Spirit Treasures in Abundance, One Man at Leisure

Time slips away quietly.

Unbeknownst to them, nine months had already passed in this Secret Realm.

During this period, everyone except Chen Changqing was busy refining weapons.

The black-robed elder of the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect painstakingly forged a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure narrow sword—as black as ink and with a restrained sharpness—by combining his own understanding of swordsmanship with Sword Intent.

Although this sword lacks any ornate or unusual features, its Sword Qi aura is chilling and perfectly suited to the purpose of killing.

The young Arhat at the Great Thunder Sound Temple took a different approach, using Buddhist Sect Secret Methods to enhance the beads with various rare metals and Buddha Bone Sarira powder, creating a string of Low-Grade Spirit Treasure- level Vajra Bodhi Prayer Beads.

On each bead of the rosary, the swastika symbol is faintly visible, accompanied by the subtle chanting of Buddhist mantras.

The middle-aged Daoist of the Dao Sect refined a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure, the Bagua Mirror, which contained the energies of Yin and Yang and shone with a clear, bright light.

The arrogant man from the Beast Taming Sect selected materials from numerous ferocious beasts to forge a pair of ferocious Low-Grade Spirit Treasure Beast Tooth Gauntlets, which exuded Sha Qi aura.

One of the Cultivators from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, dressed in a star robe, crafted a special High-Grade Law Treasure containing seven Star Chess Pieces, which could be used to set up a simple star array.

The strongest among them was a man from the Divine Fire Sect, a weapon-refining sect, who actually forged High-grade Spirit Treasure.

This Spirit Treasure is a long sword as red as fire.

The sword's blade faintly shrouded in the phantom image of a phoenix.

When the sword was forged, flames soared into the sky, and the clear cry of a phoenix drew the attention of everyone present.

"Ha ha!"

"It's done!"

The man from the Divine Fire Sect laughed heartily, brimming with self-satisfaction.

He was originally a weapon-refining genius of the Divine Fire Sect.

Now, within this weapon-refining hall, all kinds of weapon-refining materials are readily available, allowing him to fully display his skills.

"High-Grade Spirit Artifact!"

"Above that, you'll find Quasi-Immortal Artifacts."

"I never expected Xue Kai of the Divine Fire Sect to have such a high level of skill in weapon crafting."

"It seems that he's the clear winner of the Second Trial test of weapon forging."

"Fortunately, I also managed to forge Low-Grade Spirit Artifact; it's not the best, but it's not the worst either."

"..."

Everyone sighed with amazement, finding it incredible that Xue Kai of the Divine Fire Sect had managed to forge High-Grade Spirit Artifact.

It should be noted that many of them possess natal magical Law Artifacts at this level.

"Hateful!"

"This... this is not fair."

"Xue Kai comes from a weapon-refining sect like the Divine Fire Sect, so weapon refining must be a piece of cake for him, right?"

Chen Ye felt indignant and glanced down at the longsword he had forged. In terms of grade, it was only Mid-Grade Law Treasure.

It should be known that the grades of Law Artifacts, from lowest to highest, can be divided into: Law Artifacts, Law Treasures, Spirit Treasures, Quasi-Immortal Artifacts, and Immortal Treasures.

Over the past nine months, Chen Ye has worked extremely hard, practically neglecting sleep and meals, to forge magical Law Artifacts.

Unfortunately, the resulting magical Law Artifact was only Mid-Grade Law Treasure.

"It's over!"

"The Law Artifact artifacts crafted by others are all of a higher grade than mine."

"I'm afraid I'll be eliminated in this Second Trial."

Xuanyuan Xiaoyu sighed inwardly.

Compared to Chen Ye, she was far inferior; the magical Law Artifacts she crafted were only at the Low-Grade Law Treasure level, which was simply not good enough.

At this moment, Chen Changqing was still lying in the chair, leisurely and lazily basking in the sun.

In the past nine months, he hasn't done any weapon forging at all.

All day long, they're either sunbathing or sleeping.

"Well..."

Xuanyuan Xiaoyu sighed helplessly and looked at Chen Ye; both of them could see the disappointment in each other's eyes.

Both of them could see that the magical Law Artifacts they had crafted were among the worst in the group.

The Humanoid Puppet had made it very clear that within a year, those who could enter the Third Trial would be selected based on the quality of the Law Artifacts they crafted.

They probably won't have a chance to enter the Third Trial.

After exchanging glances for a moment, the two turned their gazes and looked at Chen Changqing simultaneously.

"Fairy Xuanyuan, what exactly is the situation with Brother Changqing?"

"I just arrived at this weapon-refining hall and glanced at the Artifact Refining Chapter."

"So you just stayed outside sunbathing afterwards?"

Chen Ye exclaimed in surprise, his face full of bewilderment and confusion.

Indeed, Chen Changqing's performance far exceeded his expectations.

In his opinion, even if Chen Changqing knew nothing about weapon crafting, he shouldn't just slack off like this.

Having a year to study the Artifact Refining Chapter and select materials for weapon refining isn't too difficult.

But Chen Changqing didn't do any weapon forging at all.

"This..."

Upon hearing what Chen Ye said, Xuanyuan Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, her lips parted slightly, but she didn't know what to say.

"Strangeness."

Logically speaking, Changqing isn't someone who likes to give up.

"Why did you stop refining this weapon from the very beginning?"

Xuanyuan Xiaoyu muttered to herself, feeling that Chen Changqing behaving very strangely.

After thinking for a moment, she took a deep breath and then looked at Chen Ye and said:

"While there's still time, let's think of a way to further improve the grade of the Law Artifacts we're crafting!"

Hearing what Xuanyuan Xiaoyu said, Chen Ye nodded slightly and said:

"That's right."

"It hasn't even been a year yet; we can't give up until the very last moment!"

Then, Chen Ye and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu didn't delay and continued to work on refining the weapon.

Not far away, Xue Kai from the Divine Fire Sect saw this scene and couldn't help but chuckle coldly, muttering to himself:

What's the point of trying harder?

"Refining weapons depends on talent. Even if you were given another year, you still wouldn't be able to refine High-grade Spirit Treasure!"

With that, Xue Kai waved his hand lightly, placing the blood-red longsword he had forged onto a specially made jade platform for nurturing.

He did not choose to continue refining weapons, having absolute confidence in the High-grade Spirit Treasure longsword he had crafted.

In Xue Kai's opinion, no one present could forge a magical Law Artifact that surpassed High-grade Spirit Treasure.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.

At this time, most people inside the weapon-forging hall had stopped forging weapons.

Only Chen Ye and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu Yu remained, still trying to figure out how to improve the grade of the Law Artifacts they had crafted.

However, once this Law Artifact is formed, upgrading its grade is an extremely difficult task.

Even some master craftsmen have to rack their brains to advance in rank after successfully crafting a weapon.

Not to mention, neither Chen Ye nor Xuanyuan Xiaoyu came from a background in weapon crafting.

"I can't do it..."

Xuanyuan Xiaoyu looked at the Low-Grade Law Treasure she had refined, her expression filled with bitterness and helplessness.

Over the past few months, she has been studying how to improve the grade of Law Artifacts.

In the end, however, the grade of the Low-Grade Law Treasures he crafted remained unchanged.

"This weapon forging... is way too difficult!"

Not far away, Chen Ye looked dejected.

Like Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, he also failed to find a way to upgrade the grade of the Mid-Grade Law Treasure he had refined.

Although neither of them had any prior experience in weapon crafting.

However, to be able to forge Law Treasure Law Artifacts of this caliber within almost a year is truly a remarkable talent.