In the cultivation room.

Gazing at Wei Fan, whose expression was ever-changing.

Lin Li and Liu Xiangqian exchanged glances, quickly asking:

"Clan Leader Wei, what have you thought of?

The current situation is abnormal; please state any possibilities you might have considered."

Wei Fan nodded slightly, organized his words, and said:

"Under normal circumstances, a cultivator takes only about half an hour to refine their life artifact.

However, in some ancient legends, there have been other exceptions in the Damo Realm.

Some cultivators appeared extremely normal at Fourth-Layer Qi Cultivation, just when their divine sense was first born.

But when they reached Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer and began refining their life artifact, their divine sense would suddenly surge....."

Hearing this, Lin Li frowned and asked:

"What happened to these people afterward?

Did they manage to refine their life artifact successfully?"

Wei Fan gave him a hesitant glance and said:

"According to the tales, some exploded and died, while a few succeeded.

But all those who succeeded invariably refined two life artifacts in the end."

Upon hearing this, Hua Jun, who was responsible for making the life artifacts, widened his eyes immediately:

"What? Someone refined two life artifacts?

What... what is the principle behind this?"

The term 'life artifact.'

As the name suggests, it is an artifact linked to the refiner's life.

A person only has one life, so naturally, they can only have one life artifact.

Just like a charging port can connect to only one USB cable.

This is a one-to-one irreversible process.

The example Wei Fan spoke of clearly contradicted this situation.

Facing Hua Jun's question, Wei Fan shook his head somewhat helplessly:

"Academician Hua, people who can refine two life artifacts are known as 'Heavy Spirit' individuals.

Like those who have reached the Nascent Soul Realm, they are rare and almost legendary.

Hearing about such exceptions is uncommon for us, as for the reason behind it.....

Even the big figures probably have no clue."

Hua Jun heard this and the expression on his face became even more incredulous, reminiscent of Sun Xiaochuan.

Lin Li, on the side, pressed his lips together, a heavy expression on his face.

Then he looked at Liu Xiangqian and Hua Jun, saying:

"Elder Liu, Academician Hua, let's put aside the theoretical issues about 'Heavy Spirit' individuals for now.

Our urgent task is to determine if Comrade Cao Yi encountered some simple difficulties, causing the refinement process to stagnate.

Or if... the special constitution of a 'Heavy Spirit' individual has been activated.

If it's the former, then it can be dealt with; at worst, we just wait for him to break through.

But if it's the latter...

Then if we don't take some measures, Comrade Cao Yi's personal safety might be compromised."

Liu Xiangqian nodded in agreement, turning his focus to the event itself.

He curled his left index finger into a shape resembling the number 'nine,' pressing the joint against the point above his lips as he thought for a few seconds.

Then something suddenly came to mind, and his eyes lit up:

"Right, the Sensory Instrument!"

He darted to the main console like an arrow, showing no signs of his seventy-year age.

"Heat zone radiation map..... density column diagram....."

Carefully, Liu Xiangqian overlapped the images from the sensory instrument with certain data from the library, like a devout worshiper at an altar.

After a while, he said excitedly:

"Xiaolin, I've compared Comrade Cao Yi's and the high-ranking Qi cultivators of the Wei Mansion's light sensory images.

I've found that the brightness in Comrade Cao Yi's pineal gland area is indeed two to three magnitudes higher than that of other cultivators at the same level.

Even the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation members of the Wei Mansion are shown dimmer in brightness than Comrade Cao Yi!"

Lin Li's expression shifted, and he quickly stepped forward.

Sure enough, as Liu Xiangqian said, the image tagged with Cao Yi's name was indeed brighter.

Higher brightness indicates that the intensity of this 'wave' known as divine sense is stronger.

Like a light bulb, the higher the wattage, the brighter it is.

This aligns entirely with Wei Fan's earlier mention of the sudden surge in divine sense.

To put it in academic terms, it's an anomaly caused by some form of overload.

The fact was now clearly before everyone:

Cao Yi was a typical 'Heavy Spirit' individual.

With this verified, Lin Li turned to Wei Fan once more:

"Clan Leader Wei, can we directly communicate with Comrade Cao Yi now?"

"Absolutely not!"

Wei Fan quickly shook his hand, speaking with utmost solemnity:

"The refinement of a life artifact is a highly secretive process; any external disturbance can cause the refiner to go berserk.

This is also why a significant number of 'Heavy Spirit' individuals perish — because they simply cannot communicate with the outside and can only watch helplessly as they explode."

Upon hearing the word 'explode,' a hint of concern flashed in Lin Li's eyes.

However, being the highest authority present at the scene, he knew he had to remain calm.

After all, if he lost control, others would follow suit.

Thus, he quietly clenched his back teeth, biting into the inside of his lips.

Using the pain to keep himself steady, he emotionlessly asked:

"Clan Leader Wei, then what should we do now?"

Wei Fan hesitated for a moment, looking up at the cultivation room's door:

"The door of the cultivation room doesn't block divine sense; it's penetrable.

So theoretically.

If we bring in other artifacts inscribed with core imprints, Brother Cao Yi would have the opportunity to refine one of them.

However, we cannot use language to inform Brother Cao Yi of the artifacts outside, nor can we utilize my divine sense.

Typically, during the refinement of a life artifact, a cultivator's divine sense rarely extends beyond three meters around them...."

Wei Fan's words were clear:

Both Lin Li outside and Cao Yi inside must achieve a certain degree of tacit understanding to resolve the crisis.

After all, Cao Yi himself was unaware of the existence of this obscure concept of 'Heavy Spirit.'

When a cultivator discovers a problem during their refinement process that they cannot interrupt,

In most cases, they reflect on whether there's a mistake in any phase rather than suspecting an anomaly in their constitution.

Besides, you can hardly blame Liu Xiangqian and the others for not collecting enough data or the Wei Family for not providing intelligence.

The notion of 'Heavy Spirit' individuals is akin to an urban legend in the Damo Realm.

It's an extremely illusory rumor; otherwise, Wei Fan wouldn't have called it "ancient legends."

It's like how if a local hospital loses two bags of blood plasma,

people would typically suspect a patient of theft, or an error during transportation.

At most, someone with a wild imagination might think it was an unintentional glimpse of some underground gray line.

But even then, no one would jump to vampires, right?

The concept of a 'Heavy Spirit' is similar.

Then Lin Li looked at Hua Jun and asked:

"Academician Hua, how many life artifacts have you prepared?"

Hua Jun thought for a moment and said:

"About twenty, all crafted as weapons based on the eighteen forms of martial arts."

"Then bring them all in, don't miss a single one!"

Upon hearing Lin Li's command, Hua Jun immediately instructed his assistants to move the artifacts from an open area outside.

A moment later.

More than a dozen weapons were brought into the laboratory and placed outside the cultivation room's door.

At this moment, Wang Qiang suddenly thought of something:

"Teacher, though we can't use language or divine sense for direct communication.....

Could we possibly use the interference field strength to communicate with Comrade Cao Yi?"

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