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The back mountain of Bailu Mountain has been designated as a restricted area. This was originally the secluded cultivation ground of Zhu Wanda, the Grand Elder of the Wan Jian Sect, and Leshan Leshui also practiced here.
After Zhu Wanda's passing, Leshan's Dao heart was damaged, and he soon passed away in despair. Now, only Xu Feng and three Vice Leaders from the Koukou Group are qualified to enter this place.
Gao Jingsong and Lin Fangxin are often busy with official duties, leaving only Yi Jiuzhou to stay here regularly.
Today, Xu Feng left Yi Jiuzhou outside to guard while he alone occupied the restricted area of Bailu Mountain. Yi Jiuzhou received orders that no one is allowed to enter the restricted area until Xu Feng comes out, including the three Vice Leaders.
In the secret chamber, Xu Feng sat cross-legged with a Cultivation Method book placed before him.
Ice Fire Blade!
This is the refining Cultivation Method for the Superior Dao Instrument, Ice Fire Blade, one of the three Dao Artifacts left by Jiang Wujue.
"The Daoist, the soul, refines the Dao into a tool; thus deceiving others, none dare to disobey..." This is an annotation on Dao Artifacts that Xu Feng found difficult to understand. He only felt that Dao Artifacts are products of the Dao, which mortals cannot resist; they can kill with a single strike.
"Ice Fire Blade, crafted entirely from blazing crystal stone, merges with Ten Thousand Years Arctic snow; it is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, embodying both ice and fire..." This explanation of the Ice Fire Blade was comprehensible, especially the last sentence...
Blazing crystal stone is a rare mineral; adding just one percent into a magical artifact can imbue it with fire properties. Xu Feng once obtained a piece from Jin Liaoyuan's ring and later gave it to Long Ye of New Moon Sect.
This Ice Fire Blade is entirely made from blazing crystal stone, so its Fire Element One Star power can be imagined.
Moreover, after its refinement, it absorbed the cold energy of Ten Thousand Years from the Arctic Snowfield, giving the Ice Fire Blade two opposing properties: fire for attack and ice for penetration.
To merge these two opposing properties into one is indeed an impressive feat of Jiang Wujue's refining technique.
Xu Feng read through the Cultivation Method word by word and memorized it firmly. After practicing it in his mind several times, he finally took down the Ice Fire Blade from the Treasure Rack.
The blade is two feet long, entirely fire-red, and slightly curved like an eyebrow. On the back of the blade, which is less than half a finger wide, there is a faint white line that runs straight from the hilt to the tip.
According to the instructions on the Cultivation Method, Xu Feng infused Fire Elemental Power from the hilt into the blade. Immediately, a space resembling a storage bag appeared in Xu Feng's mind. This space was hazy, with two streams of Spiritual Energy emerging alternately—one red and one black.
Amidst this red and black, a person was seen sitting peacefully. This individual had their eyes slightly closed, but their face was frighteningly strange, divided into two colors from forehead to neck: the left side was bright red, while the right side was pale black.
This young man in meditation was the Spirit Weapon of the Ice Fire Blade!
A Spirit Weapon is a form of artificial life, the soul of a Dao Artifact. If the weapon is destroyed, its spirit perishes as well. A Spirit Weapon not only possesses its own consciousness and thoughts but can also autonomously command the Dao Artifact in battle once it recognizes its master.
A drop of blood flowed into the Ice Fire Blade's interior, slowly merging into the Spirit Weapon's forehead, marking Xu Feng's imprint upon it.
The Spirit Weapon opened its eyes, revealing one red and one black Ethereal Light emanating from them. The Spiritual Energy in the space began to pulse as if it had come to life. The Spirit Weapon extended its hands, and those pulsating Spiritual Energies transformed into two Ice Fire Blades, flying into the Spirit Weapon's hands—one like fire and one like frost.
The brilliance in the Spirit Weapon's eyes intensified, and it seemed as if its body would ignite. The two Ice Fire Blades flashed in its hands before merging into its body.
After a long while, the turbulent aura of the Spirit Weapon calmed down, yet the dual phenomena remained.
"Master, I am the Spirit Weapon of the Ice Fire Blade; you can call me Exotic Eye," said the Spirit Weapon in a voice that fluctuated between yin and yang.
Xu Feng learned from his book that after absorbing his blood, a Spirit Weapon would automatically recognize its master. Xu Feng was the first to refine it successfully. If someone were to forcibly refine another's Dao Artifact, they would need immense power to eliminate the Spirit Weapon's soul imprint and could be counterattacked by it. A careless move could lead to the Dao Artifact being damaged and reduced to scrap metal.
Xu Feng said, "Exotic Eye, my name is Xu Feng. From now on, we will cultivate together. I will do my utmost to help you advance to Supreme Dao Artifact."
Dao Artifacts are categorized into four levels: inferior, medium, superior, and supreme. Among them, Superior Dao Instruments possess their own Spirit Weapons and can cultivate themselves to advance to Supreme Dao Artifacts.
The Supreme Dao Artifact can also be cultivated, ultimately becoming a Celestial Artifact. However, it is said that in the Xuan Continent, there has not been a Supreme Dao Artifact for tens of thousands of years. Xu Feng's Xuan Guang Jing is merely a semi-finished product, falling short by a hair's breadth.
As for the Celestial Artifact, according to Craftsman God Zuo Qiumingjian before his ascension, there were signs of earth-shattering phenomena and auspicious clouds blocking the sun, suggesting that a great treasure was about to emerge. However, no one has ever seen it, and there is no way to know.
Xu Feng grasped the Ice Fire Blade and silently recited the incantation. The Ice Fire Blade merged into his body, successfully refining it.
The power of the Dao Artifact is unparalleled. Xu Feng was eager to know the true strength of the Exotic Eye and said, "Exotic Eye, I am facing formidable enemies now. Can you assist me in eliminating Divine Separation Late Stage cultivators?"
The Exotic Eye replied, "Master, I cannot assist you right now because your strength is still too weak to unleash my power. You are a Five Elements Body, but currently, you have only entered the Early Stage of Spirit Separation with Earth Element. I am a Water and Fire Dual Dao Artifact, and using my power with your Nascent Soul Stage Fire is insufficient."
Xu Feng broke into a sweat. The Exotic Eye was within him and shared a connection with his thoughts. It naturally knew that Xu Feng was practicing Five Elements Cultivation. Originally, Xu Feng aimed to enter Separation of Spirit with Fire Element One Star but found it difficult for a long time. Ultimately, he relied on insights from the Great Strength King Fist to enter Divine Separation Stage with Earth Element. For the Fire-related Exotic Eye, this was indeed lacking.
A Superior Dao Instrument is hard to find; even among Divine Separation Stage experts, it is challenging to locate one. Only those ancient beings in the Transcendence Period might possess a Superior Dao Instrument.
In short, Xu Feng currently cannot use the Ice Fire Blade to harm his enemies.
"Understood," Xu Feng sighed. He initially thought he could sweep through Zheguo's Divine Separation Practitioners with the Ice Fire Blade but realized that its requirements were too high. To activate the Frozen Fire Blade, he must cultivate both Water and Fire elements to at least Divine Separation Stage or even Mid Stage of Spirit Separation.
Now that Zheguo's troops are advancing, it is clearly too late to raise his Wood Element to Divine Separation Stage.
Given Xu Feng's current strength, he might be able to challenge a Divine Separation Late Stage opponent using his strongest Gale Sword Formation; however, there are multiple opponents at that level. If it comes down to a fight, Xu Feng would undoubtedly be defeated.
Xu Feng took out the Xuan Guang Jing. The Xuan Guang Jing has a tenfold time conversion effect; refining it would grant him more time for cultivation.
With his mind made up, Xu Feng calmed himself to refine the Xuan Guang Jing.
The Xuan Guang Jing was a masterpiece of Jiang Wujue. This Dao Artifact was on the verge of becoming a Supreme Dao Artifact and would be Xu Feng's support for future cultivation.
Due to the inability to activate the Spirit Weapon, the Xuan Guang Jing was only classified as a Medium-Grade Dao Artifact. Even so, it was enough to astonish others, as no Dao Artifact capable of manipulating time had ever been produced throughout history. This required a profound understanding of the laws of time.
After reviewing the refining method, Xu Feng infused his spiritual energy into the Xuan Guang Jing.
The space within the Xuan Guang Jing resembled that of the Ice Fire Blade, except that the Spiritual Energy inside had turned white. In this space sat a white Spirit Weapon, but this Spirit Weapon was merely a form without any vitality.
If the Spirit Weapon of the Ice Fire Blade was merely sleeping, waiting for Xu Feng to awaken it, then the Spirit Weapon of the Xuan Guang Jing was entirely lifeless; no amount of calling would rouse it.
Without the ability to activate the Spirit Weapon, there would be no independent Spiritual energy, making self-cultivation impossible and preventing it from becoming a high-quality or Supreme Dao Artifact.
After all, being a Medium-Grade Dao Artifact meant it was a hundred times more powerful than all the treasures he had used before, significantly increasing the difficulty of refining it.
Spiritual energy gradually seeped in, slowly merging with Xu Feng's soul.
Time quietly passed.
Eventually, Xu Feng stood up. After a long period of refining, he had finally fused both the Ice Fire Blade and the Xuan Guang Jing. Having invested so much energy, he lost track of time but felt that it must have been quite a while.
With great enemies looming ahead, Xu Feng dared not use the Xuan Guang Jing for cultivation just yet; he only grasped its usage method.
Suddenly, with a creak, the door of the stone chamber opened, and Xu Feng stepped out of the forbidden area of Bailu Mountain.
In front of the back mountain, Yi Jiuzhou anxiously looked around. Beside him stood Gao Jingsong and Chu Wushang, both wearing worried expressions.
"Group Leader!"
"Group Leader!"
As soon as Xu Feng appeared, the three rushed over.
Seeing their anxious faces, Xu Feng knew something urgent was happening and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Chu Wushang replied, "Five people from Nine Dragon Pool have come. The Group Leader has seriously injured Xiang Qi and wants to hold the Group Leader accountable. If the Group Leader doesn’t go out, Zheguo’s people will launch a full-scale attack and bloodbath all the major sects of Liuxiang Kingdom."
Yi Jiuzhou said, "Group Leader, Zheguo is powerful. It would be better for you to avoid them for now. With your strength, you could definitely kill them like dogs in less than a hundred years."
Gao Jingsong added, "Jiuzhou is right. You have the Wings of the Strange Dragon; they might not be able to catch up with you."
Xu Feng asked, "How long have I been inside?"
Yi Jiuzhou replied, "Ten."
Xu Feng continued, "Since I’ve been gone for ten, they’ve been shouting for five. Why haven’t they attacked yet?"
Chu Wushang explained, "Zheguo’s people are stationed at Cat Ear Mountain, about fifty miles from Beast Wasteland. Our scouts found out that Zheguo seems to have encountered some trouble and lost a few people."
Cat Ear Mountain is where Xu Feng once gathered Cat Ear Flowers during his training at New Moon Sect. Zheguo's people often send groups of cultivators to stir up trouble in various places of Liuxiang Kingdom. As long as they find an excuse, they will invade Liuxiang Kingdom.
Xu Feng was surprised that they dared to station themselves in the Beast Wasteland. He thought it was likely the work of A Qi.
A Qi had promised the Lord of Fragrance to protect the Liuxiang Kingdom. Now that enemies were at their doorstep and the Birdman had yet to make a move, it was quite unacceptable. He decided that when he saw it, he would make it pay.
Xu Feng said, "They are in internal turmoil; this is the perfect time for us to strike. Why aren't we taking action?"
Chu Wushang replied, "Our people are too afraid to get too close, and the information we've received is unreliable. It could very well be a feint on their part. Therefore, it's safer for us to focus on defense for now."
Knowing he couldn't convince Chu Wushang, Xu Feng said, "Since they want me, I'll avoid them for now. Once this is over, I'll come back." He prepared to flee at the request of his companions.
The three of them sighed in relief when Xu Feng agreed to escape. The people of Liuxiang Kingdom had good potential, and their development up to now was due to the Lord of Fragrance controlling the Spiritual Vein. If they continued to develop for several thousand years, it was highly likely that a Great Perfection Stage expert would emerge, and they wouldn't be bullied like this.
Xu Feng's potential was evident; as long as he managed to escape, he would surely return with vengeance.
The three watched as Xu Feng flew out of Bailu Mountain, feeling a sense of melancholy in their hearts, unsure if they would ever meet again.
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