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Chapter 158 - 18 Twins and the Great Mother

Chapter 158: Chapter 18 Twins and the Great Mother

The port plunged into momentary silence, so abrupt was the end of the slaughter.

Qingqiu Daoist felt an unmatched exhilaration. Ever since she sacrificed her limbs to come to the port, it had been a long time since she last engaged in combat.

Her methods were straightforward and decisive. As soon as she got close to her opponent, she immediately activated the Fox Head Meat Limbs, leveraging the element of surprise with localized Deceit Beastification.

Of course, the cost of using the Beast Head Meat Limbs far exceeded that of ordinary techniques.

The flesh connecting Qingqiu Daoist’s four limbs had already undergone mutation; the Deceit Beastification had imperceptibly begun to corrode her flesh and bones.

She quickly selected her second opponent.

The Qiong people were already mentally prepared, intending to drag Qingqiu Daoist into a prolonged battle, but the latter gave them no opportunity. Like a ravenous beast, she chose to exchange injury for injury, entangling her target relentlessly.

The Beast Head Meat Limbs demonstrated their full capabilities, with their explosive power being the most eye-catching aspect.

By stimulating the Beast Head Meat Limbs with Spiritual Power, the artifact would undergo unbelievable mutations—at its most extreme, swelling to a size of up to five meters.

The Artifact Cultivators became intrigued by the Beast Head Meat Limbs. If the Four Seas Refining Shop weren’t vacant, it would undoubtedly receive a flood of orders.

The Loose Cultivators watching exchanged glances, quickly realizing the business opportunity.

They wanted to investigate the Artifact Cultivator behind the Four Seas Refining Shop to figure out the raw materials used for crafting the Beast Head Meat Limbs.

Unfortunately, only Elder Zhong knew anything about Li Mo.

Elder Zhong was stunned, never having imagined that Li Mo could actually refine meat limbs, and not just any—fifteen-refinement Mid-grade Magical Artifacts.

What exactly did the Five Dao Body signify?

Li Mo remained seated by the fighting basin, observing the advantages and disadvantages of the various shops’ meat limb artifacts silently from the perspective of an Artifact Refiner.

The Old Earth True Monarch laughed heartily three times, swirling the porcelain bottle in his palm. "I’ve always known that Qing Tian’s artifact refining could grace the grandest halls."

The Big Deer Thousand Feet shook his head slightly. The Chaotic Burial Furnace was truly fortunate, stumbling upon a Five Dao Body prodigy. With minimal resources, it had already paved the way for artifact refining.

Fan Mu covered her mouth and chuckled softly. "Compared to meat limb artifacts, I’m more interested in brewing."

The resident Artifact Cultivators of various shops, all skilled in Artifact Refining Techniques, naturally understood the incredibly high value of the Beast Head Meat Limbs. Their eyes were filled with unspeakable astonishment towards Li Mo.

For the four-limb artifacts to integrate so seamlessly with Qingqiu Daoist, there must have been precise adjustments made to blood vessels and meridians. Such terrifying Spiritual Power control was enough to inspire fear and admiration.

During their conversation, Qingqiu struck down a second Qiong person. However, her Spiritual Power was already more than half depleted, so she intentionally chose to be defeated.

As long as the remaining Qiong people could not identify a flaw in the Beast Head Meat Limbs, they wouldn’t rush to challenge Qingqiu Daoist, lest they expose the shortcomings of their own meat limb artifacts.

After all, the most important aspect of the Quiong Battle was to showcase the value of the meat limb artifacts.

They feared that Qingqiu Daoist might be holding back or struggle to take down another person before her end, ultimately becoming a stepping stone for the Four Seas Refining Shop.

Sheng Ge’s breathing quickened as the inner heat of the Melting Furnace coursed through his Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

As someone with the Three Path Body, merely witnessing Li Mo’s sharp brilliance affected his Mental Realm, almost causing a deviation.

Before the Quiong Battle, some Artifact Cultivators thought that their peers could compete with Li Mo. After all, the number of Dao Bodies wasn’t everything. Now it was clear—Sheng Ge was nothing but a joke.

"Not worth much."

Master Fu Lian cast a glance at Sheng Ge, showing no intention of stepping in to help.

If he couldn’t advance to Core Formation and Nascent Soul, what did talent amount to? It would only end up consuming vast resources of their Taoist inheritance.

Daoist Hongxuan maintained his ancient, unchanging smile.

Li Mo always kept part of his focus on Daoist Hongxuan. When his Cave God’s Eye observed the changes, he noticed the latter becoming unstable, with phosphorescent light emanating from every pore.

It was evident that some Sub-Device Sect cultivators had chosen to coexist with the phosphorescence.

Yet their bodies had become so inhuman, their flesh and bones gelatinous except for the Melting Furnace. Their Cultivation paths were completely severed—what meaning could there possibly be?

The Old Earth True Monarch showed a wary expression, watching Daoist Hongxuan leave the courtyard.

The other Artifact Cultivators tainted with phosphorescence followed one after another. Clearly, the seemingly unified Sub-Device Sect harbored internal divisions.

Despite the tension between Big Deer Thousand Feet and Old Earth True Monarch, if Daoist Hongxuan intervened, both would immediately suppress their conflict.

"Great Mother..."

The Old Earth True Monarch’s quiet murmur wasn’t concealed from Li Mo.

Li Mo’s thoughts stirred, vaguely recalling how, when the Artifact Cultivators first arrived at the Heart Beast Territory, they mentioned something about the so-called Great Mother.

Beyond that, Li Mo had never heard any clues about the Great Mother, not even in the memories infused by the Mother Furnace.

The Old Earth True Monarch spoke with a cryptic tone, "Qing Tian, I’m quite curious about your understanding of artifact refining. Could you show me a glimpse?"

Li Mo recalled that the Old Earth True Monarch seemed to have anticipated his Artifact Refining abilities, likely due to the mysterious Bottle’s contents.

The Old Earth True Monarch was probably planning to let him experience the Bottle’s contents firsthand.

"By chance, I’ve gained new insights into meat limb artifacts through the Quiong Battle."

Because their conversation was quiet, it didn’t initially attract much attention. But once Li Mo began taking out large quantities of raw materials, people started noticing the anomaly only belatedly.

The Artifact Refiners instinctively moved closer, their fiery gazes locked onto Li Mo.

Nascent Soul Great Powers adopted a watchful attitude, eager to witness how this prodigious Artifact Refiner handled a meat limb artifact.

Li Mo’s chosen raw materials were fairly standard in quality.

The experienced Artifact Refiners couldn’t help but shake their heads. These materials might suffice for Low-grade Meat Limbs, but Mid-grade? Impossible.

And Li Mo’s approach seemed utterly unorthodox.

Using no auxiliary tools, he simply relied on the Magic Finger of the Universal Skillful Hand to skillfully slice open the skin of the meat limb.

"Your Chaotic Burial Furnace should truly purchase some Magic Artifacts for Qing Tian."

Big Deer Thousand Feet sneered. The Old Earth True Monarch looked somewhat helpless—how could they have known that as soon as Li Mo joined, the Dome Mountain vanished unexpectedly at a deeper level of dimension?

Fan Mu responded, "In my opinion..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Li Mo’s Magic Finger had already transformed as fine as ox hairs, intricately weaving through the muscle structure of the meat limb.

His movements were dazzlingly swift, reconstructing blood vessels in the blink of an eye.

Incredibly, Li Mo’s calm and unruffled expression made it seem as if this impossibly complex Artifact Refining process was but a trivial affair.

The Artifact Refiners wished to remember the steps involved in crafting the Beast Head Meat Limbs.

But after watching for mere moments, they already felt dizzy. The naked eye simply couldn’t follow Li Mo’s intricate refining process for long.

To be cautious, Li Mo refrained from adding Deceit Beast Blood into the meat limb.

After all, Deceit Beasts were likely unique to the Heart Beast Territory, and using their resources might draw unnecessary trouble for Tian Changwen and others.

Instead, he communicated with the Tattooed Beast to aid in design, increasing the difficulty of the process by at least tenfold.

Dividing his focus to cast a spell while refining a Magic Artifact—how confident must one be in one’s Spiritual Power mastery to multitask in this way?

If it were any other Artifact Refiner, a Nascent Soul Great Power would surely advise them otherwise.

Yet Li Mo gave the impression that this was entirely natural, as if refining artifacts casually while multitasking was the most efficient approach.

Fortunately, Qingqiu Daoist wasn’t present. Otherwise, seeing this familiar scene, she’d immediately recognize that it stemmed from habits cultivated in the Mountain and Sea Market.

"Hm?"

Li Mo raised an eyebrow—he could hear faint rustling noises from within the porcelain bottle. The Bottle’s contents murmured clearly.

It whispered the steps to refine the Beast Head Meat Limbs.

However, its tone was sharp and difficult to decipher, often distorting the refinements’ content—but overall, it wasn’t incorrect.

Evidently, the Old Earth True Monarch had learned of Li Mo’s Artifact Refining abilities through the Bottle’s contents.

Big Deer Thousand Feet and other Nascent Soul cultivators were likewise aware of the Bottle’s existence. Their presence at the Quiong Battle might even be tied to Daoist Hongxuan.

The Bottle’s voice grew sharper, seemingly becoming aware of Li Mo.

"I came searching for you... Wake up, save us... Wake up...!"

Annoyed, Li Mo decisively summoned the Eight-Armed Spine Nerve, a type of Magic Artifact not uncommon at the port, to aid in his refining process with ten hands simultaneously.

To those observing, his actions were a blatant demonstration of unparalleled talent.

Master Fu Lian pressed a finger to Sheng Ge’s forehead, her thunderous voice resounding in the latter’s mind within the Mud Pill Palace: "Calm yourself! Can’t you see it yet? To compete with Qing Tian—do you really measure up?"

Sheng Ge coughed up blood but at least regained clarity of mind.

Li Mo swiftly completed the crafting of the Beast Head Meat Limbs. Even among comparable Mid-grade Magic Artifacts, their quality was top-tier.

The Artifact Refiners present were left utterly awestruck, exchanging looks of disbelief.

No one noticed that as Li Mo rested with his eyes closed, his heart beat faster, the influence of the Bottle’s contents making him increasingly restless.

The Old Earth True Monarch transmitted his thoughts: "The entity sealed inside the porcelain bottle is called the Twin Fetus."

"The Twin Fetus can help you achieve symbiosis with the Mother Furnace, transforming into an entity known as the Great Mother. Qing Tian, what do you think?"

Li Mo could not possibly abandon the towering Immortal Path to take a bizarre, meandering shortcut, only to become trapped within the Sub-Device Sect.

What puzzled him was how the Twin Fetus was even formed in the first place.

Li Mo wasn’t an Artifact Person nurtured by the Mother Furnace. Fortunately, the Twin Fetus’s influence seemed tied to the Cultivation of Ash Spirit Power, leaving room for mitigation.

"Normally, the Twin Fetus only appears after one advances to Core Formation. Perhaps it’s because of your extraordinary talents, Qing Tian."

The Old Earth True Monarch said no more and directly tossed the porcelain bottle to Li Mo.

Li Mo then realized the porcelain bottle was an eighteen-refinement Mid-grade Magical Artifact—quite an extravagant piece for sealing a Middle Stage Twin Fetus.

"The Twin Fetus is an excellent material for crafting a Life-bound Magical Artifact, with even more potential than the sword brains of the Heavenly Sword Sect—it can accommodate any type of artifact."

Hearing this, Li Mo felt a twinge of temptation.

Life-bound Magical Artifacts could grow stronger alongside a cultivator’s realm. In the ancient Cultivation World, Sword Cultivators were famed for their Life-bound Flying Swords.

With his abundant Spiritual Power, having a Life-bound Magical Artifact would be nothing but advantageous.

The Old Earth True Monarch’s lips curled into a peculiar smile. "Unfortunately, the Sub-Device Sect’s method of cultivating Life-bound Magical Artifacts is far from top-quality."

"But there are plenty of minor sects proficient in Life-bound Magical Artifacts."

Li Mo chuckled bitterly—it turned out this was the trap they’d set for him.

"There’s an Outer Disciple from the Dan Ghost Sect somewhere in the port, at the same level as you. Qing Tian, striking during the Quiong Battle would be most suitable. Afterward, I’ll assist in extracting the technique for you..."