[Magic Gourd: The prototype of a top-grade treasure, with infinite potential. ]

[Originally, it was an evil magic weapon made by the Yuanshen monk Plague Old Man. Later, it was cleansed of all restrictions and refined into a prototype of a magic weapon.]

[This magic weapon contains the Chaos Divine Iron, which can contain everything and accommodate power of any attribute. ]

[This magic weapon has been refined with multiple attribute restrictions, all five elements are complete, and it forms a cycle, which is indescribably wonderful]

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Looking at the purple supernatural light emerging on the gourd and the messages on the note.

A satisfied smile appeared on Lu Qing's face.

This was his first formal attempt at refining equipment.

Although he had already used his supernatural powers to simulate comprehension many times before.

But it is still worth being happy that we succeeded in one try with almost no mistakes.

"From now on, you will be called the Five Elements Gourd."

After Lu Qing named the magic weapon in his hand, he threw the gourd, suspended it in front of him, and sprayed a mouthful of his own essence on it.

After the magic weapon restriction is refined, the next most important step is to recognize the master.

Moreover, the recognition of the master of the natal magic weapon is much more complicated than that of ordinary magic weapons.

It is necessary to use the essence of one's life and the power of the soul to continuously practice sacrifices for a long time, so that the magic weapon can become one with one's mind and spirit, and be as easy as pointing with one's arm.

When you go a step further, you can use your own energy and spirit to nurture a certain spirituality, enlighten the spirit of the weapon, and upgrade it to a spiritual weapon.

The reason why the old man with plague was able to abandon his body so easily and take over another body to become a spirit of the weapon was because of this.

This is because the spirit of the Plague Gourd is of the same origin as him.

Otherwise, it is not so easy to transform a human body into a magic weapon and keep the true spirit immortal.

"The technique that the young master is practicing is actually the [Five Elements Body Refining Technique], and he has even reached the state where his body is radiant with precious light."

"Yan" was surprised when he saw Lu Qing's innate vitality, the five elements, and the light that appeared on the surface of his body when he was practicing.

Ever since Lu Qing refined the Lihuo Ding, he has sealed the restriction.

As a result, "Yan" knew very little about Lu Qing, and was not even sure about the martial arts he practiced.

Previously, when Lu Qing helped it to kill the plague ghost, he also activated the power of the magic circle of this cave, and did not use his own spiritual energy.

So it was not until now that "Yan" realized that what Lu Qing was practicing was actually the [Five Elements Body Refining Art] which was almost ignored in the ancient era of cultivating immortals.

"What was the young master thinking of practicing this technique? Could it be that this was the only immortal cultivation technique he obtained from the Lihuo Sect's inheritance?

Or does he not know the drawbacks of this technique?"

"Yan" was a little confused.

[Five Elements Body Refining Technique] can't be considered a very profound martial art.

The speed of cultivation is not only slow, but also the upper limit is not high.

Even the cultivator who created this technique only reached the Golden Core stage in the end.

It was really beyond its expectation that Lu Qing would practice this technique.

However, "Yan" also knew that now was not the time to ask, so he just watched Lu Qing quietly refine the magic weapon.

As Lu Qing spurted out mouthful of his own essence, the Five Elements Gourd was also completely branded with his own imprint and refined into a magic weapon.

When the brand was stamped, the Five Elements Gourd immediately turned into a stream of light, merged into his body, and finally fell into the Dantian Qi Sea.

Absorb all the five elements of spiritual power in Lu Qing's dantian, circulate it inside, and then spit it out.

Then swallow it in and spit it out.

As the Five Elements Gourd continuously absorbed and exhaled spiritual power, Lu Qing discovered that with each cycle, the spiritual power in his dantian would become a little more refined and condensed.

He was a little surprised.

You have to know that the [Five Elements Body Refining Technique] he practiced requires him to use his own spiritual power to constantly temper his body.

As the physical body becomes stronger, the requirements for the purity of spiritual power will become higher and higher.

Now that the Five Elements Gourd can purify his spiritual power, it is equivalent to helping him practice all the time.

This would greatly speed up his practice again.

“Sure enough, choosing to refine the Five Elements Gourd as my life magic weapon was the right decision.

Just by practicing this treasure for the first time, it already has such miraculous effects.

After continuous sacrifices and refining in the future, the magic weapon will be completely formed and upgraded to a spiritual weapon.

The benefits to me are probably unimaginable! "

For the current Five Elements Gourd, Lu Qing had only refined one layer of restriction.

This restriction contains all five elements and is a set of five-element formation.

He refined it by combining the inheritance of the Shenfu Sect and the weapon refining techniques of the Lihuo Sect.

Originally, there was only one layer of restriction. Logically speaking, at most, one could only refine a magic weapon of the magic tool level, and that was the most basic one.

Unfortunately, the foundation of the Five Elements Gourd is too good.

The old man with the plague invested all his life's accumulation in order to refine his own magical weapon.

A piece of the legendary Chaos Iron was also accidentally integrated into it.

This means that even if the Five Elements Gourd does not have any restrictions, it is still enough to be ranked among the top-grade treasures based on the power of its own material.

From now on, as long as Lu Qing continues to refine it and put it under restrictions, one day, it will transform into a spiritual weapon again.

And by then, as the owner of a spiritual weapon, or his own magical weapon, he will definitely gain great benefits.

"Congratulations, young master. You have successfully completed the ritual and now have your own life-defining magic weapon."

When "Yan" saw Lu Qing take the Five Elements Gourd into his body, he congratulated him.

At the same time, he was also sighing in his heart that Lu Qing's luck was really good.

He is only at the Qi Refining Stage, but not only does he possess two spiritual weapons, he has now successfully refined a natal magic weapon that has the potential to be upgraded to a spiritual weapon.

This kind of luck is almost unique even in the ancient era of cultivating immortals.

Anyway, since it was refined, no one has ever heard of such an outrageous thing in the tens of thousands of years.

"I have only refined one layer of restriction. There is still a long way to go in the future." Lu Qing shook his head.

However, with his current level of cultivation, refining one layer of restriction is already his limit.

If you want to continue the ritual, you have to wait until your cultivation level has made another breakthrough.

"With your talent, young master, it won't take too long for you to reach the level of refining the second level of restrictions." "Yan" complimented.

"But young master, there is one thing I don't understand. May I ask you for your advice?"

"What do you want to ask, Senior?"

Lu Qing naturally noticed the change in Yan's attitude, but he didn't point it out and just said it casually.

"I just saw the technique that the young master was practicing, and it seemed to be the [Five Elements Body Refining Technique].

I don't know why you chose this technique to practice. Don't you know the flaws of this technique?"

"What flaws do you mean, Senior?"

"【Five Elements Body Refining Technique】, cultivates all five elements at the same time, and the time it takes to cultivate one point of spiritual power is more than five times that of other techniques.

Therefore, its cultivation speed is notoriously slow.

Moreover, the upper limit of this technique is not high. The cultivator who created it at the beginning had only cultivated to the realm of Golden Elixir Perfection.

When the life span is exhausted, the body will die and disappear.

Don't you know this, young master?"

"Yan" said in a somewhat inexplicable tone.

"Senior, are you talking about these flaws?" Lu Qing smiled. "Of course I know, but for me, these are not a problem. The [Five Elements Body Refining Technique] is very suitable for me. I carefully selected it before choosing this method to practice. Senior, don't worry."

But he did not explain why the [Five Elements Body Refining Technique] was suitable for him.

"I see. I asked unnecessary questions."

When "Yan" heard this, he knew that Lu Qing didn't want to say more about this matter.

Although I was curious, I didn't ask any further questions.

And now he also has some understanding of Lu Qing's personality.

Although this young man is young, he is meticulous and ruthless, and will never do anything that would harm himself.

Since he dared to practice this technique, he must have something to rely on.

"Oh, Senior Yan, I've been hearing you talk about the Five Decline of Heaven and Man. I wonder what this catastrophe is. Could you tell me in detail?"

At this time, Lu Qing also asked.

"Yan"'s heart suddenly trembled.

Lu Qing had asked it this question before, but at that time it used it to negotiate terms with Lu Qing.

Now when Lu Qing asked about it again, "Yan" didn't dare to mention it again.

Instead, he said solemnly: "The Five Decays of Heaven and Man is actually a catastrophe caused by the exhaustion of spiritual energy rules and the changes in the rules of heaven and earth at the end of the last era of immortal cultivation."

“This catastrophe mainly targets cultivators above the foundation-building stage, but has little impact on cultivators at the lower levels.

The main reason was that the rules of heaven and earth were constantly evolving at that time, and heaven and earth gradually became unable to accommodate powerful practitioners.

This is especially true for those powerful practitioners at the Jindan level and above.

Even if they do nothing, their cultivation and souls will continue to decline under the influence of the rules of heaven and earth.

You must know that any powerful practitioner's realm of cultivation is achieved through long years of hard practice.

Even one's own lifespan is maintained by cultivation, so that one's true spirit can be immortal and live long.

Once the cultivation level and spiritual soul decline to a certain extent, those powerful practitioners will show signs of physical body and spiritual decay.

By then, not only will all of one's cultivation be wiped out, but even one's true spirit will be difficult to maintain and will fall into collapse.

This is what is called the Five Disasters of Deterioration for the Heavenly Beings.

At the end of the Immortal Cultivation Era, all powerful practitioners must face this world-shattering catastrophe!"

Only then did Lu Qing understand why "Yan" was so surprised when he learned that the true spirit of the old plague ghost was still there.

It turns out that this so-called Five Calamities of Deterioration of Heaven and Man is something that all powerful practitioners must face.

"Then, a magic weapon spirit like you, Senior, doesn't need to face the Five Deteriorations of Heaven and Man?"

“Yes, although we weapon spirits also have true spirits, we are the spirits of magic weapons and do not have physical bodies, so we will not decay.

Therefore, the five calamities of decline of heaven and man will not affect us.

However, if the spiritual energy is exhausted and we cannot get the nourishment of spiritual energy for a long time, our true spirit will still become weak and fall into a deep sleep.

The reason why the old plague ghost took over another body and became the spirit of his own life magic weapon was because of this idea. "

"Is it really true that there is no way to resist the Five Calamities of Deterioration of Heaven and Earth? There were so many powerful people in the ancient times of cultivating immortals, they wouldn't just sit there and wait to die, right?" Lu Qing asked.

"How can I just sit there and wait for death?"

"Yan" smiled coldly.

“People who practice cultivation value their lives the most, especially those old monsters who have been practicing for a long time and are powerful, they are the most afraid of death!

When the era of cultivating immortals had just entered its final stage, the rules of heaven and earth began to change and the spiritual energy began to decline.

Those old monsters had already predicted this catastrophe and started making plans long ago."

“Later, frictions arose among many immortal cultivation sects, and they fought for resources. They were the ones pushing for this from behind.

The purpose is to integrate the resources of the entire cultivation world and implement their plan to avoid the Five Decays of Heaven and Man."

"What plan?" Lu Qing asked.

“I’m not sure about this, there were many rumors at the time.

Some people say that those old monsters want to open up a secret realm, avoid the influence of the rules of heaven and earth, and then wait for the revival of the next era of immortal cultivation.

There are also reports that they are going to gather the resources of the entire immortal cultivation world to create an unprecedented magical weapon, break through the boundary wall, and leave this world.

Some even say that they collect elixirs from the entire world of immortal cultivation, refine a batch of top-grade elixirs, and raise their cultivation to the limit, so that they can overcome the calamity and ascend to heaven.

In short, there are many different opinions, and I don’t know whether it is true or false.

Anyway, before the Five Decays of Heaven and Man actually arrived, our Lihuo Sect had already fought with the enemy sect and was eventually destroyed."

"Open up a secret realm to avoid disasters?" Lu Qing's heart moved, and he said, "Senior, there are several secret places in the world now. It is said that they have a long history of tens of thousands of years. I wonder if it is the secret realm you are talking about."

Then, Lu Qing told "Yan" the information he knew about the four secret places.

"Xuankong Mountain, Yunshui Secret Realm, Qingyang Temple, Hanshui Palace?"

"Yan" looked confused when he heard these names.

“Although these four sects were considered top forces in the ancient times of cultivating immortals, it is reasonable to say that their foundation is not enough to create a secret realm that can avoid the five calamities of heaven and man.

Could it be that after I fell asleep, something big happened in the world of immortal cultivation?"

"Senior, what you mean is that it is impossible to create a secret realm that can be passed down for tens of thousands of years just by relying on the foundation of Xuankong Mountain?"

“That’s not the case. In the ancient times of cultivating immortals, there were many secret realms that were created and destroyed depending on the space of this world.

If there is a force willing to do so, at the cost of a powerful spiritual weapon, it can be integrated into the secret realm and suppress the space.

This will allow the secret realm to exist for a long time and not be closed.

Almost all of the top immortal cultivation sects back then had one or two secret realms as a retreat route.

But as I said, the secret realm is born out of the space of this world and is also affected by the laws of heaven and earth of this world.

Even if you hide in a secret realm, you cannot avoid the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

Unless it costs unimaginable amount of money to make the secret space completely independent and block the influence of the laws of the world from the outside world.

Only then will there be a slight chance of not falling into the five calamities of decline of heaven and man.

But such a price is definitely not something that any sect or school can afford.

So these four secret places you mentioned, even if they have really been passed down for tens of thousands of years, are forces passed down from the ancient era of cultivating immortals.

I don’t know how many generations of disciples there have been, so there is no way that the old monsters from the ancient times could survive.”

"What if they are like the old plague ghost, who survived by taking over the bodies of spirits?" Lu Qing asked.

“In that case, it is possible, but spiritual weapons are rare, and if it is not your life magic weapon, it is extremely risky to possess someone else’s body.

Even if one succeeds in taking over another's body and becoming a spirit of an artifact by chance, one is just trapping oneself in a cage. Not everyone can make this decision.

So even if there are such old monsters alive, there will definitely not be many.

There are only three or two at most.”

Hearing this, Lu Qing felt a little relieved.

"Yan" keenly noticed Lu Qing's change.

I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why, do you have a grudge against these secret places, young master?"

(End of this chapter)