Chapter 80

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Chapter 80: Giant Spirit Heavy Armor

As a top sect in Xiangzhou, Que Tian Gate was responsible for a section of the defense line located three hundred miles to the north.

The warship landed, and Xu Fan received a message from his communication artifact that he, along with Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian, had been assigned to Camp Number Five.

“Junior Brother Xu, you guys head to your assigned camp first. I’ll notify you when the master craftsman arrives,” Sha Diao said to Xu Fan as he waved goodbye.

At that moment, unusual noises came from the Forbidden Ground. Thousands of beasts emerged from it, followed by more than ten members of the beast race at the Nascent Soul stage driving them forward.

Between the entrance of the Forbidden Ground and the defense line, there was a thirty-mile buffer zone.

The thousands of beasts that charged out were incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had nearly crossed half of the buffer zone, heading straight for the Que Tian Gate camp.

‘Boom!’

The warship in the sky, which had yet to move, fired a cannon, creating a large pit with a four-mile diameter.

Before long, the pit filled with underground water, and a clear little lake appeared not far from the camp.

“That was a great shot, but will it make back its cost?” Xu Fan said, looking at the little lake. That cannon blast left nothing of the beasts; no materials were obtained at all.

“I wish I could cast a spell with that kind of force,” Xu Gang said, gazing longingly at the part of the lake created by the blast. That shot struck a chord in his heart.

“Just train hard; with around a thousand years of effort, you’ll be there,” Xu Fan encouraged him with a pat on the shoulder.

“A thousand years feels like such a long time,” Xu Yuexian remarked from the side, feeling that a millennium seemed far off.

“Long? This is just the beginning,” Xu Fan sighed, recalling how he felt when he first broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, bringing a hint of sadness.

After watching the cannon fire, Xu Fan took his two disciples to Camp Number Five.

To be honest, as soon as he left his own little patch of land, Xu Fan always felt something was missing.

Upon entering the camp, Xu Fan was honored to meet the Void Refinement stage cultivator guarding the camp.

“You are the artifact master introduced by Elder Bai Lian. Can you repair a fifth-tier precious artifact?” asked a nearly two-meter tall body-refining cultivator, looking at Xu Fan. This camp had only sent three artifact masters, and they were all first-tier artifact masters who struggled to repair third-tier precious artifacts.

“Senior, do you have Spirit Fire? If so, I can help you repair the fifth-tier precious artifact,” Xu Fan nodded and replied, feeling that he was only lacking cultivation to reach the level of a top-tier artifact master.

“Yes, can you refine it now?”

“I can,” Xu Fan said, thinking to himself that he couldn’t dare to say no.

Thus, he hadn’t even had a chance to appreciate the camp when the body-refining cultivator pulled him into a dedicated artifact crafting area.

In a crafting room shaped by earth-element spells, Xu Fan frowned as he looked at a set of Giant Spirit precious artifact heavy armor. It was already filled with holes, and the weak points had been torn apart by claw marks.

“Senior, you might have a misunderstanding about the term ‘repair.’ This set of heavy armor is essentially scrap now.”

“Did you battle with a giant beast?” Xu Fan asked, seeing the claw marks on it. Repairing this armor would be no different from crafting a completely new set.

“Just tell me if you can repair it or not.”

“Do you have Iron Mother Cloud Crystal and Tian Lin Stone?” Xu Fan inquired. At this moment, the advantages of being an artifact master became apparent; no matter how precious the materials, a skilled artifact master would still leave some scraps behind.

“If I have those, can you fix my heavy armor?” The body-refining cultivator’s eyes lit up with surprise. This heavy armor was his most important piece of equipment, and if damaged, his fighting strength would be reduced by at least thirty percent.

“Not only can I repair it, but I can also enhance its power by twenty percent,” Xu Fan said, his eyes lighting up as he uniquely observed the rune formations on the precious artifact heavy armor.

In Xu Fan’s opinion, the rune formations on the heavy armor were a bit wasted given the quality of the material. By the way, although the material was of high quality, the refining technique was average.

“Really?!” The body-refining cultivator looked as if he was witnessing equipment enhancement.

“Wait for me,” the body-refining cultivator said before directly disappearing from the spot.

“Is this spatial movement?” Xu Fan thought as he realized that he had learned another common trait of Void Refinement stage cultivators.

Xu Fan didn’t wait in place for the Void Refinement stage body-refining cultivator.

He walked around Camp Number Five with his two disciples. Although it was called a camp, it was more like a city.

As long as a cultivator mastered earth-element spells, building a house was just a matter of waving their hands. Xu Fan even saw restaurants, teahouses, and commercial buildings erected by major merchant associations within the camp.

“In the future, this three thousand mile Forbidden Ground Defense Line will allow many merchant associations to thrive,” Xu Fan said. Just this one camp had over one hundred thousand cultivators.

The camp held not only disciples from Que Tian Gate but also a large number of individuals sent by affiliated sects and forces.

“Master, let’s find a place to stay. The sect’s communication artifact just notified me and my brother to gather,” Xu Yuexian said.

“Alright.”

The three then built a small courtyard in a remote section of the camp, just enough for them to live in comfortably.

As soon as the courtyard was established, Xu Fan felt a spatial fluctuation beside him, and a strong hand pulled him back through the space to the original crafting room.

“Here are the Iron Mother Cloud Crystal and Tian Lin Stone. Now how should I assist you?”

“Please protect me and allow me to take control of your Spirit Fire,” Xu Fan replied, it would be no problem to refine a new set of fifth-tier precious artifacts using the frame of the heavy armor.

“Okay.”

A blue flame exuding coldness appeared in front of Xu Fan. A glimmer of surprise crossed Xu Fan’s eyes; he had only heard of ice attribute Spirit Fire before.

With the help of the Void Refinement stage cultivator, Xu Fan effortlessly controlled the blue flame.

He tossed in the Iron Mother Cloud Crystal and ground the Tian Lin Stone into powder, gradually adding it to the blue flame that was refining the Iron Mother Cloud Crystal.

Under the assistance of others, refining the precious artifact was easy for Xu Fan. Bored, he began chatting with the powerful figure beside him.

“I’ve met the elder a few times, but I still don’t know your name,” Xu Fan said. Though he was modest, he thought it was worth making connections with a notable figure like this.

“My name is Shan Chen.”

“Kid, Elder Bai Lian didn’t mislead me; you’re a genius.”

“If you can repair the Giant Spirit heavy armor to my satisfaction this time, I’ll gift you a piece of Starfall Metal,” Shan Chen said with a smile. The young fellow at the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refinement had such a high level of artifact crafting skill; he might need to rely on him in the future.

“Thank you, elder,” Xu Fan said, surprised to receive an unexpected reward. Starfall Metal was a spirit ore capable of crafting Taoist instruments.

In comparison, Xu Fan felt his own ambitions were small; those Iron Mother Cloud Crystal and Tian Lin Stone were nothing in comparison.