Chapter 1069
Changes in the Li Family, Repairing the Magic Weapon
Chapter 1069 Changes in the Li Family, Repairing the Magic Weapon
After twenty years, Li Xuanyi, who had returned to Yunlong Mountain, had already reached the second level of the Nascent Soul realm.
In front of the elders of the Li family, her face was full of surprise and delight, as if she hadn't seen Song Qingming for a long time.
Meanwhile, Song Qingming also stepped forward and cupped his hands in a very cooperative manner, saying, "I just happened to be passing by and heard that Senior Sister has already formed her Nascent Soul, so I came here to congratulate you!"
Seeing Song Qingming and Li Xuanyi greet each other, Zhou Daoping and the others standing to the side did not show any change in their expressions, but simply watched the two quietly.
Soon after, Li Xuanyi took the initiative to invite Song Qingming to leave the main hall.
".."
Only after returning to her residence, "Xuanqing Peak," did Li Xuanyi put on the familiar relaxed expression she had when she saw Song Qingming and the other person who had come to visit her.
"Junior Brother Song, you came all this way to see me. Why didn't Qingyu come along?"
"I took Siyuan out this time to take care of some other things. It probably won't work if no one is there to oversee Chiyun Mountain for a long time, so I'll let her stay here for now."
This girl gave me a lot of instructions before she came, and she'll definitely come to see you when she has time.
After explaining, Song Qingming took out several unopened letters from his person and handed them to Li Xuanyi. These were the letters that Song Qingyu had entrusted him to bring over.
After inviting the two to sit down in the cave, Li Xuanyi immediately opened the letter in her hand.
"Senior Sister Li, please don't be offended. Qingyu originally wanted to go to Yunlong Mountain with you to visit you, but alas..."
Looking at the words in front of her, the familiar figure soon appeared in front of her, and Li Xuanyi's face occasionally showed a smile again.
".."
After reading the letter that Song Qingyu had specially sent, the three of them sat down around the stone table again.
Huang Siyuan was in charge of brewing tea, while Song Qingming sat at the table patiently listening to what happened after Li Xuanyi returned to "Yunlong Mountain".
After Li Xuanyi returned to the Li family, the news that she had successfully formed her nascent soul quickly shocked the entire Yunlong Mountain.
Li Xuanyi, who was highly anticipated by her family, chose to elope and leave "Yunlong Mountain." From the Li family patriarch to many clansmen, there was a lot of criticism of her actions.
It should be noted that at that time, the only two Nascent Soul ancestors of the Li family had lifespans of over a thousand years, and Li Xuanyi was one of the few among the many junior cultivators of the Li family who had the hope of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm and carrying on the family's legacy.
Faced with her sudden departure, the entire Li family, from top to bottom, was shrouded in gloom, as if the family's decline was already imminent.
For a family like the Li family, which has been passed down for thousands of years in Nanzhou, once they lose the protection of a Nascent Soul cultivator, their fate will inevitably be to become the object of division by other cultivator forces.
At that time, not only will the ancestral land of "Yunlong Mountain" face the crisis of annihilation, but the entire Li family may also face the crisis of destruction.
However, none of them expected that Li Xuanyi would return two hundred years later by forming her Nascent Soul.
When Li Xuanyi, who had embarked on the path to Nascent Soul, reappeared at the foot of Yunlong Mountain, the entire Li family was overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, the Li family, which was on the verge of decline, suddenly gained a Nascent Soul ancestor.
Besides Li Xuanyi returning home, another Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon appeared at Yunlong Mountain not long afterward. This time, the one who broke through to the Nascent Soul realm was Zhou Daoping, who was sent to the Li family as a son-in-law.
After Li Xuanyi left home, Zhou Daoping could have returned to his own home because the Li family broke their promise. However, to everyone's surprise, he ultimately chose to stay at Yunlong Mountain.
Later, at Li Mengliang's urging, Zhou Daoping married another female cultivator from the Li family who had reached the Golden Core stage at Yunlong Mountain, gradually gaining the trust of the two elders of the Li family.
Finally, with the full support of the Li family, Zhou Daoping successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul realm not long after Li Xuanyi returned home.
The Li family, which seemed to be on the verge of decline, produced two new Nascent Soul cultivators in less than ten years, which shocked the entire cultivation world of Southern Continent.
Today, the entire Li family in Yunlong Mountain is thriving, and no one worries about the family's decline anymore.
Hearing about the current situation of the Li family, especially the news that Zhou Daoping had successfully formed his nascent soul, Song Qingming was also happy for Li Xuanyi.
Although it was indeed somewhat willful of her senior sister Li Xuanyi to suddenly leave the family back then.
However, now that she has returned from her journey of forming her Nascent Soul, she has not only achieved her own path to the Nascent Soul stage, but has also benefited the Li family. It can be considered a win-win situation.
After Li Xuanyi finished recounting the events that had occurred at Yunlong Mountain over the years, Song Qingming asked her about the situation of the sect, Taixu Sect.
After returning to Nanzhou, Li Xuanyi also visited "Yuxuan Island" several times over the years.
Because his master, "Lingxu Daoren," had long ago given instructions, Li Xuanyi was the only outer disciple in recent years to be permitted to return to the sect.
However, the sect has ordered that matters concerning the island must not be revealed to outsiders.
The only news Li Xuanyi could tell Song Qingming was about her junior brother Liu Yang, who had successfully formed his Nascent Soul.
Back when Song Qingming was on the island, he had always gotten along well with Liu Yang. When he heard that his senior brother had successfully formed his Nascent Soul, a look of joy appeared on his face.
Unfortunately, due to the sect's current special circumstances, Song Qingming cannot easily return to the "Tai Xu Sect".
Otherwise, he would definitely go to "Yuxuan Island" in person to congratulate him properly.
".."
Several days later, on a high mountain in the northwest of "Yunlong Mountain".
Seeing two streaks of light fly over and land in front of the cave, Li Boying, who was standing at the entrance, immediately stepped forward to greet Song Qingming and invited him into his cave.
After exchanging greetings, Li Boying then asked:
"I heard that Fellow Daoist Song has other matters to ask me for help with on this trip. I wonder if you have obtained any precious refining materials again?"
Previously, when Li Boying heard Song Qingming ask for his help in the "Council Hall," he assumed that Song Qingming wanted to forge a magic weapon again, just like last time.
But the next moment, Song Qingming gently shook his head at him, and then took out a silver-white bell magic weapon from his body and placed it in front of the other party.
“Fellow Daoist Li, this magic weapon was obtained by my good fortune in the past, but it has many flaws now. I wonder if you have any way to repair it.”
"This is a high-grade fourth-level magic weapon!"
Upon seeing the "Illusion Bell" in Song Qingming's hand, Li Boying's previously calm expression quickly turned to surprise, and he looked at Song Qingming in disbelief.
In the world of cultivation, while Nascent Soul level magic treasures are not particularly rare, a fourth-grade high-quality magic treasure is not something everyone can possess.
To possess a magic weapon of such caliber, one must either be from a major sect with a powerful background or a great cultivator at the late Nascent Soul stage or above.
Li Boying was naturally somewhat surprised to see Song Qingming suddenly take out a high-grade fourth-level magic weapon.
Seeing the other party's surprise, Song Qingming didn't seem too surprised. He simply nodded calmly and didn't want to explain further.
After receiving the magic weapon, Li Boying immediately cast a spell to cover the "Illusion Bell" with his magic power, and soon the silver bell emitted bursts of dazzling spiritual light.
After a while, the spiritual light in the cave gradually dissipated, and Li Boying then looked up at Song Qingming not far away.
"Fellow Daoist Song, this magic weapon of yours doesn't seem to have been damaged in a battle. Could it be that a master craftsman made a mistake and left these flaws?"
This "Illusionary Heart Bell" magic weapon was a spoil of war that Song Qingming obtained from the Ink Dragon Demon Emperor when he killed him. It was probably borrowed from some demon expert.
The crafting skills of demon cultivators are definitely much worse than those of human cultivators, so it's not surprising that they could create such flawed magical artifacts.
Seeing the doubt in Li Boying's eyes, Song Qingming pondered for a moment and then nodded to him.
"I obtained this magic weapon from a demon emperor. At the time, I noticed that it had some flaws, but I never knew the reason for them."
Now it seems that it's pretty much what Fellow Daoist Li thought.
"I wonder if you have a way to repair this magical artifact, and what materials or spiritual items you would need? Please speak frankly."
"Hehe! To be honest, the materials needed to repair magic weapons are not hard to find. I happen to have a suitable spiritual item on hand."
However, as you know, my weapon-refining skills are still some distance from breaking through to the fourth-grade upper level, and I am not absolutely confident in repairing this magic weapon now.
If Fellow Daoist Song is willing, I can try my best to help.
If the repair fails, I will consider it a wasted effort and will not accept any spiritual items from you. If it succeeds by chance, you will need to pay me a mid-grade level 4 material as payment for these materials.
What do you think, Fellow Daoist Song?
"If the repair fails, will it cause any damage to this magical artifact?"
Upon hearing Song Qingming's question, Li Boying stroked his white beard and immediately replied, "As for whether a failed repair would damage the magic weapon, it shouldn't be that bad."
Although repeated forging may affect the original spirituality of a magic weapon to some extent, in my opinion, the impact on this magic weapon should not be too great.
Of course, what I'm saying is just a summary of my many years of experience in weapon crafting, and it's not absolute.
If Fellow Daoist Song has any doubts, he can always find another fourth-grade high-level weapon refiner to help him; I understand that.
Although "weapon refiners" are common in the cultivation world, very few can elevate this "cultivation skill" to the fourth-level superior realm.
Having cultivated for so many years, the person Song Qingming knew with the highest level of weapon crafting was Li Boying, who was standing right in front of him. How could he possibly find any other fourth-grade high-level weapon crafters? Seeing the other party looking at him expectantly, Song Qingming hesitated for only a moment before quickly nodding in agreement.
"I have absolute faith in Fellow Daoist Li's weapon-refining skills. I think there's no need to ask anyone else for help, which will save us trouble."
I wonder how long it will take you to repair this magical artifact.
Li Boying's weapon-refining skills have remained at the mid-level of the fourth grade for hundreds of years.
During this period, he also constantly wanted to improve and break through his own weapon-refining skills.
Unfortunately, in the cultivation world, fourth-grade high-quality refining materials are extremely rare. Even though Li Boying has been trying all these years, he has never had a chance.
Seeing that Song Qingming had agreed to let him try to repair this high-grade level four magic weapon, Li Boying was also quite excited and quickly replied:
"Repairing this magic weapon won't take much time. With your help, fellow Daoist and Meng Liang, it should take about three months at most to complete the repair."
"Three months, very well then. I'll stay and bother you for a while longer."
Having determined that it would only take three months to repair the "Illusionary Heart Bell" magic weapon, Song Qingming immediately decided to stay at "Yunlong Mountain" to repair it.
After all, this top-grade level four magic weapon was also very important to Song Qingming; otherwise, he wouldn't have risked asking Li Boying to help repair it.
Previously, the power of the "Illusion Bell" was quite effective against ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, but it was somewhat insufficient against late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
If Li Boying can truly help him repair and improve this magic weapon, it will undoubtedly be a significant boost to Song Qingming's combat abilities.
In the future, even when facing cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage, he will have an additional means of combat.
After agreeing on these terms with Li Boying, Song Qingming handed the "Illusion Bell" directly to him, and then took out a very ancient-looking white scroll from his person.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I have something on me that I have not been able to recognize. I wonder if you could identify it and tell me what kind of magical treasure it is?"
Upon seeing the "white scroll" that Song Qingming took out, Li Boying's face grew serious.
But soon his somewhat solemn expression returned to normal.
“Fellow Daoist Song, if I am not mistaken, what you are holding should be a replica of a spiritual treasure, but it seems to be damaged and has lost its spiritual energy.”
The "white scroll" in Song Qingming's hands was something he had seized from Li Jinyue, a traitor within the Qingyuan Sect, when he went to Xihuazhou to participate in the "Xuanqing Temple" battle.
At that time, Li Jinyue used this painting to launch a surprise attack on everyone, and he single-handedly used magic to trap eight Nascent Soul cultivators, including Song Qingming, which shows how powerful this item is.
However, after Song Qingming and the others escaped, this spiritual item ended up in his hands.
But for some unknown reason, this "white scroll" suddenly lost its spiritual energy, seemingly turning into a damaged and useless magical artifact.
As a result, over the years, Song Qingming could only keep it empty in his "storage bag" without ever using it.
Although over the years, Song Qingming had asked many cultivators about this spiritual object.
Unfortunately, everyone who saw this item thought it was a damaged magic weapon and no longer had much useful value.
Song Qingming took out this white scroll just now, wanting Li Boying to see if it still had any value and whether it could be decomposed into any high-level materials.
But what he heard from the other person made him even more puzzled.
"Imitation of a magical artifact? May I ask what exactly you mean by that, fellow Daoist?"
Upon hearing Li Boying mention the words "imitated spirit object," Song Qingming, who had never seen such a spirit object before, immediately asked again out of curiosity.
Upon hearing this, Li Boying picked up the "white scroll" and examined it carefully again, then nodded and explained:
"Fellow Daoist Song should also know that in the cultivation world, in addition to the fourth-level magic treasures used by us Nascent Soul cultivators, there are even higher-level fifth-level magic artifacts, which are spiritual treasures."
However, these high-level spiritual items are mostly in the hands of powerful Nascent Soul cultivators, and we Nascent Soul cultivators rarely see them in our lifetime.
Besides genuine level-five spiritual treasures, there are also some Nascent Soul cultivators in the cultivation world who refine imitation spiritual treasures using their own spiritual treasure abilities.
However, the supernatural power of imitation magical treasures is far inferior to that of genuine magical treasures, and they can generally only exert one or two tenths of their power.
Moreover, these imitation spiritual treasures, like talisman treasures, also have many limitations. Once damaged or the spiritual energy inside is exhausted, they cannot be replenished or repaired and can only be recycled as ordinary refining materials.
The replica spiritual treasure in your hand appears to be damaged; only a Nascent Soul cultivator could possibly repair it.
After saying that, Li Boying shook his head with a somewhat helpless expression, clearly not believing that Song Qingming could persuade a Nascent Soul cultivator to help.
After receiving the answer, Song Qingming also sighed helplessly.
If his master, "Lingxu Daoren," were still alive, Song Qingming might still have a chance to become his disciple. But now that he can't even return to "Taixu Sect," he shouldn't even think about such things.
Although Song Qingming had witnessed the supernatural powers of this "replica spiritual treasure," it did indeed greatly tempt him.
However, there is no way to repair this item at the moment, so Song Qingming can only keep it on his person for now and deal with it when there is another opportunity.
After carefully putting away the "white scroll," Song Qingming used magic to send a letter to Huang Siyuan, who remained at "Xuanqing Peak," and then left it in Li Boying's cave.
Not long after, another Nascent Soul stage elder from the Li family, Li Mengliang, also arrived at the cave. The three of them, under the guidance of Li Boying, began to prepare to repair the "Illusion Heart Bell" magic weapon in his possession.
With the activation of the restrictions at the entrance of the cave, the three of them remained in seclusion for more than two months.
Although Li Boying's "weapon refining level" is still at the mid-level of the fourth grade, he has been at this level for hundreds of years and has plenty of experience in repairing various magical treasures.
With the help of Song Qingming and Li Mengliang, two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, Li Boying quickly repaired most of the flaws on the magic weapon.
After more than two months, they successfully restored the power of the "Illusion Bell" to its original state, making it a true top-grade level four magic weapon.
Seeing the "Illusion Bell" whose aura had been fully restored, Li Boying's aged face immediately showed a hint of excitement.
Although he hadn't rested much for over two months, his body was exhausted and his face looked somewhat listless.
However, seeing that he had successfully repaired this top-grade level four magic weapon, Li Boying was very gratified. This also proved that his "weapon-refining skills" were not far from top-grade level four.
Unfortunately, Li Boying's lifespan is now insufficient, and he may never have the opportunity to reach the highest realm of weapon crafting that he yearns for.
Seeing that Li Boying had successfully repaired the magic weapon "Illusion Heart Bell" as agreed, Song Qingming took out the "Sea Mist Beast" horn he had obtained earlier, as promised.
Seeing Song Qingming casually take out this level four mid-grade demon beast material, Li Boying and Li Mengliang beside him showed a slight surprise in their eyes.
Considering that Song Qingming had only broken through to the Nascent Soul realm in just two hundred years, yet his cultivation had already reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm, and that this was already the third time he had obtained a level four mid-grade demon beast material from the Li family.
Moreover, the other party also possesses a high-grade level four magic treasure, the "Illusionary Heart Bell." Even in the cultivation world of the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom," where there are many Nascent Soul cultivators, there are not many who can boast such wealth.
"Fellow Daoist Song, did you perhaps kill this Sea Mist Beast? Do you have any other demon beast materials on you?"
Seeing that Li Mengliang looked at him again after obtaining the Sea Mist Beast's horn, Song Qingming quickly smiled and shook his head at him.
"Fellow Daoists, you misunderstand. This demon was not captured by me alone. I just happened to have this one piece of material on me!"
After saying that, Song Qingming put the repaired "Illusion Bell" back into his storage bag.
Seeing this, Li Mengliang didn't say anything, put away the unicorn he had just acquired, and then led Song Qingming out of the cave.
After Song Qingming's figure disappeared into the distance, Li Boying turned to look at Li Mengliang beside him, his gaze filled with a hint of solemnity.
"Meng Liang, Song Qingming has achieved so much in just two hundred years. It seems that his background is not as simple as it appears on the surface."
Xuan Yi hasn't returned for the past two hundred years, and it's most likely related to him. I never expected this kid to act so convincingly; we were all fooled by him back then.
Upon hearing this, Li Mengliang sighed helplessly.
"Third Uncle, Xuanyi is back now, why are you still so hung up on this matter?"
Even if it really is related to Song Qingming, the fact that he helped Xuan Yi achieve Nascent Soul stage is a great favor to our Li family. We should be grateful enough, why should we dwell on what happened back then?
"No need to be grateful to him."
“Xuanyi was willing to leave home for him back then, and now that she’s back, how long can we keep her here?”
Meng Liang, I don't have many years left to live. Just you wait and see. Before long, this precious child of our Li family will be run away with this kid.
"If we had known this would happen, we would have just sent Xuanyi directly to the Taixu Sect. It would have saved us from heartache here."
"Heh! If that's really the case, what can we do?"
"Third Uncle, since he was able to help Xuan Yi achieve her nascent soul, he must be a kind and righteous person, and he should not fail her in this life."
Fortunately, Daoping has now reached the Nascent Soul stage, and our Li family has temporarily escaped the crisis. Third Uncle, you don't need to worry too much."
Hearing Li Boying's indignant words, Li Mengliang could only smile and offer a comforting remark.
Upon hearing this, Li Boying still looked indignant, and after a while, he waved his hand, turned around, and walked back to his cave.
Meanwhile, Song Qingming, who was not far away, did not hear the conversation between the two. He was only thinking about leaving Yunlong Mountain as soon as possible and going to Dangmo Mountain in Yuanzhou to seek the opportunity of Nascent Soul for his Daoist partner Huang Siyuan.
(End of this chapter)