OBS Chapter 463 The Inner Space of the Cauldron, the Inheritance Hall
Chapter 463 The Inner Space of the Cauldron, the Inheritance Hall
Chapter 463 The Inner Space of the Cauldron, the Inheritance Hall
"Oh!" Chen Yuan's expression showed slight surprise: "It can refine secret treasures autonomously without any control?"
"Of course." Seeing that the other party was finally serious, the golden-armored man's heart pounded, and he continued, "However, for those powerful secret treasures, the Creation Cauldron is a bit slow in refining, at least not as fast as normal weapon refining."
"But the simpler the structure of the treasure, the more efficient the Creation Cauldron will be, even far exceeding the speed at which a real person can refine it."
"In other words—" Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, then said, "This Creation Cauldron is more suitable for forging those standardized equipment?"
Standard equipment is naturally much simpler in structure than custom-made treasures, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily weak; at least it meets the minimum standard.
According to the system's evaluation, the quality of standard equipment is generally no lower than level five, which is many times more powerful than the secret treasures crafted by some beginners.
"That's right." The golden-armored man nodded, his tone tinged with pride. "Moreover, the standard equipment crafted by the Creation Cauldron is of comparable quality to that crafted by seasoned artisans. It is definitely top-tier among treasures of the same level."
"Back then, the Wu Kingdom was a powerful army, and its legions were invincible wherever they went, thanks to the Creation Cauldron's unlimited production of standard equipment."
"I see." Chen Yuan nodded. According to this statement, the quality of the standard equipment made by the Creation Cauldron should not be lower than level seven, which surpasses most of the secret treasures of the same level.
If we follow the classification of ordinary, advanced, top-level, and peak, level seven has already entered the peak of its class. Being able to refine a peak-level treasure, it is not an exaggeration to call him a master.
And this is merely the basic function of the Creation Cauldron.
"That's quite an ability."
Chen Yuan immediately offered his praise.
Admittedly, this ability is also very useful to him. At least it can replace his clone in supplying the Tower of Primordial Chaos, and it can also spread the treasures among his people.
"Of course, producing standard equipment is not the most powerful function of the Creation Cauldron."
The golden-armored man continued, "The most impressive thing is that by producing components of various mechanical flow treasures, powerful mechanical flow treasures can be produced rapidly."
As he spoke, he looked at Chen Yuan and said, "The Chaos Golden Wings that you just refined were actually assembled directly from the parts produced by the Creation Cauldron."
"Because individual components of the Mechanical Flow Treasure are not strong, the refining speed is extremely fast. What would take an ordinary craftsman dozens of epochs to complete, the Creation Cauldron can complete in just half an epoch."
"So that's how it is—" After recalling the structure of the Chaos Golden Wings, Chen Yuan finally showed a look of realization on his face.
This is actually the difference between mechanical treasures and ordinary treasures.
Besides being relatively easy to use and having a fixed power, the mechanical flow treasures have another major characteristic: they are quite scattered!
When crafting ordinary treasures, you can only craft a few parts and then assemble them. But mechanical treasures are different; they have a great many parts.
Taking the Chaos Golden Wings as an example, if this were an ordinary treasure, then at most only six pairs of wings would need to be crafted. However, if it were a mechanical treasure, then each feather on these wings would need to be crafted independently!
In addition, the wing's skeleton, membrane, and even the most crucial "source" are all assembled from billions of tiny parts.
This is also why Chen Yuan never started refining the Chaos Golden Wings after obtaining the blueprints – it's too complicated.
Even if he could accelerate time, and each part wasn't particularly difficult to forge, it would still take him at least a hundred epochs to forge all of them!
Keep in mind that Chen Yuan has only cultivated for one and a half epochs. Would he spend hundreds of epochs to refine a secret treasure? He doesn't even have enough time to cultivate. Where would he find the time for that?
He originally thought that the Wu Kingdom's weapon-making masters were able to create such complicated treasures because they had plenty of time.
Now it seems they weren't stupid; they simplified the complex problems, delegated these simple yet intricate tasks to the Creation Cauldron, and ultimately produced powerful treasures at an extremely efficient speed.
"What a treasure!" Chen Yuan looked up at the towering Creation Cauldron, his eyes filled with anticipation. Such a wonderful treasure would belong to the Chen family from now on.
"Alright, I've covered the Creation Cauldron enough. Now it's time for me to show you the core inheritance of the Sacred Weapon lineage."
The golden-armored man said, "Follow me, the inheritance is inside the Creation Cauldron."
So, Chen Yuan followed the golden-armored man and flew to the sky, looking down at the deep mouth of the Creation Cauldron from above.
Then he saw the golden-armored man rush straight into the mouth of the cauldron. Chen Yuan did not hesitate and followed suit, rushing into the dark mouth of the cauldron.
Once inside, he discovered that the Creation Cauldron contained a hidden world, a vast miniature world that stretched as far as the eye could see.
"This is the world creation space inside the Creation Cauldron," it measures ten thousand light-years in length, width, and height, and contains hundreds of millions of small worlds. Each small world is a basic unit, capable of independently refining true god-level treasures.
The golden-armored man explained, "The combined power of one hundred small worlds can automatically refine a Void-level treasure, and ten thousand small worlds can refine an Eternal-level treasure."
"So, if that's the case," Chen Yuan asked, "does that mean a million small worlds are enough to forge a Saint-level treasure? And a hundred million small worlds combined could forge a God-King level treasure?"
"Call him saint—God King—" The golden-armored man glanced at him: "It seems you know quite a bit of common sense."
He then shook his head: "But you're thinking too simply. Reaching the Saint level is one thing, but the God-King level isn't so easy."
"Even in the Wu Kingdom at its peak, there were only three beings of that level: His Majesty the King of Wu, the third-generation patriarch of Duan Donghe, and the eighth-generation patriarch of my Sacred Weapon Sect."
"Of course, over the long course of time, even a god-king as powerful as him may perish."
The man in golden armor lamented, "A calamity caused the three generations of patriarchs of the Broken East River and the eight generations of patriarchs of my Holy Weapon Sect to perish one after another, leaving only His Majesty to struggle on alone. The overall strength of the Wu Kingdom also declined from its peak, until finally—."
He shook his head: "Alright, what's past is past, let's get back to the main topic."
"What I just said was to express the power of the God-King realm; even their secret treasures are extraordinary."
"But the Creation Cauldron is only at the first level of the God-King realm, so how could it possibly independently refine a secret treasure of the same level?"
"In fact, the highest you can achieve is a Saint-level treasure. Even if you combine a hundred million small worlds, you can only refine a Saint-level peak treasure at most."
"I see." Chen Yuan nodded, understanding the limits of the Creation Cauldron's power, and also gaining a new understanding of the Mountain-Sitting Guest who was able to refine multiple God-King level secret treasures.
"It seems the teacher's level is quite high. Aside from the Star Tower, I remember he also has the 'Jin King's Palace,' which is also a divine king's treasure."
"Hmm, it seems that the legacy of Jin back then may not be all of my teacher's knowledge. After I digest all of this, I'll see if I can get some new stuff out of him."
The thought flashed through Chen Yuan's mind. He looked at the golden-armored man and asked, "The core inheritance you mentioned is inside?"
"That's right, this is the most core part of the Creation Space. As long as you can refine this place, you can gain initial control over the Creation Cauldron."
The man in golden armor said, "The inheritance of my Holy Weapon Sect, whether ordinary or core, is stored here."
During the conversation, the golden-armored man stretched out his hand and flicked his finger lightly, instantly revealing objects in the previously empty space before him.
A golden cloud drifted in the distance, and above it stood many magnificent palace complexes, shrouded in mist.
Chen Yuan gazed at the palace on the distant clouds and thought to himself that the Holy Weapon Sect, which seemed to be related to blacksmithing, actually had such an ethereal and otherworldly core, like a heavenly palace from mythology.
"Let's go."
Led by the golden-armored man, the two quickly flew to the palace in the clouds. Once inside, they were greeted by a cluster of pavilions and waterside terraces, as well as a corridor leading directly to the central hall.
"These pools contain a total of 180 million Memory Stones, all of which are ordinary inheritances collected by the Holy Weapon Sect. These are not to be circulated outside the sect."
The man in golden armor pointed to the pool at the bottom of the corridor: "You bear the legacy of the Broken East River, so you must be familiar with the Stone of Memory."
Chen Yuan nodded, thinking to himself that it was no wonder they were both branches of the Wu Kingdom, even their methods of inheritance were exactly the same.
Soon, the two followed the corridor to the central hall. Once inside, they discovered that although the interior space was large, it was not empty. There were many statues on both sides, about two hundred in total.
And in the main seat at the very center of the hall, there is a unique statue.
"These statues are the statues of the successors of my Holy Weapon Sect, totaling 230."
"Look, beneath each statue, there are some memory stones. These represent the secret techniques created by these inheritors. These belong to the core inheritance of the Holy Weapon Sect and are theoretically forbidden to be passed on to outsiders."
Chen Yuan looked up and around, and suddenly noticed a statue on the outermost edge of the hall whose figure was very similar to the golden-armored man beside him.
Upon closer inspection, one could see that the inscription below the statue read: "[230th generation successor of the Sacred Weapon Sect, Sacred Weapon · Congshan · Wu]"
He remembered that the golden-armored man had just claimed to be the 231st generation successor, so this man named Congshan—
"You guessed right, that was me, or rather, me in my previous life."
The golden-armored man noticed Chen Yuan's target, his eyes dimmed slightly, and then he removed his armor, revealing a face exactly like the statue.
He looked at Chen Yuan: "In the battle against the Cosmic Sea, the remaining forces of my Wu Kingdom may have been completely wiped out, at least my branch is like that."
"Chen Yuan, if I hadn't been fortunate enough to meet you today and be able to pass on the lineage of the Sacred Weapon, then I would be a sinner of the Sacred Weapon Sect."
After a pause, the golden-armored man—that is, Congshan—continued, "Considering that you bear the weight of two great inheritances, I can give you a promise."
"That is, apart from the two most core inheritances, all the other inheritances of my Holy Weapon Sect are not restricted from being spread to outsiders."
Congshan gazed at the statues inside the main hall: "Including these 13037 core inheritances."
"Oh?!" Chen Yuan's eyes lit up. These core inheritances are actually allowed to be passed on to outsiders? The Holy Weapon lineage is incredibly generous!
"However, the two most core traditions are absolutely forbidden to be passed on to outsiders."
Congshan paused for a moment, then said, "Unless you are truly unable to enter the path, you can pass it on to the next successor according to the soul oath."
"You will learn about these core traditions later. Next, follow me to witness the two most core traditions of the Holy Weapon Sect."