I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 316: Refining Treasures (Part 2)

In this way, maintaining his posture, Lin Qing used the fire within his body to refine for an hour, but the treasure bead did not change.

At this moment, Lin Qing narrowed his eyes. It seemed that this treasure bead was different from ordinary materials, as if it had no impurities. The first refining, which was quite laborious, could be omitted. Thinking of this, Lin Qing retracted his right hand and then made several complex hand gestures. The fire became more vigorous and gradually compressed the treasure bead.

When the compressed bead reached the size of a longan fruit, Lin Qing suddenly sucked in, swallowing the bead and the fire into his abdomen.

As soon as the bead entered his abdomen, Lin Qing closed his eyes and began the second refining through internal observation.

The process of refining this treasure was by no means simple. It was a test for every refiner, especially for some powerful treasures, which required great mental effort. This was also why Lin Qing needed three days of rest to refine it.

After the nameless treasure bead was sucked into his abdomen, a full seven days passed before Lin Qing opened his eyes, looking somewhat weak.

But the smile on his face couldn't be concealed.

The second refining was completed, and now it was time for the final third refining. However, before that, Lin Qing took a moment to recover before officially starting.

He carefully guided the bead, which had shrunk to the size of a thumb, to slowly approach the Gold Core near his body. The fire formed the Gold Core, and now the bead had to undergo further refinement.

This step required extreme caution. If it failed, although it wouldn't be fatal, it would take several years to recover one's cultivation.

Lin Qing closed his eyes again and began to concentrate using the methods of the Three Yang Refining Technique.

During the days that Lin Qing was refining, Ling Xueqing had been staying with the Purple Gold Toad. She was very concerned about Lin Qing's refining of the treasure, as it was related to whether they could escape from their predicament.

But for some reason, whenever Ling Xueqing thought about the day when the treasure was completed and they could escape, she felt a faint sense of reluctance.

Sometimes, Ling Xueqing couldn't help but ask herself if she had developed feelings for this senior expert, Lin Qing.

After thinking about it, she herself didn't know the answer.

Lin Qing was impeccable in terms of cultivation, character, and other aspects. But she had been practicing since she was young and had never experienced such emotions before. She didn't know whether her feelings towards Lin Qing were just a fondness between a man and a woman, or if they were born out of gratitude for his respectful treatment towards her.

These two could easily be confused at certain times.

She had originally planned to wait a few more days to see, but she didn't expect that ten years, whether long or short, would pass in the blink of an eye.

Thinking about how they would probably part ways with Lin Qing, this senior expert, after escaping from their predicament, made her feel melancholic.

As for Dao companions, she had always concealed her appearance, gender, and cultivation. In fact, she had thought about many possibilities for a future Dao companion over the years. It was only when she had to face it in a certain sense that her thoughts couldn't remain calm.

And Lin Qing was completely unaware of Ling Xueqing's thoughts while he was refining the treasure.

He didn't know that during these ten years, while he was daily gathering cold water for his own treasure, he was also gradually capturing a woman's heart, bit by bit. She felt joy and melancholy for him, like ripples that never ceased.

Ten days passed, and Lin Qing opened his eyes once again.

This time, not only did his eyes show joy, but a slight smile also appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The nameless treasure bead has been successfully refined into a magic weapon by him, and he has named it: Shanshui Bead.

With a slight opening of his mouth, a small bead flew out from it, spinning around Lin Qing non-stop. As for the divine ability of the magic weapon, it far exceeded Lin Qing's imagination.

"Water Shield!"

As Lin Qing thought, the Shanshui Bead spinning around him immediately formed a circular water shield.

This water shield emitted a faint black-blue light, which seemed to be not much different from ordinary Foundation Building water spells in appearance. However, Lin Qing knew that his water shield, although its defensive ability alone might not surpass the Tianluo Umbrella of the Star Moon Daoist that he had used to kill with a talisman, its long-lasting maintenance ability was incomparable to the Tianluo Umbrella, and it consumed very little spiritual energy.

Moreover, if he disregarded everything and activated this water shield, its defensive ability could be further enhanced.

"Transformation!"

Outside the water shield, more than a dozen water-formed magical instruments immediately appeared, including swords, knives, and even trident-like spears.

And Lin Qing could control these transformed magical instruments through the Shanshui Bead, each of which was equivalent to the power of a third-grade inferior magical instrument.

Of course, this was also because Lin Qing had just finished refining them. If he were to nurture them further in the future, he would be able to transform even more magical instruments.

The functions of the Shanshui Bead were far more than this, but it was impossible to demonstrate them all in the cave at this moment. Lin Qing closed his mouth and retracted the Shanshui Bead into his abdomen. It was said that the power of a magic weapon was formidable, but it also relied on the continuous nurturing of the cultivator. For example, a magic weapon nurtured by a Gold Core cultivator for a hundred years would be at least three times stronger than when it was first refined, and this power would only increase with the lengthening of the nurturing time.

As for the function of suppressing divine consciousness possessed by the cold water itself, it became even stronger after being refined into a magic weapon, but it was carried in the water.

For example, the water shield that Lin Qing had just formed could prevent divine consciousness probing or attacks from cultivators of the same level, and various magical instruments released could actively suppress divine consciousness. With just this, Lin Qing had enough advantage in battles.

Now that his mood had calmed down, Lin Qing felt that after a few more days of recuperation and becoming more familiar with the Shanshui Bead, he would be able to break free from this predicament. It had been ten years, and he was starting to feel a bit suffocated.

"Xiao Jin, come here."

Lin Qing called out to the Purple Gold Toad, which he now called Xiao Jin.

Upon hearing Lin Qing's call, the Purple Gold Toad happily ran out from Ling Xueqing's side and jumped onto Lin Qing's shoulder. Its eyes rolled around as it spoke, "Congratulations, Master, on the completion of the magic weapon."

"Haha." Lin Qing laughed, the magic weapon was completed, but it was not yet perfected. However, Lin Qing had no intention of correcting it.

Not long after, Ling Xueqing also came out and bowed to Lin Qing, saying, "Congratulations, Senior Lin, on successfully refining the magic weapon."

Lin Qing nodded, but his attention was now focused on Ling Xueqing.

At some point, Ling Xueqing had changed out of her usual gray training clothes and was now wearing a pale white dress, with a jade hairpin inserted on her head. She was obviously dressed up. Even without dressing up, she was already beautiful, but now she looked even more stunning.

Lin Qing's eyes narrowed, but he thought of something and shifted his gaze away, no longer looking at her.

Ling Xueqing was initially happy to see that she had caught Lin Qing's attention, but when she saw that Lin Qing was not looking at her anymore, she felt a bit disappointed. However, she remembered the determination she had made in the past few days, her face blushed, and she whispered, "I wonder if Senior has a partner?"

(End of this chapter)