Refining Away Clarity and Turbidity to Attain Spiritual Truth, Only Then Seeing the Wondrous Gate of the Six Elements
Discuss artifact refining?
Xiangyu Immortal Monarch's words greatly interested Jiang Sheng. The artifact-refining insights of a Great Vehicle Immortal Monarch would surely offer Jiang Sheng broader guidance and advice.
Jiang Sheng smiled. "There is no day like today. I need to recover from my injuries now, and with nothing else to do, it is the perfect time to discuss the Dao of artifact refining with Immortal Monarch."
Xiangyu Immortal Monarch laughed heartily. "Very well. This old man shall share some of his artifact-refining insights with you, little friend."
"This old man mentioned in the Five Manifestations Six Elements Cloud Edict that the method of artifact refining is to make heaven and earth one's furnace, condense the spiritual essence of the five elements, gather the mysteries of the six arcana, and forge a vessel of immortal truth."
"There is no need to elaborate on making heaven and earth one's furnace, but the spiritual essence of the five elements has many interpretations. Little friend, what do you believe it to be?"
Jiang Sheng pondered after hearing this. It was not particularly difficult; on the contrary, for a cultivator born of the Penglai Dao Sect, the spiritual essence of the five elements was something even entry-level disciples ought to understand.
The five elements were metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Spiritual essence was the essence of the five elements.
Five-Element Spirit Pearls, Five-Element Spirit Sand, and even Five-Element Spirit Wood could all be called the spiritual essence of the five elements. They merely differed in grade.
For example, Five-Element Spirit Pearls were great medicines for Core Formation, Five-Element Spirit Sand was a superb material for Nascent Soul Condensation, while Five-Element Spirit Wood was essential for cultivation.
But for immortal beings of the Upper Three Realms, there were not many things that could be