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"Are you crazy! You actually treated a living Phoenix Egg as a toy for Little Fei, you're wasting it!" Yan Luo shouted.
Li Hong scoffed, "What do you know! Go away, don't disturb me while I refine the Spell Pen!"
The door slammed shut, nearly hitting Yan Luo's nose and trapping his dissatisfied shouts outside.
In the next moment, the Eight Formation Flag was summoned to cover the room, and a serious expression appeared on Li Hong's face.
To draw a true High-Level Spirit Talisman, in addition to using special Vermilion and talisman paper, a good Spell Pen is crucial. A Spell Pen looks similar to an ordinary brush, but the materials are vastly different. The pen tube must be made from high-quality jade, and the interior must be engraved with a small Spirit Gathering Array. The most special part is the hair at the tip of the pen. The higher the level of the spirit beast from which the hair is taken, the more powerful the Spell Pen becomes, making talisman drawing much easier.
Generally, spirit beasts with special abilities are collectively referred to as spirit beasts, but formally there are celestial beasts above spirit beasts and divine beasts above celestial beasts. A Spell Pen made from celestial beast hair is considered a top-grade celestial beast Spell Pen and can draw High-Level Spirit Talismans; a Spell Pen made from divine beast hair can be classified as a Celestial Artifact, capable of drawing Forbidden Spirit Talismans or even celestial symbols. As for the legendary Divine Talisman, its Spell Pen requires a completely different method of crafting that is said to differ significantly from what Li Hong currently knows.
What Li Hong wants to create now is an Imitation Celestial Artifact Spell Pen that can draw High-Level Spirit Talismans or even Forbidden Spirit Talismans.
Using Little Fei's hair to make such a Spell Pen is actually overkill, but Li Hong doesn't care about that; after all, there is plenty of Little Fei's hair available. The better the material, the higher the quality of the resulting Spell Pen. He first tied up a bunch of shimmering golden hairs with white thread and set them aside before pulling out a piece of Fire Jade Essence from his Cosmic Bag.
This piece of Fire Jade Essence was specially obtained from Yue Changzi; it measures about one foot long, four inches wide, and two inches thick. After examining it closely, Li Hong decided that three pieces would be sufficient. He summoned Lingyi and used it as a carving knife, carefully slicing open the Fire Jade Essence. It took quite some time to shape three pieces into pen tubes while also hollowing out their centers.
Now, Li Hong had three roughly shaped Spell Pen tubes. Next, he needed to engrave small Spirit Gathering Arrays on the inner walls of the hollow tubes. The more skilled the engraving and the more Spirit Gathering Arrays there are, the higher the quality of this Spell Pen will be. Therefore, this is the most critical part.
Previously, the common practice at Nine Li Sect Artifact Hall was to use extremely fine Mysterious Iron needles to carve formations from within the hollow pen tubes. However, Li Hong had seen in the Underground Sutra Chamber how the Ancient Gods left behind their so-called Star Sect methods for refining artifacts; they concentrated spiritual power into bundles and controlled it with Divine Consciousness while engraving formations. The advantage of this method is its convenience and flexibility but it greatly tests the cultivator's skill and Divine Consciousness. A single mistake could ruin an exquisite material.
But this was not an issue for Li Hong. His Divine Consciousness cultivation was strong enough; what he lacked was experience.
Carefully picking up the first Fire Jade Pen Tube, Li Hong aimed the hollow end at himself, thought for a moment, and closed his eyes.
Divine Consciousness swiftly entered the pen tube, and the hollow part, about the size of a grain of rice, continuously magnified in front of him until it felt as if he were inside a large room, with walls that were bright red and crystal clear on both sides.
Gently extending his index finger, a strand of Awareness thinner than a toothpick extended into the hollow section of the pen tube. Under Li Hong's Divine Consciousness monitoring, he realized that this Awareness was still too thick. So he condensed, condensed, and condensed again... until this Awareness was as fine as a hair. Taking a deep breath, he controlled this Awareness within that range and lightly traced it against the "walls."
Jade fragments flew everywhere, and in an instant, a small Spirit Gathering Array was formed. Li Hong did not stop; he continued to carve one after another on the "jade walls."
All the small Spirit Gathering Arrays pointed in one direction, towards the pen tip. Finally, he carved a groove at the tip and above it inscribed a circular super-large Spirit Gathering Array to gather all the spiritual energy from the small Spirit Gathering Arrays. Only then did Li Hong withdraw his Divine Consciousness and Awareness.
To the naked eye, this pen tube appeared no different from before except for its increased transparency and shimmering fire-like glow; one could not tell that countless Spirit Gathering Arrays were inscribed inside.
Li Hong was very satisfied. Following the same method, he carved even more Spirit Gathering Arrays into each subsequent pen tube. After finishing the third one, placing all three together made it clear that the quality of the last one exceeded that of the first by at least thirty percent.
This would do. Li Hong picked up the third pen tube and set it aside to begin assembling the pen tip.
Assembling the pen tip required no special skills—only patience. He arranged the long golden hairs neatly, trimmed them to an appropriate length, used Dragon Bone Glue to secure them into a bundle, and finally fitted them into the groove inscribed with Spirit Gathering Arrays in the pen tube, applying Dragon Bone Glue once more to fix them in place.
The first Spell Pen was successfully completed.
With its golden shimmering tip and fiery red crystal-clear tube, it looked incredibly beautiful in his hand. However... Li Hong scratched his scalp, unsure how it would feel to use it. Without having prepared special Vermilion ink and talismans yet, he couldn't ascertain how effective the Spell Pen would be at this moment.
Li Hong turned his gaze toward the two bare pen tubes without tips. After thinking for a moment, he decided to put away the Eight Formation Flag and hurried off to find Yue Changzi.
Yue Changzi was at the Ancient Celestial Field Temple. Ever since he modified the array with Spirit of the Hall, he had come here to prepare for transforming the Ancient Celestial Field Temple into a place for alchemy and artifact crafting. The general layout was coming together; however, Yue Changzi was troubled by one particular matter.
In the Nine Li Sect, there is the Heaven and Earth Fire Spirit Eye, which is an excellent place for forging materials. Any forging material, even the most difficult to melt Heavenly Gold Essence Iron, will definitely melt within three days in the Heaven and Earth Fire Spirit Eye. However, this dark Ancient Celestial Field Temple is good in many ways and filled with Li Fire Aura, yet it lacks the Heaven and Earth Fire Spirit Eye. The thought of being unable to melt materials for forging truly troubled Yue Changzi. He considered many alternative methods but quickly dismissed each one.
When Li Hong arrived, he immediately jumped down from the second floor and, without waiting for Li Hong to speak, began to ramble about his difficulties. In the end, he looked at Li Hong eagerly and asked, "So, what do you suggest?"
Li Hong scratched his head and said, "Actually, Master, I came to ask you for some fur to make a Spell Pen."
"That's not difficult; I have plenty here." Yue Changzi took out his Cosmic Bag and quickly handed a large Box to Li Hong. "This box is filled with Fire Rat Fur that I collected in the Nine Li Cave Heaven. Take it and use it."
However, Li Hong did not accept it and chuckled awkwardly. "Master, can you give me something better? The one I just used was made from Little Fei's fur; it's from a Fire Mouse and feels a bit... well, it's rather shabby!"
"You brat! You’ve gotten so used to good materials that you even disdain the fur of a High-Level Spirit Beast like the Fire Mouse! Fine, fine. Since you've already used the fur of a divine beast, I can't give you something too inferior." Yue Changzi retracted the Fire Rat Fur and pulled out another Box from his Cosmic Bag. As soon as he took it out, Li Hong knew what it was and instantly became overjoyed. At the same time, he felt a sudden stir; the long-dormant Heavenly Torch awakened.
He shouted, "My Dragon Whiskers! Who? Who took my Dragon Whiskers out?"
Li Hong snatched the Box and turned to run towards the Ice and Fire Flower while shouting, "Master, you keep busy; I'll come back to see you later." In the blink of an eye, he was gone.
Yue Changzi remarked, "This kid! He tricked me into giving him my Dragon Whiskers and ran off without helping me think of a solution. Fine then; I'll just watch him forge his pen." With that, he also flew towards the Ice and Fire Flower.
Li Hong casually found an empty room, set up the Eight Formation Flag again, opened the Box, and was immediately stunned.
"The Dragon Whiskers are so thick!"
The Dragon Whiskers before him were as thick as carrots—not only thick but also extremely tough and hard. Li Hong tried to bend one casually and immediately thought of steel spikes.
"Of course! Do you think my whiskers are thin? Hmph!" The Heavenly Torch huffed in annoyance but quickly shifted to a playful tone. "Junior Brother! It's been a while; your cultivation has improved again! You've actually reached Nascent Soul! No wonder I've been progressing so quickly lately; it turns out it's because of you! Haha! It seems ascension isn't far off; we brothers will meet again soon!"
"Why have you been sleeping so long?" Li Hong looked at Dragon Whiskers, pondering a solution while casually chatting with Heavenly Torch.
"I told you, brother, I've made significant progress! I've absorbed all the Dragon Power from the Fire Separation Pearl! I've been in seclusion, transmuting. I should be able to give you a big surprise soon!" Heavenly Torch said proudly.
"Congratulations, I can't wait to see what you look like!" Li Hong replied absentmindedly.
"Don't play coy! You don't mean that! I've been away for a long time; I'm afraid you've already forgotten about me." At this point, Heavenly Torch suddenly fell silent. Li Hong didn't think much of it; after all, he was used to Heavenly Torch's unpredictable nature and continued to ponder how to create a Spell Pen using Dragon Whiskers.
Suddenly, Heavenly Torch shouted, "Junior Brother! Something big has happened! What about the Nine Li Sect... Junior Brother, why didn't you wake me up!"
Li Hong jolted, realizing that it was the first time Heavenly Torch had woken up since the incident with the Nine Li Sect. He had only just learned what had happened.
Feeling a pang of sorrow, Li Hong slowly said, "It's been a long time. Since you already know, I won't repeat it. Brother, let's not mention that matter again."
Heavenly Torch remained silent for a long time before saying, "You must be feeling terrible. I'm sorry, Junior Brother; I wasn't awake to be by your side during such a critical moment."
"It has nothing to do with you. Besides, I've avenged myself; the Yandao Demon Lord will never escape the Wandering Path of the Stars and will never ascend in this lifetime," Li Hong said through gritted teeth. Then he found it somewhat strange: "How did you know?"
"I've mentioned before that I have a special way of contacting Yin Li'er. As soon as I woke up, I received her message, but it was one-way. I need to ask you for something."
"What is it?"
"The next time you go out here, try to get close to Nine Li Cave Heaven. Yin Li'er is still inside; I must contact her once. This is very important. Remember!"
"Okay."
"Junior Brother, I will continue to Transmute Dragon Power. You need to pull yourself together."
"Mm."
The Heavenly Torch curled up again and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Hong was left in a daze for a long time.
An hour later, Li Hong finally calmed down and began to make the Spell Pen again.
He cut off a section of Dragon Whiskers and, upon opening it, found that the inside was fibrous and could easily be split open. Li Hong carefully sliced this section of Dragon Whiskers into thin strips. Although they still appeared quite thick, he disregarded that and glued several of the sliced Dragon Whiskers onto the pen tip using Dragon Bone Glue, then meticulously shaped and sharpened the tip. The Dragon Whiskers pen was thus completed. However, the two Spell Pens made from Celestial Candle Dragon whiskers looked rather odd and were definitely not as aesthetically pleasing as the first one.
Li Hong put away the Eight Formation Flag and stepped out of the room, only to run into Yue Changzi.
Yue Changzi grinned and extended his hand, saying, "Let me see it."
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