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Chapter 24, First Mirror Magical Artifact

"It seems that several years after Doctor Fang left, the Sea Shark Gang thought he had perished, so they looted all the spiritual herbs in his herb garden."

Qin Sheng sneered. He didn't care about the spiritual herbs in the herb garden. What he really valued were the books in Elder Fang's cave. These were all passed down by the Heavenly Mirror Hermit, and they might contain many secrets that he didn't know.

With these skills, he won't suffer a great loss in future battles due to a lack of knowledge or familiarity with his opponent's techniques and magical treasures.

After putting the ancient books from Fang Lao's cave into his bag, Qin Sheng went to the Sea Shark Gang's library.

He had wanted to come to this place for a long time.

The library is guarded by two martial arts masters who have cultivated mortal martial arts to a state of perfection.

Qin Sheng used two 'mind-stabilizing talismans' to send them away, and then, right in front of them, he began to peruse the martial arts manuals of the Sea Shark Gang.

Qin Sheng planned to choose a cultivation method specifically for cultivating soul power, a knife or sword technique, and a movement technique that would facilitate fighting in narrow areas and escaping from desolate places.

After much searching, Qin Sheng finally found a martial arts technique called "Crimson Blood Divine Skill," a sword technique called "Whirlwind Swift Sword," and a movement technique called "Silent Essential Technique," which was unique in terms of speed, in the Sea Shark Gang's library.

The "Silent Technique" is extremely fast. When used to its fullest extent, it allows one to walk thousands of miles without leaving a trace and move freely through a vast army.

When the 'Whirlwind Sword Technique' is used, a faint sound of wind is emitted from the sword's momentum. Each sword move is faster than the last, and the sound of wind it generates becomes stronger and stronger, making it extremely powerful.

The two work together seamlessly.

As for the 'Crimson Blood Divine Skill'...

This thing sounds impressive, and it really is quite deceptive.

The technique is divided into nine levels.

Although it is merely a mortal cultivation technique, it possesses extremely strong offensive power, can stimulate the body's potential, and has powerful self-healing abilities. Upon reaching the eighth level, one can give birth to a primordial spirit, reaching a realm close to immortality.

"This manual says that apart from its creator, no one has ever cultivated the Crimson Blood Divine Art to the highest level of eight. They often suffer from the burning flames during cultivation, and if they are not careful, they will be destroyed, body and soul. That's not a big deal, after all, my magic power has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and even the Foundation Establishment True Fire of the same level can hardly harm me. What is interesting is that after the eighth level, the body will often gradually collapse because it cannot withstand the primordial spirit."

"It should be because it triggered one of the three ironclad rules of the 'Cultivation of Mortals' world, which states that cultivators cannot possess mortals."

"It seems that the founder must have possessed spiritual roots and cultivated some spiritual energy through the Crimson Blood Divine Art, which enabled him to succeed. This is somewhat similar to Han Li's Qu Hun situation."

After putting away the three manuals, Qin Sheng also collected some other manuals that caught his eye before removing the 'mind-stabilizing talismans' from the two Grandmasters of the Transformation Realm and leaving.

No one dared to give chase. After all, someone who could sneak into a headquarters with several Qi Refining cultivators stationed there was someone the Sea Shark Gang couldn't afford to mess with.

Fortunately, they only took some secular martial arts manuals, so the loss wasn't significant. After all, these things all had copies.

After leaving the Sea Shark Gang, Qin Sheng arrived at Tiandu Street Market. This time, he no longer concealed his cultivation level and appearance.

Instead, he went directly to Tiandu Street. First, he sold the remaining Foundation Establishment Pill, earning ten mid-grade spirit stones and five hundred low-grade spirit stones. Considering the difference in the actual exchange rate of mid-grade spirit stones, the Foundation Establishment Pill sold for approximately between one thousand five hundred and seventeen hundred low-grade spirit stones. This price was far lower than that in Tiannan.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Whether it's maintaining the formation, expending energy on cultivation, or replenishing mana during battles, spirit stones are needed.

This is a basic need.

With the addition of mid-grade spirit stones, Qin Sheng no longer needed to replenish spirit stones every year or two to maintain the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye Formation, as he had done before.

After spending a few low-grade spirit stones and hiring a Qi Refining cultivator to run errands, Qin Sheng first purchased a nautical chart of the nearby sea area from a map shop. Then, he had the errand boy take him to a spirit medicine shop, where he bought a large quantity of True Essence Pills, Spirit Gathering Pills, Qi Condensation Pills, and seeds for Qi Condensation Powder.

Finally, with the help of his servant, he found a relatively reliable weapon refiner.

He retrieved the head soul bone that had previously been extracted from Medusa, the Serpent Queen. Over the years, he had intermittently infused it with magical power and activated its soul bone techniques, making it possess spiritual energy, much like the Human Emperor Banner, and it could be used for weapon forging.

The weapon refiner, upon examining the skull, revealed a rather surprised expression. "This appears to be the skull of a demonic beast. It looks humanoid. Could it be some legendary transformed demonic beast? That seems unlikely. The spiritual pressure emanating from this skull is weaker than that of an ordinary level-two demonic beast, yet it seems to possess some kind of special supernatural power. Could it be some kind of mutated demonic beast or ancient alien species that has never been discovered before?"

The weapon refiner was an elderly man in his eighties surnamed Ding. His cultivation level was the same as Qin Sheng's, both at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. He was considered a somewhat well-known weapon refiner in Tiandu Street.

Upon seeing the Medusa head soul bone that Qin Sheng had taken out, he couldn't help but marvel.

"Shopkeeper Ding, I wonder if this skull could be used to forge a top-tier mirror-like magic artifact?" Qin Sheng asked instead of explaining.

"I can only say let's give it a try. Fellow Daoist should also know that mirror magic artifacts are recognized as the most difficult to refine among all magic artifacts, second only to flying needle magic artifacts. As for top-tier magic artifacts, unless one is willing to mix in some materials used to refine magic treasures, no matter how special this skull is, it will be difficult to refine a top-tier magic artifact."

This shop owner, Mr. Ding, was a straightforward person and directly expressed his concerns.

Qin Sheng said, "As long as we can forge a top-tier magic weapon, price is not an issue. However, I have one condition: I need to observe the forging process from the sidelines."

"Since you've said so, I will do my best. I happen to have some copper essence left over from the copper bell I made for a late Foundation Establishment cultivator. If you agree, I'll sell it to you for 500 spirit stones. As for the cost of making the bell, this is my first time working with this kind of demon beast material, and I can't guarantee an absolute success rate, so I won't charge you for it."

Shopkeeper Ding nodded repeatedly in response, still holding the Medusa head bone in his hand, unwilling to put it down.

Seeing the old man's eager expression, Qin Sheng couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

However, he also understood that this person was most likely obsessed with weapon crafting. Otherwise, even with the best materials, he wouldn't have lost his composure like this.

This made Qin Sheng feel much more at ease, which meant that this person's Qi cultivation level should be guaranteed.

So the old man led Qin Sheng into the backyard.

Ten days later, Qin Sheng finally walked out of the shop, looked back, and slowly left with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)