Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 481: Chapter 239: Ice and Fire Shared Furnace

However, with Chen Cheng’s method of Cultivation, even if he managed to cultivate the Frost Snow Sword Stance and Frost Snow Realm, the end result would only be a simple consolidation of the two.

The Frost Snow Sword Technique passed down by the Great Dao Sect had a Fundamental Diagram that depicted a world of ice and snow. Snowflakes danced across the sky, and a vast, white frost-mist permeated the air.

A figure in white would appear and disappear within the swirling snow and mist.

If one were to immerse their mind and perceive it, they would vaguely discover that the white-robed figure held a longsword. With every swing, it could draw in and absorb the ice-cold aura.

Finally, the longsword would slowly dissolve into this world of ice and snow; the longsword *was* the falling snow, *was* the frost-mist.

The white-robed figure would suddenly vanish, transforming into the falling snow and frost-mist.

The snow and mist would abruptly condense. This world would become an indivisible whole, a realm of ultimate, crushing cold that would freeze everything.

The white-robed, sword-wielding figure would ultimately be frozen in place within this sealed world of ice.

With but a thought, he could once again conjure ice and freeze anything, anywhere within this world.

This was the *Frost and Snow Ice Seal Map*.

Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang were only able to forcibly condense the Frost Snow Realm and begin to wield its freezing power because they had vaguely perceived the true meaning of the *Frost and Snow Ice Seal Map* through the surface appearance of the snow and mist.

Based on their understanding of the Frost Snow Realm, they could sense that with a Cultivation method like Chen Cheng’s, even if he could condense an ice-cold aura, it would just be a lifeless, dead thing, completely lacking Spirituality.

It couldn’t be controlled at will or used to unleash its freezing power.

In terms of the Realm’s Fundamental Diagram, the final destination of Chen Cheng’s Cultivation would also be a world of ice and snow, but it would be a world without that white-robed figure.

To put it concretely, the ice-cold aura condensed through cultivating with the *Frost and Snow Ice Seal Map* could be freely mobilized, circulated, and transformed.

But the ice-cold aura condensed by Chen Cheng’s method would be completely motionless. Even if it solidified into a block of ice, it would just stay in place.

If the ice solidified mid-air, it would simply fall to the ground!

If it solidified over his head, it would naturally fall and smash him on the head!

For Chen Cheng to cultivate like this was no longer just neglecting the fundamentals for trivialities; it was taking the dregs and discarding the essence!

Who in this world would ever practice a Cultivation Technique that just creates a block of ice to drop on their own head?

If there was one tiny advantage to Chen Cheng’s method, it was that condensing the ice-cold aura was easier and could be achieved quickly.

One wouldn’t even need much insight into the ice-cold aura. It could be forcibly condensed without even reaching the level where one could see the Power of Heaven and Earth Origin within the aura.

After contemplating for a long while, Shen Qingshuang, much like Shen Qingyao, let out a soft sigh and said,

"Junior Brother Chen is planning to use the moves of the Frost Snow Sword Technique, combined with his Great Power Realm, to forcibly compress and condense the ice-cold aura!

What kind of Frost Snow Sword Technique is that?"

After the time it took to drink half a cup of tea, Chen Cheng came back to his senses and saw that the Shen Family Ancestor, Shen Zhaoyi, was still staring blankly into space.

He decided not to disturb him. Instead, he smiled at Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang and said:

"Senior Sister Qingyao, Senior Sister Qingshuang, I have some other matters to attend to, so I’ll be taking my leave now."

"Did you come all the way to Ice Castle just to practice the Frost Snow Sword Technique so haphazardly, Junior Brother Chen?"

Shen Qingyao asked, her beautiful eyes blinking.

"I wouldn’t call it haphazard!" Chen Cheng chuckled, then added, "Oh, right. Senior Sister Qingyao, I also need to borrow a Cold Crystal Jade from you for a while."

"You’re the one who obtained the Cold Crystal Jade in the first place, just take it!" Shen Qingyao pouted, pulling a Jade Box from her robes and handing it to Chen Cheng.

’In her eyes, Junior Brother Chen has undoubtedly succumbed to Demonic Possession!

’As if practicing the Frost Snow Sword Technique so recklessly wasn’t enough, now he wants to use the Cold Crystal Jade to speed up his Cultivation. This is utterly absurd!

’Forget it. With Junior Brother Chen’s personality, there’s no talking him out of it.

’He’ll regret it once he realizes this method of Cultivation is just a waste of effort!’

Shen Qingyao thought to herself.

...

Chen Cheng returned to the Zheng Martial Arts Hall and entered the True Disciple residences. Instead of going back to his own courtyard, he went straight to the courtyard in the Xuanwu position.

The first wing-room to the left of the main building in the courtyard had been converted into a smithy.

The smithy was personally built by Mr. Luo. The melting furnace, anvil, water trough, oil trough, and all other necessary equipment were more or less ready.

When Chen Cheng entered the workshop, Mr. Luo was squatting in a corner, tinkering with a bellows.

"Ah Cheng, did you manage to trade for all those materials?" Luo Tiezhu’s eyes lit up when he saw Chen Cheng walk in shouldering a large bundle, and he asked.

"Mhm." Chen Cheng nodded, placing the bundle on the ground beside him. "The Demon Suppression Department has everything. I had plenty of Merit, so I just exchanged for it all.

And I got two portions of every material."

"Whoa! You’re quite the big spender!" Luo Tiezhu exclaimed. He opened the bundle, pulled out two Tier Five Flood Dragon Tendons, and clicked his tongue.

"These Tier Five Flood Dragon Tendons... each one is worth at least a few thousand taels of silver. Only a place like the Demon Suppression Department would have so many in stock!"

After speaking, Luo Tiezhu compared the two, picked the shorter Flood Dragon Tendon, and began to polish it, preparing to install it on the bellows.

Smelting Ink Crystal Stone was far more difficult than Chen Cheng had imagined.

The melting furnace and other tools all had to be meticulously designed and built. Even the bellows required a Tier Five Flood Dragon Tendon to make it more stable and durable.

In addition, smelting the Ink Crystal Stone required all sorts of other top-tier materials, such as a Red Fire Lizard Crystal Core, Tier Five Flame Turtle Blood, and so on.

Besides these top-tier materials, they also needed over a thousand pounds of Black Gold Ore.

Most of this Black Gold Ore was purchased by Chen Cheng from the Black Market; the rest he had just exchanged for at the Demon Suppression Department.

With all these materials, combined with Luo Tiezhu’s masterful skills, they had enough to smelt the Ink Crystal Stone and Black Gold to forge a set of Ink Gold Inner Armor.

However, Luo Tiezhu had stated that since this was the first time in his life forging such a treasure, he wanted to strive for perfection and directly create the Ink Gold Inner Armor as a Pseudo-Spiritual Artifact with a hint of Spirituality.

He had never even forged a treasure like the Ink Gold Inner Armor before. To aim even higher and create a Pseudo-Spiritual Artifact on his first try was undoubtedly a massive challenge!

To succeed in this challenge, Luo Tiezhu planned to design a legendary Ice and Fire Dual Furnace for the smelting process.

In Luo Tiezhu’s own words, this Ice and Fire Dual Furnace Technique was a method used only by Artifact Refining Masters.

Only by successfully using the Ice and Fire Dual Furnace Technique once to forge a Pseudo-Spiritual Artifact could he, Luo Tiezhu, be considered a true Artifact Refining Master.

Then, his life would have been worthwhile!

The Ice and Fire Dual Furnace Technique naturally required the cooperation of a blazing furnace and an ice-cold aura.

As for the blazing furnace, Luo Tiezhu could handle that by using various top-tier materials.

But the ice-cold aura was much more difficult. It would be best to have the cooperation of a Martial Artist who had mastered an Ice Cold Realm.

Luo Tiezhu’s intention was for Chen Cheng to ask the Shen Family for help.

At first, Chen Cheng had also considered asking Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang for help. Although the two sisters had not yet cultivated the Frost Snow Realm, they could still condense an ice-cold aura with the help of the Cold Crystal Jade.

However, after asking in detail about the requirements for the ice-cold aura, Chen Cheng changed his mind and decided to try cultivating the Frost Snow Sword Technique himself to condense it.

His Cultivation trip to the Shen Family this time had gone quite smoothly. It wouldn’t take more than a few days for him to cultivate the Frost Snow Sword Stance, which would be enough to condense an ice-cold aura with the Cold Crystal Jade.

"Ah Cheng, in three days, the smithy should be ready.

Have you prepared the ice-cold aura?"

Luo Tiezhu asked while continuing to work.

"Shouldn’t be a problem," Chen Cheng said with a nod.

...

For three consecutive days, Chen Cheng was in seclusion, cultivating the version of the Frost Snow Sword Technique he had modified through his panel.

This version of the Frost Snow Sword Technique was less of a swordsmanship and more of a Dharma Gate for forcibly condensing an ice-cold aura.

The Cultivation Progress was much faster than the orthodox Frost Snow Sword Technique.

On the first day, Chen Cheng cultivated it to the Perfect Level.

On the second day, he had already cultivated the Frost Snow Sword Stance—a Frost Snow Sword Stance with a progress bar, of course.

With this level of progress, Chen Cheng could activate his Qi Blood Power and was already able to use the Frost Snow Sword Stance to preliminarily condense an ice-cold aura.

On the third day, the progress bar for his Frost Snow Sword Stance was over halfway full. By forcibly activating his Qi Blood Power and using the Cold Crystal Jade, the ice-cold aura he condensed could form a thin layer of ice, already approaching ten percent of the power of the Frost Snow Realm.

An ice-cold aura of this level already met the initial requirements for the Ice and Fire Dual Furnace Technique.

On the morning of the fourth day, Chen Cheng and Luo Tiezhu dove headfirst into the smithy and began smelting the Ink Crystal Stone.

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