Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

Chapter 145 Successful Artifact Refining_1

Within the Hall of Merit, Lin Tianming made his appearance.

At this time, the Hall of Merit was still bustling with noise, with a large number of clan members busily exchanging various Spiritual Objects.

Soon enough, it was his turn to step forward and make an exchange.

After exchanging some pleasantries with Lin Xingcheng and chatting about trivial family matters, Lin Xingcheng then inquired about his purpose for coming.

Lin Tianming, with a smile on his face, took out three Jade Bottles and placed them on the stone platform before him, saying,

"Uncle, these three bottles of Second Order Lingshen Pills, I would like to exchange them all for Spiritual Medicine Materials. If they're not enough, I'll make up the difference with Spirit Stones."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xingcheng picked up the Jade Bottles from the stone platform, uncapped them to take a look, and his face immediately registered disbelief.

Stunned for a few moments before regaining his composure, Lin Xingcheng tentatively asked,

"Tian Ming, did you refine these elixirs yourself?"

Lin Tianming nodded, affirming the authenticity of the matter, which left Lin Xingcheng looking utterly shocked.

In fact, even if Lin Tianming had denied it, the unique aura attached to the elixirs would have allowed him to discern who had crafted them.

The reason he asked again was simply because he was still finding it hard to believe, especially since it had only been a month and a half, and Lin Tianming had successfully refined the Second Order Spirit Origin Pills, which meant he had become a Second Order Alchemist.

Advancing as an Alchemist is not an easy feat, and for him to have become a Second Order Alchemist in less than ten years was simply too unbelievable.

After a while, Lin Xingcheng regained his composure and began exchanging the Spiritual Medicine Materials for him.

After a quarter of an hour, Lin Tianming left the Hall of Merit carrying ten portions of Spiritual Medicine Materials.

The original twenty portions of materials had only yielded seven pills, which in turn only allowed for the exchange of seven portions of Spiritual Medicine Materials. The remaining three portions of materials were a combination of the two he had been gifted by Shi Kang and over a hundred Spirit Stones he had added to make up the difference for ten portions.

In other words, after more than a month, he had incurred considerable losses, but that was the norm for an Alchemist. If Alchemy were so easy, then everyone would be an Alchemist.

In actuality, with his current pace, he was the envy of many, and it wouldn't take long for him to turn his losses into profits.

Thinking of this, he was incredibly excited, and not at all distressed by the initial losses.

Not long after, Lin Tianming arrived at the Alchemy Hall.

At that moment, Lin Shigong was organizing Alchemy Materials, preparing to start the Alchemy process.

Seeing Lin Tianming enter, he greeted him with a smile, quickly set down the Spiritual Medicine Materials in his hands, and said,

"You rascal, you said you wanted to go into seclusion for Alchemy. It's perfect timing that you're here, show me one round of your Alchemy, so I can see what level you've reached, and I can give you some guidance."

Seeing that his grandfather wanted to test his Alchemy skills, Lin Tianming remained calm, showing no sign of perturbation.

He found a cushion to sit down on, took out the Four Symbols Furnace,prepared the Spiritual Medicine Materials for himself, and then he started to regulate his breath, adjusting his state.

After half an hour passed, he had reached an optimal state.

He brought his palms together, and a spell struck the Pill Furnace and the Earth Fire outlet.

As the Earth Fire surged forth and the temperature of the Pill Furnace reached the necessary degree for Alchemy, he began the refining process.

Lin Shigong, watching Lin Tianming's proficient movements from the side, occasionally nodded, his expression filled with anticipation.

Time slowly slipped by, and half a day quietly elapsed.

When a fragrance of elixirs wafted out, Lin Tianming eagerly lifted the lid of the Furnace, revealing four elixirs suspended within.

Lin Shigong waved a hand and caught one of the elixirs between his fingertips to inspect it.

"Indeed, these are Second Order Lingshen Pills, no doubt about that. This kid's progress is too fast!"

After inspecting the elixirs, Lin Shigong was inwardly thrilled, affirming that Lin Tianming had indeed entered the ranks of Second Order Alchemists, and moreover, the success rate was quite good, almost catching up to him.

Once he calmed down, he then expressed his admiration,

"You truly didn't disappoint us; in less than ten years of practice, you've successfully stepped into the ranks of Second Order Alchemists."

Upon hearing this, Lin Tianming did not bask in self-satisfaction. The fact that he managed to successfully refine four pills in the first furnace involved some luck, which he was well aware of. Humbly, he replied,

"Grandfather, it's merely my good fortune. In fact, I've only just broken through and can barely maintain a thirty percent pill success rate and yield three pills."

Hearing Lin Tianming's response, Lin Shigong was very pleased and continued with a smile on his face,

"You rascal, don't be too modest. In my opinion, as long as you practice more, you'll soon surpass me, maybe even catching up to the ranks of Second Order Medium Quality Alchemists faster than I did."

Lin Tianming let out a small laugh and quickly changed the subject, after which the two of them began to chat leisurely.

…

In a room atop the peak of Green Bamboo Mountain designated for Artifact Refining, Lin Shilu was seated on the floor.

In front of him, a cyan and red Spirit Sword was suspended above a Furnace Cauldron, beneath which, streams of scorching flames were baking it. Experience tales at empire

He had a serious expression on his face, and sweat dripped down his forehead onto the hot stone platform with a sizzling sound as he flicked his fingers without cease, but he did not let this distract him from inscribing the Inscription Array.

Such actions he had been maintaining for over a month now.

In front of him on the blade of the Spirit Sword, countless special runes had emerged, occupying more than ninety percent of the surface area.

As he kept working without pause, the number of runes continued to grow, about to cover the entire blade soon.

Time flowed like water, quietly passing by.

While Lin Tianming was having a casual chat with Grandpa, Lin Shilu sat in a secret room, his fingers suddenly moving to form a special seal.

A beam of golden light shot out from the tip of his finger and struck the Spirit Sword at the top of the Pill Furnace.

"Clang clang clang."

In an instant, a sound of metal striking followed.

The Spirit Sword, with its red and green hues, began to vibrate violently, and soon, a piercing sound spread throughout the entire Artifact Forging Room.

Lin Shilu's face flushed with color as he watched the vibrating Spirit Sword, his fingers moving even faster, shooting inscription after inscription into the body of the sword.

The Spirit Sword seemed to possess a certain Spirituality and resisted the inscriptions fiercely, vibrating even more intensely as if it wanted to break free from its constraints.

"Hmph."

Lin Shilu's expression became serious, and he muttered to himself.

"All this effort to forge you, if you were to escape, wouldn't it be a joke?"

After a playful smile, he did not stop. While maintaining the vibrations of the Spirit Sword, he forced the last inscription to smash into its body.

As soon as the inscription made contact with the blade, it quickly merged into the sword, engraving itself on the core system of the Spirit Sword.

At the same time, the dense runes on the blade shone brightly, illuminating the dim Artifact Forging Room.

At that moment, the Spirit Sword emitted a piercing sword cry.

In less than the time of three breaths, the Artifact Forging Room returned to darkness, and the golden inscription on the surface of the Spirit Sword vanished without a trace.

Inside the Artifact Forging Furnace, a Spirit Sword over a foot long hung quietly in the center, its intermingled red and green colors appearing slightly eerie—as if stained with blood. Intense Sword Qi swirled around it.

"A Second Order Medium Quality Magic Artifact!"

Lin Shilu exclaimed excitedly, then let out a long sigh of relief.

This was a Second Order Medium Quality Spirit Sword Magic Artifact, forged with a multitude of treasures, including three types of Third Order Forging Materials, having taken a full month and a half to complete, specially crafted for Lin Tianming as a divine weapon.

An artifact forged with so many treasures, consuming all his dedication, naturally did not need to mention its power, which was anything but ordinary.

Although he had forged two Second Order Medium Quality Magic Artifacts during these years, the difficulty of creating this one was the greatest, prone to failure, but fortunately, it was a success.

Moreover, among all the treasures he had, this artifact was the one that satisfied him the most.

Brimming with delight, Lin Shilu slapped the forging furnace, and the Spirit Sword flew out instantly, which he then grasped in his hand.

His face glowed with health, and his heart was filled with joy as he looked at the red and green Spirit Sword, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Tian Ming must be really looking forward to this. He will definitely like it when he sees it," he muttered softly to himself before stowing the Spirit Sword in a storage bag and, with a single-handed seal, sent out a Messaging Aura that swiftly passed through the restrictive formations and disappeared without a trace.

After tidying up the clutter of the Artifact Refining Room, he exited and sat in the small courtyard, waiting.

...

Inside the Alchemy Hall, Lin Tianming and Grandpa chatted, discussing everything from the family's recent situation to cultivation and Alchemy, chatting for a whole half-hour.

As the day was drawing to a close, Lin Tianming prepared to stand up and take his leave.

Just then, a streak of red light pierced through the restrictions of the Alchemy Hall and flew to stop in front of Lin Tianming—it was the Messaging Aura send by Lin Shilu.

Lin Tianming extended his Divine Sense to quickly browse the content. In less than the time of three breaths, the Messaging Aura dissipated.

Receiving the message, he became extremely excited and quickly stood up, saying to Grandpa, "Grandpa, I have something urgent to attend to, I won't bother you any longer. I'll come to visit another day!"

Lin Shigong's face showed displeasure, but after giving a few words of advice, he waved his hand and said, "Go on then!"

Lin Tianming bowed respectfully to Lin Shigong, then headed out.

Just at that moment, Lin Shigong seemed to remember something and hastily called out to him.

Lin Tianming stopped, and saw him take out a storage bag and hand it over.

Seeing Lin Tianming's puzzled expression, Lin Shigong showed a hint of wistfulness and spoke, "You rascal, did you think I wouldn't know about you having your Fifteenth Grandfather help with refining an artifact?"

"Knowing him, forging an artifact for you would certainly cost him dearly. Here, take these two thousand Spirit Stones and three Jade Bottles of elixirs and give them to him," he said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Tianming felt a lump in his throat, his eyes momentarily welling up before regaining composure.

Although it had been more than two years since Grandpa reached the level of Second Order Alchemist, given the consumption of Spiritual Medicine required for advancing to Second Order, he probably didn't have many Spiritual Objects or resources left.

Even though the family would bear some of the cost, they couldn't offer too many resources. Thus, these Spirit Stones and elixirs were likely all his grandfather's net worth.

With this thought, Lin Tianming was silent for a long time and then, without being pretentious, accepted the storage bag.

His Grandpa had worried over him so much that when his alchemy skills improved a bit, he would start to profit. Then he could repay his Grandpa double, and for now, these Spirit Stones and elixirs would be given to the Fifteenth Grandfather.

With his mind made up, Lin Tianming did not linger.

After bowing to Grandpa once more, he left the Alchemy Hall and headed quickly towards the Peak of Green Bamboo Mountain.