NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 25 - The Spirit Gathering Furnace
Chapter 25 – The Spirit Gathering Furnace
“Junior Martial Brother! Come and see what we’ve brought for you!”
Ning Changge slowly emerged from his state of contemplation, hearing Mo Shenggu’s call from a distance. A smile couldn’t help but creep onto his lips.
His eyes sparkled with amazement as he scanned his surroundings. With a quick sweep of his spiritual awareness, he soon discovered what Song Yuanqiao and the others had brought with them.
His figure flashed and Ning Changge appeared before them.
The Seven Heroes of Wudang were startled by his sudden arrival.
“Wow! Junior Martial Brother, what kind of technique is this? It’s so cool!” Yin Litin couldn’t help but exclaim, realizing that the phrase he had learned from Junior Martial Brother was quite handy for expressing his astonishment.
Ning Changge appeared as if out of thin air. He dismissed it with a smile. “It’s just a minor escape technique, nothing worth mentioning.”
He had been contemplating the Five Elements and had now created Water Escape and Fire Escape techniques. When he perfected all Five Elements and integrated them into the Five Elements Escape technique, that would be truly formidable.
Song Yuanqiao and the others looked at him with admiration. Excitedly, they patted a massive black-red stone beside them and said, “Junior Martial Brother, come and take a look. Do you need this stone? And these spirit herbs are for you too!”
“It’s definitely useful. Thanks, senior brothers,” Ning Changge said with a grateful nod.
He was delighted. To quickly progress, he needed to consume spirit pills continuously. Restocking on spirit herbs was indeed excellent. As for the massive stone, he realized it could serve as the foundation for an alchemy furnace, speeding up his alchemy processes.
“It’s good that it’s useful! Our Seventh Brother searched all over Song Mountain for spiritual items, just like a wild dog scavenging for food!” The Seven Heroes of Wudang burst into laughter.
Mo Shenggu protested, “Big Brother, why call me a wild dog scavenging for food? That’s not very flattering. I was clearly helping Junior Martial Brother!”
The laughter grew even more joyous.
Ning Changge asked, “Did you encounter any unexpected events on Mount Song this time?”
“It’s thanks to the protective talismans you gave us, Junior Martial Brother. Otherwise, we might have met our demise on Mount Song. That Zuo Lengchan and Ren Woxing teamed up!” Song Yuanqiao explained the events that had unfolded on Mount Song.
Ning Changge’s eyes narrowed. While the situation had been resolved, he felt that his senior brothers needed to further improve their strength.
Thinking about it, he decided that the next batch of pills he would refine would be tailored to enhance martial cultivation.
“By the way, Yue Buqun and the others will be sending Daoist scriptures soon, and they may bring some spiritual items as well,” Song Yuanqiao mentioned. Their main request was for talismans.
Ning Changge nodded slowly. “Very well, we’ll see when the time comes. I’ll give them a few talismans as appropriate.”
However, the talismans that he would give to Yue Buqun and the others wouldn’t be as meticulously crafted as the ones he had given to Song Yuanqiao and his group.
As he watched Song Yuanqiao and the others depart, Ning Changge’s gaze fell upon the massive black-red stone beside him. With a wave of his hand, the stone floated as lightly as a feather and followed him to the second floor.
Ning Changge murmured to himself, “I need to create the method of forging as quickly as possible!”
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Creating the method of forging was particularly challenging because it involved inscriptions. Ning Changge had already found his way in this direction. To turn ordinary weapons into spiritual treasures suitable for cultivators, he needed to inscribe runes on them.
This would amplify a cultivator’s spiritual power and absorb the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth.
On the second floor of the scripture chamber, Ning Changge activated his spiritual power. A ball of spirit fire appeared out of nowhere, its temperature incredibly high, hovering in the air.
Since his revelation about spiritual fire, both alchemy and forging had become much more convenient.
A small golden spiritual ore floated up, and the spiritual fire quickly turned it into a pure liquid.
Ning Changge’s spiritual awareness moved as he began reshaping the spiritual ore and simultaneously inscribing runes with his spiritual power.
This process was already quite familiar to him.
Try, get feedback, make adjustments, and repeat.
…
Finally.
[You have contemplated the Dao, deeply understanding the essence of spiritual power, and have developed a method to use it in forging. You continuously experimented, comprehended tempering, extraction, shaping, inscribing, and creation processes, and created the Lesser Art of True Dao in Forging!]
Ning Changge looked at the short sword before him. Its blade flickered with ever-changing brilliance, and its aura was like a living thing. He felt a sense of achievement even though it wasn’t particularly powerful significant milestone in his forging journey.
“I’ll call it the ‘Elementary Element Sword’!”
Though not exceptionally strong among spiritual treasures, it outclassed ordinary martial weapons by far.
Ning Changge set it aside and turned his gaze to the large black-red stone beside him.
These stones had a gathering spirit effect, so he named them ‘Spirit Gathering Stones.’
“I’ve only created a few inscriptions so far. Sharpness, durability, stability, and immortality… I need more inscriptions to make better use of this Spirit Gathering Stone.”
Ning Changge wasn’t in a hurry. Once he had built a furnace with this Spirit Gathering Stone, his cultivation would accelerate significantly.
He consumed a spirit pill and continued his cultivation, balancing his contemplation with practical practice.
[You have read the Dao, gaining a deep understanding of the essence of spiritual power. Combining it with your understanding of the Dao of Fire, you have created the Flame Sealing Inscription!]
[You have observed the night sky, drawing inspiration from a moon hidden by dark clouds, and realized that spiritual power can be stored and released. You have created the Spirit Locking Inscription!]
Inscription after inscription was created by Ning Changge.
Time passed.
One day.
Ning Changge opened his eyes, his gaze filled with anticipation as he looked at the Spirit Gathering Stone before him.
“Everything is ready. Now that I’ve mastered many inscriptions, it’s finally time to start forging the alchemical furnace! Once the furnace is completed, my efficiency in alchemy will skyrocket! The Dao is within reach!”
Ning Changge smiled from the bottom of his heart.
In the next moment.
His spiritual power surged, and flames erupted out!
The Spirit Gathering Stone, towering as tall as a person, floated in the air. Under the scorching flames, it slowly melted into a spiritual liquid. Additionally, chunks of spiritual ore flew out, joining the process and being gradually consumed by the flames.
Impurities were reduced to ashes.
This process required an exceptionally strong spiritual awareness, but fortunately, Ning Changge’s newly created Lesser Art of True Dao in Forging was incredibly potent, far surpassing his own level, making it effortless for him.
As he gazed at the pools of spiritual liquid before him, Ning Changge gave the command, “Fuse!”
The spiritual liquids began to merge in a marvelous way, while his spiritual power acted like a massive hammer, constantly refining the mixture. With each refinement, he seized the opportunity to inscribe an inscription.
Spiritual Fire Inscription! Nine times!
Spirit Locking Inscription! Nine times!
Spirit Gathering Inscription! Nine times!
And various other inscriptions were etched in, until Ning Changge felt that he had reached the limits of his capabilities.
At this moment.
In mid-air, a black-red alchemy furnace had gradually taken shape. The furnace’s walls depicted mountains, rivers, sun, and moon, with two beast mouths enveloping the furnace’s top. It emitted a spiritual radiance that marked it as anything but ordinary. It did not look mundane.
The alchemy furnace slowly descended.
Ning Changge couldn’t help but chuckle.
The Mountain and River Gathering Spirit Furnace, completed!