In the weapon-refining room, Shi Xuan discovered some interesting weapon-refining recipes.
For example, there's the magical artifact "Myriad Flowers," which can change its appearance at will. Even cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage can't discern the transformation of this artifact; it's truly a divine tool for roaming the martial world. Shi Xuan found the picture book of Myriad Flowers; it depicted a small, dark golden flower, which wouldn't attract any attention if casually pinned to his clothes as decoration.
Everything is good, except that there is a material called Shadow Gold that is extremely difficult to find. It is said to be very rare and hard to come by.
But the illusion has everything.
Shi Xuan found the material for "Wan Hua"—a piece of dark gold metal that felt very light in her hand. Suddenly, Shi Xuan felt it looked very familiar; wasn't this the material she had bought at the black market for rogue cultivators?
No one present recognized this metal at the time. Shi Xuan thought it looked nice and took a picture of it as an ornament. Who would have thought it was actually a rare and precious material!
Shi Xuan was secretly delighted. She was very interested in this "Ten Thousand Flowers". She had just felt a little regretful when she saw the rare materials recorded in the book. Little did she know that this most precious thing was already in her space.
It was an unexpected bonus.
In order to make the best use of this Shadow Gold, Shi Xuan studied very diligently here. "Myriad Flowers" is a fifth-tier magic weapon, which is a bit beyond Shi Xuan's current cultivation level. But when she thought about how useful her Shadow Gold would be and how she could possess such a rare treasure as "Myriad Flowers," she was full of energy.
In the illusion, "Wan Hua" was already skilled at refining top-quality items, so she stopped.
The Shadow Gold, rarely seen in the outside world, was used up by her in the illusion.
Since her shadow gold can be used, then perhaps other materials can be used as well.
Shi Xuan began to study the weapon-refining manual in detail, and she actually found many materials that she possessed that she could use for weapon refining.
The most powerful of them all is probably the grayish-white, silvery-glowing ore that was found in the underground vault of the Divine Descendant Village. The ore is called Canglan Stone. Shi Xuan searched through all the illustrated books and only found one use for it – to refine a ritual artifact called the Yin-Yang Candle. It is said that once the Yin-Yang Candle is refined, it can have the ability to communicate between Yin and Yang.
It is said that no one has ever successfully crafted such a heaven-defying magical artifact.
The reason why the Divine Descendants Village hoarded such ore in large quantities is obvious. They would stop at nothing to resurrect their "gods" by communicating with the yin and yang realms.
Shi Xuan practiced in this illusion of weapon forging for a long time. She roughly estimated that it had been at least several months. Fortunately, the flow of time here was different from that in the outside world. Even if a hundred days had passed, it would only be one day in the outside world.
If she hadn't already mastered everything here, she would have been reluctant to leave and wanted to stay a little longer.
When the words "Pass" appeared on the stone slab, Shi Xuan felt that the color of the words had become somewhat dull.
"Little stone slab, is something making you feel down? Why don't you show it to me and cheer me up too?"
The stone slab indicated it didn't want to speak; the stone slab wanted to crack.
Shi Xuan was teleported out again. It was still a closed room, but this time the room was larger than before.
The illusion reappeared, and this time the girl said with a smile, "Congratulations on making it to the final level. I'm sure you'll pass it smoothly!"
This is the final level, so it must be a formation level.
As expected. In the illusion, the stone slab reappeared, swaying slightly in front of Shi Xuan, revealing a line of large characters: Defensive Array.
It's so concise that even words have been omitted.
The defensive formation is the first formation that formation cultivators learn when they first begin their training; it is the most basic of all formations.
Having gained experience from the previous levels, Shi Xuan wasn't in a hurry to learn defensive formations. Instead, he began to categorize the data.
This is the largest room among the four levels because there is so much information here.
The array formations are exquisite and complex, and mastering them is no easy task. The amount of knowledge required is far greater than that required for talismans, as can be seen from the size of the room containing the books.
Shi Xuan categorized all the books and notes according to his own usage habits before starting to read the simplest basic formations.
Once engrossed in it, one forgets the passage of time. Shi Xuan finished reading the first book, "Detailed Explanation of Formations," in one go. Shi Xuan concluded that formations were excellent in every way, except that they were too mentally taxing.
If alchemy, talismans, and artifact crafting primarily require high levels of control over spiritual energy, then array formations demand exceptional conceptualization and computational abilities. The sheer complexity of conceiving and implementing such vast arrays before one can even begin is such that someone with slightly less intelligence would likely never even get started.
Lu Shenzhi appeared out of nowhere and stood beside her, watching the stone slab with her. The stone slab shook, but in the end, she held back.
The appearance of the senior brother was a great help to Shi Xuan. Any questions he had could be answered immediately, which greatly improved Shi Xuan's learning progress.
After reading several basic books, Shi Xuan began to try out basic formation layouts. Basic formations were not difficult for Shi Xuan, and she mastered them in one go, creating a defensive formation on her first attempt.
The stone slab indicated that she had passed the level, but Shi Xuan did not stop. She continued to consolidate her learning achievements, setting up and dismantling one elementary formation after another, until she had a thorough understanding of all first-tier formations and could use them with ease.
After conquering the first-order formation, Shi Xuan began reading the books and notes that she had placed in the second stage.
The second stage involved even more material, and most importantly, the amount of calculation was basically double that of the first stage. Fortunately, Shi Xuan possessed a powerful spiritual sense and an excellent memory, coupled with her astonishing comprehension and a strong senior brother who accompanied her in her studies. As a result, Shi Xuan quickly grasped the essence of the material and was able to put it into practice very smoothly.
This time, the stone slab shook for a long time, and Shi Xuan seemed to see its expression through its movements, which was very vivid.
The stone slab seemed a little insecure due to the speed of the announcement. Was it because the questions it was given were too easy?
No one had ever come to this inheritance level in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm before. Shi Xuan was the first, so it was impossible to compare her with others.
The stone slab shook for a long time before finally revealing the words: Soul Separation Array.
This wasn't the original question; it was a decision the stone slab made after it had become dizzy from shaking itself. To prevent the question from being too easy, it chose the most complex of the three-tiered formations.
It can only distinguish the complexity of a formation, but it cannot distinguish whether a formation is righteous or evil.
Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow when he saw these three large characters. Wasn't this the evil formation that Chen Shengjun had encountered back then? The Soul Separation Formation, which was forbidden by the righteous path, and one of the formations discovered to be used by the [New Life] organization.
Shi Xuan immediately became interested; forbidden techniques were her favorite.
Moreover, she might be able to investigate what exactly the [Newborn] resurrection array is later on.
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