To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Chapter 381 Challenging the Limits

Outside the Yan family's territory, everyone looked up and gazed at the scene.

Inside the Qiyan Hall, three elders sat upright.

Yan Qingwu lightly stroked his beard with one hand and said sarcastically, "You said you were going to refine an offensive magic weapon, but the spiritual materials you chose are quite peculiar. It's clearly just a publicity stunt. I was right not to give him any orders."

Now, Yan Guiren can only hope that Gu Fan came prepared.

Before the results are in, you still have to save face.

He immediately retorted with a smile, "Elder, why are you in such a hurry? Just watch. If Elder Gu wins, I hope you will not go back on your word."

Yan Qingwu snorted again and turned his head away.

At the same time, Gu Fan and Hong Ye also took action.

Hongye slammed his wooden staff downwards, and with the infusion of his magic power, the entire staff came to life, transforming into a wooden dragon that swam in the air, and then opened its mouth to spit out a ball of pale green spiritual fire.

The fireball, three feet in size, distorted the void as it burned.

"Spiritual fire?" Gu Fan turned his head curiously, not at all surprised.

If he doesn't even have a wisp of spiritual fire, Hong Ye wouldn't deserve to be a master weapon refiner.

He had never seen this flame before, so he immediately activated his divine sense. In the next instant, the Dharma image in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly opened its eyes and began to comprehend the Dao of Fire by forming hand seals.

It possesses the destructive power of fire, yet it also contains boundless vitality; it is truly a wonderful fire!

Gu Fan sensed the extraordinary nature of the spiritual fire and secretly admired it.

Then he raised his hand and flicked out a burst of flame, causing the Returning Origin Furnace to crash to the ground.

Picking up the Yin-Yang gourd from the jade box, I immediately sensed its rich vitality, indicating that it had only been picked recently.

This is also one of the characteristics of the Yin-Yang Gourd. If it is not refined in time after being picked, the Yin and Yang energies in the gourd will slowly dissipate until it turns into an ordinary gourd.

Therefore, they are often transplanted together with their roots and soil, then nurtured with Yin-Yang spiritual liquid, and harvested at the time of weapon crafting.

Gu Fan weighed the Yin-Yang Gourd in his hand with satisfaction, and with a flick of his finger like a sword, a stream of water split off from the waterfall on the main peak, resembling a white dragon flying into the Returning Origin Furnace.

Gu Fan then threw the Yin-Yang Gourd inside and unleashed a golden spiritual flame.

"Six Ding Divine Fire? You dare to make a fool of yourself with something like that?"

While refining the weapon, Hong Ye observed Gu Fan's actions and discovered that Gu Fan was only displaying the Six Ding Divine Fire. He couldn't help but sneer.

The role of spirit fire in weapon crafting is self-evident. The more skilled the weapon crafter, the more precious the spirit fire they can refine. It is not uncommon for them to master multiple spirit fires at the same time.

While the quality of a spirit fire cannot directly represent one's cultivation level in the art of crafting, it is still a form of indirect reflection.

Hong Ye's laughter reached Gu Fan's ears, but it did not distract him.

As the temperature of the spiritual spring rose, he patted the Guiyuan Furnace, and seven key points on the furnace body lit up one after another, spreading out thousands of patterns.

Inside the Qiyan Palace.

Yan Qingwu laughed heartily: "I have heard of water refining in alchemy, but I have never heard of water refining in weapon crafting. This is truly an eye-opener."

Even Yan Guiren was at a loss for words, his face fell, and his fingers clenched slightly.

The crowd below the cloud platform was even more confused, wondering what Gu Fan was doing. They asked the weapon refiners who had previously sought Gu Fan's advice, but the reply they received was the same: they couldn't understand it either.

It's okay if you don't understand!

Gu Fan's lips curled slightly, thinking to himself: This step wasn't really about refining the weapon.

What operates within the Guiyuan Furnace is not the art of weapon forging at all, but the Creation Spirit Forging Array!

Because the Yin-Yang Gourd is a spiritual plant, it remains vibrant even after being picked and can be considered a living entity. Gu Fan's actions are intended to imbue the Yin-Yang Gourd with spirit!

The spiritual liquid in the furnace was decreasing, and the surface of the pale purple Yin-Yang gourd was covered with a layer of fluorescent light.

Gu Fan then took out the Golden Dragon's essence blood and poured it into the Returning Origin Furnace.

In an instant, a bloody light appeared in the Guiyuan Furnace, and a strange fragrance spread out.

Gu Fan's expression finally turned serious. He raised his right hand and placed it on the Guiyuan Furnace, concentrating intently on guiding the golden dragon's essence blood to seep into the Yin-Yang Gourd.

The flames in the furnace suddenly surged, and the three-colored strange flames swirled and condensed, which was the Divine Power Never-Night Heaven.

Although the Yin-Yang Gourd contains both Yin and Yang energies, it is a spiritual plant belonging to the Wood element. Metal inherently overcomes Wood, and if this is not stopped, the Golden Dragon's essence and blood will erode and destroy the Yin-Yang Gourd.

The Nightless City is the epitome of fire, using fire to overcome metal and refine its properties.

With the appearance of the Nightless City, the fire-attribute spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred feet was stirred up, even affecting Hong Ye.

The wooden dragon twitched suddenly, and a slight fluctuation appeared in its flames.

Hong Ye was startled and quickly channeled his magic power to stabilize the flames. Fortunately, it only lasted for a short moment and did not interfere with the smelting of spiritual materials.

Even so, he still slightly opened his eyes and frowned as he looked at Gu Fan.

"What kind of fire is this? How can it interfere with the Azure Netherworld Flame!"

The Azure Spirit Flame is a secret technique passed down in his sect. It takes a hundred years to gather the energy born from the interaction of withered and flourishing plants, and then refine it with true fire. It is far superior to ordinary spirit flames.

Upon seeing this, Hong Ye immediately abandoned his contempt.

On the other side, the fire at Nevernight gradually rose, spreading from the Returning Origin Furnace and enveloping Gu Fan. Everyone could only see a figure.

Fortunately, both Hulu and Changyuan were in seclusion in Qingxiao Palace and were not affected.

The raging flames lasted for three days before Gu Fan finally released his grip and summoned a purple-gold gourd from the Guiyuan Furnace.

He then extinguished the flames, sat cross-legged, and restored his magical power.

It wasn't until a day later that he opened his eyes, summoned the whetstone and the Qingxuan stone, and held them in his palm to burn.

The weapon forging has only just begun.

Aside from Gu Fan's initial actions leaving everyone confused, his subsequent actions were quite pleasing to the eye.

The two then displayed their secret weapon-refining techniques, melting spiritual materials, removing impurities, and sculpting the weapon blanks, leaving the weapon refiners present thoroughly entertained and mesmerized.

A month later.

A ball of flame hung in front of Gu Fan, with a gourd the size of a palm bobbing up and down inside.

Hong Ye held a short gun in front of him.

"The Soul-Severing Spear!" Yan Guiren stared at the short spear in shock. "Elder Hong actually possesses the method for forging the Soul-Severing Spear?"

No wonder he was so shocked. The Soul-Severing Spear was renowned throughout the universe, and its true form was even a spiritual treasure, which had accompanied a Nascent Soul cultivator in his many battles.

If that Nascent Soul cultivator hadn't failed to advance to the Mahayana stage, the Soul-Severing Spear would have been even more glorious.

After that cultivator's death, imitations of the Soul-Severing Spear began to appear one after another. Although they were imitations, they were still extremely powerful and were the natal magic weapon that many cultivators dreamed of.

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, but Gu Fan remained calm and ignored it.

He didn't recognize the Soul-Severing Spear, but he used his Myriad Manifestations Eye to carve a restriction inside the gourd.

One layer, two layers, seventeen restrictions fell in succession, and the artifact embryo was surrounded by spiritual light.

If we stop here, we can create a top-grade magic weapon.

Gu Fan had put in a lot of effort, combining spirit-forging techniques with weapon crafting, so how could he be content with just creating an ordinary high-grade magic weapon!

Without hesitation, he used his divine sense to carve runes one by one.

The eighteenth layer of restrictions took shape in an instant.

Just then, a surge of magical power came from not far away, like waves crashing against his chest.

Hong Ye held up a three-foot-long short spear with a smug look on his face. The spear was bluish-purple, but the tip was as red as fire and emitted a faint lightning flash.

However, the treasure refining process had already ended.

Hong Ye lovingly stroked the Soul-Severing Spear, a slight smile playing on his lips, and nodded slightly: "Eighteen restrictions—unless that prodigy from the Xu family is present, who in this Qingwei Realm can compare?"

The aura of the Soul-Severing Spear spread, startling Gu Fan. Fortunately, he had already completed the eighteenth layer of restrictions and was not disturbed.

He slowly opened his eyes, waved his hand to wipe away the fine sweat from his forehead, and exchanged a glance with Hong Ye across the distance.

Hong Ye had expected Gu Fan to be flustered, resentful, or full of fighting spirit.

But in that one glance, he saw only calm, like a tranquil lake.

He... doesn't seem to consider me a rival?

A thought popped into Hong Ye's mind, instantly igniting his anger.

But Gu Fan withdrew his gaze, exhaled a long breath, slowly closed his eyes again, and began to use his divine sense to inscribe the design on the artifact embryo.

At this moment, he was not challenging Hong Ye, but himself.

He wants to inscribe the nineteenth restriction, challenging the limits of the magic weapon!