Junior sister, I really need to control you

However, what might limit her then wouldn't be the difficulty of the Two Elements Dividing Light Sword itself, but rather her magical power.

At that time, my junior sister will only have a little over thirty years of cultivation. If all 128 sword lights are released at once, they will most likely drain her magic power.

Is there any way to help my junior sister improve her cultivation level or make her magic power more profound?

"Yinsheng?" Shangguan Ling'er seemed to notice that Li Yinsheng was deep in thought, and poked his shoulder with her fingertip. "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about Xiaoyu's cultivation," Li Yinsheng said, putting the White Rainbow Sword back into his body and looking at Shangguan Ling'er. "Her cultivation is progressing rather slowly."

"Slow?" Shangguan Ling'er's eyes widened. "With her talent, she might not even have thirty years of cultivation in a lifetime!"

"Aren't you satisfied with this?"

“Not enough,” Li Yinsheng shook his head.

"I don't understand what you're thinking. Do you have to turn her into a real person before you're satisfied? Is she that important to you?"

Shangguan Ling'er looked at her with a "I don't understand" expression.

Li Yinsheng ignored Shangguan Ling'er's complaints and turned to Yan Yu Zhenren with a smile, saying, "Fellow Daoist Yan Yu, the White Rainbow Sword has been restored to its original state, and its spiritual essence is intact. Thank you very much for this."

"Fellow Daoist Li, you are too kind. If it weren't for you and Fellow Daoist Linghuang, I would have already perished. My meager strength is far from enough to repay the kindness you two have shown to the Forging Furnace Temple."

Master Yan Yu smiled warmly.

She still felt a sense of emotion.

There are three great masters in the Casting Furnace Temple.

Despite its arrogance, Shouyi Temple only has two Grand Masters.

Although the two people in front of her were guests, she was already a true master herself, and she would have a much stronger backbone when facing Shouyi Temple in the future.

"If we're talking about the art of weapon crafting, under the Zheng Yang lineage, there shouldn't be anyone who can compare to True Person Yan Yu, right?" Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you flatter me." True Person Yan Yu smiled modestly.

But her meaning was already very clear: Li Yinsheng was right.

Before she became a Great Master, there was another Master at Pifeng Temple who was equally skilled in weapon crafting and whose weapon crafting skills were on par with hers.

But now that she is a Great True Person, her use of divine sense and magical power is far superior to before, so she is naturally much more adept at refining weapons.

Seeing Yan Yuzhen's seemingly humble but actually tacitly agreeable demeanor, Li Yinsheng's eyes lit up.

He had been struggling with how to quickly improve his junior sister's weapon-refining skills, but now that there was a weapon-refining master at the Great True Person level, things were much easier.

“Fellow Daoist Yan Yu, I have a favor to ask,” Li Yinsheng said.

As he spoke, he glanced at the guest courtyard next door, where Mu Xiaoyu was practicing weapon crafting under the guidance of the female steward.

Following Li Yinsheng's gaze, Master Yanyu immediately understood what Li Yinsheng meant.

"Is Fellow Daoist Li worried about that young friend Mu's weapon-refining matter?" asked True Person Yan Yu.

“That’s right,” Li Yinsheng nodded. “I intend to have my junior sister assist me in cultivating weaponry. She has some talent, but she’s only just started learning, so she’s probably falling behind.”

"At this age, you're only just starting out in weapon crafting. Compared to the disciples of the Forging Furnace Temple, you're indeed starting late."

Master Yan Yu said, "However, I observe that young friend Mu has a remarkable talent for weapon crafting, and he is also down-to-earth, diligent, and hardworking in his cultivation."

"It's just a few years late. At her current age, as long as she has a good teacher and works hard, she will definitely achieve great things in the future."

"Unfortunately, my Xuanzhen Temple currently does not have any cultivators skilled in weapon crafting." Li Yinsheng shook his head and sighed with regret.

Shangguan Ling'er, standing to the side, tilted her head and stared at him.

What do you mean by saying there are currently no cultivators skilled in weapon crafting?

Do you know that at this time, there is only one person left in Xuanzhen Temple?

If we bring Ningzhi along when we come, that would be considered the entire Xuanzhen Temple coming out in force!

"If young friend Mu were to try to learn weapon crafting on his own, I'm afraid he would take many detours," said Master Yan Yu with a face full of regret.

"The thought that such a promising talent would waste his time and squander his potential breaks my heart."

She said sincerely, "How about Fellow Daoist Li let Young Friend Mu stay at my Casting Furnace Temple? She can come and exchange ideas often, and I can also offer some guidance."

"Putting an order on the platform?" Li Yinsheng asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Among the dozens of Taoist temples under the lineage, only a few, such as my Furnace Temple and Edge-Cleaving Temple, focus on weapon crafting, but other temples also have some cultivators who specialize in weapon crafting."

Master Yan Yu explained, "However, other Taoist temples often do not have the business of selling magical artifacts, so the artifact refiners there can only sell the artifacts they create themselves."

"This is troublesome and may not fetch a fair price, so many weapon refiners will send their magical artifacts to temples like my Casting Furnace Temple, which mainly focus on weapon refining, for sale."

“After the magical artifacts are sold, my Furnace Temple takes a cut, and the remaining money is handed over to the consignment craftsman.”

Li Yinsheng suddenly realized.

“However, listing is a step further than that,” Master Yanyu said. “Some weapon refiners who are used to consigning their items become familiar with the Forging Furnace Temple over time.”

“The Casting Furnace Temple often receives commissions for custom-made magical artifacts. Sometimes, they will entrust some familiar and reliable artifact refiners to refine them on their behalf, and the Casting Furnace Temple will take a small cut.”

“Such weapon refiners are called ‘registered at the Casting Furnace Temple,’” said Master Yan Yu. “Although they do not belong to the Casting Furnace Temple, they have a close relationship with it.”

"Therefore, the weapon refiners who stay at the Forge Temple often exchange ideas with the weapon refiners there, occasionally receive guidance from seniors, and a few even learn some of the weapon refining methods and spells of the Forge Temple."

Li Yinsheng pondered for a moment: "Wouldn't it be a huge loss to just look at the casting furnace like this?"

"Being able to exchange ideas with fellow experts in weapon crafting is also very beneficial to the Forging Furnace Sect," Master Yan Yu smiled. "Moreover... one of the great advantages of weapon crafters is their network of contacts."

Li Yinsheng realized what was happening.

The weapon refiners who register at the casting furnace are definitely highly skilled.

A skilled weapon refiner will also hold a high position within their own sect.

For the Casting Furnace Temple, this meant that among many Taoist temples, there was a monk of considerable status who had a very good relationship with the Casting Furnace Temple.

In this way, those Taoist temples would also show a slight bias when facing the Zhulu Temple.

Although this bias may not be significant, the cost of having other weapon refiners list their orders at the Forging Furnace Temple is also not high.

Of course, the part about refining and consigning weapons was not very important to Li Yinsheng. Although weapon refiners could indeed make money, he did not expect to support Xuanzhen Temple by relying on his junior sister's weapon refining.

Besides, my junior sister can't even forge a second-rate magical artifact.

The truly important part is that the weapon refiners who register under a contract can receive guidance from the seniors in the Forging Furnace Temple, and even learn some of the Forging Furnace Temple's weapon refining methods and spells.

"In that case, I'll trouble Fellow Daoist Yan Yu," Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

"I will arrange for my disciple to handle this immediately." Master Yan Yu's face lit up with joy.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Yan Yu," Li Yinsheng asked casually, "besides extensive and arduous practice, is there a quick way to master weapon crafting without any side effects?"

He didn't actually have high hopes; he was just asking casually.

Given the status and earning power of weapon refiners, if there were any reliable quick-fix methods, they would have spread long ago.

As Li Yinsheng expected, True Person Yanyu shook his head and chuckled: "Fellow Daoist Li is joking. If there really were such a quick way to achieve success, I would have used it to cultivate outstanding juniors long ago."

But then she paused, thought for a moment, and said, "However, although there is no quick way, there is indeed a way in the art of weapon crafting that can make it much easier for weapon crafters to craft magical artifacts."

"Moreover, it will not produce any side effects, and may even be beneficial to cultivation or combat."

"Such a good thing?" Li Yinsheng exclaimed in surprise.

"It's extremely difficult to make, so very few people have the opportunity to use it," Master Yan Yu explained. "Fellow Daoist Li should know that the first step in refining a weapon is to temper and purify the materials."

"Besides needing keen spiritual sense, the most important thing in this step is actually the flame used when refining and purifying the materials."

"The stronger the flame, the easier it is to refine the materials and separate out the impurities."

“All weapon refiners pursue stronger and more intense flames. All weapon refiners in my Furnace Refining Temple, including myself and my three junior brothers, cultivate fire-based techniques.”

"It is also because fire-based techniques are used to cast fire-based spells that the power of the generated flames can be maximized."

"So Fellow Daoist Yan Yu means that my junior sister should switch to cultivating fire-based techniques?" Li Yinsheng asked.

Yan Yu shook his head: "While this will enhance the power of fire-based spells, it won't be by much."

“We specialize in fire-based techniques only to perfect them,” she said earnestly. “The best way to obtain a truly powerful flame is to refine an already formidable spiritual fire and integrate it into one’s own essence.”

"In this way, the power of any fire-based spell will be greatly increased, and it will be easier to control."

"If the refined spiritual fire itself has some strange abilities, then after refining it, one can also use them to a certain extent."

"Spiritual fire?" Li Yinsheng sensed something was wrong. "Is it rare? What's its value?"

“Even the most common spiritual fire is extremely rare, more valuable than most magic treasures, and priceless. Even for a True Person of the Dharma Aspect Realm, it is an extremely rare item,” True Person Yan Yu said, shaking his head.

Li Yinsheng squinted at her, his face saying, "Fellow Daoist, are you deliberately playing a trick on me?"

"However, since I have proposed this method, I naturally have some clues," Master Yan Yu said with a smile.

Li Yinsheng's expression changed: "True Master Yan Yu truly lives up to his reputation as the number one weapon refiner under the Dharma lineage. He is indeed very knowledgeable!"

"Several hundred years ago, a patriarch of our Casting Furnace Temple who was close to the Dharma Aspect Realm obtained a spiritual fire called the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire."

"At that time, the patriarch felt that he did not have the ability to refine such a powerful thing as the Nine Yang Spirit Fire, so he dared not take the risk, but he was also worried that if he kept it for a long time, it would attract the covetousness of others."

"So the patriarch thought it over and over again and then offered the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire to the lineage."

Master Yan Yu explained, "One of the rewards of the lineage is a top-tier fire-based spell called 'Three Yang Spiritual Fire'."

“Nine Yang? Three Yang?” Li Yinsheng stroked his chin. “Could it be…”

Master Yan Yu nodded: "The Three Yang Spiritual Fire is a spell derived from the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire after it was refined by an elder in the lineage."

"The Three Yang Spiritual Fire refined by this spell, although it is one level inferior to the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire, is still extremely powerful."

"Moreover, most importantly, although the Three Yang Spiritual Flame is difficult to cultivate, once it is mastered, one can spend some time condensing the flame seed and give it to other cultivators, allowing them to quickly master it."

"Therefore, as long as one person masters the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, it can gradually benefit the entire Taoist temple."

"However, this fire is extremely powerful. Even if it is just a seed, it cannot be taught casually. Otherwise, the recipient will not be able to refine it and will instead have their meridians burned, resulting in death and the dissipation of their Dao."

Master Yan Yu looked at Mu Xiaoyu, who was still learning how to refine ores, and smiled, "I happen to have a seed of the Three Yang Spiritual Fire in my possession."

"With young friend Mu's talent, and with the support and assistance of fellow Daoist Li, myself, and fellow Daoist Linghuang, refining it should not be difficult."

"At that time, the secret techniques of the Three Yang Spiritual Fire will also be taught to young friend Mu."

Since it concerned his aspirations for cultivation, Li Yinsheng did not stand on ceremony and immediately nodded: "In that case, thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Yanyu."

Shangguan Ling'er turned to look at Li Yinsheng, her beautiful eyes wide open.