The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 224: The Insect Prison Tower

Not everyone has to reach the level of a second-grade top-grade weapon refiner, but it is worth affirming that if one can reach this level, the embryo of the natal spirit weapon refined will be a big step ahead of others.

Long Hongwen knew how fast Su Yan was progressing. He made significant progress every day, from a black steel knife with slight flaws to a creation that was almost in perfect condition.

He was sure that if Su Yan continued to practice for another month or two, he would be able to reach the upper level of the second grade.

Such disciples should be encouraged to forge a natal spiritual weapon embryo that is far superior to their peers.

"Elder Long, I'll give you a gift, the Steel Cutting Knife."

Su Yan did not answer directly, but placed the steel-cutting knife in front of Long Hongwen.

The opponent's eyes widened immediately, and he grabbed the steel knife in his hand. He swung it and the knife light, which was several feet long, flew straight to the ground.

The true meaning surged, and a centipede could be faintly seen clinging to the blade.

Looking closely, there are faint animal patterns on the blade, which look like Su Yan's true meaning. The stars are connected to each other, which is very clever.

"Forged with true meaning, the blade is sharp and sturdy, a second-grade, superior-grade weapon, and of superb quality. Have you been possessed?!"

Long Hongwen felt that Su Yan had finally realized something. This kid must have realized something. He had been a blacksmith all his life and was already a third-rank weapon refiner, but he had never seen a weapon refiner who could progress so quickly.

You know, Su Yan’s weapon refining skills were only exchanged more than two months ago.

Moreover, this kid even found the time to get the first place on the Tiger List, but he may not have the time to fully understand the weapon refining techniques and the principles of weapon refining.

A well-trained body, a strong true essence, a powerful true intention, and a fire-attributed contracted beast...

Isn’t this the innate holy body of blacksmithing?
Long Hongwen has never been so eager to snatch people away.

Su Yan felt uneasy after being looked at, and said directly: "Thank you Elder Long for your care during this period. I will leave now."

He turned and left. Long Hongwen wanted to call him, but finally sighed.

"Can't Fu Yuefeng pay homage to the master before going down the mountain to recruit disciples? What kind of crap luck is that."

……

Beast King Mountain, the main hall of the Zongwu Pavilion.

"Rank 1 on the Tiger Ranking, and you'll receive 50,000 contribution points and an item below level 4."

Su Yan finally found time to prepare to cash in his reward for being number one on the Tiger List.

The disciple token received 50,000 contribution points, and his contribution point balance now reached over 60,000.

One part was the remaining contribution points. After exchanging them for alchemy, the recipe for the seed pill, and the weapon refining technique, there were still three to four thousand points left. The other part was the monthly contribution points from the first place on the Tiger List and Xia Wan'er's remuneration.

"Thirty thousand contribution points from Baihu Peak are enough, but compared to contribution points, it's more cost-effective to give them pills."

Contribution points have many uses, especially for refining one's own spiritual weapon, which requires a huge number of materials.

Those materials may not be more precious than the fourth-level materials, but they are not easy to collect.

Unless you rely on the power of the sect, you will have to wait for a long time.

Therefore, the best way is to use contribution points effectively.

“Where is the list of redemption rewards?”

Su Yan asked the person behind the counter.

"The lists of third- and fourth-tier items are all here. If you want to exchange them for cultivation techniques, look at the one on the left..."

Treasures, spiritual weapons, skills...

The sect has already compiled a list of exchange items for the disciples who have obtained rankings.

Su Yan just took a quick look and found that most of them were rare treasures that could strengthen one's foundation or increase one's cultivation.

"The sect really has good intentions."

Su Yan had his own plans. He did not look at the natural treasures that could improve his cultivation, nor did he look at the skills and spiritual weapons. He only focused his attention on the materials column.

He thought to himself: "Nine Mysterious Gold, with its heavy, steady nature and indestructible nature, is the foundation of my natal spiritual weapon. But what I'm refining is a tower, and simply being indestructible isn't enough. It also needs to be able to suppress all things while remaining unmoved, encompass all things while remaining invulnerable to all attacks."

The tower is used to hit people, but it is more than just a drill.

His eyes fell on several fourth-level materials.

Xuanling Tortoise Shell, a fourth-grade inferior material, is indestructible and contains high-level demon essence with water attributes. It can be used to refine armor.
The spine of the Fiery Mane Lion, a lower-grade fourth-level item, contains the essence of the Fiery Mane Lion and can be used as the main material for spiritual weapons.

……

There were quite a few fourth-level materials listed. Su Yan looked at them one by one and finally set his sights on one of them.

Xuanxi Mother Crystal, a fourth-grade inferior crystal, gathers the essence of heaven and earth and condenses it in the tidal area of water veins. One crystal can reach the length of a long river.

"The Nine Profound Gold Master is heavy, and the Xuanxi Mother Crystal Master is tolerant. They are both strong and soft, which is a good match."

Su Yan thought about it in his mind and said, "I want the Xuanxi mother crystal."

The manager at the counter nodded and said, "Wait a moment."

Soon the steward came out with a brocade box and handed the things out.

Su Yan opened the brocade box and took a look. A fist-sized crystal blue stone was placed in the center of the brocade box, and the entire brocade box was emitting faint fluctuations.

"A single Xuanxi Mother Crystal weighs a thousand pounds. This piece of Xuanxi Mother Crystal weighs over a hundred thousand pounds. If the elders hadn't used seals, a warrior in the True Realm wouldn't be able to lift it easily."

The steward looked at Su Yan and reminded him, "Junior Brother Su, if you want to use it, you must put it directly into the storage ring."

"Need not."

Su Yan stretched out his hand to grab the Xuan Xi Mother Crystal, and he immediately felt a heaviness in his hand.

He grabbed it with force, and runes appeared on the Xuanxi Mother Crystal. Even after losing weight, the Xuanxi Mother Crystal in his hand still weighed four or five thousand pounds.

Rich spiritual energy continued to come, as deep and inclusive as water, enveloping the body.

After putting away the Xuanxi mother crystal, Su Yan went directly to the main hall of the Zongwu Pavilion and started the exchange mode.

Third-level ores, second-level metals... a large amount of refining materials that he valued were collected by him.

With the Dragon Pond as a foundation, he already had some expectations about the things needed for refining equipment.

After all the purchases, the contribution points dropped rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, there were only more than ten thousand left.

Although I felt a little sad, I didn't hesitate at all.

After everything was ready, Su Yan began his retreat.

Su Yan did not go to the Refining Pavilion. Although the underground fire there was more abundant, it was not suitable for this refining.

He doesn't need to rush, instead he needs to spend more time and energy to slowly temper himself.

"The demonic fire of the Flame Armor Demon Scorpion is sufficient to refine materials. The three transformations of molten fire will forge its foundation, and the mind-casting method will refine it into the spirit..."

The Flame Armored Demon Scorpion was by his side, and at the same time, the entire Xuanshuang Mountain formation was also opened by Su Yan.

Spiritual energy is the fuel that fuels the demonic fire.

The large cauldron for refining medicine was now used by him as a refining tool. The Nine Profound Gold was under his control and immediately fell into the cauldron.

Eight true meanings emerged behind him, turning into a height of about ten feet. He extended his power into the cauldron and began to continuously temper the Nine Profound Gold.

The true meaning is the hammer, the demonic fire is the cauldron, and the extremely hard Nine Profound Gold is slowly changing.

Deep in Guizang Valley, on top of Zang Peak, Gu Sanqian glanced towards the direction of Xuanshuang Mountain.

"Hey boy, let's start now."

He muttered to himself, and with a thought, a six-winged silkworm appeared in front of him. It was only the size of a fist, but its aura was not weak.

"Guarding at the foot of Xuanshuang Mountain"

The six-winged silkworm turned into a stream of light and instantly disappeared into the sky.

……

A full month had passed, and a total of eighty-one materials, four of which were low-grade fourth-order, and the remaining seventy-seven materials, ranging from black gold water, red gold sand to ground amber crystal...

There are all kinds of materials from the second to the third level, and the difficulty of processing is not easy even for Long Hongwen, a third-level refiner.

Su Yan learned the refining method of the Dragon Pond and thoroughly understood the experience gained in the Refining Pavilion. Then he referred to the refining method of the Dragon Pond and proportioned the current materials.

The demonic fire was constantly rising. At this time, the furnace had been removed. In the demonic fire, a total of eighty-one special molten liquids were suspended above it, constantly being tempered by the demonic fire.

"All impurities have been removed. Even if it's just the materials, they are filled with my spiritual imprint and the power of my true intention. Now we can move on to the next step."

Fine lines appeared on the eighty-one pieces of material, which were the infiltration of Su Yan's power.

Under the amplification of the insect consciousness seed, his mental power was particularly strong. While using the mind casting method to temper the materials with the power of the true beast spirit, he also integrated his spirit into it.

There is no doubt that this refining method is an excellent choice for spiritual weapon embryos.

As long as the refining is successful, the fusion from the inside out will take the spiritual weapon to a higher level.

But on the other hand, this refining method would consume more than several times the energy for the refiner.
Even Su Yan had to rest for a while after tempering two or three materials during the refining process.

You have to know that he is a warrior in the True Meaning Realm and Divine Integration Stage, with two acupoints opened. His true energy is so strong that even a half-step Danqiao would have to admit defeat, and he is enough to match two or three half-step Danqiao.

It is so strong, but it still needs to be refined like this, and you can imagine the consumption involved.

But hard work always pays off. At least now, Su Yan can proceed to the next step.

"combine"

He shouted an order, and two fused masses of Nine Profound Gold and Xuanxi Mother Crystal, one silver and one blue, immediately approached each other.

Under Su Yan's control, the two merged with each other, and instantly erupted with a powerful force, so powerful that it tried to break free from Su Yan's control.

He was well prepared. The eight true intentions instantly used the mind-casting method to merge into a star formation, suppressing it in order to suppress the power back.

After about an hour, the two were finally slowly merged.

"Use the insect as the foundation and the tower as the body. Give it to me."

After the two materials that formed the foundation stabilized, he immediately controlled the materials to gradually change their shapes.

In the blazing demonic fire, a simple tower embryo gradually appeared.

The remains of the gold-eating insect, the reverse scales of the red phosphorus crocodile dragon...

Su Yan followed the steps and began to build the foundation of the tower bit by bit, integrating the materials into it bit by bit.

Three more days passed like this, and during the critical period of integration, he had no time to rest at all.

His mind was highly focused, and the bottle of pills at hand was already empty.

The several ferocious insects following him had already been released, with hundreds of poisonous seals floating around their bodies, forming a channel for transporting true energy.

After three days of non-stop sleep, my true energy has not been exhausted yet, and this is all thanks to them.

"The last one."

Su Yan stared at the last piece of material. As it slowly merged into the tower, a powerful spiritual power continued to condense throughout the tower.

The eighty-one materials were combined into one, and the tower body was almost formed.

Su Yan was excited and a smile appeared on his face: "The Fierce Insect Cauldron, help me!"

He continued to activate the ferocious insect cauldron deep inside his body, and a stream of red light flowed out from between his eyebrows and immediately landed on the tower.

At the same time, the insect essence accumulated by the ferocious insects for a month poured into the tower like white silk.

嗡

A red light shot up into the sky, and a fierce and powerful aura suddenly emanated from the tower.

The originally crude black tower body suddenly turned into an ancient dark color, like a touch of eternal brilliance. From the bottom to the top of the tower body, patterns of ferocious insects began to emerge, mainly the six-winged blood centipede and other ferocious insects, as well as the impossible insect pattern on the ferocious insect cauldron.

The red light leaked out instantly, causing chaos on the top of Xuanshuang Mountain.

Su Yan sat still, but was not affected by the red light at all. Instead, a powerful spiritual power surged into his body.

The tower body fed back the energy, and the cultivation level improved greatly. At the same time, the entire tower seemed to have become the center of a vortex, madly absorbing the spiritual energy from the entire Xuanshuang Mountain.

It took a full half hour before it gradually stopped, and Su Yan's cultivation level increased all the way to the level of minor success in the Divine Integration Period.

He just raised his eyes slightly and waved his hand, and the tower flew in front of him. It was only the size of a palm and about a foot high.

"It's not even one thousandth as powerful as the Fierce Insect Cauldron, but it's much stronger than the Moon-Watching Sword and the Greedy Wolf Black Eclipse Sword."

Su Yan showed a look of joy. He had seen many third-level spiritual weapons, but they were far inferior to his own crudely refined natal spiritual weapon.

If he used his current means, the spiritual weapon he could refine would probably be of the lower third grade.

But this is different. The final help of the Fierce Insect Cauldron shared a trace of origin, and with the addition of insect essence for casting, it elevated it to the level of a third-grade mid-grade.

And this is just the beginning.

Su Yan crossed the small tower in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, and felt the power coming from it.

"It can suppress, refine, and defend against enemies all in one. The might of vicious insects is its foundation. If it can refine tens of millions of insect beasts and hundreds of millions of wild beasts, this tower will become a peerless Taoist weapon. It's time to think of a name."

Su Yan was very satisfied with his own spiritual weapon. He kept thinking in his mind and said, "The Fierce Insect Tower is not appropriate, so let's call it the Ten Thousand Insect Prison Tower."

The foundation of the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower is the origin of the Ferocious Insect Cauldron. The more wild beasts' flesh and blood and natural treasures are refined, the more ferocious insect patterns are condensed, and the more powerful it will be.

The tower has nine floors, and each floor has stronger suppression capabilities than the previous one.

As his strength continues to increase, it may not be impossible for him to have a tower to protect the country one day.

Su Yan has this confidence.

He played with the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower for a while, and then reluctantly put it back into the insect world.

"It's a pity that I'm not a Danqiao realm warrior, so I can't use Dantian to nourish it. However, now that the artifact is ready, I need to find a place to practice."

Su Yan immediately thought of a place - Baihu Peak.

The head monk Hu Yangming agreed to let him enter the Tiger Demon Temple to comprehend the body of the Tiger Subduing King. Now that he is number one on the Tiger List, he is naturally qualified to go there to comprehend.

He packed up the things from Xuanshuang Mountain and prepared to go down the mountain to eat something, and then head straight to Baihu Peak.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Xia Wan'er and Lan Yunyue just after he left the gate of Xuanshuang Mountain.

"You're already number one on the Tiger Ranking, yet you're going into seclusion so soon. I've been waiting for you for over half a month."

(End of this chapter)