Chapter 727: Phantom Desire Bead, Luck Incense Candle (First Update, seeking votes)

Li Zhangsheng arrived at a small patch of wasteland and took out the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron; he specifically set up several small-scale Restrictions to avoid affecting the surroundings.

The Crowned Flame Bird circled in the low sky; the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian was too cramped for it, making it unable to move freely.

"Crowned Flame Bird!"

Following Li Zhangsheng's command, the Crowned Flame Bird spat out a red and white Flame Pillar, which landed inside the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron.

Li Zhangsheng pinched a Seal Technique, and spiritual light bloomed on the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron; five phoenixes of different colors circled around the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron, and the temperature of the flames inside the cauldron surged violently.

After the temperature inside the cauldron reached a certain level, Li Zhangsheng then tossed the Huanlong Magic Desire Stone into the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron.

The melting point of the Huanlong Magic Desire Stone appeared to be very high; even the flames of the Crowned Flame Bird could not melt it immediately.

Li Zhangsheng still blessed the Crowned Flame Bird with the Burnout Secret Technique, causing the flame temperature to rise by another large margin, burning the Huanlong Magic Desire Stone even more crazily.

Every ten seconds, the Crowned Flame Bird would spit out clusters of flames, maintaining the flame temperature inside the cauldron.

The Crowned Flame Bird had comprehended the true meaning of the Undying Fire and the Endless Wood, and could maintain this for a very long time.

After two minutes passed, the Huanlong Magic Desire Stone finally showed signs of melting, and wisps of black liquid appeared.

Another minute passed, and the Huanlong Magic Desire Stone completely melted into a pool of black liquid.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng tossed several more types of precious materials that could induce desire into the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron.

Compared to the Huanlong Magic Desire Stone, these precious materials were of a lower grade, let alone their melting points.

In almost the blink of an eye, these precious materials were completely melted, and wisps of five-colored impurities emerged; the volume of these distinct liquids was gradually decreasing.

Due to the grade of the materials, the refining of impurities took less than ten minutes in total, and in the end, only a small cluster of translucent purple liquid remained.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng's ten fingers danced, and countless twisted and complex Silver Seal Scripts were crazily tossed into the purple liquid.

In just a short moment, Li Zhangsheng cast hundreds of Seal Techniques, causing countless Silver Seal Scripts to emerge on the surface of the purple liquid, and the two began to slowly fuse.

In less than a minute, the Silver Seal Scripts and the purple liquid had completely fused together.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng pinched a Seal Technique again.

"Condense!"

Li Zhangsheng let out a soft shout, the Seal Technique in his hand changed, and a beam of light shot straight into the purple liquid.

Compared to refining a Semi-Artifact, this time the artifact refining seemed much simpler; there was no helping it, there was a significant gap between the materials of the two.

Inside the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron, the purple liquid turned into three clusters, gradually solidifying into three purple beads the size of an infant's fist.

Compared to the formation of a Semi-Artifact, these three beads had no sound or light effects when they took shape; clearly, they did not reach that category.

"Let's call them Phantom Desire Beads!"

Li Zhangsheng couldn't be bothered to come up with a name; just by coming into contact with a Phantom Desire Bead, various desires emerged in his mind.

After cutting off the desires, Li Zhangsheng revealed a smile; if it had such an effect just by contact, what about when it was used? It was highly likely to make a Demon Beast fall into a cage of desire, especially those Demon Beasts whose willpower was not firm enough.

Opportunities in battle are fleeting; even if it could only have an effect on a Demon Beast for one or two seconds, that would be enough to gain quite an advantage, perhaps even directly sealing the victory.

After refining the Phantom Desire Beads, Li Zhangsheng sat cross-legged on the ground and began to recover his depleted Mental Power.

After a long while, Li Zhangsheng's spirit and energy recovered to their peak, and he began to set about refining the Luck Incense Candle.

According to the refining method of the Luck Incense Candle, Li Zhangsheng first tossed the Divine Machine Sulfur into the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron.

Among the more than two hundred types of materials, the melting point of the Divine Machine Sulfur was undoubtedly the highest, followed by the leaves of the Tree of Life.

When the Divine Machine Sulfur showed signs of melting, Li Zhangsheng tossed in more than ten leaves of the Tree of Life according to the size of the Divine Machine Sulfur.

These leaves were plucked from a Tree of Life that was still in the Growth Stage, but these few leaves would not have a negative impact on the development of the Tree of Life.

In the time that followed, Li Zhangsheng successively tossed in more than two hundred types of materials according to their differences.

Some of these materials reached the level of Heaven and Earth Wonders, but most were relatively common materials.

In the end, Li Zhangsheng felt a pang of heartache as he took out a Demon King-level Fire-type Demon Core and tossed it in.

Actually, ordinary Fire-type Demon Cores could also be used, but the higher the grade of the Demon Core, the smaller the deviation of the Luck Incense Candle, so Li Zhangsheng had no choice but to use a Demon King-level Demon Core.

The moment the Demon King-level Fire-type Demon Core was tossed in, Li Zhangsheng hurriedly pinched a Seal Technique, and dozens of twisted and complex Silver Seal Scripts formed a ring of light, surrounding the Demon King-level Fire-type Demon Core to avoid an explosion of the Demon Core.

If the Demon King-level Demon Core exploded, the power would likely be comparable to a full-strength strike from a Demon Beast; not only would all these hard-collected materials be wasted, but it would also cause huge damage to the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron.

In just a few breaths' time, under the miraculous effect of the Silver Seal Script ring, the Demon King-level Fire-type Demon Core melted into a pool of crystal-clear, fiery red liquid.

As a Demon King-level Demon Core, there were naturally not many impurities to speak of.

The next moment, after the impurities were removed from the more than two hundred types of materials, they slowly fused together under Li Zhangsheng's control, finally forming a cluster of orange liquid.

Li Zhangsheng continued to pinch Seal Techniques, casting countless Silver Seal Scripts into the liquid.

The orange liquid floated in the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron, spinning rapidly.

During this process, the volume of the orange liquid began to shrink rapidly, but it became increasingly viscous; when it stopped, it turned into a cluster of viscous liquid like paste.

There were many of the more than two hundred materials, but because only the essence was taken, it directly caused the volume of the orange liquid to decrease too much, leaving only a cluster of viscous liquid the size of a basketball.

"Scatter!"

Li Zhangsheng pinched a Seal Technique, and a beam of light shot straight into the viscous liquid.

In an instant, the viscous liquid divided into more than twenty clusters, and under the control of his Mental Power, they transformed into the style of incense candles.

"Condense!"

Li Zhangsheng pinched a Seal Technique again, and the Crowned Flame Bird also sucked away the flames in the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron; these incense candles solidified rapidly, finally turning into more than twenty orange incense candles.

The moment the Luck Incense Candles took shape, Li Zhangsheng vaguely felt that the space nearby seemed to have changed slightly; these Luck Incense Candles seemed to have absorbed something.

Each Luck Incense Candle was one foot long and as thick as a thumb; the main body was orange, but it was wrapped with golden patterns, and its appearance was not much different from the incense candles in a temple.

"It's done!"

Li Zhangsheng let out a sigh of relief; although the Luck Incense Candle was not difficult to refine, if it failed, where would he find a second piece of Divine Machine Sulfur?

Under the control of his Mental Power, more than twenty Luck Incense Candles landed in Li Zhangsheng's hands.

Unlike ordinary incense candles, these Luck Incense Candles felt slightly heavy in the hand, with each one weighing more than ten catties.

Li Zhangsheng had no intention of testing them; there was nothing to test in the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian, and besides, there were only so many Luck Incense Candles, so one would be gone for every one used.

Unless he could obtain another piece of Divine Machine Sulfur, Li Zhangsheng would naturally avoid using it if he could.

After refining the Luck Incense Candle, Li Zhangsheng continued to refine artifacts; from the Treasure Pavilion of the Langya Liu Clan alone, Li Zhangsheng had harvested a large batch of refining materials, and crucially, these materials were of a high grade, just right for him to practice with at his current level.

Spirit King Liu Yongtu was only a step away from being a Refining Master and had his own set of insights into artifact refining; combined with the refining techniques in the Artifact Refining Canon, Li Zhangsheng believed that as long as he integrated this knowledge, his refining standard could rise significantly.

In the process of refining, Li Zhangsheng constantly experimented with new techniques, but due to a lack of proficiency, most ended up as failed products, becoming a pile of scrap.

Yet in this process, Li Zhangsheng's refining standard was also constantly rising, and occasionally he would even refine some high-quality items.

In this process, time flowed slowly, and five full days had passed since Li Zhangsheng entered the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian.

Not to mention the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense or the Soul-Chasing Manikin, even World Wonders of the same type could no longer lock onto the true culprit.

There was no help for it; setting aside whether the resentment of the deceased could last for five days, Li Zhangsheng's residual aura alone could not possibly have lasted that long.

During these five days, Li Zhangsheng spent his time mainly on artifact refining; in just this short period, he felt he had improved quite a bit and had even mastered several new refining techniques.

If a Refining Master were divided into early, middle, late, and peak stages, the current Li Zhangsheng was roughly between the middle and late stages.

As for the Demon Pets, except for a few petite ones, the rest basically stayed in the Demon Pet Space or Monster Pet Bag, so there was no need to think about training.

Because of the excessive number of Spirit Beasts harvested this time, coupled with the relatively limited area of his Space Ring, the food Li Zhangsheng carried could only last for three days at most.

Under these circumstances, Li Zhangsheng had to significantly reduce the food portions for the Spirit Beasts obtained from the Secret Realm, especially for the eight giant dragons and the two adult Mingluo Kun.

As for Li Zhangsheng's own Demon Pets, they naturally could not go hungry and could eat as much as they wanted, just like before.

It was not until noon that day that Li Zhangsheng left the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian, walked straight into the Danwang Biefu Teleportation Array, and after a bout of dizziness, appeared once again in the Silent Forest.

The first thing Li Zhangsheng did was to hunt a few large wild Spirit Beasts nearby; given their size, it was enough to fill their stomachs.

Li Zhangsheng did not immediately return to Yuanling Academy; because of the Divine Machine Sulfur, he prepared to head to the Rongduan Mountain Range to ask the Red Dragon King Yanasansi in person, hoping he might obtain some information.

After all, the phoenix was a Top-tier Divine Beast, and with the saying that a phoenix does not land in a place without treasure, even if there was only a slight possibility, Li Zhangsheng would not let go of any chance; perhaps he might even gain something.

Monday, asking for recommendation votes!

(End of this chapter)