“Focus all your energy on controlling the mana input, don’t get distracted,” Xiying reminded again.

Although Yuan Ming didn’t understand, he could tell from the change in Xiying’s emotions that there must be an urgent unexpected situation.

He immediately stabilized his mind and fully transferred the mana into the casting furnace.

On the Green Fish Sword, the extremely cold runes were gradually connected by spiritual power and mana, finally lighting up completely.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

The completed extremely cold runes seemed to lose control, and the snow-white light became brighter and brighter. A wave of extreme cold air instantly spread out, directly suppressing the gathering spirit formation and instantly lowering the temperature of the casting furnace.

If it weren’t for the early replenishment of spiritual stones, the entire gathering spirit formation would have completely failed in just an instant.

“Oops,” Yuan Ming exclaimed inwardly.

At this moment, he had no time to react to anything else, and could only fully operate the Nine Elements Formula, continuously transferring mana into the Green Fish Sword, trying to maintain the casting process without interruption.

If it were interrupted now, the Green Fish Sword would not be able to successfully advance to a magic weapon, and the imbalance of spiritual power due to the runes not being connected would cause it to lose control and shatter.

Just then, Yuan Ming felt a warm current rising behind him, and then it became extremely hot.

Before he could turn around to look, a fiery line surged out from beside him and rushed into the casting furnace.

The intense flames brought a scorching temperature, which clashed with the extreme cold aura released by the runes, immediately stabilizing the temperature of the casting furnace and saving the gathering spirit formation on the verge of losing control.

“Well done.”

Seeing that it was Huo Chen’er puffing out flames into the casting furnace, Yuan Ming was overjoyed.

He had only brought the little guy here to take care of it, but unexpectedly, it played such an important role at a critical moment.

Yuan Ming couldn’t afford to be distracted at all, and could only take advantage of the opportunity when Huo Chen’er was helping, and speed up the completion of the infusion.

Fortunately, the infusion speed of the Gale Rune was much faster than that of the extremely cold rune. Before Yuan Ming ran out of mana and before Huo Chen’er became exhausted, he finally achieved his goal.

At the moment of completion of the infusion, the two connected runes lit up at the same time, but there were no anomalies. Instead, all the originally emitted extreme cold aura unexpectedly converged.

The entire Green Fish Sword seemed to be instantly subdued, concealing all its sharpness.

At this moment, Yuan Ming was already soaked in sweat and collapsed on the ground, exhausted.

Not far behind him, Huo Chen’er also fell to the ground, tilting its head, sticking out its tongue, and its abdomen rising and falling, obviously also exhausted and tired.

Yuan Ming struggled to get up, took out three or four fire crystals and fire jade, and then took out a piece of fire jade marrow, placing it next to Huo Chen’er’s mouth.

The little guy’s eyes lit up, but instead of immediately eating, it continued to breathe and recover its strength.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming felt somewhat embarrassed, he touched Huo Chen’er’s head, and then got up and took out the Green Fish Sword from the casting furnace.

He stared at the runes on the Green Fish Sword, poured his mind into it, and suddenly his vision became blurred. He immediately had the illusion of a white whirlwind sweeping towards him, but it disappeared in an instant.

Yuan Ming was overjoyed, he had heard Senior Brother Amu mention this phenomenon before.

After the infusion, the runes of the magic weapon already had the basic attribute of communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When the person’s divine soul was poured in and the divine consciousness was focused enough, corresponding anomalies would appear.

“Give it a try,” Xiying’s voice came.

Yuan Ming nodded at the words, and suddenly woke up, “You, you can speak?”

He had been focused on the infusion, and had always thought that the voice came from his sea of consciousness. It wasn’t until now that he realized it was actually coming from the silver cat’s mouth.

“I’ve been able to speak for a long time, what’s so surprising?” Xiying gave him a disdainful look.

“Then why didn’t I hear you speak before?” Yuan Ming asked in confusion.

“Isn’t it troublesome if someone hears my voice? Why are you so stupid? There’s no one else nearby.” Xiying replied.

“It’s nothing, it’s just that the voice I heard in my sea of consciousness and the voice I heard from your mouth feel a bit different,” Yuan Ming smiled.

“What’s different?” Xiying immediately asked, apparently very concerned about the answer to this question.

“The voice that is spoken out is more real, pleasant, and pleasant to listen to,” Yuan Ming pondered for a moment and said.

Xiying was quite satisfied with Yuan Ming’s answer.

“Why do I feel that you have been speaking more pleasantly lately?” After saying this, Yuan Ming found that Yuan Ming had already lowered his head to study the newly transformed Green Fish Sword, so he could only mutter to himself with a voice that only he could hear, “It sounds so unpleasant, can it be pleasant when spoken with Guoguo’s mouth?”

The newly refined magic weapon naturally didn’t need to be refined. Yuan Ming grasped it with one hand and mana flowed into it along the sword handle.

As the runes on the sword lit up, the Yin Jade scattered on the sword also lit up, like lonely stars in the dark night, reflecting on the green river.

An extreme cold aura instantly spread, and the temperature in the entire cave began to rapidly drop, as if stepping into the depths of winter.

Yuan Ming casually picked a sword flower, lifted the sword edge, and slashed it towards the cliff in front of him.

A white sword qi shot out from the blade, almost in the blink of an eye, it struck the cliff three zhang away.

The sound of earth and stones cracking came from the cliff, and a white crack appeared on the sturdy rock wall.

Yuan Ming went forward to check, only to see that the crack was about three feet long and about one foot deep, with a layer of white ice crystals on top, showing no signs of melting for a long time.

“Although it’s still impossible to accurately judge based on the situation of the rock wall, the power of your sword is probably approaching that of a top-grade magic weapon. Even if it’s still slightly inferior, it’s only a hair’s breadth away,” Xiying’s voice came from behind.

“Top-grade magic weapon? But it only has two runes,” Yuan Ming said in surprise.

“That’s why I said it’s only infinitely close, not that it is,” Xiying said.

Yuan Ming glanced at the long sword in his hand, then at the sword mark on the wall, and a joyful smile appeared on his face.When he was channeling his spirit before, his mana was severely depleted, and he did not exert his full strength when he was testing the sword just now, so the power of the Green Fish Sword was not fully demonstrated.

“The quality of the materials used in the sword is one reason, and the amplification brought by the extreme cold rune is another. Of course, it also has its merits.” Xiying glanced at the fire glutton next to him and said.

The little guy had regained a bit of strength and immediately started eating, biting the crispy fire crystal stone, causing sparks to fly.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming’s smile deepened. It was a pity that the fire glutton belonged to the three-hole master and had to be returned at any time.

He held the sword horizontally in front of him, looking at the starlight scattered on it, and frowned.

“After becoming a magic weapon, I always feel that the name of the Green Fish Sword is a bit unpleasant. Xiying, can you come up with a name for the sword?” Yuan Ming turned his head and asked Xiying.

He actually had a name in mind, but he wanted to thank the Silver Cat for its help, so he wanted it to name the sword.

“The cold star moves with the light, and the frost is even more pervasive. Let’s call it the Cold Star Sword.” Xiying thought for a moment and said.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming said, “What a coincidence, we thought of the same thing. I meant the same.”

In fact, the name he thought of was “Cold Frost”.

But the name Xiying gave to the sword, even if it wasn’t a poem, made him envision the scene of a “lonely night cold star”, which was most suitable for his sword.

“You’re lying, you’re teasing me.” Xiying jumped onto the casting furnace and looked at Yuan Ming, saying.

“How could it be, we really thought of the same thing. Xiying, which country’s poetry does your poem come from?” Yuan Ming quickly shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Xiying’s eyes of different colors closed slightly, and her gaze became dim.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming knew that he had said something wrong and upset her. He couldn’t speak to comfort her, so he fell silent with Xiying.

Fortunately, the Silver Cat quickly calmed down, but it also stopped paying attention to Yuan Ming.

After putting away the Cold Star Sword, Yuan Ming began to sit cross-legged, closed his eyes and meditated, running the Nine Elements Formula to restore his mana.

…

The next day, early morning.

Yuan Ming, who had restored his mana, got up refreshed. He only saw the Silver Cat Xiying lying on the casting furnace, but did not see the figure of the fire glutton, and immediately asked.

“The little thing slipped out after eating.” Xiying lazily transmitted a sentence.

“We need to return to the sect as soon as possible. In a few days, I have to go out.” Yuan Ming said.

Hearing this, Xiying looked over.

Yuan Ming explained, “It’s just a short trip, it shouldn’t take a few days, I should be able to come back.”

He estimated that it was just a task for the Loose Alliance, which wouldn’t take much time.

“What are you going to do?” Unexpectedly, Xiying asked.

Yuan Ming thought for a moment, and then told it about the Loose Alliance task.

After listening, Xiying said, “Killing the Snake King, it’s fun, this guy is full of treasures. It’s a pity that I’m at a critical time in my cultivation and can’t go.”

Yuan Ming was not disappointed when he heard that Xiying was not going.

In his heart, he didn’t fully trust the Loose Alliance, but if he needed help for everything, how could he stand in the world of cultivation in the future.

After a brief rest, Yuan Ming prepared to leave, his gaze once again fell on the casting furnace.

The last time he wanted to take this casting furnace away, but because of the influence of the ground array, he couldn’t do it.

This time, knowing that there was a spirit gathering array on the casting furnace, Yuan Ming was even more reluctant to give up this treasure.

“If you destroy the array on the ground, you can move the casting furnace.” Xiying immediately saw through his thoughts and said.

“Those who have been trapped for a long time, when they enter a treasure mountain, often wish to scrape the ground three feet.” Xiying glanced at Yuan Ming and accurately mocked him.

Yuan Ming continued to look down at the rune array, ignoring Xiying’s mockery.

He looked very carefully at the rune array on the ground, remembering all the curves and connections of the lines clearly, then flipped his wrist and took out the Cold Star Sword.

The next moment, the Cold Star Sword was filled with cold air, and the sword edge swept across the ground, causing the array to disintegrate instantly.

Then, Yuan Ming lightly touched the casting furnace with his hand and swallowed it into his bag.

(End of this chapter)