Danwu Refining Spirit

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Divine Forging Chapter

In his previous life, Xiao Chong was a ruthless and decisive person; otherwise, he wouldn't have dragged his broken leg to watch the old Taoist priest refine elixirs. It was only in this life, influenced by his living environment, that his personality developed a more gentle element.

But that was before. Now that I've awakened, why would I put up with your cowardly behavior? Seeing Dingling spewing saliva and chattering incessantly like the old lady of Luzhen in "The Call to Arms," ​​Xiao Chong's ruthless nature suddenly flared up.

"Screw your coexistence! I'm going to go back on my word, what can you do about it?" Xiao Chong, enraged, rudely cut off Ding Ling's sermon.

"Why are you swearing? Don't get angry, Your Highness..."

"You have the nerve to talk about it when you're being suppressed!"

"This cauldron spirit..."

"Stop pulling it if it's going to dissipate!"

Having been abruptly interrupted several times and having its secrets exposed, the cauldron spirit was very frustrated, but its momentum finally surged.

After a long pause, he said hesitantly, "What do you want? Just say what you're thinking. It's not like we can't discuss it."

That's the right attitude for a conversation! How many years has it been since you've seen the light of day? Do you know how much the outside world has changed? You little punk, I don't believe I can't handle you.

Having broken through the opponent's psychological defenses, Xiao Chong was immediately in high spirits.

"First, I will be participating in the Flying Moon City Hunting Competition in a hundred days, and I urgently need to improve my cultivation. During this period, you can no longer compete with me for Yuan Power, and you must also halve your absorption of Yuan Power."

Xiao Chong remained calm and composed.

"And the second one?" Ding Ling unconsciously followed Xiao Chong's train of thought.

"What a blustering but cowardly fellow." Seeing that the other party was so cooperative, Xiao Chong was secretly pleased, feeling that it would be a waste of his breath not to take advantage of the situation and squeeze some benefits out of him.

"Hey... you're supposed to be a half-deity, right? You can't just be good at something as trivial as alchemy, can you?"

"That's for sure. The Crown Prince was dashing and charming back then, and possessed incredible strength..."

"What's this about being suppressed and refined?" Xiao Chong lazily cut off the conversation.

There's no way around it. The cauldron spirit has been in the Purple Cloud Cauldron for so many years, and now it's a real chatterbox. Whenever it gets the chance, it will start reminiscing and bragging about its glorious past. If it's allowed to keep rambling on, it probably won't finish before dawn.

The spirit of the cauldron fell silent for a moment, then felt ashamed again.

"You can't do this without some substance. Otherwise, even if you exaggerate to the heavens, who would believe you?" Xiao Chong said earnestly, deciding to add fuel to the fire: "Or... were you just a small fry before? Or are you actually the evil spirit that Old Lu suppressed in the cauldron?"

"What kind of ghostly thing is this! I am the dignified Third Prince, and I possess divine abilities. How could this brat possibly understand such things!"

The spirit of the cauldron was clearly provoked by these vicious words, and roared so loudly that Xiao Chong felt the Purple Cloud Cauldron inside his body shake.

"The Third Prince? Could it be Nezha? That can't be that cliché, can it? Old Lu shouldn't have any connection with him."

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Chong still couldn't figure out the origin of the cauldron spirit, so he didn't intend to delve into it. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Then stop just talking and start doing things. Show us some real skills that can quickly improve your cultivation."

"Raise your cultivation level quickly? That's a bit difficult. The only way is to rely on pills." The cauldron spirit fell into deep thought for a long time.

“This path won’t work. I don’t have that much time, and I don’t have that many resources. But don’t worry, you can take your time to think about it, and you’ll eventually figure it out.”

"Don't count on magic; it's simply unusable in this world, and even I can't figure it out. As for martial arts, it relies on Yuan energy, and it's not something that can be mastered overnight."

The cauldron spirit continued to wear a pensive expression, muttering to itself and constantly suppressing its own thoughts.

"Then let's just talk about ideas. Don't try to get rich quick. For example... a conspiracy or something," Xiao Chong encouraged.

"Have it!"

Upon being reminded, the spirit of the cauldron became excited and its voice rose eight octaves: "It's a conspiracy, no, it's a surprise attack."

"Oh? Tell me about it." Xiao Chong's interest was piqued as well.

“Don’t you also know the Way of the Mind Master? Let’s start from that.” The cauldron spirit said quickly, “Let me see the Mind Master cultivation method you obtained first.”

"Uh... alright." After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Chong sent out a thought, transmitting the contents of the "Mind Master Cultivation Guide" to the cauldron spirit, and waited for its reaction.

His intuition told him that this cultivation method, which even he himself complained about when he first got his hands on, would definitely be criticized by the cauldron spirit.

Sure enough, after a while, the cauldron spirit began to spout nonsense.

"Pah! What kind of bullshit cultivation method is this? Is this even meant for humans to cultivate? If you practice like this, you'll probably die of old age before you even reach the fifth or sixth rank."

Finally having the chance to ridicule Xiao Chong, Ding Ling was overjoyed and wished he could rub salt into Xiao Chong's sore spot.

This time, Xiao Chong remained silent, only humbly asking, "Do you have anything better?"

"Of course!" The spirit of the cauldron surged, sending a long passage of text into Xiao Chong's mind, almost causing his head to explode.

Sensing Xiao Chong's pain, the cauldron spirit laughed triumphantly: "This cultivation technique is called 'Forging the Spirit Chapter.' It was extremely popular in the Immortal Realm back then, and it was a method used by immortals to train their primordial spirit. You just need to cultivate according to this, and becoming a Divine Sense Master is only a matter of time. Of course, you must first live to see that time."

"Would it be good for you if I died?" Xiao Chong suddenly asked.

Ding Ling's laughter froze instantly.

"Then can I also cultivate a primordial spirit, so that I can go to heaven and earth and be omnipotent?" Seeing that the spirit cauldron was no longer arrogant, Xiao Chong asked hopefully.

"Stop dreaming! This world can't even use magic, so where would you get a primordial spirit? We're just letting you cultivate your spiritual power this way; your skills are still the same as a mind cultivator's." Feeling psychologically traumatized, the cauldron spirit retaliated again.

"If that's the case, then it's not that impressive. But still... thank you."

Having obtained a cultivation technique that sounded promising, Xiao Chong smiled sincerely and severed his spiritual connection with the cauldron spirit.

Just as the connection was about to be severed, a faint voice stubbornly pierced through the last thread of connection.

"idiot!"

Xiao Chong collapsed in disbelief.