Immortal Father - Chapter 39.2 - Ping'an Finally Becomes Famous

“Yes!” Wei Yanzi immediately stood up, cupped his hands, and bowed to the three sides. “Elders, the elders of the Cultivation Guidance Hall have approved Ping’an’s cultivation of immortal spells and techniques.

“After I became an immortal in the Flowing Cloud Temple, I’ve never told anyone. Although Ping’an’s aptitude is insufficient, he started cultivating as an adult, and his cultivation progress is indeed relatively slow, he has an exquisite Dao Heart and truly astonishing comprehension ability. It only took him a year to master the prerequisite spells and techniques of the Cloud Mimicry Spell.

“He wanted to learn, and I vouched for him, so he could cultivate them.

“I believe everyone has seen during the competition that Ping’an is extremely talented in the Dao of Spells, the Dao of Talismans, and the Dao of Arrays!

“How can the sect not value such a disciple?”

Wei Yanzi was so happy!

He had been holding back these words for two and a half years!

The surrounding immortals nodded.

Li Ping’an had only entered the sect for three years, and his cultivation level was much lower than other disciples’. If he had a cultivation at the middle stage of the Void Refinement realm, with his immortal spells, talisman array, and Spirit Explosion Art, the top three of the Heaven Roll would have been as easy as taking out something from his pocket.

The inner sect elder in charge of this matter looked at the Opening Cloud Peak immortals. “Do you have any objections to this explanation?”

Wang Zaizhi’s master hurriedly said, “No objections.”

The inner sect elder continued, “Second, why did the sect give a disciple so many magic artifacts? According to the sect rules, the spirit stones and precious materials that a disciple can obtain are far from enough to refine so many magic artifacts. During the battle, Li Ping’an used hundreds of magic artifacts.”

Li Ping’an cupped his hands and moved forward. “Elder! Please ask the third question first. Allow me to report the second issue later.”

“Alright.” The elder nodded. “Third… This is somewhat nonsensical. Several immortals of Opening Cloud Peak said that you prioritize techniques and neglect the Dao and that it’s easy to bring a bad trend to the sect.”

Li Ping’an smiled. “I am just too weak, and my Dao is too shallow. But I have never neglected my cultivation. Junior Sister Mu, whom I’m familiar with, can testify.”

Mu Ningning didn’t have stage fright. Hearing this, she immediately jumped out, cupped her hands, and bowed to the elder. “I have known Senior Brother Ping’an for a long time, and I’m ashamed about my cultivation in front of him.

“When Senior Brother Ping’an was at the Qi Refinement realm, he had already comprehended the method of self-circulation. Then he cultivated every day and persevered. Even though I acknowledged a master, even with her meticulous guidance, Senior Brother Ping’an’s cultivation progress had always been ahead of mine.

“It is nonsense to say that Senior Brother Ping’an prioritizes techniques and neglects the Dao!”

The inner sect elder stroked his beard and smiled. When he spoke to Mu Ningning, his voice was much gentler. “Your courage is not bad. Listen from the side.”

“Yes!” Mu Ningning bowed again and returned behind the female immortals of Rosy Cloud Peak. Her clenched fists were full of sweat.

The elder asked, “Immortals of Opening Cloud Peak, do you have any objections?”

“No objections.” Wang Zaizhi’s master sighed. “We were in a fit of anger yesterday, so we acted foolishly. It’s really not right to make things difficult for a disciple. Elder, please punish us.”

The inner sect elder nodded slowly. “Since you have admitted your mistake, then this matter—”

“Wait!” A well-known outer sect elder frowned. “Shouldn’t there be some explanation for the second issue?”

The hall immediately became so silent that a pin drop became audible.

Li Dazhi, who had been standing by the side with a smile, gradually stopped smiling. Frowning, he looked at the elder and was about to step forward.

“Yes!” Li Ping’an took two steps forward and bowed to the sect master. “I have a new artificing method to dedicate to the sect! This will explain why I can take out hundreds of magic artifacts to fight!”

The elders, immortals, and disciples had different expressions when they heard this.

They were all watching for fun, but many people frowned slightly when they heard what Li Ping’an said.

They were really afraid that this disciple was too young and would make a fool of himself and the sect later.

Li Dazhi looked at his son and smiled. Although he didn’t want to steal his son’s limelight, it was indeed time for him to speak up. “Senior Brother Sect Master! The method my son Ping’an presents today will definitely broaden everyone’s horizons!”

“Hahaha!” The sect master’s hearty laughter echoed in the hall. “Junior Brother Dazhi, I know that Ping’an has high comprehension ability, but don’t be too sure. If Ping’an doesn’t broaden our horizons later, I will punish you!”

He directly paved a way out for Li Dazhi and his son.

Li Dazhi bowed slightly, cupped his hands, and smiled. “Sect Master, don’t worry. It definitely won’t be bad… Ping’an, show everyone the artificing method you came up with by chance.”

“Father, you taught me it.” Li Ping’an smiled and sighed. Then he waved his wide sleeve, and twelve ring-shaped storage magic treasures floated in front of him and slowly spread out.

He said loudly, “I need the help of twelve disciples. The lower the cultivation, the better!”

The surrounding people looked at each other in confusion. Only Mu Ningning immediately walked forward.

“I’ll do it.” A sword cultivator with a sword on his back jumped out. It was Gu Qingcheng from the Sword Cloud Peak, whom Li Ping’an had gotten to know during the competition.

As soon as Gu Qingcheng stepped forth, more than ten disciples immediately moved forward. Their cultivation levels were all at the Void Refinement and True Integration realms.

Li Ping’an cupped his hands at the disciples and then asked each of them to stand behind a storage magic artifact. He opened another storage magic artifact and took out twelve strange-looking magic artifacts, all of which were quite large.

Li Ping’an rolled up his sleeves, lowered his head, and busied himself for a while, setting up two ‘conveyor belts’ to connect the twelve magic artifacts front to back.

Then Li Ping’an stuffed spirit stones into these magic artifacts one by one, and the restrictions on them lit up one after another.

Li Ping’an took the initiative to explain. “These are restrictions modified by using the method of crafting array bases. As long as there are spirit stones embedded, these twelve magic artifacts can operate on their own. If you don’t want to consume spirit stones, you can also modify them to be driven by immortal power or magic power.”

An outer sect elder suddenly exclaimed, “Isn’t this the forging furnace and pill furnace I gave Uncle-Master Dazhi?”

Li Dazhi smiled. “Since you’ve given it to me, you can’t take them back. At most, I’ll treat you to two drinks later!”

The elder laughed loudly. “Wonderful, wonderful!”

Li Ping’an said loudly, “Sect Master! “My father modified these twelve magic artifacts, and most of them came from the outer sect elders of the sect!”

Then Li Ping’an walked to the first tripod-shaped magic artifact, took out an ordinary material called meteorite iron from his sleeve, and handed it to Gu Qingcheng. “Fellow Daoist, please place the material into the furnace.”

“Okay.” Gu Qingcheng did as he was told and watched as the cauldron burst out tongues of flames and the material quickly melted.

His task was over.

Li Ping’an waited for a while before pointing his finger at the cauldron. The two ‘conveyor belts’ slowly began to rotate.

The silver molten iron was sucked out of the tripod-shaped magic artifact hanging on the conveyor belt and swayed into the second large magic artifact that looked like an ‘earth stove’.

The sound of mechanical expansion came from inside the second magic artifact. Some flames appeared inside and began to temper the material repeatedly.

This was the treasure that Li Dazhi and his son, Li Ping’an, were going to present to the sect today—fully automated standard artificing production line trial version!

The main body of this artificing method was divided into ten steps:

Melting materials, tempering, casting, hammering, fire coating, engraving, spirit raising, edge smoothing, inlaying, and spirit sealing.

There were two more steps afterward, mainly testing the quality of the magic artifacts and conducting preliminary packaging of the magic artifacts.

Li Ping’an didn’t deliberately give credit to his father.

Although he had designed this ‘production line’, his father, a former fitter, had built it bit by bit. Li Ping’an had only been in charge of solving a few key processes.

Under the simple operation of these twelve disciples, or just staring blankly, a mortal-grade flying sword inlaid with a spirit stone slowly took shape.

In order to let the immortals in the sect understand the specific meaning of ‘production line’, Li Ping’an directly placed enough materials in the large melting material cauldron to forge more than ten flying swords. Then he calmly took a few steps back and closed his eyes to wait.

His mission was accomplished. The following stage could be left to Old Li.