Noon was drawing to a close.
Hong Changyi and Fu Xuanxing arrived at the central region of the "Five-Element Spirit Veins."
Streams of crystals in five colors converged from five directions, forming a dazzlingly multicolored stone shoal beneath their feet.
Hong Changyi blurted out, "Such dense five-element qi—it's almost on par with my home!"
Fu Xuanxing gazed at the magnificent sight and used a recording stone to preserve the scene.
"By the way, you asked me to refine an artifact. What are you planning to make?"
"The item is nearly finished. I need you to perform the final sealing. It's for Heng Hua—my great-grandfather specially made it to thank him for helping the Five Elements Dao."
In Heng Hua's eyes, cultivation arts and Dao techniques had never been things to clutch like a broom one cherished as a treasure. When the Five Elements Dao came to seek guidance on Five Elements Dao Methods, he had generously taught them the Five Elements Mountain Method.
Hong Xuanji had drawn inspiration from it and revised the Five Elements Dao's fundamental cultivation art through three successive versions. It had become an Earth Canon pointing directly toward the Nascent Soul Realm. Under their master's guidance, several Golden Core cultivators of the Five Elements Dao had progressed greatly; one of them had already entered seclusion for Soul Formation. Hong Xuanji herself had gradually begun sensing the Thunder Tribulation and was preparing for the final crossing. On top of that, the Fu Family had deliberately looked after Hong Changyi and guided him in the Five-Element Phoenix Transformation.
Grateful for the favors Fu Henghua and the Fu Family had shown, Hong Xuanji intended to give Fu Henghua a suitable magical treasure.
It was both a gesture of friendship between the two families and a way to settle worldly