Chapter 445

Fang Hao finally realized something was amiss.

“What did I just reveal?”

He almost disclosed all of his secrets.

“I was overjoyed and excited, and I carelessly said too much. I must be more cautious next time!”

Fang Hao silently admonished himself.

He must no longer be careless, blindly complying with others’ inquiries.

Little did he know, with his level of strength, he was powerless to resist under Li Xuan’s Divine Intent. Unbeknownst to him, he’d revealed everything.

Divine Intent was like the Will of Heaven, and it was hard to defy!

How could he, a martial artist at the level of a Great Grandmaster, resist it?

He did not even notice anything was amiss.

Fang Hao did not ponder more about this, but instead immersed himself in the array diagram. The deeper he looked into this diagram, the more profound he found the knowledge concealed within – extraordinary and non-grand.

“A significant opportunity?”

Fang Hao muttered to himself.

He fully invested himself in researching the array diagram, wondering how to refine it into a treasure, and what form that treasure should take.

“A single treasure seems inadequate for carrying the full diagram. Given the course of this diagram, it appears to belong to a set?

“A primary treasure complemented by several subsidiary ones to form a combination?”

Fang Hao gradually started to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

Since the treasure was not limited to a single form nor a specific amount, he was free to create at will. Therefore, he decided to follow his ideas.

Fang Hao immersed himself in the Artifact Refining process, fully committed and motivated.

…

Li Xuan returned to his cottage, carrying a war puppet.

“Master, what is this?”

Su Lingxiu walked over, her curiosity piqued.

“A dummy? That many treasure refining materials used to create a dummy seems wasteful, doesn’t it?”

Su Lingxiu looked around, puzzled.

“This is a war puppet. As one who does not understand the essence of the craft, your creation was too mediocre.”

Li Xuan flicked a stream of Divine Yuan into the war puppet.

The puppet sprung to life, repeating the same few offensive moves.

Su Lingxiu widened her eyes in surprise, exclaiming, “It can actually fight? But it’s too crude, and its attack power isn’t strong. It can only deal with martial artists below the first grade.

“No, third grade or lower. As long as one dodges its first strike, they can locate its weakness and shatter it.

“Only martial artists who are third grade or below and not strong enough would possibly be killed by its few attacks.”

Shi’er, Zhou Ying, and Meng Shushu all walked over curiously,

They all nodded in agreement to Su Lingxiu’s judgment.

“So, it’s mediocre.”

Li Xuan laughed, “It’s functional as a toy.”

The war puppet ceased its movements. Su Lingxiu, still intrigued, injected True Yuan into the puppet, which began moving again.

“Master, the puppet seems too weak to tolerate too much True Yuan without shattering.”

Su Lingxiu knitted her eyebrows as she spoke.

Li Xuan nodded in agreement.

Even a bare ripple of his Divine Yuan was almost unbearable for the puppet.

“It really is just a toy.”

Su Lingxiu lost interest in it after a minute’s exploration.

In contrast, Shi’er seemed rather interested, moving the puppet to one side to play with it.

“Fang Hao does have unique ideas and talents. He should be able to pass this test. Indeed, choosing an apprentice really comes down to fate.”

Li Xuan sighed internally.

Fang Hao’s talent in artifact refining was exceptional. Whether it was the war puppet or other treasures, this was something the Ling Domain currently lacked.

It was Fang Hao’s original creation.

It was evident that he had the aptitude in this field and was thus suitable for the Qimen Martial Arts.

However, Qimen included refining methods, formations, prohibitions, and so forth. Therefore, further testing was required. If Fang Hao could refine the array diagram into a treasure,

This would indicate his potential in both refining and formations.

“In the vast Ling Domain, finding a suitable apprentice isn’t easy. I hope Fang Hao is the one.”

Li Xuan pondered quietly.

Opening the Daoist Golden Book, he examined the Qimen Martial Arts.

He had always attempted to further improve the Qimen Martial Arts but hadn’t progressed much.

Qimen Martial Arts:

Finish degree: Middle-upper.

Refining difficulty: High.

Understanding difficulty: High.

The basis of array in Qimen:

Finish degree: High.

Understanding difficulty: High.

The basis of refining in Qimen:

Finish degree: Middle.

Understanding difficulty: High.

…

Looking at the evaluation given by the Daoist Golden Book, Li Xuan sighed. The perfection degree of the array had reached a high evaluation due to the 36 array diagrams.

However, even then, the difficulty of understanding it did not reduce.

“This is just the basic array, even if it’s the nine big arrays, they are also considered part of the basic arrays. Of course, large and small arrays, with different placements and realms, are also different.

“The Way of the Array is indeed profound.”

“The array diagram I gave to Fang Hao is the simplest one of the 27 small arrays, called ‘Blurry Reversal Array’, which belongs to a type of illusionary array.

“This was created when I was traversing the north of the wilderness and added some Heaven and Earth Laws patterns.

“If even this array cannot be comprehended, then the other large arrays and the whole Qimen Martial Arts are absolutely impossible to fathom.”

Li Xuan muses to himself.

He takes out the Book of Tai Cang and continues to research the Heaven and Earth Laws. As the research deepens, he gains a more comprehensive understanding of how to apply the Heaven and Earth Laws to Divine Skills.

…

The Dai Family.

After the storm caused by Xu Yan, the Dai Family had repaired its broken buildings. However, a treasure trove being raided and the death of a ‘Refining God Heavenly Man’ had greatly struck the Dai Family.