Yuan Ming retracted his gaze from the stone tablet, looked around, and carefully used his spiritual sense to confirm that there were no traps around him before walking to the red stone tablet to investigate carefully.
As a result, the next moment, he was surprised to find that his consciousness would disappear instantly as soon as it landed on the stone tablet, without any feedback.
Yuan Ming was not surprised but overjoyed. He looked at the stone tablet with sharp eyes and soon showed a look of surprise.
This stone tablet fluoresces internally and is filled with precious light. It is a rare and valuable treasure, not inferior to the Yan Emperor Xuanhuo Cauldron.
"Could this be a Dzogchen spiritual treasure?" Yuan Ming immediately walked over and tried to refine the stone tablet.
However, after working for a long time, he could not practice much, and the magic power could not penetrate at all.
"Don't waste your efforts. With your current strength, it's impossible to refine me without the Tao Treasure Jue." At this moment, a soft voice suddenly came from the stone tablet.
"Your Excellency, are you the spirit of this monument?" Yuan Ming was secretly surprised and asked calmly.
"Yes, I am the spirit of the Xihe Monument. You can call me Xihezi." Along with the words, a woman's shadow emerged from the stone monument.
She looked to be no more than 28 years old. She was dressed in red and had some baby fat on her face. She looked quite cute, but unfortunately her face looked a little lazy and casual, as if she hadn't slept enough.
"Your Excellency, Yuan Ming, I have met fellow Taoist Xihezi." Yuan Ming saw that her aura was connected to the stone tablet, and he was convinced that this woman was a weapon spirit, and he politely said.
"What kind of fellow Taoist is this? I don't like politeness. Just call me Xihezi. Let's get straight to the point. Do you want to take away the Xihe Monument?" The girl in red stared at Yuan Ming and said bluntly.
Yuan Ming was stunned by Xi Hezi's directness, but he also figured out Xi Hezi's temper from this matter, and nodded and admitted: "That's right."
"I think you are quite pleasing to the eye, and I can barely let you take away the Xihe Monument. But if you don't agree to my two conditions, I will not agree with you, let alone assist you in moving the Xihe Monument."
He waved his hand and said quite casually.
Yuan Ming was startled, now he started talking about future conditions? It was much easier than expected.
He also thought that Xi Hezi would test his magical powers, character, etc.
"Please speak frankly." Yuan Ming raised his hand and said.
"First, I hate fighting the most in my life, so unless it's a matter of life and death, don't bring me into a fight. Of course, as a price, I can help you refine various spiritual treasures to fight against the enemy." Xi Hezi raised a finger.
Yuan Ming looked at Xi Hezi and felt that he had met Han Han. What kind of condition was this? With the grade of this stone tablet, even if Xi Hezi didn't tell him, he wouldn't just use it against the enemy. Xi Hezi was actually afraid that he would be unhappy.
Offer to provide refining treasures as compensation.
"Of course, Xihezi, do you know how to refine weapons?" Yuan Ming nodded immediately and then asked.
"What do you mean I know, I like refining the most! The master also said that I am very talented in refining, but it's a pity that there is nothing in this damn place. When you go outside, if you have anything to refine, you can give it to me.
There is no need to prepare a refining furnace or real fire. There is a treasure refining space opened by me inside the Xihe Monument. Everything is available there..." When he mentioned the refining, Xihezi's eyes suddenly lit up and he was chirping.
stop.
Yuan Ming listened patiently, then scanned the silver candles placed in the hall and the desk in front of him, and understood why Xi Hezi left him so happily.
This Xihezi seemed to be a person who was obsessed with refining weapons. The silver lamps and desks in the main hall were probably made by this woman in her spare time.
Such a weapon refiner definitely doesn't want to stay here.
"As for the second condition, I just said that I like to refine weapons, and you must provide me with the materials needed to study weapon refinements." Xi Hezi continued.
"No problem, I can agree to both conditions." Yuan Ming agreed happily without even thinking about it.
Now he still lacks a trustworthy weapon refiner, and he has two requirements for Xi Hezi.
Yuan Ming's expression suddenly changed and he took out the Yanhuang Ruyi Stick.
"Xihezi, since you are proficient in weapon refining, I happen to have a spiritual treasure with thirty-five runes here. I wonder if you can help me promote it to a Dzogchen spiritual treasure?" Yuan Ming handed over the Yanhuang Ruyi Stick.
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"Hey, it looks like something very good. Let me take a look at it." Xi Hezi took it over enthusiastically.
"This spiritual treasure of yours was originally a Dzogchen spiritual treasure, but one of the most critical runes fell silent due to damage, and the weapon spirit was also killed. Then it fell. It is not difficult to repair it."
Xihezi made a brief inspection and quickly came to a conclusion.
"It's good if it can be repaired, but what spiritual materials are needed?" Yuan Ming suddenly became excited.
"It's just to awaken a dormant rune and add a weapon spirit. If you need help from spiritual materials, just wait." Xihezi shook his head, disappeared with the Yanhuang Ruyi Stick, and flew back to the Xihe Monument.
Yuan Ming blinked and waited for Xi Hezi's figure to disappear before he realized that this woman started working immediately, she was really resolute.
I just don't know how much time Xi Hezi will need. He won't be able to wait for too long.
While waiting, Yuan Ming wandered around the hall and soon came to a candlestick, picked up the silver lamp underneath and played with it.
His expression gradually changed from casual to serious, and after he put down the silver lamp, there was a look of shock in his eyes.
The material of this silver lamp is very ordinary. It is a second-grade spiritual material, pyrcite. This object looks brilliant, but in fact it has insufficient toughness and is not suitable for weapon refining. In the world of immortality, this object is polished and carved and used as a decoration.
Xihezi actually refined this kind of ore, which was not suitable for refining weapons, into a good-grade magic weapon. The silver cup actually contained seven runes.
He walked to another candlestick, picked up the silver lamp and inspected it, and found that it was also a seven-rune magic weapon.
Yuan Ming walked around the hall and looked at all the silver lamps. They were all seven-rune magic weapons.
"It seems that I underestimated Xi Hezi's weapon-refining skills. I was really lucky to meet a real weapon-refining master." A smile appeared on Yuan Ming's lips.
He walked back to the desk and waited patiently.
Half a day later, a red light flashed on the Xihe stele, and Xihezi appeared, holding the Yanhuang Ruyi Stick in his hand.
The Flame Emperor's Ruyi Stick now emits a bright red halo, vibrates from time to time, and shoots out circles of red spiritual light.
"Hey, the repair is complete." Xihezi threw the Yanhuang Ruyi Stick over casually.
Yuan Ming reached out to catch it, and poured a little magic power into it.
The rod was indeed completely restored, with thirty-six runes forming a Great Perfection Array, and the spirit of the weapon was reunited. It was a woman in red, who was unusually cooperative with Yuan Ming's sacrifice.
"Xi Hezi is good at it. Your weapon refining skills have reached level seven, right?" Yuan Ming asked tentatively.
"What is the seventh level? I don't know, the master never said it." Xi Hezi shook his head and said.
Yuan Ming's eyes flashed, and then he held up his hands and said: "I actually know a little about the art of refining weapons. I have something I don't understand. I would like to ask Xi Hezi to clarify my confusion. Is it okay?"
"If you have any questions, just ask them. No need to ask mother-in-law." Xihezi waved his hand.
"I would like to ask, Xihezi, how did you condense the weapon spirit just now? It is very difficult to condense the weapon spirit of a spiritual treasure, and even if you have time to sacrifice it for hundreds of years, you may not be able to do it." Yuan Ming asked with a smile.
The number of runes on his Soul-Destroying Sword has already reached the level of spiritual treasures, but he has been refining it for many years and has never been able to condense the weapon spirit.
"This is very simple. The material of your stick is good and the spiritual power is abundant. I split part of the soul of the stick, penetrated it, and warmed it up a little." Xi Hezi gave Yuan Ming a strange look, as if to say
What's there to ask about such a simple thing?
Yuan Ming recalled that the weapon spirit of the woman in red was indeed somewhat similar to Xi Hezi. It turned out that it was condensed from Xi Hezi's weapon spirit.
"The splitter soul has had a big impact on you, right? Do you need help recovering it?" he said hurriedly.
The soul of a weapon spirit is equivalent to the soul of a monk, so it cannot be split at will.
"It's okay, my weapon soul is powerful. What does this mean?" Xi Hezi shook his head and his breath was indeed no weaker than before.
Yuan Ming looked at Xi Hezi and seemed to be examining him.
"Do you still have anything to ask? There are so many questions. Let's finish asking and leave here. I don't want to stay in this damn place for even a quarter of an hour." Xi Hezi pouted slightly and yelled.
"I have one last question. You just said that I don't have enough cultivation. Without Taoist treasures, it is impossible to refine this Xihe stele. Could it be that this Xihe stele is a Taoist treasure?" Yuan Ming asked with a smile.
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"It used to be, but now, it is only at the level of the Great Perfection Spiritual Treasure." Xi Hezi shook his head slightly, his tone quite regretful.
Yuan Ming was about to ask why, but remembered that he had just said that he would not ask any more questions, and swallowed his words again.
"The Xihe Monument is the natal Taoist treasure of the Qilin Demon Emperor of the Ancient Celestial Demon King's Court. In a certain battle, I was destroyed by the enemy and the origin of the Taoist treasure was destroyed. I fell to the level of the spiritual treasure. The master spent a lot of effort to repair me afterwards.
, and in the end it can only be restored to the level of the Great Perfection Spiritual Treasure." Xihezi explained to himself, with a gloomy expression.
Heavenly Demon King’s Court?
Yuan Ming had heard this word from Sima Changqin before. It seemed to be a very powerful demon force in ancient times, and the current Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom is its descendant.
So, Xihezi has existed since ancient times. Why does it appear here? Did people from the Ten Thousand Monsters Kingdom place it here?
He suddenly remembered that when the Great Sun Glazed Flame activated the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Conferral of Gods, he had originally planned to use this prohibition against another person, wouldn't it be Xi Hezi? Is there some grudge between the two?
"If there is a chance, I will also find a way to help you recover as a Taoist treasure." Yuan Ming did not ask further questions. He was silent for a while and then suddenly said.
"It's up to you? Let's forget it. What the Qilin Demon Emperor couldn't do back then, what can you, a little Dharma phase monk, do?" Xi Hezi said straightforwardly.
"I can't do it now, but I won't be able to do it in the future." Yuan Ming wasn't angry either.
"Having said that, you do have some means to defeat the Great Sun Glazed Flame. You may have the opportunity to aspire to the Mahayana Stage in the future, and you can really help me then." Xihezi thought of something, and his expression became a little more serious.
