This was a gathering place for Talisman Masters, where dozens of them refined talismans with all kinds of effects.
Qin Fengming's Talisman Attainment was also extremely high, but it was not as famous throughout the Three Realms as his accomplishments in alchemy and artifact refinement. Master Zhu Xing had summoned Qin Fengming here not to have him study some method of refining talismans, but to ask him to purify a certain energy-storage material.
Naturally, refining talismans required materials capable of containing vast amounts of Spirit Pattern energy.
The material Qin Fengming used most often was Ink Crystal Stone. Ink Crystal Stone was even better suited for refining talismans and talisman formations than the hide of a Mahayana vicious beast.
However, the material Saintly Venerable Zhu Xing wanted Qin Fengming to purify was not a single material, but two materials that could both store immense energy. After purification, the two materials had to be perfectly fused together.
These two materials were called Moon-Shield Stone and Black Smoke Crystal Stone.
Both materials were jet-black all over, with their energy restrained within. They could both serve as vessels for storing energy and were used to refine formation disks and formation foundations.
Fusing the two materials together without damaging their properties was something only an Artifact Refining Master could accomplish.
Saintly Venerable Zhu Xing had once succeeded by chance. On one occasion, he had been refining a treasure himself and accidentally mixed up the two materials. By a stroke of luck, he purified and fused them together.
The fused material far surpassed either individual material in both function and strength. It could store even more immense energy and accommodate a greater number of Spirit Patterns. It was an excellent material for refining talismans.
However, when Saintly Venerable Zhu Xing tried to reproduce the process,