Qin Feng discovered that when the Ling family members inscribed runes, they did so in a very concise way; they could construct an array with very few runes.

This has many advantages: it reduces the difficulty, increases the success rate, and allows for the inscription of more formations, thus enhancing the power of spirit weapons of the same level.

The Ling family's weapon-refining techniques are indeed unique; this alone puts them ahead of a large number of weapon refiners.

However, this inscription formation should be their own secret, and they will keep the key details confidential.

This time, Ling Hao is forging a spirit sword, which is also his most skilled weapon. He has already inscribed the array on it.

He pointed a finger at the sword, activating the array he had just carved. As spiritual energy flowed in, the sword emitted a dazzling white light.

This proves that he has successfully inscribed the formation, and now he has reached the final stage of communicating with spirits.

Qin Feng turned his gaze to Ling Hao, wanting to see how the Ling family would handle the situation differently.

Ling Hao began to inscribe an array on the ground. As the array lit up, he placed the sword embryo into the spirit array. Streams of light merged into the sword embryo, and his hands never left it.

Qin Feng saw through the trick: it was a collaboration between the formation and the weapon refiner to accelerate the spiritual connection of the artifact.

The key here is still the inscriptions and the formations; this is probably the core of the Ling family.

While Ling Hao was communicating with the sword embryo, Ling Mu was doing the same thing.

However, Ling Mu's communication process was somewhat special. He did not use any formations; instead, he dripped his own blood directly into the formation.

His sword blank reacted immediately, a flash of scarlet light appeared on the blade, and then he grabbed the sword blank and closed his eyes.

This is also a form of spiritual communication. Ling Mu added his own blood, giving the sword a special blessing that allows it to better fit him.

What Ling Hao and Ling Mu need to do now is simply to awaken the spirituality of the sword embryos, not to make them intelligent.

The two are different. If it has sentience, then it belongs to the category of artifact spirit, which is far beyond the scope of a spiritual artifact.

Weapons are classified into four grades: magic weapon, spiritual weapon, magic treasure, and spiritual treasure. Each grade is further divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade.

Ling Hao quickly finished refining the weapon. Looking at the sharp spirit sword in his hand, he was delighted. He also took a special look at Ling Mu's condition.

Ling Mu was also looking at him, a smile on his face.

Qin Feng sensed the difference between the two spirit swords. Ling Hao's sword was of average quality, reaching the level of a high-grade spirit weapon.

If Ling Mu uses his spirit sword himself, it can reach the level of a top-grade spirit weapon; if someone else uses it, it will also be a high-grade spirit weapon.

He added his own blood to the sword, making it even more compatible with him.

Ling Mu used a little trick, which could be considered slightly superior, so he looked at Ling Hao provocatively.

Ling Hao was very displeased and snorted coldly.

The twenty members of the Ling family marked their finished products and submitted them for evaluation.

The competition continued, and Ling Yuwei also went up, having forged a mid-grade magic weapon sword.

Qin Feng never expected that Ling Yuwei, as a woman, would be more skilled in weapon crafting than Ling Hao.

The others' eyes lit up as well; Ling Yuwei was only eighteen years old, and her future was promising.

Lin Xu of the Burning Heaven Sect looked at Ling Yuwei with excitement, his desire for her growing even stronger.

Refining weapons takes a lot of time. There are about two hundred disciples participating in the refining process. Even if twenty disciples can start at the same time, it will still take ten rounds, which takes five days.

These people weren't impatient; on the contrary, they watched with great interest, seeing it as an opportunity to learn from the experience.

The final results are in: every disciple who participated was able to forge at least a low-grade spirit sword, most were mid-grade spirit weapons, and a few were high-grade.

Eight of the disciples were even able to forge weapons of magical treasure quality, which is an incredibly terrifying statistic.

These disciples participating in the assessment are all young people in their teens and twenties; they truly have a bright future ahead of them.

Those who came to witness the ceremony realized the profound foundation and terrifying potential of the Ling family in weapon crafting.

Qin Feng also sighed, realizing that his current skill level in weapon crafting was only at the level of magic treasures.

However, a magic weapon-level sword wouldn't be of much help to him; at the very least, it would have to be a spiritual weapon.

Among his spoils of war was no sword that he found suitable, so he simply stopped using it.

The final results of the weapon crafting competition have been announced.

Ling Yuwei forged a mid-grade magic weapon-level spirit sword and won first place, Ling Mu won ninth place, and Ling Hao just made it to tenth place.

Although both Ling Hao and Ling Mu forged high-grade spirit swords, they excelled in the appearance and formation of their swords, thus standing out from the crowd.

Ling Yunfei's voice rang out.

"I believe everyone is getting a little bored watching the younger generation forge weapons for so long. Please come to the exhibition hall to see the weapons that my Ling family has recently forged."

If you find a suitable one, you can buy it directly. I'm honest and trustworthy, and the quality is guaranteed, haha.

Three days later, we will resume the practical competition. Anyone interested is welcome to give it a try.

Qin Feng knew that business was about to begin, and Ling Yunfei wanted to give these people ample time to transact. He had no interest in it and went straight back to his room to meditate.

This time, Ling Hao did not go back with him. As the son of the family head, Ling Hao had to receive guests.

Qin Feng returned to the courtyard alone, but on the way he saw Ling Yunbo and Lin Lie of the Burning Heaven Sect chatting happily, a scene that seemed a bit strange.

Ling Yunbo saw him too, but didn't pay any attention to him.

Qin Feng arrived at his residence and began to meditate, trying to recover as quickly as possible.

...

Yizhou, Tianjian Sect.

The entire sect is filled with excitement today as they prepare to launch the Prodigy Project.

The fact that Ancestor Zhou Jianhui would lead a group of people to the Holy Land, to that legendary place, how could they not be excited?

Sect Master Deng Tianning, Little Stone Guo Yunkai, Zhang Kaicheng, Zhao Mingzhen, Ding Junhua, and a group of disciples and elders who had already chosen to go to the Holy Domain all looked excited and full of pride, ready to show their skills.

Yin Tiantian and Xiao Fan also looked excited.

"We're finally heading to the Holy Land. I wonder if my junior brother has arrived yet?"

"I think with your abilities, young master, you should have reached that level long ago."

"Don't worry, you two, Qin Feng will be fine."

Zhou Jian said to Deng Tianning, "Is everything arranged?"

Deng Tianning nodded, "Everything has been arranged. The disciples and elders we brought were all carefully selected. We've also left enough guards here, so there won't be any problems. Don't worry, Elder Zhou."

Zhou Jian nodded, gazing in the direction of the Heavenly Pride Tower. "Then let's not delay and set off immediately. We probably won't be back for a while, so let's witness the grandeur of the Holy Domain."

Zhou Jian took them into his small grotto-heaven, went to the Tower of Pride, and arrived in the southern part of the Holy Domain through the teleportation array.

Their original plan was for Zhou Jian and his senior brother to cross the Monster Forest directly, but now with Qin Feng's jade token, they saved a lot of trouble.