Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 179 - 169: A Thorough Defeat

Spiritual patterns emerged from Qin Qing’s fingertips, radiating brilliant light as they seeped into the artifact refining furnace.

"Humming..."

The artifact embryo quivered lightly, and with the branding of spiritual patterns, it began to take on a lively essence.

Gradually, the artifact embryo seemed to come to life.

Afterward, the artifact embryo floated up within the artifact refining furnace, hovering in the space inside the alchemy furnace.

As Qin Qing continued to etch spiritual patterns onto it, the appearance of the flying sword became clearer and clearer. The flying sword began to rotate and flip incessantly within the artifact refining furnace, accompanied by the occasional sound of sword cries whistling out...

Time kept on passing.

Qin Qing’s speed also became faster and faster.

This technique of spiritual patterns left by Senior Cang Qingzi seemed to be tailor-made for Qin Qing.

This technique of spiritual patterns was called the Thousand Refinements Technique.

Thousand refinements, thousand refinements, a thousand hammers and a hundred foldings.

The most important feature was that each stroke of the spiritual patterns had to follow immediately after the previous one, and as time passed, not only would the speed not slow down, but it would instead become faster and faster.

Therefore, the Thousand Refinements Technique required the Spiritual Pattern Master to have an abundantly vigorous spiritual power, in addition to far surpassing the usual physical strength demands.

And these requirements, for Qin Qing, who had undergone Dragon Soul Tempering and awakened the Dragon Blood Physique, were simply tailor-made.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour...

An hour, two hours, and then three more hours passed!

Almost at the sixth hour, Qin Qing’s eyes suddenly flickered with dazzling sharpness.

Then he clapped his hands.

The ancient bronze lid of the artifact refining furnace popped open with a loud noise. Qin Qing casually flicked, sending the lid flying aside, landing on a nearby table.

And from that furnace cauldron, an extremely dazzling azure light shot out.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of cutting through the air came at the same time.

A tiny azure flying sword, about the size of a forefinger, flew out, hovering in the air in front of Qin Qing.

The body of the sword trembled continuously, its sword light surging, emitting an extremely sharp aura as if it could cut through the void itself.

"It’s complete!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Then, everyone voiced their astonishment.

"It really is complete, a flying sword has been successfully forged."

"This young man is truly formidable to have forged a flying sword in such a short time. Moreover, the grade of this flying sword doesn’t seem low at all."

"What ’young man’? Are you worthy of brotherhood with Master Qin? This is Master Qin who will soon preside over the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion. Don’t try to ingratiate yourself here."

"Master Qin, I’m willing to pay a substantial sum to request your help in forging a spiritual treasure!"

"Master Qin, I’m willing to offer five sets of materials for you to help me forge a similar flying sword!"

"Master Qin, I’m willing to give ten sets of materials, plus a hundred spirit stones!"

"Master Qin, my family has a young daughter, who is just eighteen..."

A variety of compliments and requests converged all at once. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

However, Qin Qing’s expression remained unchanged. He beckoned lightly, and the azure flying sword hovering before him flew to his fingertip, spinning smoothly as it traced lines of azure, forming a sequence of azure light rays — it was quite a sight to behold.

"Go!"

With a flick of Qin Qing’s finger, the flying sword, initially just the length of a finger, expanded in the wind, stretching to over three feet, its blade edge keenly defined, its body exquisitely natural.

The azure flying sword circled in the air and then returned to Qin Qing’s side, orbiting around him like an agile little Azure Dragon.

"Miss Hongxue, Master Chen, my flying sword has been successfully forged!" Qin Qing said, bowing to Hongxue and Master Chen.

"Very good!" Hongxue nodded with a smile, her expression even more ebullient than before.

Even Master Chen, who was always solemn, couldn’t help but let a smile creep across his face.

He walked over, took Qin Qing’s flying sword, and inspected it closely, his eyes showing an expression that grew increasingly splendid, even reflecting an inconceivable shock.

"Miss!" Master Chen then handed the flying sword to Hongxue.

Hongxue, upon seeing Master Chen’s expression, felt puzzled. And then, after carefully examining the Flying Sword, she exhibited an equally incredulous look.

On the other side, Fang Yi had just finished casting the mold.

He hadn’t even started engraving the first Spiritual Pattern.

By this time, his face had become extremely unsightly, for he had witnessed with his own eyes that Qin Qing had already successfully crafted the Flying Sword.

"How is this possible?"

"This must not be real..."

Fang Yi felt it was all too surreal.

Just six hours, and that brat had actually crafted a Flying Sword?

Moreover, Fang Yi could roughly tell that the grade of the Flying Sword Qin Qing crafted was definitely not low.

Fang Yi had no confidence that the Flying Sword he crafted could match up to Qin Qing’s.

He had crafted many Third Rank Spiritual Treasures, at least three to five hundred pieces, but the number that could truly reach the level of Qin Qing’s Flying Sword, he feared, could be counted on one hand.

"How does this guy possess such profound Spiritual Pattern Technique?"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

The more Fang Yi thought about it, the more disordered his mind became, and his hands began to tremble.

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

A loud noise came from the Artifact Refining Furnace.

Following that, flames shot into the sky, and shock waves tumbled.

The lid of the Artifact Refining Furnace had actually exploded off, and flames spewed out like dragons and snakes.

"The furnace exploded!"

Someone shouted.

An explosion of the furnace meant that there was a problem during the refining process, with chaotic airflow, or there was a problem with the materials, leading to an explosion.

It was clear that just then, Fang Yi’s state of mind had been disturbed, and he made a mistake during the de-molding process after completing the casting, causing the explosion of the furnace.

At this moment, Fang Yi was covered in soot and grime, his face scorched black, from the fire that had erupted from the furnace.

"Hahahaha..."

All the people around couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Even Qin Shuang covered her mouth with her small hand, snickering secretly.

It was not that Qin Shuang was taking pleasure in Fang Yi’s misfortune, but his current appearance was truly comical.

His entire face had turned to charcoal, with only a pair of eyes and the white of his teeth showing when he opened his mouth.

"Fang Yi, I think, just as you said before, there is no longer any need to continue this Spiritual Pattern contest with Qin Qing!" Master Chen said to Fang Yi with a cold voice.

Fang Yi was speechless.

At this point, he knew that he had lost thoroughly.

"Fang Yi, now if I call you a so-called master, there shouldn’t be any problem, right? Do I have the qualifications to say that to you?" Qin Qing also asked.

Fang Yi fell silent once more.

In fact, he had been thoroughly convinced of his defeat.

Considering the Spiritual Pattern Technique that Qin Qing had demonstrated, even referring to him as a so-called master was probably no issue at all.

"Miss Hongxue, Master Chen. I, Fang Yi, have lost this Spiritual Pattern contest!"

Without answering Qin Qing, Fang Yi spoke to Master Chen and Hongxue instead: "However, please, on the account of my mentorship under Master Mo Kong, let me continue to stay at the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion. I am willing to work without any salary, even freely crafting Elixirs and Spiritual Treasures for the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion..."

Hongxue couldn’t help but show a hesitant expression upon hearing Fang Yi’s words.

It wasn’t the offer to stay for free that made her hesitate, but rather because of Elder Mo Kong...

Mo Kong could be said to be the leading Spiritual Pattern Master stationed in Luochuan for the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion.

If they offended Mo Kong over a minor figure like Fang Yi, it probably would not be worth the loss!

But just then, Qin Qing spoke up again: "I’ve said before, if Mo Kong truly had you as a disciple, then he must also be ashamed of you!"

Before the echo of Qin Qing’s voice had faded, a voice transmitted: "Qin Qing is right. Fang Yi, I, Mo Kong, have never admitted that you were my disciple! When did I, Mo Kong, ever have such an apprentice?"