Martial Saint through Reading

Chapter 365: Chapter 277: Primordial Qi Shield Shuttle, Traveling by Artifact Control (2)

"Could he have really gone to a brothel to listen to music?" He frowned tightly.

"..."

...

Yunwu Mountain Villa.

As soon as Chu Ming returned, Jiang Zhan and Meng Zhen came out to greet him.

"Senior Brother Chu, are you alright?"

The two had been observing at the tearoom near the Xiang Mansion for an entire day without any results. Today, they waited for most of the day without seeing Chu Ming, fearing something might have happened to him.

"I’m fine," Chu Ming said.

"What about Commander Xiang...?" Meng Zhen asked.

"I met with Master." Chu Ming paced, Jiang Zhan and Meng Zhen followed closely on either side. "Master is temporarily fine, Commander Jiang, Commander Meng, you can rest assured."

"Did the Master say anything?" Jiang Zhan pressed further.

"Yes, a bit," Chu Ming appeared weary.

"What did he say?" Jiang Zhan continued to ask.

Meng Zhen saw Chu Ming’s appearance and interrupted Jiang Zhan. In a deep voice, he said, "Commander Jiang, Chu Royal Attendant has been rushing around for a day and a night, he must be tired. Maybe we should let Chu Royal Attendant rest for a bit."

Only then did Jiang Zhan notice the fatigue on Chu Ming’s face. "Yes, yes, Senior Brother Chu, you should go rest first."

"Alright."

Chu Ming clasped his hands together, returning to his own room.

He sat cross-legged, adjusting his breathing for about half an hour. Once he felt mostly recovered, he concealed his presence, left the room, and headed straight to the back mountain.

On the back mountain.

An enormous melting furnace and a person sitting cross-legged.

The Fire Feather of the Five-Colored Firebird emitted intense heat at the base of the furnace, and the temperature inside quickly rose. Large blocks of grey Primordial Qi Material melted bit by bit like ice.

Chu Ming maintained a serious expression, letting his Primordial Consciousness seep into the melting furnace, enveloping the melting Primordial Qi Material.

Extraction... Refinement... Engraving Primordial Patterns...

Refining high-tier materials, each step was immensely consuming of the Heart Spirit.

And what Chu Ming intended to refine was the Shield Shuttle, which had the ability to divide and merge, a difficulty several times greater than ordinary Primordial Artifacts, if not dozens of times.

Combining the Red Flame Race’s Artifact Refining Technique, deducing and comprehending, his current artifact refining skill had already reached Great Success.

If not for that, even if he could smelt Fourth-tier Primordial Artifact Materials, he wouldn’t have much confidence in refining a Shield Shuttle.

According to his design concept, the Shield Shuttle consisted of nine small shield pieces and one core, each piece needing to be engraved with Primordial Patterns.

When divided, the Primordial Patterns form a system of their own, and the shield pieces are like Primordial Artifacts.

When combined, the Primordial Patterns in the nine shield pieces need to be connected with the core’s Primordial Patterns, as if they were one.

The difficulty in refining a Shield Shuttle lay in how to allow the Primordial Patterns to freely divide and merge.

Moreover, he planned to reforge the Gold Sword and Black Blade, so that the two Primordial Qi could become part of the Shield Shuttle, just like the shield pieces.

This refining technique not only tested his ability to refine artifacts but also required an enormous understanding of the Primordial Patterns and the exquisite control of Primordial Consciousness.

Time passed, from dawn to dusk, and from night to the break of dawn.

The Primordial Qi Material inside the furnace had been refined and engraved hundreds of times, with its internal Primordial Patterns reaching an incredibly exaggerated state.

Chu Ming glanced at the slightly reddening sky, stopped refining, and guided the Primordial Qi from the Book Collection Lake of his Sea of Consciousness into the Primordial Qi Mansion.

Engraving Primordial Patterns required exquisite control of the Primordial Consciousness, as well as an enormous amount of Primordial Qi.

Without the continuous supply of Primordial Qi from the Book Collection Lake, he felt this refining would fail again.

After a short rest, with the Primordial Qi Mansion restored, Chu Ming resumed his refining.

In the furnace, a shuttle-shaped shield floated, its surface covered in Primordial Patterns.

The first step was to refine the combined form of the Shield Shuttle.

Next, he needed to divide the Shield Shuttle into nine major shield pieces and one core.

Primordial Consciousness enveloped the Shield Shuttle, the shuttle body radiated light, full of cracks.

Between the cracks, wisps of Primordial Qi surrounded them, as if connected by threads.

Chu Ming’s gaze focused, seemingly meeting resistance.

More Primordial Consciousness wrapped around, severing the lingering Primordial Qi.

Whoosh!

Grey light exploded, the melting furnace shuddered.

Whizz, whizz, whizz!

First, nine hexagonal shield pieces flew out of the melting furnace, followed by a grey crystalline prism-like object.

The grey crystalline prism floated in front of him, while the nine hexagonal shield pieces circled around him.

Feeling the remaining heat from the grey crystalline prism, a smile appeared on Chu Ming’s face.

With a slight movement of his Heart Thought, the grey crystalline prism suddenly accelerated, heading straight for Chu Ming’s chest.

In an instant, the prism morphed into a thin, paper-like form and stuck to his chest.

Subsequently, the nine shield pieces flew towards Chu Ming, either clinging to his back or wrapping around his legs and feet.

All of a sudden, the divided Shield Shuttle resembled a robe, worn on Chu Ming’s body.

In the distance, a red sun rose, breaking through the clouds.

Chu Ming’s feet stretched downwards, his body slowly levitated.

Several inches... a dozen inches... several dozen inches... half a meter... a meter... several meters...

As the height increased, it seemed as if he stood in the air.

At thirty meters high, Chu Ming looked down, his heart beat slightly faster.

Floating in the air was nothing significant.

What he truly wanted was to travel through the air.

Controlling the Shield Shuttle with his Primordial Consciousness, his body stopped rising and began to move horizontally.

From walking speed, to jogging, gradually increasing, running, sprinting... Faster than his full-speed sprint.

Traveling through the air, success!

Below.

Jiang Zhan and Meng Zhen were practicing in front of the villa’s clearing.

Suddenly, both looked up towards the sky.

"Is that...?"

"Chu Royal Attendant?!"

"Flying through the air?!"

The two were initially stunned, then turned to shock, and from shock to a state of stupor.

In the blink of an eye, like a stream of light piercing the sky, they could no longer see the figure in the sky. Even after chasing a hundred meters, they couldn’t find that stream of light.

"Was that Chu Royal Attendant?" Meng Zhen asked.

"Probably... maybe..." Jiang Zhan wasn’t sure either.

The two exchanged a glance, then suddenly turned and ran towards Chu Ming’s residence.

Thud thud thud...

"Senior Brother Chu?"

Jiang Zhan stood at the door, knocking urgently.

"Chu Royal Attendant?"

"..."

For a long moment, there was no response. The two exchanged glances again, then pushed the door open and entered.

Inside the room, it was empty. Chu Ming was nowhere to be seen.

Back mountain.