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Chapter 235: Growing Magical Instruments: Magma Demon Armor

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: Growing Magical Instruments: Magma Demon Armor

With Wang Zijia’s permission, Wang Dan sat in the courtyard with Bai Qian and started a conversation.

Most of the time, Bai Qian was chattering about everyday matters. Topics like mundane life not involving cultivation, as well as all sorts of little things about the children from the Spirit Child Institute.

Wang Dan listened with a smile, occasionally interjecting a few words. They were like a mother-daughter pair, warm and harmonious.

By evening, Wang Zijia had toured all the places where he used to live. Even though it’d been less than a year, it felt as if it happened in his previous life.

Once everyone had had their fun, Wang Zijia drove the flying shuttle back to Biyi Court.

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Wang Zijia’s life returned to calm. His daily routine consisted of go to work, casually creating talismans, occasionally giving guidance to disciples, attending big classes, and preparing for outings.

Time passed, and several days had gone by in a blink.

Early in the morning of that day, Wang Zijia returned to the Artifact Academy once again. This time, he did not need Gu Wenxing to lead him. He journeyed through by himself, reaching the Terrain Park.

"You came quite early!"

When Wang Zijia arrived at the pavilion, Bai Yu appeared from somewhere, his body adorned with dewdrops. Bai Yu lazily greeted Wang Zijia.

Looking at Bai Yu’s state, it seemed as if he had spent the previous night sleeping out in the Terrain Park.

"Good morning, Senior Brother Bai Yu..."

"Boom... Boom..."

As Wang Zijia was greeting, a startling explosion made him jump in fright, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

"It’s nothing, our master has been tweaking the artifacts these days, so I reckon it will be a while before things get quiet again!" Bai Yu still maintained his lazy stance, undisturbed as if he were used to it.

Wang Zijia looked at Bai Yu, then at the smoke emitting pavilion, and suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for this senior brother.

Indeed, not all aspects of having a master were as great as the sect portrayed.

"I suppose you came for your magical artifacts?" Before Wang Zijia could respond, Bai Yu continued, "Wait a moment!"

As soon as he had spoken, he suddenly formed a hand seal. With the fluctuation of mana, a long box suddenly burst out of a mini frigid pond in the Terrain Park. The box exploded in front of the two men.

Suddenly, a burning sensation surged, with the feeling of wildness rushing straight to their faces.

In front of them, blood-red, semi-solidified molten rock pieces floated around. The rocks were blood-red in color, palm-sized, and one-inch thick.

"Try activating your Demon Body and use your mana to attempt your first armor fitting. See if there are any adjustments needed." Bai Yu shoved the molten rock pieces towards Wang Zijia and said.

Wang Zijia took two steps back, creating some distance between them. He then emitted a dense blood-red spiritual light from his body. The spiritual light condensed, and the Melting Crystal Demon Body emerged.

Following that, Wang Zijia tried to use his mind to manipulate the floating rock pieces around him.

"Crack! Crack!"

Just as Wang Zijia’s consciousness touched the rock pieces, they shivered in unison, as if he had triggered some mechanism. One by one, the rock pieces directly stuck onto Wang Zijia’s body.

In a moment, Wang Zijia was wearing a bizarre suit of armor.

The armor was blood-red, with molten rock flowing beneath. Most notably, the armor was made from the molten rock pieces, fitting perfectly with the Demon Body crystals on Wang Zijia’s body.

This resulted in gaps between the rock pieces, because his body itself was fissured like rock. Through the gaps, one could see the lava flowing in Wang Zijia’s body that looked like fresh blood.

"This is specially tailored for you by the master. He said that your Demon Body is special. The flowing blood magma in the future will hold great divine powers. To ensure the growth and compatibility of the armor and not affect your magic body, he designed it this way."

Listening to Bai Yu’s words and feeling his own status, Wang Zijia found that the armor was blending seamlessly with his body even without having undergone the initial sacrificial refinement, as though it had grown out of him.

As he continued to adapt to the armor, Bai Yu changed his languid demeanor and began to seriously explain the functions and precautions of the armor.

Artifact: Magma Demon Armor

Level: Top-grade Magical Artifact (Second Grade)

Type: Armor

Category: Growing Magical Instruments (Essence Blood Growth, integrated with certain warming cultication methods)

Function one: Wearable and Transforming Armor, possessing extremely strong defense. Ordinary methods of fellow cultivators within the same rank are incapable of breaking it.

Function two: In times of crisis, it can transform into a Rock Shield for focused defense. The Rock Shield moves around the body, enhancing the defense of specific areas.

Function three: It can consume a certain amount of Essence Blood and transform the armor into an eggshell-like structure for absolute defense, while simultaneously choosing a direction for the Sky-breaking Escape Technique. Pay attention, this function is extremely draining on the Magic tool and can easily cause damage, so use it carefully.

"How is it, does it fit well, or is there anything unsatisfactory?" After a while, seeing Wang Zijia control it freely, Bai Yu asked him.

"It fits well, there’s no problem for now," Wang Zijia, with joy written all over his face, answered.

"Alright, then you can leave. If there are any problems, come back and find me!" Upon hearing this, Bai Yu returned to his languid demeanor and casually bid Wang Zijia farewell.

With a slight movement of his mind, the armor on his body quickly fused back into his body, sinking into his Dantian and transforming into a mini armor covered in cracks, undergoing the process of mana refining and warming.

Wang Zijia returned to his normal self and bowed to the departing Bai Yu.

"Boom Boom!"

At this moment, more explosions could be heard from inside the Pavilion. Accompanied by the blast waves, Wang Zijia could also feel an extremely fierce Sword Intent.

"Tsk tsk, it looks like Martial Uncle Liang really intends to turn the Sword Slit into a rocket launcher for battlefield ground cleaning!"

After sighing, Wang Zijia hurriedly left. He didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire.

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That night.

In the Blood-red Underground Base of Biyi Court, within the unique Sacrifice and Refinement Room.

With his hands behind his back, Wang Zijia stood beside the formation. The Five Ghosts transformed into five chubby babies, standing in the formation as though wearing bellybands.

The First Child looked serious, with a stern expression on his face. The Second Child and the Third Child were constantly stealing glances at Wang Zijia. The Fifth Child was shivering and hiding in the crowd, like a frightened turtle, probably afraid of the terror this new round of experimentation might bring.

The Fourth Child was standing next to Wang Zijia like an attendant, quietly waiting.

"It’s time, let’s start!"

As Wang Zijia’s calm voice rang out, the expression of the First Child became even more serious, and the rest of them nervously stepped forward, coming to the Bone Altar at the center of the formation.

At that moment, the altar, carved out of bones and poisonous Gu, was radiating with spiritual light, upon which hovered a Blood-red Jade Book.

The children took positions at the four corners, surrounding the Altar.

Then, they started to surge with Ghost Qi, opening their mouths to spit out dense Ghost Qi onto the Jade Book. They were actually using their own power to drive the Altar and using their eerie Ghost Qi as an energy source. The Jade Book served as a bridge, trying to perform the technique without the help of Wang Zijia.

As the Ghost Qi propelled the formation, the entire basement was filled with a dense Yin Wind, causing the temperature to plummet rapidly.