Boom.
Suddenly, a loud bang came from the huge furnace, and at the bottom of the entire furnace, circular Formations began to appear.
The entire furnace was directly enveloped by light.
And everything seemed to be within the old man's expectations; he continued to form hand seals.
“Melt for me!”
The old man roared, his aura surging wildly. Under this aura, Ye Lin felt like a small boat sailing on an endless sea, capable of being submerged by the vast waters at any moment.
Inside the furnace, streaks of flowing light began to fuse with each other, and the prototype of a long sword gradually appeared.
This was the sword embryo.
After completing everything, the old man looked at the sword embryo in front of him, took out a jar from his embrace, and slowly opened it.
Inside the jar was the purest Divine Soul power in the world.
Taking out a portion of Divine Soul power, the old man directly integrated it into the sword embryo.
Earth Rank Spiritual Artifacts have spirits, and these spirits come from here.
Weapons, when used for a long time, gradually begin to develop spirituality, and this pure Divine Soul power is used to foster the fragile spirituality within these weapons.
Once the spirituality is fully born, it becomes a true Earth Rank Low Grade Spiritual Artifact.
The user and that spirituality, when working together, can unleash immense power.
From afar, Ye Lin quietly watched this scene.
As the Divine Soul power integrated, the sword embryo radiated dazzling light.
This incredibly pure Divine Soul power required forcibly extracting the Divine Souls of all things in heaven and earth, and then using special methods to grind them down to obtain this purest Divine Soul power.
The entire process was extremely cruel, practically inhumane.
It involved roasting the Divine Souls of living beings alive into a liquid.
And this liquid was precisely Divine Soul liquid.
Directly consuming this liquid had a tremendous effect on the Divine Soul.
In the ancient era, there were even Demonic Cultivators who massacred billions of Human Race members to use their Divine Souls to enhance themselves.
This method was utterly cruel, and even now, it still exists in the world.
As for where the item in the old man's hand came from, that was unknown.
Then the old man began to infuse Formation incantations into the sword embryo.
Weapons are categorized by quality based on their hardness, material, the Formations within them, and the forging technique.
Setting up Formations within a weapon can strengthen the user's attacks by several grades through the Formation, naturally resulting in greater power.
The lower the grade, the simpler the Formation, because powerful Formations require equally strong materials, which ordinary materials simply cannot withstand.
For example, if a Nascent Soul Realm True Person uses a Yellow Rank weapon, the weapon would explode before the Spiritual Qi could even be injected into it.
The reason is that its grade is too low to withstand the terrifying Spiritual Qi of a Nascent Soul Realm True Person.
As each Formation incantation was infused, the old man revealed a satisfied smile.
And the entire sword slowly took shape.
This sword looked identical to the previous Evil Slayer, but no matter how one looked at it, something felt different.
“The sword is complete.”
After the old man finished speaking, the entire sword began to slowly float up, leaving the furnace.
The old man contentedly wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Forging an Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact was extremely difficult for him as well.
But fortunately, it succeeded.
And the Evil Slayer, having just left the furnace, let out a joyful sword cry, then transformed into a streak of light and swiftly arrived beside Ye Lin, circling around him.
“Alright, you can now drip a drop of your essence blood onto the sword body. At that time, you and this sword will have a feeling of shared consciousness.”
“Evil Slayer, slaying all evil in the world. A good name.”
The old man commented with a smile, then left the place.
He needed to rest; outwardly he looked no different from a normal person, but only he knew the true extent of his exhaustion.
“Thank you, Senior.”
Ye Lin cupped his fists and bowed towards the direction where the old man disappeared.
“Blood recognition? I'm not unfamiliar with this.”
Ye Lin smiled and cut his finger; instantly, a drop of fresh blood dripped onto the sword body.
Immediately, the blood was completely absorbed by Evil Slayer.
In an instant, as Ye Lin looked at the Evil Slayer in front of him, something seemed different.
“Evil Slayer, come.”
Ye Lin stretched out his palm, not using even a trace of Spiritual Qi, but the next moment, Evil Slayer arrived in Ye Lin's hand, its hilt resting steadily in Ye Lin's palm.
Now, he and Evil Slayer were truly connected in mind; whatever he thought, Evil Slayer knew.
The advantage of this was that there was no delay whatsoever during the casting process.
Their cooperation could unleash even greater combat power.
“Hahaha, good.”
Seeing this, Ye Lin was extremely satisfied. Just as he was about to place Evil Slayer into his space ring, the next moment, Evil Slayer transformed into six sword orbs that coiled around Ye Lin's wrist.
Evil Slayer coiled around his right wrist, and Little Spirit coiled around his left wrist.
“So that's how it is. Earth Rank Spiritual Artifacts can transform into sword orbs and coil around the wrist.”
Shaking his arm, Ye Lin left the Weapon Refining Pavilion with a smile.
When he reached halfway, Ye Lin was stopped by three ill-intentioned individuals.
“So you're Ye Lin, huh?”
One of the youths looked at Ye Lin, his face full of hostility.
“You are…”
Ye Lin looked at the youth in front of him, his face full of confusion.
“Hmph, this is my big brother, Zhou Qingyun. All Inner Sect Disciples respectfully call him Brother Yun.”
The youth who looked like a lackey introduced.
Looking at these three youths, Ye Lin never expected such characters to exist within the Inner Sect?
Shouldn't they all be extremely arrogant and indifferent?
“Ye Lin, right? I'm here to invite you to join my Ninth Sequence. I guarantee you'll live a very comfortable life in the Inner Sect.”
Zhou Qingyun clenched his fist, his face grimacing.
“Oh? Ninth Sequence? What if I don't join?”
“Don't join? See this fist?”
Zhou Qingyun came in front of Ye Lin, his large hand grabbing Ye Lin's shoulder, his expression ruthless.
“Ye Lin, I advise you not to be ungrateful. This is my big brother. If you anger my big brother, do you believe he'll cripple you right now?”
From afar, the lackey spoke.
If it weren't for the Nascent Soul Late Stage aura emanating from him, Ye Lin would have thought this was some hoodlum from who-knows-where.
And in front of him, a panel appeared.
Name: Zhou Qingyun
Cultivation: Nascent Soul Late Stage
Fate: Blue
Fate Reason: 【Divine Power Through Strength】
Destiny: Stops at Divided Soul Peak Stage. During a struggle with a Yao Beast, he was ambushed by the Yao Beast and died.
Recent Opportunity: Half a month later, while listening to a mighty being preach the Dao, the jade pendant around his neck suddenly shone brightly, forcibly putting him into an enlightenment state. After half an hour of enlightenment, he directly stepped into Nascent Soul Peak Stage.
【Divine Power Through Strength】: You possess Heavenly Divine Power. At eighteen years old, before even beginning to Cultivate, a single arm already possessed three thousand Jin of immense strength. If you embark on the Body Refining Dao, you are destined to become a great Body Refining expert.
After reading Zhou Qingyun's panel, Ye Lin's mouth curved upwards.
Enlightenment. If he were to enter an enlightenment state now, there was a high possibility that his Destruction Sword Intent could advance further, perhaps even touching the Sword Dao Rules.
“How about this, we make a bet?”
Ye Lin slowly moved Zhou Qingyun's wrist away from his shoulder, smiling as he spoke.
“Oh? A bet? Interesting. Tell me about it.”