To craft the spirit crocodile armor, the first step was cutting. After that, the most crucial phase came, inscribing the rune formations. The final step would involve tempering with spiritual fire.
“These purple electric spirit crocodile skins are quite sizable. Crafting ten or even twenty pieces of armor should pose no problems,” Leo contemplated, gazing at the skin. He summoned a purple radiance dagger into his hand.
Hum!
Infusing spiritual power into the purple radiance, the blade shivered, and on the edge of the knife, a fierce golden light flickered.
Leo cut the purple electric crocodile mother’s skin with ease, as if it was fabric, even though it was resistant to bullets.
Leo eventually fashioned twenty-six pieces of armor. However, it was challenging to successfully craft all of them.
Next came the process of inscribing the rune formations. Leo’s expression tightened, for this was a pivotal step. Drawing the runes with one’s essence blood, if a single mistake was made, the whole armor would be ruined.
After inscribing the rune formations, it was time to use spiritual fire for tempering. In the end, Leo estimated that he might produce around twenty pieces of finished armor, which was already a commendable outcome.
Leo let out a gentle breath, closing his eyes to steady his focus. Inscribing the rune formations on armor was a step more complex than crafting runes at the same level. When he opened his eyes again, they were as calm as a still well.
Extending his index finger towards a container of the purple electric crocodile’s essence blood, a strand of blood floated out. Leo combined his spiritual power with it, and it emanated a bright crimson radiance.
Due to the purple electric crocodile’s dual water and lightning attributes, the formation Leo was engraving on the skin was the Water-Lightning Binary Formation, primarily focused on defense.
Leo’s eyes glittered with determination. His fingertip danced across the armor, rapidly delineating the intricate runes. Each rune emitted a radiant glow, and they all interconnected, giving off a mysterious crimson radiance that was quite enigmatic.
“Formation, complete!” Leo lightly exclaimed. As the last rune fell into place, all the runes seemed to activate, bursting into a bright crimson light. This crimson radiance merged into an intricate formation on the armor, shimmering with both water and lightning elements. In a matter of seconds, the bright crimson light settled down, and the entire formation merged into the armor.
The first piece of armor was successfully inscribed. Leo’s eyes displayed a hint of joy; today had indeed been a good day.
With this promising start, Leo continued with the remaining pieces of armor, inscribing the Water-Lightning Binary Formation on them.
In the end, out of the twenty-six pieces of armor, three had flawed formations and were considered ruined. The remaining twenty-three pieces had successfully inscribed formations.
Leo was quite satisfied with this result. After all, he had not yet developed his spiritual consciousness, so this level of success rate was already impressive.
The next step was to temper and refine them with spiritual fire. During this process, the temperature for three of the armors ran too high, causing them to be destroyed.
In the end, there were a total of twenty successfully crafted pieces of armor.
Leo was more than content with the outcome as he touched the soft and lightweight armor in his hands, his eyes filled with delight.
Next, Leo grabbed a backpack and gleefully arranged the twenty pieces of armor inside it. Due to the soft and lightweight nature of the armor after being tempered with spiritual fire, they hardly took up any space in the backpack.
Leo stood up, stretching his arms, feeling a slight soreness throughout his body. In just a few short hours, he had crafted five complexion-enhancing pills and then twenty purple electric spirit crocodile armors, which had indeed taken a toll on his mental and physical strength.
Leaving the stone chamber, Leo had a plan in mind. He decided to take a relaxing bath first and then try on the newly crafted armors.
While exploring the Seven Stars Sword Sect, Leo couldn’t find a bathing facility. It was then that two patrolling disciples approached him.
“Disciples greet the Honorable Sect Leader,” the two disciples bowed respectfully to Leo.
Leo nodded slightly and asked, “Is there a place where I can take a bath?”
One of the disciples pointed in the northwest direction and replied, “Honorable Sect Leader, there’s a bamboo forest in the northwest. There’s a natural hot spring there for bathing.”
Leo’s face lit up at the mention of a hot spring. He dismissed the two patrolling disciples and headed towards the bamboo forest in the northwest.
As he entered the bamboo forest, Leo was surprised to find a small courtyard there. Inside the courtyard, there was indeed a natural hot spring. He assumed this was the bathing spot they had mentioned.
Approaching the courtyard gate, Leo was about to push it open when something caught his peripheral vision. He turned and looked to the left.
In the depths of the bamboo forest, there appeared to be another courtyard. What surprised Leo was that this courtyard was surrounded by blooming peach blossoms. Given the season, the peach blossoms should have already withered.
Curiosity piqued, Leo decided to venture deeper into this mysterious courtyard.
When he reached the courtyard’s entrance, Leo saw that the gate was locked. Not one to be deterred, he simply leaped over the courtyard wall.
The courtyard was adorned with many peach trees. Just like the exterior, peach blossoms were in full bloom, forming a beautiful scene with petals scattered on the ground.
Leo couldn’t help but whisper to himself, “I never expected the Seven Stars Sword Sect to have such a place.”
Appreciating the serene beauty, Leo continued onward. He passed through a moon-viewing gate and circled a small artificial mountain, leading him to the sight of a natural hot spring.
The hot spring covered an area of about a hundred square meters, and the water’s surface was adorned with many flower petals. Streams of hot air rose from the spring.
It was a breathtaking sight, and Leo was eager to enjoy a relaxing soak in the hot spring. Without hesitation, he undressed and entered the water.
The hot spring’s temperature was just right. As he submerged himself, a soothing warmth coursed through his body, relieving some of the fatigue from his earlier endeavors.
Leo swam around in the hot spring for a while before leaning back against a nearby stone, closing his eyes contentedly.
Perhaps due to the exhaustion from his earlier efforts, sleepiness overcame him, and Leo quickly drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
While Leo was sound asleep, three individuals had already traversed the bamboo forest and were approaching the courtyard.
Standing outside the courtyard gate, one of them instructed, “Caiyun, Caixia, the two of you guard the entrance. Do not allow anyone in.”
The speaker was Master Jennifer. She was dressed in a loose white gown, her features exquisite and graceful, as if she had stepped out of a painting.
“Yes, Sect Leader!” the two female disciples performed a respectful sect salute and replied with deference.