Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 205: Condensing Hand Seals

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"How is this possible?" Yan Wu muttered in astonishment.

His gaze toward Xu Ping’an became incredibly incredulous.

"What’s wrong?" Bai Hen asked, puzzled.

"Use your Spiritual Sense to feel the state of the flames and temperature in his Furnace Cauldron, and you’ll understand," Yan Wu said.

Upon hearing this, Bai Hen immediately released his own Spiritual Sense.

He was a Seventh Rank Expert, and he had refrained from releasing his Spiritual Sense earlier to avoid disturbing Xu Ping’an.

Now, upon Yan Wu’s remark, how could he resist any longer?

As Spiritual Sense invaded the Furnace Cauldron, the very next moment, Bai Hen’s face also drastically changed.

"Impossible, the temperature of this flame is actually twice the normal temperature of a meteoric flame, and his flame actually takes on a spherical shape, completely enveloping the millennium Coldflame Iron within it and constantly rotating. This requires an extremely strong control of the flames, usually even a Fire Attribute Artifact Refiner might not be able to do this, how did he do it?"

Bai Hen’s face was filled with surprise; he found it unbelievable.

"This must be a very ancient method of Fire Control, which is extremely exquisite and requires great control over one’s True Yuan to achieve. If it were me, without reaching the Seventh Rank and without the aid of Soul Power, I definitely couldn’t do this," Master Yan Wu said.

Bai Hen nodded in agreement, feeling the same.

Even with the aid of Soul Power, he would have found it very difficult to control the flames as precisely as Xu Ping’an.

Rotating the flame serves to prevent the temperature from leaking out.

Keeping all of the temperature within the fiery sphere is the reason why the interior temperature is twice that of the usual meteoric flames.

"It’s too exquisite; it’s likely that this Qin Feng has a profound Artifact Refining legacy. His method of Artifact Refining is an ancient one that has long been lost, and it’s incredibly exquisite," Yan Wu remarked with emotion.

Bai Hen was also astounded by Xu Ping’an’s exquisite control of the flame at this moment.

Under such an exquisite technique of Fire Control, this piece of Coldflame Iron could probably melt in just six hours.

This was incredibly fast; a general Superior Grade Artifact Refiner definitely couldn’t achieve this.

"But it’s still uncertain whether he’ll be able to preserve the dual properties of the Coldflame Iron," Bai Hen said.

Yan Wu did not speak.

Xu Ping’an’s control of fire was exquisite, but that alone was far from enough to retain the properties of the Coldflame Iron.

"To maintain the properties after the Coldflame Iron has melted into molten iron, one needs to be extremely familiar with the properties of the Coldflame Iron. Then, apply Artifact Refiner inscriptions while adding them on. Afterwards, during the Embryo Condensation, inscribe the properties into the inscriptions. If the inscriptions are messed up in the early stages, it’s very easy to explode the Spiritual Artifact during the latter stages," Yan Wu explained.

"Hmm, with my current strength, I can superimpose 28 inscriptions. Old Yan, you can superimpose 32 now, right?" Bai Hen said.

Yan Wu nodded.

Many Artifact Refiners around them exclaimed in admiration.

One inscription corresponds to one imprint.

Being able to forge one inscription is already considered a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact.

Above nine is an Intermediate Grade Spiritual Artifact, reaching 18 is a High Grade Spiritual Artifact, and 27 is a Superior Grade Spiritual Artifact.

And those with more than 36 inscriptions are considered Immortal Artifacts.

Adding one more inscription is extremely challenging.

So the fact that Master Yan Wu could already reach 32 imprints was already quite impressive.

"I wonder how many inscriptions Master Qin Feng can imprint," someone in the crowd mused to themselves.

Xu Ping’an paid no attention to the discussions of others; he had already begun concentrating on forming the True Yuan imprints.

Every Artifact Refiner has their own method of imprinting, and the level of this method is crucial for activating the properties of the inscriptions later on.

Therefore, this method of imprinting is extremely important; even Xu Ping’an must go all out.

Soon, Xu Ping’an formed the first imprint.

The first imprint flew into the molten iron, disappearing quickly, and the molten iron exhibited a slight but powerful fluctuation.

Then came the second, the third...

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One hand seal after another flew out.

"Do you think how many hand seals he can condense?" asked an artifact refiner in the crowd.

"At least 27, I guess!" someone said, not very confidently.

The others didn’t speak, as they did not really understand Xu Ping’an’s true strength.

These True Yuan hand seals are different from fire control.

The True Yuan hand seals are the essence of an artifact refiner, needing to vary depending on the refining materials used to complete different hand seals.

The more the hand seals match the characteristics of the materials, the more powerful the Spiritual Artifact that will be refined.

"Why can’t I understand any of his hand seals?" Bai Hen was puzzled at this moment.

"It’s normal that you can’t understand; every artifact refiner has different hand seals. Take me for example, I have mastered over three hundred of them, and you’ve also mastered more than 270, right? Do you dare say they all overlap?" said Yan Wu.

"I understand that part, but generally, hand seals are quite similar. They use True Yuan to build a prototype with attributes and then solidify it into the Spiritual Artifact by inscribing runes with hammer strikes. However, his hand seals feel inscrutable to me," Yan Wu added.

"They are indeed somewhat special; I’ve never seen these hand seals before either. However, his hand seals are very solid, very stable. Without decades of foundation, that’s something simply not achievable," Yan Wu remarked.

Bai Hen nodded.

These hand seals entered the molten iron without being repelled at all, which was enough to show Xu Ping’an’s profound skills.

Xu Ping’an was still condensing hand seals.

Soon, Xu Ping’an had already executed twenty-five hand seals.

His speed was very fast, done in one go without the slightest hindrance.

If it were any other Superior Grade artifact refiner, it would take at least nearly a day to complete so many hand seals.

Yet Xu Ping’an’s speed was much faster, taking only two hours.

"There’s the twenty-seventh!" someone exclaimed in surprise.

All around, the crowd was amazed.

This was considered stepping into the realm of Superior Grade Spiritual Instruments, though just barely reaching the threshold.

How many hand seals will Qin Feng actually condense?

At this moment, the crowd grew even more curious.

"The twenty-eighth one, so fast, his speed hasn’t decreased at all. Logically, with so many hand seals, the molten iron’s repulsion of the hand seal energy would be very great by now, and adding more hand seals should become extremely difficult. But it seems like his speed hasn’t changed," said a High Grade artifact refiner elder in shock.

Other artifact refiners were also incredibly surprised.

This step was a very difficult one for artifact refiners.

Not to mention the enormous consumption of True Yuan inside the body, the mental exhaustion was also significant.

It was too difficult to condense hand seals that fit the attributes.

But Xu Ping’an seemed to encounter no obstacles whatsoever, which surprised everyone.

Even Bai Hen and Yan Wu were incredibly surprised, as at this stage, even they would have to be extremely careful.

But Xu Ping’an still looked very relaxed.

"Thirty hand seals now!" someone soon shouted out again in surprise.

All around, the crowd was astonished.

Qin Feng had actually integrated thirty hand seals?

And it seemed he had no intention of stopping.

"Look, the thirty-first has also been integrated," someone exclaimed after a moment.

Song Lingxue was also surprised at this moment.

Although she knew her master was very powerful, she hadn’t expected Xu Ping’an to be this formidable.

Thirty hand seals, wow!