126: Chapter 126 This isn't just weapon crafting; it's practically a creation of nature!

Ordinary human strength could not even budge it, let alone shift it by half an inch.

But just now, it had shaken on its own, causing many to immediately suspect a tremor in the ley lines.

However, it returned to silence after a few breaths, which felt even more eerie.

"Your Master was right," Su Rui suddenly spoke.

His voice was not loud, yet it drew everyone's gaze toward him.

King Li Su frowned slightly: "What was right?"

"This is not an object that can be achieved by mortal forging techniques," Su Rui said slowly. "This is the method of refining a Magic Treasure.

If you can grasp the essence of the 'Ten Essentials of Artifact Refining', perhaps you too can see the clues."

As soon as these words were spoken, King Li Su was instantly stunned.

Not a technique of the human world?

What does this mean?

While everyone looked at each other, Su Rui lightly raised his hand.

In an instant, a faint light shimmered on the surface of the giant sword, and a long sword that was pure white and seemed both ethereal and solid suddenly flew out, floating quietly before him.

Everyone present stared with wide eyes, their faces full of bewilderment.

"This is a Sword Spirit," Su Rui said calmly. "It is not an ordinary artifact spirit, but the Incarnation of a sentient sword that can manifest outside the body."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword body, which was flowing with white light, hummed softly, sounding like the gentle swaying of wind chimes, clear and pleasant to the ear.

To everyone's amazement, they actually heard a hint of joy in it.

A sword actually seemed to have emotions?

"This... this is?" King Li Su murmured, his pupils shrinking slightly.

In all his years, he had never heard of a Sword Spirit being able to materialize in such a way.

The white shadow circled around Su Rui for a moment before suddenly turning back, merging into the giant sword and disappearing.

"Your Sword Heart Tomb should have preserved many records from the Early Stage of its founding, right?" Su Rui turned and asked.

"Naturally," King Li Su nodded.

"I want to see them."

"You are welcome anytime, no problem at all," King Li Su agreed readily; this was not a taboo matter.

Su Rui said no more, but with his hands behind his back, he walked slowly toward a deep cave on one side.

King Li Su and the others hurried to follow.

"People of the Upper Realm..." someone repeated in a low voice, a wave of emotion rising in their heart.

Does that mean... Immortals?

"It is said that hundreds of years ago, Upper Realm Cultivators frequently descended to this realm, only to be stopped at the Heaven's Gate by a peerless powerhouse of this world. With a single sword strike, he severed the passage between the two realms!"

This long-standing rumor surfaced in Su Rui's mind.

He hadn't taken it to heart before, treating it as a myth circulating among the common folk that wasn't worth believing.

But the giant sword in the underground magma lake of Sword Heart Tomb was clearly a Magic Treasure forged using advanced Artifact Refining methods—this forced one to think deeply.

If it were true, then the so-called Upper Realm might not be a lie.

There should be relevant records within Sword Heart Tomb.

Su Rui's tone was calm and he didn't say much, but every word was like thunder, shaking people's hearts.

King Li Su and Li Xinyue were stunned, their breathing becoming slightly shallower.

Li Hanyi and the other woman were frozen in place, their eyes filled with amazement.

"What is this place?" Su Rui looked at the cave entrance before him and asked in a low voice.

"It should be a treasure trove, or a warehouse for storing Materials!" King Li Su immediately responded.

"Let's go in and see."

Su Rui stepped inside, saying as he walked: "The 'Ten Essentials of Artifact Refining' I taught you is also the fundamental method for refining Magical Artifacts; you might as well study it carefully in the future."

"Of course," King Li Su nodded in agreement.

Even if Su Rui hadn't said it, he would have devoted himself to studying it.

But these words caused a stir in the hearts of the four people behind them.

They looked at Su Rui's tall back, and clouds of doubt quietly rose in their minds.

—Could the methods he mastered really come from the Upper Realm?

He had said before that certain Artifact Refining techniques were passed down from the Upper Realm.

And now the 'Ten Essentials of Artifact Refining' he taught happened to belong to the same system...

Combining the two, wouldn't that mean...

"Teacher... could it be that you are from the Upper Realm?"

While others were still hesitating, Li Hanyi had already blurted it out.

But she had already made up her mind: no matter where Su Rui came from, she would not leave his side.

"No, I am not from the Upper Realm," Su Rui shook his head in denial.

"It is precisely because of this that I want to find out for sure.

There might be clues left at the Heaven's Gate, and this time the Demonic Cult's eastward advance also vaguely shows the shadow of the Heaven's Gate.

Once this matter is concluded, I plan to make a trip there myself."

Hearing him personally deny it, Li Hanyi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand holding his arm tightened slightly.

King Li Su and Li Xinyue likewise felt a weight lift from their hearts.

If Su Rui really came from the high-and-mighty Upper Realm, there would inevitably be a sense of distance and constraint in their future interactions.

Inside the cave, the lanterns flickered, and rows of wooden shelves were neatly arranged, with various items placed on each shelf.

"These are all rare Materials brought by those who came to seek swords in the past, and some were collected by Sword Heart Tomb itself.

Because these Materials are too special—earth fire cannot melt them, hammers leave no mark, and they cannot be refined—they are temporarily stored here," King Li Su explained.

Su Rui nodded slightly and casually picked up a piece of silver-white metal the size of a pebble, but it felt heavy in his hand, weighing at least a hundred jin.

"This seems to be something left by a Celestial Meteorite that fell from the sky." Seeing Su Rui's focused expression, King Li Su hurriedly added, "It is extremely difficult to refine; earth fire can only burn it until it is glowing red, but once it is hammered, there is no change."

Su Rui did not speak; he held his palm flat and spread his fingers, steadily supporting the metal in front of him.

Everyone watched intently, not knowing what he intended to do.

Suddenly, a ball of golden light ignited from his palm, the flames dancing with a brilliant radiance, and a heat wave instantly swept across the surroundings.

The metal was enveloped by the flames and actually began to float up slowly.

Under everyone's shocked gazes, the originally indestructible silver-white object began to turn red and soften, gradually turning into a hot liquid sphere with red light flowing inside, glowing with a piercing brightness.

Immediately afterward, under the surrounding flames, that mass of metal actually stretched and elongated as if it had life, shaping into the form of a long sword in an instant.

The golden flames extinguished, the sword body cooled rapidly, and a silver-white, sharply glinting sword hung quietly in the air before gently falling into Su Rui's hand.

King Li Su stood dazed on the spot.

In his memory, this piece of metal had been set aside in Sword Heart Tomb for many years, and countless craftsmen had tried to refine it, all ending in failure.

The rarer the material, the more likely it is to forge a divine weapon, but this object was exceptionally stubborn and could not be moved by human strength.

Yet now, in Su Rui's hands, it had turned into a fully formed sword in just a few moments.

Su Rui held the sword in his hand and flicked the blade with his finger.

Ding—

A clear sword hum echoed through the stone chamber, the sound quality pure and the resonance long-lasting.

As soon as King Li Su heard it, he knew that this sword was flawless throughout, without any Impurities, and its quality had reached the absolute peak.

How is this Artifact Refining? It is simply like the work of creation!

"Want to try it out?"

Su Rui handed the long sword in his hand to Li Hanyi.

Li Hanyi took the sword, her wrist sinking slightly, and she frowned slightly.

This sword looked delicate on the outside, but it was actually incredibly heavy.

Although her cultivation was not weak, her strength was not particularly outstanding; she felt it was a struggle after lifting it twice and had to turn around and hand it to her grandfather.

"It's too heavy..." she said in a low voice, a trace of embarrassment crossing her face.

King Li Su took it with both hands, supporting it with his palms; the veins on his arms stood out slightly as he fixed his gaze on the sword body, examining it closely.

The entire sword was cast as a single piece; Sword Heart Tomb also had this method, but it had extremely high requirements for the Materials.

As he looked at the one before him, he became more and more amazed, and only two words surfaced in his mind—Peerless Grade!

Only "Peerless Grade" was worthy of it.

However, that was only referring to the beauty of its form.

As for the spirituality and Concept within the sword, he did not sense them.

But this was already expected, as the time was too short after all.

"If you were willing to devote yourself to the Dao of sword forging, your future achievements would surely surpass mine by many times," King Li Su couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"No need, I really don't have much interest in these things," Su Rui smiled and waved his hand.

His purpose in coming this time was to see if the 'Ten Essentials of Artifact Refining' he passed to King Li Su yesterday could trigger a return effect.

As a result, he didn't get a Cultivation Technique in return, but instead got a flame seed—the Gengjin Divine Fire, one of the Five Elements Divine Fires.

After a brief trial, its power was satisfying.

Hearing that Su Rui had no intention of pursuing the art of forging, King Li Su inevitably felt disappointed.

But on second thought, it was also reasonable.

The path of sword forging is tedious and arduous; not everyone can endure the loneliness.

Furthermore, Su Rui's own strength had already reached the Transcendent level; if there was no passion to support it, why would he throw himself into this?

It was just that the golden flame that had risen from his palm just now was truly captivating.

"That kind of flame... could it be some special Cultivation Technique?" Li Xinyue couldn't help but ask.

"That is the Gengjin Divine Fire," Su Rui smiled faintly.

He walked around Sword Heart Tomb and finally found the true treasure that had drawn him here.

Gengjin Divine Fire?

Everyone repeated the name in a low voice, only feeling that its Aura was extraordinary.

And they had already seen its power with their own eyes—even the silver-white metal that earth fire could not melt had rapidly softened and deformed under that golden flame.

While they were discussing, Su Rui had already returned with something from a corner.

It was a black stone, unremarkable in appearance, about the size of a fist, with an uneven surface, looking like a piece of scrap picked up at random.

"What is this?" King Li Su narrowed his eyes, trying hard to remember if there was such an item in the storehouse.

Su Rui's lips curled up slightly, and he gave his fist a shake; a jade pendant suddenly appeared in his palm.

"Master, this is...?" Mu Liangyue's eyes flashed with surprise.

It was not unusual for jade to be hidden in stone, but it was quite rare for a finely carved jade pendant to be hidden inside a stone.

" I can't say for sure, but it's worth looking into." Su Rui stroked the jade pendant; it felt warm and smooth to the touch, and it was indeed a piece of top-quality jade.

But he knew that this object was definitely not as simple as just jade.

"I'm taking this thing, is that okay?" He looked toward King Li Su.

"Of course!" King Li Su hurriedly shook his head. "Now the entire Sword Heart Tomb belongs to you; you may take any item within it as you please."

"I won't take it for nothing," Su Rui pondered for a moment. "There are many rare Materials here that you cannot use; if there is a need, I can help you process them."

"Are you planning to melt and re-forge all of these?" Li Xinyue followed up curiously.

"Not exactly." Su Rui smiled and suddenly raised a finger, pointing toward King Li Su.

King Li Su's heart tightened, but his body did not move.

"Heart Flame Formula?"

He was stunned for a moment before reacting, his eyes filled with doubt.

"This is a fire control method, and also a cultivation method, but that is not the point." As soon as Su Rui finished speaking, a bright golden flame suddenly rose from his palm, and a wisp of flame separated from it, shooting straight toward King Li Su.