Having newly obtained the Artifact Crafting Manual, Li Qing was so immersed in it that he could hardly pull himself free. The contents on crafting magic tools were like opening a new door for him.
"I never expected material selection to be so important in artifact crafting. It isn't simply a matter of melting spiritual materials together."
"One must also consider the mutual generation and restraint between the properties of spiritual materials and the yin-yang Five Elements. The path of artifact crafting is truly vast and profound."
What surprised Li Qing most was that this Artifact Crafting Manual even came with a crafting blueprint for a Mid-grade Magic Tool called the Water Entanglement Net.
A complete artifact-crafting blueprint needed to include the materials used to forge the magic tool, as well as extremely detailed crafting procedures. It even recorded which spirit patterns had to be inscribed in the final step.
It was somewhat like an alchemy formula. As long as one crafted a magic tool according to the blueprint, the success rate would rise greatly, because it was experience summarized by predecessors after countless attempts.
For a Cultivation Family or a sect, such an artifact-crafting blueprint was extremely precious.
It meant that as long as they gathered enough spiritual materials, they could mass-produce a magic tool and arm all the Immortal Cultivators of their family.
In the Cultivation World, artifact-crafting blueprints were just like alchemy formulas—exceptionally precious things, strategic resources in every sense.
"To craft the Water Entanglement Net, the main materials required are: Condensing Water Sand and Azure Water Silk. The auxiliary material is Spirit Stabilizing Stone. The main materials are essential, while the auxiliary material is optional."
"If Spirit Stabilizing Stone is added, the Water Entanglement Net can also gain the effect of slowing the spiritual power within