Chapter 378: Chapter 377: The Enlightened Monk_1

The moment the Immortal Sword cracked, Fifth Elder had already planned for the rest of his life.

Zhou Xin, who has diligently cultivated for two thousand years, has finally reached the realm just a step away from Transcendance Tribulation Stage, became the master of Hundred Refinement Peak, holding countless patents in hand, and bringing enormous wealth to Seek Dao Sect every year.

Whether the money he had accumulated all his life was enough to buy an Immortal Sword is uncertain. Immortal Sword is extremely difficult to refine and it is the exclusive weapon of Immortal.

The Immortal Sword is different from the Immortal Treasures of Eternity Sect. The Immortal Treasures of Eternity Sect are, at best, half-finished Immortal artifacts. The Immortal Sword wielded by Lu Yang is a genuine Immortal Artifact, and their power is incomparable.

Legend has it that the moment an Immortal artifact is formed, due to its high quality, it is not tolerated by the world. All kinds of hardships exerted by the world fall on the Immortal Artifact. If unattended, the Immortal Artifact will inevitably collapse. To protect the Immortal Artifact, the Immortal must confront the mighty forces of the world, and the difficulty is no different from becoming an Immortal, the perils are indescribable.

Having gone through various hardships to finalize, the value of an Immortal artifact is predictable, which is something that he, a mere Unification-stage practitioner, cannot afford.

Optimistically estimating, he should be able to afford an Immortal Artifact by working for a lifetime.

Watching Fifth Elder’s agitated expression, Lu Yang coughed in embarrassment.

“Fifth Elder, this Immortal Sword is not as tough as you imagine. After my research, this Immortal Sword seems to be a weapon specially refined by a certain Immortal for overcoming difficulties. It looks like a true Immortal artifact, but it doesn’t really have any power.”

This Immortal Sword was forged by Yingtian Immortal, the one who governs Thunder Tribulation, specifically for the purpose of deceiving the geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix clan, both of whom are Semi-Immortal powerhouses.

If it can deceive those two, it can naturally deceive Fifth Elder as well.

“Is that so?” Hearing Lu Yang’s explanation, Fifth Elder breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he began to worry about whether Lu Yang was covering up for himself and began to study carefully.

With Spiritual Sense scanning, forging in the flame, and gold-forging… After a series of tests, Fifth Elder finally understood the structure of the Immortal Sword.

“Which lunatic refined this sword, it nearly scared me to death!”

“First, the fire stone and Spirit Stone are blended to create a sword embryo. Then, using an unknown method, the sword embryo quickly shapes into a spirit sword. Finally, the Immortal gold dust is brushed onto the spirit sword to make it look as if it had been struck by lightning, which even knowledgeable people like me would mistake for a real Immortal Sword, no, not just me; even if a Transcendence Tribulation Stage practitioner saw it, they would think the same.”

“If you don’t touch it with your hands and just use your eyes or Spiritual Sense to see, this sword is an Immortal Sword!”

Fifth Elder asked Lu Yang, “You just said this Immortal Sword was used by a certain Immortal to overcome difficulties. What difficulties? Is he short of money and resorts to fraud?”

Lu Yang was silent.

Although the Qilin Immortal cheated me, it’s probably not a good idea to expose the Qilin Immortal’s lie to his wife.

Lu Yang believed in making one-sided enemies.

And, Fifth Elder, do you know that the “lunatic” you have just insulted is an ancient Immortal who manipulates Heavenly Tribulation?

“You just mentioned you want to refine a sword? Sure, leave it to me!” Fifth Elder looked at the Immortal Sword in his hand, boiling with rage. He vowed to reforge this broken Immortal Sword into another form or he wouldn’t be called ‘Zhou’!

“This layer of Immortal gold dust is of no use, it’s just for pretending to be an Immortal Sword. However, the Fire Stone and Spirit Stone are excellent materials and they are perfect for you.”

“What do you mean?”

“You are in the Golden Core Stage now. Given your talent, it is not a problem to reach the Nascent Soul Stage. The Fire Stone and Spirit Stone can just be refined into a Nascent Soul grade Spirit Sword.”

With the status of Fifth Elder in the refining world, refining a Nascent Soul grade Spirit Sword is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. In the past, he always left this kind of thing to his disciples. He only agreed to it to vent his anger.

“So, do you want a Spirit Sword or a magic sword?”

A Spirit Sword is used directly for combat, while a magic sword is used as a medium for magic skills. Both of these belong to the category of sword cultivation. Currently, Lu Yang has only learned how to use the Spirit Sword.

“Spirit Sword.”

“Alright.”

Fifth Elder brought Lu Yang to his own refining room, and even before stepping into it, Lu Yang could feel the heat wave coming towards him. It was as if this wasn’t a refining room, but a spurting volcano.

Fifth Elder offhandedly explained, “Normally at your level, you would not be able to enter here. However, you have mastery over a kind of True Fire which allows you to resist the scorching heat of the refining room.”

“I have established a rule here: True Fires will not explode when colliding. Different types of True Fire can cooperate with each other to assist me in refining magic artifacts.”

The room is spacious and semi-circular, with small bottles of different colors placed on the walls.

Fifth Elder randomly took a green small bottle from the wall, opened the stopper, and a ball of flame sprang out. The green small bottle turned jade white.

The original bottle was white, but it changed color under the burning of the flame.

“I have traveled around the world and collected eighty-eight of the one hundred and eight kinds of True Fire. The seeds of True Fire are stored in specially made small bottles. Whenever I refine artifacts, I bring them out.”

“Later, various other True Fires were collected, which resulted in today’s scale.”

Lu Yang marveled. Fifth Elder truly deserved his well-established reputation in the world of refining. These collected True Fires alone are to be envied by many refiners.

Fifth Elder continued, “It’s a pity that the remaining eight kinds of True Fire are either extremely difficult to collect – high rewards didn’t attract any responses – or they are forbidden items that are not allowed to be collected.”

“True Fire is considered a forbidden item?”

“For example, Lustful True Fire in True Fire. Just a little spark can make people lustful and unable to stop. If they don’t vent it, they will kill themselves by suppression. The government finds this True Fire too dangerous and orders a collection ban.”

“Of course, if I wanted to collect it, I could find it. Some secret brothels use this fire, but since this fire is not useful for refining, there is no need to collect it.”

In hand, Fifth Elder held the blue flame, saying light-heartedly, “I don’t know if you have heard of it, this is the Desireless True Fire which corresponds to Lustful True Fire. It comes from the Golden Buddha Kingdom. Kindling this fire in your heart can make you desireless, clear your soul, and concentrate on the pursuit of Dao.”

“When I was young, Old Three and I traveled to the Golden Buddha Kingdom together, intending to find Lustful True Fire in the brothel. Unfortunately, our fate was not good, and we didn’t find Lustful True Fire in the brothel. Instead, we met a monk who had attained enlightenment.”

“An enlightened monk saw that Old Three and I were deeply devoted, he felt that it was fate, and therefore gave me the Desireless True Fire. That monk also demonstrated Arhat Fist to Old Three. Old Three gained an epiphany and, upon returning, created the Shocking Heaven Six Forms.”

Lu Yang: “…”

As far as I remember, wasn’t it that Old Three was beaten up by someone using the Arhat Fist in the Golden Buddha Kingdom, and after returning from anyone he refined and created Shocking Heaven Six Forms?

“Wait a minute. Why is the enlightened monk in the brothel?”

Fifth Elder wasn’t surprised, he had asked a similar question at that time, and the monk had explained, “Ah, about that point, the monk has already explained.”

“He said it’s called ‘Going Naked into the Brothel, Leaving Impressions in Buddha’s Heart’.”