Three nights later.
Wang Yue pushed open the door to his residence, slid the bolt tight behind him, then turned and walked to the Eight Immortals Table in the room.
The table had long since been cleared. He took two items from his robe.
One was a black sixth-rank dharma artifact, the Blood Cloud Bag, with a faint bloody mist still lingering around it.
The other was a bronze imitation Mingyuan Six Qi Bell. Fine patterns covered its surface; though it lacked the awe-inspiring majesty of the genuine article, it still carried a hint of ancient simplicity.
He placed the two items side by side on the table, lightly rubbing the bell's surface with his fingertips as his brows drew together.
As for crafting the fundamental dharma artifact for the See God and Worship Me Method, he only knew the general direction and had no idea how to begin.
The Blood Cloud Bag was good, but the Blood Cloud Immortal Heavenly Diagram was inscribed upon it. Altering it rashly might trigger unforeseen consequences.
The Mingyuan Six Qi Bell was an imitation, and its origin was weak, but it was clean. With no other Dao diagrams to interfere, it was a suitable blank.
"Stop staring at it. It's not as simple as you think."
The Four-Eyed Blood Scale Spear's voice sounded within him, carrying a trace of helplessness. "I didn't explain it in detail before because I didn't want to discourage you. Even if you can forge the dharma artifact into shape and inscribe the Dao patterns of the Heavenly Diagram upon it—"
"Figuring out how to knead the first eighty-one strands of force into a spell, so that the artifact can steadily bear and transmit that force, is the hardest part."
"If you make a mistake in this step, all