In the blink of an eye, four months passed.
Xiao Yu finally refined all the golden thunder bamboo into a viscous liquid and divided it among one hundred and eight jade boxes.
Having completed this first step in refining his treasures, Xiao Yu rested for several days to recover. After all, breathing out Pill Flame for months on end had left him utterly exhausted.
Several days later, Xiao Yu began carefully laying out a Magic Formation provided in the treasure-refining method inside his Artifact Refining chamber. This was the key to refining a set of magic treasures: only through this Magic Formation could the individual flying swords be linked into a single whole.
This magic formation had appeared after the Green Bamboo Cloud-Bee Sword design was optimized, and it differed greatly from the original. All manner of runes and lines intertwined so densely that merely looking at them made one's head spin.
However, after studying it countless times over the past few years, Xiao Yu had already mastered the Magic Formation. Although some of its principles still eluded him, reproducing it according to the design was not difficult.
Several more days passed before a Magic Formation dozens of feet across, occupying almost the entire Artifact Refining chamber, was finally complete. Xiao Yu fitted it with spirit stones and tested it to confirm that it functioned properly.
Afterward, Xiao Yu went to the Magic Formation's central nexus and sat down cross-legged.
After going over every step of the refining method in his mind once more, Xiao Yu waved his hand with a solemn expression. White light flashed, and over a hundred jade boxes landed at various points throughout the Magic Formation—the very same one hundred and eight boxes containing the masses of golden thunder bamboo liquid.
The boxes rested at the