Chapter 307: Chapter 151: Mysterious Treasure, Severely Injure the Ninth-Layer Great Demon?_2
She watched Li Xiaohu’s quickly departing figure, feeling that the scene before her was beyond her imagination.
"Miss Xiao, now that it’s just the two of us, we can continue our discussion!" Lin Xuankong’s voice came.
Xiao Xiuyi paused, and after a moment of daze, she finally spoke, "That... Patriarch Feng, oh, I mean, the new Artifact Refining Technique. I have deduced it for a long time. If Brother Lin’s vast Qi Blood could assist, the success rate should be above seventy percent. However, there are a few things I need to clarify with Brother Lin first."
Lin Xuankong nodded and said, "A seventy percent chance is already very high. When Miss Xiao refined the Ruyi Battle Armor back then, it was only a twenty percent chance! As for the other matters, Miss Xiao can speak freely."
At this moment, Xiao Xiuyi started talking about Artifact Refining, and confidence reappeared in her eyes.
"Firstly, what I plan to refine this time, although it is also an attack-type Treasure, it may not be considered Battle Armor! Secondly, the materials required to refine this Treasure might exceed Brother Lin’s expectations; although I have already collected nearly three thousand Marsh Python Forehead Scales, that is only one percent of the materials needed! Thirdly, after this Treasure is refined, even if Brother Lin’s Qi Blood Amount far exceeds that of ordinary people, he may not be able to activate it!"
Hearing this, Lin Xuankong couldn’t help frowning. If it’s not Battle Armor, as long as it’s an attack-type Treasure, that’s not really a problem! But three thousand Marsh Python Forehead Scales are only one percent of what’s needed... What kind of artifact is this going to be, that it requires such an immense amount of materials? The most crucial thing was, he frowned and looked at Xiao Xiuyi, "If I can’t activate it, what’s the point of refining it?"
Xiao Xiuyi’s lips curled up. "After it’s refined, Brother Lin certainly won’t be able to activate it in a short time because it consumes too much Qi Blood each time it’s activated. However, after nurturing it for three to five years, it might be possible to activate it once!"
Nurture it for three to five years, just to activate it once? Lin Xuankong was a bit surprised. "What kind of Treasure does Miss Xiao intend to refine that requires nurturing for three to five years!"
A touch of eagerness appeared in Xiao Xiuyi’s eyes, her voice carrying some excitement. "Brother Lin is now the Silver Jade Steward of the Yin Talisman Sect. The level you connect with far surpasses the past; you should have heard of the Immortal Sects of the Central Divine Dynasty! Moreover, those Immortal Sects indeed have real Immortals presiding over them; Brother Lin should have heard of this too!"
Lin Xuankong said, "Immortal Sects and Immortals, I have certainly heard of them. But the Treasure Miss Xiao is going to refine, could it be related to Immortal Sects and Immortals?"
Xiao Xiuyi replied, "Yes, it’s indeed related to the Immortal Sects and the legendary Immortals!"
Saying this, she looked outside the hall, gazing at the sky.
"In the Great Xia Dynasty, there are many martial artists; most of these people are called Martial Cultivators! However, the correct term should be Cultivator. What everyone should truly cultivate is a path to becoming an Immortal, but no one in Great Xia has ever truly become an Immortal!
"As for the Battle Armor used by Great Xia Cultivators, their Refining Methods mostly come from the Rakshasa Kingdom or the Central Divine Dynasty. These are actually simplified versions of the Magical Treasures and Immortal Artifacts used by Immortals in the Immortal Sects. Unfortunately, the actual Immortal Artifact Refining Methods are highly confidential in both the Rakshasa Kingdom and Central Divine Dynasty and have never been disseminated. Thus, no one in Great Xia can refine Magical Treasures and Immortal Artifacts!
"Even so, I have studied the Artifact Refining Techniques of the Xiao Family for dozens of generations and finally made some breakthroughs. The Ruyi Battle Armor I refined for Brother Lin earlier could strictly be considered a Magical Artifact that falls between a Mortal Artifact and an Immortal Artifact!
"But refining a Magical Artifact is not my ultimate goal! After many deductions in these past few months, I finally figured out some ways to refine an Immortal Artifact.
"This time, the Treasure I intend to help Brother Lin refine should, strictly speaking, be considered an Immortal Artifact. To be precise, it’s an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact—a true Immortal Artifact of which even the Immortal Sects of the Central Divine Dynasty possess few!"
Hearing this, Lin Xuankong couldn’t help but stand up, looking at the Artifact Refining Genius Xiao Xiuyi before him in some amazement. "Miss Xiao, you intend to refine an Immortal Artifact? Isn’t that too...?"
Lin Xuankong had long suspected from his Immortal Poison Resistance that Immortals truly existed in this world. If Immortals existed, then naturally there should be Immortal Artifacts for them to use. But Xiao Xiuyi, standing before him, was only a Fourth Layer Cultivator, still six entire cultivation Realms away from becoming an Immortal. How could she intend to refine an Immortal Artifact?
Just as this thought occurred to him, Lin Xuankong suddenly had another realization and shook his head. When did I become so rigid, looking down on low-level Cultivators! Back when I was at the Fourth Layer, I could defeat the Fifth Layer Liy Ruofeng with the Eight Gates Celestial Eye. In the Ba Mountain Secret Realm, I used the Demon Prison Cage to suppress a Late Stage Seventh Tier Great Demon, two levels higher than myself! Since I could do these things, why should I assume others couldn’t surpass their cultivation levels in battle? Especially in the field of Artifact Refining, where there’s no need to compare Cultivation levels, what reason do I have to believe Xiao Xiuyi can’t refine an Immortal Artifact?
Thinking of this, he decisively changed his tone, "That’s truly surprising! Miss Xiao is indeed the greatest Artifact Refining Genius I, Lin Xuankong, have ever met! This time, regardless of whether Miss Xiao can succeed in the Refining, this ambition alone is worthy of my admiration!"
Xiao Xiuyi’s clear eyes revealed a touch of joy upon hearing this. In fact, when she mentioned refining an Immortal Artifact to Lin Xuankong, she had been somewhat apprehensive. She worried he might ridicule her for overestimating her abilities—a mere mortal, bound to the earth, yet aspiring to refine an artifact that only Immortals could wield! Now, seeing Lin Xuankong not only refrain from mocking her but actually admire and encourage her, she naturally felt quite pleased in her heart.
Lin Xuankong then sighed with emotion, "No wonder Miss Xiao said that refining such a Treasure requires many materials and is difficult to activate, needing to be nurtured for several years before it can be activated even once! Immortal Artifacts... Immortal Artifacts that even Immortals may not possess naturally require a vast amount of materials and are inherently difficult to activate! Miss Xiao, regarding the materials needed to refine an Immortal Artifact, please tell me what they are. I’ll immediately order someone to prepare them!"
Xiao Xiuyi frowned and said, "Most materials for refining an Immortal Artifact should be collectible in Great Marsh Prefecture. However, the most crucial items are twenty thousand Marsh Python Forehead Scales, and especially the twelve Demon Pearls. I don’t know how long it will take to collect them all!"
Twenty thousand Marsh Python Forehead Scales are not a big deal. Nowadays, I can probably buy twenty thousand Marsh Python Forehead Scales with the Demon Flesh I consume in a single day! But twelve Demon Pearls? Refining Immortal Artifacts requires Demon Pearls?
Lin Xuankong frowned slightly. "Twelve Demon Pearls! Demon Pearls are extremely valuable; each one is worth a king’s ransom. A Martial Cultivator might spend decades accumulating resources and still not be able to afford a single one! Refining an Immortal Artifact actually requires twelve?"
Xiao Xiuyi frowned and said, "According to my deductions, the Treasure that can be refined with twelve Demon Pearls can only be considered an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact. To refine a true Grade-Entering Immortal Artifact, it would likely require over a hundred!
"Actually, Demon People’s Essence and Demon Pearls are alike; both are the aggregated Essences of Demon People and Demons. It’s just that the Essence content in Demon People’s Essence is very low, far less pure than the Essence in Demon Pearls! And to refine an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, Demon Pearls are definitely necessary!
"Of course, even a plant-type Demon Pearl with the lowest combat power is at least as valuable as a set of Exorcism Armor. Collecting twelve is by no means easy! I came to Brother Lin this time to discuss this idea with you; I didn’t intend to ask Brother Lin to gather all the materials immediately!"
Hearing this, Lin Xuankong frowned and said, "Miss Xiao, if it can be successfully refined, what kind of power will this Initial Tier Immortal Artifact be able to unleash?"
Xiao Xiuyi’s eyes instantly sparkled upon hearing this.
"Your Ruyi Battle Armor is a Magical Artifact. For both combat and defense, it must be activated at close range. If Brother Lin advances to the Fifth Layer Realm, the armor’s enhancement can increase your True Qi attack range by about tenfold!
"However, an Immortal Artifact is not limited by attack range at all. As long as its Nurturing Level is sufficient, wherever the eye can see, the Immortal Artifact can fly there in an instant to deliver a fatal blow to the opponent!
"The Initial Tier Immortal Artifact I plan to refine, once completed, will weigh around one hundred eighty thousand pounds. If a massive amount of Qi Blood is used to charge it once, it should be able to kill several Tier Eight Great Demons with a single strike and easily inflict severe injuries upon even Late Stage Tier Nine Great Demons!
"If a Ninth Layer Powerhouse activates it, they could easily kill a Ninth Layer Great Demon.
"If an Immortal activates it, with their True Essence surging, it could definitely slay a Demon King Level Demon!"
To kill several Tier Eight Great Demons with a single strike, and even severely injure Late Stage Tier Nine Great Demons! Just hearing of such power was enough to make one’s blood boil with excitement...