CHAPTER 511: MONUMENT.

Hao Ren began to think about the monument that he should make. In this entire world, there were countless artifact refiners and there were countless cultivators. As he traveled, he spent most of his time thinking about what kind of a monument would cement his name?

One day, he reached a small city settled on the banks of a river which was as wide as the ocean. Hao Ren lay down on the banks to relax. After a couple of hours, a group of teenagers passing by saw him and they froze in their tracks.

Hao Ren also noticed them and asked, "What?"

His aura caused the children to shiver and one of them said, "Greetings Senior, I apologize for disturbing your rest. Actually, this river is a forbidden place."

Hao Ren asked, "What do you mean forbidden? What is wrong with this place?"

The young man had no intention to speak further, but then he said, "In this river resides a dragon that has swallowed many people. Even the city lord, who was in Dao Dust realm was swallowed by the Dragon three days ago."

Hao Ren raised his brow and then he turned to look at the river and said, "I understand, you should get back home. I will handle it."

The teenagers rushed away at the fastest speed possible. Hao Ren turned to look at the river and then he thought, ’Hmmm, a dragon that can devour a Dao dust realm cultivator must be strong by two realms, it lives in water, it seems that a flood dragon is more apt. Hmm, if I can get my hands on this beast, I would be able to kill it and refine a spirit sword from its spine, and a spear too, may be.

Then...’

He sat in his spot and hid his aura, appearing to be a Dao Dust cultivator. Sure enough, after a couple of hours a huge flood dragon dove out of the river surface. The beast slithered its tongue as it looked around and said, "Did you see that senior here?"

Hao Ren looked at the beast and shook his head as he asked, "You are so strong, yet you don’t have a human form? Why so?"

The flood dragon looked at Hao Ren and asked, "Are you not scared that I would gobble you up, Human? How did you muster up the courage to ask me stuff?"

Hao Ren smiled and replied, "I have not seen that senior, because I am that senior."

As soon as he said this, his aura was unleashed and the flood dragon froze in its tracks. The beast was magnificently beautiful and was fifty meters tall. Hao Ren was one tier ahead in cultivation and the beast held no threat.

Hao Ren grabbed the void, and the space laws responded. The young man dragged the flood dragon to the shore and then he said, "Tell me, why don’t you have a human figure?"

The beast replied with a shiver, "Senior, forgive me for not recognizing you. I will answer you, I will answer right now."

The aura of a sword saint washed over the beast that made it fear Hao Ren this much. The beast said, "I didn’t assume the human form because that would burn a lot more blood essence and it would be difficult to pour so many resources to develop that form as well. I was born a snake, and could step into the ranks of a dragon. That is why I stay in this form."

Hao Ren hummed and then said, "Since you have become a flood dragon, I am guessing that you have some dragon blood in you?"

The flood dragon opened its eyes wide, and wanted to plead for mercy but Hao Ren simply waved his hand and chopped the beast’s head off with one move. There were some elders who sensed the movement from the beast and came out to see, but they were shocked to see Hao Ren handling the beast with such ease.

The elders had no idea what was going on, Hao Ren sensed them from a distance and raised his head to wave at them. The elders rushed over thinking that the person was calling for them and as soon as they reached closer to Hao Ren, they decided to bow deeply and one of them said, "Senior, thank you for vanquishing this evil dragon from our river."

Hao Ren shook his head and waved his hand and with that the old men all stood up straight to talk to him. Hao Ren asked, "Well, this is the first city that I have come across on my journey. Would you mind if I leave something behind?"

The elders were surprised, and then the oldest relic among them said, "Senior, it would be an honor for our city to have something left behind."

Hao Ren took out his Grandmaster token and said, "I am an artifact refiner. I wish to refine two weapons and leave behind a technique for the younger generations. Once someone who could comprehend the essence left behind in the arts and the monument, they would be able to access the two weapons. I assure you, they would be among the best warriors that would walk out of the city."

The old men were in awe. They hardly got to see any Artifact refiners in their small city. Yet, here stood a grandmaster, who wished to leave behind a legacy for the younger generation. This was a fortunate opportunity and they ought to grab it with all they could do. The oldest nodded and said, "Please, come with us, Senior..."

Hao Ren replied, "Ren. You may call me Grandmaster Ren."

The group of dozen old men led him inside the city with great joy and grandeur. Hao Ren realized that these old relics were the elders of a few biggest families of the city. The oldest of them was actually the former city lord.

Hao Ren said, "Elders, you all need to understand one thing. If the spirit sense I leave behind to watch over the weapons, detect that you all had manipulated who can access to the monument. I will come back, and hang the heads of all your family members on the walls."

The elders shivered, they had no idea what to say, because indeed, Hao Ren was strong enough to actually do all this. They nodded, and Hao Ren said, "Can you give me a secluded place in the city?"

Then Hao Ren was taken inside a courtyard behind the city palace. The new city lord has yet to be selected by a competition but that had nothing to do with him. Hao Ren wielded his tools, extracted the spine of the flood dragon, and then he processed the spine into four different sections.

The spine of the flood dragon was forty five meters long, and Hao Ren had gotten some idea after looking at it. He used his nirvana phoenix flames to purify the bone, and then smelted it further before raining down the hammer to shape it.

...

The entire city could hear the thunders generated by his hammers, and they were shocked. Hao Ren didn’t care about anything, but went on to carve the runes inside the weapons, and for the next five days, he refined weapons only.

The first two weapons were a sword and a spear. They were both of flame attribute, and looked impressive. However, the other set of weapons that Hao Ren refined was a flame attribute saber and an ice attribute sword. These two weapons were going to be given to Yin and Yang.

Thinking about his legacy, the young man thought about the spear and he just used the scales from the Flood dragon into an armor and nodded before he came out of the room.

Now he had to leave behind a spirit sense and a technique that could be comprehended by the people from all over and around the city. To his surprise the former city lord was waiting for him outside the door.

The old man bowed and said, "Senior, are you finished with the refining?"

Hao Ren nodded and the old man said, "There is one master refiner in the city, we all contacted him after listening that you wanted to leave behind a monument here. So, we commissioned him to erect a Steele in the center of the city. There, the monument would be accessible to everyone."

Hao Ren remarked, "That’s very thoughtful of you."

The old man smiled and his face wrinkled into folds. Hao Ren sighed and asked, "Where is your city lord?"

The old man said, "The new city lord has just finished recovering from the wounds of the final battle, and she would be coming over soon."

Hao Ren nodded and after waiting for a few minutes, he spotted a middle aged woman walking over. She had good bearings and looked strong. Hao Ren knew that the old man must have called her over using divine sense.

He didn’t wish to engage in any small talk and greetings. He took out the spear as he said, "This is the weapon I refined, it has flame attribute. Maybe it won’t serve you well, after all your attribute is wood. However, I still have to thank your city for allowing me to leave behind a monument."

The lady was stunned and the old man cleared his throat to wake her up from daze. The lady accepted the spear, and then Hao Ren asked, "Shall we head to the Steele?"