Bluestone Cave Mansion.
"Young master, you have returned." Chef greeted, "The Youth Sun Tongzi hasn’t come back yet. Qing Chi is currently practicing combat with your Mechanical Puppet in the Martial Arts Array."
Chef gave a brief report. In his view, Sun Lingtong was merely Ning Zhuo’s attendant student, hence he often referred to Sun Lingtong as Tongzi.
Ning Zhuo nodded: "Please trouble Chef to prepare a portion of Spirit Food for me, I want a dark dish. Deliver it to the Array Space in half an hour."
Ning Zhuo had a Life Hanging Thread, and was well aware of Sun Lingtong’s whereabouts; the latter was returning from Thousand Furnace Peak.
As for Qing Chi...
"She has significantly increased the frequency of her practice sessions with Snow-colored Girl·Hui recently."
Ning Zhuo arrived at the Martial Arts Array and entered the formation, where he saw Qing Chi and Snow-colored Girl·Hui exchanging blows.
Ning Zhuo watched for a moment, nodding inwardly.
Although Qing Chi had amnesia, her physical skills were intact and her character consistent, so many of her techniques were used instinctively, showing much of her former prowess before amnesia.
However, she was still no match for Snow-colored Girl·Hui.
The latter was a Golden Core Level talent, vastly surpassing Qing Chi, who was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, in terms of foundation.
"But if Qing Chi regains her innate abilities and uses them in battle, the outcome might be unpredictable."
Ning Zhuo had witnessed Qing Chi’s dominant innate talent multiple times, leaving a deep impression.
"In the face of an ordinary Mechanical Puppet, even with Golden Core Level materials, it would still struggle against Green Flame. However, Snow-colored Girl·Hui also possesses innate talent, and might be able to contend."
In Ning Zhuo’s view, both had enormous room for growth.
"Young master, you’ve returned?" Seeing Ning Zhuo enter the array, Qing Chi was overjoyed, immediately abandoning her fight with Snow-colored Girl·Hui. She stepped back, creating distance, and hurried to Ning Zhuo’s side.
The face of the Ghost Clan girl, lifted upward, was full of affection for Ning Zhuo.
Although she had lost her memory, her feelings toward Ning Zhuo had instead grown purer. As time passed, these feelings became rich again.
Ning Zhuo nodded slightly at her, then glanced at Snow-colored Girl·Hui.
The latter crossed her arms, raised her head slightly, and looked down at Ning Zhuo with her nose, evidently maintaining her arrogance even towards Ning Zhuo as her master.
Ning Zhuo waved to Qing Chi: "You two step back for now, leave this place for me to use."
"Yes, young master." Qing Chi was obedient to Ning Zhuo, but before leaving, she still looked expectantly at him, asking, "Young master, when will we continue learning talisman making? I have many questions to ask you."
The girl’s enthusiasm for talisman making was overwhelmingly intense.
This question had been asked many times, but unfortunately, since Ning Zhuo entered the Wanxiang Sect’s Main Mountain Gate, he had been extremely busy and repeatedly turned her down.
This time was no exception.
"In terms of talisman making, you and Snow-colored Girl·Hui should discuss and spar with each other." Ning Zhuo waved his hand, knowing well that leaving Qing Chi to a Mechanical Puppet was unreliable, yet he did have more important matters to attend to.
Once he was alone in the Array Space, he sat cross-legged on the cushion and took out the Merit and Achievement Slaughter Tower.
This small tower was voluntarily offered by an elder surnamed Cang and was ownerless, making it not too difficult to refine.
Ning Zhuo, acting swiftly, executed three actions simultaneously!
His left hand spread its five fingers, pressing towards the floating Exquisite Treasure Tower in front of him. In an instant, five-colored radiance flowed from his fingertips, with the Five Elements swiftly enveloping the entire Merit and Achievement Slaughter Tower.
The Green Gold Lotus Petal at the tower base slightly unfolded, greedily absorbing the pure Five Elements Mana. The jade-colored glow on the lotus petal accelerated, emitting a faint hum. The eight hundred Arhat phantoms on the Glazed Tower Body seemed also to become clearer in the golden radiance, responding to the infusion of mana.
This was Magic Refining.
At the same time, a subtle glow appeared at Ning Zhuo’s forehead as a concentrated, tangible Divine Sense forcefully entered the core of the Merit and Achievement Slaughter Tower!
Divine Refining initiated!
The complex and profound magic prohibition networks and circuits inside the tower were vividly projected into his Sea of Consciousness.
His Divine Sense rapidly spread, infiltrating with an undeniable intent of control.
The speed of the Divine Sense’s exploration and penetration gradually slowed, as Ning Zhuo’s realm in Buddhist and Demon Sect techniques was not high. Yet at this moment, the Buddha Heart Demon Seal suddenly radiated brilliance. The golden Sanskrit and deep demonic intent on the Treasure Seal followed the Divine Sense into the Merit and Achievement Slaughter Tower.
Instantly, the faint resistance and rejection Ning Zhuo felt while refining the treasure disappeared, and even part of it became a force welcoming him.
The obstacles to the Divine Refining sharply diminished, and the Divine Sense imprint rapidly spread and solidified on the core magic prohibitions at a speed far exceeding normal logic.
The progress of the Divine Refining was rapid. His heavy right hand formed a sword gesture, and a drop of essence blood was forced out from his fingertip.
Blood Refining!
The essence blood fell into the Buddha Beads at the tower’s pinnacle and was swiftly absorbed.
Demon-infused Bloodline Technique!
Bloody luminance filled the air, forming patches of blood thread networks on the tower’s body. These threads, like demonic vines with life, spread wildly from the Mantra Bead, both inside and outside the tower!
The bright red blood vessels, like a dense spider web, instantly crawled over the crystal-clear Glazed Tower Body. They dominantly covered the emerging eight hundred Arhat phantoms, though the refining speed was slow.
The intertwining of golden light and bloody radiance resulted in a contradictory yet striking spectacle.
However, when the blood vessels reached a certain layer inside the tower, their speed was swift and forceful, even more efficient than the Divine Refining.
The Three Superior Sect Techniques were activated simultaneously!
Divine Refining, Magic Refining, Blood Refining, accompanied by the contribution from the triggered Buddha Heart Demon Seal.
A typical cultivator refining a treasure would choose just one method. After all, most people’s cultivation techniques focused on a single Dantian, so only one of the three treasure-refining methods would be predominant, while the other two were nearly negligible.