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One strike after another was thrown out, only stopping when Yi Yan was several hundred zhang deep in the mountain wall.

He turned around and looked at the path that was blocked by rocks. Yi Yan was quite satisfied with the cave that had a circumference of 100 feet.

Although this was an extremely dangerous and dangerous place for mortals, Yi Yan still set up more than ten defensive and isolation arrays in the surroundings due to caution. Only then did he sit cross-legged in the middle of the cave.

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If it was Yi Yan from his previous life, he would naturally not hesitate to choose his flying sword. Flying swords were the most common magical equipment used by cultivators, and most of the offensive techniques taught to him by Spiritual Master Hao Cheng and Yi Yan from the Spatial Channel were also used through flying swords.

However, in this life, Yi Yan's condition had undergone an earth-shattering change compared to his previous life, making him unable to become a traditional cultivator like his previous life. What kind of magical equipment would be able to fully display all of his strength was a question that needed to be carefully considered.

After comparing the various magical equipment commonly seen in Cultivation Realm, Yi Yan decided to refine a Tang Dao as his own after careful consideration.

There were two reasons for this: Firstly, the basic Seven Deadly Arts technique that he had studied for close combat was a saber art. Secondly, Tang Dao's appearance was somewhere between a blade and a sword, so he could use it to his advantage.

Choosing Tang Dao not only made use of the convenience from his previous life, but also combined with the characteristics of this life. It was the best choice.

Since he had already decided, Yi Yan did not waste any more time. He immediately took out all kinds of Refining Material from the Storage Ring and prepared to refine.

However, it had been a long time since he had refined a complete magical equipment from the beginning to the end. He was no longer familiar with refining techniques, and the energy within his body had greatly changed compared to that of the True Fire in his previous life.

Therefore, he needed to practice a bit before officially starting to get used to the environment as soon as possible.

Yi Yan took out the fire from his Celestial Yin Fish's eye. The golden fire in front of his eyes looked bigger and darker than when it first appeared. It was comparable to the temperature when Yi Yan was in his previous life, which made him very satisfied.

With the increase in temperature, coupled with his own refining techniques, he would definitely be able to forge the weapon he wanted. The high-tier Spiritual Artifact Yi Yan did not want to, as he could barely manage to refine it after reaching the late stage of Soul Division in his previous life.

Yi Yan carefully controlled the flame as it gradually stabilized. He put the materials into the flame in order, this time he was preparing to refine the most common flying sword in Cultivation Realm.

Furthermore, in order to quickly familiarize himself with the new energy, Yi Yan only used a few low and middle level Refining Material. So, in less than an hour, these materials had already completely melted into a ball of liquid.

/p Following that, Yi Yan didn't directly continue. Instead, he carefully controlled every part of the burning liquid, trying his best to make it even and reach the same temperature.

/p This was a secret technique taught to him by Daoist Master Hao Cheng in his previous life. The degree to which impurities would be removed by materials with different temperatures was also different. It would deform during final quenching and cooling.

The slightest mistake would cause the quality of the refined magical equipment to be affected.

/p p Therefore, only when the temperature of each part of the ingredients are exactly the same will they be able to bring out the best of the Refining Material's abilities and achieve the best results.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of cultivators didn't notice this point. After the materials melted, they began to remove the impurities, resulting in the final refining of magical equipment to have all kinds of minute flaws.

After approximately half an incense's time, under Yi Yan's Great Spiritual Sense, the temperature of this mass of material finally reached its ideal state. Only then did Yi Yan control his primeval essence and begin the next step.

/p After removing the impurities, controlling the formation of the materials, and drawing the array, there was only one final procedure left, which was quenching.

Ordinary cultivators would need to use cold-attribute Heaven-First Heavenly Water when quenching. Yi Yan, on the other hand, didn't need to go through so much trouble. The silver flame at the Yang Fish Eyeball was the ready-made quenching agent.

Moreover, the cold energy of the silver flame and the temperature of the golden flame were at the same level, and were one and the same. The quenching effect was incomparable.

While Yi Yan was lamenting about the superior refining conditions of the [Seal of Life And Death], he was also recalling the golden flame and releasing the silver flame to start the quenching process.

Yi Yan let out a sigh of relief when he carefully controlled the silver flames to wrap the magical equipment that had been crafted up quickly.

After the successful completion of the quenching process, Yi Yan carefully withdrew the silver flame, ending the refining process.

Looking at the mid-grade treasure sword in his hand, Yi Yan nodded in satisfaction.

After carefully reflecting on the gains and shortcomings of his refining process, Yi Yan once again released his golden flames and began to refine his next magical equipment.

Half a year later, looking at the dozens of artifacts placed in front of him, Yi Yan finally felt that his forging state and feel had basically recovered.

In his previous life, his Spirit Separating Stage was only this much, since he was able to refine artifacts of the highest quality using low-grade and intermediate-grade materials.

After six months of unremitting efforts, Yi Yan's control over his True Fire had reached an extremely high level. Although he didn't dare to say it as he wished, it could be said that he had mastered it perfectly.

On this basis, Yi Yan had already reduced the time needed to remove the Refining Material's impurities from the original four hours to less than an hour.

/p This was not only due to his precise control of the true flame, but also because Yi Yan had tried and learned a new method of controlling the flame in the past half year: merging the two colored flames into one, and changing the temperature by controlling the ratio of the two flames. This was much easier than forcefully suppressing the temperature with one's cultivation at the beginning.

Looking at the magic treasure on the ground with some regret, Yi Yan slowly closed his eyes.

Half a year had passed, and Yi Yan didn't have much time left.

A day later, Yi Yan, who had been sitting there motionlessly, suddenly opened his eyes.

After being tempered by True Fire for the past half year, Yi Yan's cultivation had improved again. He was now at the peak of the later stages of the Aurous Core stage, just a step away from stepping into the early stage of the Nascent Infant.

However, even if it didn't require as much time and effort as the ordinary cultivators needed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, Yi Yan still didn't want to break through again.

His Spiritual Sense swept over the pile of elemental materials. Naturally, he would use the best and most suitable materials for his own magical equipment.

After more than four hours of screening, Yi Yan finally confirmed more than a dozen materials.

Suddenly, a cluster of flames appeared out of nowhere in Yi Yanping's extended right palm. The golden color of the flames was even deeper than before. It was obvious that Yi Yan's control over the flames was more fluid and the flames themselves had received a lot of training during the past half year of continuous training.

As Yi Yan gathered his attention, he poured the selected materials into the flame one by one. The various materials were mixed together like sand, and they gradually blended perfectly with the flame.

/p p After every material melts, Yi Yan tries his best to force out the impurities within, making the material as pure as possible.

By the time all the ingredients had melted, a day had already passed.

Staring at the rolling golden flames, Yi Yan could no longer force any impurities from his body. He then used his Spiritual Sense to cover the silver liquid.

Under Yi Yan's meticulous control, the shape of the liquid constantly changed. In a moment, a weapon similar to Tang Dao, which came from the Yi family's secret cave, appeared in front of Yi Yan: a straight blade, two feet and two inches long, one inch wide and two inches thick.

The handle of the eight-inch blade can be held with both hands and is both hacking and stabbing.

This was the ideal weapon in Yi Yan's mind.

However, Yi Yan did not relax even after Tang Dao had formed his body. This was because the next inscription of the array was the most important step in the refining process.

Although a magical equipment was limited by the materials used, if it could be used to carve a high-grade formation inside the magical equipment, it could increase the magical equipment's grade to the maximum.

After Tang Dao was formed, Yi Yan did not retract the golden flame in his right palm. As he waved his left hand again and again, the array formation took shape in the air, turning into a shadow and striking the Tang Sword that was floating in front of him.

Tang Dao trembled as ripples that could be seen with the naked eye spread out.

Yi Yan did not move. His gaze was fixed on Tang Dao, but from his increasingly slower drawing speed and his gradually paler complexion, it could be seen that he had used all his strength.

Finally, as Yi Yan executed the last hand seal, the floating Tang Dao suddenly shook and stopped trembling.

Yi Yan let out a long breath. He took out a restoration pill from the Storage Ring and swallowed it, feeling a little regretful. In his previous life, he had only engraved sixty-four formations in Tang Dao's middle compound formation.

However, Yi Yan was at the final level of the Aurous Core stage, and this result was not bad. If he did not have the cultivation of the late stage of the Body Fusion, this result would be unimaginable.

After all, in his previous life, Yi Yan could only do this when his cultivation reached the early stage of Soul Division.

There was only the last step left. Yi Yan had only recovered a little bit of his primeval essence, and before the effects of the elixir could be fully released, the fire color on his palm had quickly changed. Within a breath's time, only the silver flame was left to completely wrap around Tang Dao.

His right hand tightly held onto Tang Dao, who had already finished refining the pill. Yi Yan couldn't help but become excited as he suddenly cut open the tip of his right index finger and dripped a drop of his blood essence onto Tang Dao.

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