Chapter 636: The Main Body of the Xuan Kun Creation Stele and the Psychic Jade (Second update, seeking votes)

It is no wonder Li Changsheng was surprised, for this was a broken, miniature stone stele, looking to be about twenty centimeters in height.

The most crucial point was that this miniature stone stele was identical to the Xuan Kun Creation Stele in color, material, and shape; its broken edge also seemed to fit perfectly.

Li Changsheng possessed a broken Xuan Kun Creation Stele, which he had traded for from Xu Wenhua. Due to its dilapidated state, the Xuan Kun Creation Stele had limited effects on a Pseudo-King, because the broken Xuan Kun Creation Stele could only influence a range of one hundred meters after activation, and if one entered the Abyss, it was even more useless.

A complete Xuan Kun Creation Stele was naturally different; it was rumored that its effective range was very large, and it was completely unrestricted within the Abyss.

Without hesitation, Li Changsheng took the broken Xuan Kun Creation Stele out of his Space Ring. Because it was too broken, being only 1/5 of the whole, the Xuan Kun Creation Stele could not be refined and stored into his Consciousness Sea.

When Li Changsheng took it out, they faintly resonated, but they did not automatically repair themselves and still lay quietly in Li Changsheng's hands.

Li Changsheng placed the two pieces together, and the broken edges between them began to emit a faint light.

He observed them carefully for a while, only to find with disappointment that they truly showed no signs of repairing.

However, there was one thing Li Changsheng could be certain of: the broken stone stele taken from the Gold-Type Precious Vat was indeed the main body of the Xuan Kun Creation Stele.

"The Xuan Kun Creation Stele is very likely the property of Baisheng King; it probably shattered during that battle!"

Li Changsheng thought to himself. Combining this with Baisheng King's glorious history of slaughtering demons, one would find that this person often entered the vicinity of the Abyss Gate alone to forcefully slay multiple Demon Commanders and countless other demons.

According to Li Changsheng's estimation, this was not only related to Baisheng King's strength, but the efficacy of the Xuan Kun Creation Stele also played a monumental role, preventing his Demon Pets from being suppressed by the Abyss Will and allowing them to deal with the demons with all their might.

It was precisely because of this that, although both were Double-Character Kings, Dark Night King Dou Cangqiong could only dispatch his main Demon Pets to garrison a few fortresses and could not forcefully penetrate the vicinity of the Abyss Gate to slay or drive away Demon Commanders.

"But how should it be repaired?"

Li Changsheng did not dwell on it; how to repair the Xuan Kun Creation Stele was the most important matter.

The difficulty of repairing a World Wonder is extremely high; to repair a World Wonder, one needs to pay a huge price.

First, one needs a Refining Master!

Second, repair techniques!

Third, materials!

The materials mentioned here refer to materials with properties similar to the World Wonder that needs to be repaired.

If the grade of the repair materials is low, even if the World Wonder is repaired, its efficacy will be greatly reduced; conversely, the higher the grade of the repair materials, the more efficacy can be retained, or it may even approach perfection.

Of these three requirements, Li Changsheng only met the first. Even if he was a Refining Master of the "pulling up seedlings to help them grow" type, he was still a Refining Master; furthermore, Li Changsheng had also crafted two proud works: a Semi-Artifact and an Imitation Demon Refining Pot.

"Perhaps the *Artifact Refining Canon* of the Hundred-Refining King contains techniques for repairing World Wonders?"

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng hurriedly took out the *Artifact Refining Canon*.

This book was truly too thick, and at the time, he had been in a bit of a rush, so Li Changsheng had only flipped through a few pages randomly and did not know much about this book.

Under the influence of his Mental Power, the *Artifact Refining Canon* turned its pages automatically, flipping to the next page every few seconds.

Even though he only browsed through it roughly, it still took Li Changsheng half a day; if he were to fully master this book, he feared it would have to be calculated in years.

Even so, Li Changsheng gained a great deal.

The Hundred-Refining King was indeed worthy of being one of the greatest refining grandmasters in history, and this book was worthy of the name *Artifact Refining Canon*, as it recorded a large number of unique refining techniques, including some obscure ones.

Among them were also a large number of experiential insights, including precautions and operational techniques for refining Divine Artifacts and top-tier World Wonders.

Besides this, there were also several techniques for repairing World Wonders, which Li Changsheng needed most at the moment.

"Worth it, so worth it!"

Li Changsheng closed the *Artifact Refining Canon*. The status of this book in his mind could be said to have risen in a straight line; although it could not compare to the *Book of Bloodlines* at all, it was still a quite precious classic, and it would be no exaggeration to say it was worth a fortune.

After the second point was also satisfied, only the materials remained. Li Changsheng had carefully examined the material of the Xuan Kun Creation Stele; he did have materials with matching properties on hand, but the highest were only of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object grade. Even if he repaired the Xuan Kun Creation Stele, its effects would be greatly reduced.

Not to mention Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, even if they were suitable materials of the Heavenly Essence Grade, Li Changsheng would not repair it.

The function of the Xuan Kun Creation Stele seemed simple, and it could neither amplify the combat power of Demon Pets nor provide protection to a Monster Tamer, but its function was extremely important. In the future, if he wanted to slaughter large numbers of demons or even enter the Abyss or other worlds, its role would be irreplaceable.

In Li Changsheng's mind, the importance of the Xuan Kun Creation Stele even exceeded that of the three World Wonders: the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, the Taiyin Token, and the Original Light.

It was for this reason that Li Changsheng would only attempt to repair the Xuan Kun Creation Stele with materials of at least the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade; otherwise, he would rather leave it as is than lower his standards.

At this moment, Li Changsheng picked up the Xuan Kun Creation Stele obtained from the Gold-Type Precious Vat. He tried it with his Mental Power and found that its effective range was ten times that of the other smaller fragment, reaching a full one thousand meters, which could be considered to temporarily satisfy Li Changsheng's needs.

After solemnly putting away the two Xuan Kun Creation Stele fragments, Li Changsheng looked around the Treasure Room; his current mood could be described as completely satisfied.

This time, Li Changsheng had broken four precious vats. From these four vats, he had obtained three Heaven and Earth Rare Treasures, one broken World Wonder, and one Substitute Doll.

Just as Li Changsheng had guessed, the treasures stored in the vats left for last were often the best, especially those last few vats.

"I wonder what is still hidden in the last three vats?"

Li Changsheng was still a bit unsatisfied; he couldn't wait to become a King, believing that he would be able to break the last three vats by then.

In the following five days, Li Changsheng stayed in the Baisheng King Secret Realm.

Under Kailan's supervision, the Demon Pets developed their training on their own.

This also left Li Changsheng with some free time, but as a master of time management, he naturally would not waste it and prepared to improve his own abilities.

Li Changsheng studied the *Artifact Refining Canon* while striving to improve his theory and techniques, occasionally firing up the furnace to refine artifacts to improve his refining level.

Liu Zongtang was a good man; his ring was stocked with a large amount of refining materials, enough for Li Changsheng to refine for a period of time.

Li Changsheng continuously applied the techniques from the *Artifact Refining Canon*. Although he was relatively unfamiliar with them, the title of Refining Master was there, and the grade of the finished products he refined was not bad.

As the refining techniques he mastered became more and more proficient, Li Changsheng could feel his refining ability improving every day. Although the rate of increase was slow, many a little makes a mickle, and perhaps one day he would touch the threshold of a refining grandmaster.

In the process of striving for improvement, time passed slowly, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these five days, Li Changsheng lived a very fulfilling life. He tried to refine many Treasures and Exotic Treasures; although many were defective, there were still some good finished products.

Among them, what Li Changsheng was most proud of was a finished product he named the Psychic Jade. This was a special disposable Exotic Treasure that allowed people to briefly communicate mentally with wild Spirit Beasts.

This disposable Exotic Treasure was of little use to Li Changsheng, but if he could remove the "disposable" aspect, its use would be great; this was also his research direction for the future.

During this period, Li Changsheng also practiced the *Kill-Break-Wolf Monster Taming Art* and developed a connection with the Seven Kill Star.

Although the *Kill-Break-Wolf Monster Taming Art* was much simpler to obtain, condensing the Seven Killings, Army Breaker, and Greedy Wolf Star Apertures was actually more difficult than the Four Symbols Constellations.

At dawn on this day, Li Changsheng did not stay long in the Baisheng King Secret Realm. Five days had passed, and it was impossible for anyone to track him down as the murderer of Liu Zongtang.

After leaving the Baisheng King Secret Realm, Li Changsheng used the Hundred-Change Thousand-Illusion Mask to change his appearance and summoned the Bright Pupil Bird again. Under the cover of Ning Bizhen, he returned to the Yuanling Academy without anyone knowing.

Just like last time, Ning Bizhen had kept the Number One Courtyard in perfect order, and no one had discovered anything, including Lin Wan and her daughter.

"You have worked hard these past few days!"

"Not at all, I have been cultivating in the bedroom for these five days, and no one has come to disturb me!"

Ning Bizhen smiled charmingly and then asked: "When do you plan to refine the Fire Element Semi-Artifact?"

"Wait, let me perform a divination first!"

Li Zhangsheng called over Baitian, Heiye, and the Xun Wind Speed-Delivery Cat, who were playing with Jubi, and said: "Baitian, Heiye, Xiao Qi, if I refine the Fire Element Semi-Artifact today, will I be able to succeed? Alright, the three of you can use Predict Good or Ill Fortune based on this!"

Li Zhangsheng did not know if Predict Good or Ill Fortune would be useful for refining, but he did this mainly to boost his confidence.

Meow~ meow~ meow~

The next moment, the three cats let out soft, cute meows in unison, and three different colored radiances began to Blink; their cat eyes instantly became dull and vacant.

In an instant, the three cats released a ball of energy that exploded above their heads, eventually forming three 'Lucky' characters.

"There is no time like the present, let's do it today!"

Seeing this result, Li Zhangsheng made his decision.

Compared to the last time he refined a Semi-Artifact, Li Zhangsheng had made significant progress and would almost certainly not experience the near-exhaustion he had last time.

It took half an hour for the two of them to set everything up in the Refining Room and restore their respective essence, energy, and spirit to their optimal states.

After everything was ready, Li Zhangsheng waved his hand, and a pile of exceptionally rare Fire Element treasures was stacked before them.

For a moment, the temperature in the Refining Room rose rapidly.

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(End of this chapter)