Chapter 253: Basic Artifact Refining Notes, Ten Thousand Treasures Shattering Void Art, Space Ring

Just like getting a tattoo of Guan Gong, only those who linger in related industries and have a fate strong enough to withstand it can get one.

Within it, there are distinctions like whether the eyes are open or closed, and it can cause pressure on the body or deplete one's lifespan and fortune; it can be said there are many taboos.

But generally speaking, it is a mediocre Left Path technique. Used well, it might have miraculous effects, but it is an unorthodox path prone to trouble, and its future is uncertain; it cannot compare to proper cultivation methods.

"Tattoos, I can try them later to see what kind of wonders they hold. If they don't work, I'll relegate them to the soldier level."

Because he was unclear about their specific strength.

After thinking through a plan based on the existing explanations, Louis looked at the final technique—the Basic Artifact Refining Notes.

As expected, these were the God-Monarch's own notes. They recorded in detail how to refine artifacts, what details to pay attention to, how to modify and maintain them, as well as the refining of some basic semi-artifacts and low-grade magic treasures.

It could be considered a specially annotated introductory material for the artifact refining industry.

Yet, it was this very thing that filled Louis with great joy.

Compared to the two previous methods of uncertain strength that were like chicken ribs, these refining notes, though basic, were useful!

They were exactly what he was currently in dire need of.

Although he had manufactured all six major magic treasures over the years following the steps in the Golden Pages, and even upgraded them with many Dharma seals, Louis still did not know how to proceed further in artifact refining.

With this, he had made up for the foundation he lacked on the path of an artifact refiner; refining legendary space magic treasures should not be far off.

"Let me see what's inside."

"Hmm, being able to stimulate the power within materials to refine them into semi-artifacts, like peach wood swords or Bagua mirrors."

"Space magic treasures... there really is one, the lowest-level storage bag, three-layer Dharma seal?"

"Huh? There's even a method to transform treasures into magic treasures like this?"

The more he read, the more delighted Louis became.

Don't let the "basic" in these Basic Artifact Refining Notes fool you; it was a special version annotated by the God-Monarch, containing many special techniques.

For example, methods to stimulate the inherent properties of materials to refine them into semi-artifacts, a desperate one-time method to make a magic treasure explode with all its power in a short time, and methods to forcibly modify special heavenly treasures or other people's treasures...

In those sects, these would hardly be considered basic; they were clearly all secret arts!

It could only be said that the God-Monarch's level was indeed high; at the very least, he was no ordinary immortal. Anything he leaked was a treasure craved by mortal sects.

"Hiss, this is interesting."

Louis couldn't wait to start experimenting. His artifact refining had been stuck at this mediocre level for several years, and now he could finally solidify his foundation.

He grabbed a peach wood sword. Because of the technique provided by the Mindian Society at the very beginning—Peach Wood Crafting—anything Louis made from peach wood would possess a certain warding-off-evil effect.

But this was merely a simple utilization of its properties. Without Louis's permission, these peach wood artifacts couldn't even function in the hands of others; it could be said there were many limitations, and the power was weak.

But now...

Louis's fire-attribute magic power, converted using the Five Qi Technique—Heart of Fire, surged and poured into this peach wood sword.

Hum!!

Red light instantly covered the entire peach wood sword like a thin film, emitting a scorching temperature. Inside the peach wood sword, at a microscopic angle, its structure was undergoing special changes.

It took only five minutes.

A completely red peach wood sword was fresh out of the oven.

"No Dharma seal, but it can absorb external energy and convert it into evil-warding power, and it can even store it."

Without a Dharma seal, it naturally didn't count as a true magic treasure, and its power was still very weak for Louis, but for those evil spirits, it was already highly threatening.

An ordinary evil spirit, if it had no special means, would likely be reduced to ashes with one strike.

And this was just a casual work of Louis's from five minutes.

Subsequently, Louis tried other things and found that, theoretically, all dead objects could be transformed into semi-artifacts, but due to the difference in materials, the difficulty and the final product were worlds apart.

Gold and wood were the most suitable for transformation into semi-artifacts; as for stone, it was simply a waste of time.

"Not bad, useless to me. Wait, no, a semi-artifact is also a magic treasure. If that's the case, then..."

Louis immediately experimented with another technique in the notes, a one-time method to stimulate a magic treasure to explode, referred to as—Magic Treasure Self-Destruction.

Every magic treasure is precious, and every Dharma seal contains powerful energy, allowing the magic treasure to be sturdy and possess special abilities, and also making the power generated when the magic treasure self-destructs greater.

But also because of the Dharma seals, destroying a magic treasure is a difficult task unless one uses a large amount of magic power to force it. But rather than doing that, using that magic power to attack would be more effective than forcing a magic treasure to self-destruct.

Plus, if this magic treasure is one's own, its destruction would also cause damage to one's own mind. Combined, these factors made magic treasure self-destruction the final means of self-destruction.

But this self-destruction method in the notes was unusual; one didn't need that much magic power to make a magic treasure self-destruct.

And now, Louis could also refine ordinary objects into semi-artifacts with magic power, so, could a semi-artifact self-destruct?

Louis soon had the answer.

Bang!!!

The intensity of several grenades exploding erupted in the basement.

A large amount of gravel and shards capable of piercing a human skull kept flying, but these stones were all blocked by a thin film made of silver threads. Finally, everything was controlled within a silver sphere.

Flames, sound, light, gravel...

Flickering in the translucent silver-thread sphere, it was actually quite beautiful.

Louis's eyes were burning.

He seemed to have developed an interesting ultimate move.

If, and I mean if, he used a large amount of magic power to forcibly transform a portion of separated land into a semi-artifact, and then detonated it...

"Gulp, give me some time, and I might be able to deploy a large number of missiles or even nuclear bombs myself."

The premise was having enough magic power, and there were still some problems, such as Louis's divine sense range and strength, but these were things that could be overcome in the future.

Even regarding the point of magic power, it could be solved now; the evil spirits stored in Louis's stomach could provide magic power like a perpetual motion machine.

"Magic treasure self-destruction brings not only physical damage but also the fire-attribute magic power's defense-breaking and restraining effects on those mysterious creatures. This will be an ultimate move."

"Let's call it the Ten Thousand Treasures Shattering Void Art."

Louis even felt that this thing had the possibility of further development, such as manufacturing a large number of true magic treasures in the future, even if they were only one-layer Dharma seal magic treasures, and the properties of the magic treasures, etc...

"Looks like I need to refine more magic treasures in the future. However, I must refine the space magic treasure first, otherwise, it's not convenient to carry."

The lowest-level storage bag required many items, but given the scale of the forces under Louis, most could be gathered. The only problem was the need for primary materials with spatial properties.

"Tsk, looks like I can only let the people under me search slowly. I hope this world has materials related to space."

"However, I can also do this."

Louis took out the interdimensional stone box that had been stored here as he moved; it was the place where the Moth God had resided when he first captured it.

Louis had specifically investigated this stone box before and found it was a special space similar to a Cave Heaven Blessed Land or a deity's incense divine domain. It was already very dilapidated and would probably be destroyed in about five years.

And this outer layer of the stone box was actually just an external manifestation, but it undoubtedly possessed spatial attributes.

Louis began to experiment with another technique in the notes: forcibly modifying and seizing treasures or magic treasures that didn't belong to him.

Louis called it the Treasure Seizing Art.

A large amount of magic power was poured into it. At this moment, the two-head-sized stone box began to twist, but no cracks appeared; there was only a diffuse white light.

Louis frowned. This process required not only a large amount of magic power but also a large amount of divine sense, that is, Yin Spirit power.

Along with the deep modification.

The stone box had shrunk to the size of a fist, but it wasn't enough.

Louis's divine sense shuttled through the interdimensional space of the stone box, in that rock cave, and quickly found the core, that white six-sided crystal the size of half a fist.

A large amount of divine sense invaded it.

Gradually, it was stained with Louis's "color."

Outside.

Louis was already sitting cross-legged. The stone box in his hand had shrunk to the size of a thumb, looking just like a gray stone.

Time passed bit by bit.

The gray stone suddenly changed, transforming its shape as if it were being controlled by something, changing toward the shape of a ring.

Soon.

A gray ring engraved with mysterious patterns appeared on Louis's hand.

Louis also opened his eyes at this moment.

His eyes were full of exhaustion.

There were even dense bloodshot eyes covering his eyeballs, showing his fatigue.

This thing was not simple, or rather, the difficulty of what Louis was doing was too high. If it were just simply seizing control, his current strength would be completely sufficient.

But modifying it, that was difficult.

Fortunately, Louis's foundation was extraordinary, and he finally succeeded, modifying it into a ring and connecting it to his mind, which could be considered a new special magic treasure.

It was just that the space inside still had less than five years of life; this problem needed to be solved in the future.

As for now, Louis had obtained a space magic treasure that could store living people and had a space the size of a football field.

"Now, I can store many magic treasures."

The Ten Thousand Treasures Shattering Void Art also had more room for execution.

Louis exhaled and rubbed his temples to alleviate the discomfort in his head.

"I have an understanding of all three techniques. The Basic Artifact Refining Notes are undoubtedly the most practical at the moment. When I rest, I'll refine a batch of semi-artifacts to store."

"As for the other Tattoo Art and God-Inviting Art, although they seem a bit like chicken ribs, I still have to research them. Maybe they'll give me a surprise."

"Let's try the God-Inviting Art first. In this regard, with Godfather, progress should be easier, and it's been a while since I've communicated with Godfather."

"By the way, there's also England. Valak and Malthus, these two big fish, cannot be missed. I must keep an eye on the news from there at all times."

"..."

After sorting these things out in his mind, Louis stretched and walked upstairs.

The members who had been waiting outside consciously walked in and began to repair the basement.

Walking up to the villa, Tang Mi and the others were still patrolling, but they would come to see Jason from time to time. Even if they couldn't enter that room, they would still think about coming to check.

Louis glanced at it.

The cold air in the room was getting heavier.

Thin ice had appeared in the entire corridor, and that door was frozen solid by thick ice, along with the adjacent wall.

Louis, who had walked out of the basement, stood in front of the door.

Looking at this door, he seemed to have seen the fierce object that was about to be completed behind it, and a smile appeared on Louis's face.

"The Corpse-Nurturing Coffin and a special corpse like Jason are truly a match made in heaven. It has actually autonomously advanced to the eight-layer Dharma seal?"

"This is enough to nurture a guardian spirit."

"With its particularity, perhaps it could rival the Yang Spirit in combat power as soon as it is born?"

Having never seen a true Yang Spirit, Louis could only speculate.

But regardless, once Jason was born, he would surely be a powerful existence with extreme strength; otherwise, he wouldn't be worth Louis's previous great wariness and such long-term investment.

"The twelve-layer complete Blood River Bead, the ten-layer Dharma seal Ten Thousand Illusion Robe and Puppet-Manipulating Hand, the eight-layer Dharma seal Corpse-Nurturing Coffin, the three-layer Dharma seal Soul-Suppressing Ruler and Centipede Bee Bag."

"Unknowingly, six magic treasures have gone so far on the road to low-grade perfection."

Normal cultivators would not have so many magic treasures, nor could they afford the consumption of the magic treasures' advancement. Louis's six magic treasures were already quite remarkable.

In fact, Louis himself didn't expect it; he never thought about refining all magic treasures to perfection from the beginning.

It could only be said that this place was "rich in resources and talent."

Blood nourishing the Blood River Bead, a large number of monsters nourishing the Ten Thousand Illusion Robe, demons nourishing the Puppet-Manipulating Hand...

"Ah~"

Louis yawned.

The exhaustion in his eyes was becoming more and more obvious.

Since breaking through to the Pure Yin Realm, no, the Yin Spirit Realm, Louis hadn't been this sleepy for a long time.

Shaking his head.

Louis returned to the spacious room on the second floor.

He threw himself onto the soft bed and quickly sank into a dream.

It was also at this moment.

The long-lost extreme sleepiness made his soul seem to undergo a slight change.

A faint snoring sound.

Just as Louis was refining artifacts.

England.

London, suburbs.

In a basement, hiss~ puff~

The heavy breathing was particularly obvious in the darkness.

Suddenly.

The basement opened a sliver of light, a square exit appeared overhead, and a middle-aged man wearily dragged a female corpse and kicked it in.

Just after kicking it in.

A terrifying roar that didn't sound human rang out.

A pale hand with sharp claws quickly dragged the female corpse into the darkness.

(End of chapter)