Chapter 235: Chapter 163: Golden Core (Combined Into One, Too Lazy to Split)_3
Translator: 549690339
So, it’s no wonder Xu Yang couldn’t afford to hold several more Luotian Dajiao rituals with Spirit Stones, as the investment in his “Great Artifact Refining” plan was simply too high.
But with great investment comes great reward.
A hundred thousand Magic Artifacts were enough for Xu Yang to assemble a medium-grade mecha.
Although the combination of cultivation and mechas, of Xianxia with fantasy, feels somewhat incongruous.
But Xu Yang has always been a pragmatist; as long as it’s useful, he doesn’t care about the clash of styles.
Moreover, who said cultivators can’t pilot mechas?
After all, why should cultivation be such an inconvenient matter?
A mecha is just a term. If you don’t like it, you can also call it a large Magic Artifact or a combined Magic Artifact. Essentially, they are the same.
From the Storage Bag, Spirit Light spewed forth, and a hundred thousand Magic Artifacts flew out one by one.
Xu Yang rose to his feet, activated his mana, and connected all the artifacts.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The Magic Artifacts, which comprised the Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, followed strict formal standards. It wasn’t a matter of clumsily cobbling together a hundred thousand Magic Artifacts to form a Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor.
They had to have uniform styles, meet certain specifications, and the quality and quantity both faced strict requirements.
The artifact refiners from Fish and Dragon Island were skilled, and with Xu Yang, the Island Lord Dragon Monarch, personally giving the order, there was no chance of shoddy workmanship or cutting corners. A hundred thousand Magic Artifacts, uniform in style—all of them fine products.
Xu Yang connected all the artifacts with his mana, his heart and mind in harmony, and began the assembly process.
Loan upon loan of talisman, loan upon loan of array pattern, was cast forth from his hands, some into the void, others upon the surface of the magic artifacts or joining the connections. Gradually they formed arrays and created marvelous effects.
It was—Heavenly Crafting Technique!
The core technology of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute and also essential for assembling Magic Artifacts and driving mecha.
As one of the originators of this technique, or rather, the progenitor, Xu Yang’s execution was even more effortless.
Not just effortless, but also aided by special traits.
His artifact skills now comprised five major traits: Thousands ways of Refining weapons, Refinement Grandmaster, Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire, Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, and Heavenly Craftsman.
Thousands ways of Refining weapons enable him to handle all kinds of artifact materials and methods as naturally as his own limbs, exerting the greatest effects.
Refinement Grandmaster, as a master of refinement, can improve the efficiency and quality of artifact refinement, reducing the consumption and flaws – a universal upgrade akin to a panacea.
Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire greatly enhances the effects of refining artifacts with Heavenly Thunder and Earthfire, akin to the title of Thunder Lightning Mana King in the realm of artifact refining.
Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor and Heavenly Craftsman need no further explanation. One affects the Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, the other applies to Heavenly Mechanic Methods—both provide huge enhancements.
With these, the quality of the Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor that Xu Yang assembled was bound to be at least one tier above other mechas of the same grade.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
As talismans were embedded and array patterns fused, the hundred thousand magic artifacts gradually formed into a whole.
This whole was not in the shape of mechanical battle armor.
After all, why should cultivation be such an inconvenient matter?
The so-called mecha is just a general term; it doesn’t necessarily refer to mechanical battle armor.
It can take on countless forms to meet various combat scenarios and situations.
And now, what these hundred thousand magic artifacts formed was…
A black coffin?
A massive black coffin?
No, it would be better described as a black monolith, hanging in the air like a mountain.
The main body of the mech was assembled; once the core was embedded, it could be driven and operated.
A hundred thousand Magic Artifacts, a medium-grade mecha, would theoretically require a Magical Treasure as the core to possess sufficient intelligence to control all the artifacts and drive the mecha.
But right now, Xu Yang didn’t have any Magical Treasures on hand.
Although he had developed for over twenty years and had become a fourth-tier Artifact Refiner, fully capable of creating Magical Treasures and even Spiritual Treasures, a capable wife cannot make a meal without rice. Materials of the third-tier were not produced on Fish and Dragon Island and were difficult to find elsewhere. As he also had to focus on the World of Dao and Law, he didn’t have the leisure to gather materials and refine treasures.
Therefore, Xu Yang didn’t have any Magical Treasures that could serve as the core for a medium-grade mech at the moment. He only had one Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact that had been specially refined.
He planned to use this Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact as the core of the mech.
Normally, even a Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact would not have enough intelligence to control a hundred thousand Magic Artifacts and drive a medium-grade mecha.
But Xu Yang had always been one to break the mould.
His artifact skills, especially the two traits Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor and Heavenly Craftsman, could compensate for the deficiencies.
Combined with his Yang God and the power of his Golden Core, the Pure Yang Creation of the Yang God, there should be no problem in driving the mech.
After all, his cultivation of four different methods meant his Yang God was powerful; aided by his skill traits, particularly the “Pure Yang God” from his Daoist skills, his Yang God’s power rivaled that of a Seven Realm Ghost God. To him, driving a hundred-thousand-tier Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor was more than manageable.
However…
Xu Yang stood solemnly on the altar and bowed ceremoniously forward.
He then stepped into trance-like movements and began to chant spells.
“Transform my body, shape my body, my master manifests my True Martial Body. With disheveled hair, I sit in court, frightening all demons and spirits in the mortal world. Great demons cry out loud at my sight, lesser demons shed tears in torrents. Evil demons quake with fear, while evil spirits turn to dust.”
“My three souls and seven spirits shall depart, yet my body remains undying, returning to me. First soul ascends the Green Heavenly Ladder, the second soul hides in Nine Heaven Clouds, and the third soul proceeds to the Governors’ abode. Where should my seven spirits wander, in Ancestor Master Cave reside my true form. One transformation, two transformations – my body in endless forms on earth and sky. Humans seeing me shall thrive with longevity, ghosts seeing me turn into dust.”
“I command by the decree of Supreme Elder Lord, swiftly, as the law compels!”
“Quick!”
As the Curse Spell was completed, a harsh shout erupted, and from Xu Yang’s head flew out ten shades and light particles scattered from his body.
The ten shades, his three souls and seven spirits.
One ascended to the clouds, mounting the heavenly ladder, another vanished into the mists of the Nine Heaven Clouds.
One followed to Blessing Cord Island in the East Sea, another transformed into the Immortal Pine of South Mountain.