Ahhh, I don't believe it

"I don't believe it!"

The bandit immediately exploded at those words.

Mo Cuidao exploded too.

Although the [Compendium of Qi Refining Stage Artifact Forging Techniques] was not particularly valuable, it had two versions.

One version was housed in the Heaven Defying Sect's Pillars of Cultivation Pavilion. Its difficulty had been simplified, making it easy to learn and understand, with no excessively high threshold.

The version Mo Cuidao had given Ning Ri through the bandit puppet, however, was his personal version. It was meant for his final disciple, and the techniques within were far more profound.

Without Mo Cuidao personally guiding him, even understanding this manual would likely be exceedingly difficult.

After calmly returning the jade slip to the bandit, Ning Ri said, "Why don't you believe it?"

The bandit immediately snapped, "You say you've learned it just because you can? I've been reading this thing for five years and still haven't understood it. What gives you the right to say you've learned it? This is extremely complicated..."

Ning Ri said nothing. Spiritual power suddenly surged from his hand, coiling around his fingertips. After dancing several times like sprites, it transformed into a string of incantation seals, then vanished.

The bandit immediately fell silent...

Mo Cuidao also revealed a stunned expression.

The disciples at Kite Plaza could not quite understand what they had seen and began whispering among themselves. "What's going on?"

But the clever ones took one look at Mo Cuidao's expression and immediately understood...

Mo Cuidao had never expected Ning Ri to learn it so quickly...

This was impossible!

Even though most of the [Compendium of Qi Refining Stage Artifact Forging Techniques] consisted of theoretical knowledge, with relatively few practical incantation seals, it was still difficult to practice.

How had he mastered it so quickly?

Only after standing frozen for a breath did he turn to Xun Zang and stammer, "You... didn't you say he was trash?"

Before Xun Zang could speak, Zhou Hai corrected him. "Wrong. I said he was a genius—a genius in techniques!"

As he spoke, the corners of Zhou Hai's lips curled slightly upward, his face carrying a hint of pride, as if the one showing off just now had not been Ning Ri, but him.

Yet Zhou Hai had every reason to be proud. When he said Ning Ri was a genius, the others had not questioned him, but neither had they fully believed him. After all, Ning Ri had not learned the Spirit Absorption Technique before their very eyes.

But now, things were different.

That little display had intimidated every elder.

It proved that his words had not been false.

After staring blankly for a while, Mo Cuidao's expression remained ugly, but a trace of excitement suddenly welled up within him...

Ning Ri spoke again. "All right. Since I've learned that one, you need to bring out another cultivation technique."

The bandit stared at Ning Ri. Just as before, he gritted his teeth and took out another jade slip, handing it to Ning Ri. "This is an extremely difficult fire-controlling incantation technique, called the [Blazing Heaven Chapter]. This jade slip has absolutely never circulated on the market. I don't believe you've learned it."

"After reading this jade slip, you have to let me go!"

Ning Ri ignored him. He accepted the jade slip and rapidly scanned through it. Once he finished, he tossed it back to the bandit and said indifferently, "Another one."

"I've learned it."

The bandit immediately flew into a rage. "Impossible!!!"

Before his words had even faded.

The fury on the bandit's face suddenly froze. Firelight danced in his eyes, illuminating his silence.

The firelight in his eyes came from a wisp of azure-blue flame leaping on Ning Ri's fingertip.

The azure-blue flame gradually expanded. Five identical tongues of fire appeared around it, endlessly circling it, each carrying the power of one of the five elements.

This made the azure-blue flame scorching hot, yet also imbued it with a sense of erosion and corrosion carved deep into its core. It was an Artifact Fire incantation that allowed artifact forgers with only Qi Refining cultivation to melt Foundation Establishment-grade ores across realms.

This was also the most difficult Artifact Fire incantation in the [Blazing Heaven Chapter].

The instant that flame appeared, Kite Plaza fell utterly silent.

Everyone had heard of Mo Cuidao's methods.

Anyone who knew even a little about artifact forging understood just how deep this craft ran.

This Ning Ri was far too monstrous!

And the elders seated above understood even more deeply.

Mo Cuidao was not someone who shut himself away and built a cart behind closed doors. He had discussed this fire-controlling incantation technique with many elders.

He said he had compiled the most comprehensive and supreme method of fire control. This fire could defy the heavens and forge the Heavenly Dao into a magic treasure.

He wanted to leave the Blazing Heaven Chapter to his final disciple, allowing his disciple to establish a perfect foundation from the Qi Refining stage onward.

If he could not defy the heavens, then his final disciple would do so.

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you don't lose it next time.

And the elders all felt that Mo Cuidao's brain might have been filled with molten iron.

For elders of great strength, the Qi Refining fire-control techniques in the [Blazing Heaven Chapter] were not difficult.

Because they could use their cultivation to accommodate those techniques.

But for Qi Refining cultivators—

These techniques were far too difficult.

The elders believed that only one of the very best artifact-forging geniuses in the Cultivation World, a once-in-a-thousand-years talent with exceptional natural gifts, could adapt to Mo Cuidao's fire-control techniques during the Qi Refining stage.

But people like that generally would not come to the Heaven Defying Sect.

Although Mo Cuidao stubbornly refused to acknowledge the elders' words, especially their claim that his brain had been filled with molten iron, he still admitted this in his heart—

This method truly was difficult.

Otherwise, Mo Cuidao would not have handed it to Ning Ri through the bandit at this time...

But he did not know what kind of young man Ning Ri was.

At this moment.

The elders' seats had fallen completely silent.

Zhou Hai, who had just been brimming with pride, now wore a strange expression.

He muttered inwardly—

Good heavens.

This brat took half an hour to learn the Spirit Absorption Technique last time. He must have been putting on an act...

One after another, the elders turned to look at Mo Cuidao, curious about his current expression.

He had been slapped in the face twice in public.

Mo Cuidao's expression became even uglier, and anger surfaced within it...

At the same time.

After falling silent for a moment, the bandit within the water curtain suddenly gritted his teeth and said viciously, "You've even learned the Blazing Heaven Chapter?"

"Then I don't believe you've learned the method of inscribing formations: the Subtle Art."

Ning Ri took it and tossed it back. "Another one. I've learned it."

"...Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh! I don't believe you've learned the furnace-nurturing method: Dao Nourishment."

"Another one. I've learned it."

"Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh! I don't believe you've learned the material-melting method: Red Furnace Melting Snow."

"Another one. I've learned it."

"Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh! I don't believe..."

"Mo Cuidao, stop not believing it for now. Wait a moment!"

Seeing that things were going badly, Zhou Hai called a halt to Mo Cuidao at Kite Plaza.

At this moment, the expressions with which the elders looked at Mo Cuidao had become extraordinarily strange.

Everyone's gaze landed on Mo Cuidao's face, their expressions extremely unfriendly.

Mo Cuidao glared at them furiously. "What?! What do you want? Why won't you let me continue? Do you want to watch me make a fool of myself before all these disciples?"

"He first smeared my reputation, claiming that he had connections to me, then repeatedly learned my skills on the spot. If word gets out, what will everyone think of me?"

"They'll think Ning Ri is connected to me, Mo Cuidao—that I'm letting him in through the back door!"

"I absolutely will not allow such a thing to happen."

"I must find a technique he cannot learn and prove my innocence."

As he spoke, the bandit within the water curtain continued crying out, "Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh! I don't believe you know the shaping method: Supernatural Craftsmanship..."

Seeing this, Zhou Hai was so furious that he laughed instead. "Heh heh, making a fool of yourself? Don't think we don't know what you're doing!"

"From the foundational knowledge of artifact forging to the furnace nurturing, ignition, material melting, formation inscription, and shaping required in actual artifact forging..."

"Are you taking revenge on him?"

"You're clearly taking a disciple before everyone's eyes!"

"This is a disciple trial!"

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