Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 175 The Immortal Artifact is Forged
Su Ji's arrival greatly increased the efficiency of the weapon-forging team.

It may seem like it only improves work efficiency, but in reality it breaks through the previously insurmountable limit, removing some impurities that might have taken months to grind away in just half a day.

The progress of refining immortal artifacts suddenly jumped from the middle stage to the later stage, which made many artifact refiners both painful and happy.

The pain comes from the increased workload; once I get busy, I can't stop.

The good news is that the construction period has been greatly shortened, which greatly increases the possibility of refining the immortal artifact before the Snow Mountain Festival!
After Su Ji demonstrated his value, he was conscripted by the Thousand Machine Old Man as a laborer and worked regular hours for several days. Finally, on November 27th, he reached the final stage of refining the immortal artifact.

Since August, various forces have been refining immortal artifacts in the ruined fairyland, and it has been more than three months now.

The saying goes, "A skilled craftsman must first have the right tools." The Dragon Mountain Sect spent over a month setting up its weapon-refining formation, the Thousand Transformations Town spent over two months constructing its mechanical giant, and the Golden Mountain Sect is still collecting immortal materials from the ruined Immortal Realm...

Of course, Jinshan Sect couldn't wait until all the materials were successfully collected before starting the refining process. Instead, they had already begun processing the materials. In terms of progress, Qianbian Town was actually the slowest.

Unexpectedly, Su Ji only came to help with the weapon forging for seven consecutive days, but he managed to push the progress of forging immortal weapons to the later stages all at once, making him one of the best among various weapon forging forces.

However, even with such great progress, Thousand Change Town still faces some criticism.

It should be noted that the progress of weapon forging is not only publicized among the major forces, but many of the cultivators involved in weapon forging also come from different forces. Not to mention that some people check the progress of weapon forging from time to time... It can't be hidden from the cultivators who are interested.

Some say that the reason why the weapon-forging speed in Qianbian Town is so fast is because of the Shaoyang Immortal Furnace borrowed by the Jinshan Sect.

Some people believe that even if the crafting speed in Thousand Changes Town is the fastest, it still doesn't mean anything. The real skill is to craft a true immortal artifact in a broken immortal realm!
Some even say that even immortal artifacts are graded, and if Thousand Changes Town only forged a slightly inferior immortal artifact, it certainly wouldn't be as good as a higher-grade immortal artifact...

Some people were discussing it, while others focused their attention on the Shaoyang Immortal Furnace of the Golden Mountain Sect.

While other forces knew they were unlikely to succeed, the weapon refiners of the Golden Mountain Sect took action and directly approached the Golden Flame Spirit Lord.

"Borrowing the power of Shaoyang to forge a celestial artifact?"

The white-haired Golden Flame Spirit Lord's expression hardened, and he did not give the weapon refiners in the sect a friendly look:

“Even if the Lesser Yang Immortal Furnace is a mid-grade immortal artifact, the Lesser Yang Power it can produce each day is limited. If we lend you some Lesser Yang Power and delay the immortal artifacts being refined by Thousand Changes Town, who among you can bear the responsibility?”

Whether or not the immortal artifact is successfully forged within the broken immortal realm is of great importance to Jiuxiang County and General Jin Yan, and even more so to the future of the Jinshan Sect.

It is because the Golden Flame Divine General also came from the Golden Mountain Sect that the Golden Mountain Sect's leader had the first opportunity to explore the broken immortal realm. Otherwise, other Xuanmen sects would have rushed in long ago, trying to obtain resources from the broken immortal realm and even the [Xin Jin] Dao Fruit left behind by the Golden Cave Sect!
As for the addition of the Longshan Sect, it was because the Longshan Sect was based in the Longshan Mountains of the Baiyan Mountain Range, which gave them a reasonable excuse to explore the ruined fairyland.

The Taibai Dragon Clan's involvement was based on the Jin Feng County's divine system, and the number of people participating in the exploration never exceeded three. Moreover, the Taibai Dragon Clan cannot be considered a sect of mystical arts...

However, while the advantages of the Golden Flame Divine General are great, they are also limited. If the Golden Mountain Sect fails to deliver satisfactory results within a certain timeframe, it will inevitably attract the participation of more Xuanmen sects...

The weapon refiners of the Golden Mountain Sect cannot bear this responsibility.

However, Chief Refiner Liu, who was in charge, did not give up. He changed his perspective and said, "Uncle-Master, if that person finishes refining the immortal artifact, the Lesser Yang Immortal Furnace will be idle. It shouldn't be a problem to borrow the Lesser Yang power from it then, right?"

The Golden Mountain Sect takes even longer to refine immortal artifacts, but Chief Liu can afford to wait.

However, Golden Flame Spirit Lord shook his head seriously:

"Since the Shaoyang Immortal Furnace has been lent to my aunt, it belongs to her for the time being."

"Whether my aunt intends to continue refining a second immortal artifact or do something else, it is up to her to decide. It is no use for me, as a junior, to say anything."

"And it's best if you don't bother your master for now... If you have any ideas, you can apply for other immortal artifacts from the sect."

Although the Golden Mountain Sect only has one Lesser Yang Immortal Furnace, it has many other immortal artifacts. Whether or not they can be borrowed depends on each person's abilities.

Chief Refiner Liu had no choice but to leave. He never expected that his casually submitted report would actually receive a response a few days later.

Jinshan Sect presented a list of immortal artifacts from its treasure vault for Chief Liu to choose from. Most of them were low-grade immortal artifacts, but there were also several mid-grade immortal artifacts.

This greatly boosted Chief Liu's confidence, and he immediately applied for two mid-grade immortal artifacts, even declaring, "Even if I can't be the first to forge an immortal artifact in the ruined immortal realm, I will forge the one of the highest grade!"

Many people are looking forward to this.

Although the progress of refining immortal artifacts in Qianbian Town is very fast, it is obvious that they are not of very high quality. Even if they succeed, they should only be of slightly lower grade. This gives Chief Liu of Jinshan Sect the opportunity to achieve his goal.

On November 30th, with 25 days left until the Snow Mountain Festival, the progress of refining immortal artifacts in Golden Wind Canyon in Thousand Changes Town finally reached the final moment.

On this day, not only were there three teams of guards specially dispatched by Qianbian Town to guard against possible dangers, but there were also representatives from Jinshan Sect, Jiuxiang County, and Taibai Dragon Clan attending the ceremony.

After all, the first immortal artifact in the broken fairyland may not be very powerful, but it represents a new milestone.

At such a crucial moment, Su Ji, as one of the weapon-forging teams in Thousand Changes Town, naturally did not miss the opportunity. However, with so many people watching, Su Ji did not stay outside the mechanical giant, but instead entered the mechanical giant's chest and abdomen.

Previously, Su Ji had been assisting the mechanical giant in operating its limbs. Now that all preparations were complete, he naturally had to assist Mo Linglong, who was at the very core.

Mo Linglong was already prepared and nodded, saying, "The final stage is about to begin. I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Golden Toad for your assistance!"

Based solely on Mo Linglong's current state, she can only be considered a high-level cultivator at the Dao Seed level. Even with the three-foot invincible domain maintained by the golden pearl, she still has some shortcomings when it comes to truly refining immortal artifacts.

"【Deflected Profound Realm】!"

If this move were used alone, even with Su Ji's recent improvement in his understanding of the Dao of Deflection, it would only be the power of a high-grade perfect spell.

Fortunately, Su Ji also had the help of Mo Linglong to refine his natal spiritual artifact, the Deflection Golden Pearl, which allowed the power of this [Deflection Profound Realm] to reach the top level.

Most importantly, the effect of [Deflection Realm] is not only judged by its power, but also by its results. In an instant, Mo Linglong's spiritual power, which was originally only at the high-level cultivation stage, was transformed into a near-immortal level in terms of quality under the effect of the deflection and condensation power.

Based on this, Mo Linglong's control over her previous life's Dao Fruit greatly increased, and she mobilized the power of the Dao Traces within the Lesser Dao Fruit.

"The Way of Scattered Gold, the Refinement of Gold!"

Back then, Mo Linglong used Su Ji's deflection power to enhance her own strength and weaken the will of her past life within her physical body. This allowed her to resolve the threat of the remnant soul and some of the Dao Fruit in her mind and body, and successfully revive in a state of half flesh and blood and half spiritual artifact.

Now that Mo Linglong's strength has increased significantly, Su Ji's deflection power has also become more pronounced. With the assistance of the Thousand Machine Elder, the golden-haired beauty Gao Xiu, and a group of cultivators, the two began to use the power of the mechanical giant to carry out the final refining of the immortal artifact.

Although the dilapidated fairyland has been around for tens of thousands of years, it still possesses the projection of the power of the sun and moon. Although the light of the sun and moon is not very bright every day, there is no change of waxing and waning.

Even on November 30th, the moon was still very round, but because it was not bright enough, it looked like there was a silver halo in the sky.

By midnight, three hours had passed since the weapon forging began. Not only the assisting cultivators, but even the high-ranking cultivators who were in charge of the mechanism were somewhat listless.

Many of the cultivators who had come specifically to witness the event were becoming increasingly impatient. Some thought the refining process was not going well, and some even believed that the refining was likely to fail...

The representatives of the major forces watching the ceremony began to whisper among themselves, putting a lot of pressure on the cultivators who were maintaining their formation.

Another half hour passed, and the concerns from the outside world grew louder. It wasn't that they didn't trust the weapon refiners of Thousand Changes Town, but rather that such intense weapon refining would be too much even for near-immortal cultivators.

Most importantly, while an ordinary immortal artifact might take a long time to prepare, since Thousand Changes Town says that tonight is the final stage of refining the artifact, then tonight must be the time when the artifact is completed.

Some even suspect that the Thousand Changes Town had already failed to be refined, and was just stalling for time to make people impatient and leave, so that when the failure was announced, it wouldn't look so bad on the surface.

Just as the many cultivators were lost in thought, the mechanical giant's head suddenly spewed out a large plume of smoke, the long, whistling sound of which resembled a dragon's roar.

Some cultivators looked on with anticipation: "Its aura is like a dragon's roar, could it be that the immortal artifact has been successfully forged!"

However, some cultivators, seeing the constantly shaking mechanical giant, were worried: "The mechanical giant seems about to explode. Could it be that the forging of the immortal artifact has failed?"

Even the representatives of the various forces who were attending the ceremony couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Although they all hoped that the immortal artifact would be successfully forged, the fact that the forging process had taken so long made them somewhat worried.

"boom!"

Just then, the mechanical giant's chest and abdomen suddenly burst open, and a plume of smoke mixed with earth energy, metal energy, and lesser yang energy rushed into the Golden Wind Canyon, creating a passage several tens of feet long.

"The furnace in the chest and abdomen of the mechanical giant exploded?" If the immortal artifact was also forged when the furnace exploded, it wouldn't be unacceptable.

"Could it be that the immortal artifact failed to be forged?" But the power of the furnace explosion shouldn't be that strong; it's more like the explosive shockwave from an unsuccessful attempt to forge an immortal artifact.

"Was it successful or not?!" This forging was not done using the fire-forging method; the explosion occurred on the other side of the mechanical giant, leaving many experienced weapon refiners completely baffled.

In an instant, many cultivators disregarded all decorum; some rose and flew toward the side of the mechanical giant, while others used secret techniques to enhance their spiritual senses and investigate...

Soon, the representatives of the various forces watching the ceremony let out a series of exclamations.

"The aura of a celestial artifact! Thousand Changes Town has actually forged a celestial artifact!"

"This Dao trace fluctuation... it should be a low-grade, ordinary quality immortal artifact. No wonder even the reincarnated Xuanxian from Thousand Transformations Town took so long to refine this artifact!"

"Ah! This celestial artifact is not a weapon like a sword, spear, or halberd, nor is it a magical treasure like a chain or seal; it is a celestial furnace!"

If it's a weapon like a celestial sword, the required materials and Dao traces are relatively simple.

If it were a magical artifact like a celestial seal, it might require more materials, but the difficulty of crafting it would be relatively low.

Artifacts like the Immortal Furnace, with their complex internal spatial structures, require artificers to possess extremely high abilities, let alone the fact that Mo Linglong forged it in a dilapidated immortal realm.

For a moment, not only those cultivators who had just been worried, but even those who had been pessimistic, were shocked.

"A low-grade immortal furnace not only contains immense power, but can also be used as a furnace for refining immortal artifacts. Thousand Transformations Town is indeed a clever scheme!"

"With a low-grade, average-quality immortal furnace, the difficulty of forging immortal artifacts in the ruined immortal realm of Thousand Changes Town will be greatly reduced in the future, and it may even be possible to forge low-grade, high-quality immortal artifacts with it!"

"It's not just a low-grade immortal artifact of excellent quality. If the right time, place, and people are all in place, we might even be able to forge a low-grade flawless immortal artifact that would be invincible even in the broken immortal realm!"

The broken fairyland's capacity to accommodate external objects is limited to high-grade flawless spiritual artifacts. Although its internal structure exceeds this standard, there is still a limit: it can accommodate three-tiered Xuanxian artifacts at the divine weapon level and low-grade flawless immortal and divine magic treasures.

The immortal furnace crafted by the Thousand Changes Town weapon-refining team possessed a slight possibility of being able to refine a low-grade flawless immortal artifact. This not only shocked the representatives of these forces, but even if the news spread to the outside world, it would be enough to delight the immortals and gods of several major forces.

The atmosphere in the room immediately changed.

"As expected of the Mo family of Thousand Transformations Town, they actually managed to forge such a celestial artifact using their spiritual-level power!"

"Jian Riling from Jinfeng County is also participating in this weapon-forging competition. He may not be able to secure the first spot in forging this immortal furnace, but he can definitely reserve one of the top three spots!"

"I think the Lesser Yang Immortal Furnace of the Golden Mountain Sect is also quite helpful, not to mention that he is the reincarnation of the Mysterious Immortal of the Golden Mountain Sect... With the Immortal Furnace as our foundation, we can finally speed up our exploration of the broken immortal realm!"

"With the Exquisite Immortal Furnace, I'll have more confidence when participating in the Snow Mountain Trade Fair!"

For a moment, only praise could be heard nearby. Even as Su Ji was about to retire in triumph, he could feel the excitement of the ancient ruins and the guardian deities of Chrysanthemum Mountain.

(End of this chapter)