An Artifact Spirit!
Looking across the entire Xuan Tian Continent, there wasn't a single Spirit Tool possessing an Artifact Spirit. To be able to forge one would absolutely be recorded in the annals of the Xuan Tian Continent, leaving a name renowned for a thousand years!
Yet you actually want me to forge some pots, bowls, ladles, basins, and even kitchen knives and hoes?
"Impossible!" Chu Hongshan refused with extreme determination, looking at Ye Feng. "Absolutely impossible! If that's the case, I would rather not become the number one Artifact Refiner in the Xuan Tian Continent!"
What are you doing? Why are you pulling your right arm out of your sleeve, swinging that empty sleeve around?
Damn!
Suddenly, the image of a one-armed madman flashed through Chu Hongshan's mind.
"That's more like it!" Seeing Chu Hongshan reluctantly begin merging with the Way of Artifact Refining Comprehension Fragments one by one, a smile appeared on Ye Feng's face.
...
One hour later.
"Ye Feng," Chu Hongshan, now acting as the human booster again, called out to Ye Feng sitting on the Flying Spirit Tool, "forging a Spirit Tool with an Artifact Spirit is no simple matter. Although my attainment has reached such a terrifying realm, engendering an Artifact Spirit on a Spirit Tool will trigger an Artifact Tribulation! Even forging with the most precious Spirit Ores on the Xuan Tian Continent cannot withstand an Artifact Tribulation!"
"Artifact Spirits simply shouldn't exist in the Xuan Tian Continent," he advised earnestly.
"Artifact Tribulation?"
Ye Feng scoffed.
"Don't worry, I'll block the Artifact Tribulation when the time comes."
Thinking back to how the golden-armored robust man had directly severed the Tribulation Cloud with a single strike the first time he appeared, Ye Feng really wasn't worried about this problem.
Wait! Why didn't the one-armed madman trigger a Tribulation Cloud when he appeared before? Could it be that official members of the Prodigal Guard squad are already so powerful that even Thunder Tribulations don't dare descend?
Hiss! Thinking of this, Ye Feng couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. If his guess was correct, then the power of the official Prodigal Guard members truly far exceeded his imagination.
"You mustn't!" Chu Hongshan exclaimed, startled by Ye Feng's nonchalance. "Engendering Artifact Spirits on Spirit Tools of different grades will trigger Artifact Tribulations of different power levels! But if anyone dares to block the Artifact Tribulation for the Artifact Spirit, it will trigger a true Thunder Tribulation! That kind of true Thunder Tribulation is something even I absolutely cannot withstand!" Having reached a terrifying level in the Way of Artifact Refining, Chu Hongshan had inexplicably come to know much information like this.
"Relax, don't worry about any level of Artifact Tribulation or Thunder Tribulation. As long as that one-armed madman comes out, even if he slashes both the Artifact Tribulation Cloud and the Thunder Tribulation Cloud, the Heavenly Dao wouldn't dare let out half a peep!" Ye Feng assured the nervous Chu Hongshan with a laugh.
Is that true?
Hearing this, Chu Hongshan's mind trembled violently. Although Ye Feng was a bit prodigal, he had never really boasted idly before. But if it was true... then who the hell are you, having such terrifying existences protecting you?!
Wait! Am I worrying about the wrong freaking problem?! Amidst his shock, Chu Hongshan suddenly realized: if these weren't problems, then did that mean he really had to forge those pots, bowls, ladles, and basins containing Artifact Spirits?
Six days! I need to be alone with him for a full six days! He messed with me like this on the very first day; he's not going to keep messing with me, right?! Chu Hongshan now felt a trace of worry about the coming days.
...
Several hours later.
"Stop!" As Ye Feng's voice sounded, Chu Hongshan quickly halted, his gaze falling directly on three youths and five Yao Beasts fighting below.
"Black Profound Demon Art!" Chu Hongshan recognized the technique. "Those three are Black Demon Cult disciples! Judging by the Martial Skills they're using, they are likely Inner Sect Disciples." He was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected to encounter Black Demon Cult members here. But why did Ye Feng stop? Those three will be killed by the Yao Beasts soon anyway.
"Elder Chu, what are their cultivation levels?" Ye Feng asked. Because he lacked Spirit Roots and a special physique, although he possessed the strength of the Ninth Layer Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm and the Spirit Lotus in his body was far beyond ordinary Cultivators, Ye Feng truly couldn't sense the strength of others or Yao Beasts.
"All are at the Ninth Layer Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm!" Chu Hongshan directly stated the cultivation levels of the three humans and five Yao Beasts below.
"Perfect, a chance to test the Divine Power: Good and Evil Buddha I obtained earlier!" Thinking this, Ye Feng jumped directly off the Flying Spirit Tool with a hint of excitement.
"Is this prodigal finally going to make a move himself?" Chu Hongshan thought, extremely curious about Ye Feng's personal strength. "Those guys always said Ye Feng himself is extremely extraordinary. Today, I can finally broaden my horizons."
Wait a minute! Is he going down to kill the Yao Beasts or those three Black Demon Cult disciples? Chu Hongshan quickly realized a very serious problem.
...
Below.
"Damn it! Such rotten luck! We just got out of the Heavenly Dao Battlefield and ran into five powerful Yao Beasts!" The leading youth shouted to his two companions while fending off attacks from two Yao Beasts. "Fight to the death! Everyone stop holding back! Use whatever trump cards you have! Otherwise, we'll all die here today!"
Hearing this, the other two youths instantly exploded with anger!
"Xia Hai! Have you no freaking shame?!" one yelled. "You took everything we got from the Heavenly Dao Battlefield this time! Both of our trump cards were already used up in the Battlefield! But you haven't used a single life-saving trump card!"
"I'm warning you," the other added fiercely, "if you're thinking of screwing us over, even if we die, we'll drag you down with us! Don't even think about leaving here alive!"
As they spoke, the two exchanged a glance and began rapidly moving closer to Xia Hai while desperately defending against the three Yao Beasts attacking them!
"These two bastards actually dare to threaten me! Just wait until I get back to the Black Demon Cult and see how I deal with you!" Seeing the two approaching, a ruthless glint flashed in Xia Hai's eyes.
"You three Fellow Daoists, withdraw quickly! Leave these five Yao Beasts to me!" Just then, an extremely arrogant voice suddenly came from above.
Hearing this shout, Chu Hongshan up in the air staggered. Those are freaking Black Demon Cult disciples! Ye Feng, you're saving the wrong people!
As Ye Feng descended from the sky, the three youths and five Yao Beasts all retreated several meters.
Danger!
The five Ice Profound Tigers now focused all their attention on Ye Feng. They sensed an intense feeling of crisis from him.
"Swift battle, swift victory!" Ye Feng declared. "Good and Evil Buddha!"
Boom!
Space tore apart!
A Buddha phantom, several tens of zhang high, condensed within the shattered space! The Buddha's palms were pressed together. Half of the Buddha's body shone with golden Buddha's Light that illuminated the land, its face benevolent. The other half was shrouded in rampant black Evil Qi, its face ferocious! Good and Evil, Yin and Yang, Cause and Effect, Life Force and Death...
"A Good and Evil Divine Power that ignores the Heavenly Dao Laws!" At this moment, Chu Hongshan in the air stared with wide eyes, utterly shocked and speechless for a long time!