Chapter 590: Chapter 297: Slaying Shi Hu, The True Monarch’s Wrath
The vast Shi Hu Immortal City showed no obvious signs of change.
No one noticed.
Every Golden Core Cultivator within the Immortal City had already become a Wood Seed Puppet.
Even Shi Hu Master hadn’t discovered anything amiss.
’This Wood Seed Technique is truly useful, but I absolutely cannot let anyone find out about it. Otherwise, my fate will be no better than Mo Qingkuang’s from ten thousand years ago.’
Li Chang’an was extremely cautious.
He knew full well.
If anyone found out he possessed such a bizarre Magic,
he feared the Golden Core Masters of both the Southern and Western Domains would call a temporary truce, join forces to attack Changqing Mountain, and eliminate him first.
He would be besieged by countless influences, just as Mo Qingkuang had been ten thousand years ago.
Simply because no one wanted their loved ones, children, or friends to be turned into puppets.
’Perhaps even Nascent Soul True Monarchs would intervene.’
Li Chang’an was secretly alarmed just thinking about such a scenario.
For this very reason,
he had not moved against Shi Hu Master directly and was still waiting for the right opportunity.
In addition,
he had spent the last two years trying to peel the scales from the Tier Four Corpse.
Now, he had finally gathered enough to refine a suit of Treasure Armor.
’This many scales should be enough. I hope nothing goes wrong during the refining process.’
With a flicker of his body, Li Chang’an appeared in the Artifact Refining Room deep within the Spirit Vein.
The entire room was a fiery red.
At its center was a patch of furiously burning Tier Three Earth Fire.
’With this Tier Three Top Grade Earth Fire, combined with my current Tier Three Top Grade Artifact Refining Skill, I should just barely be able to refine these Tier Four Materials.’
With a single thought from Li Chang’an, crimson scales flew into the air, hovering around him.
A large number of Artifact Refining Treasures also flew out from his Storage Pouch.
For a moment,
the entire Artifact Refining Room was filled with a dazzling, multi-colored glow from the treasures.
"Go!"
He sent out a thread of Magical Power, wrapping it around one of the treasures and guiding it into the Forging Furnace.
In the terrifying heat, the treasure slowly melted, transforming into a ball of molten, crimson-gold liquid.
Immediately after,
more treasures were sent in.
Only at the very end did Li Chang’an toss the crimson scales into the Forging Furnace.
His expression was one of intense concentration as he fully unleashed his Artifact Refining Skill, continuously tempering the materials within the Forging Furnace.
「About four hours later.」
A suit of Treasure Armor, crimson-gold from top to bottom, slowly took shape within the furnace.
The surface of the armor was covered in crimson scales, looking as if they had been peeled directly from some Demon Beast. It gradually began to emit a powerful aura.
After another quarter of an hour, the Treasure Armor was completely formed.
"Withdraw!"
Li Chang’an immediately suppressed the Earth Fire.
He beckoned with his hand, and the Treasure Armor flew out of the Forging Furnace to hover before him.
’A Quasi-Tier Four Treasure!’
Due to the limitations of his own skills, even though some of the armor’s materials were Tier Four, the final product’s Tier was only Quasi-Tier Four.
He sent out a stream of Magical Power and quickly completed its Refinement.
’I’ll name this Treasure Armor the Red Scale Armor.’
His figure flickered, and he left the Artifact Refining Room, appearing in the courtyard outside.
He then channeled the full Array Power, gathering a terrifying beam of Spiritual Light and blasting it at the Red Scale Armor.
After the Spiritual Light dissipated,
the Red Scale Armor was completely unharmed!
Li Chang’an continued to test it, drawing upon the power of the Spirit Vein to blast it more than ten times, but the Red Scale Armor remained undamaged.
’Not bad!’
The corners of his mouth lifted; he was quite satisfied with the result.
After that,
Li Chang’an used the power of his Sword Array—his strongest current technique, a Tier Three Middle Grade Sword Array—to strike the Red Scale Armor repeatedly.
When all the sword light and Sword Qi dissipated, the Red Scale Armor was still intact, bearing only a few faint, almost imperceptible sword marks on its surface.
Li Chang’an inspected it with his senses.
The Red Scale Armor’s defensive properties had not weakened; the impact from the sword marks was negligible.
’A fine treasure indeed. My two years of preparation were not wasted!’
Li Chang’an smiled as he put on the Red Scale Armor, concealing it beneath a Magic Robe.
With this Treasure Armor, he no longer had to worry about attacks from Golden Core Stage Cultivators; not even a Late Stage Golden Core Powerhouse could harm him.
The Tier Three Arrays of the various Golden Core Influences would likewise be useless against him.
From now on,
he could force his way into any Golden Core Influence in the Southern Domain.
As for Nascent Soul Power...
Li Chang’an wasn’t very confident.
But he felt that the Treasure Armor should be able to block a few strikes.
’I’m not trying to take on a Nascent Soul cultivator, just dealing with Shi Hu Master, who is merely the disciple of a Nascent Soul True Monarch. That shouldn’t be a problem.’
He returned to his immortal cave, resumed his cultivation, and quietly awaited an opportunity.
The opportunity came quickly.
Just over ten days later, a letter was delivered to Shi Hu Immortal City.
The sender...
was, once again, Liu Feiyan of Mandarin Duck Valley.
Shi Hu Master opened it, and after reading the contents, his expression immediately soured.
’That old woman Liu Feiyan is such a nuisance. All she knows is how to nag. Why doesn’t she make a move herself?’
The letter’s contents were the same as always, urging him to attack Changqing Mountain as soon as possible and take Li Chang’an’s head.
Over the years,
Shi Hu Master had received countless such letters.
Although he was annoyed, her status was higher than his, so he had no choice but to endure it.
This time,
Liu Feiyan stated in the letter that
if Shi Hu Master lacked the ability, he should give up on the matter as soon as possible.
She would inform Huang Sha True Monarch and ask him to have another of his disciples handle it.
’That old woman... daring to use Master to pressure me.’
Shi Hu Master’s expression was grim. He unleashed a stream of Magical Power, shattering the letter.
He stood atop the high city wall, his gaze icy as he looked out toward Changqing Mountain in the Southern Domain, as if trying to see Li Chang’an cultivating there.
’So many years have passed... It’s about time.’
Not long after.
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