Cultivating immortality begins with discerning the secrets of heaven.

"Sister Hongye is still in seclusion at home, and it is unknown when she will emerge from seclusion."

"A reply has already been sent from home, asking me to find out exactly what Brother Chen Guan is asking for."

In fact, the Lin family's meaning was very clear: they were willing to help, but they needed to know what kind of help they were to provide.

Lin Hongye holds a prestigious position in her family, and it's impossible for her to rush over just because of a piece of unconfirmed news.

Chen Guan nodded, indicating his understanding, and said:

"When I was wandering in the Northern Region in my early years, I was once affected by the residual force of a divine soul attack. Although it was not serious, I would occasionally feel dizzy every now and then."

"I'm worried that the aftermath of this matter will affect my advancement to the late stage of Qi Refining, the opening of my sea of ​​consciousness, and the cultivation of my divine soul."

"And I have also heard that there is a secret method for healing the soul on Lingxu Peak of Taiyuan Sect, and all disciples of Lingxu Peak can practice this method."

"Therefore, I would like to entrust Fairy Red Leaf to perform a secret technique to heal my soul."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yun's face showed a look of sudden realization: "I see, Brother Chen Guan's experiences are truly rich and colorful."

"Alright, I will inform the family of this matter as soon as possible. Once Clan Sister Hongye emerges from seclusion, this matter should be resolved."

Chen Guan nodded, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Brother Lin Yun."

"It's nothing, just a small matter."

After the discussion, Chen Guan didn't intend to stay with Lin Yun any longer. After exchanging a few polite words, he got up and left.

Watching the other person's departing figure, Lin Yun muttered to himself, "What lingering effects of a soul attack? Perhaps there was some mishap during the soul-seizing process?"

Of course, Lin Yun would never openly reveal this matter.

He wrote a letter to his family as Chen Guan had instructed.

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And so, autumn turned to winter, and more than three months passed in the blink of an eye.

Master Mo's teachings on weapon crafting techniques have already covered the step of tempering the spirit and refining the nature.

However, among the disciples who truly mastered the "Basic Spirit Tempering Method," there were only four: Lin Yun, Zhong Jie, Zhong Mo, and Yang An.

The other disciples, even Lin Yun's cousin, can only barely temper the iron essence at present, and cannot yet temper the prototype of a magic weapon.

The master can only lead you through the door; the rest is up to you. Besides, they are all just nominal disciples, so Master Mo naturally wouldn't waste too much time on those who haven't learned yet.

As for the disciples of those minor Qi-refining clans, the situation was even worse; they even had difficulty tempering a piece of iron essence.

"Inscribing magical artifacts with spirit patterns is the most important and crucial step in the crafting process."

  

"To give a magical artifact true power, one needs to use spiritual runes to activate the properties of the artifact's materials and combine them with the yin and yang and the five elements of heaven and earth."

"Besides the basic Five Elements runes that I will teach you next, there are many other schools of weapon crafting in the cultivation world, and they all have different types of spirit runes."

"For a weapon refiner, the number of spirit patterns they master is the most direct reflection of their weapon refining level."

Even Chen Guan stayed behind to listen attentively to this lesson and did not miss a single class.

The art of weapon crafting is indeed profound and complex. By combining different spiritual patterns and different crafting materials, different powers can be unleashed.

Master Mo only taught them five of the most basic Five Elements Spiritual Runes, after all, mastering the Spiritual Runes is the most precious inheritance of a weapon refiner.

"Then use the refined iron that has been tempered to practice engraving spirit patterns."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yun took out a piece of iron essence containing abundant spiritual energy and attempted to inscribe spiritual patterns on it.

"Let's try the wood grain pattern first..."

Because of his own cultivation of wood-based techniques, he believed that inscribing this type of wood-based pattern would be the easiest thing for him.

With this thought in mind, Lin Yun placed his fingertip on the very center of the iron essence, and a wisp of pure spiritual power emanated from his fingertip.

This wisp of magical power stirred the spirituality within the iron essence, and with his will, it was sketching out a pale green, mysterious spiritual pattern.

Just when he thought the Wood Spirit Pattern could be successfully inscribed, suddenly, the entire pattern vanished for some unknown reason.

Failed!

Moreover, each failed inscription of a spirit pattern results in a loss of some of the material's spiritual essence.

Seeing that his spiritual essence had been slightly diminished, Lin Yun frowned deeply.

The other disciples also showed surprise, not expecting that it would damage their spirituality!

Seeing this, Master Mo sneered and said, "Refining is never a cost-free skill. Once the number of times you fail to inscribe spirit patterns is too many, and the loss of spiritual energy reaches a certain limit, this material will become a piece of waste."

"That's why before you learn to inscribe spirit runes, you need to master spirit tempering and forging. Go back and refine some iron ingots and practice inscribing spirit runes more."

"That's all I can teach you. Go back and practice hard. I'll come back in six months to check on your progress. I hope that by then, you'll be able to craft magical artifacts on your own."

What?! This time it's a six-month vacation?!

The treatment of a nominal disciple is indeed not as good as that of a direct disciple.

Many people were hoping that Master Mo would give them more pointers on the secrets of spirit rune inscription, but unexpectedly, he simply washed his hands of it and said he would come back to check the results in six months.

In that case, they will probably have to take a lot of detours.

Master Mo sighed and said, "Refining weapons is not the same as refining pills. The latter has pill formulas to follow. You just need to follow the steps in the pill formula to refine the weapon. It's just a matter of whether you are skilled or not."

"But weapon crafting is different. Apart from standard magical artifacts which can be referenced from crafting blueprints, every crafting process is a creation from scratch."

"If you truly wish to achieve something in the art of weapon crafting, you will need to rely on your own abilities, starting from the very first step of inscribing spirit runes."

"After all, the Taiyuan Sect doesn't want mediocre weapon refiners."

That last sentence struck a chord with everyone.

Although many of them felt they had no hope of joining the Taiyuan Sect through weapon crafting, they would still give it a try when the Ascension Conference finally arrived.

What if?

Everyone has the ambition to climb higher, and as long as you can join the Taiyuan Sect, you will have the opportunity to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.

If one successfully establishes the foundation, their lifespan will be doubled. While they may not achieve immortality, living to over two hundred years old is definitely not a problem.

At this moment, even those disciples from humble backgrounds in the Qi Refining Clan were ignited with a spark of ambition.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master Mo!"

After leaving Master Mo's cave, everyone was uneasy.

They have learned almost everything they needed to learn from Master Mo. How far they can go in the art of weapon crafting will ultimately depend on their talent and the effort they put in.

The master has already led them through the door, but if they want to enter the inner sanctum, it depends on the individual.

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