Chapter 133: An Unintended Success

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Waking in the early morning, the courtyard was filled with the chirping of small birds.

Reflecting on the events of the previous day, Wei Cheng felt as if he had been dreaming.

He silently released his spiritual energy, then retracted it; he activated and deactivated his mental barrier. Good, everything was as before. That calming pill truly was a marvelous remedy.

Only, it was terribly expensive—he had spent ten gold dragon coins on it.

During the fierce battle earlier, it was precisely by continuously restoring his Mountain-Shifting Inner Strength with those gold dragon coins that the outcome hadn’t been altered.

As for earning more gold dragon coins, he had no leads yet.

With this thought, Wei Cheng first checked on everyone’s status and found all was normal. Everyone was diligently practicing; even Xu Shan stood guard outside Liu Sui’s secluded room, never leaving his side.

Clearly, Liu Sui was at a critical breakthrough moment.

Soon, a high-level Purple Glow cultivator would emerge.

Retracting his spiritual energy, Wei Cheng began to recall the sigil structure he had memorized from that blazing energy sphere yesterday. It was vivid and precise; he had recorded it without a single error.

This was one advantage of having ninth-level spiritual power.

But memory did not equal understanding—he still needed to study this sigil structure carefully.

After all, he was only a half-baked cultivator now, with just a rudimentary grasp of sigils, though generally sufficient.

Sigils might sound mysterious and complicated, but once understood, they were quite simple.

All things in heaven and earth followed laws; a sigil was simply a simulation of those laws. These laws could be written in books, applied to metals, or inscribed into sigils.

The difference lay in whether one could find the correct laws and activate and utilize them.

To Wei Cheng, it was like a car—from the shell to the tires, engine, fuel, all the way to the refinery and so forth. This was essentially a correct law.

The production of gasoline and the car itself was akin to inscribing the sigil.

Once the inscription succeeded, the car could start.

This idea could even extend to magical instruments...

“Hmm?”

After a long moment, Wei Cheng’s expression turned surprised. This sigil structure was somewhat different from the Unmoving Golden Bell, because this structure was layered—like three interlocking rings.

Not that the sigil was complex, but it seemed strangely familiar.

“Could it be the underlying logic of the Flame Ring?”

Wei Cheng was stunned. After a long pause, he realized he had been arrogant and Jiang Gan had stolen the book.

Indeed, when he probed that sphere of blazing energy with his spiritual power yesterday, thinking he had clearly perceived and memorized the truth inside, it turned out he had only scratched the surface.

Because his ability to transform into a Flame Giant was extremely complex—definitely not something that could be explained by the baseline logic of a mere blank ring.

So there was only one possibility.

Back at the sixth trial, when Wei Cheng had by chance forged a small wine cup, he had come into contact with the Flame Ring’s underlying logic. But at that time, the logic was more than half broken, so in the end, he had to patch it together using the ultimate form of the Unmoving Golden Bell.

It was barely his first attempt at crafting...

“I really wasted these ten gold dragon coins!”

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Wei Cheng smiled bitterly but determined not to buy another calming pill. Besides, even if he did, after such an effort, he had only extracted so little.

It could only be said that the first transformation of the mountain was a long and arduous journey.

Calming his mind, Wei Cheng slowly circulated his Mountain-Shifting Inner Strength, while his right hand gracefully traced through empty space, forming points, lines, and planes into various combinations—creating the sigil.

“Well then, at worst, I’ll just forge Flame Rings to make money!”

Wei Cheng thought resignedly. This really was a way to earn, especially now when those new trial participants were all plump and prosperous...

Adjusting his mindset, he first reviewed the triply layered sigil once more, then formed hand seals, drawing from top to bottom, left to right, from inside out, weaving a pattern like a great spider spinning its web—skilled and rapid.

His finger movements were too swift for the naked eye to catch. Gradually, faint golden lines appeared—exquisite and intricate, not just flat but three-dimensional, forming a vast, complex, yet incomplete world.

It was impossible even to count the lines or their variations.

Suddenly, Wei Cheng paused—he had made mistakes in several key parts.

But this was not a serious problem; it was merely a matter of proficiency.

With his strong spiritual power and excellent physical condition, carving out this triple-layered sigil posed no issue.

Thus, after more than ten attempts, Wei Cheng finally succeeded.

A beautifully intricate sigil floated in midair, like fireworks or drifting clouds.

A faint golden halo flowed repeatedly over it, exuding a mysterious luster.

Quietly observing, Wei Cheng took out a piece of Flame Stone and brought it near the sigil. As expected, the sigil naturally generated an inexplicable force, effortlessly absorbing all the blazing energy stored inside the Flame Stone.

In response, the sigil became even more magnificent and refined. The golden halo flowing on its surface grew denser, now resembling the golden flames that flowed from a wounded magma giant.

Seeing this, Wei Cheng’s heart stirred with excitement. This meant he could strengthen the Flame Ring through this method.

Imagine: currently, there were fifteen thousand trial participants in Cangwu City, and at least six thousand of them possessed Flame Rings. He wouldn’t charge much—just a hundred copper coins each time.

Moreover, Cangwu City now allowed copper dragon coins to be exchanged for gold dragon coins.

Goodness, this was a fortune in the making!

“Ha! This is like planting flowers with intent but no bloom, yet accidentally growing a shady grove.”

Wei Cheng was delighted. He continued extracting more Flame Stones, and after absorbing the energy of about thirty-five stones, the sigil began to show signs of instability.

However, it had become dazzlingly splendid, radiating light and displaying ancient fire patterns—mysterious beyond compare.

Wei Cheng dared not be careless and immediately removed his own Flame Ring. As soon as the two neared each other, the magnificent sigil seemed to find its source and swiftly enveloped the ring.

Layer upon layer of beautiful and mysterious flame patterns spread out, filling the entire small courtyard.

Then they fused together, layer upon layer.

The entire process was silent but breathtakingly beautiful.

Wei Cheng was very worried about failure. Losing the Flame Ring was one thing, but his ability to transform into a Flame Giant was invaluable.

Fortunately, no mishaps occurred.

When the splendid spectacle slowly faded, the Flame Ring returned to its original appearance—seemingly unchanged, but its internal quality had utterly transformed.

“Fire resistance +20!”

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Wei Cheng was somewhat surprised. Normally, thirty-five Flame Stones wouldn’t enhance fire resistance to such a level.

After reaching +15 fire resistance, further strengthening via Flame Stones was impossible—unless one killed magma giants and obtained the legacy stone tablets, then the enhancement could continue.

For example, the +20 fire resistance Flame Ring in Bai Han’s possession was the only one in the entire region—oh, now it was one of two.

“So, the problem lies with these triple-layered sigils, but something still feels off.”

Wei Cheng shook his head and ceased pondering. Instead, he continued practicing carving the triple-layered sigils, aiming to complete one in two seconds and earn a hefty profit.

In the blink of an eye, three more days passed.

Cangwu City had regained its former bustle—perhaps even livelier than before.

At least, the number of locals on the streets and alleys steadily increased. The old shopkeepers appeared friendlier, and wages had risen.

It seemed that after the previous battle, the trial participants had gained more popular support.

Today, Wei Cheng’s team finally received news of Liu Sui’s advancement. After breaking through eight cycles of cultivation, and under Xu Shan’s protection, he easily completed his second quality refinement.

From this point, Liu Sui was truly a high-level Purple Glow cultivator.

He had mastered the second level of the Purple Glow Heart Method, undergone two rounds of quality refinement, doubling the quality of his Purple Glow inner strength, and had smoothly pushed the deep optimization of his Purple Glow visualization diagram to 70%.

His Wandering Dragon Palm technique was perfected, and he further enhanced his three major moves.

These three moves included: first, the Heavenly Net, based on deep optimization of the visualization diagram, similar in nature to Wei Cheng’s Art of No Contention—control-oriented, using illusions to bind targets by turning illusions into reality and vice versa.

Second, a move derived from the Wandering Dragon Palm, akin to the Unmoving Golden Bell, which these shameless Purple Glow cultivators all named “Flying Dragon in the Sky.”

Third, the ultimate form of Flying Dragon in the Sky, comparable to the ultimate form of the Unmoving Golden Bell.

In short, from now on, Liu Sui had firmly secured the top Purple Glow position within Wei Cheng’s team.

Together with Xu Shan, who specialized in Qingmu cultivation, the couple could finally hold their heads high.

Of course, others were not lagging behind. For instance, Bai Han had advanced the deep optimization of the Mountain-Shifting visualization diagram to 55%, completing his third refinement—this time choosing the quality route.

Wei Cheng guessed Bai Han would likely obtain a first transformation of the Earth Spirit Root, becoming a mediocre cultivator in time.

Chen Ce also completed his third refinement, pushing the Lingyan visualization diagram’s optimization to 35%.

Similarly, Tang Yuanshan’s visualization diagram had reached 35%, with the third quality refinement completed.

Even the perennial underperformers, Yu Liang and Mei Renli, had finally raised their spiritual power above level five, completed their third quality refinement, and pushed their visualization diagram’s deepening progress beyond 20%.

It could only be said that the strength of spiritual power was truly paramount.

Wei Cheng had to admit he had been too harsh and premature in demanding too much from Cheng An, Yu Liang, and Mei Renli.

Without sufficient spiritual power, how could they complete quality refinements?

(The End of this Chapter)