The tenacity of the Nine Netherworld Iron exceeded Yuan Ming's expectations, and the refining process was extremely long. Fortunately, Yuan Ming had made sufficient preparations, and even prepared a lot of medium-grade spiritual stones, which were used to fill the gap in releasing the pill fire. consumption of spiritual energy.
Ten days later, the Stygian Iron Gourd was finally completely melted, and Yuan Ming dispersed all the impurities in it, leaving only a ball of pitch-black iron slurry the size of a fist.
In addition to the Hades iron slurry water, the jade fragment in the gourd is still floating. After this long period of burning by the elixir fire, even the Hades iron has melted into water. However, the jade fragment has remained unchanged, and its surface has remained unchanged. The luster is even brighter.
Yuan Gu opened the refining furnace from a distance, took out the jade fragments, and temporarily put them aside. Then he raised his hand a little more and sent the soul-killing sword placed aside into the refining furnace.
The number of runes that a magic weapon can bear is determined by the main material of the magic weapon, but it is also closely related to its quantity.
Although the Soul-Destroying Sword is made of Nine Netherworld Iron as the main material, there is not much Nine Netherworld Iron in the sword body, and it may not be able to withstand seven runes. Smelting the Netherworld Iron Gourd into it should be enough.
He secretly learned many refining techniques through Heixiang, among which was a unique secret technique called "Same Material Compression Method".
This method is to mix the same spiritual materials into the refined objects and compress and condense them with special techniques, thereby increasing the power of the magic weapon in disguise.
This secret technique is very easy to use. It can enhance the power of the magic weapon without destroying the original runes.
Time flies and it is ten days later.
Yuan Ming melted the form of the Soul-Destroying Sword, then merged it with the previous Hades Iron Slurry Water, and began to compress and condense it.
And this step took far longer than Yuan Ming imagined!
It took him nearly half a year to complete it.
After the condensation was completed, the Soul-Destroying Sword was slightly larger than before, and its color became darker. It also feels much heavier in the hand than before.
Yuan Ming was re-forging the Soul-Destroying Sword into shape, but he did not immediately start the next step of refining. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the lotus platform and rested silently.
In the past six months, he has only used his spiritual consciousness to assist in refining weapons, without feeling much tired.
It's just that after stimulating the elixir fire for a long time, the accumulated physical fatigue is difficult to eliminate, so no matter how energetic he is, he has to stop and rest temporarily.
Yuan Ming felt more and more frail in his body, and while resting, he couldn't help but envy King Kong.
If he could temper his physical body to the strength of his innate body, his strength would be greatly enhanced.
Yuan Ming thought about it, and suddenly remembered that when he was in southern Xinjiang, he had sold a favor to a body cultivator named Long Jing. He had never been able to possess this person with black incense before, so he gradually forgot about it. Now that he thought about it, he didn't know. After entering the pill formation, can I possess this person? I will take the opportunity to learn a body refining method.
Of course, now that he is a dual cultivator of Dharma and Soul, he has invested twice as much energy and time as others. If it weren't for the continuous supply of elixirs and will power, and the addition of top techniques such as Jiuyuan Jue, Without Shun Zhu, he would never be able to reach where he is now.
In terms of physical training, I don't have a very obvious advantage now. If I don't have a special opportunity and just practice hard, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get good results if I invest a lot of energy. It will also take up my time in other aspects of training and will be in vain. The gain outweighs the loss.
Half a month later, Yuan Ming's body completely recovered, and after adjusting his condition, he started refining again.
The next step is to carve the runes.
Even though he had entered the stage of forming pills, because the Pluto Iron was extremely hard, not to mention that it had just been compressed and tempered, Yuan Ming still had to take out the high-quality carving knife he had purchased, and was destroying it one stroke at a time. Runes are engraved on the soul sword.
The first thing he carved was the rune that had a curse effect.
The complexity of this rune far exceeds all the runes Yuan Ming has ever mastered. Even though he is confident that he has practiced it fully and the strength of his soul is far higher than before, he still does not dare to be careless when it comes to actually carving it.
But when his carving knife had just made the first stroke, an accident happened.
As the carving knife passed across it, a shallow line appeared on the Soul-Destroying Sword.
A shallow dark mark, at the same time, Yuan Ming saw that the soul-killing sword body was shining in vain, and an inexplicable suction force appeared on the dark mark, followed the carving knife, and spread into Yuan Ming's body.
Yuan Ming only felt that the mana all over his body was being pulled and poured into the dark mark. The mana filled the newly carved lines little by little. However, the dark mark seemed not to be satisfied, and the suction on it continued. It's a rush.
Inexplicable power rushed towards Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness, inducing the soul power in it to rush towards the dark mark that had just been carved.
Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming was immediately shocked, but carving runes must be done from the beginning to the end. Now that he has made the first stroke, he must finish carving the subsequent lines in one go, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted.
He didn't hesitate. After taking a deep breath, he forcibly calmed his mind and continued to draw.
With each stroke, the suction force on the Soul-Destroying Sword will increase a little, which makes Yuan Ming's carving more and more difficult. After less than one-fifth of the carving, he felt as if there were thousands of mountains in front of the carving knife. Even a vertical line takes a lot of time to carve out.
At the same time, on the lines that had been carved on the Soul-Destroying Sword, a faint spiritual light lit up bit by bit, always at a slightly slower speed than Yuan Ming's carving knife.
Until now, Yuan Ming has realized that the runes he wants to carve are extraordinary, and their aura is enough to break through the convention, blending the two processes of carving runes and filling spirits together that should be separated.
However, whether it is a magic weapon or a magic weapon, the step of imbuing it with spirit requires filling in unimaginable spiritual power. When refining, ordinary weapon refiners choose to put spiritual stones into the refining furnace. Provide the required spiritual energy.
However, Yuan Ming could only use his own magic power, and even his soul power, to complete this very costly step of instilling spirits.
Although he was sitting on the lotus platform, his soul power was greatly increased, and he also had the will power to continuously replenish his soul power, but in terms of mana, he gradually felt a sense of dryness emerging from his body.
Yuan Ming did not dare to stop, so he could only temporarily mobilize a little mana, call the spiritual stones he had prepared before, and continue to absorb the spiritual power in them to fill the need for spiritual infusion.
Gradually, the situation calmed down. .
Yuan Ming's carving knife carved the runes slowly but steadily, while his mana and soul power filled the gaps in the runes unhurriedly like a trickle. Everything was developing smoothly. Until seven days later.
On the Soul-Destroying Sword, only a few lines of the "curse" rune were left to take shape, but the sword suddenly started to shake at this moment. The amplitude was very small at first, but as the carving of the runes progressed, the shaking amplitude increased. It got so big that Yuan Ming had to hold it down with his hands.
Faced with this situation, Yuan Ming seemed expressionless, but he was a little more anxious in his heart.
With his current level of weapon refining, he could naturally see at a glance that this was a sign that the Soul-Destroying Sword could not withstand the imprinting of runes. However, he had clearly refined and compressed the Soul-Destroying Sword before, and if it was just the fifth rune, no matter what There is no way I can't bear it.
The problem just lies in that rune.
Yuan Ming expected that the Soul-Destroying Sword might not be able to fully withstand the three magical runes, but he never thought that the refined and compressed Soul-Destroying Sword would not be able to withstand even two of them.
However, things had already progressed to this point, and Yuan Ming had no room for regrets. He could only grit his teeth and hold the carving knife tightly while pouring the mana and soul power in his body onto the sword, trying to speed up the carving and spiritual imbuing. speed.
Time passed bit by bit, and soon another day passed.
Under Yuan Ming's forcible suppression, the shaking of the Soul-Destroying Sword was always restrained within the range that would not affect the engraved talisman. However, the sword was already covered with cracks, and it seemed that it might fall apart at any time.
Yuan Ming's carving knife is only a hair away from completing the carving. Although it is so subtle that it is almost invisible, it is like the sky, dividing success and failure.
At this time, Yuan Ming's eyes were red, and veins were popping up on his forehead. The hand holding the carving knife had white fingers. It was obvious that he had exhausted all his strength and was ready to make a desperate move.
Suddenly, Yuan Ming felt the carving knife in his hand loosen.
, the huge force that had stopped him just now turned into a breeze and dissipated. Yuan Ming's heart skipped a beat and he quickly raised the carving knife to prevent unnecessary scratches.
But at this moment, the suction force that had been flattening on the cracked sword surged again. Yuan Ming's left hand holding the Soul-Destroying Sword seemed to be glued to the sword. No matter how hard he tried, he could not pull it away. Come down.
But this time, the Soul-Destroying Sword no longer absorbed his magic power, but instead swallowed his soul power like a giant whale. The soul power in Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness quickly withered away, but in the next moment, it was crazily poured into Jingchun Yuan. Full of power.
With such inhalation and release, Yuan Ming's soul was even affected, and he felt waves of dizziness and tingling that appeared and fell in and out.
He felt like a pipeline transporting soul power, sandwiched between the Soul-Destroying Sword and Lian Tai.
After an unknown amount of time, the Soul-Destroying Sword seemed to have swallowed up enough soul power and gradually slowed down its suction force. Only then was Yuan Ming able to finally pull his hand away from the sword.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, he looked down and saw that all the cracks on the Soul-Destroying Sword that had appeared during the previous refining had been eliminated, replaced by smooth lines of faint purple, intertwined with each other, as if they were attached to the Soul-Destroying Sword. The dragon on the sword is magical.
Success! The five runes on the sword were all shining brightly at this time, but the last rune representing "curse" was passing quickly, as if it would disappear completely in the next moment.
Yuan Ming's heart skipped a beat and he quickly took out the Soul-Destroying Sword. He immediately bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence on the sword. Then he wrapped the Soul-Destroying Sword with the elixir fire again and fused his own essence and blood with it.
Gradually, Yuan Ming felt that he had a vague connection with the Soul-Destroying Sword, and then he used the magic technique without hesitation, sucked the Soul-Destroying Sword into his body, and used the elixir fire in his body to wrap and warm it.
