Central Continent, east coast.
The waves surged endlessly. Frost energy spread everywhere, forming a white fog that shrouded the surrounding hundreds of li.
Hundreds of years ago, a piece of profound ice floated over from somewhere, landing on the east coast of Central Continent. This profound ice was huge, it was the size of a small island, the frost energy was oppressive, there were many ice path wild Gu gathered on the ice, as well as three to four types of frost type shrubs.
After the profound ice was discovered, it caused a huge commotion.
The Gu Masters living on the east coast guessed the origin of this profound ice.
There were two main theories. The first was that the profound ice floated from the east, it was likely to originate from the icy sea area of Eastern Sea. This sea area was cold all year round, the coldness was bone-chilling, ice currents were like pythons, winding around the bottom of the sea. Once it got close to the water, it would turn into a huge ice block.
The second theory was that it broke during the day and fell from the sky. At first, it should be larger, like a small continent. But in the process of falling, the friction created heat, it melted, and when it fell into the sea, the heat was extinguished, eventually turning into this profound ice island. The edges of this profound ice were smooth without any edges, it was like a melting candle, it was proof of this theory.
This profound ice was on the beach, not moving.
At first, it attracted many mortal Gu Masters who came to plunder. These Gu Masters who were in a favorable position had all made a windfall. The wild Gu and frost type shrubs on the profound ice were all plundered.
In the next few years, many Gu Masters came to the profound ice island, they stayed and did not leave.
So. Although the profound ice island was lacking in resources, the profound ice was hard to melt, the frost energy was everywhere. It was the best place for ice path Gu Masters to cultivate.
Central Continent's east coast was warm all year round, it was like spring or summer, it was hard for ice path Gu Masters to cultivate. Thus, this profound ice island attracted many ice path Gu Masters and water path Gu Masters.
Where there were people, there would be conflicts. As the number of people increased, the ice island's size was limited, more and more outsiders came. To protect their own benefits. The Gu Masters on the ice island formed an alliance of their own accord. They enclosed the ice island and did not open it to outsiders.
From this, they formed a force that was neither big nor small.
After hundreds of years of development, this loose lone cultivator alliance. This was because a few generations of ambitious leaders had emerged, and they gradually solidified and established sects. Then, it gradually developed and expanded, becoming a major force today. Within a radius of several thousand miles, there were few forces that could contend against it.
The name of this sect was Flying Frost Sect. It hinted that the Mystic Ice Island, which was the foundation of the sect, was a historical origin that floated here from the outside world.
The second round of the Central Continent Refinement Path Convention. It would be held in the Flying Frost Pavilion.
With the token in hand, Fang Yuan arrived at the Flying Frost Pavilion.
The test this time was to refine a Rank two ghost fire Gu. The rules had also been changed. Unlike the first question, which relied on quantity to win, this time was the standard.
The requirement is for a Gu Master to refine ten ghost fire Gu at the same time, the shorter the time, the higher the result. A set of criteria was listed in the question. The person who took half an incense stick's time or less would get first place. First come, first served. Someone won first place, and then there would be others who won first place. He could only be ranked second. If there was someone in the second place, he could only be ranked third. If there was someone in the top three, he could only fail and not get any rewards.
This time, the reward for first place was five rank three ice path Gu worm recipes. For refinement path Gu Masters, ice path Gu Masters, or even any force, it was a huge attraction.
When Fang Yuan entered the stage to refine Gu, the top three spots were still empty.
"The second round's difficulty is much higher than the first. It is not hard to refine ten ghost fire Gu one by one, I can easily finish it in less than half an incense stick's time. But the difficulty lies in refining ten ghost fire Gu at the same time. Ghost fire Gu belongs to fire path and soul path, the refinement process is very complicated and requires a lot of mental energy. If I refine it for a long time, my soul will become weak. This is one of the characteristics of soul path Gu worm refinement. "
Fang Yuan thought for a while and decided to use the combination of soul path and fire path refinement methods to burn spectral souls and form fake ghost fire to refine true ghost fire.
Flying Frost Pavilion was a righteous sect, Fang Yuan had to prepare the spectral souls he burned himself. Flying Frost Pavilion would not provide such Gu refinement materials.
"Unorthodox demonic path!" Seeing that Fang Yuan used this method, An Han snorted coldly from outside.
On the stage, Flying Frost Pavilion's leader's pupils shrunk as he thought: "Five Virtues Sect's leader tried to recruit this person but was rejected. This person is burning spectral souls in public, this is clearly a demonic path act, they are unscrupulous in order to achieve their goals. Even if Flying Frost Pavilion recruits this person, it will be a huge problem, I should forget about it. "
Participating in the Refinement Path Convention, other than not fighting and killing, it did not matter if the Gu Master was righteous or demonic. Demonic path Gu Masters were not prohibited from participating.
As long as they used refinement path methods, they could exchange pointers. Precisely because of this generosity, the Central Continent Refinement Path Convention became increasingly prosperous.
Those who did not know the inside story would praise the generosity of the ten great ancient sects of Central Continent. Only people like Fang Yuan knew that this was related to Infallible's inheritance. The secret of Infallible's inheritance required more Gu Masters to participate, the better.
But there was a difference between righteous and demonic, Fang Yuan used souls to refine Gu, it went against the harmony of heaven, it was a cruel demonic method that the righteous path despised.
The spectating Gu Masters were mainly from the righteous path, seeing a demon like Fang Yuan, they felt great disgust and disgust, they could not help but hope that Fang Yuan's refinement would fail.
Maybe because they were united, their prayers were effective, at the crucial moment, the soul fire in front of Fang Yuan suddenly exploded, ten ghost fire Gu were about to form, but one of them turned into ashes, falling from the fire and becoming a pile of ashes on the ground.
Everyone saw this and their eyes shined, some outspoken righteous path Gu Masters even cheered. But when they thought of Fang Yuan's rank five cultivation level, they shut their mouths, but their joyful expressions could not be concealed.
An Han also showed slight joy on his face.
Fang Yuan gave him huge pressure, according to Fang Yuan's previous progress, he was already at the final few steps of the refinement. Fang Yuan's refinement speed was very fast, spectral soul incineration's effect was very obvious. If he skipped a few steps and succeeded, he would need less than fifteen minutes, first place would be Fang Yuan's.
Of course, Fang Yuan did not care about these rewards and rankings.
But An Han was different, he was the first elder of Flying Frost Sect, as the host, if he failed, he would lose a lot of face in front of his peers. Secondly, obtaining first place in the Refinement Path Convention was an extremely high honor for a refinement path Gu Master. The reward for first place also made An Han extremely moved.
"Alright, this way, he will have to refine Gu again. Refining nine ghost fire Gu, even if he is missing one, he will not pass. He can only start again and refine ten at the same time, only then can he pass. "An Han barely restrained his expression, but he was overjoyed inwardly.
"As expected, those who commit unrighteousness will bring about their own destruction, even if he uses living souls to refine Gu, he will fail."
"He is the winner of Five Virtues Sect's first round, so be it. But in our Flying Frost Sect, first place will definitely belong to Lord An Han! "
"Unorthodox demonic path, failing in Gu refinement, this is truly satisfying."
The spectators conversed secretly. Of course, there was a Gu formation that isolated sound, it would not disturb the Gu Master refining the Gu.
But just as everyone was rejoicing, the ghost fire in Fang Yuan's hand suddenly split into two lumps.
Two lumps, one big and one small, the big lump contained nine ghost fire Gu embryonic forms. There was nothing in the small lump of ghost fire.
Fang Yuan's expression did not change, he breathed in deeply and became serious.
The explosion of that ghost fire Gu earlier was not his mistake, but the Gu refinement itself had a chance of failure. Although the failure rate of rank two Gu was not high, and Fang Yuan had already perfected it, there was nothing he could do about this probability.
Right now, he was maintaining the large lump of ghost fire with one hand, while his other hand was throwing three souls into the small lump of ghost fire, a boar soul, a goat soul, and a human soul.
The three souls burned together, the small lump of ghost fire suddenly burst into flames, emitting miserable cries.
"He actually used a human soul!"
"In public, he even dared to burn a human soul … this, this, this!"
"Hehehe, as expected of a demonic path rank five existence, he is so arrogant."
Flying Frost Sect's people had ugly expressions.
They were a righteous sect, Fang Yuan was publicly burning human souls to refine Gu here, he was not putting Flying Frost Sect in his eyes at all. But this was the Refinement Path Convention, no matter how unhappy Flying Frost Sect was, they could not stop Fang Yuan from refining Gu. Unless they wanted to offend the ten great ancient sects and not let their sect continue to exist.
Fang Yuan's expression was calm, his attention was focused on the small lump of ghost fire.
He continued to throw in Gu refinement materials, controlling the ghost fire's size, strength, and weakness. At the crucial step, he threw a pill fire Gu and a soul ball Gu into the fire at lightning speed.
The two Gu worms fused in the fire, fusing into one, forming the incomplete ghost fire Gu.
Some knowledgeable Gu Masters saw this and gasped in shock.
"Throwing in two Gu worms consecutively, this is a refinement path technique — Repeat Cast."
"Although repeat cast is one of the most basic refinement path techniques, this person is using it very proficiently, it is as natural as breathing. This isn't something that can be achieved with talent alone. It requires countless times of practice and bitter cultivation to reach such a level. "
"Does this person cultivate refinement path primarily?"
"Hard to say! When he signed up, his sect and path were all kept a secret. He is a true demonic cultivator, he should not have a sect, his path should be refinement path. "
Everyone guessed.
Of course, their guesses were not accurate at all.
Fang Yuan's main path was strength path, it had nothing to do with refinement path. He also had an official sect identity, he belonged to Crane Gate, one of the ten great ancient sects of Central Continent.
If everyone knew that the ruthless demon in front of them was someone from Crane Gate, who knew what expressions they would have.
A moment later, Fang Yuan succeeded, the two ghost fires fused back into one.
The final few steps were carried out in an orderly manner, there were no more accidents.
Eventually, the ghost fire dissipated, and ten ghost fire Gu flew out.
There was a hush outside, no one spoke.
Flying Frost Sect's elder's expression was ashen, he announced helplessly: "The Gu refinement was successful, it took less than thirty minutes, first place goes to — Fang Yuan."
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