Chapter 229: Chapter 119: Surpassing All Artifact Refiners in Great Xia, The Mist of Tier Nine Corpse Scorpion - Part 2
The two Liy Family Brothers frowned tightly upon hearing him speak, their eyes full of doubt. But considering Mu Shiba’s numerous powerful techniques, neither dared to refute him directly. If it were anyone else, they would have already scorned and ridiculed him with disdain!
Really taking himself seriously! There are thousands of Artifact Refiners in the Great Xia Dynasty, and not a single one can handle such special requirements of these Profound Truth Jade Particles. Yet you, just a Martial Cultivator, are so confident? This Mu Shiba is truly too arrogant! Liy Ruoqing shook his head silently.
Lin Xuankong then looked at Zheng Yunrui, "Miss Zheng, you have two Profound Truth Jades. I plan to purchase those two Profound Truth Jades for a set of Exorcism Armor, how about it?"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Yunrui was momentarily stunned, shaking her head repeatedly, "Brother Mu, if you plan to use the Profound Truth Jade, just take them. In the past two days, you have already given me six drops of Heavy Water Spiritual Object, and the value of those spiritual objects has exceeded the value of the two Profound Truth Jades!"
After she finished speaking, she handed the two Profound Truth Jades to Lin Xuankong without hesitation.
"I came to the Ba Mountain Secret Realm this time just to try my luck. I initially thought that obtaining one drop of Heavy Water Spiritual Object would be an immense fortune! Now that I’ve already gotten six drops of Heavy Water Spiritual Object, if all these Heavy Water Spiritual Objects are refined into Heavy Water Treasure Pills and then resold by my father, they might be exchanged for four Grade-Entering Profound Truth Jades!"
Seeing this, Lin Xuankong didn’t stand on ceremony. He took the Profound Truth Jades, his eyes revealing a trace of anticipation, and said to the three, "Then let’s continue our journey, this time heading directly towards the center of the Secret Realm!"
Two Shadows of the Black Soul immediately rose from the ground, lifting the palanquin. Lin Xuankong sat on it, his gaze fixed on the two egg-sized Profound Truth Jades.
In the next moment, the Profound Truth Jades enlarged continuously before his eyes.
In an instant, the Profound Truth Jades had expanded to over a hundred feet across, filling his entire field of view—under the operation of the Eight Gates Celestial Eye, even a drop of water could be magnified to the size of a millstone, let alone such large Profound Truth Jades!
Lin Xuankong’s right hand gradually condensed a very minute but tremendously powerful Thunder Blade. With the Yin Talisman Technique cultivated to the current realm, controlling thunder to form a Thunder Blade was naturally a breeze!
CHCHCHCH!
The sound of the minuscule Thunder Blade cutting through the jade stone echoed.
In an instant, the egg-sized Profound Truth Jade had been divided into two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two pieces...
Walking beside the palanquin, Liy Ruoqing and Liy Ruo Ying both furrowed their brows.
Liy Ruoqing silently mused. What a waste, an absolute waste! That precious Profound Truth Jade, ruined just like that! Does Mu Shiba really intend to refine three thousand Jade Particles himself? What a pipe dream! Not a single Artifact Refiner in the entire Great Xia Dynasty could achieve this. If you can do it, I’ll take your surname!
「In the blink of an eye, two days passed.」
Near the Secret Realm Center, on a small mountain, Lin Xuankong stood atop it, gazing towards the heart of the Secret Realm.
He saw that most of the hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers at the Secret Realm Center were covered in a peculiar mist. This mist flashed with seven colors, intertwined like countless strands of colorful smoke. The mist’s colors were extremely vibrant, exuding an eerie and evil aura.
Zheng Yunrui spoke, "Brother Mu, that mist is the Seven Poisonous Fogs of the Ba Mountain Secret Realm Center!
"It is said that over a hundred years ago, a Tier Nine Late Stage Corpse Scorpion Demon attempted to forcibly refine the Celestial Demon Bone but failed. Its Divine Soul was annihilated by the Demon Qi of the Celestial Demon Bone. These Seven Poisonous Fogs were emitted from the corpse of that Tier Nine Corpse Scorpion, and countless Corpse Scorpions in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm also derived from its body!
"The closer you get to the Secret Realm Center and the Celestial Demon Bone, the stronger the toxicity of these Seven Poisonous Fogs becomes! Although True Qi can block the Poisonous Fog outside the body, the closer you get to the center, the faster the Poisonous Fog will erode and destroy True Qi. Even Martial Cultivators at the Seventh Layer or Eighth Layer need to prepare a large amount of Qi Blood Elixirs and Demon Flesh to even get close to the Celestial Demon Bone!"
Lin Xuankong stared at the Poisonous Fog, thinking to himself. Poisonous Fog emitted from the corpse of a Tier Nine Great Demon? My Immortal Tier Poison Resistance should be sufficient! However, the Celestial Demon Bone alone, with just the Demon Qi it emits, can annihilate the Divine Soul of a Tier Nine Great Demon... How powerful must this Celestial Demon Bone be? Additionally, the center may harbor Tier Six Corpse Scorpions or even Tier Seven Corpse Scorpions. Facing a Late Stage Tier Six Corpse Scorpion now, I would struggle to win... I must prepare adequately before heading to the Secret Realm Center!
"Let’s rest here for a few days. I’ve prepared the Jade Particles; I just need to carve the Inscriptions!" Lin Xuankong said.
Sitting on the palanquin, he took out over four thousand Jade Particles, much smaller than sesame seeds, from the Ghost Frog Pouch.
These smooth Jade Particles glistened with a milky white sheen under the sunlight of the Secret Realm.
Upon hearing this, Liy Ruoqing and Liy Ruo Ying both frowned again.
In the past two days, they had seen Lin Xuankong using his Thunder Technique to cut and polish the Jade Particles.
Though they were Fifth Layer experts, lacking the potent Eye Power of the Eight Gates Celestial Eye, without utilizing Artifact Refining Tools, they naturally could not discern whether those minuscule Profound Truth Jade Particles, smaller than sesame seeds, were truly uniform in size and shape!
However, Liy Ruoqing, who had specialized in Arrays for over twenty years, was utterly certain at this moment. Without special Artifact Refining Tools, he couldn’t achieve uniformity in three thousand Jade Particles, let alone himself. Even the old master couldn’t do it. Not a single Artifact Refiner in the Great Xia Dynasty could, nor could the Artifact Refiners of the Central Divine Dynasty, without using Artifact Refining Tools! Handling such tiny Jade Particles until they are perfectly uniform, especially crafting three thousand of them all identical in size, is beyond human capability... The main point is, Mu Shiba had purely manually cut and polished them in just two days, producing over four thousand Jade Particles. Achieving uniform size with such a rough Refining Method in such a short time is absolutely impossible! If he could truly manage it, wouldn’t that mean his Artifact Refining Talent not only surpassed mine and Second Uncle’s but also that of all Artifact Refiners in Great Xia? How is that possible?
As Liy Ruoqing thought of this, he saw Mu Shiba already picking up an exceptionally tiny Jade Particle, ready to use the Thunder Blade to carve an Inscription on it!
Liy Ruoqing couldn’t help but curl his lip. It really looks like he’s serious. This Mu Shiba truly intends to complete the Demon Prison Cage and enhance its power? Second Uncle specialized in this for a hundred years and couldn’t achieve it. Can a guy with only twenty-odd days of Array training succeed? Ha! If I weren’t afraid to demoralize you, I’d definitely humiliate you thoroughly. You are truly too arrogant!