After practicing the ruthless way, the little sister is too strong

For Xia Ling now, it is still difficult to completely refine the top-grade Xuantian Crystal.

Even though she possessed the divine fire, and even though she had a chaotic spiritual root whose upper limit of spiritual energy storage was dozens or even hundreds of times higher than that of others.

But her current foundation-building stage cultivation is far from enough to refine the top-grade Xuantian Crystal.

Not to mention that the impurities must be completely removed and integrated into the purest and harmless crystal source power.

And at present, she is not very proficient in controlling the divine fire and her own spiritual fire.

In other words, in order for the grand plan of "Qi Huai's Reversal" to go smoothly, Xia Ling must improve his cultivation to the Golden Core stage, learn the art of refining, and improve his control over the divine fire and spiritual fire.

Cultivation is not a big deal, Xia Ling has not slacked off in his practice these days.

Now she can feel that her spiritual energy storage has reached its limit. With just a breakthrough, she can rise to the Golden Core stage.

The crystal spirit roots can be refined and turned into pure power, which is the art of refining. At present, it is difficult for her to make any progress by exploring the method on her own.

For this reason, Xia Ling had no choice but to ask for advice from the fourth elder of the weapon cultivation class, Duan Nanxiao.

Being from the same sect, Xia Ling had naturally seen him before.

But compared to other elders, the number of times I met and communicated with him was very few.

To sum it up in three words - not very familiar.

But it’s okay. If you’re not familiar with someone, just pretend to be familiar with them. You will become familiar with them soon.

With this idea in mind, Xia Ling bought some precious refining materials from the system mall as a gift for visiting, and then went to the fourth elder's residence in the morning.

Although he lived in the elders' house like other elders, the house was very far away from other elders.

I heard that he likes quietness and doesn't like to be disturbed by others.

Xia Ling carried a big bag, walked through a bamboo forest, and came to the front of the yard.

Unlike what I imagined, the area in front of the courtyard was very messy, so messy that it was impossible to move forward.

The surroundings and the entrance to the courtyard were almost filled with various crystals and training equipment, such as magic bones and tendons of magical beasts and various strange objects such as gold, iron and silver.

Xia Ling stood there, wondering if he could avoid these strange things and reach the courtyard smoothly.

After thinking for less than a minute, Xia Ling gave up because he was afraid that he would damage something precious.

Just as I was about to stand there and shout, I saw all the items piled in front of me were blown away by an invisible wind.

Then a path paved with crystal stones appeared in front of her, leading directly into the courtyard.

This courtyard seemed to be surrounded by a barrier. Xia Ling, who was standing outside the courtyard, could not see the scene inside the courtyard clearly, but the trace of spiritual power attached to the wind was obviously from the Fourth Elder.

Xia Ling stared at the road paved with crystal stones, sighed again that they were so poor that only the sect was left, and then walked in.

As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she was shocked by the scene she saw.

It’s like stepping into another space. It’s... even more chaotic here than outside.

Several bamboo houses collapsed, various materials were piled together, and some places even had signs of being burned by spiritual fire, making it look like a messy ruin.

The fourth elder Duan Nanxiao, who was dressed in a dark green robe, was standing in the center of the "ruins", controlling the wind element and fiddling with the things around him, as if he was looking for something.

Xia Ling couldn't help but think of other people's comments about him - a mysterious elder who seemed to be there and not there.

There is a reason for saying this.

The Fourth Elder, like the Fifth Elder, had an unclear age, but they all looked quite young to the naked eye, probably in their twenties.

He is also a handsome man with superior bone structure and a mature look.

But the former is a Buddhist, elegant man who does not compete with the world, while the latter is cold, reserved, and moody.

I heard from others that the two of them are very similar in some ways and have the same casual and relaxed way of doing things.

Although he prefers peace and quiet and doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, he will never give up and will never consider the consequences.

However, the Fifth Elder attaches great importance to the future of the sect, and occasionally enjoys "torturing" others for fun.

On the contrary, the Fourth Elder really doesn't care about anything except cultivation and refining.

Unless there was an occasion that he absolutely could not be absent, he would just stay in his own courtyard all year round, or go to various secret realms to look for materials for refining equipment. No matter who called him, it would be of no use.

Even the sect leader Yu Qianyang could not see him more than twenty times a year, let alone other people.

Therefore, the Fourth Elder was given a name like the Invisible Elder.

Xia Ling stood where he was, silently retracting his gaze from the messy courtyard, and bowed politely: "Disciple Xia Ling greets the Fourth Elder."

Seeing her come in, Duan Nanxiao stopped what he was doing, raised his hand to lift up his messy bangs, and raised his narrow and charming phoenix eyes slightly to look at the child who came here on her own initiative for the first time.

Although the voice was magnetic and pleasant, it was as emotionless as always, "What do you want from me?"

After receiving the response, Xia Ling put away his thoughts and said politely: "Fourth Elder, I have been feeling obstructed when refining crystal stones recently and cannot completely remove the impurities in them, so I would like to ask you for advice on how to refine them."

She had already asked the Third Elder for advice on how to further control the spiritual fire and the divine fire, and she had also looked for relevant secrets herself. All she had to do was practice more.

As for the method of refining, it belongs to the essentials of instrument cultivation. Although one of the steps is somewhat similar to removing impurities from spiritual plants during alchemy, they are fundamentally different and cannot be confused.

Although she had studied the art of refining in detail in the past few days and tried the refining technique several times on her own, she still could not succeed.

So I had no choice but to ask the Fourth Elder for advice.

After all, no one in this sect is more proficient in the art of refining than the fourth elder who is a weapon cultivator.

Seeing Xia Ling's serious expression, Duan Nanxiao was silent for a while, then used spiritual wind to throw the surrounding "garbage" aside.

With a flick of his sleeve, two bamboo chairs and a coffee table appeared in the newly created empty space in the middle, and he signaled with his eyes, "Sit down."

"Okay." Xia Ling sat down obediently.

The next second he said, "The method of refining is something that only a unique weapon cultivator can master. Since you rejected my proposal before, why are you taking the initiative to come here to study now?"

Xia Ling felt a little embarrassed.

The Fourth Elder had indeed suggested before that she try to practice this art with him.

But she had too many things to do and too many ways to practice at the time, so she declined for fear of wasting each other's time and energy.

Thinking about it now, I still feel a little regretful, so I told the truth: "At that time, I was afraid that I would not have the energy to learn the art of refining weapons, so I refused, but now I have a reason to master this art."

It's not a need, it's a must...

Gu Nanxiao pushed the teacup in front of Xia Ling and did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he said, "Tell me about it."

Xia Ling did not think of hiding his plan from them, and said directly: "I want to reverse the physique of Third Senior Brother, which requires the use of pure power refined from the Heavenly Grade Mysterious Sky Crystal. However, even if I have the Divine Fire, I cannot completely remove the impurities in it."

Hearing this, Duan Nanxiao paused while pouring tea and glanced at her, "…Reversing one's physical condition is going against the will of heaven. Are you sure you can do it?"