Clan Leader's Breakthrough

"Uncle, you flatter me."

"With this Life-Bound Immortal Sword, Uncle Qing Hao's future Dao Path will be smoother, and I'll be satisfied."

Chen Nianzhi smiled and said that with his Life-Bound Immortal Sword, Chen Qinghao's future prospects would be much brighter, and his strength would probably be among the best in his class at the Foundation Establishment.

After refining his Life-Bound Immortal Sword, the Third Elder left Peaceful Sun City that very day. He had many affairs to attend to at Qingyuan Mountain, as well as the task of guarding Spirit Apricot Mountain, which also required his attention.

Chen Nianzhi stayed behind. Although she had successfully forged the Third Elder's Life-Bound Immortal Sword, there was still a very important matter she hadn't yet addressed.

That was to refine array flags. This time, we bought three catties and four taels of Golden-whisker Silkworm Silk from the Liu Clan to refine several sets of array flags for the six towns surrounding Peaceful Sun City.

"The Law Treasure flags are made of silkworm silk and require careful weaving."

"Moreover, this kind of Law Artifact cannot be directly refined with True Fire, otherwise there is a risk of it being burned by the True Fire."

"Just you wait and see."

As the Old Clan Leader spoke, he personally taught Chen Nianzhi how to weave. Under his Divine Sense, strands of silk gathered together and slowly wove a formation flag according to a special pattern.

After a battle flag was successfully made, he used True Fire to refine the Five Elements Essence, eventually allowing the Five Elements Essence to gradually merge into it.

After the Five Elements Essence was integrated, he immediately laid out fire-resistant array patterns on the array flags before beginning to refine them with True Fire.

The array flag Law Treasure itself is very fragile. Even with fire-resistant array patterns, it cannot be refined too much. The Old Clan Leader refined the Five Elements Essence into the array flag one by one, protecting it with his True Essence while burning the array patterns.

After seven days of work, the Old Clan Leader finally completed the first set of array flags.

This set of Five-Element Formation Flags consists of five flags. Chen Changxuan burned a defensive array on each flag. When all five flags are activated at the same time, the Five-Element City-Guarding Grand Formation can be activated.

Looking at the array flags before him, he said with a smile:

"This set of Five-Element Formation Flags is Tier 2 Low-grade array treasured by my Chen Clan. Because it abandons the killing array patterns, its defensive power is among the top in the Tier 2 Low-grade arrays."

"If relying on First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Vein, once activated, even a mid-to-late Foundation Establishment cultivator would need more than three hours to break through it."

Chen Nianzhi took the Five-Element Formation Flags and nodded, saying, "With this set of array flags, the safety of the six array flags Peaceful Sun City can be guaranteed."

This time, they needed to refine six sets of array flags. Without delay, the Old Clan Leader continued refining them with Chen Nianzhi's help.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Changxuan had refined four more sets of array flags. When it came to the last set of array flags, the two of them found that they didn't have enough Golden-whisker Silkworm Silk.

Fortunately, the Demon Banner obtained after killing Zhang Old Devil was also made of Tier 2 silkworm silk. The Old Clan Leader personally disassembled the Demon Banner and obtained five taels of second-tier silkworm silk.

Just as the Old Clan Leader was about to begin refining the materials, Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Let me try the last set."

"You're coming?"

Chen Changxuan was slightly taken aback, and said with some worry, "This Tier 2 silkworm silk is extremely delicate. If it is accidentally burned, then..."

"It's alright," Chen Nianzhi said calmly. "I'm fairly confident."

Seeing this, the Old Clan Leader chief handed the last set of array flags to Chen Nianzhi.

Having personally observed the Old Clan Leader's weapon crafting process for many days, Chen Nianzhi assisted the Old Clan Leader in continuously crafting Array Instrument, and his own understanding of weapon crafting has improved by leaps and bounds.

When it was his turn to do it himself, there weren't many unexpected problems, and he completed the formation flags in just two days.

"The entire array flags are woven almost perfectly." Chen Changxuan looked at the array flags and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "It's hard to believe that this is your first time refining Tier 2 Magical Tool."

Chen Nianzhi did not answer. For array flags Law Artifact, the most troublesome task was to integrate the Five Elements Essence.

He meticulously refined the five elements and continuously inscribed array patterns, eventually succeeding in crafting the array flags.

"Hiss--"

Looking at the completed array flags, the Old Clan Leader took a deep breath and couldn't help but scrutinize Chen Nianzhi: "Your talent is perhaps even more astonishing than I imagined."

"It's just that you haven't had a good teacher all these years, and your Lineage has failed to bring you into the spotlight."

"It's alright," Chen Nianzhi said calmly. "Exploring the path step by step might lead to a more solid foundation and allow us to discover unique and wonderful things."

Having successfully crafted a set of array flags signifies that Chen Nianzhi's Artifact Refining Art and array Law Technique have both reached the Tier 2. The Old Clan Leader felt both excited and melancholic.

What's exciting is Chen Nianzhi's amazing comprehension; what's disheartening is that comparing yourself to others can sometimes be incredibly frustrating.

After a while, he took out two scrolls and handed them to Chen Nianzhi.

"This is an ancient book on weapon crafting and formations passed down through my Lineage for hundreds of years. I have reorganized it and incorporated my understanding of these two fields into it, so it should be of some help to you."

"..."

After leaving the weapon-refining room, the two went to the Peaceful Sun Six Towns one by one to set up formations for each of them.

By the time all this was finished, it was three months after everyone returned from Azure Ink Mountain.

"Finally finished."

With the flags of the last town fully deployed, the Old Clan Leader breathed a sigh of relief.

He glanced at Chen Nianzhi, smiled, and said, "Thanks to your help with the Spirit Peach, and with this great battle, I feel that my preparations are sufficient."

"Are you about to break through?" Chen Nianzhi couldn't help but ask with delight.

Chen Changxuan's breakthrough to the Eighth Layer of Foundation Establishment is no small matter. Once he takes this step, the Old Clan Leader's True Essence will increase by 20%, at which point both the Soul-Burning Separation Fire Formation and several Tier 2 Law Artifact will be able to unleash greater power.

"Hmm." Chen Changxuan nodded. "Don't go back yet. I plan to go into seclusion to break through my cultivation level in the next few days. You can stay in Peaceful Sun City for me."

"Alright, leave this to me."

Chen Changxuan went into seclusion to break through his cultivation level, while Chen Nianzhi stayed in Peaceful Sun City, nurturing several damaged Law Treasure while comprehending the Yang-Metal Divine Thunder.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, a powerful aura emanated from the Spirit Spring in Peaceful Sun City. The Old Clan Leader had finally made another step forward, reaching the eighth level of Foundation Establishment.

It's done.

Chen Nianzhi smiled slightly, but since the Old Clan Leader was consolidating his cultivation, he didn't disturb Chen Changxuan.

Three to five days later, before Chen Changxuan had even emerged from seclusion, an uninvited guest arrived Peaceful Sun City.

Several figures streaked through the void, led by a Bu Fan man in blue robes. He possessed an Bu Fan bearing and exuded a fierce and terrifying aura.

The man glanced at the City-Protecting Array of Peaceful Sun City, his calm eyes flickered slightly, and he let out a cold snort.

"Where is Chen Changxuan? Show yourself to me!"

"This is bad."

Chen Nianzhi's expression suddenly changed, revealing a hint of seriousness.

The newcomer was actually a cultivator from the Purple Mansion realm. Although he didn't appear as sparse as the forests of Tianxu Mountain, he still possessed a somewhat terrifying aura.

Before he could say anything, the Old Clan Leader broke through his cultivation barrier, stopped him, and then bowed to the man in blue.

"May I ask if you are Senior Lin Mohe Azure Sun Sect?"