CHAPTER 891: CHAPTER 888: THE BEAUTIFUL ELDER PEEKS AT XU WENDONG

Xu Wendong was stunned.

Although Ye Qingmei told him the way to exit the Illusion Array,

it seemed like she hadn’t said anything at all.

Because even knowing the way she described to exit the array, how many could actually do it?

He switched topics and curiously asked, "Grand Elder, do you know how to integrate formations into weapons?"

Ye Qingmei couldn’t help but ask, "You want to refine artifacts?"

Xu Wendong smiled and said, "Just cultivating a personal interest."

"This is not an ordinary hobby!" Ye Qingmei sighed and continued, "Integrating formations into weapons isn’t complicated; you just need to treat the weapon as a pocket world and set up a small formation within it!"

"Yes, it sounds simple, but in practice, it is fraught with difficulties."

"This requires precise control, being able to balance the limits of the formation and the weapon well."

Xu Wendong didn’t expect it to be so complex.

However,

he liked challenges like these.

Because they would give him a strong sense of achievement.

"Grand Elder, I have an impolite request." Hesitating for a moment, Xu Wendong said, "I see there aren’t many people living here. May I find a yard nearby to live in? I intend to learn some artifact refining; I just hope it won’t affect your cultivation."

"No problem!" Ye Qingmei smiled faintly. Although artifact refining is quite noisy, as a Golden Core Peak Expert, she could completely block out the noise.

"Thank you, Grand Elder, I won’t disturb you further." Xu Wendong bowed and then turned to leave.

At the door, he glanced at the peach tree next door, with its pink peaches, and said, "Grand Elder, may I pick a couple of peaches to taste?"

Ye Qingmei: "If you don’t mind, you can pick them anytime."

"Two will be enough." Xu Wendong said, picking two fist-sized fuzzy peaches, gently squeezing them as he walked.

Once they were all softened, he peeled open a small opening the size of a fingernail and gently sipped, letting the sweet peach juice flood into his mouth.

The taste of the peaches couldn’t compare to those rare Spirit Fruits, but Xu Wendong enjoyed them immensely because he hadn’t tasted this flavor for a long time.

"Junior Sister Xiao Die, could you help me pack up? I’m moving to reside at the back mountain." Xu Wendong said to Xiao Die, handing the other peach to her.

"Okay, Senior Brother Xu." Xiao Die replied obediently, helping Xu Wendong pack up before heading to the back mountain.

Ultimately, Xu Wendong chose a courtyard less than a hundred meters away from Ye Qingmei’s residence to live in. He took out some rare minerals from his Storage Bag and placed them before him.

To his left was a Spirit Stone used for setting up formations.

He didn’t rashly attempt anything but quietly observed the Spirit Stone and the minerals.

Considering how best to integrate both together.

He sat for three days and nights.

Until he saw a brilliant shooting star flash across the night sky, his eyes gleamed with an extraordinary light.

He thought of a method for integration.

No!

To be precise, it should be inclusion.

Yes.

The relationship between formations and artifact refining isn’t about balance and could never be balanced.

Because both formations and artifact refining are exceptionally intricate and complicated, nobody could achieve a state of balance between the two.

Beyond that, there’s only one possibility.

And that is inclusion.

Like how all beings can exist between heaven and earth?

Because heaven and earth can include all beings.

So why shouldn’t weapons be able to include formations?

With this thought, Xu Wendong immediately picked up the Spirit Stone in front of him and set up a Yellow Rank Ninth Tier Gravity Array on the ground.

With his Golden Core Stage Eighth Level cultivation, setting up a Yellow Rank formation was as easy as a flick of the wrist, requiring almost no effort.

Of course, if he wished to set up a Profound Rank formation, it would still require some time and effort. After all, there is a world of difference between Yellow Rank and Profound Rank arrays.

The reason for setting up the Gravity Array was simple.

He wanted to craft a hammer, a hammer for artifact refining.

Integrating the Gravity Array into the hammerhead would make things much easier.

After arranging the array,

Xu Wendong focused, and a ball of flame manifested out of thin air, the orange-yellow flame as dazzling as a dancing spirit under the night sky.

Then,

Xu Wendong placed the Sky Mystic Iron into the fire, pinching the spell with both hands, quickly dissolving it.

No Fire Element spell could melt the Sky Mystic Iron, given its extreme hardness, with even a fist-sized piece weighing thousands of pounds.

However, Xu Wendong’s flame wasn’t Mortal Fire but True Phoenix Fire, making it not hard for him to melt the Sky Mystic Iron.

Even so, it took him over three hours to heat the Sky Mystic Iron to a fiery red color.

He was fortunate that his cultivation had significantly improved.

In the past, it wouldn’t have been possible for him to endure outputting flame for so long.

Yet, even under these circumstances, he was drenched in sweat.

Thus, he took off his robe, wearing only white shorts, with his robust physique fully displayed under the moonlit night.

Seeing the Sky Mystic Iron now glowing red, Xu Wendong pinched the spell with both hands, his Soul Force transforming into invisible hammers, crazily pounding the burning Sky Mystic Iron under the night sky.

The clinking sound reverberated beneath the stars.

Fortunately, not many disciples resided in the back mountain, so he wasn’t worried about bothering others.

Ye Qingmei was cultivating.

Upon hearing the clear knocking sound from afar, she slowly opened her eyes, knowing that Xu Wendong had started refining artifacts, not particularly averse to the noise.

After all, Xu Wendong had given her two Spirit-awakening Pills.

She had intended to block out the noise and continue cultivating but released her Soul Force instead, wanting to see if Xu Wendong could successfully forge a weapon.

Just as her Soul Force reached the villa where Xu Wendong was, Ye Qingmei’s heart immediately began to stir with ripples she couldn’t calm.

She saw a tall, sturdy, muscular figure sweating fervently under the moonlit night.

The dim firelight illuminated him, exuding a bronzed, masculine beauty.

Particularly enchanting was his focused expression.

Like an invisible black hole, it swallowed Ye Qingmei’s consciousness.

In an instant,

an unusual feeling arose in Ye Qingmei’s heart, her heartbeat sped up, and her breathing became rapid.

Ever since her Daoist couple was killed a thousand years ago, her heart had died, severing emotional roots and desires.

But now,

seeing Xu Wendong’s rugged figure, sweating profusely, she felt her emotional roots and desires reborn at this moment.

A strong sense of loneliness, emptiness filled her heart.

After all,

she was different from others; she had experienced the joy of love.

Once experienced, it’s impossible to forget that feeling.

Her face blushing, she lay on the bed, peeping at Xu Wendong refining artifacts, while sliding her hand beneath her skirt...