I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 596 - 327: Water and Fire Dual Refining (Part 2)

"Yes!"

The Cyan Moon True Dragon nodded gladly. The next moment, he extended a hand and summoned a cluster of pristine, Tier Seven Blue Spirit Glaze Water from within himself.

At this time, the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix also summoned the Celestial Fire Tripod from within its body. Following that, a Tier Seven Purple Gold Fire Phoenix flew out of the Celestial Fire Tripod, gently fluttering a pair of purple fire wings, and then landed on Li Mu’s shoulder. It stared intently at the cluster of Tier Seven Blue Spirit Glaze Water opposite, as if facing its natural enemy, full of vigilance.

"Stop the fuss, it’s a friend, not a foe!" Li Mu reprimanded with annoyance, signaling the Extreme Yang Celestial Fire to withdraw its aura.

Upon hearing this, the Purple Gold Fire Phoenix immediately gave up its hostility and looked all around, seemingly curious about this new Grotto Heaven Space.

Li Mu glanced up at a nearby massive Jade Green Spirit Bamboo, nearly ten feet long and as thick as a barrel. This Jade Green Spirit Bamboo had grown for millennia, emanating a potent Wood Spirit Charm, just a step away from Spirit Transformation. Using it to refine a dozen Spirit Swords was more than adequate.

Li Mu took a deep breath and formed a two-hand seal, channeling powerful Gold Essence from within, gathering it into his hands to form phantom images of Golden Blade Skill, radiating a sharp aura.

"Go!" Li Mu pointed, and multiple Golden Blade Shadows shot out like rainbows, slicing through the void, aiming straight for the base of the millennial Jade Green Spirit Bamboo.

"Clang, clang..." The Golden Blade Techniques hacked fiercely at the millennial Jade Green Spirit Bamboo, emitting crisp metallic clangs.

Surprisingly, this millennial Jade Green Spirit Bamboo was extraordinarily tough, and even dozens of Golden Blade Skills at Great Perfection only left a finger-width gap on its surface, unable to sever it.

A trace of surprise flashed across Li Mu’s face. He realized the extraordinary nature of this millennial Jade Green Spirit Bamboo, requiring the sharpness of a Spirit Sword to cut through it. Without hesitation, he summoned a Tier Six Gold Element Spirit Sword from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, executed a sword technique, and slashed down from afar.

The Tier Six Gold Element Spirit Sword slashed through the air, a dazzling golden light cut through, and compared to the previous Golden Blade Techniques, the power the Tier Six Gold Element Spirit Sword wielded was undoubtedly stronger, with a fierce aura targeting the base fissure of the millennial Jade Green Spirit Bamboo.

"Crack," and with a sound, the Jade Green Spirit Bamboo snapped apart. A rich wood essence and bamboo fragrance spread from the break, as if crying out to the heavens about its misfortune, its millennia of vitality utterly severed at this moment.

Li Mu beckoned with a hand, and the Tier Six Gold Element Spirit Sword, like a spiritual snake, darted out, swiftly chopping down the branches and leaves of the Spirit Bamboo, soon leaving only a bare trunk.

"We can begin! Are you ready?"

Looking at the robust trunk of the Spirit Bamboo, Li Mu satisfactorily retracted the Tier Six Gold Element Spirit Sword and looked at the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon True Dragon to inquire.

Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon nodded in unison, both controlling the Extreme Yang Celestial Fire and Blue Spirit Glaze Water, prepared and ready.

Li Mu’s expression turned serious, revealing an austere demeanor. He swiftly performed a hand seal, casting the Spirit Taming Soul Sharing Technique, multitasking to simultaneously control the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon to perform Artifact Refining Technique, and deployed the Eightfold Celestial Fire Hammer Forging Method.

The next moment, the Extreme Yang Celestial Fire disassembled, transforming into a massive Purple Gold Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, engulfing the entire Jade Green Spirit Bamboo. Simultaneously, the Blue Spirit Glaze Water turned into a flowing light, pouring into the furnace, wrapping around the Bamboo, and frenetically scouring its trunk, ...

Li Mu retrieved from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, a piece of Tier Six Gold Element Spiritual Material—Ancient Dawn Refined Gold, and a piece of Tier Six Earth Spiritual Material—Chixiao Spirit Soil, placing them into the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace.

As the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix, Cyan Moon True Dragon, and Li Mu infused endless Spirit Essence, the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace radiated terrifying heat, wherein incredible transformations were happening. The Jade Green Spirit Bamboo gradually lost its verdant color under the furnace fire, turning hard and profound, while the Gold and Earth Spiritual Materials melted and decomposed, eventually merging into the Jade Green Spirit Bamboo...

This Spirit Sword refining usage of Tier Six Wood Element Spiritual Material—Jade Green Spirit Bamboo—as the main material, yet as a Tier Six Bamboo material, its sword attribute effects are inherently slightly inferior to Gold Element materials.

To compensate for this deficiency, after careful consideration, Li Mu decided to integrate a Five Elements Artifact Array within the Spirit Sword’s body to maximize the power of the Spirit Sword crafted from Jade Green Spirit Bamboo.

The Five Elements Artifact Array, as the name implies, requires gathering materials from Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth elements to construct a stable artifact form. Of course, in this artifact refining, Li Mu utilized a clever method by focusing on a single attribute, leveraging the Five Elements Mutual Generation characteristics of the array, using the strong Wood attribute of the Spirit Bamboo as the foundation, with other attributes as supplementary, constructing a balance of the Five Elements.

Within the body of the Jade Green Spirit Bamboo Sword, portions of Gold and Earth Spiritual Materials are integrated, and leveraging the dual refining method of Water and Fire, constructs a stable and powerful Five Elements Artifact Base Array, ultimately supported primarily by Jade Green Spirit Bamboo’s mighty Wood Essence, sustaining the other Four Elements.

If this artifact refining succeeds, Li Mu can obtain a large number of High-tier Wood Spirit Swords through this method.

In case of a refining failure, Li Mu would need to gather more high-tier spiritual materials to continue utilizing the many Tier Six Jade Green Spirit Bamboo.

Soon, under the vigorous molding of the powerful Water and Fire Elemental Power within the furnace, the robust Jade Green Spirit Bamboo disassembled into fifteen equally sized Bamboo Swords, infused with a touch of golden light and a crimson line. Under the continuous scouring of Water and Fire Essence, the blades bloomed with Five Elements Spiritual Light, where lively Artifact Patterns continuously formed on the sword body, ...

At this moment, the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon True Dragon became observers, yet they were not complete bystanders. Under Li Mu’s Spirit Taming Contract Skill divine abilities, they were like marionettes, continuously pouring their Dharma Essence into the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, providing Li Mu with a massive amount of Dharma Essence support.

Simultaneously, under Li Mu’s control, the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon True Dragon respectively manipulated the Extreme Yang Celestial Fire and Blue Spirit Glaze Water to participate in the artifact refining. Transforming the innate Water and Fire into two large hands, they coordinated artfully utilizing a unique water and fire simultaneous use method for artifact refining.

They acted as ’marionettes,’ yet their Divine Sense could follow Li Mu in perceiving every progression of the artifact refining process, observing every minute transformation within the refining furnace, able to sense the various changes, flow of Spiritual Materials, fusion, and the congealing of Artifact Patterns in the Celestial Fire, and Spirit Water.

Under Li Mu’s precise control, the entire artifact refining process seemed to become a manifestation of the Five Elements Dao Principle transformation. The intertwining of the powerful yet opposing forces of Flame and Spirit Water, the fusion of Metal and Earth, with the powerful Wood Essence providing endless life for the foundational support of the other four elements, ..., The Celestial Fire Refining Furnace at this time seemed like a miniature universe, illustrating the wonders of Five Elements Mutual Generation and Inhibition.

Although the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon True Dragon couldn’t subjectively participate in this artifact refining, their Divine Souls linked closely with Li Mu, watching as he employed ghostly craftsmanship to blend various attributes of spiritual materials in a special form, precise rhythm, and observing how adeptly he utilized the Five Elements Power, arranged sword patterns, Artifact Array, ...,

At this moment, the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix and Cyan Moon Flood Dragon’s respect for Li Mu rose to a higher level. As Tier Seven True Spirits, they always believed that no one could understand their Power of Origin better than they could. However, through this artifact refining exercise led by Li Mu, they suddenly discovered they were wrong.

Their understanding of the Power of Origin was not even close to that of Li Mu, let alone his extreme utilization of Five Elements transformations. This refining was not merely about crafting Spirit Swords but more like creating a form of life, giving birth to Artifact Spirits through profound insight into the Five Elements Dao Principle.

As time passed, the temperature within the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace gradually reduced, and the Five Elements Spiritual Light inside surged towards the sky, signaling the critical finishing phase of this artifact refining was near.