Chapter 1065: Earth Fire Melting Furnace

After learning that the main material of the Fire God Sword was Blood Phoenix Black Gold, Li Zhangsheng felt a sense of impatience; if he used Blood Phoenix Black Gold as the base and supplemented it with other precious materials, there was a chance to refine a Zifu Qizhen-grade Strange Treasure.

Even if the probability was low, the possibility existed nonetheless, and whether one could refine a Zifu Qizhen-grade Strange Treasure had become the hallmark of a Grandmaster Refiner.

"What should I refine?"

Li Zhangsheng could not help but think to himself, carefully examining the numerous Strange Treasures in his Consciousness Sea.

For offense, he had the Huangquan Sword and the Sun Moon Shuttle Heavy Light Wheel; the Hunyuan Golden Lamp was excellent for both offense and defense; the Zining Cauldron had superb defense; plus the Qiankun Immeasurable Bell, the Nine-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Pagoda, and two Imitation Demon Refining Pots—he was completely lacking in neither offensive nor defensive Strange Treasures.

Besides these, Li Zhangsheng also possessed special Strange Treasures such as the Gate of Light and Darkness, the Xuan Kun Creation Stele, the Original Light, and the Blessing Necklace, as well as the broken Seeking Dao Jade Pendant and the Space Golden Bridge.

The Seeking Dao Jade Pendant required finding a large number of Jade Fragments to be completely repaired, and the Space Golden Bridge required extremely precious space materials; the Blood Phoenix Black Gold did not meet their repair requirements at all.

While pondering, Li Zhangsheng incidentally found the magical beasts raised by the Huensi family.

After Huensi fell, the fate awaiting the Huensi family could be imagined, so it will not be elaborated upon here.

These magical beasts were primarily Fire-type Earth Walk dragons and wyverns, numbering over a hundred; they could be organized into a proper formation.

In addition, there were five red dragons: one in the old age stage, two in the mature stage, and two in the growth stage.

Like the Dark Unicorns captured last time, these five red dragons appeared gaunt and were almost all in a weakened state; it seemed they had been frequently abused by the Huensi family.

Except for the five red dragons, Li Zhangsheng handed the remaining Earth Walk dragons and wyverns to Ge Liedi, telling him to organize a large brigade of Earth Walk dragon knights and wyvern knights.

Even an ordinary Legendary Powerhouse, if faced with over a hundred Earth Walk dragon knights and wyvern knights, would likely not dare to confront them head-on; once completely surrounded, there was even a possibility of falling.

After thinking for a short while, Li Zhangsheng made his decision: he prepared to re-refine the Five Phoenix Pan Wang Cauldron.

Although the Five Phoenix Pan Wang Cauldron was a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure-grade refining cauldron, as Li Zhangsheng's refining standard continued to rise, the Five Phoenix Pan Wang Cauldron could no longer meet his needs; for instance, when repairing the Xuan Kun Creation Stele last time, if he hadn't used a Special Forbidden Array to significantly increase the melting point of the Five Phoenix Pan Wang Cauldron, he likely would not have been able to repair the Xuan Kun Creation Stele.

For a refiner, a refining cauldron can be said to be of paramount importance; a good refining cauldron can not only achieve twice the result with half the effort but also improve the quality of the refined item.

The importance of a World Wonder-grade refining cauldron to Li Zhangsheng could be imagined, let alone a Zifu Qizhen-grade one.

However, wanting to refine a Zifu Qizhen-grade refining cauldron, if he only had the Blood Phoenix Black Gold, the success rate would truly not be high, and Li Zhangsheng really did not have much confidence.

Furthermore, the volume of a refining cauldron was what it was, and the materials required far exceeded most types of Strange Treasures; the Blood Phoenix Black Gold was only this much, and if he used a large amount of non-World Wonder-grade materials, the quality would inevitably decline significantly.

Therefore, regarding refining materials, Li Zhangsheng had to make trade-offs.

In order to leap to become a Grandmaster Refiner, and for the sake of a Zifu Qizhen-grade refining cauldron, Li Zhangsheng decided to spare no cost and give it a try.

Well, one only wins if one dares to struggle.

First, since he had to re-refine the Five Phoenix Pan Wang Cauldron, he would have to use other refining cauldrons, but even the Five Phoenix Pan Wang Cauldron likely wouldn't meet the requirements, let alone other refining cauldrons.

In this regard, Li Zhangsheng decided to use nature itself as the refining cauldron.

In the memories of the Hundred Victories King, there were similar scenes: using an active volcano as a base and supplementing it with a large number of relevant Forbidden Arrays, it could be used to refine items; the only drawback was that it consumed a great deal, and it was called the Earth Fire Melting Furnace by the Hundred Victories King.

Secondly, naturally, there were the precious materials.

Since he was sparing no cost, Li Zhangsheng naturally would not hold anything back; any precious material that could increase the success rate would be used by him.

Third, refining techniques.

Li Zhangsheng decided to focus on digesting the Hundred Victories King's knowledge regarding refining in the near future to further improve his refining standard.

Beyond these three aspects, there were some minor details that were not worth wasting ink on.

After handing over all military and political power of the Yasi City-State to Ge Liedi, Li Zhangsheng began searching for a suitable active volcano within the territory of the Yasi City-State.

The modified Earth Fire Melting Furnaces also had levels of quality; the larger the scale of the active volcano, the better the quality of the modified Earth Fire Melting Furnace, and vice versa.

Ge Liedi had already collected relevant data on active volcanoes within the territory, and all Li Zhangsheng had to do was inspect them one by one.

The Underdark was not lacking in underground volcanoes; in fact, for the same surface area, the number of volcanoes far exceeded that of the Surface World.

This was related to the environment; the Underdark was closer to the Earth's crust, so it was only natural that it possessed a large number of volcanoes.

After spending three days, Li Zhangsheng finally chose a large volcano named Sai Er Wa Na.

Sai Er Wa Na was one of the largest volcanoes within the Yasi City-State, and its magma quality was higher. Its temperature was higher than the other large volcanoes, making it more suitable for modification into an Earth Fire Melting Furnace.

After deciding, Li Zhangsheng began the setup.

Sai Er Wa Na Volcano covered an area of several dozen miles and had an elevation of over a thousand meters; it was a stratovolcano, composed of multiple layers of hardened lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic rock.

With such a large area, the setup was naturally quite complex.

Li Zhangsheng first mobilized the Yasi City-State army to disperse the creatures in the vicinity, then used countless materials, among which the Yasi City-State treasury contributed quite a lot.

Even so, it was enough to make Li Zhangsheng suffer a heavy blow, especially the Fire-type Demon Cores brought along, which were almost completely consumed, including one Fire Demon Saint-grade Demon Core and more than ten Demon King-grade Demon Cores.

This preparation process took Li Zhangsheng nearly two full months.

During this time, Li Zhangsheng also had to specifically set aside a lot of time; besides cultivating and digesting the memories of the Hundred Victories King, he had to occasionally drive the Gate of Light and Darkness and the Blessing Necklace to purify the Abyss Consciousness, leaving him absolutely no time to rest.

Ning Bizhen also helped a lot, though most of the time she was helping to purify the Abyss Consciousness.

With the two of them working together, the Abyss Consciousness sealed within the Gate of Light and Darkness was almost bottoming out; the remaining Abyss Consciousness could probably last for another half a month, at which point they would have to return to the Fairy World to seal another batch of Abyss Consciousness.

During this time, the strength of their Demon Pets had improved to varying degrees, and several more Demon Pets had reached the Demon King 9th Rank level, allowing them to attempt a breakthrough to the Demon Saint level.

As for news from the Fairy World, Li Zhangsheng had never received any, which was clearly a good thing, indicating that the situation in the Langya Kingdom and the Dai Kingdom was still acceptable during this period and that no events exceeding the capabilities of Zuo Qiulin and the others had occurred.

"Before refining, let the Demon Pets try to break through; it's possible that new Saint Grade Spirit Pets will be born."

Li Zhangsheng made his decision; he believed that given the quality of this batch of Demon Pets, there was a high probability that some would successfully break through.

(End of chapter)