Chapter 330: The Five Elements Spirit Sword, Success!

Chapter 330: The Five Elements Spirit Sword, Success!

"So you're the one who commanded the demonic beasts to attack the island?" Bai Ling's face turned icy as she glared at her opponent.

Li Bailin laughed heartily, "But that also gave this young lady some Spirit Stones. There have been quite a number of demonic beasts slain in the past half month. Speaking of which, young lady, you should be thanking me."

"What exactly do you want?" Bai Ling frowned, her eyes fixed on Li Bailin.

"Straight to the point!" Li Bailin laughed again, his eyes glinting. "Then I won't hide it from my fellow daoist. I'm very interested in you, and I'm also very interested in your formation."

"Unfortunately, I'm not interested in you." Bai Ling replied coldly.

But Li Bailin was nonchalant, "Is it because of that young master of yours? Frankly, I am from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, and my grandfather is the Great Elder of the sect, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator named Li Xiao. I don't care if that young master of yours is real or fake. Even if he is real, he's probably just a lone cultivator."

It was no wonder that Li Bailin was so confident. The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was one of the five major sects in Han Yan Zhou. In terms of strength, they were not much weaker than Shen Yin Gu, and their beast-taming techniques were feared by many cultivators. After all, in this world filled with demonic beasts, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect possessed a unique skill that allowed them to temporarily control demonic beasts for their own use.

Although there were certain restrictions on the level of beasts they could control, when facing an opponent from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, most cultivators would have to face multiple enemies. As such, cultivators usually avoided provoking members of this sect.

After revealing his identity, Li Bailin chuckled, "Our sect is currently looking for fellow daoists who are knowledgeable in formations and restrictions. If you're willing to help, young lady, you will definitely benefit in the future."

Hearing this, Bai Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. "What if I'm not willing?"

"Then don't blame me for using force." Li Bailin laughed. "Don't you think I can't break this formation?"

"You can try," a soft voice said, reaching Li Bailin's ears.

Li Bailin was taken aback, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face. Before he could react further, he suddenly felt a sense of danger. His figure flickered as he quickly dodged to the side.

At the same time, a figure flashed in front of him and disappeared. The next moment, Li Bailin saw a young male cultivator standing beside Bai Ling. He wore a white robe and had the same late Golden Core cultivation as Li Bailin, but he looked much younger.

"Are you the young master that this young lady mentioned?" Li Bailin's gaze fell on Chu Ning, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions.

Chu Ning glanced at him and said indifferently, "You're the young master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, aren't you? Mind your own business, and don't disturb my cultivation. If it weren't for your grandfather's identity, do you think you'd still be standing here talking after that attack?"

Hearing Chu Ning's blunt words, Li Bailin's expression changed slightly, and he became alert. He recalled the moment and tried to figure out when Chu Ning had appeared, from where, and how he had approached him without him noticing.

He realized that Chu Ning's words were not an exaggeration. If Chu Ning had truly wanted to strike just now, Li Bailin didn't think he could have seriously injured him, but he would likely have suffered some hardship.

However, Li Bailin quickly laughed, "Very well, I didn't expect that among the younger generation, there would be such a remarkable figure, and a lone cultivator at that. You want me to leave? Fine, but we'll fight first!"

As he spoke, Li Bailin's mouth emitted a sharp sound. Immediately, the eight demonic beasts that had retreated earlier surged forward again, unleashing various demonic techniques and attacking Chu Ning.

Chu Ning paid no heed to these sixth- and fifth-rank demonic beasts. He unleashed the Blazing Flame Incantation, and fiery spirit birds materialized in the sky, turning it into a sea of crimson. These illusory spirit birds easily dissipated the attacks of the demonic beasts.

At the same time, Chu Ning opened his mouth and spat out four flying swords that shot toward the different demonic beasts. With the use of the Spirit Division Technique, each sword was controlled with pinpoint precision.

The Fire Spirit Sword and the Golden Spirit Sword, the two most powerful swords, took the lead and quickly slew two of the sixth-rank demonic beasts. Chu Ning continued to wield the flying swords, and in a short while, all eight demonic beasts were slain by his swordsmanship.

During this process, Li Bailin, the young master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, remained still and merely watched Chu Ning's display of swordplay.

When he saw Chu Ning facing eight demonic beasts alone, effortlessly slaying three sixth-rank and five fifth-rank beasts, the young master's expression finally changed.

Chu Ning's ease in dealing with these high-ranked beasts reminded him of someone. "Are you the lone cultivator who slew numerous demonic beasts at the entrance of Xue Wu Valley back then? Your name is... Chu Ning?"

The incident at Xue Wu Valley had caused quite a stir, and even cultivators who hadn't been there had heard about it. Li Bailin was no exception. Chu Ning and Wu Lingwei were the names mentioned the most in relation to the event, and although Li Bailin had only heard about it briefly, he had remembered them.

Chu Ning didn't bother to hide the truth. "That's right, it's me."

"I've heard of Fellow Daoist Chu's name for a long time," Li Bailin said with a laugh. "In that case, I won't need to test you further." He continued, "I never expected Fellow Daoist Chu to not only be adept in swordsmanship but also a master of formations. I sincerely invite you to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect for a chat."

Upon hearing Chu Ning's words, Li Bailin's thick eyebrows furrowed, and a hint of anger seemed to flash in his eyes. It was unclear if it was because he was wary of Chu Ning's capabilities or for some other reason.

Li Bailin laughed again, "Since that's the case, then I, Li, will take my leave first."

As he spoke, Li Bailin turned around, preparing to fly away.

"Wait!" Chu Ning's indifferent voice called out. "You commanded those demonic beasts to attack my cave abode for no reason. Are you just going to leave without giving an explanation?"

Li Bailin's face showed his surprise at Chu Ning's words, and then he looked at Chu Ning with a meaningful glint in his eyes.

"What kind of explanation does Fellow Daoist Chu want?"

"Take a sword strike from me before you go," Chu Ning said calmly.

Without waiting for Li Bailin's response, Chu Ning manipulated the four flying swords to merge into one, transforming into a giant sword. He then pointed toward Li Bailin in the distance.

Instantly, the giant sword cleaved through the sky with immense power, slicing down toward Li Bailin! Witnessing this, Li Bailin's expression turned solemn.

He opened his mouth and spat out a treasure that resembled a flute. It flew toward the giant sword that Chu Ning had unleashed.

As the flute-like treasure flew, it emitted strange sounds, transforming into transparent sound waves visible to the naked eye. Half of the sound waves enveloped the flute treasure, while the other half rushed toward Chu Ning in an attack.

"A spiritual consciousness attack?" Chu Ning sensed the effect of the sound waves, but he was unconcerned.

With the Spirit Suppressing Technique, such an intensity of spiritual consciousness attack had little impact on him.

Ignoring the attack, Chu Ning continued to drive the giant flying sword downward.

"Bang!"

A burst of explosive sound suddenly rang out in the air.

The sound waves that had condensed on the flute treasure instantly shattered, and the giant sword that Chu Ning had driven heavily struck the flute.

Li Bailin's flute treasure dimmed significantly and flew back toward him.

Chu Ning's giant sword continued its trajectory, slicing toward Li Bailin.

Seeing this, Li Bailin's face changed drastically, and he rapidly flew backward. At the same time, he continuously unleashed spells with his hands to counter the giant sword in the air.

He was forced to retreat for two hundred zhang before the power of the giant sword finally dissipated.

Chu Ning didn't use any other techniques; he simply reached out and recalled the giant sword from a distance.

Li Bailin's face turned extremely unsightly, and he glared deeply at Chu Ning from afar.

Then, without another word, he turned around and flew away.

Chu Ning had no intention of stopping him, and after Li Bailin flew away, he returned to the formation with Bai Ling, who had a puzzled look on her face.

"Are you wondering why I let him go after taking action?" Chu Ning asked, seeing the confused look on Bai Ling's face.

Bai Ling nodded repeatedly. After all, in her impression, Chu Ning was never the type to show mercy.

Chu Ning smiled faintly. Although Bai Ling was a heavenly spirit beast who had taken on a human form, she was still not human and had not experienced as many worldly affairs.

Therefore, there were some things that she couldn't understand.

He explained, "If Li Bailin had appeared for the first time today, I would have chosen to kill him and be done with it.

But since he's been watching for a whole month, he must have already informed his sect.

If I really killed him, the elders of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect would definitely send a Nascent Soul cultivator right away.

If it was an ordinary early Nascent Soul cultivator, I could still hold my ground with the treasures I have.

But if it was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator or an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with ancient treasures, I wouldn't be able to fight them with my current strength.

So, killing him would be too risky."

"Then why didn't you just let him leave? Why did you take action?" Bai Ling asked, still puzzled.

After all, Chu Ning was usually calm and cautious, not impulsive.

"With the temperament of those major sect cultivators, when I refused, the young master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was already provoked," Chu Ning said indifferently.

"He might have heard of my name, and the fact that he couldn't detect my presence when I appeared, coupled with the means I displayed, made him wary.

But I believe that when he returns to his sect, he might call upon other late Golden Core cultivators or even peak late Golden Core cultivators to take action.

In that case, we would be constantly harassed."

Chu Ning looked at Bai Ling, who seemed to understand a little, and continued, "By showing this level of strength, I'm telling him that even a peak late Golden Core cultivator can't do anything to me.

Moreover, I also have the formation to aid me, so adding one or two more people would be futile.

And I doubt that the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect would bother to come to the vicinity of Iceland Immortal City, with the emergence of the Great Void Realm about to happen.

This way, we should be able to live peacefully for a short while.

As for the future..."

Chu Ning paused before continuing, "Every time the Great Void Realm opens, chaos seems to ensue in the Northern Cold. They might not have the time to bother with us."

As Chu Ning finished speaking, Bai Ling couldn't help but mutter, "Oh, you human cultivators are too complicated."

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Chu Ning couldn't help but laugh dryly.

The demon race was no simpler; otherwise, the incident in Xue Wu Valley thirty years ago wouldn't have happened.

At this moment, Chu Ning activated the formation again, hiding the island and his cave abode from sight.

Moreover, this sword array wasn't something he could directly control just by refining the five spirit swords; Chu Ning also needed to cultivate a specialized driving spell.

The Five Elements Chaos Technique, as a cultivation technique, naturally came with two secret arts.

One was an offensive type, the Five Elements Sword Array.

The other was a defensive type, a body-protecting divine light that was inherent to the cultivation technique.

This type of defensive art was quite common among various cultivation techniques.

However, to unleash the full power of the two secret arts of the Five Elements Chaos Technique, one had to cultivate the entire technique.

Chu Ning decided to cultivate the sword array after refining the Water Spirit Sword, and in the meantime, he could start attempting to cultivate the Five Elements Body Protection Divine Light.

Thus, over the next month, Chu Ning once again shut himself away from the world and focused on his cultivation.

On this day, Chu Ning was in the cultivation room, and in front of him was a small dragon wrapped in a cluster of five-colored radiance.

Compared to a month ago, this little dragon looked no different in appearance.

But if one looked carefully into its eyes, they would find them clear and devoid of any trace of ferocity or impurity.

The entire little dragon seemed to be made of the purest water spirit qi.

"Mission accomplished!"

Chu Ning's face lit up with joy as he casually pointed a finger, and the little dragon obediently burrowed back into its scale.

After a whole month, the essence of the Purple- Crowned Azure Water Dragon had finally been completely refined.

Now, it could officially be used to refine the Water Spirit Sword.

Chu Ning then moved to the adjacent refining room.

There was no earth fire here, but Chu Ning had refined the earth vein spirit fire, which was the purest form of earth fire.

With the aid of an array, a small amount of earth vein spirit fire could be used to achieve the effect of refining.

This was different from when Chu Ning went to Iceland Immortal City to refine pills earlier.

When refining a large number of pills, using earth vein spirit fire continuously would be too costly.

Moreover, pill refining was relatively common, and even if someone noticed any anomalies, it wouldn't be a big deal.

However, refining artifacts was different. Most of his materials were one-of-a-kind, and he wanted to refine them inside his own cave abode for added safety.

At this moment, Chu Ning stood before an array that he had set up long ago.

He opened his mouth and spat out a clump of earth vein spirit fire, which landed beneath the refining furnace.

The refining furnace immediately blazed with fiery flames, even purer than the original earth fire.

Chu Ning then took out piece after piece of refining materials that he had long prepared.

He officially began the refinement of the Water Spirit Sword.

Having already refined four spirit swords, Chu Ning was extremely familiar with the refining process of the Five Elements Spirit Swords.

Even though he was using different materials this time, he had long ago committed their properties to memory.

First, he used the Nine-Roared Refining Technique to refine and purify each piece of material.

Then, he further refined and combined the various materials to form a sword embryo.

Only at this point did Chu Ning take out two pieces of material.

One was the Black Profound Metal that he had cut from the black chain using earth vein spirit fire.

The other was the Primordial Spirit Earth Crystal that he had obtained from the Black Sha Old Demon.

The Primordial Spirit Earth Crystal, renowned alongside Black Profound Metal as a top-tier ancient refining material, could greatly increase the resilience of a magic treasure.

After researching it, Chu Ning discovered that its properties didn't conflict with the materials used for refining the Five Elements Spirit Swords.

After some thought, he decided to mix it into the Water Spirit Sword as a trial.

If successful, he could even use a special method to incorporate it into the previous four spirit swords.

Primordial Spirit Earth Crystal didn't require a large quantity; otherwise, it might increase resilience at the cost of reducing the spirit sword's strength.

Chu Ning divided the Primordial Spirit Earth Crystal into five pieces.

Only then did he pick up the Black Profound Metal and begin refining it.

Having broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, his spiritual power had increased significantly, making the refinement of Black Iron much easier than before.

It only took him half a day to refine a large chunk of Black Mystery Metal.

Chu Ning added it to the sword embryo and let it solidify.

Then, he started refining the Primordial Spirit Earth Crystal.

Once all the materials were fully fused, Chu Ning began to concentrate and inscribe the sword with dao patterns.

The dao patterns used in artifact refining were somewhat similar to the fuwei used in talisman-making and the dao patterns used in array instruments.

Over the past thirty years, Chu Ning had become even more adept at this aspect through inscribing top-grade Frost Shadow Sword Talismans and setting up various arrays.

Coupled with his improved spiritual sense and spiritual power, it only took him half the time it took to refine the Golden Spirit Sword to inscribe all the dao patterns on the sword.

As the final dao pattern was inscribed, the spirit sword erupted with dazzling white light and began absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Although the Inner Sea didn't have an abundance of spiritual energy, there was a hidden spirit vein on this island.

At this moment, pure water-attributed spiritual energy from the hidden spirit vein continuously flowed into the sword body.

Chu Ning quickly took out the scale of the Purple-Crowned Azure Water Dragon and cast a technique, causing the complete eighth-rank dragon's essence to follow the spiritual energy into the Water Spirit Sword.

After a while, the dense spiritual energy finally filled the entire spirit sword and dissipated.

In front of Chu Ning now lay a water-attributed spirit sword shimmering with white light! Chu Ning opened his mouth, and the other four spirit swords flew out.

Instantly, the refining room was filled with the radiant glow of the five-colored spirit swords, neatly arranged.

"Finally, the Five Elements Spirit Swords are complete!"

Chu Ning's eyes sparkled as he looked at the five spirit swords.

With the Five Elements Spirit Swords refined, the next step was to cultivate the Five Elements Sword Array!

Only then would his Five Elements Chaos Technique truly unleash its power!

(End of Chapter)

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