allonlinenovel Chapter 99: The Grand Assembly Begins, Dao-Merging Arrives, and Amazing Rewards Abound!
Chapter 99: The Grand Assembly Begins, Dao-Merging Arrives, and Amazing Rewards Abound!
Even with Mo Yanyan's cauldron providing five times the time, you must know that what he refined was a quasi-Dao artifact!
Moreover, in ordinary weapon crafting, the weapon must be forged after melting before it becomes a finished product. How did Gu Jiancheng manage to create a finished product directly?
"Could it be that the previous shaking of the furnace was Gu Jiancheng using fire as a hammer to forge the rough blank?!"
Finally, Mo Yan Yan seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes flashed with a strange light.
"Using fire as a hammer?!"
"Yan Yan, how is this possible? I have been refining weapons for decades and have never heard of such a method!"
At this moment, all the elders of the Weapon Association were filled with surprise and doubt.
"I've heard my master mention it before, but it's only recorded in ancient books; I've never seen it in person." Mo Yanyan pursed her lips. Although she didn't believe it, this was the only explanation she could come up with.
At this moment, beneath the cauldron, Gu Jiancheng's face remained calm as he raised his hand and pulled the scorching purple spear back into his grasp, merging the Frostfire Sparrow Soul into it as the weapon's spirit.
Immediately, Gu Jiancheng raised both hands together, which instantly condensed into a fire pen, and began to draw on the gun barrel.
On the square, many people looked at each other in bewilderment, some even wondering what Gu Jiancheng was doing.
The difference between Dao artifacts and Heavenly artifacts lies in their magic arrays.
When a weapon refiner inscribes weapon arrays on a weapon, it becomes a Dao weapon!
Therefore, all weapon refiners who can forge Dao artifacts are proficient in the Dao of formations.
Right now, Gu Jiancheng is outlining the weapon array!
The entire purple spear hummed and trembled at this moment, its sharpness constantly increasing.
hum!
Just a few breaths later, Gu Jiancheng's magic array came to an abrupt halt, and the aura of the purple spear surged to its peak, soaring into the sky once more.
Above the sky, tribulation clouds gathered and then suddenly dissipated, without any tribulation lightning descending.
Only when a Dao artifact is fully formed will it attract a heavenly tribulation. This purple spear is only a quasi-Dao artifact, so no lightning descended upon it.
But at this point, Gu Jiancheng's quasi-Dao spear can be considered complete.
He raised his hand, retrieved the purple spear, and handed it to Mo Yanyan.
"Miss Mo, please have a taste!"
At this moment, Mo Yanyan suddenly realized what was happening and quickly took the still scorching purple spear in her hand.
Actually, there's no need to look, because the spear is blazing with power, surrounded by billowing flames and constantly flashing array totems.
This is undoubtedly a quasi-Taoist artifact!
"Celestial Purple Star".
“Good name. I will record it and report it to the main hall of the Weaponry Association. This is Brother Gu’s test certificate.”
After just one glance, Mo Yanyan raised her hand and handed a jade token and the Purple Star Spear back to Gu Jiancheng.
The latter took a look and discovered that it was a Dao-rank weapon refiner's certificate!
“Young master, there is no need to be surprised. I believe you are fully capable of refining Dao artifacts, so our artifact association will naturally not be stingy with this.”
Mo Yanyan smiled.
She did this with her own selfish motives. Gu Jiancheng had never participated in the assessment before, and now that he had been certified, it meant that Gu Jiancheng was essentially a member of the Baiyun City Weapon Association.
With such potential, he will surely bring more glory to the White Cloud City Weapon Gathering in the future.
"That's it, thank you very much."
Gu Jiancheng nodded upon hearing this, then turned around and gave the Zichen Spear to Yun Shuiyao.
"My wife, take a look, do you like it?"
He had almost exhausted all his divine sense in order to forge this spear for Yun Shuiyao.
I was extremely serious throughout the entire process!
Therefore, this gun is definitely no less than his own Dragon's Edge Sword, and like the Dragon's Edge Sword, it also has the potential to be upgraded into a Dao artifact, enough for Yunshuiyao to use for a long time.
"like."
Yunshuiyao held the Zichen Spear, unable to put it down.
In fact, with her current cultivation level, she might not be able to fully unleash the power of this quasi-Dao artifact. She needs to work hard to improve her cultivation.
Thus, all the cultivators in the artifact gathering square looked at Ximen Lie.
Right now, the most shameful one is this strongest prodigy from Zhan Yan Academy.
The former head of the Eight Palaces' weapon-making department is now not even qualified to forge weapons.
To forge a quasi-Dao artifact in half an hour—such an achievement is unmatched by anyone in the Eight Prefectures.
"Damn it, Gu Jiancheng, isn't he!"
Finally, Zhan Yan, his face flushed, roared ferociously, "Remember my name, Ximen Lie! I'll make you pay! Go!"
After saying that, he hurriedly left with a group of Zhan Yan Academy cultivators.
He was furious. He had unwittingly become Gu Jiancheng's stepping stone, losing all face. Where could he go to seek justice?
"Second sister, how are the plans for today's program?"
At this moment, Shen Ruyue looked at Shen Fanxing and smiled.
"Third sister, don't be too happy yet. Even if Gu Jiancheng is capable, it's best if he's still alive!"
"Take care of yourself!"
Shen Fanxing's face was ashen, and she then led the crowd away angrily.
She was there to witness Gu Jiancheng rise to his peak!
Thus, in just a short while, tens of thousands of cultivators scattered like birds and beasts across the weapon gathering square.
"Hehe, these people dispersed quickly, and why did they all have such forced smiles? Were they shocked by my brother-in-law?" Su Wanzhi frowned.
“A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. In their eyes, the more powerful Brother Gu is, the worse it is. Naturally, no one dares to come up and befriend him.” But Cai Kun sneered.
“Young Master Cai is right. Jian Cheng is too dazzling, even completely overshadowing the brilliance of the Eight Mansions’ prodigies. In this competition among the Eight Mansions, he will probably become the target of everyone’s criticism.” Shen Ruyue also frowned.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
"What's with those expressions? Do you think those people would have let me and Dongling Academy off the hook if it weren't for the turmoil these past two days?" Gu Jiancheng shrugged and said indifferently, "What I want is to be the target of everyone's criticism."
"They're not even worth looking at if they're not tied together!"
"Let's go back!"
After saying that, Gu Jiancheng strode away with his head held high.
These past two days he's only stepped on some minor calories; what he really wants to torment is the so-called top contributor, Qianfan, and the Western Region Buddhist.
However, these two had been in seclusion since arriving in Baiyun City, so he hadn't had a chance to meet them.
After returning to Ya Yun Lou, Gu Jiancheng and Yun Shuiyao went into seclusion again. Tomorrow was the Holy Land's reward ceremony. Although they didn't know what the Eight Prefectures Competition would look like, it was destined to be a great battle.
Gu Jiancheng took out the Nine Heavenly Seals, and then directly consumed 500 points of Heartbeat Value to advance the first two seals to the Perfect Realm.
The first two seals are the Single-Arm Sky-Supporting Seal and the Double-Arm Sky-Supporting Seal. If he wants to cultivate the third seal, he needs to be at the late stage of the Four Symbols Realm, which he is currently lacking.
It's too late for the eight prefectures to compete tomorrow.
Even so, without revealing his Four Symbols Realm cultivation, he was still powerful enough to suppress all the geniuses of the academies.
“If you’re going to be competitive tomorrow, don’t be reckless. I will protect you,” Yun Shuiyao suddenly said from the inside of the bed.
That's right, the two of them couldn't stay in seclusion, so they went to sleep after the foot massage.
"Don't worry, I've overcome my second life-threatening tribulation, and it wasn't weak," Gu Jiancheng said with a smile.
"Hmph, don't let your guard down. They definitely won't let you use any external aids. Even if you overcome your tribulation, you'll only have peak Four Symbols Realm combat power at most, which isn't enough."
"So, be good."
Yun Shuiyao turned around, a rare occurrence, and buried her head in Gu Jiancheng's arms. "You can't get hurt."
“Okay.” Gu Jiancheng naturally wouldn’t argue with Yun Shuiyao. He wrapped his arms around her, and their yin and yang energies intertwined, causing their cultivation and heart-fluttering value to soar together.
As dawn broke, Gu Jiancheng led the group to meet up with Shen Ruyue.
The reward ceremony was held in the center of Baiyun City, and all the cultivators in the city had already headed there.
"Where is the head of the Sutra Repository?"
To Gu Jiancheng's surprise, he hadn't seen Pavilion Master Sun for the past three days.
"The Pavilion Master informed me in advance and asked me to take you there. She ran into an old friend in the city, which caused the delays these past few days," Shen Ruyue said with a smile.
"All right!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Jiancheng did not ask any further questions.
A moment later, the group arrived at the venue in Baiyun City.
The venue was enormous, surrounded by mountains on all sides. Apart from the cultivators from the eight prefectures standing on the plaza, hundreds of thousands of other cultivators sat against the mountains, waiting for the reward ceremony to begin.
Previously, the beast calamity swept across the four regions, making many academic prodigies famous. In addition, it is said that a cultivator from a holy land has descended this time, so there are a great many people who have come to watch the ceremony.
This made the disciples of the Eight Mansions unable to hide their excitement.
With so many people gathered in Baiyun City, if they can stand out in the upcoming battle of the eight prefectures, they will truly become famous throughout the desolate state, and may even be noticed by the Holy Land!
As Gu Jiancheng arrived, the noise in the venue gradually rose.
Although Gu Jiancheng was originally ranked second on the contribution list, his ranking was not taken seriously because everyone said he relied on talismans and the "bird's nest" strategy.
However, after the three incidents in the past two days, Gu Jiancheng's name has become known to everyone.
Even if he wasn't second on the contribution list, his talismans, zither, pills, artifacts, and twin top-grade heavenly flames alone were enough to shake the desolate state.
However, once Gu Jiancheng had settled in his position at Dongling Academy, he looked across at the opposite side.
One figure in particular caught the eye.
He stood proudly on the back of a golden-crowned white crane, his white robes as white as frost, a sword hanging behind him, his aura faintly radiating light, like a sword immortal.
Her appearance was even more outstanding than that of Ryoko.
His cultivation level was unparalleled among the prodigies of other academies, reaching the peak of the Dao Inquiry Realm!
One more step and we'll be able to challenge the Four Symbols.
“Jiancheng, this person is Xi Qianfan from the Southern Region. Not long ago, the Zhao family issued a marriage certificate, and he is considered the prospective son-in-law of the Zhao family.” Shen Ruyue said from behind Gu Jiancheng.
"Oh, finally I've met someone who truly lives off women!"
Gu Jiancheng remained noncommittal, saying that anyone who hadn't reached the Four Symbols Realm was just a piece of trash.
Immediately, his gaze shifted to the side, towards the Western Regions, where a young Buddhist monk dressed in a white robe stood.
His temperament was similar to that of Yuan Kong, whom he had met before, but the difference was that this person had a golden face mark between his eyebrows.
His cultivation level was so high that he had reached the peak of the late stage of the Dao Palace Realm, only slightly inferior to Xi Qianfan.
Without a doubt, this person must be the so-called Buddhist disciple from the Western Regions.
"The Holy Land's messenger has arrived!"
Just then, a shout suddenly rang out from the sky.
The huge venue fell silent in an instant.
The next moment, the void cracked open, and a magnificent, golden palace slowly descended.
The palace was extremely magnificent and imposing, and it also carried a majestic aura, like the might of heaven. Even Gu Jiancheng couldn't help but hold his breath at this moment.
He looked at Jiang Hongyi, and sure enough, she also had a solemn expression.
When the golden palace was fully descended, Gu Jiancheng saw that there were more than a dozen figures standing on the palace.
The team leaders from the eight universities, the representatives from the four academic palaces, and Shen Chuan were all among them.
Of course, what attracted everyone's attention the most was the figure standing in the very center, but when Gu Jiancheng's gaze fell on him, his expression changed slightly.
That was none other than an elderly man in his eighties, leaning on a dragon bone cane. Although his hair and beard were all white and his face was as deep as a ravine, the terrifying aura he exuded was as if it could blot out the sun!
His cultivation level is so high that he has probably reached the Dao Integration Realm above the Refining Ruins!
The Holy Land actually sent such a powerful envoy to descend?
"Announce the results!"
Without further ado, the old man raised his hand, and a canopy descended, its surface gleaming with golden light, revealing a thousand names.
The top ten, in particular, were exceptionally dazzling.
"The Holy Land awards the most outstanding Beast Calamity warriors. First place goes to Xi Qianfan from the Southern Region!"
As the old man's voice faded, Xi Qianfan flew up from the white crane and bowed in the void.
"A reward: the Mountain and River Seal, a high-grade Dao-level magic artifact!"
The old man's voice rang out, and a white jade seal soared into the sky, with illusory images of mountains and rivers floating and sinking, its oppressive power covering the heavens!
hiss!
At that moment, gasps of surprise rose from the crowd.
The person ranked first on the contribution list was actually rewarded with a high-grade Dao-level magic weapon!?
You should know that even the alchemy furnace that President Baiyun summoned that day was just an ordinary Dao-level magic weapon, and it couldn't compare to this Mountain and River Seal at all.
This reward is far too generous!
For a moment, Su Wanzhi and the others exchanged glances, also becoming curious about what reward Gu Jiancheng, who came in second place, would receive.