Chapter 15

Based on the memory of the tiger spirit, Feng Ye arrived at the tiger spirit's cave and began to rummage through it. The Bone Altar! According to the tiger spirit's memory, it was currently refining a demonic artifact, the Yin Spirit Bone Altar, so it had been collecting bones everywhere, which led to a collision with Feng Ye.

Finally, Feng Ye discovered the prototype of the bone altar the tiger spirit had been refining in a corner.

How crude! This was Feng Ye's first impression! It looked more like a bird's nest than an altar. No, even a bird's nest was more skillfully crafted. This bone altar was too crude, with a few bones casually thrown together. Well, we could consider it a form of alternative art.

Shaking his head to dispel his杂念, he wasn't here to admire it. The tiger spirit had been collecting bones in this valley to refine this demonic artifact. Who knew if it had used the dragon bones he was looking for? Sure enough, after thoroughly examining the bone altar, he found two more dragon bones.

With the experience from before, he directly took out the Sui Ren Lamp as a precaution and began to devour the two spiritual imprints.

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The next day, after leaving the tiger spirit's cave, Feng Ye began to collect bones on a large scale, regardless of whether they were dragon bones or not.

Why? It was a lesson from the tiger spirit. Since other bones also had residual spiritual imprints, they couldn't be left lying around. If someone with ill intentions got them, it would be troublesome. The example of the tiger spirit was right there.

As for how to deal with these bones, the Bone Altar was the solution. The tiger spirit had already made a semi-finished product. Feng Ye decided to refine all the bones in the valley into the Bone Altar. This would dispose of the bones, and the Bone Altar was also a defensive magical artifact, suitable for him. Moreover, the valley was heavily shrouded in yin energy, making it unsuitable for long-term residence. Although the Sui Ren Lamp could defend against yin energy, it would consume his magical power, which couldn't last. The Bone Altar, as an evil magical artifact, specifically absorbed yin energy. It could protect him while he searched for dragon bones. The tiger spirit's unusual appearance was partly due to the heavy yin energy in the valley, besides the influence of the demonic spirit.

As for whether using bones would harm the balance of nature, these creatures weren't killed by him. They were already dead, and their bones were exposed in the wilderness, making them ownerless. Using these bones was no different from using jade, wood, or iron. Feng Ye felt no mental burden, knowing that in the tribe, he had used bone spears and bone darts as weapons.

Thus, he stayed in the valley for three years. Unlike the tiger spirit, Feng Ye had a higher intelligence. He firmly believed his intelligence was far superior to the tiger spirit's. Therefore, the magical artifact he refined was not a Bone Altar but a Bone Tower, and he started from scratch, not using the tiger spirit's semi-finished product.

The tiger spirit's semi-finished bird's nest-like Bone Altar was too challenging to refine. As a novice in refining, Feng Ye felt immense pressure.

Well, to be precise, Feng Ye had refined the bird's nest-like Bone Altar to the point of explosion. He almost got injured in the process. However, Feng Ye insisted it was all the tiger (shi) spirit (chen)'s fault! (It seems something strange has mixed in?) Clearly, it was the tiger spirit's Bone Altar, which failed quality inspection, causing the explosion.

Then Feng Ye searched for materials again and refined it, but it exploded a second time. Yes, it was the tiger spirit's lingering spirit's fault!

The third explosion was due to the feng shui of the tiger spirit's cave!

The fourth explosion was due to the wrong timing!

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By the time it reached the tenth or twentieth attempt, Feng Ye fell silent, unable to find any more excuses. He felt as if the bones before him were mocking him.

In a fit of anger, Feng Ye took the Sui Ren Lamp and burned the bones. However, this burning produced a good result. The bones turned into a jade-like or relic-like substance.

Feng Ye suddenly realized why it kept exploding. It was because the bones had different attributes and too many impurities, plus the conflicting residual spiritual imprints. After being refined by the Sui fire, the impurities were removed, and the residual spiritual imprints dissipated. Although he lost the opportunity to view the cultivation insights, relying on the dragon bone inheritance was probably sufficient for cultivation.

On the twenty-fourth attempt, he finally succeeded, creating a demonic artifact with eighteen layers of restrictions. Although it was called a demonic artifact, its appearance was actually quite good, as the bones had been refined by the Sui fire, eliminating their evil aura.

The entire tower was white-gold, standing thirty-three zhang tall with eighteen floors, corresponding to the eighteen levels of hell. When this demonic artifact was completed, all the bones in the valley were collected, and the yin energy was completely absorbed. The valley became clear, and the yin and evil energy were eliminated, bringing some merit. Although the merit was not much, Feng Ye infused it into the Bone Tower, adding one more restriction. With nineteen layers of restrictions, it was currently the strongest magical artifact in Feng Ye's possession. Of course, as a magical artifact, it could change size at will. Otherwise, the hundred-meter-tall Bone Tower would be difficult for Feng Ye to carry.

During these three years, Feng Ye returned to the tribe once. Although he no longer needed food or fresh water, he still had some concerns about the Sui Ren tribe, so he went back to check. Knowing that everything was well under the new leader, he gradually put his mind at ease and focused on cultivation in the valley.

Since all the bones had been cleared, Feng Ye found all the dragon bones he was looking for. A total of 537 dragon bone fragments, weighing several hundred pounds. Feng Ye pieced them together and was surprised to find that they formed just one rib! Just one rib of a true dragon? How large must the whole body have been! Feng Ye marveled, but after devouring all the spiritual imprints, he finally understood.

At this point, Feng Ye realized what the strong pressure in the valley was about. In the center of the valley, the largest dragon bone, ten zhang long and entirely golden, emitted the pressure. Even outside the valley, it could be felt. The other bones in the valley had been unfortunate, entering the valley and being killed by the pressure. However, over time, the pressure from the dragon bone diminished, allowing Feng Ye to survive on the outskirts.

Since Feng Ye had absorbed too many dragon bone spiritual imprints, to prevent them from disrupting his original spirit and hindering future cultivation, he gathered these spiritual imprints and created a second spirit,寄托 on the dragon rib.

However, this spirit mainly practiced divine methods and could be considered a divine dragon manifestation or a clone. This divine dragon manifestation was even more cultivated than Feng Ye, at the half-step celestial immortal level. If not for the limitations of Feng Ye's original body, it could have welcomed the celestial dragon tribulation and become a celestial dragon. Just a rib formed such a powerful spirit manifestation, how powerful must the original body have been? Feng Ye marveled.

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