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Chapter 440 - 81 - Completion of the Dragon Storing Bottle, Understanding the Art of Magic (Three in One, 7800)

Chapter 440: Chapter 81 - Completion of the Dragon Storing Bottle, Understanding the Art of Magic (Three in One, 7800)

Although Subdue Evil had said that ’Body Refinement and Artifact Refining’ were essentially similar, this similarity was like the difference between raising cattle and raising people.

The essence was to eat well and exercise more in a good environment without stress to nurture well... but what specifically to eat, how to be stress-free, how to exercise more, and what kind of environment could be considered good - these details were the truly important teachings.

But An Jing was different.

He managed to derive ’One Hundred and Eight Breeding Strategies for Cattle and Horses’ from the fitness manual, prompting Subdue Evil, who initially planned to teach steadily, to impulsively let An Jing get started on crafting directly.

The crafting of the Dragon Storing Bottle was not complex, or rather, it was unexpectedly simple.

Its source was an organ of a True Dragon used to contain Dragon Qi and various other Spiritual Fiends, in other words, it was also a technology based on the Demon Core.

Coincidentally, An Jing had just attained Enlightenment from the Demon Core a few days ago and was very familiar with this aspect.

"A mix of materials, constructing a complex yet balanced container, capable of accommodating any kind of Spiritual Fiend, just as it would be accommodated by the heavens and earth..."

With the design of the Dragon Storing Bottle in mind, An Jing drafted in his mind, prepared all the materials and tools, and thought about the order of operations so that he could refine the Magic Artifact in one go later on.

Before starting the refining process, An Jing disassembled several cheap Spirit Qi Furnaces from the Tianyuan Realm for comparison and reference.

In the Tianyuan Realm, there was also technology similar to the Dragon Storing Bottle, but that technology had been simplified and popularized, turned into a ’Spirit Qi Furnace’ that could use Spirit Qi from Spirit Stones at the highest efficiency to help cultivators eliminate Demonic Qi pollution.

The existence of Spirit Qi Furnaces allowed ordinary people and low-level cultivators to use comparatively high-end Magic Talismans, activate Array Plate Artifacts, and thereby arm every citizen, providing self-defense ability against omnipresent demons; it was the most common Magic Artifact in the Tianyuan Realm, varied in style yet never straying from its essence.

By disassembling and observing more than a dozen different low-level Spirit Qi Furnaces, An Jing summarized their most similar core structures and compared them with the structure of the Dragon Storing Bottle, instantly getting a clear idea in his mind.

Even if he hadn’t made the Dragon Storing Bottle, those Spiritual Materials would not be wasted; he would make a quite decent Spirit Qi Furnace with them.

Since he would not lose out, he naturally made bold moves.

"A Magic Artifact, then, is ’An Artifact branded with the Art of Magic.’ And the Art of Magic, is a Technique with a single function."

As Subdue Evil painstakingly taught An Jing numerous details of Artifact Refining, helping this self-taught artifact cultivation genius lay a good foundation, he also explained to An Jing in detail the differences between the four grades ’Magic Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts, Magic Treasures, Spiritual Treasures.’

"For example, techniques such as ’Armor Skills,’ ’Protective Golden Bell,’ ’Gang Qi Shield,’ though they seem complex, are essentially developed for protection, and their effects are merely protective."

"The Artifact that carries Techniques, even if it carries six, seven, or eight or nine Techniques, as long as the Techniques do not form a systematic ’Spiritual Method,’ it is just a Magic Artifact—like your Xi Yin Drone, although it has nine magic prohibitions with all kinds of fully equipped functions, they all operate independently, nine prohibitions are nine Techniques, with no cooperation."

"Moreover, such Magic Artifacts are extremely complicated to forge, even surpassing the general Spiritual Artifacts—because the Techniques in Magic Artifacts do not interact with each other, they cannot be refined multiple times like Spiritual Artifacts, and so must be shaped in one go; Nine Skills Formation requires the instant completion of nine kinds of structures’ prohibitions, which ordinary artifact cultivators simply cannot achieve."

Under Subdue Evil’s guidance, An Jing had already classified more than thirty different Spiritual Materials into three major categories: ’Heaven, Earth, Human,’ and processed them in the order of ’Heaven first, Earth second, Human third.’

During the process, An Jing curiously asked, "Is it possible that the effect of an entire Spiritual Artifact or Spiritual Method is not as powerful as a single Technique in a powerful Magic Artifact?"

"Of course." Subdue Evil replied as a matter of course, "Isn’t the Dragon Storing Bottle you are making just that example?"

An Jing thought about it and realized it was true. The Dragon Storing Bottle, beyond the ability of ’Accepting Myriad Qi,’ had no other effects; thus, it was merely a Magic Artifact, and even the simplest ’Single-Ban Magical Instrument.’

But the Technique it carried was too powerful, the materials required too costly, and its effectiveness extraordinarily astonishing.

In response to this, Subdue Evil also gave an example: "Many ’Spirit Storing Magical Instruments’ are actually very simple. For instance, the Spiritual Method ’Sea-Accumulating Method,’ constructed from the three Techniques ’River Channeling,’ ’Accumulating Pool,’ ’Lake-Seas Gathering,’ can hold a large amount of Water Element Spiritual Power; that gourd, capable of holding an entire lake, is such a Spiritual Artifact."

"It only needs three prohibitions’ positions, yet it can exert power far beyond three prohibitions."

"River Channeling and Accumulating Pool combined, can additionally exert the power ’Surge Torrent,’ while Accumulating Pool and Lake-Seas Gathering combined, can additionally exert the power ’Oceans Tide.’"

"Likewise, River Channeling and Lake-Seas Gathering combined, also have ’Bearing Heavenly River’ power."

"Finally, when the three Techniques unite, it can even transform into a minor Divine Skill [Lake in the Gourd], which uses the Water Element to create a void; it does not need any Great Void Spiritual Material either and can hold lakes and seas, storing Water Element items and Spiritual Materials through the Great Void Divine Skill."

"Moreover, because the Sea-Accumulating Method has the magic of two Technique transformations, so it can be refined twice; as long as the first time completes two Techniques, then the third can be completed later on."

"If all three Techniques are completed the first time, then it can additionally include another Technique of the same Water Element—like the very common [Immense Surge], which can instantly turn all the Spirit Qi in the Lake in the Gourd into a rush or even a tsunami to attack the enemy. It can also be transformed into [Connecting Wave], which is then defensive."