I offered sacrifices to the gods

The 500th birthday of Taoist Jinyang is approaching, and all the disciples of Jinyang Temple are busy during this time.

Even some of the direct disciples who had been in seclusion for years came out of seclusion to prepare for the birthday celebration of Ancestor Jinyang.

The once tranquil Jin Yang Peak is now bustling with activity, with disciples busy at work everywhere.

"Many cultivation sects have come to offer their congratulations this time. Invitations have been sent to all the sects with any standing in the four kingdoms of the Southern Region."

In the Golden Sun Hall, Elder Wu sat beside the abbot and spoke slowly.

The abbot, still dressed in a blue Taoist robe, nodded slowly and said, "How long has it been since the Southern Region of Cangxuan has been this lively?"

"I've heard that the Ghost King Sect of Jing Kingdom produced a prodigy who, before the age of fifty, opened his sea of ​​consciousness, cultivated his divine soul, and advanced to the realm of contemplation."

"Fifty years old...that's truly an enviable age."

Upon hearing this, Elder Wu, who was in charge of the General Affairs Hall, remained silent for a while before replying, "The Ghost King Sect's cultivation techniques have a special effect on condensing the soul. That person is also the young sect leader, so his cultivation speed is naturally not slow."

The abbot sighed softly: "For the Ancestor's birthday celebration this year, the Ghost King Sect and the Heavenly Poison Sect are not a big deal, but we should pay attention to the reaction of the Taihua Sect."

"Among the Four Kingdoms Alliance, only Taihua Gate is at odds with my Jinyang Temple, so we must be careful."

Elder Wu nodded: "I have already instructed several of my disciples to keep an eye on the people from Taihua Sect on the day of the birthday celebration. If anything goes wrong, they will notify me immediately. You can rest assured about this matter."

"Well, it's good that you have the intention. I just don't know if the patriarchs of other lineages will come. After all, it's the patriarch's 500th birthday." The abbot narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of longing.

Cultivators at the Shackled Realm can enjoy a lifespan of five hundred years!

In his early years, Daoist Jinyang had taken several longevity-enhancing medicines and two Human Essence Pills. Although he had passed the five-hundred-year limit, he had not yet truly entered old age and still possessed abundant lifespan.

To be honest, if he, as a disciple, had failed to advance to the Shackled Realm, even if he had taken the second Human Essence Pill, he would still have passed away before his ancestor.

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The gaze fell back on Lin Mo, who had been enjoying a rare period of leisure since he had completed the "Wu Xin Zuo Shan Guan".

The temple was busy preparing for the grand birthday celebration of Patriarch Jinyang, but he didn't have many tasks to handle, and even the General Affairs Department seemed to have forgotten about him.

However, Lin Mo was happy to do so. He went to the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion and, as his personal disciple, borrowed another inheritance for free.

In the past two years, in addition to the original "Stone Skin Technique", he has borrowed two more inheritances from the Library.

One of them is "Yin Water Thunder," a water-based spell with considerable power.

The other lineage is the art of weapon crafting, which provides a profound introduction to knowledge related to weapon crafting.

If one can thoroughly understand and master this crafting technique, crafting a mid-grade magic weapon will not be a problem.

However, that will take a long time. The main reason Lin Mo borrowed this weapon-refining inheritance was to refine a replica of the Zhenyue Xuanyuan Bell.

He has detailed crafting diagrams, so you only need to learn some crafting-related knowledge to try crafting.

Lin Mo sat cross-legged on a rock on Jin Yang Peak, enjoying the warm breeze of late spring, and studied techniques related to weapon crafting.

"The art of weapon crafting is truly complex, and mastering it is not an easy task."

After studying it thoroughly and simply, he finally realized how difficult it was to master a cultivation skill to make a living.

The four arts of alchemy, weapon crafting, array formation, and talisman crafting each have their own difficulties. The art of weapon crafting not only requires talent but also consumes a lot of spiritual materials.

In Jin Yang Temple, the most common professions are talisman masters and alchemists, while weapon refiners and formation masters are the least common, and very few disciples even choose to minor in these two skills.

"Without the crafting blueprints, even if I were given a bunch of top-quality spiritual materials, I probably wouldn't know where to begin," Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh.

Unlike alchemists who can follow recipes, weapon refiners don't have as many blueprints and need to use their boundless imagination and creativity to refine magical artifacts.

Unless it's a standard magical artifact, you basically have to rely on your own ingenuity to combine various spiritual materials to forge magical artifacts with different powers.

With ten months to go until Ancestor Jin Yang's birthday celebration, the other disciples in the temple were busy with their own affairs, while Lin Mo was studying weapon-refining techniques.

Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and he finally put down this weapon-refining inheritance and prepared to start refining a replica of the Zhenyue Xuanyuan Bell.

He returned to his cave and began his seclusion.

"Yellow Yuan Stone, Xuanhuang Crystal, and Earth Spirit Rock are used as auxiliary materials."

"As for the main materials for refining weapons..."

As he spoke, Lin Mo patted his storage bag, revealing an ancient jade lion covered in jade grime, which looked to be quite old.

"This jade lion has only undergone simple carving and has no trace of being refined. It should be sufficient as the main material for the imitation of the Zhenyue Xuanyuan Bell."

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his palm, and wisps of crimson life fire shot out.

The life fire of a cultivator at the Candle Illumination Realm has an extremely high temperature, making it very suitable for both nurturing magical artifacts and refining spiritual materials.

boom!

As the life fire burned, the yellow stone gradually cracked, and wisps of earth elemental energy leaked out.

Seeing this, Lin Mo used his other hand to form a hand seal from the refining diagram and sent it over.

boom!

In an instant, the yellow stone was completely pulverized, turning into a fine, dark yellow powder.

Seeing this, Lin Mo used his spiritual power to draw up the powder formed from the yellow ore, thus constructing the prototype of the bell.

The first step in weapon crafting is shaping, which involves forging and refining spiritual materials into the desired shape.

The forging manual describes the secrets to shaping the Zhenyue Xuanyuan Bell. Lin Mo only needs to follow the instructions to forge it step by step.

After a long time, although the powder of these yellow stones formed a prototype of a bell, it could not be truly condensed.

Once he releases the pull of his spiritual power, the small yellow bell will collapse instantly and turn back into a pile of dust.

"As expected, arbitrarily altering the spiritual materials in the refining diagram will cause all sorts of problems."

"If the Root of Xuanhuang is used, this problem will not occur."

Lin Mo sighed, but he was prepared for this.

He patted his storage bag again, and several pieces of refined iron ingots were taken out.

After being refined by the life-giving fire, several iron ingots turned into molten iron, which, under his guidance, seeped into the nascent form of the bell.

When the molten iron solidifies, the powdered yellow ochre also takes shape.

"Not bad, not bad. Next, we'll add the other two types of earth-based spiritual items as well."

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