CHAPTER 1613: CHAPTER 1613: WU DE’S TRIUMPH

Under normal circumstances, an Artifact Refiner uses ordinary fire for refining Spiritual Artifacts.

However, the current Fang Bai is able to use the power of Spiritual Fire to refine Spiritual Artifacts.

As a result, in terms of both speed and quality of artifact refining, Fang Bai far surpasses Artifact Refiners of the same level.

The Green Bamboo Fan, fused with Azurewood Marrow, floats in the air before Fang Bai, rolling and spinning under the control of Fang Bai’s Divine Sense, wrapped in Spiritual Fire.

After a hundred breaths, Qingzhu Venerable, standing to the side, at Fang Bai’s indication, sprays a mouthful of essence blood imbued with his own Divine Sense onto the Green Bamboo Fan, which then radiates tens of thousands of green glows, completing the grand ritual of refining.

"Royal Grade... indeed it’s Royal Grade..."

Holding the refined Green Bamboo Fan in his hand, Qingzhu Venerable’s Divine Sense enters the fan, resonates with the Artifact Spirit born within, and discovers that the Green Bamboo Fan has indeed undergone an earth-shattering change, its power incomparable to before the refining.

He tries to gently wave the Green Bamboo Fan in his hand, and from the flat ground arises a fierce gale, sweeping several large stones weighing tens of thousands of pounds and several towering ancient trees into the air, only to drop them dozens of feet away.

"If I had this Spiritual Artifact in hand earlier, that Three-Tailed One-Eyed Wolf wouldn’t have been my match!"

Qingzhu Venerable gently strokes the Green Bamboo Fan in his hand, laughing excitedly, and says to Fang Bai, "Brother Fang, I really owe you a great deal of thanks."

Fang Bai said, "Senior..."

"Don’t call me Senior anymore."

Qingzhu Venerable shook his head and said solemnly, "Although your cultivation level is not yet as high as mine, your combat power has already caught up. In this world where strength reigns supreme, you’re so strong that I am no longer qualified to regard myself as your senior. From now on, why don’t we address each other as brothers?"

Fang Bai did not bother with unnecessary modesty and responded, "In that case, I’ll call you ’Qingzhu Brother’."

Qingzhu Venerable, being a straightforward person, did not feel the slightest discomfort with Fang Bai’s change of address, and laughed heartily in agreement.

Fang Bai said, "Now that Qingzhu Brother has the assistance of a Royal Grade Spiritual Artifact, you can try to break through to the eighth space. If you can get up there and train a bit, you might gain even greater opportunities, and advancing to Soul Severing Perfection is not impossible."

Before Fang Bai appeared, Qingzhu Venerable had already despaired of reaching the eighth floor of the Linglong Tower, but now he was reignited with confidence and fighting spirit. He thought that no matter what, he had to give it a try; if, as Fang Bai said, he succeeded in reaching the eighth floor and gained great opportunities there, he might really have the chance to advance to the Soul Severing Perfection realm.

Currently, his cultivation level still has a long way to go before reaching Soul Severing Perfection, but advancing to that realm would be a leap in strength and allow him to touch the edge of the Thunder Tribulation Realm, which is an exhilarating prospect.

At the moment, Fang Bai and Qingzhu Venerable separated once more, with Qingzhu Venerable heading up to break into the eighth space, while Fang Bai continued downwards, searching for Wu De, Feng Peng, and the Hu brothers.

Fang Bai made his way down and finally saw Wu De, Feng Peng, and the Hu brothers on the third floor of the Linglong Tower.

At this moment, Wu De and others were engaged in a fierce battle with a group of Nascent Soul Realm Spirit Beasts. They were shouting, with eyes wide open, their skin torn and their bodies covered in blood.

Among the Spirit Beasts besieging them, a few had perished.

However, in the battle with the Spirit Beasts, Wu De and others, who were few in number, had completely fallen into a disadvantage. If this continued, in less than a hundred breaths, they might be overwhelmed by the Spirit Beasts, thus automatically ejected from the Linglong Tower, losing the opportunity to continue training.

Fang Bai’s gaze swept over Wu De and others and found that Wu De had already reached the high ranks of the Golden Core.

Evidently, during the training on the first three floors, Wu De, who possesses a Dual Attribute Innate Spiritual Root and an Extraordinary Holy Body, benefited the most and progressed the fastest.

However, Fang Bai also knew that with Wu De’s previous cultivation, without the help of Feng Peng and the Hu brothers, he wouldn’t have made it this far.

So Wu De, upon advancing to this point, should be most grateful to Feng Peng and the Hu brothers.

As for Feng Peng, he also advanced from the initial stages of the Nascent Soul to the middle stages, having improved by a small realm, which is also a good gain.

Regarding the Hu brothers, although their strength has improved somewhat, their cultivation has still remained in the middle stages of the Nascent Soul.

Perhaps it was the thought of their bet with the Lion Clan disciple, Huang Paoxiao, worrying they might cause Fang Bai to lose his Blood Blade Spirit Weapon, which made the two brothers appear somewhat anxious during the battle. Though they fought fiercely and killed some Spirit Beasts, they sustained heavier injuries themselves.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

...

More than ten blood streaks suddenly shot out, and among the Spirit Beasts besieging Wu De and others, more than ten bled in the sky, their heads and bodies separated, perishing on the spot.

Wu De and others were in the midst of a fierce battle when they suddenly felt the pressure around them disappear. They were startled and soon saw Fang Bai, holding the Blood Blade, walking step by step towards them with the blade still stained with fresh blood.

"Fang Bai!"

Wu De wiped some Spirit Beast blood splattered on his face, stepped forward excitedly and said, "Did you kill all these Spirit Beasts? You have gained some great opportunity and your strength has improved again!"

"Master!"

"Brother Fang!"

Feng Peng and the Hu brothers followed Wu De and stepped forward one after another.

Feng Peng, knowing his master’s strength, naturally had no doubts about his master killing these Spirit Beasts, but Wu De and the Hu brothers found it hard to believe.

After all, the ten or so Spirit Beasts that attacked them were all at the high stage of the Nascent Soul, and Fang Bai was only at the Nascent Soul Perfection stage. How could he, with his own power, kill so many powerful Spirit Beasts in an instant?

But apart from them, there was only Fang Bai on the scene, and the bloodstains on the Blood Blade in Fang Bai’s hand explained everything, forcing them to believe.

"Wu De, not bad! In this nine-story Linglong Tower, not only have you formed your Golden Core, but you’ve also reached its high rank!"

Fang Bai patted Wu De on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Wu De chuckled, his face full of pride.

"If not for Feng Peng and the Hu brothers’ help, you probably wouldn’t have been able to form your Golden Core, right?"

Seeing Wu De looking so smug, Fang Bai couldn’t help but tease him.

Wu De’s face turned red, and seeing Feng Peng and the Hu brothers smiling at him, he said with an awkward laugh, "Of course! Of course! I owe them a great deal this time and will certainly repay them in the future!"

Hu Wei laughed heartily and said, "Actually, we also owe Brother Wu a great deal this time. During the previous training, Brother Wu, with his keen sense of Spiritual Energy, found a lot of Spiritual Medicine, and we all gained greatly."

"Overpraised... overpraised, I just found those Spiritual Medicines by luck..."

Wu De said, feigning modesty, waving his hand, but his chubby face was already beaming with a smile.

Seeing that Wu De and the four others were heavily injured, with fresh blood still gushing from their bodies, Fang Bai casually took out four bottles of Spirit Pills and tossed them to them, saying, "After taking these Spirit Pills, your injuries will heal quickly."

Wu De and the others, being knowledgeable, saw the Spirit Pill exuding a rich fragrance and abundant Spiritual Energy, and its scent alone invigorated them. Although they couldn’t discern its grade, they knew it was an extremely superior pill, so they took it as instructed, then sat cross-legged to cultivate and recover their bodies.