Chapter 918: History of Famous Swords, Artifact Mountain
"The living can't be bound by dead rules.
"The merits Zimo earned in this great battle—let alone one Artifact Mountain, even ten would not be too much.
"Some things cannot be repaid so simply."
Hearing Venerable Nu's words, Shi Jian nodded in agreement.
Just as Xu Zimo had saved the Shi Clan, such a debt of gratitude could not be repaid with one or two things.
"What Artifact Mountain are you talking about?" Xu Zimo asked doubtfully.
"Why do I feel like I'm listening to clouds and fog?"
"Artifact Mountain is a very famous structure in our Heavenly Dao Academy," Shi Jian hurriedly explained.
"Legend has it that long ago, Artifact Saint, one of our academy's Ten Ancestral Masters, once forged a supreme divine artifact there.
"The patterns of that divine artifact were inscribed upon this land.
"From then on, whenever an Artifact Refiner passed away in meditation within the academy, they would choose this place, honoring it as sacred ground.
"And if there were any ownerless divine artifacts, they would also be buried within this mountain."
"But what does that have to do with artifact forging?" Xu Zimo asked.
"Listen to me. In that mountain, as time passed, more and more divine artifacts accumulated, along with more and more Artifact Refiners who passed away in meditation.
"Over the course of countless days and months, it actually gave rise to a strand of Pure Qi."
"That's right. This Pure Qi can increase the success rate of weapon forging by at least thirty percent,"
Venerable Nu added from the side, "And if a heavenly tribulation descends, this Pure Qi can also weaken its power."
"I've truly never heard of this before. Interesting," Xu Zimo said with a smile.
"However, although the Pure Qi