All the cultivators from various sects gathered at Jade Void Mountain, and more than thirty years passed in the blink of an eye.
In these thirty years, the forging of any Law Treasure has not yet begun.
The main reason is that all the disciples are carefully preparing for everything.
Sometimes, due to a lack of certain ores or treasures, disciples have to go out to search for them, which takes up a lot of time.
In addition, there are adjustments and attempts to integrate the formations to ensure that there are no errors during the integration process and that the formations can still exert their original power.
Of all the preparations, this one ranks among the top three in difficulty; it is extremely challenging.
Another aspect is figuring out the order of crafting Law Treasure.
None of the cultivators present had ever attempted to refine such Law Treasure.
Therefore, each cultivator was groping in the dark to ensure they wouldn't make a mistake.
Every attempt was extremely grueling.
Fortunately, all the cultivators present were the best of the best, carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of people, and had undergone cultivation.
Therefore, there is absolutely no need to worry about their comprehension.
Because of this, despite having no prior foundation, and through countless hours of hard work and secret exploration by the disciples, each disciple made tremendous progress.
Now, almost every disciple has become an expert in every fundamental skill.
Fang Zelin was quite pleased with this.
Even if they fail to successfully refine the Law Treasure by then, the experience and foundation they have built up over the years will still allow these disciples to make tremendous progress.
During the twenty years of exploration at Jade Void Mountain, the Shang Dynasty had stabilized.
Inheriting the foundation of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty rapidly expanded its strength after stabilizing.
After that, with another large-scale massacre, the national treasury was quickly replenished.
Many powerful figures of the Great Qian Dynasty were purged, but many Aristocratic Clan Lineage still managed to survive.
These were people who had secretly supported Prince Pingshan long before.
Therefore, even after Prince Pingshan, these Aristocratic Clan were still able to live well.
In addition, these Aristocratic Clan Lineage have existed for a long time, cultivated many talents, and possessed extremely strong foundations.
This made Prince Pingshan dare not go too far, and he truly annihilated all the Aristocratic Clan Lineage.
The Shang Dynasty's foundation is still too weak, and it doesn't have a large enough base of support. It still needs the help of these people to govern the country.
If he were to kill them all, there would truly be no one left to help him govern the country.
After twenty years of recuperation, the Shang Dynasty overcame its initial difficulties, and its strong national power made the surrounding dynasties, which had been eyeing it covetously, put their minds at ease.
At the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, many surrounding dynasties were secretly causing trouble.
They did not want the Shang Dynasty to develop smoothly, as they were still intimidated by the previous thousand-year-old Great Qian Dynasty.
They worried that if the Shang Dynasty were established on top of the Great Qian Dynasty, it would inherit the first style of the previous thousand-year-old dynasty and suppress them for another thousand years.
When that time comes, it will inevitably threaten their rule.
Unfortunately, although they had been stirring up trouble in secret for a long time, they had also brought a lot of trouble to the Shang Dynasty.
However, in those twenty years, the Shang Dynasty eventually developed and, relying on the foundation of the Great Qian, still managed to suppress them.
It must be said that the accumulation of power over a thousand years of dynasties is indeed terrifying.
Even though many of its territories had been divided up by surrounding dynasties, it was still difficult to stop the rise of the Shang Dynasty.
During the twenty years of the Shang Dynasty, after stabilizing the court and bringing peace to the land, the Shang Dynasty rulers began to become somewhat restless.
At the beginning of his reign, he saw so many immortals gathered in the territory of the Shang Dynasty, which made him very eager to find the immortals.
Especially in the last twenty years, his health has deteriorated day by day.
As the emperor, he had already wielded countless powers, but he was still very reluctant to relinquish the throne.
If one can find an immortal, then there is a chance to obtain an elixir to help him achieve immortality!
Once he could achieve immortality, he was confident that he could sweep away the surrounding dynasties and create a golden age even more glorious than the Great Qian Dynasty, a dynasty a hundred times more magnificent.
His dynasty was established on the foundation of the Great Qian, and even now, despite its achievements, there are still many people secretly gossiping about it.
This was all thanks to the legacy of the Great Qian Dynasty.
Otherwise, how could he have governed the Shang Dynasty in such a state?
With the Great Qian Dynasty as a shining example before him, everything he does now seems utterly insignificant.
It was as if its brilliance had been obscured.
This was extremely intolerable for a ruler like him.
Moreover, compared to the Great Qian Dynasty, he had lost far more territory.
Its territory was even smaller than that of the Great Qian Dynasty, so there was no way to compare.
To surpass the Great Qian Dynasty, he pondered deeply and concluded that the only way was to subdue all the other surrounding dynasties, sweep across the universe, and become the greatest emperor of all time.
However, his body is now unable to hold on.
If there were elixirs of immortality, even if the surrounding dynasties were powerful, they would eventually weaken and suffer internal strife, eventually leading to the collapse of their own dynasties.
And if he is still alive on that day, he can easily destroy all these dynasties and take them into his own hands.
Simply put, it was about outliving these monarchs.
However, all of this depends on finding an immortal.
Therefore, when the Shang Dynasty regained some prosperity, he sent people to search for immortals.
With so many immortals entering the Shang Dynasty, there's no reason why they couldn't be found.
Many court officials tried their best to dissuade him from doing this.
It is said that the Great Qian Dynasty stood for a thousand years, and the Grand Progenitor of Great Qian was rumored to have had a relationship with immortals.
Even so, the Grand Progenitor of Great Qian failed to achieve immortality, and the current ruler's actions are merely a waste of resources and manpower.
The Great Qian Kingdom ignored these attempts at persuasion and insisted on continuing his quest for immortality.
In his view, his lifespan was nearing its end, so what did it matter if it involved hardship and expense for the people?
If he doesn't do it, what's the point of the legacy he has built?
After death, you're nothing more than a handful of dust.
Therefore, he was determined to do it no matter what, to find the immortal before his time was up!
While the Shang Dynasty rulers were sending out large numbers of zombies to search for immortals, disciples of Jade Void Mountain were also frequently going out to search for treasures.
Therefore, this is different from the situation in the past when the imperial court was first established, and the immortals would go into seclusion and eventually disappear.
Even after the Shang Dynasty was established, streaks of light could still be frequently seen streaking across the sky in various places.
Over time, the people got used to it.
Just like on Earth in my previous life, seeing an airplane at first was still quite a novelty.
But as time went on, and I saw more and more planes flying in the sky, I stopped paying much attention to them.
The only thing that remains a mystery is where these immortals ended up.
Meanwhile, the rulers of the Shang Dynasty surrounding states, upon learning of the Shang Dynasty king's fervent search for immortality, sensed that something was amiss.
It seems that immortals from all directions have now gathered within the territory of the Shang Dynasty.
Although, according to historical records and legends, no immortals have ever appeared to help any dynasty.
But this still caused some concern among the rulers of the surrounding kingdoms.
After all, the immortals are all within the other side's territory; it's unclear what this might signify.
If the other party were to find the immortal, things would be even more dire.
As rulers themselves, how could they not understand what the other was thinking?
Therefore, upon learning this news, the rulers of the surrounding states could not contain themselves and dispatched spies into the territory of the Shang Dynasty to search for it together.
In addition, he spent a lot of money to bribe many officials in the Shang Dynasty who sought immortality.
Instruct them that if they have any leads, they must give them a copy; as long as they provide leads, money is no object.
As a result, the Immortal Seeker suddenly became a hot commodity, attracting countless people to court him.
These officials who sought immortality, flattered by countless people and with vast sums of money in their pockets, became even more arrogant and overbearing.
"Now the treasure is complete, but there's only one set, and if we fail, there's no going back."
On Jade Void Mountain, Fang Zelin looked at the various treasures listed in front of him.
After comparing them one by one, he nodded in agreement.
These treasures before us are the materials for crafting the Five Directions Flags, but there is only one set available.
If any step in the process goes wrong, it means failure.
Fang Zelin was also feeling a headache and some pressure.
The other fellow cultivators in the mountain sect had already postponed their work, as they dared not attempt to forge the weapon.
The first problem is a lack of experience; the second is that the materials are too fragile to withstand failure.
Third, they themselves had little experience in crafting Law Treasure.
Under such circumstances, who would dare to easily attempt to refine this Law Treasure?
The feeling of failure, and the thought of wasting the hard work and hopes of so many disciples, would be unbearable.
After much thought, I realized that Senior Fang had also crafted quite a few treasures.
Furthermore, Senior Fang was extremely familiar with the appearance and power of these Law Treasure.
In addition, given Fang Zelin's high level of cultivation, this task naturally fell to Fang Zelin.
This left Fang Zelin feeling utterly helpless.
He did refine some magical Law Treasure, that was just something he did casually.
Even if we fail, it's not a big deal, we have plenty of materials anyway.
And at that time, we did indeed fail many times.
But now...
All the items in front of him were the same type, which put him in a difficult position.
He also found it unbearable to fail at this.
"There's no other way. Many disciples have spent a lot of time and effort figuring out the location of these things. They are just too precious to find."
"Take this Five Essences Sand for example. It took ten years of collecting all the Five Essences Ore within a hundred miles to refine this little bit. It's probably impossible to find such a large quantity of Five Essences Ore again."
"And this water- and fire-resistant Mysterious Maiden Cloth, only a tiny amount can be extracted each year. In the end, it took countless disciples working together to extract enough to weave a sufficient quantity."
Upon hearing this, Yunzi, who was standing to the side, also said helplessly.
These things in front of me are all very precious.
Moreover, they are extremely difficult to obtain.
If there weren't a demand, practically no one would look for these things; it's just too much of a mental and physical drain.
There are only so many disciples right now. The treasures here need the help of many disciples, but the other treasures also need disciples.
Originally, it seemed that gathering all the disciples was already a great deal.
But when it really comes down to needing manpower, it's still not enough.
Some disciples, or even one person, need to do several things.
Now, all that's needed to craft a magical Law Treasure is this one item.
As for the others, they remain in short supply.
"Yes, these are all extremely precious items, which is why I felt I might be unsettled when refining them."
Fang Zelin gave a wry smile; even he wasn't confident about this.
"By the way, regarding the forging of the Five Directions Flags, have the disciples over there figured out the forging steps yet?"
Deducing the refining steps is extremely important.
As long as the deduction is successful and every step is written down clearly, down to the exact time.
At that time, Fang Zelin will be able to rely on these deduced steps to refine this treasure very smoothly.
With this tool, it's like it completely tells you how to do each step, and then you just wait for the time to finish.
Controlling time is not a problem at all for those who cultivate.
But this requires that the deduction process be completely correct.
"We've reached the final stage, but there's one unavoidable issue: the disciples over there are overturning some of the previous steps, trying to insert a drop of moonlight."
Yunzi was quite familiar with this matter, and upon hearing this, she replied.
She's very skilled here. Don't be fooled by her seemingly indifferent demeanor; when something comes to her, it's often something truly extraordinary.
This is particularly troublesome.
"The previous steps were all meticulously planned and deduced by countless disciples. If we were to overturn them and reintegrate them into the Moonflower, many things would collapse."
"It's like trying to rearrange the positions of the five elements that were already properly arranged; it would directly lead to complete collapse and failure."
Yunzi rubbed her temples as she thought about the complicated compatibility requirements.
Fang Zelin knew the extent of the trouble just by hearing those words.
Hearing this, he sighed.
He still had many incomplete copies of the text, which were the result of his disciples having completed half of the steps and then begging him to give them a try.
After all, no matter how you deduce it, there will likely still be some differences from the original refining process. Only by trying to refine it with some substitutes can you be more certain that it will be safe.
Even so, there will still be some discrepancies.
After all, there are still many differences between substitutes and genuine products.
All these preparations have been completed; the final result will only be known when the refining process begins.