Fate Artifact Complete

Before long, Yu Ping brought two large bowls.

Li Qingxian fully opened the bundle, and pieces of gold scattered out, glittering and dazzling.

Yu Ping glanced at it fiercely a few times, then reluctantly walked to the door to stand guard.

Li Qingxian silently recited the crafting process of the Fate Fishing Rod, wrote it down on paper, and carefully pondered each step.

After figuring it out, the first step was to melt the gold.

His right hand, brimming with magical power, swept across the two large porcelain bowls, the power flowing to remove impurities and strengthen the bowls.

Then, the gold fragments were placed into two large porcelain bowls.

He took out the Spirit-Awakening Talisman he had previously refined, held two between his fingers, chanted the Gold-Melting Formula, and with a flick of his right hand, transformed them into two balls of flame, which landed in the two bowls.

The crimson flames flowed across the gold, enveloping it and slowly melting it.

In a short while, it transformed into two bowls of bright yellow liquid gold, sparkling and dazzling.

Li Qingxian then took the Spirit-Awakening Talisman and used the incantation to purify and temper the gold in sequence, ultimately synthesizing a bowl of liquid gold.

The surface of the molten gold rippled continuously, its magical power surging, yet it never solidified.

Li Qingxian waited quietly.

The sun had just set when Han Anbo returned carrying a bamboo basket.

"Everything is ready. There are a few things that were a bit tricky to get, so I had my brothers buy them separately. Take a look."

Li Qingxian opened the bamboo basket, inspected each item, and finally nodded, saying, "Next, I'm going to formally refine the Fate Artifact. There will probably be some noise. You two help guard the doors and windows to prevent anyone from coming in."

Li Qingxian used his magic to refine various Fate Material one by one. Afterwards, he put the Fate Material into the gold-melting bowl little by little, filling an entire basket. However, the gold-melting bowl was like a bottomless pit, showing no change whatsoever.

Finally, he carefully opened the small bottle and poured out ten Spirit Metal.

Power flowed in his palm as he chanted the Gold-Melting Formula.

Ten tiny grains of Spirit Metal rolled together and transformed into a liquid black gold sphere.

With a flick of his wrist, the Spirit Metal fell into the gold-melting bowl.

Glug glug...

The molten gold surged and bubbled, and streaks of seven-colored rays shot into the sky, filling the room with dazzling light.

The entire Street Patrol Office was alerted, and even people from other courtyards came to join the fun.

Han Anbo patiently explained that he was refining Fate Artifact, Yu Ping stretched out his arms to block the doorway, occasionally glancing back with curiosity in his eyes.

Coach Dong Ying stepped forward to help Han Anbo stop the others.

People outside whispered among themselves, even the experts who Entry Rank level looked on with envy.

As the Fate Material merged into the metal, Li Qingxian took a deep breath, first reciting the Mouth-Purification Mantra and the Body-Purification Mantra, then the Life-Hunting Curse, and slowly inserted both hands into the molten metal.

A wisp of white smoke rose up, accompanied by a soft hissing sound.

Li Qingxian felt both pain and itchiness in his hands, which were immersed in boiling water.

The molten gold drilled into the finger and slowly flowed upwards from the inner wall of the blood vessel, turning the skin red and emitting a faint white vapor wherever it passed.

Through the skin, two small, snake-like golden lines could be faintly seen flowing backwards on the arm.

The golden threads climb up the arms to the shoulders, surge to the neck, run up the cheeks, bypass the corners of the eyes, climb up the forehead, and meet at the center of the eyebrows, becoming one.

As the body gradually loses sensation, one slowly focuses their mind on the Spirit Platform.

Within the Spirit Platform, the dragon head of the Thunder Dragon Fire Seal opened its mouth and spewed out a ball of lightning. Golden threads entered the lightning ball and, after being tempered by the lightning ball, became even more slender.

Within the newly molten gold, blue and white lightning flashed brilliantly.

A blue vortex appeared above the Thunder Dragon Fire Seal, and molten gold rushed into it.

Within Li Qingxian's Fate Mansion, molten gold descended from the sky, landing in the Fate Pool with a hissing sound and rising white smoke.

The molten gold solidifies rapidly.

After a short while, all the molten gold entered the Fate Pool, transforming into a pure golden fishing rod with lightning as the line and a dark gold hook.

The Fate Fishing Rod slowly rises, standing atop the artificial hill in the center of the Fate Pool.

A gentle breeze wafted through the Fate Mansion.

Li Qingxian opened his eyes, looked down, and saw that the porcelain bowl was empty. His skin had returned to normal, and the pain he had just felt was like an illusion.

With this Fate Artifact, one can use ordinary Fate Star as bait to catch destiny.

Next, I need to Life Buying.

"Life Buying..."

Li Qingxian sat at the table, deep in thought.

The process of Life Buying is very simple: the person selling the life agrees, someone acts as guarantor, Fate Contract is signed, and then the Fate Arts Master can take the life.

However, the actual process is very complicated.

There's another major drawback to Life Buying.

It's called a purchase, but it's actually a "borrowing." If the previous owner dies, the Fate Star will disappear.

Li Qingxian reached up and touched the scar on his chin, suddenly realizing that the biggest drawback of Life Buying had little to do with him.

"I buy someone's old life, then fish for a new one. After that, I use the new life. If the old master dies, what does that have to do with my new life?"

Hearing the commotion outside, Li Qingxian pushed open the door and went out.

Outside the door, a dense crowd of over a hundred Night Guard, including many of them in brocade robes of the Tenth Rank or Ninth Rank, surrounded the entrance.

The noise stopped abruptly, and the crowd looked at Li Qingxian with a mixture of emotions: some were happy, some were envious, and some were in awe.

Without exception, their faces were glowing.

"Captain Li, you really forged Fate Artifact?" a Night Guard who had spoken to Li Qingxian shouted.

Li Qingxian smiled and said, "Yes, from today onwards, I am a true Fate Arts Master."

"Congratulations!" the Night Guard exclaimed.

"Our Street Patrol Office has finally produced a capable person!"

"This is a true Fate Arts Master! Aren't all the Fate Arts Master in our Night Guard supposed to be from elsewhere?"

"Yes, Li Qingxian is the first Fate Arts Master from our Night Guard."

Dong Ying said gleefully, "Am I right? Li Qingxian can save my mother, so he must be able to become Fate Arts Master! I think it won't be long before Li Qingxian becomes Grand Fate Arts Master and controls the secrets of heaven."

The Night Guard Street Patrol Office were beaming with excitement, even more so than when they were fighting over rabbit bones in the middle of the night.

Li Qingxian clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone and smiled, "Thank you, colleagues. I am first and foremost Night Guard, and only then Fate Arts Master."

"Well done! You haven't forgotten your roots!" everyone praised.

After a while, the crowd dispersed. Some people wanted to come inside to chat, but Han Anbo made an excuse that Li Qingxian needed to cultivate, and they left.

Back inside, after closing the door, Han Anbo said, "Don't you think their reaction was excessive, like Yu Ping's overreaction?"

"A little," Li Qingxian said.

"That's because you're young and don't understand the difference between a charlatan and a true Fate Arts Master. You'll understand when you're older. These past two years have mainly been spent fighting the Demon Race, so even if Grand Fate Arts Master were to act, it would be from a very distant Great River. Back when the princes were vying for the throne, the duels between Grand Fate Arts Master were truly spectacular. You may have heard about it or read about it in books, but we witnessed it with our own eyes. So, it's hard for you to understand how they felt when they learned that Fate Arts Master had appeared among them."

Li Qingxian asked, "A thousand peaks hanging from the sky, a hundred rivers flowing overhead—have you really seen that?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, right above the capital." Han Anbo pointed to the sky, filled with emotion.

"It's a pity, I've never seen it," Li Qingxian said.

Han Anbo said, "There's another reason why we're so happy. When encountering such demons, if there's Fate Arts Master, the chances of escape are very high. When I was afflicted by a monster, I relied mostly on Fate Arts Master to resolve the situation."