Firstly, one needed to possess a strong will to complete the work.


    Secondly, one needed to possess the knowledge of what should be done, regardless of whether it was physically possible on a usual basis.


    These were the two prerequisites for spirit resonance, or at least those were the ones that Zhao Yunxiao could think of.


    He let out a helpless sigh.


    If it was really that simple – everyone would be achieving spirit resonance left, right, and centre.


    In the end, it was still a phenomenon that numerous smiths had spent their lives pursuing, so how could a simple outer disciple like himself figure it out that easily?


    As he had thought, what happened was all luck.


    At this point, he felt even more convinced that turning down the chance to be known as the smith for that mythical grimiron bow had been the right choice.


    But even though spirit resonance was a topic far out of reach for his current level of understanding, it was not as though Zhao Yunxiao had nothing to learn from the earlier experience either.


    He closed his eyes and thought back to the entire smithing process.


    Under the influence of spirit resonance, the way he worked might not have been the most energy efficient, but it was definitely on point.


    He wanted to engrave to heart every little step, every little nuance.


    Even if spirit resonance was not achievable in the future, he wanted to at least be able to replicate the smithing process itself as much as possible!


    Smithing was a long process, but thankfully he did not have to go through his memories in real time.


    In his head, the entire process replayed again and again at multiple times the original speed, allowing Zhao Yunxiao to repeatedly experience what it was like.


    Zhao Yunxiao opened his eyes after an hour had already passed.


    Just as he was cursing in his heart, Zhao Yunxiao saw a few documents lying around on the desk.


    It appeared that Tian Guiren had left too urgently earlier, and did not have the time to pack things up properly.


    Well, Senior Tian did say to stand in for him for an hour. To do so effectively, he naturally had to know what’s going on first... right?


    Zhao Yunxiao confidently picked up the documents to take a look.


    Roster schedule!


    His eyes lit up upon realising what the first document was about, and immediately went on to flip through it.


    Good, it would seem that he did not have any troublesome disciples scheduled for his next shift.


    Then again, these things could be rather unpredictable at times.


    Before today, he definitely wouldn’t have thought that Nie Hanchang would create this much trouble for him as well!


    And this trouble actually yielded him great benefits in the end, so who knew?


    Perhaps troublesome disciples could be more beneficial sometimes?


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    That high and mighty expression on his face actually looked rather adorable when coupled with his childish facial features.


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    The huge crystal was almost the size of a small house.


    Hovering in the air and giving off rays of seven coloured lights, its beautiful glow seemed to even eclipse the sun.


    At the same time, the new disciples could not help but feel a comfortable and warm feeling slowly well up from within them as the light washed over them.


    It was as though they had stepped into a hot tub, just that this feeling was much stronger and more comforting than that.


    “This is the Heavenly Swirl Crystal – a treasure of the Black Tortoise Sect specifically used to stimulate one’s cultivation potential,” a middle aged looking man said from beneath the crystal. “Today, you will be forming your spiritual meridian roots here under its influence.”


    Everyone nodded nervously, Bei Pinzi included.


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    “Hey, have you heard the news?”


    “What news? Did something special happen today?”


    “Damn, did you forget? Today is the day for the new disciples to form their spiritual meridian roots!”


    “Oh, is it already that day? Looking at your response, don’t tell me...?”


    “Hehe, you won’t believe what I’m about to tell you!”


    On this day every year, the outer sect would always be abuzz with news about the new disciples who had to form their spiritual meridian roots.


    Thanks to everyone’s interest in this topic, news of this year’s results quickly spread throughout the outer sect.


    These were the different types of spiritual meridian roots that could be formed, but most people never even considered the possibility of anyone with a golden spiritual meridian root due to just how rare it was.


    As for disciples who could form a true spiritual meridian root, it might not be nearly as impossible as forming a golden spiritual meridian root, but they were not exactly all that common either.


    In fact, the sect could go for years before having any new disciple who managed to form a true spiritual meridian root.


    In that light, what everyone was most interested in finding out each year was whether there was anyone who managed to form a true spiritual meridian root.


    After all, if there was indeed a new disciple who managed to form a true spiritual meridian root, they would be slated to enter the inner sect sooner or later as long as nothing went wrong.


    Not just that, but possessing true spiritual meridians would also allow for the possibility of eventually entering the Transcendent realm, a goal that would be considered out of reach even for many inner disciples!


    And this year, news on the result of the new disciples’ forming of spiritual meridian roots exploded within the sect, spreading much faster than usual and reached even those in the inner sect within the span of a day.


    That was because this time, it was not just one new disciple who managed to form true spiritual meridian roots.


    But as news about the new disciples’ forming of spiritual meridian roots spread like wildfire within the sect, another piece of news slowly started to creep into people’s ears as well.


    This other piece of news spread much more slowly, but to anyone who heard about it, the previous hot topic on the new disciples’ forming of true spiritual meridian roots would immediately become no longer of interest.


    After all, there would be at least one new disciple who managed to form a true spiritual meridian root every few years.


    However, even the elders of the sect would find it difficult to create a mythical tier weapon!


    Nie Hanchang.


    This previously inconspicuous outer disciple, whom some even treated as a fool for focusing on nothing but the bow and arrow, actually managed to pull off such a feat.


    As of today, his name had been recorded in the annals of the sect history, known as the first outer disciple to have successfully created a mythical tier weapon in the past century!