There were golden scissors, silver tweezers, jade needles, and so on.
Mo Hua had never seen these Artifact Refining tools before.
He had only seen a big hammer...
It was the large iron hammer that Master Chen swung when refining artifacts.
Bai Zixi explained to Mo Hua,
"Different grades of Spiritual Artifacts require different refining tools. Swords and halberds are usually forged with hammers; rings, bells, and pendants require more delicate tools."
"Mhm, mhm."
Mo Hua looked on admiringly, nodding his head repeatedly.
Then Bai Zixi began to demonstrate to Mo Hua how to dismantle the Corpse Controlling Bell.
She first placed the bell in the furnace to heat it up to a certain point before taking it down, and with her fair hands, she alternated between golden scissors, silver tweezers, and jade needles, gradually separating the inner and outer layers of the bell.
Bai Zixi worked with ease.
Mo Hua watched, still somewhat puzzled.
As he raised his head, about to ask a question, he saw Bai Zixi with her eyes as clear as autumn waters, focused intently, occasionally blinking, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.
Mo Hua found himself mesmerized, forgetting what he was about to say.
After a while, Bai Zixi managed to dismantle the Corpse Controlling Bell and looked up at Mo Hua, asking in a melodious voice,
"Did you understand it clearly?"
Feeling a bit guilty, Mo Hua averted his gaze,
"I understood..."
Bai Zixi nodded in satisfaction.
The Corpse Controlling Bell was dismantled by Bai Zixi.
Mo Hua then composed himself, focused, and began studying the formation on the bell.
But soon, Mo Hua furrowed his brow.
The formation on the Corpse Controlling Bell was not an Ultimate Formation...
It was based on the Five Elements Water Series Formation, transforming water into blood, and was a formation created from human blood that used a Blood Formation to control and manipulate an Iron Corpse.
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But it was not the Soul Pivot Ultimate Formation that emphasized the control of Spiritual Power, as Mo Hua had previously speculated.
Mo Hua was very disappointed.
"Is it wrong?" Bai Zixi asked.
"Hmm." Mo Hua nodded.
Bai Zixi suggested, "Do you want to look at the other formations in the Corpse Walking Stronghold?"
"Sure."
Thus, Bai Zixi opened the Storage Bag and, with Bai Zisheng's help, laid out all the formation-related items of various sizes that they had previously scavenged from the Corpse Walking Stronghold in the courtyard.
Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he had prepared a strategy in advance.
If the complete Spiritual Pivot Ultimate Formation was not in the Corpse Controlling Bell, then it must be within the Corpse Walking Stronghold.
Now that he had brought all the formation secrets of the Corpse Walking Stronghold to himself, he refused to believe that he could not find it.
So, Mo Hua started searching one by one.
Formation Patterns that were obvious at a glance, he simply discarded back into the Storage Bag.
For obscure formations, Mo Hua took note of the formation patterns.
Some items had formations deeply hidden and abstruse, so he marked them separately to dismantle and study in detail later.
Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi also helped.
They lacked enough Divine Sense to learn the Ultimate Formation, but they could still discern.
Like this, they kept searching all day.
Still, they found nothing.
Mo Hua obtained some rare and obscure formations, but these were not the Ultimate Formation.
"Very strange..."
Mo Hua frowned.
"Could this formation not be in the Corpse Walking Stronghold?" Bai Zisheng asked.
Mo Hua thought for a moment, then shook his head, "It's unlikely..."
Formations are always needed.