Translator: AnubisTL
The materials used to refine the Golden Light Dart weren't rare or precious spirit materials. Instead, it was refined from the Stone Gold Mother, a common spirit material, through repeated refinement to obtain Stone Gold Mother Essence.
In truth, not every core formation true lord could acquire rare spirit materials to refine their natal magic treasure.
On the contrary, most core formation realm cultivators relied on their powerful cultivation to extract the essence from ordinary spirit materials and refine their natal magic treasure from that.
Rare spirit materials were exceedingly difficult to find; not everyone possessed such heaven-defying Fortuitous Destiny!
"If we only need to repair the Golden Light Dart's physical form, that's manageable. It will take time, but we can eventually succeed," Li Qing said after examining the dart's damage.
"But restoring the Artifact Spirit? That's likely harder than ascending to heaven!"
Artifact Spirits suffering severe damage were as difficult to repair as treating injuries to the divine soul—almost impossible to address.
The only hope lay in finding heavenly treasures that greatly benefited the divine soul, such as the Soul Return Grass Li Qing had once obtained.
However, whether the Soul Return Grass would even work on an Artifact Spirit within a magic treasure remained uncertain.
Hearing Li Qing's words, Daoist Jin Bao's face showed clear disappointment, but he quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute toward Li Qing and said:
"Senior, it would be enough if you could fully restore the magic treasure's physical form. I don't dare to hope for the Artifact Spirit to be revived!"
Daoist Jin Bao knew better than to overreach. If he had tried to exploit Li Qing's kindness or make exorbitant demands, Li Qing wouldn't have hesitated to show him the true power of a core formation true lord.
"Very well," Li Qing replied. "Go to the immortal city outside the cave abode and purchase some Stone Gold Mother."
Stone Gold Mother was a relatively common spiritual material, primarily used for refining high-grade magical artifacts. It could easily be found in most cultivator markets.
"Understood, Senior! I'll go immediately!" Daoist Jin Bao clasped his hands respectfully and flew out of True Lord Fu Xuan's cave abode.
Meanwhile, True Lord Fu Xuan was meticulously crafting talismans in a secluded chamber within the cave abode.
Buzz!
As a surge of spiritual energy rippled through the air, another third-tier formation-breaking talisman materialized.
Sensing the fluctuation, Li Qing mused, "Being a Talisman Master is truly a lucrative profession." In just a few days, True Lord Fu Xuan had refined two third-tier formation-breaking talismans, each worth several thousand spirit stones on the market!
Though impressed, Li Qing understood that this was due to True Lord Fu Xuan's exceptional talent.
Furthermore, cultivating a Talisman Master capable of refining third-tier talismans likely required astronomical resources.
In the art of talisman crafting, from preparing the materials to drawing the symbols, every step consumed vast quantities of cultivation resources.
Thus, Li Qing quietly closed his eyes and began recuperating in the cave abode.
A few days later, Daoist Jin Bao returned with a pile of Stone Gold Mother.
"Senior, I've acquired the Stone Gold Mother!" he announced, presenting Li Qing with a collection of strangely shaped, pale gray stones.
"Hmm, not bad. This should barely suffice," Li Qing replied.
With these words, Li Qing borrowed a quiet side chamber in True Lord Fu Xuan's cave abode and began preparing to repair the Golden Light Dart.
Daoist Jin Bao stood guard nervously outside the door, barely daring to breathe.
Boom!
Inside the chamber, twin flames of heavenly spirit fire erupted from Li Qing's hands.
His left hand blazed with the icy-white Netherworld Cold Fire, while his right hand burned with the pitch-black Spirit Devouring Demon Flame.
Having now mastered both heavenly spirit fires, he could wield them simultaneously without fear of backlash.
The black and white flames intertwined, instantly enveloping the Stone Gold Mother on the ground.
The scorching demon flame and the frigid Netherworld Cold Fire surged in alternating waves, causing the pale gray stones to undergo a miraculous transformation.
Under the relentless burning of the two heavenly spirit fires, layer after layer of thin ash fluttered down, revealing glimmers of golden light within.
This golden-tinged material was none other than the Stone Gold Mother, the essential ingredient for refining high-grade magical artifacts.
In its raw form, this spiritual material resembled mundane gold, radiating a dazzling, luxurious luster.
But this was not enough. To repair the Golden Light Dart, a magical artifact, further refinement was required to extract its purest essence.
As the quantity of golden spiritual material increased, Li Qing not only maintained the intensity of the heavenly spirit fire but actually amplified its flow.
Refining spiritual materials with heavenly spirit fire was far more efficient than using a core formation true lord's own pill fire, achieving twice the results with half the effort.
Time gradually passed, and several days slipped by in the blink of an eye.
In the side chamber, a small globule of golden liquid floated and sank rhythmically within the swirling black and white spirit fires.
From a massive pile of Stone Gold Mother, only this tiny amount of refined essence had been extracted.
Li Qing retrieved the Golden Light Dart and guided the golden liquid, allowing it to seep drop by drop into the dart's cracks.
Throughout the process, he channeled small amounts of his own true essence into the magical artifact, nourishing it.
"Repairing the dart itself isn't too difficult, but the damaged dao patterns will require considerable effort."
The dao patterns inscribed on the Golden Light Dart were of a type Li Qing had never encountered before, making their restoration extremely challenging.
"I'll have to replace them with new patterns. I wonder if my previous theories will hold true."
Li Qing narrowed his eyes, determined to test his earlier hypotheses.
Imitating Heaven and Earth dao Patterns was notoriously difficult. However, drawing upon his knowledge of spirit patterns, Li Qing had managed to transform the mundane into the extraordinary, conceiving the forms of these dao patterns.
Without hesitation, Li Qing began experimenting with the Golden Light Dart.
With a flick of his fingertip, strands of true essence condensed into silken threads, which he then wove into the newly repaired body of the dart.
The once-dimmed dao patterns on the Golden Light Dart began to glow anew.
As Li Qing continued to imprint the dao patterns, his eyebrows suddenly arched.
He noticed that the severely damaged Artifact Spirit within the Golden Light Dart had begun to emit waves of spiritual sense on its own.
"Is it trying to show me how to restore the original dao patterns on the Golden Light Dart? I hadn't considered this. The Artifact Spirit within a magic treasure must be intimately familiar with dao patterns."
"Still, I want to try my own approach first. If that fails, I'll consider your method."
Li Qing chuckled softly and continued to meticulously trace the dao patterns he had envisioned, ignoring the Artifact Spirit's signals.
If he had probed the Golden Light Dart with his spiritual sense at that moment, he would have seen a frail, golden monkey glaring at him with indignant fury.
(End of the Chapter)
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