Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 567 The Purpose of the Ice Deuterium Venerable

"Okay, please accept."

A large amount of text and images appeared on the screen instantly.

Bai Yang's eyes lit up, and he quickly memorized everything.

Then, gently pull the front paw to the right on the screen to refresh the next page of content.

In this way, he recorded this weapon-refining tradition at a rapid pace.

The third of the inherited content alone totaled more than 70,000 pages, and it took him two whole days to record it all.

Xing Shou simultaneously filmed a copy in the quantum computer.

Bai Yang's thinking speed was extremely fast; he deduced the possibilities in his mind as he read.

He recalled the features of the ice-fire peak that he had observed over the past month.

He quickly understood:

"There are traces of the crafting of this [Ice and Fire Melting Divine Path] on this snow mountain."

All of these stone chambers were created using weapon-refining techniques.

The entire Icefire Peak is an unfinished treasure.

While this level of artistry is far from comparable to that of the God of Craftsmen, it is still befitting the status of Venerable Gan Yan.

Bai Yang admired inwardly, but wondered what kind of treasure Venerable Gan Yan wanted to refine.

The interior of [Ice and Fire Peak] is much larger than it appears from the outside, likely because it has been shrunk in size.

He understood why she admired Bai Yang's approach to weapon crafting so much.

The two sides share the same ideas; they are a perfect match.

However, Baiyang's true abilities were far deeper than Venerable Ganyan had imagined.

Not only is he proficient in the laws of water and fire, but he is also well-versed in the laws of metal, earth, and the two superior laws of time and space.

Each of these can exert a huge advantage in the field of weapon crafting.

This [Ice and Fire Melting God Path] is also very suitable for him. At the same time, using multiple laws in combination to achieve his goal is exactly his forte.

Venerable Ganyan has many disciples, including some high-level cosmic venerables.

However, when it comes to comprehending the laws of fire and water, there are few who can rival Bai Yang in either one, let alone comprehend both laws simultaneously.

Bai Yang had previously broken down each of the lower-level laws into eight separate law rune diagrams.

Using it to understand and comprehend this weapon-refining method is truly like adding wings to a tiger.

After all, the principles are the foundation, and application is merely an extension.

A deep understanding of the principles leads to greater efficiency in everything one does.

"I only have the first third of the content, so it's not really suitable for weapon crafting."

But with this level of understanding, when I look back at the basic and intermediate refining materials, I know exactly what to look at.

The materials on ordinary weapon crafting that Venerable Gan Yan has made public are quite extensive.

Although it is unknown whether she herself only has those three refining paths, Bai Yang can roughly categorize all these low-level materials into the three major factions.

It's crystal clear which parts are related to the [Ice and Fire Melting God Path].

He left the study and chose to return to his stone chamber.

Here, each registered disciple has a small weapon-refining room where they can practice.

Every disciple who remains here now has value for cultivation.

Venerable Gan Yan was naturally generous, and a large amount of refining materials were prepared here for them to use freely.

Bai Yang entered the weapon-refining room, examining various materials and equipment as he gave orders.

"Star Guardian, help me check this out."

When exactly did this Ice and Fire Peak appear?

"Was it from that time onwards that Venerable Ganyan increased the frequency of his disciples' assessments?"

"OK."

With a clear objective, Star Guardian quickly found more detailed information.

"This mountain peak seems to have appeared suddenly from five thousand years ago."

According to the information records in the floating city, it seems that it was only in the last ten eras that Venerable Gan Yan increased the frequency of the assessments.

In the past, she would only conduct a public assessment once per era.

Are all the disciples who were accepted still alive and well?

"They are all still alive; there are no reports of missing persons, deaths, or imprisonment."

Bai Yang nodded inwardly. Venerable Gan Yan probably needed a lot of help to refine weapons, but he had a strong sense of principle in his actions.

He felt relieved and officially began his journey of weapon crafting.

He took out a lump of blue metal scrap and threw it on the ground.

This is the inner armor that Venerable Ganyan damaged.

Bai Yang couldn't bear to throw away his first piece of work, so he picked it up again.

A thought struck him, and the piece of scrap metal slowly began to float up.

The spacetime clone has two heads, and each of its four eyes displays a different type of law-based rune pattern.

Water, fire, metal, and void—all four elements are present.

A normal spatial master, if they do not master a certain law...

The only way to forcefully manifest those laws is to utilize the characteristics of the higher-level laws, since there is a layer in between.

What can compare to Bai Yang's complete mastery?

Black flames reappeared on the claws of the spacetime clone, and at the same time, a large amount of cold water vapor appeared in the surrounding space.

The inner armor, which had taken several days to refine, was almost instantly reshaped under Bai Yang's kneading.

He is performing both smelting and cold extraction simultaneously!

The quality of the metal that was forcibly crushed by Venerable Ganyan has inevitably declined.

But thanks to Bai Yang's efforts, a brand new inner armor, blue on the outside and shimmering with starlight inside, was completely transformed!

The metal strength of this inner armor is even greater than before.

Forty minutes later, the brand-new inner armor was completed.

For the first time, he utilized the intermediate-level weapon-refining techniques of the [Ice and Fire Melting Divine Path] lineage, enabling this inner armor to truly transcend the category of Force equipment.

Although it is still a "pseudo-treasure", it has undoubtedly taken a big step towards the realm of a true treasure compared to before.

With a burst of mental energy, Bai Yang caused the inner armor to suddenly enlarge and fit onto his spacetime clone.

He knew in his heart that this inner armor would henceforth have the ability to grow larger or smaller, and that its utilization of divine power would be far greater than that of the Force.

From the perspective of treasure crafting alone, it is even at the same stage as the Dragon Stele!

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons' reckless weapon-forging skills, influenced by the green light, resulted in this level of mediocrity.

"Next, I want to give this inner armor the ability to fly."

Once successful, the dragon stele can undergo its first modification.

The Dragon Stele's absolute indestructibility means that even a slight improvement can be of great help to it.

He didn't stop; he took off his inner armor and continued experimenting, rapidly improving his practical skills.

A figure suddenly appeared high in the sky outside Icefire Peak.

It was none other than Venerable Deuterium!

He stared coldly at the mountain peaks below, saying nothing.

A moment later, Venerable Ganyan appeared before him.

Venerable Ganyan smiled and said, "Bingdao, what brings you here today?"

The Ice Deuterium Venerable looked at the weapon-refining master and said in a tone of disappointment:

"Gan Yan, even now you're still unwilling to give up?"

I've waited for you for over a hundred years, isn't that enough sincerity?

Our long-standing friendship will be fulfilled once you join the Nine Realms Alliance.

Emperor Yan guarantees that any precious materials will be made available to you…

Venerable Ganyan's smile remained unchanged, but her tone was unusually firm as she interrupted:

"I appreciate Emperor Yan's kindness, but that's not my way of refining weapons."

Forging a top-grade, supreme treasure armor is beyond my capabilities.

Besides, doesn't he already possess a supreme treasure? Why is he in such a hurry?

Venerable Ice Deuterium sneered:

"You can't forge a top-grade, supreme treasure?"

"This Icefire Peak is a top-tier treasure of the domain category, why are you so insistent on refining it?"

(End of this chapter)