So while the best team was eating and drinking together, the elders also gathered together for a pot of wine.
Elder Jiang sighed with emotion, "I never imagined that Lu Shenzhi would have such good fortune. He'd been in a coma for over ten years...sigh..."
Everyone understands the unfinished business; no one had expected him to come back to life.
Over the past ten years, his master, Lin Daozi, had tried every possible method, but none of them could wake up his most outstanding disciple. After a few years, apart from Lin Daozi, everyone else gradually forgot that there had once been such a genius disciple who had amazed the entire Qian Yuan Western Region.
“Yes,” Elder Qiu of Fuyuan Sect took a sip of wine and sighed, “but this may also be a blessing for our entire Qian Yuan Continent. I’ve observed that this year’s disciples are all quite capable, and they are more energetic than the previous disciples. They might really bring us some unexpected surprises.”
The elder of Langya Sect nodded in agreement: "Speaking of which, since they came to the outer region, our base has become much more lively. People from all walks of life have come to inquire about information and to inquire about pills. Who knows, after the year-end settlement, we might have to change our base."
"Whether we have a base or not doesn't matter. We've gotten used to it after staying here for a while," Elder Jiang said. "I'm hoping that we can produce one of the top fifty on the Prodigy Ranking and come back to describe to us what the legendary nine-story pagoda is really like."
"That's definitely achievable. There are already twelve, so who knows, by the settlement date they might be able to give you a top ten spot."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The elders all laughed heartily, taking the top ten as just a joke.
For hundreds of years, no one has made it into the top fifty. Although there are two now, it is probably only temporary. Many disciples only start to challenge when the results are about to be announced. It can be said that the ranking of the prodigies becomes more and more difficult as time goes on.
If Shi Xuan were present, he would definitely encourage them to broaden their horizons and think big.
You should still have dreams; what if they come true?
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Shi Xuan acted immediately. After a hearty meal and drinks, he returned to the courtyard, set up his stance, and began refining weapons.
This magical artifact involves combining array formations and weapon crafting, making it exceptionally difficult to create.
Magical artifacts are merely the carriers of formations; as long as they are sturdy enough, that's sufficient. The real challenge lies in crafting formations onto magical artifacts.
Shi Xuan observed Qian Zheng's two battles, his situation when activating the Chongxu Formation, and the fragments after the Chongxu Formation was damaged. He concluded that this magical artifact was different from ordinary magical artifacts because its materials were imbued with spirituality.
The formation Qian Zheng used was the Chongxu Formation. This formation was engraved in the magic weapon in a special way. From the broken fragments, it can be seen that the miniature Chongxu Formation had extremely special spiritual energy fluctuations at each key node, and it seemed to be made from a kind of extremely precious growth material.
It is said that he may use this magic weapon once a day, which means that the materials will continue to grow even after they are depleted.
Shi Xuan didn't have such growth materials, but she opened up a new idea: since there were no reusable materials, she could always refine them into disposable ones.
The difference between this magical artifact and ordinary magical artifacts is that other magical artifacts release offensive or defensive moves when activated, while this magical artifact releases an array.
The most difficult part is how to shrink such a precise and huge magic array into a small disc, and how to ensure that the materials supporting the array can withstand it.
Shi Xuan was a little conflicted here. She did have the materials to support an array, but they were all too precious, and it would be too wasteful to make them into a one-time use magic artifact.
"Senior Brother," Shi Xuan habitually wanted to discuss something with Lu Shenzhi, but after starting to speak, he suddenly remembered that his senior brother had already set up his own sect.
At this moment, Lu Shenzhi arrived uninvited outside Shi Xuan's courtyard, accompanied by Lu Wenxing and He Weiqing.
Cultivators possess powerful spiritual senses; they can sense someone approaching from a great distance.
Shi Xuan stood up and welcomed them into the courtyard.
As soon as Lu Wenxing entered, he started shouting, "Junior sister, how can you forge a new magic weapon without my help! Tell me where you're going to forge it, and I'll stand guard at the door for you, making sure not a single fly gets in to disturb you!"
"Then thank you very much, Second Senior Brother," Shi Xuan said. "It will be in this courtyard in a little while. This time it's more complicated, and it won't be short."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Lu Wenxing patted his chest and said, "And Fourth Junior Brother too!"
As he spoke, he pulled He Weiqing to the courtyard gate, seemingly intending to have Shi Xuan guard the gate for a few days, just like last time in Qingshui City. Later, when others mentioned it, he could say, "This magical artifact owes a debt to me, Lu Wenxing."
He Weiqing wanted to say that this was the base, not Qingshui City, and no one was interfering with his junior sister's weapon refining.
But he spoke too slowly; before he could even finish the first word, Lu Wenxing had already pulled him away.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter where I am," He Weiqing consoled herself.
With the departure of his most talkative second senior brother, Shi Xuan immediately felt much more at ease.
"Senior Brother, you've come at the right time. I've been struggling with something and would like to discuss it with you."
"But what intractable problem have you encountered?" Lu Shenzhi asked.
“It’s not that it’s difficult to solve,” Shi Xuan said, grabbing a leaf from the yard and flicking it away. “I already have a plan for the entire refining process, but I’m having some trouble with the materials.”
Tell me about it.
“Ordinary materials probably won’t be enough to withstand the power of a formation. I have Star Sand, which is suitable, but it’s a one-time use magic item that will be destroyed after one use. Using Star Sand as a material would be too extravagant.”
“This is indeed a problem…” Lu Shenzhi frowned. Stardust was too expensive, and it shouldn’t be wasted like this.
But besides stardust, what other material could withstand the power of the entire magic array?
What material... the whole...
Lu Shenzhi also began to think about this problem.
The two people suggested several materials, but then rejected them all.
Lu Shenzhi sighed, "This formation is essentially condensed into such a small space. Although its volume has decreased, its energy remains..."
"Can it still be released if the energy is gone?" Shi Xuan muttered to himself, then suddenly said, "No, it's okay even if the energy is gone."
"Hmm?" Lu Shenzhi was somewhat surprised: "If the energy isn't there, how can it be released?"
"I can make a formation switch!" Shi Xuan stood up excitedly upon realizing this, saying, "A formation switch is in a closed state when not activated by spiritual power. When used, the formation switch opens, expanding the entire formation outwards. At this point, it doesn't matter if the carrier is damaged, since it's a one-time use device anyway!"
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