As time continued, all the materials in the cauldron were refined. Then Li Xiuping quickly formed seals with his hands, fused the extracted materials one by one, and soon condensed a sword embryo in the cauldron.
The sword embryo took shape, Li Xiuping's mind moved, and the sword embryo appeared on the casting platform. Li Xiuping grabbed the casting hammer on the casting platform and began to forge the sword embryo. While telling these people some things that need to be paid attention to during forging, And how to better integrate one's own sword intent into the spiritual sword.
There were many swordsmiths present, and they were all focused at the moment. They had to watch Li Xiuping's forging process, listen to Li Xiuping's narration, and write down the two. It was really not an easy task.
When the spirit sword gradually took shape, Li Xiuping stopped forging it, so the sword became a semi-finished product.
It's not that Li Xiuping doesn't want to complete the forging, but it's easier for these people to get some important information from such a semi-finished product. After all, these people have not only seen the intact spirit sword, but also forged it.
Li Xiuping threw the semi-finished product to a swordsmith and said, "Let's see if we can gain anything, and then stop based on what you have gained and try to break through your current level. I will watch from the side." , if there are any problems, we will also make corrections.”
Everyone nodded at the same time and then started to get busy.
Li Xiuping said to "Master Huo Ling": "Call those alchemists over too."
"Huoling Zhenren" nodded, turned and left.
Master Qingming frowned and said, "You want to guide them in alchemy refining and sword making at the same time?"
Li Xiuping nodded.
The layman Qingming said: "But this will cause a great loss to your spiritual consciousness. If something goes wrong, the gain will not be worth the loss."
Li Xiuping shook his head and said: "The level of these people is not low. The reason why they cannot make progress is just due to the influence of some inherent concepts. I helped them break this inherent concept before. In fact, half of the work has been completed, and the remaining half is It’s just a matter of personal experience, so I don’t need to pay too much attention to it. Besides, since Emperor Wu City is in such a hurry, it must be that they really need these things urgently. Let them improve their level as soon as possible, and more elixirs and magic weapons can be sent there earlier.”
Master Qingming nodded and said with a smile: "You all have something to do. I have nothing to do all day. Although it is important to ensure your safety, you can't fight directly with the demons. I still feel..."
Li Xiuping smiled and said, "Do you think your talents are overkill?"
Before Master Qingming could say anything, Li Xiuping said: "There is nothing we can do about that. I am not strong enough, but I may be targeted by the demons at any time."
The layman Qingming said with a smile: "I just got an advantage and behaved, and just complained a few times. You guys are very valuable. If you are alive, fewer people will die in Emperor Wu City. Even if I go to Emperor Emperor City, I will not die." At most, it’s just to kill a few more monsters, and obviously the former is of greater significance, otherwise Martial Emperor City wouldn’t have so many strong men protecting you at this time.”
Li Xiuping asked: "Senior, can you tell how many powerful people there are in this city?"
The layman Qingming shook his head and said: "There are quite a few of them anyway. Even the monsters in the Tribulation Stage may find it difficult to get close to you for a while, and this time is enough for me to bring you to a safe place."
Li Xiuping smiled and said, "Isn't it all just to protect me?"
The layman Qingming nodded and said: "There are many people around that girl named He, I'm afraid it has something to do with the inheritance she received before."
Li Xiuping was stunned.
The layman Qingming continued: "You talked with the man from Emperor Wu City, but you didn't talk about this little girl?"
Li Xiuping shook his head and said, "I talked a little bit, but I don't know anything about inheritance."
The layman Qingming nodded. Just at this time, "Master Huo Ling" came over with the alchemists, and the two stopped chatting.
Layman Qingming said: "You guys go ahead and get busy. I'll look around. Doing nothing like this is indeed a bit unpleasant."
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "Senior, don't go too far, I'm very afraid of death."
Layman Qingming just smiled slightly.
After Master Qingming left, Li Xiuping also stopped smiling and began to guide these people in elixir refining and weapon refining.
These people are of different ages and have different levels of alchemy and weapon refining. Li Xiuping's main task is to enable these alchemists and weapon refiners to improve their level in a short period of time so that they can refine higher-grade elixirs and treasures. , so the worse the level, the easier it is to solve it. The trouble is for those with high level.
This is actually the same as practice. For those with low levels, it will be much easier to achieve breakthroughs, while for those with high levels, it will be more difficult for them to achieve breakthroughs. Therefore, Li Xiuping plans to start with those with low levels. , so they divided these alchemists and weapon refiners into three batches and solved them one by one.
It took the first batch of people almost three days, and almost all of them made some progress. Then Li Xiuping selected some pills that were just right for this group of people, matched them with their own levels, and allowed these people to refine them freely.
The second batch of people took exactly five days, and the third batch took a full ten days. In total, it took nearly twenty days. They could barely complete the task assigned by Emperor Wu City this time. During this time, A batch of elixirs and magic weapons were also sent here, but the quantity was not large. Compared with the demand of Emperor Wu City, it could even be said to be insignificant.
Although Li Xiuping has improved these people, the refining methods of these people cannot be compared with Li Xiuping. After all, Li Xiuping has the help of immortal treasures and his own unique refining method. Li Xiuping may only need half a day to complete the same elixir, but in the hands of these people, it will take two or three days. Refining the weapon takes even longer. After all, the refining of materials and the The extraction of medicinal materials is much more difficult.
In the following days, Li Xiuping will also join in the refining.
Therefore, the purpose of helping these people improve their skills is to ensure quality. Next, Li Xiuping is needed to ensure production.
After another ten days like this, Li Xiuping and others sent another batch of elixirs and magic weapons, and then the silence in Maple Leaf City was completely broken.
At this moment, Li Xiuping was still refining an elixir, and all the alchemists and weapon refiners were concentrating on what they were doing. Master Qingming suddenly appeared in the yard and said, "Stop everything you are doing. Come on, we’re afraid we have to leave.”
Everyone was shocked, as all the herbs and materials in the fire were destroyed instantly, and then they looked at layman Qingming with doubts on their faces.
The layman Qingming said: "I just received the news that many powerful people suddenly appeared out of thin air around Maple Leaf City. Although they are all human monks, these people came in strange ways. They are obviously related to the demons and are obviously targeting them. You are here."
As soon as the words fell, powerful auras appeared continuously in Maple Leaf City, and then rushed out of the city.
At the same time, He Feng came here with a group of people and said, "Let's go to the Guiling Sect in the south first."
He handed some things to layman Qingming, and then said: "Senior can only be responsible for the next step. Emperor Wu's city needs to stay and resist."
Layman Qingming took those things, including the spirit boat responsible for flying, and some arrangements for the next step.
Layman Qingming directly drove the spirit boat, then took the lead to stand on the spirit boat and said: "Come up, everyone."
As soon as the voice fell, the blue water unicorn also ran over in a hurry and took the lead in boarding the spirit boat.
As everyone got on the spirit boat, the spirit boat began to take off and then headed south.
This time there was only one spiritual boat rising from Maple Leaf City. Obviously, no one else would leave Maple Leaf City directly.
Looking down from the sky, the entire Maple Leaf City looked extremely chaotic. Countless monks and soldiers kept running towards the tower, as if a powerful enemy was approaching.
On the spirit boat, Li Xiuping withdrew his eyes, glanced at the people behind him, and asked: "If we are intercepted on the road, I'm afraid..."
Master Qingming said bitterly: "It's really like that, and there's nothing we can do about it. Once we're trapped in Maple Leaf City, the situation will only get worse."
Li Xiuping nodded, but felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart.
As the spirit boat went south, the aftermath of the battle began to be felt. Judging from the momentum, the battle was not easy.
Sensing the situation of the battle, Master Qingming's face also became a little heavy. After all, if he was to be intercepted and killed, he would be the only one responsible for ensuring the safety of Li Xiuping and others.
Now it has only been more than a month since the war with the demons began, and the entire Emperor Wu City has already been unable to spare any manpower. If it continues, as the losses in Emperor Wu City become greater and greater, the war situation will only become more and more anxious. If it cannot Without timely support, not to mention Emperor Wu's city, the entire coast of the East China Sea would probably fall.
But now that the four major cities are fighting against the demons, and almost all the cultivation forces in the entire cultivation world have joined the battle, where can they find reinforcements to support Emperor Wu City?
There has never been a battle like this that can affect the entire spiritual world. Even the previous battle with the demon clan would have subsided at most at Qingqiu Mountain and Kunlun Mountain. But now the three mountains have been involved, and the battle Not only has it not calmed down, but it has become more and more anxious. If this continues, the entire world, not to mention the four cities, may become a battlefield. By then, it will not only be the practice world that will be affected, but the entire world.
According to Master Qingming's knowledge, a similar war took place ten thousand years ago, but there is no record of the specific circumstances of that war. The only thing that can be known is that many inheritances were cut off in that war, including the matter of ascension.
Thousands of years ago, there were so many powerful powers, so many powerful inheritances, and the fight against the demons paid such a heavy price. Now that the inheritance is cut off, the immortal road collapses, and the demons invade again, how can the entire human race resist?
If they cannot withstand the attack of the demons, then even if they leave Maple Leaf City now, where can they escape to in the future?
Li Xiuping had the same thought at this moment, and at this moment, the expressions of the two of them changed almost at the same time.
The air in front began to fluctuate violently, and then huge fireballs appeared out of thin air one after another.
After these fireballs appeared, they directly brought up streams of black smoke and charged towards the spirit boat.
Qingming layman took the lead to leave the spirit boat and stood in front of the spirit boat out of thin air. Sword intent surged around his body, and then condensed into long swords, rushing towards the fireballs like a tide.
Accompanied by loud roars, those fireballs continued to explode, and a fire rain suddenly began in the entire front. Raging fires burned directly in the mountains and fields, and black smoke billowed.
Layman Qingming said solemnly: "Return to Maple Leaf City."
Just as Li Xiuping was about to control the spirit boat to return to Maple Leaf City, huge fireballs appeared in the sky and fell towards the spirit boat.
Li Xiuping directly took out countless spirit stones, and then integrated all of these spirit stones into the spirit boat to drive the spirit boat's defense.
As soon as the spirit boat's defenses were activated, those fireballs hit the spirit boat directly. The entire spirit boat suddenly shook violently and its height dropped again and again.
Li Xiuping was driving the spirit boat at the moment, his face becoming increasingly serious.
These seemingly ordinary fireballs actually contain extremely powerful power. Under the attack of these fireballs, not only was he unable to drive the spirit boat to escape, but even the defenses on the spirit boat were unable to support it. If this continued, he might still be in trouble. Before the spirit boat could land, it would be completely destroyed by those fireballs.
Li Xiuping took out all the spirit stones on his body and said to He Feng: "You control the spirit boat."
After saying that, without waiting for He Feng to speak, his body left the spirit boat and appeared above the spirit boat, actually trying to fight against those fireballs with his own strength.
After Li Xiuping left the spirit boat's defense, he directly drove the bamboo slips and unfolded them above to form the first line of defense. He then drove the fairy sword to continuously attack the fireballs, temporarily relieving the pressure on the spirit boat.
The pressure on the spirit boat was relieved, but the attacks of those fireballs all affected Li Xiuping, which immediately made Li Xiuping miserable.
If it weren't for the previous martial arts pill formation and the huge improvement in his physical body, even with the help of immortal treasures, he might not be able to withstand such an intense attack at this moment.
Just at this time, several figures quickly approached here, and then runes began to condense and form in the sky above Li Xiuping. They were superimposed layer by layer, blocking many of those fireballs.
Four strong men from Emperor Wu City appeared at the same time to protect the surroundings of the spirit boat.
With the help of these four people, Li Xiuping also returned to the spirit boat and drove the spirit boat back to Maple Leaf City.
Li Xiuping could naturally see that the attack of these fireballs was to force them back to Maple Leaf City, but now they had no other choice but to return to Maple Leaf City. With just the few people they had now, they simply could not get away from those fireballs. attack.
As soon as the spirit boat approached Maple Leaf City, a more powerful force appeared out of thin air and hit the runes.
The runes barely lasted long before they exploded. The four strong men from Emperor Wu City also vomited blood instantly. Then the force hit the spirit boat directly, and the defense on the spirit boat was unable to withstand this force at all. , it completely collapsed.
Almost in an instant, the entire spirit boat collapsed in the air. Li Xiuping felt a roar in his head. In desperation, he sacrificed the Fang Zhenchi and released all the sword intent around him, pouring it into the Fang Zhenchi.
With a loud roar, the Fang Zhenzhi exploded, and the violent force directly impacted the surroundings.
Li Xiuping moved the bamboo slips and the copper bowl to protect everyone inside.
As soon as the copper bowl appeared, everyone suddenly felt their eyes go dark. The entire copper bowl took everyone directly and hit the ground below, and the entire ground exploded on the spot!
At this moment, Li Xiuping felt as if all the bones in his body were falling apart. He first put away the copper bowl, and then looked around with a blank face. Where he saw gunpowder smoke billowing, it was desolate.
He never expected that the previous force was so powerful. Not only did it instantly break through the defense of the four strong men in the distraction stage, but even the immortal treasure was instantly destroyed. If it weren't for the power of the immortal treasure exploding, I'm afraid I still can't block that attack.
Although that attack was blocked, the power of the exploding fairy treasure also directly affected the four strong men of Emperor Wu City. The four people who had already suffered heavy losses were naturally unable to withstand the power of the exploding fairy treasure. Fallen instantly.
If Li Xiuping hadn't sacrificed those bamboo slips and the copper bowl in the end to protect everyone, they would probably have suffered the same fate as the four strong men in the distraction stage.
Although the cast sword and the copper bowl blocked the force, the bamboo slips were almost completely destroyed, and the cracks that originally appeared on the copper bowl became much larger, almost spreading to the entire copper bowl.
Although this copper bowl was not directly destroyed, it is probably impossible to continue using it for defense in the future. It can only be used for storage at most.
Li Xiuping only felt a buzzing in his mind. Other than that, he couldn't hear any sound. Around him, the alchemists and weapon refiners were in a similar situation at the moment. Many of them were even more embarrassed than him. Moreover, there were several people lying on the ground. They were all bleeding from their orifices, and they all died after their internal organs were shattered.
At this time, the willow tree in Li Xiuping's body began to release energy, instantly restoring Li Xiuping's clarity.
At this time, those fireballs kept falling down, and Li Xiuping didn't have time to think too much. He directly drove the cauldron to resist the fireballs, and then drove the Taoist fairy treasure to interact with the cauldron.
In this way, the attack of those fireballs was temporarily resisted.
Li Xiuping asked: "Is everything okay?"
No one answered, and everyone still looked confused until this moment.
Several monks who had reached the Nascent Soul stage were the first to come to their senses and shook their heads.
Li Xiuping continued: "Return to Maple Leaf City."
After hearing Li Xiuping's words, everyone who was still alive started to move, and began to retreat towards Maple Leaf City with the help of Li Xiuping's defense.
As the living people got up, only the dead were left on the ground.
Li Xiuping glanced at these dead people, and his eyes suddenly froze, because one of them was actually the female cultivator of Huatian Sect.
For a moment, Li Xiuping felt like it was a lifetime ago. Not long ago, this woman was waving and smiling at her. That scene seemed like it was yesterday, yet it felt like a lifetime ago.
Li Xiuping did not dare to think too much. With a wave of his hand, he put all the bodies of these people into the copper bowl, and then continued to use the two immortal treasures to resist the attacks of those fireballs, and protected the remaining people to retreat to Maple Leaf City.
Above the sky, powerful auras emerged one after another, and they were all experts from the Star Observation Tower.
After these powerful men from the Star Observation Tower appeared, their eyes quickly locked onto Li Xiuping below, and then they simultaneously attacked Li Xiuping...
Some people died, but not completely...
