Chapter 298: The Inheritance of the Transcendent-tier Array Master!
The Qingxuan Qiankun Cauldron, being a transcendent-tier mysterious weapon, Jiang Lin never knew exactly which tier it belonged to. When he asked Hu Lei, Hu Lei didn't know either. After all, he was still only a sixth-tier Mysterious Weapon Master who had just reached the peak of the sixth tier.
Sometimes, one must admit that in some fields, certain individuals just have an innate advantage in talent.
Compared to Hu Lei, Jiang Lin now had only one advantage: Hu Lei's peak seven-star Dou Huang strength and more seasoned weapon refining experience. As for weapon refining talent and soul cultivation, Jiang Lin had already far surpassed Hu Lei, and it would be a luxury for Hu Lei to even catch up.
It is said that the Spirit Emperor of the Spirit Clan was a master of divine weapons, and the Spirit Clan's bloodline had developed into the top-tier weapon refining talent, Spiritual Perception. This allowed anyone from the Spirit Clan, whether a weapon refiner or not, to awaken Spiritual Perception, which made them potential top-tier weapon refiners, even if they didn't have Fire-Gold Dou Qi. They could still achieve accomplishments in areas such as fighting techniques, alchemy, and formations.
Without a doubt, Jiang Lin possessed this top-tier weapon refining bloodline talent. Hu Lei, at best, could be considered a genius among the common folk, but comparing him to Jiang Lin—someone with the best spiritual perception talent, even among the Spirit Clan—was a bit unfair.
Now, the addition of Exotic Fire had undoubtedly given Jiang Lin the qualification to melt even higher-tier materials, pushing him beyond Hu Lei's limits.
"I wonder if it's because my teacher couldn't use this Qingxuan Cauldron, which is why I ended up with this opportunity?" Jiang Lin thought to himself as he continued refining Mo Cheng's body inside the Qingxuan Cauldron. After Mo Cheng's grand funeral, Jiang Lin was now performing a soul liberation ritual for him.
If Hu Lei were to know Jiang Lin's thoughts, he would certainly feel wronged. He truly believed that Jiang Lin's talent was the best he had ever seen, which was why he chose to pass on the Qingxuan Cauldron to Jiang Lin—someone who could not only use it but also might find a way to solve problems even Hu Lei couldn't handle. By having the Qingxuan Cauldron, Jiang Lin would be given some respect by others, should he face difficulties on his journeys.
Just like how Hu Lei directly passed down the complete Soul Refining Secret Technique of the Soul Clan to Jiang Lin, which was something he had never given to his eldest disciple, Yuan Bao. Yuan Bao only received the upper part of the technique, missing the critical lower part.
"This weapon body refining still needs a bit of time. Luckily, there's Earth Fire here; otherwise, it would take much longer," Jiang Lin said, taking out a scroll from his Leiwen Storage Ring. He looked at the four large characters on it, "Array Device Annotations," and his eyes flashed with surprise. He then placed it on his forehead, using his soul power to start browsing through its contents.
The "Array Device Annotations" emitted a faint glow, which turned into a grayish spiritual light and immediately entered Jiang Lin's head. In an instant, Jiang Lin felt like someone had dropped a grenade inside his brain. There was a buzzing sound, and his vision cleared for a brief moment before slowly returning to normal.
"Wow, was the former President of the Refining Master Guild, Xuán Xīng, a soul in the Spirit Realm? The soul energy recorded in this scroll gave me a bit of pressure. This is something Hu Lei couldn't do!" Jiang Lin slightly shook his head, and the scroll in his hand, no longer infused with soul power, turned into an ordinary piece of paper with no trace of light in his spiritual vision.
Even if Xuán Xīng wasn't a soul in the Spirit Realm, he must have been at the soul level approaching soul evolution, which was why the soul scroll left by him could bring a sense of pressure to Jiang Lin.
"The Death Gate leads to a secret realm on the verge of self-annihilation... Spatial Array Device," Jiang Lin lightly massaged his temples, raising his eyebrows as he began organizing the new knowledge in his mind.
As expected, the "Array Device Annotations" contained information related to the Death Gate and the bronze wall. What surprised Jiang Lin was that in the history of Cloud Lan Sect, there had been a secret realm, but it was on the brink of collapse. If not for Xuán Xīng using a spatial array device to stabilize it, the Death Gate would have self-annihilated long ago. Now, the small secret realm behind the Death Gate was in a strange balance, on the edge of annihilation but just holding on.
"No wonder Xuán Xīng was so powerful in spatial manipulation, almost like a Dou Wang. He must have encountered this secret realm on the brink of destruction," Jiang Lin realized. The reason Xuán Xīng was so proficient in spatial power was that he had gained some insights from the small secret realm behind the Death Gate, which helped stabilize it and allowed Cloud Lan Sect to maintain the integrity of the Death Gate.
The Death Gate inside Cloud Lan Sect, known as the "Transcendent-tier Array Technique: Kong Xuan Zhen Jie Zhen," was a spatial array device developed by Xuán Xīng.
An exceptionally talented weapon refiner often mingled with the Cloud Lan Sect, and after much time, he "learned the trade," creating a whole new understanding and application of spatial power. This understanding ultimately led to the creation of the spatial array device that stabilized the Death Gate.
"The 'Array Device Annotations' contains two main parts: the first explains the detailed principles of the Cloud Lan Sect's Death Gate, using it as a case study for the basics of array devices. Xuán Xīng truly did a great favor to Cloud Lan Sect. But the Death Gate can be put aside for now. Even though my spiritual perception is extraordinary, I am still not capable of achieving anything significant in the realm of spatial techniques."
Jiang Lin understood the principle of maximizing efficiency. As the saying goes, sharpening the axe doesn't delay the cutting of wood. He now focused all his energy on cultivating, which would enhance his spiritual perception. After reaching a higher level of cultivation, he would revisit spatial techniques, making it a much more efficient process.
"What interests me more now is the second part of the 'Array Device Annotations,' which talks about a beast spirit array that bears Xuán Xīng's personal touch."
Sitting beside the Qingxuan Cauldron, Jiang Lin's golden-red eyes flickered with strange colors.
Special Array: Beast Spirit Array: Using a magic core as the energy core, Soul Gold as the soul, and the array gathers heaven and earth energy as the body to summon a powerful beast spirit that is not afraid of death or consumption.
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