Simulator: Starting as a Green Snake and Transforming into a Dragon

With everything finished, Gu Yuchuan continued to wait. He rarely went out and spent his days in a very leisurely manner. In the morning, he would recite the Golden Light Mantra for half an hour before waking up from his cultivation. Then he would invite a few people to sing some ditties or tell some stories to entertain himself. After all, once he returned to Yunhai Marsh, there wouldn't be as many humans there, and these kinds of entertainment activities would definitely be gone.

In the afternoon, he studied his weapon-refining skills. He was indeed a level two weapon refiner, but he had never actually tried it himself, so it was definitely not enough. At the very least, he needed to refine a spiritual weapon himself, which would greatly help his combat power.

Now, his upper body has retained its human form, which has one advantage: he has hands, so he can use weapons. He plans to forge a spear for himself, as his cultivation techniques include close-combat skills related to spears.

Although cultivators mostly fight using magical power, close-combat skills are also very important. Even many high-ranking immortals prefer close combat, especially the demon race, who can make full use of their powerful physical bodies in close combat.

However, there is a problem now: he doesn't have a blueprint or method for forging a spear. As a level two weapon refiner, he is far from being able to create spiritual weapons on his own. He can create a series of magical artifacts, but he can only talk about creating spiritual weapons when he reaches the Golden Core stage and becomes a level three weapon refiner.

However, he had already asked the Xuan Turtle Demon General to handle this matter. The other party said he would keep an eye out for it and would definitely get one for him soon. After all, this thing is not a very precious item, because it can be copied. It doesn't mean that you can't use it after you sell it. What is precious is always the person who refines the weapon, not the weapon refining blueprint.

However, he did have a crafting blueprint for a spiritual weapon, the Azure Serpent Spirit Sword. Although he didn't use it himself, it would be very profitable to craft and sell it. You see, a spiritual weapon costs at least a thousand low-grade spirit stones, which is ten mid-grade spirit stones. But his materials cost no more than two hundred low-grade spirit stones. Even if he crafted three and sold one, he would still make a lot of money. He could already imagine himself cultivating while lying in a sea of ​​spirit stones. They, the dragons, were just laughing at wealth.

That afternoon, he was trying to forge the Green Serpent Spirit Sword. He had also introduced a stream of earth fire into his cave, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to forge it, since he wasn't a fire-attribute demon.

Before forging it, let's take a look at the power of the Azure Serpent Spirit Sword. First of all, as a light weapon, it must be light and sharp. The weight of the Azure Serpent Spirit Sword is just right, ensuring that a cultivator can easily wield it with one hand without affecting their dexterity in the slightest. At the same time, its sharpness is beyond description. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator can easily slice through his flesh. Of course, this is without defensive magic treasures and spells.

Of course, as a spiritual artifact, it certainly doesn't only have this one function. Otherwise, how could it be a spiritual artifact that only Foundation Establishment cultivators can use? It also has two very powerful functions. The first is toxicity. Gu Yuchuan added his own poison to it. As he advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, his poison became even more potent. If an ordinary Foundation Establishment expert were poisoned, it would be very difficult for them to survive.

Finally, the last point is reflected in the two words "Green Snake." When the Green Snake Spirit Sword is unleashed, it can transform into a mighty green python to deal with enemies through magic power. Its power is also enormous. This is all the function of the Green Snake Spirit Sword. Compared with magic weapons, there is indeed a world of difference.

Now, Gu Yuchuan has begun to prepare for the forging of the Azure Serpent Spirit Sword. The materials used for this sword are all very precious. Its main material is a type of ore called Azure Secret Gold. This ore can only be forged in places with water and poisonous gas, and it is extremely rare in nature. Azure Secret Gold is also very precious.

The remaining materials included Gu Yuchuan's own venom, the spirit snake's blood, and some Azure Spirit Iron to enhance the ethereal quality. This Azure Spirit Iron was the most precious of all. Although it was also a level-two material, it resided in the heavens, a realm accessible only to cultivators at the Golden Core stage or higher. Since Golden Core cultivators would seek level-three materials in the heavens, Azure Spirit Iron was extremely rare on the market.

Gu Yuchuan laid out all the materials in front of him and began refining.

The first step in refining any weapon is always melting the materials. Here, the materials to be melted are Azure Secret Gold and Azure Spirit Iron. He manipulated the earth fire to slowly envelop the two materials. As expected of second-level materials, they melted much more slowly. The earth fire needs magic power to increase its temperature. Under Gu Yuchuan's magic power, they slowly began to melt.

The first thing to melt was the Azure Secret Gold. This gold has one of the lowest melting points among its peers. Gu Yuchuan used his magic to isolate it, preventing its liquid state from rising further and turning into a gaseous state, which would make fusion difficult. Gradually, the Azure Spirit Iron also melted.

The second step is to process the liquid materials, including the toxins and the essence of the green snake. These things cannot be directly dissolved in the liquid. Although they are liquids, both the toxins and the essence of the green snake are yin-type materials. Everyone knows that yin-type things will explode when placed in high-temperature materials. Therefore, their cool nature must be dealt with first.

However, rough heating is definitely not an option, as it would reduce their toxins and ethereal energy, significantly diminishing the power of the final product. This is unacceptable. Therefore, it is necessary to use magical power to slowly transform them from a liquid state into a gaseous state. This process is known as cold extraction.

This process would take a full three days, but Gu Yuchuan had prepared them beforehand. Before him were two wisps of gas: one cyan, brimming with spiritual energy, and the other purple, radiating a noble light. He infused these two wisps of gas into the Azure Secret Gold, and slowly the solution turned emerald green. Then it was time to add the Azure Spirit Iron. After the two slowly fused together, the solution gained some cyan color, its saturation slightly lower, but it looked more ancient and textured.

In fact, at this stage, the crafting of the spiritual artifact is already half complete. This is something Gu Yuchuan has actually successfully crafted in a simulation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have reached this stage without several failures.