When Jiang Yuebai finished her retreat, she saw the strike note Bai Jiuyou had posted on her door.
After asking Yan Hongyu, Jiang Yuebai learned that Bai Jiuyou went to the training room in the inner city of Zhuge family to meditate and build his foundation.
"A person who can build a foundation in one breath actually needs to go into seclusion." Jiang Yuebai muttered.
It was already late autumn, the maple forests were as red as fire, and the weather was getting colder. Counting the days, she had been in the Zhuge family for more than four years, and time passed so quickly that it seemed like a flash.
Almost twenty years have passed since she first formed her infant. This time, the White Dragon Spear was tempered into the Candle Dragon Spear. Although it was extremely dangerous and also caused thunder tribulations and strange phenomena in heaven and earth, she also gained great benefits in the end.
After this retreat, Jiang Yuebai felt that the Zhulong blood essence she had refined and the drop of Zhulong blood essence that was finally quenched by the Zhulong Spear had completely merged, giving her a sense of blood connection with the Zhulong Spear.
When the Zhulong Spear is not in use, it will warm her spine and absorb the dragon energy in her spine.
Moreover, she had completely refined the chaotic energy that she had absorbed before, and was only one step away from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
However, she felt a bottleneck and could not break through it no matter what she did. She did not know where the problem lay. She was practicing the Chaos Technique from ancient times. The current techniques and methods to break through the bottleneck were of no reference value to her.
For now, Jiang Yuebai can only suspend his practice, eat more, and accumulate more chaotic energy, and wait until the amount is sufficient before trying to break through the bottleneck in one fell swoop.
"Hongyu, if the people from Tianyan Sect arrive, remember to notify me and take these parts to the Internal Affairs Hall to hand in the tasks in exchange for contribution points. I'll go to the Armormaking Institute."
Jiang Yuebai called Yan Hongyu over, gave her some instructions, and handed her a storage bag.
Yan Hongyu took it with both hands respectfully. Recently, because Jiang Yuebai was highly respected in the Zhuge family, Yan Hongyu, as the chief steward of Master Wangshu, lived a very comfortable life.
Compared to when I followed Master Dong Yue, the difference is not just heaven and earth.
She looked so flushed and proud that even the ghostly red dress on her body seemed unusually bright.
She didn't dare tell Jiang Yuebai that she had accumulated a lot of spirit stones just by selling information about Jiang Yuebai's whereabouts.
Yan Hongyu was also confused. The disciples below were all vying to get close to Jiang Yuebai, but the elders from each academy tried to avoid her. However, when talking about Jiang Yuebai, they praised her highly. It was really contradictory.
Jiang Yuebai didn't know what Yan Hongyu was thinking, so he went to the Armor-Making Institute alone.
Before coming out of the retreat room, Jiang Yuebai had already checked Bai Jiuyou's work progress during this period.
Although she said she was annoyed, she did every task well.
Even after leaving the retreat, all the actions in the Lotus Cave Heaven were still carried out in an orderly manner, especially Bai Jiuyou helped her complete the main body of the new Taihe Umbrella.
Originally, she wanted to use those bird feathers to refine a magic weapon, but after checking the bird feathers, she found that the ones left by the evil female cultivator were all fine products, and it would be a waste to only refine a magic weapon.
Plus, she incorporated the secret of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" into it. If it could be successfully refined, the effect would definitely be several times stronger than the original Taihe Umbrella.
Therefore, Jiang Yuebai discussed with Bai Jiuyou and decided to try to refine a spiritual weapon.
Jiang Yue used Baihua spirit stones to buy the missing feathers, and Bai Jiuyou completed the refining of the main body of the umbrella. Now there is only one last step left, which is to infuse it with spirit.
Originally, there were two prerequisites for Jiang Yuebai to refine the Five Spirit Weapons. One was to use the heavenly tribulation to infuse spirits, and the other was to use the Ruyi Bao Gourd given by True Lord Canghuo to nurture spirituality.
Jiang Yuebai cannot meet these two conditions now. She has read a lot of books and knows many methods, but she has never put them into practice. She doesn't know which method is better and more suitable for this spiritual weapon.
When faced with such a situation, one would of course seek advice from an experienced master of refining equipment, such as Tie Wanjiang, the Grand Elder of the Armormaking Institute.
Although he has a loud voice, a bad temper, and is very stubborn, Jiang Yuebai sincerely admires him when it comes to refining equipment.
When he arrived at the lecture hall, Jiang Yuebai discovered that Tie Wanjiang was giving a lecture to the disciples in the foundation-building stage today, so he quietly walked to the window.
"... Elder Tie, you are wrong, right? The method of refining Youquan Pearls that I learned from Master Wangshu is fire refining. Fire refining is faster, and... uh..."
Before the foundation-building disciple who spoke in the lecture hall could finish his words, a pressure from an angry Nascent Soul cultivator swept over. The disciple immediately turned pale, his body stiffened and he could not speak.
Jiang Yuebai saw through the window that Tie Wanjiang’s face was as black as charcoal, his eyes were as big as bells, and he looked like he wanted to eat someone.
"Ahem~" Jiang Yuebai couldn't help coughing, and whispered outside the window, "I'm sorry, I didn't specify it in the formation. The fire refining of the Nether Spring Pearl is only suitable for cultivators with good fire control ability, so as not to destroy the water nature of the Nether Spring Pearl during the fire refining process. It's better for others to spend time melting it with water, which will have a better effect."
Hearing Jiang Yuebai's voice, Tie Wanjiang trembled for no reason, and looked towards the window with all the disciples in the room.
"Master Wangshu!"
"When will you change the formation? Are there any new rewards?"
"Yes, that guy Bai Jiuyou has been in seclusion recently. We finally have a chance to rush to the top of the standings."
All the disciples were delighted and talked a lot, and Tie Wanjiang's face became increasingly ugly.
Jiang Yuebai nodded apologetically, "I am here today to ask Elder Tie for advice. He is far better than me in refining weapons and making armor. You should listen carefully to my lectures. This is an opportunity that others cannot ask for."
After saying that, Jiang Yuebai left first.
Although Jiang Yuebai was supporting Tie Wanjiang, when Tie Wanjiang heard Jiang Yuebai coming to ask him for advice, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch, and some not-so-pleasant memories came to his mind.
Looking at the group of hungry young disciples below, Tie Wanjiang scratched his head in annoyance and continued with the class.
Unfortunately, every class has to come to an end.
After class, Tie Wanjiang walked out and saw Jiang Yuebai waiting in the yard. Not wanting to lose his composure in front of his disciples, he called Jiang Yuebai to the quiet room specially used by the teaching elders to rest and prepare for lessons.
Jiang Yuebai explained his purpose and took out the newly refined Taihe umbrella and placed it on the long table.
This umbrella was made exactly like the original Taihe Umbrella, with white feathers still making up most of the umbrella surface, shaped like a crane spreading its wings, with two lines of ink writing on the remaining half.
[He stays in silence, has a subtle mind, drinks in harmony, and flies alone with a crane]
The only difference is that under the white crane feathers on the umbrella there are feathers of hundreds of birds hidden. The currently expected effect is that hundreds of birds will fly together and turn into phoenixes.
When Tie Wanjiang saw the umbrella on the table, his body was shocked. He immediately picked up the umbrella and held it in his hand to examine it again and again. He was so excited that his hands were shaking.
"How many high-level demon bird feathers did you use on this umbrella? You actually used Taixuan refined gold to make the umbrella ribs. What is the white silk you wove to make the umbrella? Is it your hair? This aura... Did you use the Phoenix True Fire to forge this umbrella?"
Tie Wanjiang's eyes widened. Any feather on the umbrella was worth a lot of money, not to mention the entire umbrella rib made of Taixuan refined gold, and the Phoenix True Fire that was used to forge and melt it.
They are all rare items!
Gulp!
Even though Tie Wanjiang had seen many spiritual weapons and had refined one or two himself, he was still shocked by the "luxury" of this umbrella.
"I'm afraid the only one who can match this umbrella is a real phoenix."
Jiang Yuebai frowned. Tie Wangjiang meant that the simplest way to infuse spirit into a spiritual weapon was to capture a phoenix and extract their souls to inject them into the weapon to create a weapon spirit.
But Jiang Yuebai didn't want to use this method. She was taken care of by the Phoenix in the demon clan. Unless it was a life-threatening situation, she didn't want to harm the Phoenix clan.
"Is there any other solution?"
Tie Wanjiang also knew how difficult it was to find a real phoenix. He sat down and carefully examined every part of the umbrella. He frowned and thought for a long time before speaking.
"It's not a good idea to use a phoenix soul. Your umbrella is made of feathers from hundreds of birds, so its internal structure is very unstable. It will fall apart if you're not careful. It's better to inject an innate water spirit into it than a phoenix soul."
Jiang Yuebai understood after a brief thought, "Water contains everything, and water gives birth to everything. Phoenix Fire is too yang, and Taixuan Jingjin is also yang gold. It must be suppressed and balanced with yin and soft water. Water can also accommodate the characteristics of hundreds of bird feathers. Water spirit is indeed better."
Tie Wanjiang reluctantly returned the umbrella to Jiang Yuebai, "Our Nine Rivers Realm's Immortal Lord Chongming has attained the Dao Fruit of Water. There must be innate water spirits around his palace. You can keep an eye out for them during the Dragon Gathering. Whether you can get them depends on your own ability."
Jiang Yuebai put away his umbrella and thanked him, then continued to ask about the details of the spirit infusion process, as well as possible problems and solutions.
These were all within Tie Wanjiang's knowledge, and he talked freely without any pressure. Jiang Yuebai took careful notes, raised a few questions in between, and the two discussed together.
In the evening, Tie Wanjiang began to feel a little tired. He wanted to say several times that he had something else to do, but was interrupted by Jiang Yuebai's bright and sincere eyes.
Facing a person who is truly seeking the truth, Tie Wanjiang feels guilty for doing this!
Fortunately, Yan Hongyu appeared in time and told Jiang Yuebai that the people from Tianyan Sect had arrived and asked Jiang Yuebai to go to the reception room.
(End of this chapter)