When Qin Tiexin stepped into the Heart-Forging Hall, Luo Ling was squatting next to the ground fire, turning over a copper ingot in the furnace.
When she heard the footsteps, she didn't even look back. "Back?"
"Yes." Qin Tiexin stopped at the door, "The disciple is back."
Luo Ling then put down the iron tongs and turned around. She looked Qin Tiexin up and down, her eyes paused on his broken clothes and dried blood, and she frowned slightly, but she didn't rush to ask.
"Sit down and say."
She walked to the stone table in the hall, pulled up a chair and sat down. There were several pieces of metal blanks and several half-engraved Spirit Rune Jade Slip scattered on the table.
Qin Tiexin sat down opposite her and stood Edgeless beside the chair. The heavy blade made a muffled sound when it touched the ground.
"Tell me." Luo Ling poured a cup of tea and pushed it over, "Tell me from the beginning."
Qin Tiexin picked up the teacup, drank half a sip, and began to tell.
Let's start with the five-domain assessment.
Metal Domain, how did he use the weapon refining technique instead of Metal Element Law Technique to carve the formation; Wood Domain, the grafting method, Luo Ling raised his eyebrows. "A mortal's method?"
"Useful."
"Continue."
Water Domain carried the tide hard, Fire Domain purified Crimson Heart Copper, Earth Domain nine times Gravity two hundred steps. Qin Tiexin spoke in a straightforward manner, without exaggerating the danger, only talking about the process and results. Luo Ling listened quietly, nodding occasionally.
When Fire Domain and Duan Xuan teamed up to kill Flame Demon, she suddenly asked, "What about the girl Swordsmanship?"
"Very beneficial." Qin Tiexin thought for a moment, "Be decisive in your actions and keep up with the rhythm when cooperating."
"The seedlings of this generation Golden Sun Sect are pretty good." Luo Ling commented and motioned for him to continue.
As for the core hall, Qin Tiexin mentioned Liu Qing.
"Rogue Cultivator, Five Spirit Roots, Qi Refining Seventh Layer, the true strength should be perfect at the ninth level." He said, "He has suppressed his cultivation. He is very good at the Five Elements spells and has strong tactical awareness."
Luo Ling leaned forward slightly. "Tell me carefully?"
Qin Tiexin talked about his "disguise" when he was in the five regions, and when he was in the core hall, Law Technique's real strength was amazing. He even dabbled in the wind element Law Technique, and he most likely obtained another part of Primordial Unity True Person's secret treasures. Moreover, this person's alchemy skills should be good.
Luo Ling was silent for a moment and drew a circle with his fingers on the table.
"This person is an extraordinary talent." She said slowly, "Five Spirit Roots To be able to cultivate to this level, he must either have a god-defying fortuitous opportunity, or have guidance from an expert, or both. If you can be friends with him, try not to be his enemy."
She looked at Qin Tiexin with serious eyes. "If you really become an enemy of him - you must eliminate him as soon as possible and don't give him a chance to grow."
Qin Tiexin nodded. "Disciple understands."
Then let's talk about the palace-guarding puppet. Qin Tiexin talked about the cooperation between the two. He mainly attacked to attract attention, while Liu Qing interfered with the Five Elements spells, and finally worked together to break the core. Luo Ling heard this, the corner of his mouth raised slightly. "The cooperation is good."
Then comes the chamber harvest.
Qin Tiexin took out the five top spiritual materials from Storage Bag - Adamantine block, Wood Pith Core, Water Essence Crystal, Fire Flame Iron and Earth Soul Stone were placed on the table one by one. Luo Ling picked up the piece of Fire Flame Iron, ran his fingertips over the flowing red lines on the surface, and nodded. "It is indeed a good thing."
He took out Five Phases Conversion Pearl again.
The bead lies in the palm of the hand, and the five-color brilliance flows slowly, like a shrinking nebula. The Spiritual Qi in the hall fluctuates slightly, gathering towards the bead.
Luo Ling's eyes narrowed.
She reached out to take the bead and held it up to her eyes to examine it carefully. Divine Sense probed in, and a look of surprise gradually appeared on her face, followed by undisguised joy.
"The five elements are interdependent and form a cycle..." She murmured, turning to look at Qin Tiexin, "Do you know what this is?"
"There is a cycle of five elements inside the beads, which can increase the speed of cultivation."
Luo Ling put the bead back into his hand, with rare excitement in his voice, "This bead can balance the five elements of spiritual power and increase the efficiency of Five Spirit Roots's spiritual power by at least four times. In other words - in the future, your cultivation speed will not be much slower than Dual Spirit Root, or even close to Single Spirit Root."
She stared at Qin Tiexin and said word by word, "With this bead, your Five Spirit Roots cultivation speed is no longer a problem, but it is a pity that the energy of this bead can only support you until Core Formation. After Core Formation, the conversion of spiritual power cannot keep up with the speed of your absorption."
Qin Tiexin grasped the bead tightly. A warm touch came from the palm of his hand, and he could feel the spiritual power in his body faintly resonating with the bead. As for the restriction of "Core Formation" mentioned by Luo Ling, he didn't pay much attention to it. He was still far away from Core Formation now.
"There is one more thing." He remembered the unrecognizable piece of Shitou and took it out from the corner of Storage Bag.
It is about the size of a fist, and has five colors throughout its body, blending together at the center of the stone, like a rotating nebula. However, as it goes toward the edge, the colors become more distinct. Gold, green, blue, red, and yellow are clearly distinguishable, but they are integrated into one.
Luo Ling said "Huh" and picked up Shitou. She looked over it for a few times, then handed it to Wu Zhen who had just walked into the hall. "Brother Zhen, look at this, Tiexin brought it back."
Wu Zhen took Shitou, his eyes changed from lazy to focused. He walked to the window, looked at it carefully in the sunlight, and lightly scratched the surface with his nails - he couldn't scratch it.
"Five Spirit Dao Stone." Wu Zhen spoke slowly, "It can only be produced in the place where Five Phases Spiritual Qi gather, and it takes thousands of years to take shape. This thing... is a treasure."
He looked at Qin Tiexin with complicated eyes. "You're really lucky, kid."
"What a treasure?"
"On top of Law Artifact is Spirit Artifact, and above Spirit Artifact is Law Treasure." Wu Zhen explained, "It's so big A piece of treasure material can be used as the core material for refining Law Treasure, or it can be used to slowly produce the 'treasure nature' of Spirit Artifact and transform into Law Treasure."
He put Shitou back on the table. "This Five Spirit Dao Stone contains the balance of the five elements. If used to create the natal Spirit Artifact, it can make Spirit Artifact heavenly. However, it has the balance attribute of the five elements. When casting the five elements spell, the power is increased and the spiritual power consumption is reduced. Of course, you can't use it now. You have to wait until Foundation Establishment to forge the life Spirit Artifact before you can consider it."
Luo Ling added, "Put it away first. Wait for you Foundation Establishment, and I will teach you how to smelt it into Spirit Artifact."
Qin Tiexin takes the five-color stone back to Storage Bag.
Next comes the highlight - the attack on the way home.
Qin Tiexin began to tell about Cao Mu's ambush. From the poisonous mist at the moment when he stepped out of the light door, to Liu Qing's reminder, to Li Yun and Duan Xuan joining forces to hold up the shield, and he led Cao Mu away.
He talked about it in detail. The speed of the poisonous needle, the corrosiveness of the poisonous mist, Cao Mu's pursuit, Gravity Corridor's fight. How to use Spirit-Eroding Pill, when to take Turtle Breath Pill, how Wind Blade of the wolf's fangs consumes the opponent's spiritual power, and finally Sword Gang Talisman's ultimate kill.
Luo Ling's face was solemn throughout. She frowned when she heard Qin Tiexin forcefully received the poisonous palm; when she heard him using Turtle Breath Pill to fake death, her fingers clenched the tea cup; when she heard Sword Gang Talisman activated and Cao Mu was chopped into two pieces, she slowly let out a breath.
"Come here," she said.
Qin Tiexin stood up and walked in front of her. Luo Ling stretched out his hand and pressed it on his chest - exactly where the poisonous palm print was. A gentle but majestic spiritual power penetrated and traveled around in his meridians.
After a moment, she took back her hand.
"The injuries are basically fine, and the toxins have been cleaned up very well." She looked at Qin Tiexin with a look of approval on her face, "Well done, Chen Xi is willing to add more ingredients when refining a life-saving thing like Antidote Pill."
After a pause, she suddenly said, "However, you can actually do it more simply."
Qin Tiexin raised his eyes.
Luo Ling leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers on the table. "Those good things your senior brothers and sisters gave you are just for use. Don't regret it - no matter how precious Sword Gang Talisman is, it is not as precious as life."
She leaned forward with sharp eyes. "When you are repelled by him for the first time, you can pretend to be more seriously injured, or even pretend to be mentally disturbed. When he relaxes his vigilance and approaches, you secretly prepare Sword Gang Talisman, wait for him to enter the three-foot range - activate it directly, and kill him in one go."
Qin Tiexin is silent.
"You didn't expect this, and instead chose the more secure strategy of maneuvering, consumption, and the final blow." Luo Ling said this, his tone softened, "But you can think that Sword Gang Talisman needs preparation time and calculate the rhythm in advance, which shows that the combat awareness is not bad. At least you are not stupid enough to take out the talisman face to face."
Wu Zhen was listening on the sidelines, and at this time interjected. "It is the first time I have faced monk Foundation Establishment independently. I can survive and fight back, which is already very good."
Luo Ling nodded. "That's true."
She looked at Qin Tiexin and concluded. "In general, your harvest this time far exceeded expectations. Five Phases Conversion Pearl has solved the fundamental problem of cultivation. Practical experience is priceless, and those materials are also good things."
She paused and her voice became serious. "But remember - winning this time is a matter of luck. Cao Mu is a poisonous cultivator who is good at long-range and strange methods. Melee combat is not his strong point. If he were a physical or sword cultivator who is good at melee combat, you would be a corpse now."
Qin Tiexin lowered his head. "Disciple understands."
The hall was quiet for a moment.
Qin Tiexin remembered the things in Storage Bag and asked, "Master, this disciple got two Foundation Establishment Pill, and there are some extra materials. Senior Brother Chen Xi gave me many life-saving things before, and I want to..."
"No need to think about it." Luo Ling interrupted him, "Chen Xi is no longer in the sect."
Qin Tiexin was stunned.
"He left half a month ago." Luo Ling said calmly, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, "He said he found an absolutely safe place and was going to prepare Core Formation."
"If you are serious, wait until he comes out of Core Formation. If he succeeds, you can give him anything; if he fails..." She didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was very clear.
Qin Tiexin nodded silently.
The report is basically over. Luo Ling asked Qin Tiexin to put away all the harvested things, and also told a few things to pay attention to in the recent practice - Five Phases Conversion Pearl needs time to fully fit Nourishment. The five-color stones must be properly kept. Those spiritual materials should not be used in a hurry until the cultivation is stable.
Qin Tiexin Write them down one by one.
Just when he was about to say goodbye, Luo Ling suddenly changed the subject.
"However," she looked at Qin Tiexin, her eyes like a tempered knife, "You also exposed a fatal problem this time."
Qin Tiexin is stationed.
"Your combat experience is still too lacking."
She stared into Qin Tiexin's eyes and spoke word by word.
"You can fight against the wind and fight according to the plan. But in real life-and-death battles, there is often no plan, only improvisation."
"What you lack is - how to regain the initiative after being disrupted."
"What is missing is how to quickly find a way to deal with a completely unfamiliar enemy and a completely unfamiliar fighting method. You still have too little combat experience."
Luo Ling Having said this, he waved his hand. "That's it for today. Go back and rest for two days to adjust your condition. In two days, I will arrange special training for you."
Qin Tiexin cupped his fists. "Yes."
He turned around, held the handle of the knife tightly, and walked towards his cave abode.
Luo Ling Those last few words were still echoing in his mind.
Combat experience is too lacking.
He remembered the cold eyes of Cao Mu in Gravity Corridor, the sound of the poisonous needle grazing his ear, and the long breaths of waiting before Sword Gang Talisman started.
Indeed, if Cao Mu were stronger...
Qin Tiexin took a deep breath and pushed open the stone door of cave abode.