Chen Lin hung a sign outside his immortal cave announcing that he was entering seclusion, then began preparing to forge the Azure Flood Dragon Halberd.
Despite his considerable wealth, he still did not own a top-tier spiritual tool.
Top-tier spiritual tools were exceedingly rare. The materials they required were too expensive, making them poor value for the cost, so no one was willing to forge them.
Under normal circumstances, an upper-grade spiritual tool was enough for a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator. There was no need to expend time and effort acquiring a top-tier spiritual tool when that time and money were needed to prepare for Core Formation!
Chen Lin had not paid it much attention at first, either. He collected materials when he came across them and did not force the matter when he could not. Only now had he finally gathered everything.
But since he had all the materials and was not short of spirit stones, he might as well forge it.
He lined up five bottles containing demon souls, then took out the unfinished spiritual tool blanks he had previously commissioned from the Artifact Forging Hall and began working with his Burning Lotus True Fire.
He had long since studied the forging method until he knew it inside out, with every detail clear in his mind. Coupled with the immense increase in power after his Burning Lotus True Fire advanced, the forging process went smoothly.
In less than four hours, he completed his first attempt. After a brief rest, he began the second.
Three days later.
Chen Lin emerged from his immortal cave with an exceedingly grim expression.
He had never imagined that something he had considered as certain as a nail driven into a board would actually fail!
The fifth failure had even given him a