Forging a Peerless Spirit Artifact was indeed no easy task. Just smelting the materials in the early stages had taken the master and disciple a full month.
Liu Bai still remembered when Elder Chi Huo had fetched the materials from the dean. That old face of his had bloomed like a chrysanthemum in a smile. Paired with his red hair, red beard, and pockmarked old face, it had been an absolute assault on the eyes.
"Thunder Pattern Purple Gold Stone generally grows atop ten-thousand-meter peaks. Tempered by lightning for hundreds or thousands of years, it turns purple-gold. It contains terrifying lightning power and possesses lightning-attracting properties, making it an exceptional material for forging lightning-attribute Spiritual Artifacts."
"The age of this stone is mainly judged by the thunder patterns upon it. Every thunder pattern represents a hundred years. The darker the color of the patterns, the better its quality. Both factors are important in determining the quality of Thunder Pattern Purple Gold Stone."
"As long as you remember these two points in the future, you'll be able to easily identify the quality of such materials..."
Whenever they smelted a material, Elder Chi Huo would carefully explain its characteristics, methods of identification, uses, and more to Liu Bai.
He would also personally teach him the various special techniques and precautions involved in smelting. It could be said that Liu Bai had gained enormously from this artifact forging session. At the very least, forging middle-grade Spiritual Artifacts would definitely come much more easily to him now.
The Purple Firmament Sword forged for Liu Bai this time used Thunder Pattern Purple Gold Stone as its core, Nine Profound Meteorite Iron as its sword skeleton, and was supplemented with various lightning essences, refined gold, and other materials. The moment the sword was completed, thunder rumbled