The fact that Fang Chen was able to pass the normal Wooden Dummy Lane with his Qi Hai Realm cultivation could be considered as making history in the Barren Sect.
In the history of the Barren Sect, there had never been a Qi Hai Realm warrior who had entered the Wooden Dummy Lane.
Of course, although Fang Chen was only at the Qi Hai Realm, his strength had already reached the Early Stage of the Third Condensing Reality Realm. If he used a shocking sword attack, he could kill a Mid Stage of the Third Condensing Reality Realm warrior. This kind of strength was enough to make many Condensing Reality Realm warriors feel ashamed.
After entering the second Wooden Dummy Lane, Fang Chen discovered that these wooden warriors were different from the normal wooden warriors. The normal wooden warriors were grey in color, but the wooden warriors were dark grey.
This time, Fang Chen was experienced. Before the wooden warriors moved, he attacked first. With a flick of his wrist, the Hidden Star Sword slashed out a sword light and directly sent the nearest wooden warrior flying.
Of course, this was because he was caught off guard, and there was no such thing as good luck.
After colliding with the wooden warriors, Fang Chen discovered that the wooden warriors were much stronger than the normal wooden warriors.
The twelfth stage of the Water and Fire Sword Art.
To deal with the wooden warriors, one could only use pure physical attacks. As for soul attacks, they could not be used at all because the wooden warriors did not have souls.
Bang Bang Bang
The wooden warriors' attacks were even more tricky. Fang Chen almost lost a few times, but luckily, Fang Chen's battle experience was very rich. He was able to control the rhythm of the battle effectively, so he was not eliminated by the wooden warriors.
"If I train here for a long time, I will definitely be able to improve my battle skills."
Fang Chen thought to himself. At the same time, Fang Chen could not help but sigh. The fact that Tie Wu Shuang could pass the fourth Wooden Dummy Lane was enough to prove that his battle skills were unparalleled.
"Compared to Tie Wu Shuang, I still have a long way to go." Fang Chen said.
But soon, Fang Chen regained his confidence, because he was only at the peak of the 8th Qi Hai Realm. If he could break through to the Condensing Reality Realm and form his Dharma Idol, his power would increase tremendously. At that time, he might not be able to surpass Tie Wushuang, but he would at least be able to close the gap between them.
Time slowly passed. An hour later, Fang Chen discovered that his combat skills had improved a great deal. This was all because of the intense battle with the wooden warriors.
The attacks of the wooden warriors were extremely crafty and hard to defend against. Fighting with them was an effective way to improve one's combat skills.
"Continue."
After improving his combat skills, Fang Chen was naturally excited and continued to fight.
At a certain moment, Fang Chen discovered that his Water and Fire Sword Art had reached the twelfth level of the Transformation Stage. This scene made Fang Chen pleasantly surprised.
Fang Chen's Water-Fire Sword Technique, which had reached the Perfection Stage, had completely displayed his true strength. His Hidden Star Sword was incomparably magnificent. It displayed a majestic sword-light that constantly bombarded the wooden warrior's body.
Bang Bang Bang
After an hour of intense fighting, Fang Chen finally barely passed the second wooden puppet alley and entered the third.
Not long after entering the third wooden puppet alley, Fang Chen came out.
When Fang Chen came out, Elder Wu's eyes brightened and he asked, "How was it?"
Fang Chen handed the sensor to Elder Wu. After examining it, Elder Wu's face was filled with shock.
"He actually passed two wooden puppet alleys."
Fang Chen's sensor showed that he had passed two wooden puppet alleys. He had been eliminated in the wooden warrior alley.
"What a monster."
After a long while, Elder Wu muttered to himself.
Fang Chen nodded to Elder Wu and then walked over to the Soaring Dragon Marquis. The latter asked, "How was it?"
"This really is a good place to improve one's combat skills." Fang Chen grinned.
After entering the wooden puppet alley for more than two hours, his combat skills had greatly improved. Moreover, his Water and Fire Sword Art's twelfth level had reached the Transformation Realm.
Fang Chen turned his head and looked at the huge palace. He thought to himself that in a few days, when there were fewer people in the wooden puppet alley, he would definitely come a few more times. After all, he had a lot of Spirit Stones.
When Mu Ren Lane first opened, there were a lot of people, but after a while, there were almost no people left. First, it was because their fighting skills had already been dug out, so there was no point in going in anymore. Secondly, they didn't have enough spirit stones.
After bidding farewell to the Soaring Dragon Marquis, Fang Chen left the Martial Path Mountain.
His destination this time was Water City. He wanted to find a Weapon Refining Grandmaster to upgrade the Hidden Star Sword to the Profound Weapon grade.
If the Hidden Star Sword's grade could be upgraded, he would definitely be able to go further after entering the wooden puppet alley.
After arriving at Water City, Fang Chen followed the address given to him by Elder Mo and found a quiet and remote mansion.
This mansion was very low-key. There was not even a golden plaque above the mansion. There were also no guards at the mansion's entrance.
However, the true upper echelons of Water City knew very well how terrifying this mansion was.
This was because this mansion belonged to the Weapon Refining Grandmaster, Ku Fa. Ordinary people would not be able to set foot in this mansion.
When Fang Chen arrived at the mansion, he cupped his hands and said, "Grandmaster Ku Fa, I am Barren Sect's disciple, Fang Chen. Elder Mo has contacted you before."
Hearing Fang Chen's words, the door creaked open. When Fang Chen saw this, he entered the mansion and the door closed behind him.
The mansion was very small and there were not many buildings. There were only two or three rooms in total. Fang Chen carefully sized it up.
He discovered that there was a lounge chair in the garden. An old man was lying quietly on the lounge chair, enjoying the warm sunlight.
"Great Grandmaster Ku Fa." Fang Chen came to the garden and cupped his hands at the old man.
Grandmaster Ku Fa slowly opened his eyes and asked, "Are you the genius disciple that Elder Mo strongly recommended?"
Fang Chen chuckled and said, "How could I dare call myself a genius in front of Grandmaster Ku Fa?"
Grandmaster Ku Fa raised his head and looked at Fang Chen. "Elder Mo has already told me why you have come. Although I have some friendship with Elder Mo, if you want me to help you refine a weapon, you will have to follow the rules."
Fang Chen replied, "Grandmaster Ku Fa, I actually want to ask you to help me improve the grade of my weapon."
"Oh, take out your weapon and let me take a look," Grandmaster Ku Fa said.
As a Weapon Refining Grandmaster, Ku Fa's status was so high that countless martialists in the Southling Land looked up to him.
Normally, Ku Fa wouldn't casually meet people. If Elder Mo hadn't come looking for him, he definitely wouldn't have met Fang Chen.
Taking the Hidden Star Sword, Ku Fa carefully examined it. After a long while, he said, "Not bad. The person who refined this sword also knows a bit about the Dao of Weapon Refining. Furthermore, he was able to fuse Meteoric Metal into the sword. That is truly rare."
In Ku Fa's eyes, the peak Weapon Refining Grandmaster of the Jin Guanguo was only not bad.
The difference between a Weapon Refining Grandmaster and a Weapon Refining Grandmaster was not just a little bit. The true difference was something only insiders like them knew best.
"What kind of price is needed to upgrade this sword to a Profound Weapon?" asked Fang Chen.
"If it were an ordinary top-grade spirit weapon, the price to upgrade it to a low-grade profound weapon wouldn't be too high. However, your spirit weapon has been added with meteoric iron, so it's rather difficult to upgrade it. Therefore, the price will be slightly higher." Great Grandmaster Ku Fa said.
"Grandmaster Ku Fa, there's no harm in asking," said Fang Chen. Since he had come, he had made all the necessary preparations.
Hearing Fang Chen's words, Ku Fa wasn't in a rush to make any demands. Instead, he asked, "Do you have Meteoric Metal?"
Fang Chen was startled when he heard this. He immediately nodded and said, "This junior does have one."
Fang Chen's words caused Ku Fa's eyes to brighten. He had only casually asked. He hadn't expected Fang Chen to actually have it.
"In that case, things will be much easier. If you are willing to give me some Meteoric Iron, I can help you upgrade your weapon for free," Martial Grandmaster Ku Fa said with a smile.
Although he was a Weapon Refining Grandmaster, Meteoric Metal was still an extremely important refining material to him.
"Alright," said Fang Chen.
In any case, he still had a lot of Meteoric Metal. Giving some to Ku Fa wouldn't be a problem.
"Good, straightforward. Since you're so straightforward, I, Ku Fa, will definitely not disappoint you." Martial Grandmaster Ku Fa grinned.
"How much Meteoric Metal do you have?" asked Ku Fa.
"Around five kilograms." Fang Chen gave a random number. Of course, that wasn't the true number. He had said a lot less.
"Give me six kilograms. I'll fuse the remaining four kilograms into your sword. How about it?" asked Ku Fa.
Fang Chen pondered for a moment before nodding. "That's fine. However, Grandmaster Ku Fa, I have a question."
"If I fuse Meteoric Metal into the sword, can I fuse other things into it?" asked Fang Chen.
"What do you want to fuse with?" asked Ku Fa.
"Golden Quicksand."