Chapter 462: Going Down the Mountain?

Hum—within the Land of Spiritual Light, dragon and tiger coil around; a crimson sword of the Long Sword roams among them, occasionally emitting a sword cry like a tiger's roar and a dragon's chant!

A thunder dragon coils on the side, holding Wan Wan Leishi in its mouth, as if facing a great enemy, and from time to time lets out a low, guttural shout!

"Pure Yang Sword."

Li Yuan was greatly startled in his heart!

The form of this crimson divine sword was precisely the one he had just forged by blending various divine patterns; its features, aura, and spirit were all identical!

"This treasure-forging art can actually imprint the shadow-form of the forged treasure into the Land of Spiritual Light."

Hum—the divine sword trembled and cried out, splitting into dragon and tiger; the dragon and tiger further split into myriad forms. In the transformation between form and spirit, Li Yuan saw the shadows of countless heavenly treasures and earthly herbs!

He also saw the shadow of Old Daoist Nie!

This Pure Yang Sword had gathered Nie Xianshan's essence blood, will, and true qi; this imprinting was as if it had replicated the old Daoist's entire legacy.

Using this sword-shadow as a mirror, he could, within an extremely short time, cultivate the true form of the Pure Yang Sword, and with this sword-shadow, replicate Nie Xianshan's supreme-grade Pure Yang Dragon-Tiger Sword one-to-one!

As long as there were heavenly treasures and earthly herbs.

"This can work too?"

Li Yuan was somewhat dazed; Jing Jing Shuhu had never mentioned such a situation!

"No, last time I used the Gu Dao treasure-forging art to forge the Pure Yang Dragon-Scale Armor, there was no—wait, does only a supreme-grade divine weapon allow a complete imprint?"

Li Yuan's thoughts scattered, and he felt it was very likely!

Over the thousand-plus years of the Divine Weapon Valley, several divine smiths had emerged, yet none had forged a supreme-grade divine weapon; thus, the treasure-forging art passed down by word of mouth never mentioned it. "This treasure-forging art is a divine technique!"

After quite a while, Li Yuan finally returned from his trance!

The forging of a supreme-grade divine weapon involves an element of chance; even the Gu Dao treasure-forging art is merely a means of forging treasures!

But if one can imprint the divine essence of a weapon and then forge it again, success becomes certain!

By the riverside, Nie Xianshan's figure was gone; the Tiger Gate disciples still wore traces of joy on their faces, with Xin Xin Wenhua the most delighted!

Once the Pure Yang Sword was forged, he would no longer need to supervise day and night here!

"I never thought that in my lifetime, I would truly forge a supreme-grade divine sword."

Wan Chuan's face was flushed!

A supreme-grade divine weapon is the pinnacle of weapon forging; compared to it, even a high-grade divine weapon that falls just short is like the difference between a fish and a dragon!

Only a divine smith who forges a supreme-grade divine weapon can truly become renowned throughout the world and earn a place in the history of weapon forging!

Simply put, their worth skyrockets.

"A supreme-grade divine sword."

The other divine smiths were also greatly excited; the disciples of the divine smiths shared in the glory, their faces full of joyful admiration!

"Young friend Li!"

Jiang Xie returned from his joy, stepped forward, and said, "The blood you used—"

"Young friend Li, your peculiar weapon-forging art—"

"This tempering—"

Several divine smiths also gathered around; they were all grandmasters of weapon forging and knew that the key to the success of this supreme-grade divine sword lay in Li Yuan's tempering!

The four were deeply shocked and incredulous in their hearts!

Granted, Li Yuan had previously used his so-called peculiar weapon-forging art to hammer a semi-divine armor into divine armor, but this was a supreme-grade divine sword.

They had been willing to let him join only to have someone else share the responsibility should the forging fail; they never believed he could truly accomplish it!

"Li Yuan!"

Jing Jing Shuhu shouted loudly and came rushing over, grabbing Li Yuan and dragging him away; he did not want this group of old fellows to probe the secrets of his treasure-forging art!

Wan Chuan and the others wanted to stay and persuade them, but could only suppress their thoughts; this was Longhu Temple!

"How did this young fellow do it?"

On the cliffside nearby, the little tiger cub listened intently to the discussion; having learned the cause and effect, he too felt greatly astonished in his heart!

The Great Fortune Heavenly Craft Academy is, for over a thousand years, the place with the highest attainment in weapon forging, and there is no other!

This Heavenly Craft Academy was left behind by Pang Pang Wenlong a thousand years ago, when he gathered divine smiths from across the land and mobilized the entire nation's strength to forge the Great Sun Heaven-Monitoring Mirror!

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Yet even the Heavenly Craft Academy seems to have no one with such a method; once a divine weapon is ranked, unless it is one that can inherently be nourished and promoted, its grade cannot be raised at all!

And even those that can be promoted often require one generation, or several generations, of weapon masters to nourish them with their blood and true qi!

How did this young fellow do it? She felt shocked and doubtful in her heart, while the old man remained very quiet; he watched Li Yuan's retreating figure and suddenly gave a light cough!

The little tiger cub hid in the grass; many people were heading toward Jingtao Hall—not only Long Long Yingchan, but even Tiancan Daoist and the Bald Monk had been alerted!

Nie Xianshan was forging not only the Pure Yang Dragon-Tiger Sword, but also his own path to breaking through the Great Dipper; originally, many people were already watching!

"Where is Junior Brother Nie?"

Long Long Yingchan came quickly!

"Master took the sword embryo and hurriedly returned to the mountain; it seems he has gone into seclusion!"

Xin Xin Wenhua bowed and reported.

Normally, from sword embryo to completed sword, it would take at least a year and a half, or up to eight or ten years of grinding; but he knew his master did not need that!

He only needed the sword embryo to bear his own Pure Yang sword form and use it to cleave through the Great Dipper!

"So urgent!"

Long Long Yingchan naturally understood Nie Xianshan's mood; he took a Dragon-Tiger Nourishing Pill from his robes and handed it to Xin Xin Wenhua, instructing him to deliver it!

Afterwards, he turned and greeted Tiancan Daoist and the Bald Monk, who were also deeply moved.

These two old elders were somewhat shocked in their hearts: the Pure Yang lineage is extremely strict in selecting disciples and difficult to cultivate, but once one reaches this stage, the path ahead is smooth!

This means that Longhu Temple now has three Zunda Sect Grandmasters!

Jing Jing Shuhu's heart was also quite stirred!

The Unorthodox Dao Treasure-Forging Art was known to every generation's Grand Elder of the Divine Weapon Valley, but even so, its requirements were extremely high!

Not only must one's weapon-forging skill be cultivated to Grand Completion, requiring the essence blood of a Grandmaster-level or above martial artist, but one's own spiritual force must also be vigorous enough!

In seven hundred years, Li Yuan was truly the very first to satisfy all three conditions!

"This treasure-forging art absolutely must not be leaked!"

Pulling Li Yuan to a secluded spot, Jing Jing Shuhu transmitted his voice in admonition. Having personally witnessed Li Yuan push One superior-grade piece divine weapon to the supreme-grade tier, his heart was stirred, yet he also felt considerable worry!

If this spread out, Li Yuan shaking the world was inevitable, but the treasure-forging art was also very likely to attract the covetous eyes of others!

"This disciple understands!"

Li Yuan nodded in assent!

He only told outsiders 'Odd Sect Weapon-Forging Art,' and this was also part of such consideration. But compared to Jing Jing Shuhu, he appeared far more composed!

Daoist wasn't a man without backing; on the contrary, after Nie Xianshan broke through the Heavenly Gang, his thigh had grown even thicker!

But once Sect Master Nie emerges from seclusion, your position in Dragon Tiger Temple will be even more secure!

Regarding him, Jing Jing Shuhu was still at ease; he only admonished a few words, mainly fearing he would leak the treasure-forging art, not worrying about him!

The Divine Weapon Valley possessing such a method might need to worry about being coveted, but for Dragon Tiger Temple, it was not quite the same matter!

Casting a glance at the Dragon Tiger Pagoda standing tall in the mountain, Jing Jing Shuhu's heart eased. After a few instructions, he went off to find Lei Lei Jingchuan!

Li Yuan watched him depart!

In this half year, these two old men and Lin Tingfeng had been getting along famously, the three of them mixing together all day long discussing weapon-forging insights, attempting to forge divine weapons!

"This Pure Yang Sword Shape—"

Sensing the Pure Yang Sword Shape trembling and wandering within the Spiritual Light Land, Li Yuan was eager to return, only wanting to go back and tinker with it, to study it. But soon, Xin Xin Wenhua and the other Tiger Gate disciples came looking for him, and not far away, Long Long Yingchan was also beckoning to him!

Nie Xianshan went into closed-door cultivation right after obtaining the weapon!

But this did not affect the grand feast afterward. As the Dao Lord of Dragon Tiger, Long Long Yingchan naturally had to take over from Nie Xianshan to host the four Divine Craftsmen and their disciples!

Divine weapons were hard to come by, and supreme-grade divine weapons were even rarer!

At the feast, Long Long Yingchan's attitude was very good, proactively offering toasts, making Wan Chuan and the other three flush with even greater color.

Divine Craftsmen—

Their status in the martial world was extremely high, but the Dao Sect Master's—

A Shenbangda Sect master's toast—even the taciturn Bei Mount Wuji felt quite flattered!

Not only Long Long Yingchan, but the true disciples of the elders from the Green Dragon Pavilion, Xinyi Sect, and Three Flavors Cave also toasted frequently, many of them probing on the side, asking questions!

Every time this happened, Long Long Yingchan would clear his throat lightly to interrupt. Wan Chuan, Jiang Xie, and the other four were old hands at the world, naturally understanding this Dao Lord's meaning, merely laughing it off!

At the feast, Li Yuan was also toasted plenty, but he was somewhat absent-minded, his thoughts mostly on that Pure Yang Sword Shape!

Fortunately, he had the ability to multitask, so it wasn't too conspicuous!

"Dragon Tiger Mysterious Scripture, Pure Yang for Health Cultivation—"

While raising his cup to clink with Xin Xin Wenhua, Li Yuan was sensing the Pure Yang Dragon Tiger Sword within the Spiritual Light Land!

The external manifestation of this Pure Yang Sword Shape in the Spiritual Light Land was composed entirely of divine patterns, but upon dissection, one could see the shadow of Nie Xianshan's Wu Gong!

The Da Shen Gong, and the fourteen ultimate techniques that matched it extremely well—all were contained within!

The moment he slightly focused, he felt as if Nie Xianshan were in his mind, dissecting his Zi Shen Wu Gong move by move, analyzing and executing them one posture at a time!

In the span of one banquet, Li Yuan had already entered the door of all fourteen ultimate techniques of the Tiger Gate and the Main Lineage, and had sorted out the introductory chapters of these two divine arts: Dragon Tiger Mysterious Scripture and Pure Yang for Health Cultivation.

This speed was extremely astonishing!

And even more astonishing was that this Pure Yang Sword Shape, driven by him, yet seemed to possess its own faint spirituality!

This performance was not merely a shape, but more like—

"A Spirit Manifestation."

Pinching his fingers tightly, suppressing the urge to try, Li Yuan was eager to return, preparing to slip away immediately after the feast. Unfortunately, there were truly many people watching him at this banquet!

He had only just lifted his foot when he was pulled by the Heavenly Silkworm Daoist, who chatted with him for quite a while. Just as he wanted to leave again, he was called back by Long Long Yingchan!

After the banquet ended and the crowd dispersed, Li Yuan still hadn't managed to leave. Only after Long Long Yingchan saw the Heavenly Silkworm Daoist and Laitou Chan Master out did he turn back!

"You seem a bit restless?"

"No, this disciple is simply overcome by the wine!"

Li Yuan gathered his thoughts!

"Overcome by the wine?"

This excuse was so poor that Long Long Yingchan couldn't even be bothered to address it. Clearing his throat lightly, he said: "I have already instructed Master Jingxin to devote all efforts to refining Bai Xing Dan these days. You may take as many as you wish, as a reward for forging the Pure Yang Sword!"

This was naturally a great merit!

Li Yuan hurriedly bowed and thanked him!

Next, Long Long Yingchan inquired about Li Yuan's Wu Gong progress and his preparations for blood exchange. After a while, he then pinched his long—