CHAPTER 84: CHAPTER 66: MOUNTAIN OPENING, LAND CLEAVING, THE UNMATCHED RUYI BATTLE ARMOR!

In the Wutong Village Wooden House Outer Room,

Lii Xiaolan was somewhat surprised when Lin Xuankong finished speaking. "Is there really such an eccentric Artifact Refiner? Two hundred portions of medicinal ingredients for Qi Replenishing Soup as the Armor Refining fee? The fee is similar to other Artifact Refiners! Is she pretty?"

Was that last question serious? Does it matter? Does prettiness have anything to do with Artifact Refining?

Lin Xuankong was a bit speechless. "Her looks are average! Have you heard of any Artifact Refining Clan with the surname Xiao?"

Lii Xiaolan frowned. "There are only four Artifact Refiners in Great Marsh Prefecture, none with the surname Xiao. But that lady said she came from Kyoto. How would I know the refiners from Kyoto! But even if she is somewhat eccentric, so what? At worst, we can go together... If there is any problem, we can beat her up and steal her Exorcism Armor. Doesn’t she have two sets? One set for each of us!"

Lin Xuankong looked at Lii Xiaolan speechlessly. His young wife is always ruthless when dealing with beautiful women; this was going to be a clean sweep!

"I think she has more than just two sets of Exorcism Equipment; it seems her boots are also Exorcism Equipment..."

Lii Xiaolan nodded heavily. "Women’s boots won’t look good on you, so they are mine! By the way, if we are to refine the armor, which Martial Cultivators do you plan to invite? As the Silver Jade Steward, organizing a few Stewards to help shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

Lin Xuankong smiled. "No need!"

「The next day, at dawn,」

After finishing their respective Cultivation, they left Great Marsh Prefecture and went straight to Flying Dragon Slope.

As soon as they arrived outside the hidden cave, Xiao Xiuyi, dressed in black and with a tall figure, came out to greet them.

She glanced curiously at Lii Xiaolan, who was following Lin Xuankong. "Why did you only bring one Martial Cultivator... Hiring several Second Layer Martial Cultivators at Perfection for a couple of days shouldn’t cost much silver taels! When do we start Refining?"

Lin Xuankong said, "We will start Refining today. I have recently taken many Turtle-Poria Elixirs; it should be enough to support your consumption!"

Xiao Xiuyi frowned. "Many? Only if dozens of Turtle-Poria Elixirs take effect simultaneously can it supply the consumption! Can you really do it?"

Lii Xiaolan glanced at the elegant Xiao Xiuyi and frowned. "Of course my husband can do it!"

"Husband?" Xiao Xiuyi looked at the silver-haired Lin Xuankong, then at the tender-skinned, sixteen or seventeen-year-old Lii Xiaolan.

"Yes!" Lii Xiaolan slightly raised her chin, seeming to declare her inviolable sovereignty.

Xiao Xiuyi looked strange.

Then she frowned at Lin Xuankong. "If there is a problem with Refining the Exorcism Armor due to insufficient Qi Blood... you need to consider it carefully. The Demon People’s Essence is extremely hard to come by. Wasting it once, who knows when we’ll get it again."

"I brought the refining fee. I hope you can succeed! If you are ready, then let’s begin. There will be no problems on my side," Lin Xuankong said.

Xiao Xiuyi frowned at Lin Xuankong for a while.

But seeing Lin Xuankong always wearing a confident expression, anticipation gradually appeared in her eyes. "Then let’s begin!"

「Moments later,」

Fire sparks flickered in the cave.

Xiao Xiuyi kept waving the Profound Iron Hammer, connecting the Profound Iron Components she had prepared last night. These extremely heavy and exquisite Profound Iron Components joined tightly, forming an integral whole. Soon, the full one thousand Profound Iron Components formed the shape of the Golden Cudgel, as Lin Xuankong had described in advance. At this moment, the Profound Iron Golden Cudgel was several feet in diameter, like an extremely large, solid piece of Profound Iron!

She then picked up the carving knife and quickly started engraving.

The intricate Runes, resembling complex characters, were skillfully engraved by her. These Runes connected to each other, all drawn with a single stroke!

With the engraving of the Qi Blood Runes, the Profound Iron Rod glimmered, gradually becoming slightly thinner!

For each Rune engraved, she would attach a Forehead Scale to the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, then use Qi Blood to engrave complex Runes on the white Forehead Scale as well.

After more than half an hour, Xiao Xiuyi’s face turned slightly pale. She glanced at Lin Xuankong, who immediately nodded, mobilizing his Qi Blood and lightly pressing both palms on Xiao Xiuyi’s back.

Lii Xiaolan watched the point of contact between the two with a vigilant expression.

With the infusion of Qi Blood, Xiao Xiuyi’s slightly pale face instantly turned rosy again.

She did not have time to marvel at Lin Xuankong’s abundant Qi Blood; her eyes were fixated on the Ruyi Battle Armor, and her hands continued to engrave the Runes without stopping.

「Time passed quickly.」

More than five hours later, although Xiao Xiuyi was still controlling the engraving of each Rune, her heart was already full of doubts.

Lii Xiaolan, who was standing nearby, also had a strange expression on her pretty face.

She had long known her husband’s monstrous Talent and had already been awed into submission by comparison!

But seeing Lin Xuankong infusing Qi Blood nonstop for over five hours, she still couldn’t help but be amazed!

Five hours! Her old husband had lasted for so long! After a certain age, Martial Cultivators must take special Treasure Medicines to prevent the decline of Qi Blood to some extent... But not only had her old husband’s Qi Blood not declined, it was instead dozens of times more abundant than that of ordinary Martial Cultivators! Ah! What a monstrous husband! I’m so demoralized... Where are those pies? I need something to help me recover!

「Twelve hours later,」

Xiao Xiuyi’s face showed signs of exhaustion.

Even though she was already a Martial Cultivator at the Early Stage of the Fourth Layer and had begun to temper her head, her Divine Soul Strength far exceeded that of Third Layer Martial Cultivators. Yet, maintaining high-intensity mental concentration for twelve hours still made her Heart Spirit somewhat dazed!

She gritted her teeth to control her Heart Spirit, trying her best to keep the carving knife in her right hand absolutely steady. Her left hand touched her belt, took out a Divine Protection Elixir, and quickly swallowed it. Feeling her spirit starting to recover, she let out a sigh of relief!

Lii Xiaolan saw this and involuntarily touched the small scented pouch at her waist containing several Divine Protection Elixirs. Xiao Xiuyi is indeed also a Fourth Layer Martial Cultivator!

「Twenty-two hours later,」

Lii Xiaolan frowned deeply, looking at Lin Xuankong with worried eyes. "Do you really not need me to replace you for a while?"

Infusing Qi Blood nonstop for twenty-two hours... Even a giant Blood Ox would be exhausted and run dry by now, right?

Lin Xuankong was calm and relaxed. "No need! But are you hungry? Maybe you should go buy some pies; Old Zhang is probably open for business at this time!"

Lii Xiaolan was speechless.

She decided to mind her own business and ignore this monster!

Time passed slowly.

As the moment of success drew near, the trio’s hearts grew ever more tense.

Twenty-three hours passed.

Another tea’s-worth of time passed.

Then another two tea’s-worth of time passed.

Finally, Xiao Xiuyi’s expression changed. With her carving knife, she etched the final, exquisite Rune onto the last Forehead Scale of the Ruyi Battle Armor!

「In the next instant,」

The Ruyi Profound Iron Rod, now reduced to the thickness of an adult’s wrist, released a brilliant light. Thousands of Qi Blood Runes on it sparkled dazzlingly, illuminating the entire cave. Profound and powerful auras continuously emanated from the Ruyi Profound Iron Rod!

"BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ!"

The Ruyi Profound Iron Rod trembled slightly.

The light retracted, and the profound, powerful aura also diminished, leaving only the Ruyi Profound Iron Rod standing there, a dark gold color, with four large Profound Gold characters emblazoned on it: Ruyi Battle Armor!

"It’s done!" Lii Xiaolan’s face was filled with joy.

"It’s done?" Lin Xuankong was even more jubilant.

"It’s done!" Xiao Xiuyi gazed at the Ruyi Profound Iron Rod in a daze.

Generations of inheritance... My father’s lifelong dedication... My own twenty-plus years of relentless study... I thought the chances were only twenty percent, almost impossible, yet it unexpectedly succeeded on the first try!

"This is the first set of armor in the world surpassing Eight Hundred Forehead Scales!

This is the world’s only set of five-thousand-jin Ruyi Battle Armor!

Moreover, it can change size at will! Its defensive capability and speed of dispelling Demon Qi are indisputably the best in the world!"

Xiao Xiuyi’s eyes held a touch of pride, her face brimming with excitement.

This eccentric Artifact Refiner was more excited than Lin Xuankong, the owner of the Ruyi Battle Armor!

「A moment later,」

She suddenly thought of something and turned sharply to look at Lin Xuankong.

"I know why it succeeded on the first try!

According to my previous plan, I intended to invite over ten Martial Cultivators, at least at Second Layer Perfection, to help by providing Qi Blood in turns.

But Martial Cultivators have different Cultivation Techniques and slightly varied Realms, so their Qi Blood infusions naturally differ, which would affect the stability of the Qi Blood Runes.

However, this time, it was just you infusing Qi Blood. It was extremely stable and consistent, making the Qi Blood Runes I etched immensely stable, and thus success was naturally to be expected!"

She looked at Lin Xuankong puzzledly.

"But how did you achieve such abundant Qi Blood? Even among the countless prodigies I’ve seen in Kyoto, none possessed such rich Qi Blood! If not for this, this world’s greatest armor could never have been Refined!"

Lin Xuankong smiled and said, "My Qi Blood is nothing significant. However, Miss Xiao, your Refinement of this Great Xia’s first Thousand-Scaly Armor is truly unprecedented and commands admiration!"

At this moment, Lin Xuankong genuinely admired this rather eccentric Artifact Refiner.

He once thought the five-thousand-jin Ruyi Golden Cudgel was just an extravagant hope. After all, the strongest Battle Armor in the entire Great Marsh Prefecture, and even all of Great Xia, was only around a thousand jin!

Lii Xiaolan, witnessing the mutual admiration between the two, couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

She stepped forward and grabbed the Ruyi Profound Gold Rod. "Let me try it and see what this Ruyi Battle Armor is really like!"

"Hmm?" Lii Xiaolan was surprised. Despite her strength now surpassing Lin Xuankong’s by quite a bit, the Iron Rod still felt immensely heavy!

"So heavy!" Lii Xiaolan frowned slightly, the Qi Blood within her subtly circulating.

「The next moment,」

With a "BUZZ" sound, she lifted the Ruyi Profound Gold Rod single-handedly.

She activated her Qi Blood and stepped quickly towards the cave’s entrance, smiling. "Let me test its power!"

Lin Xuankong, seeing her so delighted, also followed her outside.

Xiao Xiuyi, however, frowned slightly and hurried after them. "Test this Battle Armor’s might somewhere farther away, to avoid attracting attention and disturbing my peace here!"

"No problem!" Lii Xiaolan replied.

The three exited the cave, quickly traversing over thirty miles.

Lii Xiaolan held the Profound Iron Rod, looking at a small mountain forty to fifty zhang high not far away. "That’s the one!"

She infused her Qi Blood into the Iron Rod.

Instantly, the Ruyi Profound Iron Rod, originally just over four chi long, began to grow with the wind, extending continuously. Within the blink of an eye, it was over three zhang long and as thick as a bowl, glowing with a dark golden light filled with a powerful aura!

She activated her Qi Blood, charged forward quickly, leaped dozens of zhang high, and swung the Ruyi Profound Iron Rod towards the small mountain!

"BOOM!"

Smoke and dust billowed, rocks splattered, and a deafening roar shook the heavens.

The entire small mountain was devastated by this single blow, losing almost half its peak.

Furthermore, a massive crack tore through the mountain, extending deep into the earth, its full depth unknown!

The surrounding land shook violently.

This tremor swiftly propagated, and within moments, countless wild beasts within a radius of tens of miles fled in panic...

「Moments later,」 in Dragon Capturing Town, over two hundred miles away, amidst the bustling streets, some Martial Cultivators felt slight tremors underfoot. They all looked towards the east, their expressions suddenly changing!

Some powerful Martial Cultivators leaped onto the roofs of pavilions or onto the city walls, gazing towards the distant east.

「In Dragon Capturing Town, within the City Lord’s Mansion,」

Several imposing figures flashed out, streaking over countless buildings and heading rapidly towards the east...

The Ruyi Battle Armor...

The power of a single strike could split mountains, cleave the earth, and startle the four corners of the wilderness.

This Battle Armor seemed not of the mortal world—no armor could compare, none could reach its level!