Junior sister, I really need to control you

A moment later, a small clump of indigo liquid separated out and gradually solidified into a smooth piece of metal.

It was two sizes smaller than the metal she had refined before, only about the size of a little finger, but its indigo color was much richer.

"The quality is quite good," Master Yan Yu nodded. "To achieve such results on the first attempt at refining materials with the Three Yang Spirit Fire is enough to prove young friend Mu's talent."

"Once you get used to using the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, the refining effect will be much better."

Master Yanyu paused for a moment and then smiled and said, "From now on, you will follow me to learn weapon crafting."

"Once you learn how to blend different materials, solidify the magical artifact, and inscribe restrictions during the solidification process, you will be able to create your first magical artifact."

"I estimate that with your talent, plus the Three Yang Spirit Fire and my guidance, it should only take about a month."

Mu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up: "Thank you, senior!"

Although refining weapons was tiring, she felt much more relaxed with the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

Now that she hears that she can personally forge her first magical artifact within a month, she is also looking forward to it.

……

For the past month, Mu Xiaoyu has focused her main energy on cultivation, sword practice, and learning weapon crafting from Master Yan Yu.

In sword practice, the repaired White Rainbow Sword made it much faster for Mu Xiaoyu to practice, especially with Li Yinsheng's guidance.

Although Mu Xiaoyu only practiced swordsmanship for two hours a day for the past month, she still managed to improve to forty-two sword lights.

When she mastered the thirty-two sword lights, Li Yinsheng also received a reward of sixteen years of cultivation.

However, although the Three Yang Spiritual Fire can complete the step of condensing spiritual fire while cultivating, it is still too difficult in the end.

When he condensed the first Three Yang Spiritual Fire within his body, the seclusion of the cave was almost over.

Therefore, he didn't have much time to cultivate his own Three Yang Spiritual Fire, let alone create a seed of fire.

Fortunately, my junior sister seems to be very enthusiastic about "forging her first magic weapon in life", and her progress in learning from Master Yan Yu has been quite fast.

Or perhaps it was simply because she had gone through so much hardship to refine the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, and she felt that using it more would make the effort worthwhile.

In short, after a month of learning weapon crafting from Master Yan Yu, Mu Xiaoyu successfully crafted her first magical artifact.

When she successfully forged the weapon for the first time, Li Yinsheng and Shangguan Ling'er were both there. Mu Xiaoyu was full of excitement and rushed up to hug Li Yinsheng and Shangguan Ling'er.

The first magical artifact she crafted was a bracelet with a pure black background, but which would slowly shimmer with bright silver specks.

This is a low-grade defensive magic weapon, which is perfect for her to make up for her shortcomings when she participates in the Trial of the Blades in two months. It's quite good.

However, Li Yinsheng felt that the only flaw was that the bracelet was too big, which was not suitable for his junior sister's small wrist. Moreover, it seemed that a low-grade magic artifact did not have the ability to change size at will.

It wasn't until Mu Xiaoyu held the bracelet in one hand and grabbed his wrist with the other to compare the size, and nodded in satisfaction, that Li Yinsheng realized that the bracelet was originally for him.

He didn't stand on ceremony, patted his junior sister's head to thank her, and then put the bracelet on his wrist.

Although strictly speaking, this defensive artifact was a fragile item that needed to be handled with care, he did not refuse it in the slightest.

Moreover, he also happened to have a return gift for his junior sister.

Just as Xiaoyu forged her first magical artifact, the artifact-forging master's cultivation aspirations also reached their first milestone.

Li Yinsheng further improved his cultivation by ten years during that time.

This also marked the beginning of the first spark in his life.

Using the first spark of fire as a return gift for my junior sister's first magical artifact is simply perfect.

Li Yinsheng was very satisfied.

Chapter 98 The Three Yang Spirit Fire Sword

The Casting Furnace Viewpoint is in the courtyard of Mu Xiaoyu.

Li Yinsheng put on the bracelet, channeled a little magic power into it, and an invisible force spread out, transforming into a protective barrier.

He dared not input too much magic power, lest the bracelet crack.

"How is it, senior brother? Does it look good?" Mu Xiaoyu asked expectantly.

She knew that a second-rate defensive artifact would be of no use to Li Yinsheng.

Therefore, she made sure to make it look beautiful when she took form, and the style matched her senior brother's silver silk robe perfectly.

“Not bad,” Li Yinsheng nodded and smiled, “Thank you, Junior Sister.”

"Hehehe!" Mu Xiaoyu tilted her head back and laughed with satisfaction.

Li Yinsheng patted Mu Xiaoyu's head: "Junior sister, practice some more, and then forge a defensive magic weapon for yourself. You'll need it two months from now when you start using the 'Shifeng' technique."

Although there was a plan to have my junior sister train her body, it seems unlikely that she will make it in time for the Shifeng Gathering.

During those three months, he also took the time to visit Baoguang, but the rare and precious materials needed for the True Blood Manual are not something that can be found in ordinary places.

Therefore, for junior sisters at this stage, magical artifacts with defensive capabilities are still quite important.

Although buying a low-grade or mid-grade defensive magic artifact is not expensive, wielding multiple magic artifacts at the same time will place a greater burden on one's magic power and spiritual consciousness.

Li Yinsheng estimated that even if the mother insect was completely refined in two months, his junior sister would only be able to barely use the Hanming Sword and the brass incense burner.

If I were to add another defensive artifact, I could only afford a low-grade one.

Compared to buying one, it's definitely easier for her to refine it herself.

Hearing her senior brother's suggestion, Mu Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly.

She's terrified of pain, so she'll definitely need to prepare some defensive magic items for the upcoming Trial of the Blades!

Shangguan Ling'er, who was standing to the side, looked at Li Yinsheng's hand rubbing Mu Xiaoyu's head, her gaze lingering on the bracelet on his wrist. Her expression was a little strange, but she didn't say anything.

"Young friend Mu was very serious when he was refining it," Master Yan Yu said with a smile. "Although it was his first time refining it, the restrictions were still a bit rough around the edges."

"However, with the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, the material is already very close to that of a low-grade magic weapon. Once I've mastered the shaping and engraving of restrictions, I can try to refine a low-grade magic weapon."

Li Yinsheng nodded and sighed, "The Three Yang Spirit Fire is truly of great help in refining weapons. Even at the initial stage of refinement, it has such an effect on refining materials."

“However, if we want to further enhance the power of the Three Yang Spiritual Fire,” said Master Yan Yu, “we will have to dedicate ourselves to its cultivation.”

Mu Xiaoyu frowned.

Cultivation, sword practice, and weapon forging are already tiring enough; now we have to add nurturing spiritual fire on top of that?

"Besides cultivating it ourselves, if we could refine another fire seed, the spirit fire should also improve considerably, right?" Li Yinsheng asked.

Mu Xiaoyu's face immediately filled with terror.

I think cultivating spirit fire is great! I don't find it tiring at all!

"That's true, but it's a great pity that there's no second spark left in my Casting Furnace Temple," Master Yan Yu said with a shake of his head and a smile.

Mu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, revealing an expression of relief at surviving a disaster.

Then she saw her senior brother raise his hand with a smile, and a flame like a wick ignited at his fingertips.

Mu Xiaoyu's legs went weak, and she had to grab the table next to her to avoid falling over.

“I happen to have a spark,” Li Yinsheng said, looking at Yan Yu Zhenren. “I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yan Yu could help my junior sister protect her and assist her in refining this spark, just like last time.”

Yan Yu Zhenren subconsciously rubbed his eyes.

As a seasoned and worldly woman, she shouldn't have acted so out of line.

But she had never seen anything like this before.

"Fellow Daoist Li... didn't you just start cultivating the Three Yang Spiritual Fire last month?" True Person Yan Yu couldn't help but ask.

“Indeed, but perhaps it is because of the special nature of my cultivation method, or because it is somewhat compatible with the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, that condensing this fire seed has been quite smooth,” Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

He didn't mean to show off in front of Master Yan Yu, but if his junior sister wanted to refine this fire seed, she would need Master Yan Yu's help, so he really couldn't hide it from her.

My junior sister's Three Yang Spiritual Flame is newly formed and has not yet been nurtured. The improvement brought by a single flame seed is significant.

However, correspondingly, because her Three Yang Spiritual Fire is weak at this time, she may not be able to safely refine the fire seed if she relies solely on herself or with Li Yinsheng's assistance.

Therefore, we still need Master Yan Yu's help to protect us in this matter.

Once this seed of fire is refined, and Junior Sister's Three Yang Spiritual Fire grows stronger, refining future seeds of fire will be much easier.

After a long pause, Master Yan Yu finally managed to adjust his mindset and nodded, saying, "In that case, I will join Fellow Daoist Li in helping Young Friend Mu refine the fire seed."

“This spark is worth several years of nurturing,” Master Yan Yu said with a smile. “Young Master Mu is very fortunate.”

Mu Xiaoyu's eyes widened, and she was about to shout with all her might that she would rather not have such a blessing, and that she would never refine a second fire seed.

But Shangguan Ling'er suddenly spoke first.

She stared at Li Yinsheng, her face showing displeasure: "Yinsheng, why did you only invite Fellow Daoist Yan Yu for help? What about me?"

We were the three of us protecting the Dharma together before, so why are you ignoring me now?!

“Junior Sister already has the Three Yang Spiritual Flames. This time, when refining the fire seed, the spiritual flames can suppress the fire seed’s destruction. There is no need to use the water element to protect the meridians and internal organs. Therefore, there is no need to trouble Miss Shangguan again.”

Li Yinsheng explained.

Shangguan Ling'er was, after all, a Grand Master, and Li Yinsheng couldn't do without her before. He had no choice but to ask her to protect his junior sister.

Now that Junior Sister's own Three Yang Spiritual Fire is enough to protect her, there's no reason to treat Shangguan Ling'er like a laborer.

“I see,” Shangguan Ling’er understood this, but after a pause, she still said, “But my water element energy is still somewhat useful, isn’t it?”

“That’s natural,” Li Yinsheng nodded, “but it’s not necessary. It just helps my junior sister reduce her burning pain.”

Mu Xiaoyu suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Yinsheng's sleeve tightly, her eyes wide.

It's necessary! How can it not be necessary? It is absolutely necessary!

Through his junior sister's seemingly expressive eyes, Li Yinsheng roughly understood her meaning. He looked at Shangguan Ling'er and smiled, "If Miss Shangguan is willing to lend a hand, that would be wonderful."

"What do you mean, 'if you're willing to help'? I already said last time, this favor to protect Little Fish is a one-time thing, and there will be no next time." Shangguan Ling'er snorted lightly, "Do I look like I'm willing?"

Li Yinsheng was taken aback. He seemed to be thinking about something at first, then suddenly realized what was going on. He cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Please help me again, Miss Shangguan. I will remember this favor."

"Hmph, forget about the favor. Consider it as helping you one more time out of respect for Ningzhi!" Shangguan Ling'er's lips curled slightly.

Yan Yu Zhenren, standing to the side, glanced back and forth between the two, raising an eyebrow.

Mu Xiaoyu, who was holding onto Li Yinsheng's sleeve, suddenly realized that something was wrong.

She had originally intended to refuse to refine the fire seed.