Chapter 1328: Refining Horcruxes
The woman quickly completed the formalities for Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin also readily paid ten first-level fairy stones.
Xiao Lin did not plan to stay in seclusion here for a long time. He had two main purposes for renting the cave, one was to refine soul tools, and the other was to try to break through the fusion realm if possible.
In his opinion, these two purposes did not take too long. Moreover, even if it exceeded a hundred years, the lease could be renewed at any time, and it would not have any impact.
After paying the fairy stones, Xiao Lin got a fairy token. With this token, he could freely enter and exit the air of Xingfu Mountain. Of course, he could also use the token to enter the rented cave without encountering any restrictions.
After taking the token, Xiao Lin was led by the woman through the wooden building and entered the entrance of Xingfu Mountain. When Xiao Lin arrived at the entrance, a strong aura hit him.
And this aura seemed to contain some strange feelings that Xiao Lin could not explain. Xiao Lin understood that it should be the legendary fairy aura.
Immortal spirit energy is a mixed energy between immortal energy and spiritual energy, which cannot be separated. It is very rare in the entire spiritual world and usually only exists in immortal veins. Moreover, the amount contained varies greatly with the grade of immortal veins.
After the immortal cultivator advances to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the body and soul begin to evolve in an unknown direction. Through this evolution, the body and soul of the immortal cultivator can better fit the nature of heaven and earth, and can comprehend and drive the rules more deeply, and then emit all kinds of incredible magical powers.
Especially the immortal cultivators in the Mahayana stage are only one step away from ascending to immortality. To ascend, not only the realm is required, but also the physical body of the immortal cultivator has extremely high requirements. Otherwise, it cannot withstand the squeeze of the interface force encountered during the ascension, and may explode and die in an instant.
This is also the reason why top-level immortal cultivators need to temper their bodies with immortal spirits. Of course, physical cultivators like Xiao Lin who have practiced body refining techniques have more advantages in this regard. After all, the physical strength of physical cultivators is far superior to that of cultivators of the same level.
Cultivating to become an immortal is not only an evolution of the immortal spirit, but also a transformation of the physical body. Only in this way can one achieve an immortal body and carry the immortal spirit and mana after ascending.
Of course, there is another saying that after reaching a high level, immortal cultivators must gradually adapt to the immortal spirit. After all, after ascending to become a true immortal, they absorb pure immortal spirit, and the transformation of spirit to immortal spirit requires immortal spirit to transition.
But for Xiao Lin, which statement is not important. The most important thing for him now is to prepare to overcome the fusion tribulation.
Xiao Lin entered Xingfu Mountain and immediately launched the escape light, shooting in the direction of the rented cave.
Along the way, Xiao Lin was also amazed at the generosity of the demon race. Xiao Lin was not sure about the real size of Xingfu Mountain, but it was definitely not only tens of thousands of miles in radius, but far more than that. However, the demon race in this Xinghai Fairy City circled the place with the most concentrated fairy spirit in Xingfu Mountain and built a rental cave.
As for other places, they must have been occupied by some demon forces. After all, the range that a fourth-level fairy spirit vein can radiate is definitely not only tens of thousands of miles in radius.
Soon Xiao Lin came to the sky above a green mountain range. Looking down from the void, there were several two or three thousand feet of peaks clustered together, and between these peaks, there were also gullies and ravines. The rich spiritual energy also gave birth to various exotic flowers and rare spirit beasts, but these spirit beasts were not real fairy spirit beasts, but wild beasts that were nourished by spiritual energy. They have developed some intelligence and are relatively gentle in temperament.
Xiao Lin looked at the area between two mountains, where there was a towering ancient forest. However, Xiao Lin fell directly towards the ancient forest, and at the same time, the token in his hand flashed a large piece of hazy green light and fell down.
The original towering ancient forest suddenly changed, and turned into a small valley with pleasant scenery and gurgling streams flowing through it.
At the bottom of the valley, close to the mountain peak, several feet above the ground, there was a protruding boulder several feet in size. On the left side of the boulder, there was also a thick ancient pine tree. A dark cave entrance stood on the rock wall of the mountain peak.
[Bi Ling Xian Fu]
Xiao Lin landed in front of the cave and looked at the name of the cave above. The handwriting was Qing Xiu Zhong Ling, which was obviously written by a woman.
Xiao Lin smiled and shook his head, then waved his sleeves, and a large piece of dark green spiritual light flashed out, covering the entire cave and the words above.
When the spiritual light faded, the original four words [Bi Ling Xian Fu] had disappeared, and [Ning Han Xian Fu] replaced them.
Then Xiao Lin walked into the cave.
Since Xiao Lin had the token in his hand, the restrictions around and inside the cave were not activated. Xiao Lin walked into the cave smoothly. The layout of the cave was a hall with a pool in the center of the hall. In the center of the pool, there was a three-foot-high emerald wood. Seeing the emerald wood, Xiao Lin's eyes lit up.
"Spiritual object?"
Only in some places with rich spiritual energy can such spiritual objects be born. Moreover, when Xiao Lin saw the dense rings on the emerald wood, he knew that the emerald wood had probably existed for countless thousands of years. It also showed from the side that this cave was indeed an excellent place for cultivation.
"Huh? Mysterious energy?" Only half of the water in the pool was emitting a faint white mist. Xiao Lin felt a hint of chill as soon as he entered the hall. Now that he saw the water inside, he immediately understood that it was the mysterious energy emanating from the immortal veins.
This mysterious energy is a kind of spiritual energy that is extremely cold and yin in the world. It is also a power that many immortal cultivators who practice ice-attributed techniques like to collect. It can be used to sacrifice many cold-attributed magical powers.
For Xiao Lin, it is not of much use. After all, the power of the jade gui ice flame he practiced is still higher than this mysterious energy.
Surrounding the hall are four stone chambers. The stone doors are closed and there are no signs, so Xiao Lin can't tell their uses, but he understands that they are indispensable for alchemy and equipment, cultivation and storage.
After taking a look, Xiao Lin was generally very satisfied with the cave he rented.
So he left the cave and began to rearrange the formation around.
Although the rented cave also has many restrictions, for the immortal cultivators, the arrays and restrictions they set up by themselves are definitely the most reliable, and they can also give them more initiative.
It took Xiao Lin half a day to set up more than a dozen restricted arrays inside and outside the cave, and cleaned and arranged the cave as a whole, and then he showed a satisfied expression.
Back in the practice room, Xiao Lin sat cross-legged on the futon, then took out a golden scroll from the star ring, spread it on his knees, and read it carefully.
[Qinghan Feather Scale Armor], a fifth-level soul weapon, main material: five-eyed soul-capturing beads, quantity: two.
Effect: It can resist the full force of the spiritual power of the immortal cultivator in the middle stage of the tribulation, and it can also be used as itself when the yang spirit is out, with the attribute of Yin and cold. In times of crisis, it can also cover the opponent's soul. The internal Qinghan Xuanqi can freeze the opponent's soul for about a quarter of an hour.
Below are hundreds of materials.
Xiao Lin took a quick look at the names of the materials on it and immediately felt overwhelmed. It turned out that many of the materials on it, except for the Five-Eyed Soul-Snatching Bead, were extremely rare on the market. Even though he had killed the two elders of the Shao family and obtained a lot of materials for refining soul tools from them, Xiao Lin estimated that at most he could only gather about half of the amount.
There was still a long way to go before he could start refining.
The effect of this [Blue Cold Feather Scale Armor] was very much to Xiao Lin's liking. It could be said to be able to defend, of course, mainly for defense. The cold and mysterious energy contained in it had the effect of freezing the soul of the cultivator, so it had the ability to attack.
Then Xiao Lin carefully looked at the refining process again. When he saw that the Yang God Fire was needed to refine this fifth-level soul tool, Xiao Lin could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
The Yang God Fire is a kind of fire that can only be tempered after the cultivator advances to the fusion realm and condenses into a Yang God. It looks gentle on the surface, like the spring snow, but it is actually extremely powerful. It can melt the soul of the cultivator and is the nemesis of the Yin God.
Xiao Lin is only a Yin God who has barely achieved great success. He is still far from being able to condense the Yang God Fire. In other words, even if all the materials are collected, Xiao Lin cannot refine it.
So Xiao Lin put away the scroll, took out another scroll from the star ring, and browsed it.
[Bi Ying Ning Xin Mirror], a fourth-level soul weapon, main material: four-eyed soul-capturing beads; quantity: two;
Effect: can be attached to the chest of the Yuan Shen, condense the Bi Ying soul light, cover the whole body, and resist the spiritual attack of the cultivator in the early stage of the tribulation.
Although the materials required for the fourth-level soul weapon are less than those for the fifth-level soul weapon, there are more than 300 kinds, which still makes Xiao Lin look surprised.
Moreover, when he saw that the refining process still required the Yang God Fire, he immediately put the scroll away helplessly.
To survive the fusion period, a third-level defensive soul weapon is needed. In Xiao Lin's opinion, the higher the grade of the soul weapon, the stronger the defense. If he could refine a fourth-level or even a fifth-level soul weapon, wouldn't he be able to successfully survive the soul lightning strike in the fusion period?
Obviously, Xiao Lin's thoughts were too beautiful. The fourth-level and fifth-level soul weapons were not what he could refine at his current level.
Xiao Lin took out another scroll of a third-level defensive soul weapon, spread it out, and revealed the golden words inside.
[Flashing Shield] Third-level soul weapon, main material: three-eyed soul-grabbing beads; quantity: two;
Effect: can flash around the body, and can resist the spiritual attacks of cultivators below the peak of fusion.
Below is the list of materials. The materials for the Flashing Shield are about 200, which is acceptable to Xiao Lin. Especially when he saw the note on the refining process that the refining of the Flashing Shield requires the Great Yin God Cold Flame, he was relieved.
If this third-level soul weapon still needs the Yang God Fire to refine, then he can only give up refining it himself and seek to buy a finished product instead.
Fortunately, this third-level soul weapon requires the Yin God Cold Flame. He is now a great Yin God. Once it is integrated into the Jade Gui Ice Flame, it can be transformed into the Yin God Cold Flame, and naturally it can be used to refine the Flashing Shield.
Looking at the list of materials on the scroll in front of him.
Xiao Lin's face showed a thoughtful expression, and after a moment, he showed a look of sudden realization.
"So that's how it is." Xiao Lin muttered to himself.
It turned out that through the introduction of these soul tools, Xiao Lin roughly understood that soul tools, like immortal treasures and holy tools, have nine levels. Among them, levels one to three are generally suitable for cultivators in the Refining Void Stage. Of course, this is not absolute. A cultivator in the Transformation Stage can also drive a first- and second-level immortal treasure, but it is impossible to drive a third-level immortal treasure.
Even if the cultivator is at the peak of the Refining Void Stage, he can barely drive a fourth-level immortal treasure. Only after advancing to the Fusion Stage and condensing the Yang God, the level of immortal treasure driven by the cultivator is not limited.
In other words, as long as a cultivator in the Fusion Stage is rich enough, he can drive a ninth-level immortal treasure, and he can also exert almost all the power of the immortal treasure.
The power of the Yang God is the key to driving middle and high-level immortal treasures and holy tools.
Of course, for a cultivator in the fusion stage, it is a good fortune to be able to obtain one or two fourth- and fifth-level immortal treasures. As for the ninth-level immortal treasure, even the old monsters in the Mahayana stage of each race may not be able to take it out.
Soul weapons are different. Soul weapons are used to attack and defend the opponent's spiritual power. They are very targeted. The first to third-level soul weapons correspond to the cultivators in the fusion stage.
The third-level soul weapon can resist the spiritual attack of the peak cultivators in the fusion stage. Similarly, the fourth, fifth and sixth-level soul weapons are targeted at the cultivators in the tribulation stage.
The seventh, eighth and ninth-level soul weapons are targeted at the Mahayana stage cultivators.
As for those soul weapons that are not in the rank, they are not targeted. If they are of good quality, they can resist the spiritual attack of the cultivators with higher realms.
Xiao Lin also understood why it was best to have a third-level defensive soul weapon to survive the great tribulation of the fusion. The third-level defensive soul weapon was far superior to the second-level soul weapon in terms of defense. The second-level soul weapon could roughly resist the attack of the spiritual power of the cultivator in the middle stage of the fusion, but the third-level soul weapon could resist the attack of the spiritual power of the cultivator at the peak of the fusion.
Of course, Xiao Lin understood that this method was not absolute. For example, he had practiced the Bu Tian Jing technique, and his spiritual power was far superior to that of ordinary cultivators at the peak of the fusion. In his estimation, his spiritual power was roughly close to that of cultivators in the middle and late stages of the fusion.
In the face of his spiritual power attack, in order to be intact, the opponent needed at least a third-level soul weapon.
After sorting out these, Xiao Lin also made a decision, that is, to refine this third-level soul weapon [Flashing Shield].
After deciding to refine the Flashing Shield, Xiao Lin began to look carefully, and wrote down the nearly two hundred materials needed to refine the Flashing Shield one by one, and then carefully comprehended the refining process.
It must be said that the Shenlian clan, with their attainments and talents in refining weapons, are indeed the chosen clan. The refining process recorded in the scroll is not only detailed, but also emphasizes the matters that need to be paid attention to in each step, and even notes the advantages of doing so.
Even Xiao Lin, who is not a full-time existence, was fascinated by it.
Time passed unknowingly, and it was not until the next morning that Xiao Lin finished reading all the contents on the scroll.
He took a deep breath and recalled all kinds of materials in his mind. After a comparison and confirmation, Xiao Lin found that there were only 20 to 30 kinds of materials missing. As long as he spent some time, it would be easy to gather them.
But he still lacked one thing, that is, the furnace for refining soul weapons.