his fellow disciple and asked.

One person shook his head blankly, while the other said:
"I have completed two missions. This seventh-rank great alchemist has been in seclusion for at least seven hundred years."

After hearing this, everyone gasped.

Seven hundred years is almost one-tenth of the lifespan of an ordinary Void-Refining cultivator. Who dares to go into seclusion for such a long time?
That is, these wealthy craftsmen.

"I heard that in the past few hundred years, this person has used magic tools to deal with every important task in the palace?"

An old man with a white beard nodded:

"It is absolutely true. They are all sixth-level mid-grade magical instruments, and each one is a fine product. They are highly praised by the Palace Master."

"Hey, this guy is really amazing. Not only is his alchemy skill outstanding, but even his weapon refining skills are impeccable!"

Several people sat on the top of the mountain, marveling at the food and wine in front of them.

"Isn't it time for you all to settle the bet from last time?" Li Jingshuo rubbed his hands.

Several people around him reluctantly took out top-grade spirit stones.

"Forget it, forget it, I won't gamble anymore.

"If this fellow Taoist Wu Se continues to retreat, Brother Li, even if you don't complete the mission, you will earn more than us."

"It's extremely, it's extremely..."

Just like that, under the rule of minority obeys majority, the bet made seven hundred years ago on how long Wei Zhong would remain in seclusion came to an end.

Several people were discussing, and a fiery red light fell from the sky.

"Brother Yang!"

"..."

The cave was empty.

A light gate appeared out of nowhere, Wei Zhong passed through it and stepped into the cave.

For more than seven hundred years, Wei Zhong has not been practicing without going out as those cultivators in the outside world believe.

Instead, he often traveled between the two worlds to relax his mind.

Liefeng had already eaten the seventh-level dragon blood pill, and Wei Zhong had often checked on the latter's condition over the years.

He was afraid that his seventh-level elixir would be wasted.

Fortunately, Liefeng is in good condition and the dragon cub in her belly is growing stronger and stronger. Perhaps it will take less than one or two hundred years for her to give birth successfully.

"I wonder if it is, as Liefeng said, a dragon beast with the potential to become an eighth-level dragon."

Wei Zhong shook his head slightly and looked towards the refining room in front of him.

During the seven hundred years, Wei Zhong not only traveled between the two worlds, but also went a long way on the path of refining equipment.

Successfully digested most of the contents of "Luo's Equipment Refining Record".

On the panel:
[Sixth-level weapon refining technique: Grandmaster (21%)]

The master-level sixth-order weapon refining technique has been achieved.

With Wei Zhong's current ability, refining a sixth-order mid-grade magic weapon is effortless. Even for a top-grade magic weapon, as long as it is a conventional knife, sword, or shield, Wei Zhong has a 50% success rate. Even for a niche magic weapon, the success rate starts at 20% to 30%.

At present, Wei Zhong’s weapon refining level is very close to the seventh level.

He was thinking about how to refine the seventh-level main flag of the Fuling Qiankun Formation in order to completely raise his own refining level to the seventh level.

After a long period of polishing, it has already taken shape.

He nodded slightly, and the information on the panel flashed by:
[Name: Wei Zhong] [Cultivation: Middle stage of Refining Void (sixth level, 78%)]

【Shouyuan: 5876/8800】

During the seven hundred years, not only the level of equipment refining had increased, but also the level of cultivation and age.

Wei Zhong's cultivation level climbed all the way from the fourth level of the middle stage of the Refining Void Realm, skipped the fifth level and then directly reached the sixth level.

Having reached the last level of the middle stage, the next step is the late stage of refining emptiness.

Correspondingly, Wei Zhong's lifespan has also increased accordingly, and now his remaining lifespan is less than three thousand years.

There is no rush to level up because densely packed communication symbols have already covered one wall.

Even when Wei Zhong was thinking just now, another communication talisman fell into it.

He reached out and crushed it. It was Yang Bao's voice.

After hearing his words, Wei Zhong opened the cave formation and took all the communication talismans on the wall.

Then he walked into the yard and crushed them all.

In an instant, hundreds of pieces of information flooded into Wei Zhong's mind.

Some of them came from greetings from several people, and some were polite messages from unfamiliar monks.

After accepting it, Wei Zhong shook his head lightly and had no intention of replying.

Looking up, Yang Bao and others had already entered the cave.

With joy on his face:

"It's really not easy to meet fellow Taoist Wu Se once!"

Wei Zhong asked everyone to take a seat:

"This is really my first time finding a treasure, so I spent a little longer on it."

Brother Yang talked about Wei Zhong's gains from refining weapons. Wei Zhong did not speak directly, but only said:
"I have gained a lot. If you need any equipment, you can ask me for help."

Everyone present showed joy on their faces.

Li Jingshuo added:
"I wonder if Brother Wu Se is still accepting alchemy commissions?"

"Of course I will accept it, but you must bring the recipe and multiple sets of alchemy materials. I cannot guarantee that there will be no accidents every time I make the alchemy."

Hearing this, everyone was even more delighted.
"That's, that's..."

After this conversation, Wei Zhong gained some understanding of the changes in the Five Elements Immortal Sect over the past seven hundred years.

"That Senior Brother Hou was sent out of the sect, and it really made the guys in the Tianfen Palace behave themselves a lot..."

About a hundred years after Wei Zhong had been in seclusion, Yun Fengyao's eldest disciple Hou Yanbin received a mission from the sect and went to garrison Gemingyuan.

There were even a few messages from Wei Zhong in his cave, but they were just polite greetings, without any extreme behavior as Yang Bao said.

"Once you join the sect, you will be in seclusion for many years. Brother Wu Se, do you want to go out for a walk?"

Wei Zhong shook his head slightly:

"There is still a little confusion, so I am afraid I will not go out."

As Wei Zhong spoke, he seemed to be distracted again, and only came back to his senses after Yang Bao called him several times.

He bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I've been refining too much these days, and I accidentally shifted my focus to refining."

Seeing this, Yang Bao snorted twice and asked in a low voice:

"Brother Wu Se, please answer honestly, what is the current level of your weapon refining skills?"

The other monks present stopped what they were doing at the same time and listened attentively.

Wei Zhong replied:

"I am climbing towards the seventh level of weapon refining. Perhaps the next time I come out of retreat, you will see me holding a seventh level magic weapon."

Wei Zhong took a sip of tea and spoke in a calm tone.

Yang Bao swallowed his saliva, and the others were even more unable to remain calm.

"Is what Fellow Daoist Wu Se true?"

"Can I still deceive you?"

Everyone gasped and looked at Wei Zhong's face full of surprise.

"Is there really someone in this world who is so young and can make outstanding achievements in both weapon and pill refining?"

They couldn't believe it, but seeing Wei Zhong's calm look, they had to believe it.

He congratulated him repeatedly, spoke one after another, then said goodbye and left, not wanting to disturb Wei Zhong any further.

Even Yang Bao did the same, bowing and saying goodbye:
"I hope that next time we meet, Brother Wu Se will be a true seventh-level weapon refiner."

The other party understood that Wei Zhong was not obsessed with refining weapons or practicing magic, but was in a special state of complete concentration.

In this state, it would be a waste if I didn't stay in seclusion and eat and drink with these people.

"Thank you, Brother Yang, for your kind words."

The other party said goodbye and left. Wei Zhong packed up the rest and turned back to the depths of the cave.

When the furnace is lit and the fire is on, it is not to refine weapons, but to refine pills.

"Over a few hundred years, this exquisite pill is consumed really quickly."

There were only two or three in Wei Zhong's storage bag, which were not enough for Wei Zhong to continue his retreat.

[Seventh-level Alchemy·Proficient (32%)]

Although he had not refined any seventh-grade elixirs, Wei Zhong's proficiency in alchemy continued to increase steadily after refining a large number of sixth-grade elixirs.

Wei Zhong produced batch after batch of pills and rarely failed.

Wei Zhong has achieved a 70% success rate in refining large quantities of Linglong Miaodan.

This is already a very terrifying level for a sixth-grade top-grade elixir.

After the elixir was prepared, Wei Zhong opened the space channel and headed to the demon world.

In the Liefeng spiritual land, Wei Zhong left and returned.

Walking out of the cave, I looked at the flying dragon roaming above and the guards passing by on the ground.

Wei Zhong nodded with satisfaction.

Flying down from the sky, respectfully greeting:
"grown ups!"

Wei Zhong said:

"Has the Sky Splitting Tribe made any moves recently?"

"My Lord, they have annexed a small tribe nearby and expanded their territory."

“In just three or four years, we’ve expanded one step further.”

It has only been about a year since Wei Zhong returned to the spiritual world to refine the Linglong Pill, and the situation has changed when he returned.

"We are getting closer and closer to our spiritual land. It seems that we really can't wait any longer," he said to Zhukong Fengfu, "Strengthen the patrol teams around us and don't let any unrelated people break into our spiritual land."

"Yes!"

He took the order and left, and Wei Zhong returned to the cave.

With a wave of his sleeves, several pill bottles fell onto the rock slab on the ground.

"Linglong Magic Pill", "Lingbi Soul-Calming Pill"...

Wei Zhong placed many elixirs that aided his practice on the ground. He blinked his eyes and the interface showed the following again:
【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Middle stage of Refining Void (sixth level, 80%)]

【Shouyuan: 5880/8800】

"We are about to break through. Once we succeed, we can solve the current troubles in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)