Chapter 106: Forging the Wood-Earth Phase

After ending the nighttime conversation with Jiang Qing, the two of them each returned to their rooms.

But Li Luo did not rest immediately, because tonight he had something very important to do—truly forge the second Acquired Phase.

Li Luo took out the jade tablet and gave it a gentle shake, and the "Miniature Form Divine Wheel" appeared.

On the current Miniature Form Divine Wheel, starlight dotted across it; every Kong Dong had been completely filled, shimmering with luster, like a sky full of stars—extremely resplendent.

This was the painstaking effort Li Luo had put in over this period. For it, he tirelessly tried hundreds of rare materials containing wood and earth energy, and finally managed to fill the divine wheel until only the last two Kong Dong remained.

And now, these last two energy Kong Dong would also be filled by Li Luo.

Li Luo first took out a ten-thousand-measure rare material containing wood-attribute energy, from which the faintly emanating wood-attribute energy was brimming with vigorous vitality.

Compared to the materials Li Luo had refined before, this was clearly far stronger.

Li Luo first divided this material into several segments, then a wisp of Miniature Form Fire rose from his fingertip, beginning to burn and refine the material.

The first two segments were burned to ash as expected, but the third segment succeeded, transforming into a ball of emerald-green energy liquid.

Li Luo gazed at this ball of energy liquid, took a deep breath, and slowly placed it into the empty energy Kong Dong on the divine wheel.

As the energy liquid fell into it, the entire divine wheel began to tremble slightly. Finally, under Li Luo's nervous gaze, rays of light extended from every energy Kong Dong, converging together, and finally connecting to the acupoint at the center of the divine wheel.

This one, succeeded!

Li Luo felt a great weight lift; excitement surfaced on his face. This hard-won ten-thousand-measure rare material had not let him down.

And now, only the last energy Kong Dong remained.

Li Luo grabbed a ten-thousand-measure rare material of earth-attribute energy and continued refining.

This time the failure rate was even higher—a full ten-thousand-measure rare material was wasted. Fortunately, there was a second backup, so after spending half an hour, Li Luo successfully placed that deep-yellow energy liquid into the last Kong Dong.

At this moment, the Miniature Form Divine Wheel was completely perfected.

Hum!

Brilliant radiance bloomed from the divine wheel, streams of light flowing, finally all converging at the acupoint at the center of the divine wheel.

Li Luo's Expression Turned Solemn; now one final step remained.

He bit open his finger, formed a wondrous hand seal with one hand, then pressed his finger against the acupoint.

Hiss!

At that moment, Li Luo felt the fresh blood within his body draining rapidly, and most importantly, an intense pain came from deep within his mind—his soul was being torn apart.

To forge one's own Acquired Phase, one must use one's own essence blood and soul as the primer—this step was absolutely indispensable.

This sensation of loss lasted for an unknown duration, until Li Luo faintly felt he could barely hold on any longer, when the suction from the divine wheel finally abruptly vanished.

Li Luo dropped onto the ground, his face pale, his gaze dazed.

He sat on the ground for over ten minutes before gradually coming back to his senses. He patted his forehead with his palm, feeling as though his head had been sawed open by a saw at that moment.

"So painful." He wailed.

He slowly stood up, and the first thing he did was look at the Miniature Form Divine Wheel before him. Then he saw that at the center of the divine wheel, a cluster of emerald-green light was flickering.

Deep within the emerald green, wisps of deep-yellow light could be seen flowing.

Vigorous waves of vitality emanated from within.

Li Luo's eyes froze upon it instantly, unable to look away.

After a long while, he finally extended a trembling palm and took out that wondrous emerald-green light cluster. The instant it touched his hand, he could clearly sense a feeling of perfect fusion emanating from the light cluster.

It was a feeling of perfect compatibility.

This was the second Acquired Phase that Li Luo had spent so much painstaking effort to refine—the Wood-Earth Phase.

Endless joy and excitement surged up from within Li Luo's heart, causing the corners of his mouth to involuntarily curl up, revealing his white teeth in a foolish grin.

While Li Luo was grinning foolishly, the Miniature Form Divine Wheel before him suddenly trembled, then cracks appeared across its surface, and finally with a thunderous crash, it exploded into a sky full of light specks.

"Holy shit?"

The foolishly grinning Li Luo was startled awake and immediately couldn't help cursing—why had this Miniature Form Divine Wheel shattered?

He hurriedly reached out, wanting to grab those light specks, but it was useless. The light specks drifted away and finally vanished into nothingness.

Li Luo was dumbfounded—was this the legendary "getting too cocky"?

But in the end he still calmed down. This probably had nothing to do with getting too cocky—it was simply that this Miniature Form Divine Wheel could only be used for forging once...

"Father and Mother's recorded image mentioned before that the forging method for the third Acquired Phase of the Miniature Form Divine Forging Art is stored at the Golden Dragon Treasure House headquarters in Wang Cheng..."

Li Luo smiled helplessly. It seemed he would have to find time to go take a look in the future, but there was no rush. The third Acquired Phase required him to Reach Seventh Rank strength to control, so going now to retrieve the forging method wouldn't be of much use. That thing being stored at the Golden Dragon Treasure House headquarters would be safer than anywhere else in the Great Xia.

Li Luo took out a jade box, then carefully stored this Acquired Phase inside. He couldn't use this thing yet—he had to wait until he broke through to the Phase Master Realm before he could refine it.

But at this moment, Li Luo suddenly thought of a very important question. When he had refined the first Acquired Phase back then, he had lost a large amount of lifespan and suffered essence blood depletion. So now, refining this second Acquired Phase—would he have to suffer through it again?

This question made Li Luo freeze for quite a while, because he realized that even his parents seemed to have never mentioned this point... was it that they didn't know? Or... even they didn't know?

"From common sense, the filling of an Acquired Phase will deplete a person's essence blood and foundation. The first time, my phase force was weak, so I had to pay such a heavy price. But now I at least have some foundation, so even if a price must be paid, it absolutely wouldn't be that severe."

Li Luo pondered for quite a while, then slightly breathed a sigh of relief. Good—this thing probably wouldn't directly kill him.

And next, he only needed to wait for the day of breakthrough.

He had a premonition—it should be soon.

In the following several days, Li Luo did not go out again, but stayed within the Lu Lan Mansion headquarters, undergoing bitter cultivation.

As for the sixth-grade Spiritual Water Wonder Light, although Jiang Qing couldn't purchase over a hundred vials for Li Luo all at once, she maintained a steady supply. So Li Luo's sixth-grade Water Light Phase was also improving bit by bit. Although there was still a long way to go before it could evolve to seventh grade, it was ultimately just a matter of time.

As time passed, the Great Xia City of late had begun to become increasingly lively.

That was because the Sacred Mystic Star Academy was about to begin its new term.

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