Chapter 397: Weapons Refining Master Challenge 2

After cleaning the materials, Shen Xu put the rabbit skin in his refining furnace, placed the furnace above his spiritual root fire, and began removing impurities from the skin.

This took one day.

After one day, the double wiped his forehead and sighed in exhaustion.

’It’s been a while since I had to remove impurities without relying on the space’s spiritual water.’ He thought and narrowed his eyes with a solemn expression.

It wasn’t wrong to rely on the spiritual water.

After all, it was a treasure and failing to use it would be a waste of resources.

However, it wasn’t until now that he realised he had been over-relying on it and failing to develop some of his other skills.

’Fortunately, it’s not too late to change.’ He thought.

With one day gone, the challenge still had two, but Shen Xu was not in a hurry.

Instead of rushing to remove impurities from the auxiliary materials, he sat cross-legged and adjusted his condition while replenishing his qi.

Seeing this, the spectators couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Junior brother Shen…” Someone started with a complicated expression.

“He worked an entire day without replenishing his qi. Is this something that a fusion realm cultivator can do?” Another asked.

“The rabbit skin is level seven, and logically, junior brother Shen should have taken three or four breaks in the past day.”

“Even fellow Daoist Zheng took two breaks in the past day.”

“It’s not just that.” A spectator said and quickly continued.

“Junior brother Shen only processed the rabbit skin in the past day. Is it really okay to spend so much time on one material? Will he have enough time to deal with the rest and refine the soft armour?”

“The rabbit skin is the hardest to process. He should make it in time.”

The spectators were right.

After resting, Shen Xu began processing the auxiliary materials and got it done in less than half a day.

When that was done, he picked the rabbit skin and began a second round of processing.

However, this time, he wasn’t just removing impurities but also strengthening the rabbit skin.

That way, the rabbit could be refined into a durable armour rather than a one-time product.

Three hours later, he took another rest and replenished his qi before he began refining the soft armour.

This refining lasted ten hours.

On the eleventh hour, the surrounding aura began to churn, and drops of qi rushed into the refining furnace.

Seeing this, countless spectators stood in shock.

“Don’t tell me…” One muttered, swallowed, and quickly continued.

“A perfect-grade level seven soft armour.” He said.

“Has such an armour ever been refined in the Tianxuan continent?” A female cultivator asked.

“Ancestor Qi of the weapons refining Qi family has refined a few top-grade weapons, but never a perfect grade. I can’t believe fellow Daoist Shen did it in three days.”

“Don’t you think fellow Daoist Shen and fellow Daoist Zhen are too talented?”

“Countless cultivators learn many arts but are masters of none. How can fellow Daoist Shen and fellow Daoist Zhen be masters of everything?”

“I think it’s strange too.”

“Their level has gone beyond extraordinary genius. They are monsters.”

“I suddenly feel that no one is qualified to challenge them.”

“This is only the fourth challenge. Is it necessary to lift them so high?”

“I think the elders should immediately stop the challenges. It would be a pity to lose these two.”

“I agree with this fellow Daoist.” Another said and quickly continued.

“The inter-sect competition is only a few years away. Can you imagine what would happen if fellow Daoist Shen and fellow Daoist Zhen represented our Tianxuan sect?”

“Our Tianxuan sect lost the last few competitions. Junior Shen and junior Zhen are the chance we finally got to turn things around. I hope the sect won’t let this chance go to waste.” A spectator said, and they were not the only one.

The challenges were originally a form of entertainment for idle disciples.

However, at this time, the momentum began to shift.

Rather than entertainment, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan suddenly became a seed of hope, and the apathy towards their plight began to wane.

Even the elders couldn’t help but think about it.

After all, the inter-sect competition was not just a superficial means of ranking sects. In addition to ranking, the outcome of the competitions was often used to divide resources.

After losing several rounds, the Tianxuan sect was desperate to win the next one, especially because a group of rich islands had just been discovered in the Western Blue Ocean.

Thinking this, several elders messaged Luo Jianfeng asking him to formally step in to protect the two disciples.

However, Luo Jianfeng didn’t immediately act.

In fact, he already planned to protect the two, but before he did, he wanted to see how far they would go.

’These two are unprecedented monsters.’ He thought, looking at Shen Xu with meaningful eyes.

“Junior Shen is talented. Zheng Cheng admits defeat.” Zheng Cheng said and offered a graceful bow.

Seeing the bow, Shen Xu chuckled and nodded.

“Thank you for letting me win.” He said

Since it was no longer necessary to go through hoops to determine the winner, Shen Xu and Zheng Cheng settled the wager before returning to their seats.

“Good job.” Zhen Yuan praised with a doting expression.

“How could I slack after you drew a perfect-grade talisman?” The double teased and Zhen Yuan smiled.

“Two more to go and we will be in the clear.” The man said while pulling Shen Xu to sit beside him.

At this time, Yang Zitao announced the fifth challenge.

“The beast taming challenge will begin in a quarter of an hour.” He said, and Shen Xu sighed in relief.

“I don’t know what I would have done if it was my turn again.” He said, and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but feel distressed.

“I will try to drag the challenge.” He said, but Shen Xu shook his head.

“Don’t.” He said and quickly continued.

“It would be a mess if you wasted your qi only for the sixth challenge to be your turn again.” He said.

Shen Xu was right.

Zhen Yuan won the beast taming challenge without consuming a lot of energy.

After all, the monsters couldn’t resist his aura and completely ignored the opponent’s commands.

However, the sixth challenge was indeed his turn again.

“Swordsmanship challenge.” Shen Xu muttered with a conflicted expression.

Of all the challenges, he was most worried about the swordsmanship and martial arts challenges.

After all, these challenges had more to do with physical attributes rather than the brain.

“Ayuan, are you confident?” He asked, and Zhen Yuan sighed before rubbing the double’s hair.

“We will see how it goes.” He said, and Shen Xu nodded.

“Admit defeat if you can’t win.” He reminded with a worried expression.

“I know what to do. I won’t force it.”

Zhen Yuan was against Lu Jing, the twenty-fifth disciple of the first mountain’s peak elder.

Excluding Xuanyuan Ze and Xuanyuan Yan, Lu Jing was the most famous of the ten challengers. He was a gold spiritual root cultivator and came from a powerful swordsmanship clan.

Although he was weaker than the sect master’s disciples, he was extraordinarily powerful and was commonly known as the Sword Monarch because of his domineering sword style.

“Shall we also make a wager?” Lu Jing asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded with an unconcerned expression.

“What do you suggest?” He asked.

“A one-hundred-year entry token to the sword intent forest.” Lu Jing answered, and Zhen Yuan immediately agreed.

The sword intent forest was a sacred land for swordsmen.

Although it belonged to no one, entry was not free, and cultivators needed to pour spirit stones onto a formation before receiving an entry token.

These tokens were divided into one year, ten years, one hundred years, one thousand years, and ten thousand years.

Most importantly, the sword intent forest was one of the most expensive secret realms in the Tianxuan continent, and few swordsmen could afford a one-hundred-year token.

“I agree.” Zhen Yuan said, and Lu Jing nodded before the two turned to Yang Zitao.

“Elder Yang, what are the rules?” Lu Jing asked.

“The competition will last one day.” Yang Zitao started and quickly continued.

“The winner must be decided within one day, or the competition will end as a draw.”

“Also, the challenge is not a life-or-death struggle. You can only use wooden swords and can’t intentionally kill your opponent. Do you understand the rules?” He asked with a serious expression.

After all, Lu Jing was a famous swordsman, and Zhen Yuan was an evil genius. With such identities, senior elders had already warned Yang Zitao that no lives can be harmed in the challenge.

“We understand.” Zhen Yuan and Lu Jing said.

At the same time, each raised their right hand to catch the wooden swords that an elder had thrown towards them.

’Not like it matters. A wooden sword is lethal in a master’s hand.’ Luo Jianfeng thought and narrowed his eyes.

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