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Under Tiegen's attention, the aura of time of the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar refined by Gu Xuan continued to advance, but after breaking through to the ten thousand year level, it became increasingly difficult. Even though Gu Xuan could take advantage of the mountains, rivers, and plants in the Tiangong Trial Field, it gradually became weak.

After all, Gu Xuan is not a professional weapon refiner. He has neither professional weapon refining tools nor the aid of martial soul, bloodline, etc. He is also very lacking in weapon refining experience. So according to the current situation, Gu Xuan's tempering of the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar should not have a chance to break through to the 100,000-year level.

“Is this really going to stop here?”

Gu Xuan was thinking in his heart, although the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar has now become a top-grade epic soul weapon, its power far exceeds that of before, but he is still a little unsatisfied and does not want to stop tempering it.

After all, once the tempering stops, even if Gu Xuan’s refining skills improve further next time, it will not be so easy to increase the years’ blessing of the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar.

When tempering or forging a soul weapon using the method of time, the first time is the simplest and easiest. The difficulty will double the second time. Even the quality below that of a divine weapon can only be tempered once, so it is best to temper it to the divine weapon level the first time, otherwise there will be no second chance.

Gu Xuan was able to use the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar quite easily. It would not be easy to find this kind of Horcrux in the future. After all, the chain zombies were a small branch of the zombie clan, and this was the original chain of two twin chain zombies, which could be combined into the shape of a dragon locking pillar, which was even more rare. Twin zombies were not so easy to find.

Therefore, Gu Xuan still wanted to temper the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar to the artifact level at one time, so that the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar could continue to be upgraded in the future. But now even if he wanted to do so again, he had to succumb to reality.

"According to the current situation, if I continue to refine it, I can increase the power of time on the Sky Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar to about 70,000 years, but by that time I will be exhausted. If that Iron Root wants to attack me, it will be difficult for me to leave in time. Although this possibility is not great, I have to make a foolproof plan. Forget it, let's stop for now. The power of time at the 50,000-year level is enough..."

After careful consideration, Gu Xuan decided to stop. Although the artifact was good, there was no need to force it.

Tiegen was concentrating on observing Gu Xuan refining the weapon. Every time the latter refined the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar to the level of ten thousand years, he became more shocked. He had thought that Gu Xuan would at most improve the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar to about thirty thousand years, but he had not expected that Gu Xuan had actually improved it to fifty thousand years, and there seemed to be no signs of failure. Although the other party's weapon refining technique was rough, there was not a single mistake in the entire fusion and refining process.

The layman watches the excitement while the expert watches the doorway. Although Tiegen is not good at refining weapons, he is better at refining puppets. However, as the saying goes, one can draw inferences by analogy, as a Tianjin people who is best at smelting and forging various metals, his talent in refining weapons is far superior to other humans.

Tiegen was well aware of Gu Xuan's outrageousness. Every time a material was added to the soul weapon, it would affect the power of time on the soul weapon. If the power of time did not increase but decreased after the new material was added to the soul weapon, it meant that the processing of the material had failed. If the smelting continued, the possibility that the power of time would decrease instead of increase would be greater. Generally speaking, as long as the material did not increase but decreased after three consecutive smeltings, it would be time to stop, because the more times it decreased instead of increasing, the more the power of time would decrease each time.

For example, if the power of time on a Horcrux has already accumulated to ten thousand years, and if another material is incorporated into it, the power of time can be increased by a hundred years. If the first smelting fails, the power of time may only be reduced by a hundred years, but if the second smelting fails, it will be reduced by a thousand years, and the third time it will be ten thousand years. In other words, the more failures there are, the more the power of time lost will be one, ten, or a hundred times the power of time added by the integration of materials, and the next failure will be a thousand times.

The power of time on each piece of tempered material starts from a hundred years, and a thousand times that is a hundred thousand years. A true artifact starts from a hundred thousand years of time power. Even if it is a divine artifact, it cannot afford to lose.

In Tiegen's eyes, Gu Xuan had tempered so many materials, and it was his first time to do so, but there was no sign of failure. He was simply amazing. He even felt that this guy had a chance to reach the artifact level.

But as he watched, he suddenly realized that Gu Xuan didn't seem to intend to temper him anymore and was preparing to finish. Tiegen suddenly became anxious.

"Gu Xuan, what are you doing? Are you ready to stop now? What's the matter? You were going to charge for tens of thousands more years, but you're stopping after only fifty thousand years?"

Tiegen was extremely confused and spoke in a very anxious tone.

"Hurry up and continue. Are you worried that you don't have enough materials? My ordinary puppets have so many parts. You can just dismantle two of them. If you still consume too much, don't worry. I will help you!"

Tiegen seemed very dissatisfied with Gu Xuan's termination. For a weapon refiner, he would never allow a piece of equipment to be better but have defects due to various reasons.

"Well, forget it. I won't bother you anymore..."

When Gu Xuan saw Tiegen's condition, he was a little surprised, but he did not trust these gods' messengers, so he was not prepared to continue tempering him.

"If you stop tempering now, it will be equivalent to a failure. The next time you fail, you will lose ten times the power of the materials. This is a loss, you bastard!"

"And if the power of a hundred thousand years is increased in the first tempering, and you stop, it won't be considered a failure. In the future, your weapon will have a chance to become a higher quality artifact. Do you think a hundred thousand years of artifacts is the pinnacle? This is just the starting point. I won't allow you to stop. Keep going!"

Tiegen became more and more excited as he spoke. Among all the divine weapons, an artifact with the power of a hundred thousand years could only be considered basic. Although the number of people who possessed such a basic artifact in the heavens and myriad worlds was no more than one in a billion, the real big shots would possess artifacts of higher quality and would not even look down upon a basic soul weapon.

"Let me tell you, artifacts are divided into acquired artifacts, innate artifacts, ultimate artifacts, and creation artifacts according to the power of time. There are several more levels behind them. If you stop here, this soul weapon will at most be an innate level in the future. But if you refine it to an acquired artifact for the first time, it will at least be a ultimate artifact in the future!"

"So please, don't be impulsive. If you finish, I really can't bear it. I would rather be struck by the divine punishment thunder than to beat you to death!"

As a weapon refiner, he absolutely could not tolerate Gu Xuan's behavior of stopping when he could obviously continue refining. It was like seeing a road full of gold in front of a person, and all he had to do was open his pocket and keep putting the gold in, and his pocket was big enough, and he could easily put the gold into his pocket by just bending over, but that person suddenly stopped. No one could tolerate that.

Besides, it’s okay to watch others picking up gold, after all, it has nothing to do with you. But for a weapon refiner, witnessing the birth of a magic weapon with your own eyes also has great benefits.

Seeing Tiegen so anxious and not seeming to be pretending, Gu Xuan felt a little embarrassed.

He could only continue to temper himself, and then spoke helplessly.

"I can only refine to the 70,000-year level at best. To go any higher, I'll have to fight for my life. But I don't want to risk my life just to build a divine weapon, so..."

Before Gu Xuan could finish his words, Tiegen scolded him angrily.

"What's wrong with risking your life to create a divine weapon? As a weapon refiner, can you be a little more aware? If it were me, I would be willing to shorten my lifespan by a thousand years to create a god-level puppet. Even if I risk my life, the best puppet I can create is only at the legendary level. Now you have the opportunity to refine a higher-level soul weapon, so even if you risk your life for it, it's worth it. You know what I mean! This is the belief of a weapon refiner. They are willing to give up everything in pursuit of the great way!"

"But I'm not a weapon refiner. Have you forgotten that I learned this weapon refining method just to try it out?"

Hearing Gu Xuan's words, Tiegen almost vomited blood. Even though he was made of metal, liquid metal was flowing in his body, which was no different from the blood of mortals.

What Gu Xuan said was so infuriating. What do you mean it’s just a try? You just tried it and made a Horcrux that’s tens of thousands of years old. I’ve been studying it for who knows how long, but the puppet I made is only barely over ten thousand years old.

This gap made Tiegen doubt whether he was a Tianjin human or this guy was a Tianjin human.

After being hit hard, Tiegen was not jealous. After all, his talent was not among the best among the Tianjin people, otherwise he would not have been exiled to this place.

But now the talent for refining weapons that Gu Xuan has shown is considered outstanding even among the Tianjin people. If he can lure Gu Xuan into the Tiangong Temple, or make friends with him, he will have made a great contribution when he finishes the trial and leaves.

So after thinking about it, Tiegen decided to help Gu Xuan refine the artifact. As for the matter of Gu Xuan defeating his puppets, he had forgotten about it. As long as the four legendary puppets were still there, the ordinary epic puppets would be destroyed.

Tiegen thought of this and didn't waste any time. A crest appeared in his hand, which seemed to be full of metallic aura. Then, all kinds of rich divine auras suddenly poured out from all over the trial field, and poured into Gu Xuan's body. The latter was shocked, and the excessive power he had consumed was replenished in an instant. Whether it was physical strength, mental strength, or divine power, they were all recovering at an extremely fast speed.

"I was originally planning to use the power of the Godhead to help you refine the artifact myself. Since you can do it yourself, I will give you a hand."

Tiegen folded his arms proudly, seeming to enjoy Gu Xuan's surprise.

Gu Xuan smiled when he heard this and said softly.

"Thanks, old friend."

He didn't expect that although Tiegen, like other gods' messengers, had a kind of pride that looked down on the trial-takers, his nature was not bad, and could even be considered good. After all, Gu Xuan had confronted him with hostility at the beginning, but this guy did not blame Gu Xuan for blowing up his puppet, but instead helped Gu Xuan. This magnanimity had surpassed many people.

Gu Xuan has always been a person who respects others as much as he respects you. Since Tiegen is truly helping him, he will not be as aggressive as he is towards other gods' messengers.

With the help of the divine power in the Tiangong Trial Field, Gu Xuan's speed in tempering the Heavenly Corpse Locking Dragon Pillar increased greatly, and he increased the power of time on it to eighty thousand years in one go, with its residual power not diminished until he easily broke through the ninety thousand year realm, and then he barely stopped.

At this point, Gu Xuan's realm of the Time Law was no longer sufficient. After all, his realm of the Time Law was only more than 90,000 years, while it took 100,000 years to refine a divine weapon.

This does not mean that it is impossible to refine a divine weapon below the realm of 100,000 years of time and space, but that refining a divine weapon requires more time and energy.

Simply put, if a person's realm of Time Law is only 10,000 years, it is possible to refine a divine weapon, but it will take at least ten years.

But it takes ten years of time and energy to refine the weapon. Even a ninth-level being cannot sustain it for that long.

The energy consumption of refining equipment is no less than that of fighting. Even a messenger of God cannot sustain high-intensity fighting for ten years.

Moreover, ten years is only the ideal time. In fact, even if a refiner at the level of ten thousand years of age can refine a magic weapon, it is impossible for it to take only ten years.

After all, even if a refiner who has reached the realm of 100,000 years of age comes to refine a divine weapon, it will not take only a moment to refine it. It still requires a certain process.

Take Gu Xuan for example. In the process of refining his soul weapon with the Time Method of the 90,000-year realm, it took a lot of time just to smelt the materials. At least ten days had passed since he entered the Tiangong Trial Field, and it took him to superimpose the Time Power on the soul weapon to the 90,000-year realm, and this was just the beginning.

The difficult time came after ninety thousand years. The process of Gu Xuan integrating the materials became noticeably slower. Sweat poured down his forehead and bloodshot appeared in his eyes. The speed at which the power of time was advancing was as slow as a turtle. At this time, Gu Xuan's willpower was greatly tested. Once he relaxed, he would fail immediately.