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Chapter 791: The Wild Wind's Thirty-Six Hammers, Minor Accomplishment in Artifice
Chapter 791: The Wild Wind's Thirty-Six Hammers, Minor Accomplishment in Artifice
"How does one obtain treasures? By tilling the fields." Lu Chen sighed softly.
Liang Yong ventured into the Thunderfire Cave to delve deep into the Thunder Sea in search of Lei Ming Stones, yet he obtained a spirit stone of the same tier with utmost ease.
The disparity between their experiences further solidified Lu Chen's belief in his path of cultivation through farming.
As these thoughts crossed his mind, he turned his attention to another white ball of light.
Reaching out, he gently touched it, and the sphere shattered silently. Countless specks of light soared into the sky, swiftly converging into a river of light that flowed into Lu Chen's body.
Harvested a fourth-grade Wu Geng Wood. Obtained the artifice insight manual, 'The Essence of Hundred Refinements.'
The thought had barely crossed his mind when a flood of images and information surged into his sea of consciousness.
Lu Chen felt as though he had become an apprentice artifice master, sometimes observing and learning, and sometimes taking a hands-on approach as he crafted one artifact after another.
The processing and smelting of spirit stones and spirit woods, the forging of artifact molds, the engraving of various restrictions and runes...
When he finally regained his senses, the vast amount of information that had flooded his sea of consciousness had already been digested and absorbed, as if he had immersed himself in the art of artifice for decades.
"After absorbing another insight package from 'The Essence of Hundred Refinements,' I've gained proficiency in crafting many common artifacts, equivalent to decades of dedicated research." Lu Chen couldn't help but marvel.
Of course, this was all just theoretical knowledge. The actual practice was not so simple.
After absorbing the insights from 'The Essence of Hundred Refinements,' Lu Chen did not rush to test his slightly improved artifice skills.
There were still eight Wu Geng Woods that would soon mature, and in due time, they would naturally yield more artifice insights. With his improved skills, he could ensure a higher success rate in his artifice attempts.
Over the next month, Lu Chen remained in his cave abode, tending to his spiritual plants and nurturing his spirit beasts.
During this time, Liang Yong did not visit his cave. Perhaps he was still searching for spirit stones in the depths of the Thunder Sea, or he might have already returned to his own cave abode.
Or maybe he had met with misfortune in the Thunder Sea.
Regardless, it had little to do with Lu Chen. Their relationship was casual at best, not close enough for Lu Chen to take risks to rescue him.
On this particular day, Lu Chen was in his spirit field, carefully digging out the slender spirit seeds from the Bing Ying Grass.
After nearly a month of guidance and convergence, the Bing Ying Grass had successfully formed seeds. The next step was to treat the spirit seeds and begin cultivation.
The eight Wu Geng Woods, under Lu Chen's careful tending, had also fully matured.
Thanks to his dedication and the pure and rich spiritual energy in the cave abode, the quality of the spirit woods was quite good. More than half of them were of good quality.
Using just his physical strength, Lu Chen pulled out the eight Wu Geng Woods that were deeply rooted in the spirit soil and placed them aside.
Eight white balls of light silently appeared, flickering slightly as if inviting Lu Chen to touch them.
Lu Chen smiled faintly and reached out to the nearest white ball of light, which shattered silently.
Harvested a fourth-grade Wu Geng Wood. Obtained a fifth-grade spirit stone, Red Sun Gold.
As the thought crossed his mind, a rough, reddish stone appeared before him.
The second white ball of light.
Harvested a fourth-grade Wu Geng Wood. Obtained the artifice insight manual, 'The Essence of Hundred Refinements.'
Lu Chen absorbed the vast amount of information that appeared in his mind and proceeded to touch the third ball of light.
Harvested a fourth-grade Wu Geng Wood. Obtained a fifth-grade cultivation technique manual, 'The Wild Wind's Thirty-Six Hammers.'
The thought had barely formed when images flashed through his mind.
A muscular young man with knotted muscles swung a massive hammer, bringing it down with tremendous force again and again.
The hammer moved faster and faster, its might increasing with each strike. As it fell, it stirred up countless stars, and by the end, it could even smash a small mountain to pieces.
'The Wild Wind's Thirty-Six Hammers,' a fifth-grade cultivation technique, is a core artifice technique of the Hundred Refinements Sect. It allows one to forge various spirit stones and spirit woods, and it also possesses offensive capabilities.
"A mandatory technique for core disciples of the Hundred Refinements Sect..."
"It's quite peculiar that such an excellent hammer technique for blacksmithing has fallen into the hands of a spiritual herbologist like me."
Lu Chen shook his head, a bizarre smile appearing on his face.
He digested and absorbed the cultivation technique that had appeared in his sea of consciousness and proceeded to touch the remaining five white orbs of light.
In the end, out of the eight orbs, three yielded insights into 'The Essence of Hundred Refinements', three yielded fifth-grade spirit stones, Red Sun Gold, and two yielded experience packages for 'The Wild Wind's Thirty-Six Hammers'.
After absorbing several experience packages, his artifact crafting level instantly soared, even surpassing many specialized artifact-forging cultivators.
From within the courtyard, the crisp sound of hammering rang out, filling the air with a pleasant ding-ding-dong-dong.
The fat bird lay lazily on one side, occasionally rolling over to flip its round belly, unbothered by the noisy sounds.
Inside the room, scorching heat waves washed over Lu Chen as he stood bare-chested, his full attention focused on swinging a massive hammer to strike the flying sword in front of him.
Although he lacked extensive refining experience, his rich theoretical knowledge guided him as he forged the flying sword, leading to new insights.
The combination of theory and practice caused Lu Chen's artifact crafting skills to soar at a rapid pace.
With each strike of his hammer, the flying sword became more harmonious and well-rounded, emanating a sharp sword intent.
"I've finally crafted a third-grade flying sword."
He gazed at the completely formed, pitch-black flying sword in his hand, a sense of satisfaction washing over him.
This was the first third-grade flying sword he had ever crafted, and its quality was quite remarkable. He estimated that it would attract a frenzy of bids from Foundation Establishment cultivators if it were to enter the market.
"I guess this gives me another way to make money."
Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh.
After all, the treasures obtained from the orbs were limited, and if he wanted a continuous supply of spirit stones, aside from pill refining, artifact forging was the most effective method.
He carefully examined the flying sword in his hand, his satisfaction growing as he looked at it. Eventually, he decided to keep it as a memento.
Stepping into the courtyard, he saw the young Qingyu Lin beast lying beside the fat bird, resting. However, the Leilong Kun, which usually stuck by the fat bird's side, was nowhere to be seen.
"I guess it went after the Flying Thunder Herb again," Lu Chen mused, his spiritual sense sweeping through the cave abode. He spotted two streaks of silvery-white thunder light darting through the abode.
"Hmm? The Flying Thunder Herb seems particularly fierce today," he murmured in surprise.
Although the sixth-grade spiritual herb possessed extremely agile movement capabilities, it was no match for the Leilong Kun, which excelled in speed and mastered thunder escape techniques. Usually, capturing the Flying Thunder Herb was an easy task for the Leilong Kun.
But today, the Flying Thunder Herb seemed to have taken some kind of performance-enhancing drug, exhibiting several times its usual speed and dodging the Leilong Kun's capture attempts with remarkable agility.
However, Lu Chen noticed something unusual.
"The Flying Thunder Herb is running all over the place, but it's staying within a certain area."
"In that area, I've planted sixth-grade Purple Thunder Violet Fruits and seventh-grade Green Thunder Vines."
A realization suddenly struck him.
"Could it be that the Purple Thunder Violet Fruits have ripened?"
Thunder-attributed treasures held a great attraction for the Flying Thunder Herb, and the purer and denser the thunder spiritual energy within the treasure, the stronger the attraction.
When the Green Thunder Vines had first opened their white orbs of light, it was the Flying Thunder Herb that had noticed the vines' extraordinariness, prompting Lu Chen to go and harvest them.
The current scene was almost identical to what had happened back then.
With this thought, a hint of joy appeared in Lu Chen's eyes.
(End of Chapter)
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