Chapter 160: Spirit Gathering Array

Yuan Ming did not feel that time had passed so slowly.

He did not know how many times he stood up and sat down before Amuhe returned to this side. As soon as they met, he shook his head at him.

Yuan Ming's heart sank at once.

"Except for Master, there are only three elders in our Fire Refining Hall who are above the Foundation Establishment Stage. They are all in seclusion refining weapons now. None of them came out. No one can help you." Amuhe said helplessly.

"What should we do? We can't just watch the Green Fish Sword's spiritual power become silent and become a mortal item, right?" Yuan Ming frowned.

"You can only try your luck and wait and see if Master can return within three days." Amuhe sighed and said helplessly.

Yuan Ming had no choice but to thank Amuhe and hurried away.

He first went to the courtyard of the Third Cave Master again, but still could not see anyone, so he had to return to his residence.

The moment he pushed the door open, he saw Huo Chan'er lying on the table in front of the window, but after hearing the movement from Yuan Ming's side, Huo Chan'er immediately got up.

Yuan Ming leaned out of the window and saw Xiying seemed to be basking in the sun on the horizontal branch of the pine tree outside.

The silver cat Xiying noticed that Yuan Ming was looking at her, but she ignored him and turned over to continue.

Seeing Xiying like this, Yuan Ming wanted to speak but swallowed it back. He just came to the table with the sword box and sat down, thinking with a sad face.

Huochaner rubbed against him flatteringly, but he had no time to pay attention.

Counting from yesterday, almost a day has passed.

The preservation period of the soul sword box is still two days, and he must complete the carving and soul infusion within these two days.

But he had a hunch in his heart that the third cave master was likely to be away from home in the near future.

"Otherwise, go to the market again?" Yuan Ming hesitated whether to find the weapon refiner there to help him, but when he calculated the distance, it was too late.

"Let me see what's in the soul box." At this time, the curious voice of the silver cat sounded in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Yuan Ming subconsciously raised his head and saw that the silver cat Xiying had come to his window, and Huo Chan'er fell to the ground and rolled around without knowing when.

"This is a sword that the Third Cave Master helped me refine. Without the foundation-building stage, there is no way to infuse the magic weapon with spirit?" He couldn't help asking.

"Of course not... but, nothing is absolute." When the silver cat heard him ask this question, he already understood why Yuan Ming was so worried.

"Do you have a way?" Yuan Ming's eyes lit up and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Among the magic cultivators, there are talisman masters who are proficient in the way of talismans, and there are formation masters who are proficient in magic arrays. They have deeply cultivated the way of talismans and magic arrays, and can use talismans or arrays to exert unique abilities that other cultivators do not have. Among them, the formation master has created a rune array called 'Gathering Spirit Array', which can replace the refiner and infuse the magic weapon with spirit." Silver Cat Xiying explained.

"Aren't you a soul cultivator? Are you also a formation master?" Yuan Ming was surprised when he heard this.

"I'm not a formation master, but I know the spirit gathering formation." Xiying rolled her eyes at him and said.

"You just know it? Or can you draw it or... how can you help me?" Yuan Ming didn't know how to use the spirit gathering formation.

"I'm not a formation master, so I don't know how to draw it. Besides, the spirit gathering formation is not a talisman, and it can't be used just by drawing it on talisman paper." Xiying said.

"Forget it, if I can't find a way to infuse spirits in two days, my Green Fish Sword will be useless. You can't help me either." Yuan Ming said.

"What? Is there something I can't do?... You've actually seen the spirit gathering formation, it's on that island in the mist, on the casting furnace of the master Heimu you found, but you were blind and didn't take it away." Xiying said angrily.

How could it know that Yuan Ming didn't know the goods, but his ability was limited at that time, otherwise he would have taken the furnace away long ago.

"It seems that there were other people on the island at that time, and I'm afraid that the casting furnace would have been gone long ago." Yuan Ming was happy at first, and then worried.

"The casting furnace is still there." Silver Cat Xiying immediately gave him a reassurance.

"Really?" Yuan Ming was overjoyed when he heard this.

Silver Cat Xiying snorted lightly and disdained to answer.

"Thank you!" Yuan Ming was overjoyed and ran out with the sword box in his arms.

"Next time I must find something you don't understand to test you." When he reached the door, Yuan Ming remembered something and added.

"I'll keep you company!" Silver Cat replied.

When Yuan Ming passed by Huo Chan'er, the latter immediately followed his calf and jumped onto his shoulder.

Silver Cat Xiying looked at his leaving figure, and there was a hint of smile in his eyes. After a slight hesitation, his figure jumped down from the pine tree and soon disappeared.

...

Half a day later, on the island in the fog.

On a steep mountain wall, there were patches of moss, and blue-black vines hung down, covering a hidden semicircular cave.

In the sky outside the cave, a black raven spread its wings and flew, circling for a long time before slowly falling down.

It landed on a stone outside, lowered its head and pecked at it, as if eating, but its dark eyes were rolling around, secretly looking around.

Seeing that everything around was stable and there was no abnormality, the raven jumped and turned, spread its wings and dived into the cave covered by vines on the mountain wall, and disappeared.

In a hidden forest ten miles away, Yuan Ming sat quietly in the dense canopy of a towering ancient tree, checking the situation in the cave through the sight of the soul crow.

"Fortunately, it's still there." The moment he saw the casting furnace, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, he stood up and used the Wind Speed ​​Spell to jump down from the treetops, heading quickly over there.

The figure of the silver cat appeared not far away, and followed closely.

After a while, Yuan Ming had already arrived at the cave with Huo Chan'er on his shoulder.

The moment he saw the foundry, Yuan Ming immediately waved his sleeves to roll up a strong wind, blowing away all the dust on the foundry, and then immediately moved over to look for the gathering spirit array mentioned by Xiying.

He circled around the foundry, but did not see any array engraved on it.

"How could there be no array?" He thought as he leaned down and crawled under the foundry.

At the bottom of the foundry, there were only flame patterns, and Yuan Ming did not see anything special.

"Inside the furnace." At this time, the voice of the silver cat Xiying sounded in Yuan Ming's sea of ​​consciousness at the right time.

Yuan Ming raised his head suddenly when he heard the voice, and his head hit the foundry with a "bang".

When he stepped out from under the furnace, he saw the silver cat Xiying lying on the casting furnace, watching him in a hurry.

"I can find it even if you don't remind me." Yuan Ming said.

"Even if you find it, do you know how to use the spirit gathering array?" The silver cat Xiying lowered her eyes and glanced at him, with a mocking look in her expression.

Yuan Ming was also stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Do you know?"

"Of course, open the furnace seal door and look at the bottom." Xiying instructed.

Yuan Ming hurriedly responded and opened the furnace seal door as he said. Before he could see clearly, Huochaner went in along his arm, ran around inside, and then ran out again.

Yuan Ming then saw that the bottom of the furnace was not a smooth flat plate, but engraved with a rune array with quite complicated lines.

He took a first look and felt that one of the runes looked familiar. It looked a bit like a deformation of the fire rune, and there were five runes with complicated lines around it, so he couldn't recognize it.

These five runes are centered on the flame rune, and are connected to the five surrounding runes to form a whole. They support each other and form a stable frame structure.

"Is this the magic circle?" Yuan Ming muttered to himself.

"This spirit gathering magic circle is very simple. Although it is well-designed, its power is limited. At best, it can only assist in the infusion of spirits in medium-grade magic tools, which is also the worst kind." Xiying said.

"How can you tell it is simple?" Yuan Ming only felt that the lines were already very complicated.

"This spirit gathering magic circle is centered on the flame rune, and it is also the starting point, with five spirit gathering runes as the fulcrum. It is constructed. There are no extra runes and complicated lines in it, so the power is limited, but it also avoids the loss of spiritual power. Isn't this considered simple?" Xiying heard the words, and her voice sounded in Yuan Ming's sea of ​​consciousness.

"In this way, the rune magic circle is not a simple stacking combination of runes. If it is not properly matched, it will be twice the result with half the effort?" Yuan Ming thought for a while and asked.

"Of course it can't be a simple stacking. In fact, this kind of matching is quite difficult to control. Not only should we consider the mutual generation and mutual restraint of rune attributes, but also whether the lines between runes are smooth and whether they will cause mutual interference. Otherwise, every rune master can become a formation master." Xiying said.

"Is that so? How should this spirit gathering formation be used?" Yuan Ming suddenly realized and asked.

"Do you see the grooves in the center of the five runes around?" Xiying asked.

"See, what is it for?" Yuan Ming asked in confusion.

"It is used to place spirit stones and absorb spiritual power. If your own mana is not enough, you need to use the spiritual power of spirit stones to fill it. The flame rune in the middle is the key to transformation, which controls the transmission of spiritual power to the Green Fish Sword." Xiying replied.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming immediately turned his wrist and took out five low-grade spirit stones.

"Is this okay?" Yuan Ming asked humbly.

"It's enough to infuse your sword with spirit." Xiying glanced and nodded.

Yuan Ming carefully placed the five spirit stones into the furnace one by one.

"Open the soul sword box." Silver Cat Xiying commanded.

Yuan Ming did not know the soul gathering array, so he did not dare to neglect it, so he just acted as the executor.

He opened the soul sword box as he was told, and the Green Fish Sword immediately revealed its true appearance. A wisp of cold breath spread out from it. Huo Chaner immediately showed a look of disgust and ran to the side.

"The basic attribute of the sword body is cold, what rune do you plan to engrave?" Xiying asked.

Yuan Ming had already thought about this on the way here, but he hesitated when he spoke at this time.