Lingyun Sect, Artifact Refining Hall.
"Ultimately, I still had to take this step." Li Qing held the waist token symbolizing his status as an Artifact Refining Hall elder and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Long-term secluded cultivation was not his path. With his aptitude, the best way forward was to earn more sect Contribution Points in exchange for pills that could raise his cultivation.
"Greetings, Elder Li!"
"Greetings, Elder Li!"
Several Qi Refining stage disciples serving in the Artifact Refining Hall immediately lowered their heads respectfully upon seeing Li Qing.
"Mm." Li Qing nodded in response, then clasped his hands behind his back and continued deeper into the Artifact Refining Hall.
The Artifact Refining Hall was not located atop a mountain peak, but within a sunken valley somewhat north of the sect.
While the rest of Lingyun Sect remained warm as spring all year round, the valley housing the Artifact Refining Hall was like the blazing height of summer.
Feeling the familiar temperature around him, Li Qing couldn't help growing curious.
Lingyun Sect stood in an extremely cold region, and there was no underground earthfire vein beneath it. Why, then, was the temperature here so scorching?
Li Qing soon understood the reason.
Deep within the valley stood a Second-tier Great Formation focused on the fire attribute, with several Fire Essence Crocodiles raised at its Formation Eyes!
These demonic beasts were all Late First-tier fire-attributed demonic beasts. They could spit blazing Demonic Fire, whose power was not much inferior to the Innate True Fire of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
"Using the power of a formation to raise fire-attributed demonic beasts, then relying on their Demonic Fire to refine artifacts—this method is rather interesting." Li Qing stroked his chin and couldn't help praising this ingenious idea.
For many cultivators who had only