The Siege of Vajra Temple

"Chief, how about... we hand over Lu Feng? That way, the demon slayer will be acting without a legitimate reason and won't be able to attack us again!" a protector suggested in a low voice.

"Hand it over?" Huifang sneered.

"That Lu Feng was personally taken away by the Abbot. If you're so capable, go ask the Abbot for him!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately shut their mouths.

"What's the panic!" Huifang glanced at everyone.

"Abbot Brother is now a Celestial Person Realm expert! The Demon-Slaying Bureau is no match for our Vajra Temple!"

"Hold them off for now! Once Abbot Brother emerges, we'll wipe out the Demon-Slaying Bureau. At that time, our Vajra Temple will be the most powerful force in this north!"

Upon hearing Huifang's words, the fear on everyone's faces gradually faded, replaced by excitement.

Then, Huifang shouted loudly towards the outside of the temple:

"Deputy Si Zheng Xiao, you must be mistaken. No one from the Demon-Slaying Bureau has ever entered our Vajra Temple, nor have we ever seen any captains! Deputy Si Zheng Xiao, please leave!"

"Since that's the case, then don't blame this old man."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tianqi's expression gradually darkened.

He turned around, facing the thousands of the Demon-Slaying Bureau warriors behind him, and said loudly:

"As you all have heard, our Commandant Lu is trapped at the Vajra Temple. The other side refuses to acknowledge him and refuses to hand him over."

"Since the soft approach isn't working, let's fight our way in!"

"Everyone, listen to my command! Attack the formation with all your might!"

With Xiao Tianqi's command, a barrage of attacks rained down like a storm, all crashing into the protective array of the Vajra Temple!

In an instant, ripples spread across the great array of light.

Vajra Temple.

"Master! The Demon-Slaying Bureau Division has begun attacking the temple's protective formation! What should we do?!"

Faced with the overwhelming onslaught from outside the mountain, the people in the temple began to panic again.

"What are you afraid of!" Huifang shouted, "Even if they go all out, this temple's protective formation can hold!"

"Given the commotion outside the mountain, Abbot Brother must have already noticed. Once he emerges from seclusion, everything will be fine!"

Vajra Temple, Xiao Tianqi stood with his hands behind his back in front of the formation, his face showing no sign of impatience.

According to his estimate, it would take at least five days to forcibly break through this formation.

He had just sent a message to Lu Feng, instructing him to call for help immediately if he encountered any danger, and to inform Lu Feng that they were outside the mountains.

Lu Feng replied to the message quickly.

Maintaining the temple's protective formation requires not only the consumption of Origin Crystal but also the continuous infusion of True Essence by someone.

Therefore, Xiao Tianqi was not in a hurry at all and spent his time with Vajra Temple.

Moreover, in case Lu Feng really faces a life-or-death situation, Wei Qingxuan is still a hidden trump card.

With the strength of Celestial Person Realm Second Layer cultivator, he could shatter this great formation in an instant.

Meanwhile, in a secret chamber at the Vajra Temple.

Lu Feng looked at the message sent by Xiao Tianqi, then glanced at Huixing.

At this moment, Huixing was continuously injecting True Essence into the quenching platform.

At this rate of consumption, let alone three days, he'll probably run out of True Essence in just one day.

Lu Feng wasn't in a hurry.

His idea was surprisingly the same as Huixing's; they both wanted to wait until He Tieshan had finished forging the knife before taking action.

After all, according to He Tieshan, once this knife is forged, it will be Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact.

Moreover, the blade is infused with Crimson Sinking Stone, making it incredibly heavy, perfectly suited to his bold and sweeping fighting style.

Such a Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact, picked up for free, shouldn't be missed.

Lu Feng found a clean corner, sat down cross-legged, and with a thought, opened the panel:

[Main character: Lu Feng;]

[Cultivation Level: Great Early Grandmaster]

[Cultivation Techniques: Spirit Condensation Art (Beginner); Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art (Fourth Level); Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash (Ninth Level);]

[Perfect Martial Arts: Phantom Sword Formation; Phantom Sword Art; Startling Thunder Flash; Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art; Walking on Air;...;]

[Formation: Four Symbols Formation;]

[Demon Points: 45 million]

Forty-five million Demon Points. It would take one hundred million to upgrade the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art from level four to level five.

If one improves at this moment, their cultivation will immediately break through to the Great Mid-Stage Grandmaster.

Although the commotion wasn't too great, Huixing, Celestial Person Realm Huixing in the same room, would inevitably notice it.

It's best not to cause any unnecessary trouble.

We'll talk about improving it after this sword is forged.

Three hours later.

Huixing's face was noticeably paler, and Lu Feng only glanced at him before calculating that his True Essence had been more than half depleted.

Huixing poured True Essence into one hand while using the other to take out a Origin Recovery Pill from his pocket and swallow it.

As time went on, the intervals between his taking the Origin Recovery Pill became shorter and shorter.

From the initial seven hours, to six hours, then to five hours...

Three days later.

"Alright! You can stop now!" He Tieshan said to Huixing in a deep voice.

On the quenching platform, the Crimson Sinking Stone finally turned into a pool of dark red liquid.

Huixing's face was ashen, and his True Essence was almost entirely gone.

But looking at the pool of refined Crimson Sinking Stone, a flush of excitement involuntarily rose on his pale face.

"Rise!"

He Tieshan let out a low shout, channeling his True Essence into his palms, drawing the Crimson Sinking Stone liquid and injecting it into the blade bit by bit.

It took him a full incense stick's time to pour out all the liquid.

"Young friend Lu! Please come over here and help me hold the blade!" He Tieshan suddenly turned his head and looked at Lu Feng, saying.

"Good."

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng stepped forward. He knew that the blade blank mixed with Crimson Sinking Stone weighed over a thousand pounds, He Tieshan, whose True Essence was exhausted, simply couldn't lift it, which was why he had come to him.

"Wait!"

Huixing to the side, suddenly spoke up.

"Master He, why do you need young friend Lu's help?"

At this moment, his True Essence was completely depleted. When he heard He Tieshan call out Lu Feng's name, he subconsciously felt that there was something fishy going on.

Upon hearing Huixing's words, He Tieshan explained:

"For the past three days, you've been the only one channeling your True Essence; you probably have very little left in your body."

"I'm doing this for your own good. The remaining steps require extremely precise control of your strength, and in your current state, if something goes wrong, all the hard work of the past three days will be wasted."

"If you feel you can still handle it, then it's not impossible for you to continue."

Hearing this, Huixing hesitated.

What if... what if Lu Feng secretly dripped his own blood into the Bloodthirsty Saber during the takeover process, causing it to prematurely recognize him as its master?

Suddenly, he slapped his forehead.

"How foolish! I'm so busy I'm completely confused!"

"I know every step of the Bloodthirsty Saber's forging process!"

"After this blade is forged, there is one final step: absorbing the essence of the blood pool!"

"And this blood pool already contains my own essence blood; the rest of the blood was collected from the dead or demons."

"I resorted to this drastic measure precisely to prevent anyone from claiming a different master midway through the process!"

"I was so busy just now that I completely forgot about that!"

Thinking of this, the doubt on Huixing's face instantly vanished, replaced by a smile:

"Master He, you misunderstand. That's not what I meant. I would very much like to lend a hand, but my True Essence is exhausted right now, and I'm afraid I might delay your business. Let's have young friend Lu do it!"

Upon hearing Huixing's words, He Tieshan's tense shoulders relaxed almost imperceptibly.