C133 artefact
For a whole two months, this small courtyard was constantly filled with surging heatwaves. From time to time, thick smoke, which seemed to have caught fire, would come out. Sometimes, there would even be violent explosions coming from the small rooms.
However, under the cover of the chaotic array, the smoke and flames in the small courtyard had already been diluted and scattered, and one couldn't see the fireworks rising from the courtyard. The refining process was also covered by the array formation, and even the mortals around the residence didn't notice it.
Although it was Ouyang Xuling's first time refining, Yang Junshan could tell that he had made sufficient preparations for the process of refining, to the point where he had never thought about anything else besides refining.
Apart from the noise and smoke during the refining process, he could clearly calculate the type of talismans needed for Yang Junshan's magic tools, and could prepare a corresponding talisman brush for each talisman. However, the spiritual valley in the hut was only enough for two people to eat for ten days.
He could calculate the thirteen different situations that would appear after the fusion of a spirit material, but he did not expect that the continuous high temperature emitted by the crafting furnace would burn all the books in the small room into a lump of black powder, and even until the entire house was almost set ablaze. Helpless, Yang Junshan could only tear down the roof of the house, then build a roof at an even higher height, barely blocking the sun from the rain.
All in all, in Yang Junshan's eyes, Ouyang Xu Lin was actually someone who didn't care about anything other than refining. Moreover, when he was refining, he had to use a bunch of people to help him, not to deal with things during the refining process, but to deal with things other than refining like buying, cooking, sleeping, cleaning up the materials, cleaning up the slag and so on. These things had nothing to do with refining, but also had to do with him.
Although he was not as knowledgeable as Ouyang Xu and Lin Xin in refining, he had some understanding of the possible situations that could occur during refining. In addition, he was also refining for himself, so Yang Junshan was basically able to cooperate with him quite well.
This fellow had yet to become a master refiner, but the refining process was no small matter compared to that of ordinary refiners!
Yang Junshan couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile. Ouyang Xunlin, who had been wholeheartedly immersed in refining, had lost all her emotions and desires, leaving him expressionless all day, looking as if she was a fool.
This might have been the origin of his reputation as an "artifact nerd" in his previous life, or perhaps it was also the reason why he was able to achieve such great achievements in the field of artifact forging.
In the crafting furnace, a three-inch square seal was suspended above the raging Weapon Flame. Under the burning of the Weapon Flame, the surface of the seal started to look more and more bright, gradually changing to a golden color, and the flickering spiritual light became more and more intense. On the seal seat was a small yet somewhat steep and beautiful mountain range, and after two months of hard refinement, Yang Junshan's low-grade magic tool finally began to take shape.
"If I were to refine another similar magical artifact, I could shorten the time by at least half!"
What Yang Junshan heard in the past two months were mostly orders from Ouyang Junshan, without any emotion, and most of them were orders for him to do something. Today, he suddenly said something along the lines of 'sigh', which actually made Yang Junshan, who hadn't communicated with any real 'people' for the past two months, feel quite excited.
"What, looks like it's going to be completed?" Compared to Ouyang Xulin, Yang Junshan found it harder to conceal the excitement on his face.
Ouyang Xuling glanced at Yang Junshan indifferently, as if she had instantly returned to her normal state, and said, "Did you succeed?" Because this is my first time refining it, I have no choice but to be careful and spend more time to avoid mistakes as much as possible. It's more important to affect the magic tool's own power! "
Now that everything else has been carried out perfectly, only the carving on the surface and the engraving on the bottom of the last magic tool is left. Oh right, since you want the seal to be completed, and the seal itself is a special item for kings, you had better choose a suitable name, and use your own spiritual energy in combination with this magic tool. This will greatly affect the power of the magic tool itself.
Yang Junshan replied without thinking, "Then I shall carve 'Mountain Lord' her name. It shall be called the Mountain Lord's Seal!"
"Mountain Lord?"
He didn't even make the slightest change in his tone as he said, "The name is indeed fitting, but Mountain Lord himself is referring to the fierce tiger. If there is a fierce tiger sitting on the mountain above the magical equipment and it is able to fuse with it, perhaps the quality and power of the magic tool would be a little better."
Yang Junshan's eyes immediately lit up, "Then it's not too late for you to carve one now!"
"The crafting of magic tools, especially the crafting of spirit artifacts, is closely related to the wielder of magic tools. You personally participated in the crafting of this magic tool many times, and now if I were to carve another tiger, it would be impossible for me to fuse the charm of a tiger with your own aura."
The last time she heard her second brother say that Tigress rarely returned home these days, and the entire Western Mountain had already been occupied by her. Unfortunately, if Ouyang Xulin could see Tigress with her own eyes, she might be able to carve a picture of a fierce tiger descending the mountain on her magic tool, which would greatly enhance the magic tool's power.
Yang Junshan said helplessly, "If that's the case, then forget about it. However, if I raise the quality of my magic tools again in the future, can I carve a tiger on the seat of honor?"
Ouyang Xuling said, "Don't worry, you've got enough primeval stones!"
Yang Junshan felt relieved and said, "That's good!"
"Come, it's time, I need as much spiritual power as possible in your body. When the tool is finished, the more spiritual energy the wielder absorbs, the more compatible it is with the wielder. The easier it will be to refine it into a lifeblood tool, and the more powerful it will be."
After saying this, Ouyang Xinlin directly reached his hands into the Weapon Flame. Yang Junshan, who had seen the power of the Weapon Flame for the past few days, realized that the Weapon Flame didn't hurt Ouyang Xinlin at all.
After that, he saw Ouyang Xulin begin carving some inscriptions on the four sides of the Mountain Lord's Seal. These inscriptions were not only beautiful, but more importantly, they were also the key to the magic tool's own power being less powerful, as well as the foundation to whether or not this magic tool would end up being perfect.
At this moment, Yang Junshan was standing with both hands above the Mountain Lord's Seal, the spirit energy in his body was circulating unceasingly, and after gathering in his palm, it started to converge onto the Mountain Lord's Seal below.
But the Mountain Lord's Seal itself was like a Taotie, swallowing Yang Junshan's powerful Wudi's spiritual power into it without any feeling of saturation. Every time Ouyang Xinlin finished carving a pattern, a mass of Essence would seep out from inside of the magic tool, completely soaking it along the pattern of the pattern, and then the pattern would flash and disappear.
It took a whole day for Ouyang Xulin to finish carving the inscriptions on the four sides of the Seal of Monarch. Yang Junshan had also used his pent-up earth spiritual power to support the entire day.
Ouyang Xuling raised her head and glanced at Yang Junshan. She felt that Yang Junshan still had some energy left, so she continued carving the second piece. Yang Junshan, on the other hand, still kept the spiritual power output of his magic tool.
Another day had passed, and he had finished carving the second piece. Seeing the sweat on Yang Junshan's forehead, Ouyang Xilin asked, "Take a break?"
Yang Junshan asked, "Will breaking the carvings on all four sides affect the power of the magic item itself?"
Ouyang Xulin said, "Of course it's the best, but is the spiritual energy in your body strong enough to support you?" For a Mortal Realm cultivator to have such a storage of spiritual energy is already astonishing enough. "
Yang Junshan forced a smile and said, "Let's continue. I have a Spirit Recovery Pill!"
Ouyang Xinlin let out a "Ah" and no longer said anything else. He then buried his head and continued carving the third rune.
During the battle of the swamp that day, although Yang Junshan didn't use the Spirit Returning Pill, he still asked for one from Fang Xuesheng. During the battle of the swamp that day, Yang Junshan didn't use the Spirit Returning Pill, but he still asked Fang Xuesheng for one.
On the third day, half of the carving was done, and the internal spiritual energy in Yang Junshan's body was finally exhausted. Thus, he took the Spirit-Returning Pill that was already in his mouth and bit it into pieces, and the dried spiritual energy in his body started to recover. However, the Spirit-Returning Pill that could recover at least sixty to seventy percent of his spiritual energy only recovered about forty percent in his body.
However, Yang Junshan took out an egg-sized pebble from his storage bag and swallowed it just in case.
Ouyang Xinlin raised his eyebrows and said, "Wutu Earth Essence Stone?"
Yang Junshan smiled, he could not say anything with the stone in his mouth, but he was obviously hinting to Ouyang Xulin to continue.
After the third carving was finished, Ouyang Xulin asked again, "There's only one more, do you really not need to rest?"
Yang Junshan held the stone in his mouth and said vaguely, "Don't worry, I can handle it!"
However, he still continued to carve and carve on the fourth side. Moreover, after carving and carving on the first three sides, he was gradually becoming more familiar with it and purposely increased the speed of his carving.
Weng! * Weng! * Weng!
After the fourth carving was halfway done, the Mountain Lord's Seal began to gradually tremble, and the trembling became more and more intense.
"Try your best to control it well. Don't let anything go wrong during the process!"
Ouyang Xuling growled, but the speed at which she was carving the ornaments did not decrease at all. With each stroke, she was able to accurately carve a ornament onto the trembling seal.
Yang Junshan's face had already turned as pale as a sheet of paper, spitting out pieces of crushed rock all over the floor. With a "pu" sound, he put another Penta-Earth Essence Stone into his mouth, and even crushed it with a "beng" sound. This way, even though he would lose a lot of Essence from the Essence Stone, it was still a shortcut to replenish the Spiritual Energy within his body.
A moment later, Ouyang Xulin growled, "It's going to happen! I have to suppress the rebound that Wang Lin made, so I can take the chance to carve it!"
Yang Junshan nodded without saying a word. Green veins started to bulge on his arms, and his palms seemed to expand a lot.
As soon as Ouyang Xulin finished speaking, the last tattoo had been completed in his hand. All the inscriptions on the four sides of the seal lit up in unison, and a ball of dense and rich earth spiritual energy suddenly exploded in all directions with the Mountain Lord's Seal as the center. At the same time, the seal was also slowly rising under the pressure of Yang Junshan, as if it was about to break through the sky.
The spiritual power that was spreading out in all directions struck Yang Junshan's body. Yang Junshan, who was already at the end of his strength, spat out a mouthful of blood. Most of it landed on the seal, but it soon seeped into it.
"A good chance!"
Even though Ouyang Xulin was also exhausted, sshe was still better than Yang Junshan. Seeing Yang Junshan was trying to suppress the seal with his own blood, he quickly reminded, "Quick, use his blood as a guide and carve out the seal yourself!"
Yang Junshan took a deep breath and the image of the Lying Tiger Diagram flashed into his mind. It was the most exquisite image of the Lying Tiger Diagram, and the bottom of the seal was bleeding red, like a dragon or a snake. Two words, 'Lying Tiger Diagram' and 'Red Tiger Diagram', appeared on the seal.
The moment those words were written, a thin layer of stone crumbs fell off from the bottom of the seal, only slightly highlighting the words' Mountain Lord '. Afterwards, the entire magic tool started to emit a bloody aura, which was accompanied by a rich earth power, and gradually condensed into a crouching tiger in the air, looking exactly like the tiger in the crouching tiger picture.
"Artifact spirit, artifact spirit!" Ouyang Xinlin pointed at the fading crouching tiger in the sky and screamed.
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They had originally planned on updating it earlier, but it was still too late. However, this chapter was more than enough!0
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