Chapter 1647
The Golden Feather Old Daoist's Long-cherished Wish
However, since the Zhengyuan Flying Sword was the natal spiritual treasure of the old Daoist Zhengyuan, he had a relatively good understanding of the various patterns on the Zhengyuan Flying Sword.
It can even detect subtle changes in the patterns on the artifacts and suppress them with its own power.
In addition, Ling Pengyun's weapon-refining skills have made great progress since he refined the Pine Tree Pearl.
His work on refining those patterns went relatively smoothly, and he even succeeded outright.
The Zhengyuan Flying Sword then stirred up the heavenly tribulation clouds.
And with the help of Master Zhengyuan, they successfully got through it.
Its rapid transformation.
Fifth-tier superior realm!
“Young friend Pengyun, your skill in weapon forging is truly formidable. Seeking your help to reforge my Zhengyuan Flying Sword is indeed a wise move.”
"I really didn't expect that you could successfully reforge this sword using only one portion of spiritual materials."
As the old Taoist priest Zhengyuan gazed at the fifth-grade superior Zhengyuan flying sword and the remaining two sets of rare refining materials, his brows were filled with joy, and he was overjoyed.
The remaining two portions of refining materials are all high-quality items, extremely valuable.
In fact, in order to gather those spiritual materials, Master Zhengyuan had spent a lot of favors and even incurred some debts.
Under such circumstances, those materials can be saved, his debts can be paid off quickly, and some money can be saved to refine the essence of the flying sword.
This matter was of great help to Master Zhengyuan.
"You're absolutely right, senior."
"The fact that this went so smoothly is mainly due to your help, senior."
"If one were to reforge an ordinary mid-grade fifth-rank spiritual treasure to the high-grade fifth-rank, it would be quite difficult without anyone's help."
"By the way, senior, after this matter is over, I hope that you can spread the word about this weapon forging to our Cangxuan lineage."
"This junior intends to use this opportunity to attract more weapon-refining business and make a profit."
Ling Pengyun said with a smile.
"Alright, don't worry about it, I will definitely handle it well."
"In addition, I also owe you a favor this time."
"If you need any help in the future, young friend, please feel free to contact me."
Master Zhengyuan immediately made a promise.
However, he made this promise not only out of gratitude, but also because he wanted to get closer to Ling Pengyun.
Although his Zhengyuan Flying Sword had reached the fifth-order superior grade.
However, for a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like him, having only one such spiritual treasure is still somewhat insufficient.
He intended to gather the materials later and then ask Ling Pengyun to make a fifth-grade high-quality defensive spiritual treasure.
Under such circumstances, it would be a good thing to be able to get closer to Ling Pengyun.
'Favors?'
'That's not bad at all.'
Ling Pengyun secretly rejoiced upon hearing this.
Master Zhengyuan is a reliable person; he will generally keep his promises.
And given his current high level of cultivation, the promises he left behind carry considerable weight.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more minutes, and then Master Zhengyuan said goodbye with a smile and left.
At this moment, many powerful figures in the Scorching Sun Forest discovered that his True Origin Flying Sword had been successfully reforged, and some of the powerful figures who had a good relationship with him came forward to congratulate him.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Master Zhengyuan revealed that he had agreed with Ling Pengyun to reforge Ling Pengyun once.
This incident shocked the entire Cangxuan lineage.
Ling Pengyun's current skill in weapon crafting is quite impressive.
Of course, luck may also have played a part.
But it is still extremely attractive.
Other factions within the Cangxuan lineage who intended to refine fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures went even more diligently to collect high-level refining materials from outsiders.
However, those forces had considerable resources, and as time went by, decades later...
They finally managed to gather some materials and asked Ling Pengyun to refine them.
Those forces were the Star Sea Pavilion with its strong foundation, the Supreme Buddhist Sect, and the Four Immortals Alliance.
As for the Righteous Alliance, which had just acquired a fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasure, although they intended to obtain another spiritual treasure, they lacked the necessary resources.
During the weapon forging process, the Star Sea Pavilion needed to forge a full-body armor-type spiritual treasure that Ling Pengyun was skilled at crafting. Ling Pengyun did not make any mistakes while forging that treasure.
The reforging was successful with just a few spiritual materials, making Xinghai Pavilion a fortune.
However, that full-body armor was somewhat special and not suitable for cultivators to wear.
It was specially made for the guardian spirit turtle of Xinghai Pavilion.
The guardian spirit turtle had recently reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, greatly increasing its strength, and it was, after all, skilled in defense.
Its ability in this regard is extremely special; it can even withstand a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator for a period of time.
Upon closer examination, it is even of some help to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like the Star Sea Ancestor.
The Old Ancestor of Xinghai attached great importance to it.
Now that he has obtained that set of fifth-grade high-quality full-body armor, his defensive capabilities have become even stronger, and he will be of greater help to the Star Sea Ancestor.
In addition, the Star Sea Ancestor was quite powerful. In his early years, he had gathered a lot of spiritual materials and, through Ling Pengyun's expertise in weapon crafting, obtained two fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures, one for offense and one for defense.
He will not lack fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures for the time being.
As for the two major forces, the Supreme Buddhist Sect and the Four Immortals Alliance, their luck was somewhat worse.
The magical artifacts they each needed to reforge were a rare Buddhist staff and an ordinary lightning-attribute staff.
This also corresponds to the path they excel at.
The Supreme Buddhist Sect excels in Buddhist and Taoist practices, while the Four Immortals Alliance is skilled in talismans and thunder magic.
The magical treasures they needed to refine were complex and difficult to refine.
In addition, Ling Pengyun was not good at refining that kind of spiritual treasure.
He then used up four or five sets of rare refining materials to help the two major forces successfully reforge the two spiritual treasures.
This incident caused immense distress to both the Supreme Buddhist Sect and the Four Immortals Alliance.
However, after those two magical treasures were reforged, their power increased significantly.
They felt a little better after that.
Furthermore, with the appearance of those two spiritual treasures, even though neither of their two major forces currently has a late-stage Nascent Soul expert to oversee them.
They were able to put up a fight against a late-stage Nascent Soul expert when they were alone.
Their confidence grew, and they were overjoyed for quite some time.
……
at the same time.
Forest under the scorching sun.
Inside a weapon-refining cave.
"This time, the successive reforging of fifth-tier spiritual treasures for those forces has been a huge profit."
"I estimate that the large amount of resources I earned through weapon forging this time will be enough for me to use for the next hundred years."
Ling Pengyun looked at the profits he had made from refining spiritual treasures for Xinghai Pavilion and other forces, his face full of smiles.
In addition, he considered that those forces had all depleted a great deal of their resources after this weapon forging process.
It will be quite difficult for them to gather enough materials for refining weapons again.
It's impossible to do so, at least in the short term.
It would be difficult for Ling Pengyun to make a large profit from this.
He then planned to take on some weapon-refining jobs through various channels of the Cangxuan lineage.
While most of the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in the Heavenly River Realm possessed some resources, unlike the Cangxuan lineage whose resources were weak, they all had high-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasures. Moreover, forging a high-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasure required a considerable amount of spiritual materials.
There are few opportunities in the Heavenly River Realm right now, so even if the powerful figures in the Heavenly River Realm wanted to do this, they wouldn't have the materials.
Moreover, Ling Pengyun's weapon-refining skills had only recently improved, and he was not very well-known.
Even if a powerful individual needs to refine a fifth-grade high-level spiritual treasure, they will usually seek out some veteran high-level weapon refiners.
Therefore, in a short period of time, not many forces sought Ling Pengyun's help to refine fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures.
However, Ling Pengyun's improved weapon-refining skills this time have enhanced his reputation for weapon refining.
In addition, his fees for refining artifacts were relatively fair, so many cultivators who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage sought him out to refine fifth-grade low- to mid-grade spiritual treasures.
The profits gained from this matter were modest.
But you can still make some money.
Ling Pengyun was quite satisfied.
……
As the time goes.
A hundred years pass by in a blink of an eye.
During this period, Ling Pengyun received a great deal of help from resources, which enabled him to cultivate at an extremely fast pace.
In fact, he could condense a strand of divine spiritual power every one or two years.
As time went by, he gradually condensed more than 2,300 strands of divine spiritual power.
He was now closer to the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul realm.
The maximum number of spiritual power in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm is 3,600.
Only then will there be a chance to break through to the perfect Nascent Soul realm.
In addition, during this period, he also raised his physical cultivation, which had been stuck in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm for a long time, to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
His strength increased dramatically, and he was even confident that he could easily block three opponents of the same level at the same time, or even those with 70-80% of the strength of the Nascent Soul stage.
With resources at your disposal, your cultivation speed is indeed fast.
'If I were to cultivate at my normal pace, it would probably take me at least another one or two hundred years to reach this level.'
Ling Pengyun slowly opened his eyes, feeling the gains from his recent arduous cultivation, and his eyes immediately revealed countless glints of light.
……
Several more years passed.
After Ling Pengyun helped an outside cultivator refine a high-grade spiritual treasure, he unexpectedly received a message from Jin Yu, the master of the long-established and superior Nascent Soul sect, "Jin Yuan Immortal Sect".
According to the message, the Golden Feather Daoist Master intends to refine a powerful spiritual treasure.
But this task is too difficult.
He had no confidence whatsoever on his own.
But his lifespan was running out, and he was truly unwilling to leave behind such regrets.
Among the many high-level weapon refiners he knew, Ling Pengyun was the most reliable.
Moreover, they had discussed philosophy and even fought side by side in the past, so they had a close relationship.
In addition, nothing bad has happened to Ling Pengyun while he was helping outside cultivators refine weapons recently.
This confirms that Ling Pengyun is indeed a fifth-tier high-grade weapon refiner.
The old Taoist master Jin Yu then planned to seek out Ling Pengyun and go to the Jin Yu Immortal Sect to work together to refine that powerful spiritual treasure.
Moreover, he was willing to give Ling Pengyun a good sum of money afterwards, and even the method of refining the spiritual treasure.
It's just not allowed to be shared outside.
"A powerful spiritual treasure?"
"I wonder what that magical treasure is."
"Moreover, Senior Jin Yu is a veteran fifth-grade high-quality weapon refiner with extremely strong weapon refining skills."
“Under such circumstances, a spiritual treasure that even he is not confident in refining… is quite special.”
"Could it be a top-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasure?"
Ling Pengyun was somewhat curious.
In addition, the old Taoist master Jin Yu had given him a lot of guidance on weapon crafting in his early years, from which he benefited greatly.
If it weren't for the guidance from the old Taoist Jin Yu, it's possible that it would have taken him a very long time to reach the fifth-grade upper level in weapon crafting.
Moreover, this weapon-forging project was also a long-cherished wish of the Golden Feather Daoist.
He intends to offer some assistance this time.
However, this matter requires leaving the Scorching Sun Forest and even other territories of the Cangxuan lineage, which carries some risks.
He then invited his wife Yan Siyi and the familiar Xinghai Elder to accompany him, in order to avoid any accidents.
Yan Siyi and Xinghai Laozu had no objection to this.
They were also quite curious about what powerful spiritual treasure the Golden Feather Taoist Master planned to refine.
If that magical treasure is truly powerful, and Ling Pengyun is able to obtain the crafting workshop for it afterward, it would be a small stroke of luck and would be of some benefit to them.
Afterwards, they took out the fifth-grade superior blazing sun flying boat they had acquired years ago and quickly left the blazing sun forest.
……
Hundreds of years ago, during the great chaos of the demon race in the Heavenly River Realm.
The Cangxuan lineage and the Jinyuan Immortal Sect joined forces to destroy many demon forces and jointly divided up the territories under their control.
Indirectly, their territories are often adjacent, and they are even neighbors today.
In addition, the Blazing Sun Flying Boat was quite fast.
In just half a day, Ling Pengyun and his two companions arrived outside the gates of the Golden Origin Immortal Sect.
When the old Daoist Jin Yu of the Jin Yuan Immortal Sect learned of this, he was overjoyed and immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Young friend, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for a very long time."
"By the way, Madam Ling, Fellow Daoist Xinghai, it's been quite a few years since we last met."
"I never expected that everyone's cultivation level would have improved so much when we meet again."
The old Taoist priest Jin Yu greeted Ling Pengyun and the other two with a smile.
During this time, Ling Pengyun and the other two also noticed that Jin Yu Lao Dao Jun had a lot of death energy on his body due to his lifespan.
Moreover, his face was extremely weathered, full of wrinkles, his hair was completely white, his back was hunched, and his spirit was very poor, just like an old man in his twilight years.
It should be noted that hundreds of years ago, the Golden Feather Old Daoist was a powerful cultivator who fought alongside countless other cultivators in battles across the land.
This change left Ling Pengyun and the other two feeling quite emotional.
'Without reaching a higher level, one will ultimately succumb to the test of time.'
Afterwards, they chatted briefly with the old Taoist master Jin Yu, who then invited them into the Jin Yuan Immortal Sect and treated them well.
Moreover, in order to test Ling Pengyun's skill in crafting weapons, he specially crafted an ordinary spiritual treasure with him.
Ling Pengyun's weapon-refining skills were genuine, so the matter proceeded relatively smoothly.
The old Taoist master Jin Yu felt more at ease, and he then revealed the powerful spiritual treasure he planned to refine.
To Ling Pengyun and the others' surprise, the powerful spiritual treasure that the Golden Feather Daoist Master planned to refine was actually the bow and arrow from the Golden Feather Bow and Arrow, a set of fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures that were the foundation of the Golden Origin Immortal Sect.
The Golden Feather Bow and Arrow consisted of a Golden Feather Bow and nine fifth-grade high-quality Golden Feather Arrows.
The Golden Feather Immortal Sect now plans to reforge two or three of its arrows to the fifth-tier top-grade level.
"Senior, this matter is extremely difficult."
"Even if we both help each other, I'm afraid the chances of this failing are still extremely high."
"At the very least, we need a top-tier fifth-level weapon refiner to oversee things so that we can have any chance of success."
Ling Pengyun sensed that this matter was somewhat tricky, so he voiced his concerns. (End of Chapter)