The Abyss Canyon was incomparably huge …
After tens of thousands of people and thousands of years of digging, it had formed an incomparably huge underground maze.
According to the map, the Abyss Canyon had 108 levels, each level spanning over a thousand miles.
From the entrance of the canyon to the Windless Abyss, the total distance was over a hundred thousand miles.
If it was on the surface, perhaps this distance wouldn't be so exaggerated. If he really sped up, he could reach it very quickly.
However, this wasn't the surface, but the underground!
Although the mine was incomparably wide, it was winding and there was almost no straight path. Therefore, he couldn't increase his speed.
As he went deeper, the frequency of cave rats appearing increased, and their numbers also increased. Gradually, Gu Man was unable to cope with it.
If it was just the number of rats increasing, perhaps it wouldn't be a big problem. If the frequency increased, he could also cope with it. The key was that he had to maintain a vigilant state for a long time, and Gu Man's mind couldn't keep up.
Concentrating on one thing for a long time could easily cause fatigue. This wasn't just physical fatigue, it was mental fatigue.
However, for three days and three nights, Chu Xingyun didn't come out to replace Gu Man. Gu Man still drove the carriage and dealt with the cave rats that appeared from time to time. He didn't dare to relax for even a second.
Finally, Gu Man felt that he had reached his limit. Although his physical strength could barely keep up, his mind was so tired that he wanted to die. If he didn't rest, he suspected that he would fall into a coma at any time.
Although he was embarrassed, Gu Man still turned around and lightly knocked on the carriage door. When he was about to open his mouth to speak, the curtain opened and Chu Xingyun handed over a wine gourd.
Gu Man took the wine gourd in shock. Seeing the curtain close, Gu Man only felt bitterness in his mouth and didn't know what to say.
Opening the wine gourd, Gu Man drank a large mouthful of strong wine.
When the strong wine entered his throat, suddenly … an incomparably cool feeling rose from his throat and went all the way down to his stomach.
Afterwards, the cool air flowed from his Dantian down to his Yongquan and up to his Baihui, cleansing his entire body.
Under the cool air flow, his tired body seemed to have been reborn and was filled with vitality.
Not only his body, even his mind was filled with vitality. His fatigue was swept away.
However, although his body and mind had recovered, there was no way to treat the fatigue in his mind and consciousness.
Although his heart was in pain, Gu Man wouldn't complain. Since his body and spirit could withstand it, no matter what, he couldn't open his mouth and show weakness.
As the carriage slowly moved forward, Gu Man still maintained his concentration. He constantly jumped up from the shaft of the carriage and sent the cave rats flying. He couldn't relax for even a second.
In the carriage, Li Chunfeng was drinking wine while reading a book.
During this trip, Chu Xingyun bought a large number of books on basic subjects at Li Chunfeng's request for Li Chunfeng to relieve his boredom.
Along the way, the three of them passed by more than ten cities. Every time they arrived at a city, Chu Xingyun would go to the library there and buy a large number of books.
Until now, there were ten rows of bookshelves in Chu Xingyun's reincarnation space. Each row was filled with tens of thousands of books.
After a hundred years, Li Chunfeng had developed a good habit of reading. He couldn't stand not reading for a day.
As for Chu Xingyun, he also hoped that Li Chunfeng could read more books on basic subjects. That way, he would be able to help Chu Xingyun temper his foundation.
As for Chu Xingyun, he naturally didn't leave his hands without wine. With a spirit wine like the Essence of Ice, anyone who didn't drink would be a fool.
Basically, drinking wine was cultivating. Its efficiency was even higher than concentrating on cultivating.
Furthermore, drinking wine had another advantage. He didn't need to eat or excrete. All of his time could be used to travel.
Apart from drinking wine, Chu Xingyun's entire mind was focused on studying the nine-patterned emperor artifact carriage.
Although on the surface it seemed that the carriage only had nine patterns, the more he studied it, the more he found that it wasn't simple.
Although the carriage was refined from ordinary wood, upon closer inspection, one would discover that the refinement method of the carriage was too cumbersome and complicated.
The material was indeed ordinary. However, when an ordinary piece of material was densely engraved with Dao patterns, that piece of material was extraordinary.
The entire carriage was indeed a nine-patterned emperor artifact.
However, if the carriage was disassembled, it could be divided into three hundred and sixty-five one-patterned King Artifacts!
That's right. The truth was that exaggerated. Even a screw on the carriage was a king artifact! It wasn't just a simple screw.
To be more specific …
Three one-patterned emperor artifacts combined to form a two-patterned emperor artifact accessory.
Three two-patterned emperor artifacts combined to form a three-patterned emperor artifact accessory.
In the end, a total of three hundred and sixty-five One-Patterned Monarch Weapons were combined into a Nine-Patterned Monarch Weapon!
What astonished Chu Xingyun the most was that these three hundred and sixty-five one-patterned King Artifacts were not simply matched. Instead, they followed a certain pattern, a certain law, in order to achieve the desired effect.
365 one-patterned emperor artifacts couldn't be pieced together to form a nine-patterned emperor artifact. Even 36,500 one-patterned emperor artifacts couldn't be pieced together, let alone 365 one-patterned emperor artifacts.
Therefore, to Chu Xingyun, the most important thing was to figure out the pattern and principle.
As long as he could figure out the pattern and principle, Chu Xingyun would be able to use ordinary materials to refine a nine-patterned emperor artifact!
However, although low-grade materials could be used to refine a nine-patterned emperor artifact, they couldn't really replace rare materials.
There were three major drawbacks to this refining method.
The first drawback was that because the materials were ordinary, their strength was very low. Therefore, a nine-patterned emperor artifact was basically a one-use item. After being used once, it would break.
The second drawback was that it consumed too much time and energy. The investment wasn't proportional to the output.
It would take 365 one-patterned emperor artifacts to form a nine-patterned emperor artifact.
A nine-patterned emperor artifact could be refined in a month.
Three hundred and sixty-five one-patterned King Artifacts would take at least three years to refine.
The difference between refining a permanent emperor artifact in a month and refining a one-use emperor artifact in three years was too big.
The third drawback was that it was expensive to make.
Although only ordinary materials were used, the cost wasn't just the materials. It also included the cost of manpower.
Even if the materials were free, the cost of manpower was definitely not worth it.
Take Chu Xingyun as an example. How could he spend three years to refine a one-use nine-patterned emperor artifact?
No matter what he did in three years, he would be able to earn at least ten emperor artifacts. Moreover, they would be permanent.
One-use, time-consuming, and expensive. These three drawbacks determined that this method was destined to be useless.
Therefore, Chu Xingyun's dream of mass-producing nine-patterned emperor artifacts was destined to be shattered.
However, even so, Chu Xingyun did not give up on studying the carriage, nor did he give up on exploring the set of mysterious rules and techniques.
Even if he didn't use this method to refine a one-use emperor artifact, he could use another perspective to understand the mysteries of weapon refining.
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