Chapter 224: Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower
Not everyone has to reach Upper Second-order Artifact Refiner, but it is certainly worth affirming that if one can reach this level, the refined Nascent Spiritual Artifact Embryo will lead others by a large margin.
Long Hongwen knew how fast Su Yan was progressing, with no small improvement every day, from Black Steel Sabers of micro-flaw quality to now almost all flawless products.
He was certain that with another month or two of practice, Su Yan would definitely reach Upper Second-order.
Such a disciple should be encouraged to forge a Natal Spiritual Artifact Embryo far surpassing his peers.
“Elder Long, a gift for you, Steel Saber.”
Su Yan did not answer directly, but placed the Steel Saber in front of Long Hongwen.
The other party immediately widened his eyes, reached out with his hand, grasped the Steel Saber, and with one swing, a saber light over three meters long shot straight at the ground.
True Intent surged, and on the blade, a centipede faintly visible clinging to the blade could be seen.
Looking closely, there were also shallow beast patterns on the blade, resembling Su Yan’s True Intent, with star points connected to each other, extremely ingenious.
“True Intent Casting, blade firm and sharp, Upper Second-order sharp weapon, still Super Grade quality, have you been possessed?!”
Long Hongwen felt Su Yan had cheated; this kid must have cheated. He had been ironworking his whole life and was already a Third-order Artifact Refiner, but he had never seen any Artifact Refiner progress that fast.
One must know, Su Yan’s Artifact Refining Skill was only exchanged for over two months ago.
Moreover, this kid had also taken time to get Tiger Ranking First, not necessarily having time to fully master the Artifact Refining Skill and those Artifact Refining insights.
Hardening physical body, thick True Essence, powerful True Intent, and a fire-attribute contracted beast…
Wasn’t this the innate ironworking sacred body?
Long Hongwen had never been so eager to poach someone.
Su Yan felt creeped out by the gaze and said directly, “Thank you Elder Long for taking care of me during this time, this disciple will take his leave first.”
He turned and left, Long Hongwen wanted to call him back but ultimately sighed.
“Couldn’t even pay respects to the ancestor before going down Fuyue Peak to recruit disciples, what damn luck.”
……
Beast King Mountain, Sect Affairs Pavilion grand hall.
“Tiger Ranking First can claim fifty thousand Contribution Points, and one item below Fourth-order.”
Su Yan finally found time to claim his Tiger Ranking First reward.
The Disciple Token received fifty thousand Contribution Points, now his Contribution Points balance exceeded sixty thousand.
Part was remaining Contribution Points from before; after exchanging for Alchemy Skill, Seed Aperture Pill prescription, and Artifact Refining Skill, three or four thousand were left, the other part from monthly Contribution Points of Tiger Ranking First and Xia Wan’er’s remuneration.
“The thirty thousand Contribution Points from Hundred Tiger Peak is enough, but compared to Contribution Points, Pills are more cost-effective.”
Contribution Points have many uses, especially now for refining the Natal Spiritual Artifact, the required materials will definitely be a huge number.
Those materials may not be more precious than Fourth-order materials, but they are not easy to gather either.
Unless relying on sect power, otherwise it would take a very long time.
So, using Contribution Points on the blade is the best method.
“Where is the list for exchange rewards?”
Su Yan asked the person inside the counter.
“Third-order and Fourth-order item lists are here; if you want to exchange for Cultivation Manuals, look at this one on the left…”
Treasures, Spirit Tools, Cultivation Manuals…
The sect had already prepared a list of exchange items for disciples who achieved rankings.
Su Yan glanced roughly; most were Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for consolidating foundation or increasing cultivation.
‘The sect really put in a lot of effort.’
Su Yan had his own plans, ignored those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for increasing cultivation, as well as Cultivation Manuals and Spirit Tools, and only set his gaze on the materials column.
He thought in his heart: ‘Nine Profound Gold governs heaviness and stability, indestructible, is the foundation of the Natal Spiritual Artifact. But what I’m refining is a tower; merely indestructible is not enough. It also needs to suppress all things while standing unmoved, include all things while immune to myriad laws.’
The tower is for smashing people, but not just a simple drill bit.
His gaze fell on several Fourth-order materials.
Xuanling Turtle Shell, Fourth-order Low-grade material, indestructible, contains high-order demonic essence of water attribute, can refine armor.
Fierce Fire Mane Lion Spine, Fourth-order Low-grade, contains Fierce Fire Mane Lion origin, can be main material for Spirit Tool.
……
Quite a few Fourth-order materials were listed; Su Yan looked through them one by one, finally setting his gaze on one of them.
Xuanxi Mother Crystal, Fourth-order Low-grade, gathers heaven and earth essence, condenses in water vein tidal lands, one grain equals a long river.
“Nine Profound Gold governs heaviness, Xuanxi Mother Crystal governs inclusion, combining toughness and flexibility, quite suitable.”
Su Yan calculated in his heart and said, “I want the Xuanxi Mother Crystal.”
The steward inside the counter nodded: “Please wait a moment.”
Soon the steward held a brocade box and brought out the item.
Su Yan opened the brocade box to look; a fist-sized crystal blue stone was placed in the center of the brocade box, the entire brocade box emitting faint waves.
“One Xuanxi Mother Crystal weighs a thousand jin, this piece exceeds one hundred thousand jin; if not for the elder’s seal technique, even a True Intent Realm Martial Artist couldn’t easily lift it.”
The steward looked at Su Yan and reminded, “Junior Brother Su, if using it, must put it directly into the Storage Ring.”
“No need.”
Su Yan reached out to grab it; upon taking the Xuanxi Mother Crystal, he immediately felt a heaviness in his hand.
He gripped with force, runes appeared on the Xuanxi Mother Crystal; after weight reduction, it still weighed four or five thousand jin in his hand.
Dense spiritual energy continuously transmitted, deep and inclusive like water, enveloping around his body.
After storing the Xuanxi Mother Crystal, Su Yan went directly to the Sect Affairs Pavilion grand hall and began exchanging.
Third-order ores, Second-order metals… a large number of Artifact Refining materials he valued were taken into his bag.
With the Dragon Nesting Pool as foundation, he already had some expectations for Artifact Refining needs.
After a spree of purchases, Contribution Points dropped rapidly, soon left with only over ten thousand.
Though somewhat heartbreaking, he had no hesitation.
After all preparations were ready, Su Yan began secluded cultivation.
Su Yan did not go to the Artifact Refining Pavilion; although the earth fire there was more abundant, it was not suitable for this refining.
He did not need to rush time; on the contrary, he needed more time and energy to slowly temper.
“Flame Armored Scorpion’s demonic fire is enough to extract materials, Molten Fire Three Transformations to cast the foundation, Intent Casting Method to infuse spirit…”
The Flame Armored Scorpion was at his side, and at the same time, the entire Xuan Shuang Mountain formation was activated by Su Yan.
Spiritual energy as fuel, demonic fire rising.
The medicine refining cauldron was now used for Artifact Refining; under his control, Nine Profound Gold immediately fell into the cauldron.
Eight strands of True Intent emerged behind him, transforming into over three-meter tall figures, extending his power into the cauldron, beginning to continuously temper Nine Profound Gold.
True Intent as hammer, demonic fire as forge.
Inside the furnace cauldron, the extremely hard Nine Profound Gold was slowly changing.
In the depths of Guizang Valley, on the hidden peak, Gu Sanqian’s gaze turned toward Xuan Shuang Mountain.
“Good kid, already started.”
He muttered to himself, mind stirred, and a Six-Winged True Silkworm appeared before him, only fist-sized but with no weak aura.
“Guard under Xuan Shuang Mountain.”
The Six-Winged True Silkworm turned into a stream of light and instantly disappeared into the horizon.
……
A full month, total eighty-one materials, four Fourth-order Low-grade, remaining seventy-seven materials, from Xuan Gold Water, Red Gold Sand to Amber Crystal…
Second-order to Third-order materials were all present; the processing difficulty, even for a Third-order Artifact Refiner like Long Hongwen, would not be easy.
Su Yan obtained the Dragon Nesting Pool refining method, fully digested the insights from the Artifact Refining Pavilion, then referenced the Dragon Nesting Pool refining method to proportion the current materials.
Demonic fire continuously rose; at this time the furnace cauldron was removed, in the demonic fire, eighty-one special molten liquids floated above, continuously tempered by demonic fire.
“Impurities fully removed; even just materials, all bear my spiritual imprint and True Intent Power, now can proceed to the next step.”
On the eighty-one materials, fine patterns emerged, all infiltrations of Su Yan’s power.
Under the amplification of Insect Consciousness Seed, his spiritual power was exceptionally strong; while using Intent Casting Method with True Intent Beast Spirit Power to temper materials, he also infused spirit into them.
Undoubtedly, this refining method was an excellent choice for the Spirit Tool embryo.
As long as refining succeeds, the inner-to-outer fusion would elevate the Spirit Tool nurturing to a higher level.
But correspondingly, such a refining method consumes the Artifact Refiner many times more.
Even for Su Yan, during this extraction process, he had to rest for a while after tempering every two or three materials.
One must know, he was a True Intent Realm, Spirit Merging Stage Martial Artist, with two acupoints opened, his True Essence thickness surpassing even Half-step Dan Qiao, enough to match two or three Half-step Dan Qiao.
With such thickness, still needing to stop and start, one can imagine the consumption.
But effort always has reward; at least now, Su Yan could proceed to the next step.
“Merge.”
He commanded, the silver Nine Profound Gold and blue Xuanxi Mother Crystal molten bodies immediately approached.
Under Su Yan’s control, the two fused, instantly erupting a powerful force, so great it tried to break free from his control.
He was prepared; eight True Intents instantly used Intent Casting Method, fusing into a stars formation, suppressing down to contain the force.
About an hour later, finally slowly fused the two.
“Insects as base, cast the tower body, form for me.”
After the two foundation materials stabilized, he immediately controlled the materials to gradually change shape.
In the blazing demonic fire, soon a crude tower embryo gradually appeared.
Gold Devouring Insect Exuviae, Red Phosphorus Alligator Dragon Inverse Scale…
Su Yan proceeded step by step, gradually building the tower’s foundation, materials integrating bit by bit.
Thus another three days passed; at the critical fusion moment, he had no time to rest.
Spirit highly concentrated, empty medicine bottles already at hand.
The several fierce insects following him were released, Hundred Poisons Gu Seal floating around, constructing True Essence delivery channels.
Three days without sleep or rest, True Essence not depleted, thanks to them.
“Last portion.”
Su Yan stared closely at the last material; as it slowly integrated into the tower body, a powerful spiritual power continuously gathered throughout the tower body.
Eighty-one materials united, now the tower body almost formed.
Su Yan’s heart thrilled, face showing a smile uncontrollably: “Fierce Insect Cauldron, assist me!”
He continuously urged the Fierce Insect Cauldron deep in his body, a red stream of light surged from his brow, immediately landing on the tower body.
At the same time, commanding the subordinate fierce insects, accumulated one month’s Insect Yuan surged into the tower body like white silk.
Buzz
Red light shot to the sky, the tower body immediately emanated a fierce and powerful aura.
The originally crude black tower body instantly turned ancient and dark, like an eternal light, the tower body from bottom to top began showing fierce insect patterns, mainly Six-Winged Blood Centipede and other fierce insects, plus the impossible insect patterns from the Fierce Insect Cauldron.
Red light instantly leaked out, stirring chaos on Xuan Shuang Mountain peak.
Su Yan sat in place, unaffected by the red light; instead, a powerful spiritual power surged into his body.
Tower body feedback, cultivation greatly advanced; at the same time, the entire tower became like a vortex center, madly absorbing spiritual energy from the entire Xuan Shuang Mountain.
A full half hour later, it gradually subsided, and Su Yan’s cultivation rose all the way to Spirit Merging Stage minor accomplishment.
He slightly raised his eyes, hand beckoned, and the tower body flew to before him, only palm-sized, about a foot tall.
“Less than one-thousandth the power of Fierce Insect Cauldron, but far stronger than Moonwatching Sword or Greedy Wolf Black Corrosion Sword.”
Su Yan showed joy; he had seen quite a few Third-order Spirit Tools, but compared to his roughly refined Natal Spiritual Artifact, they were far inferior.
With his current means, refined Spirit Tools would be around Third-order Low-grade.
But this one was different; Fierce Insect Cauldron’s final assistance shared a wisp of origin, plus Insect Yuan for casting, directly elevating it to Third-order Mid-grade.
And this was just its starting point.
Su Yan held the small tower in hand, slightly closed his eyes, sensing the power transmitted from it.
“Suppression, refinement, enemy subdual in one, fierce insect might as foundation; if refined with millions of insect beasts, billions of feral beasts, this tower would become a peerless Dao Soldier, need to think of a name.”
Su Yan was very satisfied with his Natal Spiritual Artifact, pondering in his heart, said, “Fierce Insect Tower not suitable, call it Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower.”
Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower’s foundation is Fierce Insect Cauldron’s origin; the more feral beast flesh and blood, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures refined, the more fierce insect beast patterns condensed, the stronger the power.
Tower body nine layers, each layer stronger suppression ability.
As his strength continuously improves, one day, one tower suppressing a country not impossible.
Su Yan had this confidence.
He played with Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower for a good while longer before reluctantly storing it in the Insect Realm Space.
“Unfortunately not a Dan Qiao Realm Martial Artist, can’t use dantian to nurture. But with the artifact newly formed, need to find a place to test it.”
Su Yan immediately thought of a place—Hundred Tiger Peak.
Hu Yangming the Head Seat promised him entry to Tiger Fiend Temple to comprehend Subduing Tiger Mingwang Body; now as Tiger Ranking First, he naturally qualified to go comprehend.
He tidied up Xuan Shuang Mountain and prepared to go down the mountain for some food, then head straight to Hundred Tiger Peak.
Unexpectedly, just after leaving Xuan Shuang Mountain’s mountain gate, he was blocked by Xia Wan’er and Lan Yunyue.
“Already Tiger Ranking First, yet closed seclusion so quickly, made us wait over half a month for you.”
