Chapter 47: Lin Fan refines artifacts, top twelve decided

"Many thanks, Eldest Senior Uncle!"

Excitedly reaching out to take the jade talisman and the vessel.

Lin Fan placed them on his person and bowed deeply to Laozi to express his gratitude.

At the same time, he was also incomparably excited inwardly.

Laozi's alchemy handbook was in hand; as long as he studied it and understood it, his Taiqing Alchemy Technique would at least reach the Small Success, or even approach the Great Accomplishment stage.

By then, he would also be considered one of the top alchemy masters in the Great Desolation, truly stepping into the sky in one step.

"Whoosh~"

"Alchemy handbook!"

"The Master (Eldest Senior Uncle) actually bestowed such a precious thing upon Lin Fan."

At the same time, the disciples of the Ren, Chan, and Jie Sects in the hall also couldn't help but gasp.

Although they didn't dare to speak loudly, at this moment, the gaze of everyone looking at Lin Fan was also filled with envy and jealousy.

Even Xuandu, who was the only Personal Disciple of the Human Sect, felt a bit sour when looking at Lin Fan now.

The non-transferable secret of the Ren Sect.

Now it was actually passed on to Lin Fan, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Jie Sect, and even the alchemy handbook was given; it was truly helping him without reservation.

Could it be that his Master also valued this disciple of the Third Uncle?

"Lin Fan, continue!"

At this moment, Tongtian Jiaozhu's voice rang out: "The slaughter of the fierce beasts is nearing its end, and you don't have much time left."

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing this, Lin Fan woke up like a dream.

The alchemy handbook was in hand; next, he needed to complete the artifact refining with the Jade Pure Artifact Refining Technique as quickly as possible.

Only in this way could he obtain Yuanshi Tianzun's artifact refining handbook, and by then he could also greatly improve his artifact refining means and become an artifact refining master!

Thinking of this, Lin Fan didn't dare to be slow, and quickly gathered his gaze on the Qiankun bag given by Yuanshi Tianzun.

With a thought, his divine sense directly drilled into it.

As far as the eye could see, dense artifact refining materials were piled up like a mountain; colorful materials, spirit stones, and ores were piled inside, basically all top-tier artifact refining materials.

Even if they were not worth mentioning to Yuanshi Tianzun, the value of these things was not something Lin Fan, a mere third-generation disciple of the Xuanming lineage, and even a cultivator only at the Mysterious Immortal Realm, could possess.

However, Lin Fan didn't hesitate this time, and soon found what he needed from the large batch of materials.

His cultivation was based on Sword Dao.

Although the Copy Mirror had absorbed a long sword at the level of an Acquired Spirit Treasure, its own potential

Most importantly, Lin Fan's goal was to cultivate both Sword Dao and Array Dao, and when he eventually became a sword cultivator who focused on sword arrays, the number of sword weapons he needed naturally could not be just one.

Therefore, his goal this time was to refine sword weapons, and they were to be sword weapons at the level of Post-Heaven Spirit Treasures.

If it were ordinary times, wanting to refine a Post-Heaven Spirit Treasure with his cultivation at the Mysterious Immortal Realm would basically be a fool's dream.

But he had now mastered the Yuqing Artifact Refining Art.

That was one of the Saint's signature skills and could not be compared to those ordinary artifact refining arts; completing the refining of a Post-Heaven Spirit Treasure was not too difficult.

Once he thought of this, Lin Fan immediately manipulated a large batch of materials to fly out.

Immediately following this, under the watchful eyes of Xuandu, Duobao, Guangchengzi, and the others, he directly cast the materials into the three-legged cauldron to begin the initial smelting.

"This is~ artifact refining!"

It was also at this moment that the bodies of the Chan Sect disciples, Guangchengzi and Yuding, shook.

As Chan Sect disciples.

They all knew the Yuqing Artifact Refining Art; it was just a matter of the level of their attainment.

Precisely because of this, they could see what Lin Fan was doing now.

First alchemy, then artifact refining.

A Jie Sect disciple who does not properly contemplate array formations or refine arrays—why is he suddenly so broad in his interests?

Thinking of this, the group of people could not help but look at each other.

However, under the current situation, they did not dare to rashly speak up to disturb him, nor did they dare to question the Three Pure Ones.

As time passed, the slaughter within the assessment had also entered a white-hot stage.

The twelve fierce beasts had long since been killed, and the items within them were now constantly changing hands.

The disciples of the Chan and Jie Sects used all sorts of methods around the final two or three winning spots, competing one after another.

And those who had obtained the tokens were now urgently heading toward the outside world.

After all, as long as they came out from within, it would confirm their victory and confirm that they could enter the sequence of the top twelve.

Under such circumstances, time passed rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years had passed.

Whoosh—

On this day, a disheveled Yunxiao brought the final token and darted out from within the spatial tunnel.

With this, the winners of the first stage of the Three Teachings Grand Competition were born.

They were Xuandu, Guangchengzi, Yuding, Taiyi, Cihang, Samantabhadra, Duobao, Guiling, Jinling, Wudang, Yuyixian, and Yunxiao!

"Second Brother, the competition is over; let the others out!"

Seeing this situation, Tongtian Jiaozhu laughed and said.

Although the Jie Sect only had six people enter the top twelve, he was still extremely happy.

Not to mention Xuandu for the moment, but compared to the five Personal Disciples of the Chan Sect, the number of people from the Jie Sect still had an advantage.

And the Jie Sect also had two Inner Disciples succeed this time; does this not represent that his Inner Disciples are stronger than the Chan Sect's Personal Disciples?

"Hmph~"

With a cold snort, Yuanshi Tianzun was extremely dissatisfied at this moment.

The Twelve Golden Immortals he had painstakingly cultivated only had five people advance this time; this was simply a massive humiliation.

Yet he could not say anything at this moment; with a wave of his large hand, the remaining Chan and Jie Sect disciples within the star chart were directly transferred into the Yuqing Palace.

For a time, except for Bixiao and Qiongxiao, whose expressions were excited, the remaining Chan and Jie Sect disciples all lowered their heads in disappointment.

Especially Huanglong, Juliusun, and the others of the Chan Sect, who at this moment did not even dare to look at where Yuanshi Tianzun was, fearing they would encounter their master's angry gaze and emotions.

"Alright!"

At this time, Laozi spoke quietly: "Since the top twelve have been decided, let us proceed to the final competition!"

"Second Brother, Third Brother, how should the battles between these top twelve be conducted?"

Hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu looked at each other, and for a time, neither spoke.

After about five minutes had passed, Tongtian Jiaozhu finally spoke: "Since the location of this Three Teachings Grand Competition is Mount Kunlun, let everything be decided by Second Brother!"

"Good!"

Hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun's expression looked much better.

After glaring at Juliusun and the others with a look of "wishing they would improve," he then looked at Duobao, Xuandu, Guangchengzi, and the others in the arena and said: "The competition for the twelve of you next will be the same as in the past!"

"Duel in pairs, and decide the top three with the fastest speed."

"Likewise, as winners of the first round of assessment, each of you twelve can receive one innate spiritual treasure as a reward."

Saying this, Yuanshi Tianzun waved his large hand, directly took out twelve innate spiritual treasures, threw them toward where Xuandu and the others were, and said indifferently: "Choose in the order you came out!"