I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2507 - 1124: 9-Spirit Marshal

Upon Chen Mobai's words concluding, Jingchi Shangren and Chen Lingming displayed excitement and promptly trailed behind.

Yet Yuwen Baozhi stayed composed, his eyes revealing no hint of change.

As the successor to the Emperor of Heaven, he had observed three attempts at forging Fifth Rank Artifacts, each one resulting in defeat, including a failure by even a Divinity Transformation expert. Hence, while he harbored mild hopes for Chen Mobai's current effort to craft a Fifth Rank Artifact, his enthusiasm fell short of the fervor from earlier times.

Chen Mobai guided them toward the heart of the Artifact Refining Field, where a custom workbench stood ready, stocked with the essential materials for this session.

Yuwen Baozhi's attention first landed on two enormous intact hides: one shone with a sleek luster, brimming with dense Earth Element Spirit Light, while the other featured golden hairs akin to roaring fires—nearing it caused one's skin to heat up and sweat to flow freely.

Drawing from the prior blueprint discussion, Yuwen Baozhi identified these as the skins belonging to the True Spirits Civet Power and Golden Flame Manticore.

Nearby, a bronze stand held an array of tools alongside two pristine white curved fangs.

That said, the fee for this lesson encompassed solely the Five Spirit Robe, leaving out the designs needed for forging those fang-shaped Flying Swords.

"I’ll start by refining the Earth Spirit Robe; this one’s a bit simpler. Observe carefully, follow my lead, and note any questions you have. Ask me after it’s completed."

Chen Mobai's tone remained steady, his posture relaxed, treating the creation of a Fifth Rank Robe like a straightforward chore.

At these words, Yuwen Baozhi held his breath involuntarily, scrutinizing Chen Mobai's every move alongside the other two.

Success in robe forging hinged on mastering the tanning of the hides; a poor execution here ensured that, even if assembled, the garment would lack lasting strength.

Chen Mobai directed Yuwen Baozhi to gather the tanning agents from the workbench. These had been formulated with East Continent ingredients, centering on Longevity Tree Sap combined with extracts from assorted Spirit Plants.

With each Dharma Seal imprinted onto the Civet Power hide, bits of the tanning mixture were drawn forth and distributed across it step by step. Bit by bit, the Fifth Rank Lower Grade substance grew subdued, its formerly untamed Earth Element Spirit Light now confined deep inside the skin.

Normally a drawn-out affair, this step was streamlined for Chen Mobai, who had performed it once already; today, it merely served as an example.

Tanning complete, Chen Mobai accepted a brush from Jingchi Shangren and traced the blueprint's patterns upon the hide.

Lines sketched, Chen Mobai took shears from Chen Lingming—tools he had forged using Fifth Rank Mysterious Gold, razor-edged beyond compare.

A flurry of quick slices followed, separating every piece required by the design.

Assembly formed the closing stage. At a mere flicker of Chen Mobai’s Divine Sense, the hide segments began uniting atop the workbench, dissolving into radiant flows that gradually outlined a robe.

Afterward, Chen Mobai motioned for the three attendants to supply the table's materials, then set to stitching designs into the Earth Spirit Robe, all while inscribing restrictions and weaving in Divine Power Techniques.

His flair for design far outshone anything from the Tianhe Realm, leaving all witnesses in awe once the robe assumed form.

Still, faces like Yuwen Baozhi's bore clear signs of letdown.

No spiritual energy rippled from the Earth Spirit Robe, detectable by any.

Simply put, it stood as no more than a peak Fourth Rank Defensive Magic Weapon.

Failure had struck, it appeared.

Even as Yuwen Baozhi mulled over Chen Mobai's inflated renown in his mind, the latter abruptly jabbed a finger at the just-finished Earth Spirit Robe.

Activated by "The Union of Differences," the robe endured what felt like a thousand years of temporal forging, starting to release a soft earth-toned Spiritual Light.

Such vitality had always dwelled within the Civet Power’s hide.

Through eons of cultivation, the Civet Power had soaked up the world's vital forces across its entire being, and with "The Union of Differences" at work, the hide appeared to stir with awareness, embedding itself into the robe.

As the robe's essence surfaced, the yellowish-brown Spiritual Light flared across its surface, every stitched motif igniting like living flames in vivid display.

The sight rendered all onlookers speechless with wonder, Yuwen Baozhi most of all, given his role in three Fifth Rank artifact forges that crumbled during the Enlightenment phase.

Yet every Artifact Refiner who chased Enlightenment approached it with grave ritual, deploying altars, arrays, and tributes alike; some endured forty-nine days of fruitless effort, dissolving into disgrace.

In contrast, the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor before them sparked profound vitality with a single gesture, swiftly raising the Earth Spirit Robe to Fifth Rank.

This display ignited their passion for artifact crafting anew, even as it hammered home the chasm separating their skills from Chen Mobai's.

"That’s about it. Have you all remembered?"

Just then, Chen Mobai retracted his finger and posed the question to his three companions. The Earth Spirit Robe lingered suspended in the air, steadily emanating its essence, unlocking all concealed True Spirit qualities within its fabrics, drawing in Earth Element Spiritual Qi from the surroundings to amplify the already Fifth Rank Lower Grade treasure.