After seeing Daoist Ming Zhou off, Zhang Yu reopened the restrictions of the Guardian of Rectitude Palace. He left a projection outside to handle mundane affairs, while with a turn of his true body's thoughts, he arrived within the Dao palace situated in the land of chaotic obscurity.
After settling down in the pill chamber, he took out a portion of the precious materials he had put away earlier.
Just as when he had refined the Vessel-Entrusting artifact before, he had spent these past days consulting the relevant Dao books and had long since formed a plan.
This time, he still did not intend to refine some superior treasure artifact. Instead, he intended to continue starting with the simple things. Moreover, this treasure was not a Vessel-Entrusting artifact, so many steps could be omitted.
With a turn of his thoughts, silver water streamed down from above the pill chamber, while smoke and fire rose below, sweeping the various precious materials into their midst for nurturing refinement.
Several days later, once the precious materials had harmonized with the divine qi, he formally began the refinement.
More than forty days passed in the blink of an eye.
With the experience from his previous refinement, coupled with the fact that this ritual artifact was not complicated, his progress this time was even faster than he had anticipated.
As the water and fire within the pill chamber receded, a half-foot-long black crystal pillar, incomparably translucent in appearance, emerged there. It had four ridges and four sides, its two ends shaped like sharp cones. Using one pointed end as its axis, it slowly revolved in place. Yet throughout this process, it emitted a dull sound of wind and thunder, causing the entire Dao palace to tremble faintly.
Zhang Yu fixed his gaze upon it. Drawn