"After receiving Senior Brother Chu's commission the other day, I didn't dare slack off in the slightest. I've been working overtime day and night these past few days, and I finally finished refining the magical artifact."
Wen Yulong looked somewhat excited, though the exhaustion on his face was obvious.
For cultivators who had reached the Divine Intent Realm, going without sleep for several days would at most cause slight discomfort—unless they were also constantly exhausting their vital energy and strength the entire time.
Chu Liang suspected that Wen Yulong had not slept at all these past few days.
This kid was a workaholic.
He smiled. "You've really worked hard, Junior Brother Wen. From the look of you, it should have succeeded?"
"Mm!" Wen Yulong nodded heavily. Then he raised a palm-sized azure leaf. "This is also the first magical artifact I've successfully refined on commission."
Chu Liang took it and examined it closely.
This natal azure leaf had already been somewhat thick and weighty, but after refinement, it had become a little thicker still. The veins upon its surface had changed completely; upon closer inspection, they formed all manner of intricate array patterns.
The arrangement and combination of these array patterns were far more abstruse and obscure than ordinary runes, while the engraving and imprinting had to be a hundred times more precise. Chu Liang, who had been studying talismans these past few days, could only regard them with solemn respect.
"Senior Brother Chu, you can give it a try," Wen Yulong said.
"Alright." Chu Liang nodded.
He slowly poured true qi into the azure leaf, using his divine sense to feel out the array patterns within before exerting force to activate it.
Whoosh—
The azure leaf suddenly rose into the air, spreading flat as it hovered there. It transformed