<h4>Chapter 384</h4>
Feng Yan once told Su Hao, Artifacts are the epitome of Formations. After Su Hao mastered the knowledge of artifacts, he finally understood the meaning behind Feng Yans words.
Techniques, Artifacts, and Formations mutuallyplement and promote each other. In the history of cultivation development, they cannot be separated.
Formations represent humanitys ambition to ovee nature.
Techniques stem from the envisioned effects of formations.
Artifacts are the results of material and structural simtions based on the principles of techniques.
Formations can then be carried on artifacts to unleash powerful effects.
This forms aplete cycle of cultivation system built upon spiritual power.
After understanding the role of artifacts in the cultivation system, understanding the principles of artifact refining bes very simple.
Before learning refining, its necessary to talk about the history of artifact development. Without the depth of history, artifacts seem tock a soul.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the earliest cultivators, after a long period of summarizing, sessfully organized a set of characteristics of how spiritual power transforms in different materials, whichid the foundation for what we now know as material science in cultivation. For example, fire spirit steel, wind spirit stone, thunder element ore When spiritual power passes through these special materials, it transforms into energy of different attributes.
Perhaps these ores were the weapons of the earliest cultivators.
During fights, everyone would take out a stone from their pockets and say, Watch my fireball technique! Watch my gale technique! Watch me shock you! Watch me use water to soak you
Then, after a long time, someone suddenly took out something different. The spells released from this object were extremely powerful.
After changing hands multiple times, someone discovered that this was something a lucky person found in the mountains. This special stone,posed of multiple spiritual materials, could unexpectedly unleash extremely powerful effects.
This kind of special stone was the original artifact. At that time, it was called Spiritual Treasure or Primordial Spiritual Treasure.
Then, this kind of artifact became the goal pursued by all cultivators. It was said that as long as you found a Primordial Artifact, you would be invincible.
So, numerous cultivators flocked to various ces in search of Primordial Spiritual Treasures, and this trend prevailed for a long time.
Perhaps all the Primordial Spiritual Treasures were taken, and then an hical person discovered the secret of spiritual treasures from a Primordial Spiritual Treasure and sessfully imitated the second generation of artifacts, the Postnatal Spiritual Treasure
Some people evenprehended techniques from spiritual treasures, and without even taking out the spiritual treasures, they would just start attacking upon meeting someone.
Afterwards, cultivators kept spiraling inward, and artifacts kept being updated, culminating in the current category of Refining.
Su Hao benefited from this.
The three most important basic factors of refining: first, special materials; second, artifact structure; third, control hub. Most of what I can obtain are just some basic materials, but thats barely enough. As for artifact structure, thats where my expertise lies. The current difficulty lies in the control hub! The core of the hub requires a special substance called Divine Consciousness Stone, which I dont have!
Su Hao exited the pinball space, picked up an elongated sword-shaped artifact, and carefully examined it in his hand.
This artifact had a de length of 80, was silver-white throughout, with sharp double edges on both sides.
This is the first usable artifact Su Hao has designed and refined during this period. After inputting spiritual power, ayer of high-frequency osciting energy flow is generated on the surface of the flying sword. At this point, the flying sword bes extremely sharp and unstoppable, capable of piercing through anything it stabs. If Su Haos Second-level Pration rune is added, it bes a powerful armor-piercing weapon.
Unfortunately, its a semi-finished flying sword.
The reason its called semi-finished is that this swordcks the core made of Divine Consciousness Stone.
Divine Consciousness Stone is a substance that can attach psychic force to it, serving as the core of the artifact. It allows cultivators to freely manipte flying artifacts, summoning and controlling them with ease.
However, this Divine Consciousness Stone has always been strictly monopolized by major sects and rarely falls into the hands of individual cultivators.
Su Hao wants to obtain this Divine Consciousness Stone, but given his current status in the sect, its almost impossible unless he resorts to forceful means, like directly stealing it.
Su Hao sighed and put the long sword back on the shelf. This artifacts power is decent, but without the Divine Consciousness Stone, I can only use it as a long knife In this case, the flying sword doesnt live up to its name!
Without carrying psychic force through the Divine Consciousness Stone, when the artifact flies out, it is not controlled by the owner at all, rendering it meaningless.
Should I sneak into the sects treasury and borrow some? Su Hao thought about secretly borrowing some for experimentation from the sect, but immediately dismissed the dangerous idea. He still wants to continue studying more advanced cultivation techniques in the sect. If he were to borrow, it would be from other sects.
Su Hao rubbed his chin, his unfocused eyes staring at the flying sword artifact on the table, searching for a solution.
He always felt that there must be an alternative to the Divine Consciousness Stone to carry psychic force.
Suddenly, an idea popped into Su Haos mind, and he muttered to himself, Why do I have to find a substitute for the Divine Consciousness Stone to carry psychic force? My goal is just to attach psychic force to it to flexibly control the artifact! Dont I still have psychic tendrils and spatial modules?
Psychic tendrils and psychic force are essentially the same thing, just manifested differently. In other words, Su Haos psychic power possesses both psychic tendrils and psychic force abilities. As long as his psychic tendrils attach to the artifact, its equivalent to psychic force being attached to the artifact!
How to attach psychic tendrils to the artifact?
Su Hao blurted out, Spatial module! Use the locator stone as the core of the artifact!
As long as Su Haos idea can be realized, the problem of the Divine Consciousness Stone is solved! And its more convenient than ordinary spiritual power. No matter how far away it is, Su Hao can control the artifact, achieving the true meaning of defeating enemies from a thousand miles away.
I can also teleport myself to the side of the artifact at any time, and I can also recall the artifact at any time.
Thinking of this, Su Hao couldnt sit still and immediately entered the pinball space to design a new artifact, incorporating the locator stone as the core, and reconstructing a new control hub.
A few dayster, Su Hao casually condensed a screwdriver, opened the buckle on the hilt of the sword, revealing the screws inside, then unscrewed the screws, and after a while, disassembled the sword-shaped artifact into parts! Revealing theplex and coordinated structure inside.
Su Hao indicated that the artifacts he refined only focus on the effect, regardless of whether they are mixed together.
All those special andplicated refining techniques that refining masterse up with are of little use to Su Hao.
Making eachponent separately and then assembling them together, isnt it more convenient?
And you can also rece theponents at any time.
Just like now, after adding the locator core, assembling it, its once again a handy artifact.
Su Hao installed the locator core, checked it for any errors, and then reassembled the flying sword, tightening the screws and sealing the buckle.
The entire flying sword fit together seamlessly, almost perfect in its unity, and from the outside, it was impossible to tell that it could be disassembled.
Lets give it a try!
Su Hao infused spiritual power into the flying sword. The intricate structure within the flying sword was activated, emitting a dazzling yellow light that enveloped the entire sword.
With a probe of his psychic tendrils, Su Hao connected to the locator core on the flying sword, bringing the sword under his control.
Su Hao felt a sense of aplishment in his heart: Its done!
With a release of his hand and a slight mentalmand
Swoosh!
The flying sword streaked with a beam of light, circling twice in the spaciousboratory before flying out of the window.
Momentster, the yellow light pierced through the wall and returned, stopping steadily in front of Su Hao as if passing through tofu.
The test was sessful, and the long-standing problem of the Divine Consciousness Stone that had been troubling Su Hao was finally resolved.
As long as a problem arises, the solution is not far away. The most fearful thing is not knowing what the problem is in the first ce!
Su Hao smiled faintly.
At this point, another blue sky waspletely open to Su Hao! On the path of artifact refining, there was nothing that could trouble Su Hao anymore.
Next, I need to think about how to use runes to rece refining materials!
If he seeds in substitution, the long sword he casually condensed with Diamond Armor would be a top-tier artifact.
With such artifacts, he could easily push the limits of what his psychic tendrils could endure by condensing them with Diamond Armor.
And then, he could use these artifacts to set uprge-scale formations
I can take on a top-tier sect all by myself!
So, can runes rece materials?
The answer is obvious. When Su Hao was studying formations, he had already thoroughly researched the properties of runes for converting spiritual power.
Using runes to rece special materials? No problem!
Just then, Su Hao sensed a message sent from the pinball space by Yashan.
Yashan? Could it be that he has already arrived at the sect?
After stabilizing the flying sword on the shelf, Su Hao entered the pinball space to check the message sent by Yashan.
A line of text appeared, apanied by a photo of his standing on the reception flying boat.
Boss Wei! It seems like Im almost there. Are you currently inside the sect? Ive sessfully passed the test of the Yunzhong Wangyue Valley and am now flying through a canyon on the flying boat!
Su Hao chuckled and pushed the door open, stepping out into the light. Its been three years since entering the sect!
In other words, Su Hao could now break through the Foundation Establishment stage!