Cultivation begins with ice harvesters

Chapter 120: Refining

Of course, as the quality of magical artifacts improves, the amount of magical power required to refine them also increases, and the quality requirements become more stringent.

In essence, refining a magical artifact is nothing more than a cultivator using their own magical power to firmly imprint their unique aura onto it.

After successful refinement, a fixed amount of mana is input into the artifact daily for further refinement. As time passes, the mana will refine the artifact from the inside out, allowing for more efficient command in future battles and greater destructive power with the same amount of mana.

Although the Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda is still classified as a first-grade superior-level magic weapon, it is undoubtedly one of the best among first-grade superior-level magic weapons.

Therefore, Tong Bingfeng did not start hastily as he had done before when refining magical artifacts. Instead, he circulated the Great Heavenly Cycle to refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and restored the magical power in his dantian and the cultivator's essence and spirit. Only when the cultivator's own state is at its peak can the process of refining magical artifacts be the smoothest.

A day and a night passed in the blink of an eye. Once the magical power in his dantian reached its peak, Tong Bingfeng took out the Water Suppressing Spirit Pagoda.

He sat cross-legged on a futon, his face solemn, his hands folded over each other outside his dantian, and on his palms was the Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda.

"Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda, Refining, Begin."

Tong Bingfeng's eyes revealed an unprecedentedly gentle gaze. He looked the magic weapon in his hand up and down, and after calming his mind, he opened his mouth and spat out a dense stream of deep blue magic power, which directly covered the outer perimeter of the Water Suppressing Spirit Tower, forming a protective shield that firmly enveloped it.

The mana of an eighth-level cultivator is already constantly becoming more concentrated, and with Tong Bingfeng's relentless efforts to solidify it, the quality of that mana is even better.

The deep blue magical shield possessed a certain degree of initiative, patiently and tirelessly seeping into the interior of the Water Suppression Tower from the inside out.

"Divine Imprint, Imperial Decree"

Tong Bingfeng mobilized the limited spiritual energy in his mind's spiritual platform, which was usually still and in a state of recuperation, waiting for its accumulated power to be unleashed, to form a unique magic weapon refining mark. With the help of more and higher quality magic power in his dantian, he poured it into the Water Suppressing Spirit Tower in one go.

The function of divine sense is quite clear: to discover and leave a unique mark on the core array pattern. As the number of magical artifacts refined increases, Tong Bingfeng's understanding of magical artifacts naturally deepens day by day.

Although this Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda is of high quality, it still falls under the category of magical artifacts, and its essence remains unchanged in a certain sense.

Based on past experience, under the protection of layers of magical power, the divine sense, like a majestic general commanding from the center, penetrated directly along the internal patterns of the Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda.

Along the way, they encountered more than seven array patterns in different locations and with different functions. After confirming with their divine sense that they were not core array patterns, they decisively discarded them.

Of course, as his divine sense and magical power gradually deepened, Tong Bingfeng's comprehensive understanding of the Water Suppressing Spirit Tower also continued to improve. The complexity of this magical artifact far exceeded his original expectations.

Fortunately, cultivators at the eighth level of Qi Refining have seen a significant improvement in both the quantity and quality of their magical power in their dantian and their spiritual consciousness in their mind.

If a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining wanted to refine a magic weapon of this quality, the difficulty would probably be considerable, and a slight mistake could lead to failure.

The entire process of searching for the core array pattern seems simple, but it is based on the continuous consumption of mana. Without a strong mana supply, it would have failed long ago.

"Buzz"

When the divine sense landed on the core array pattern, the entire Water Suppressing Spirit Tower instantly began to vibrate rapidly, seemingly resisting the control of this external force from the bottom of its heart. This was also a characteristic of the first time a brand-new magic weapon was crafted.

Some magical artifacts, having passed through the hands of several cultivators and been refined multiple times, showed some resistance due to the different magical power auras of the cultivators, but their strength was completely incomparable to those of the previous ones.

But this so-called resistance is ultimately nothing more than a tree without roots; the only resources it can draw upon are the few remaining traces of fire from when it was forging the magical artifact.

Its fluctuations seemed fierce, but with the divine sense clinging to it like a plaster and the waves of magical power consuming it, it was ultimately unsustainable. After a quarter of an hour, under the influence of the deep blue magical power, the core array pattern was finally permeated by the divine sense.

Under the active control and cooperation of divine sense, the deep blue magic power rapidly occupied and refined the entire Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda artifact from the inside out.

Once the entire spirit tower is imbued with the last trace of magic power, it signifies the completion of this refining process. From now on, Tong Bingfeng will only need to input a small amount of magic power daily to nourish it, and after a period of time, it will naturally reach a state where it can be controlled as easily as an extension of one's own arm.

"The Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda is both offensive and defensive. In the future, when I travel deep into the icy realm, whether hunting demonic beasts or fighting back against evil cultivators, it will eventually become my trump card."

Feeling the new magic artifact, Tong Bingfeng was naturally very satisfied.

However, Tong Bingfeng did not stop refining the peaches. After resting for a while, he took the Ren Water Peach out of his storage bag.

This seclusion wasn't just about refining the Water-Suppressing Spirit Pagoda; the five first-grade superior Ren Water Peaches were also of paramount importance.

Spiritual fruits of this quality contain pure water-attribute spiritual energy, which, after being refined, can be transformed into mana in the dantian to aid in cultivation.

Moreover, given Tong Bingfeng's personality, having fought various demonic beasts for many years, he was well-versed in the art of snatching food from beasts' mouths, constantly teetering on the edge of life and death, and the dangers involved were unimaginable.

Therefore, as long as one finds a spiritual object that can help advance one's cultivation, one should always choose to refine it as soon as possible and transform it into resources for one's cultivation path.

As a rogue cultivator, the behavior he hated most and could not forgive was the fact that, when facing death, his storage bag still contained spiritual items that aided his cultivation—a practice that aided the enemy.

One bite of the Ren Shui peach and your mouth is instantly filled with a refreshing and sweet taste. After the peach enters your mouth, not much peach flesh remains; more than 90% of the juice flows down your throat and into your stomach, transforming into waves of rich spiritual energy that replenishes your Great Circulation.

Moreover, the spiritual power from the Ren Water Peach was of such high quality and quantity that it far surpassed any of his previous experiences during his cultivation.

The spiritual energy from the peaches, after circulating through the Great Heavenly Cycle of the Water Spirit Technique, was almost entirely replenished into the dantian without any loss.

The quality of each strand of magical power was even better than that of the original, painstakingly refined magical power in the dantian. When integrated into it, the quality of the magical power was significantly improved.

With the aid of high-quality magic, his previously stagnant Qi Refining Level 8 early stage cultivation realm has also begun to move forward with renewed determination.

The effect of the Ren Water Peach was even more outstanding than expected.