394 The Wind Blows! (1/2)
The thought that one day, after he successfully refined a Dharmic Armament, that every single person—man or woman—would have to address him as 'Grandmaster', made Wang Baole extremely agitated, as well as troubled.
Would they call me Grandmaster Wang, Grandmaster Bao, or Grandmaster Le?
No matter how Wang Baole thought about it, he still felt that the word 'Grand' made the title awful. He had the intention that after he refined a Dharmic Armament, he would take the initiative to make others, such as Liu Daobin and company, first address him as Master Wang. That way, the others would follow suit as well.
Master Wang! Wang Baole was satisfied with this title. After he fantasized about it for a moment, he felt energized and began the process of researching Dharmic Armaments by playing it out in his mind.
A Dharmic Armament was structurally similar to a Numinous Treasure, both having Spirit Kernels and inscriptions, but when seen in detail, many differences were also present. There were two other factors, which were Spirit Integration and Heavenly Evocation!
According to the knowledge Wang Baole gained through his time spent in the Ethereal Dao College, he knew very clearly that, regardless of whether it was a Dharmic Artifact or a Numinous Treasure, they were merely a method of using Spirit energy—such that the Spirit energy could flow according to the inscriptions in order to produce different explosive effects.
A Dharmic Armament differed in that it not only focused on only Spirit energy, but also encompassed… Heaven and Earth power!
The so-called Heaven and Earth power sounded very ethereal in its description. According to the Dao College, it could cause the heavens and earth, as well as everything in nature, to be seen as having life. The ripples that resulted from this life would accumulate and fill the entire world. This seemingly separate, yet united force, was known as… Heaven and Earth power!
This is actually magnetism. The heavens have a will, and therefore, they would give off magnetism belonging to the heavens. This was the same case for the earth, the mountains, the rivers, and even the mud, rocks, lightning, wind and rain, and so on… Wang Baole rubbed his glabella, as he recalled the knowledge he learned in the Dao College.
Dharmic Artifacts and Numinous Treasures control the Spirit energy. As for a Dharmic Armament, it doesn't only control the Spirit energy, but also the Heaven and Earth power. Therefore, in terms of power, activation of any Dharmic Armament would send shock waves in all directions. It wasn't groundbreaking but was still extremely impressive.
The way to control the Heaven and Earth power was to incorporate one of the two additional factors that distinguished a Numinous Treasure from a Dharmic Armament, and that was… Heavenly Evocation!
This so-called Heavenly Evocation meant incorporating all the mystique forces emanating from the magnetic fields of every single object between the heavens and earth into a Dharmic Armament. It could transform a Dharmic Armament into a medium for communicating with the forces of the heavens and earth!
This way, the first step of making a Dharmic Armament could be considered complete. A Dharmic Treasure that could communicate with the Heaven and Earth powers could already be considered half a Dharmic Armament, with its power far exceeding that of a Numinous Treasure, even though it still paled greatly compared to a Dharmic Armament.
At that time, the second stage of refinement would be initiated, and that was… Spirit Integration!
True to its name, Spirit Integration meant integrating the spirit into a Dharmic Armament!
It didn't require the Artifact Spirit to have Spirit Intelligence. As long as it fulfilled the requirements, once the spirit was integrated, it could form something like an outlet for a Dharmic Treasure that had Heaven and Earth power. Through the lead of the Artifact Spirit, a surprising force would result.
For example, the black hurricane from Wang Baole's Dharmic Armament saber appeared as such because the source of the Dharmic Armament's Heaven and Earth power had come from a hurricane. The crocodile inside the black hurricane was the Artifact Spirit!
Heavenly Evocation and Spirit Integration… These two steps are challenging. Wang Baole sorted out the knowledge he had learned. In silence, he began thinking about these two steps that were unique to a Dharmic Armament. For the Heavenly Evocation step, he needed to continually try and play it out. As for Spirit Integration, it could be considered the simpler of the two steps.
I need to capture a ferocious beast as the Artifact Spirit. The choice for the Artifact Spirit should ideally complement the power of the Dharmic Armament. Therefore, since I want to refine a Dharmic Armament megaphone, I should find a beast that could roar, and do so loudly… With that thought, the donkey surfaced in Wang Baole's mind. Instantly, his eyes lit up, but he soon sighed. He felt that killing the innocent donkey that hadn't done anything wrong was somewhat inhumane.
However, he still felt that using the donkey as the Artifact Spirit and creating the Dharmic Armament megaphone would make it extremely impressive and astonishing.