Battle Through the Heavens: The Inner Struggle of Cultivation Brings Xiao Yan to Tears

He did his best to lower the temperature of the soul fire, which prevented the wooden plank from catching fire.

Even so, the temperature of the wooden board was not low at this moment.

He quickly picked up the carving knife and began carving again.

It uses the fire of its soul to probe the interior of the wooden plank.

This time, Xiao Yang's carving went very smoothly.

Soon, the nine-stroke carving was completed.

The next moment, a system notification sounded in Xiao Yang's mind.

[Task: Learn a basic artifact rune. Reward: Artifact Rune Proficiency +1, one piece of refined iron. Completed. Claim reward?]

As the spirit-gathering pattern was completed, Xiao Yang immediately felt the surrounding energy gathering towards the wooden board.

However, its effective range is very small, less than half a meter.

Just as Xiao Yang was about to carefully sense the Spirit Gathering Pattern...

"boom!"

Suddenly, the wooden plank exploded!

Because the wooden plank was too fragile, it absorbed too much energy from heaven and earth, and it exploded!

A hint of regret flashed across Xiao Yang's face.

As expected, it's difficult to practice with these ordinary materials.

With a thought, he used his soul power to gather the surrounding wood chips together.

He annihilated it directly with the fire of his soul.

Next, Xiao Yang claimed the system reward he had just received.

The next moment, a small insight suddenly appeared in his mind.

Xiao Yang's proficiency in artifact design has reached 2/10 of the beginner level.

His skill in carving the patterns improved slightly on his own.

He thought for a moment and then created another task.

[Task: Learn a basic artifact rune. Reward: Artifact Rune Proficiency +1, one piece of Solid Rock.]

Xiao Yang did not immediately learn the new artifact patterns.

Among the insights I just gained were some insights into the patterns on artifacts.

Most of them were insights into the Spirit Gathering Pattern.

He decided to try inscribing it with the fire of his soul.

The Gathering Spirit Pattern is a basic type of artifact pattern.

This is considered one of the simpler patterns on a vessel.

Although there are other simpler patterns on the vessel.

However, the reason why Xiao Yang learned this first was because a single Spirit Gathering Pattern could be used to refine a very basic spiritual weapon!

Spirit Gathering Stone!

The Spirit Gathering Stone is considered one of the most basic types of spiritual artifacts.

It is very simple to refine.

It involves inscribing the most basic spirit-gathering patterns on the materials used for refining weapons.

Even if it's just inscribing a single spirit-gathering pattern, it can still be considered a successful refining.

Of course, to achieve better results, the materials need to be refined.

In addition, the more spirit-gathering patterns engraved, the more powerful the spirit weapon.

Spirit stones don't necessarily have to be inscribed on mineral materials; they can also be inscribed on plant materials, metal materials, or even monster materials.

This is the simplest type of auxiliary artifact.

Basically, for most spirit weapon masters, the first spirit weapon they forge is a spirit gathering stone.

However, the Spirit Gathering Stone is the most basic spiritual artifact.

However, in the hands of some masters, the potential is also very high.

As the materials, refining techniques, and the number of spirit-gathering patterns engraved increase, the effect of the spirit-gathering stone will become stronger and stronger.

Some powerful spirit-gathering stones can even gather the energy of heaven and earth from an entire mountain range into one place!

Such a spirit-gathering stone can directly increase the concentration of the surrounding天地 (heaven and earth) energy by ten or even dozens of times!

Without hesitation, Xiao Yang took out the refined iron he had just obtained.

This piece of refined iron is only the size of a fist.

Refined iron is a very basic material for crafting weapons.

Even many commonly used ordinary weapons are forged from refined iron.

For example, many of the magic core weapons are forged from refined iron.

This material is also very common, so it's okay even if it fails.

Xiao Yang did not immediately begin refining the item, but instead created a task first.

[Task: Refine a low-grade spirit-gathering stone. Reward: Low-grade spirit-weapon proficiency +1, one piece of ironwood.]

Unlike other novices, Xiao Yang did not directly inscribe spirit-gathering patterns on the refined iron.

What sets him apart from the novices is that Xiao Yang's fire control is exceptionally strong, and his soul power far surpasses that of other novices.

He could have refined the iron first, removing the impurities.

In this way, the refined spirit-gathering stones will be even more powerful.

Xiao Yang took out the Heavenly Profound Cauldron and threw the refined iron into it.

The primordial fire surged into the Heavenly Profound Cauldron and began to scorch the refined iron.

In fact, in Xiao Yang's view, refining medicinal herbs and crafting materials have some similarities.

The primordial fire is more powerful than the soul fire.

The temperature of the primordial fire can be higher than that of the soul fire.

Moreover, this is because the primordial fire has merged with the spiritual fire of all beasts.

Therefore, it will be more effective when refining certain monster materials.

As time went by, Xiao Yang quickly refined the iron.

Just as he expected.

Refining iron was not difficult for him.

The first refining process removed most of the impurities.

Next comes the most crucial step – inscribing the Spirit Gathering Runes!

Xiao Yang's primordial fire began to transform, becoming the purest soul fire.

His soul fire surged directly into the refined iron.

At this moment, his soul fire, like a carving knife, began to inscribe spirit-gathering patterns inside the refined iron.

Xiao Yang was a little unfamiliar with the process of engraving for the first time.

Therefore, he was very slow.

He hoped to guarantee success on the first try.

In fact, this is not very difficult for many beginners.

Other magical artifacts are difficult to forge because they require the perfect fusion of numerous materials.

Furthermore, different patterns on the vessel must be combined.

However, this basic auxiliary magical artifact only requires one material and only needs to be inscribed with one secret rune.

This level of difficulty can be described as very low.

Xiao Yang succeeded very quickly!

[Task: Refine a low-grade spirit weapon level spirit gathering stone. Reward: Low-grade spirit weapon proficiency +1, one piece of ironwood. Completed. Claim reward?]

The next moment, Xiao Yang felt the energy of heaven and earth within eight meters around him gathering towards him.

At this moment, the concentration of the surrounding天地 (heaven and earth) energy has increased by at least 20%!

Normally, a novice's first attempt at refining a spirit-gathering stone is considered good if it can gather energy within a five-meter radius and increase the energy concentration by 10%.

However, because Xiao Yang refined refined iron, his spirit-gathering stone was even more effective!

Chapter 172 Divine Skill!

After Xiao Yang put away the spirit-gathering stone, he immediately claimed the reward.

He discovered that his proficiency with low-grade spiritual weapons had improved slightly.

His proficiency with low-grade spiritual weapons has now reached 3/10 of the beginner level.

After receiving the reward, some experience in crafting magical artifacts flooded his mind.

He discovered that most of these crafting experiences were for crafting simple magical artifacts.

However, even so, it is still very precious.

After absorbing these experiences, he felt as if he had forged these magical artifacts himself.

Although it was impossible for him to immediately forge these magical artifacts.

However, with just a few practices, Xiao Yang was able to forge these magical artifacts.

This is where the system's greatest strength lies.