Inside the Artifact Refining Furnace, the Purple Sun Spirit Fire blazed, emitting terrifying high temperatures.
Under Li Mu's Divine Sense control, the surface of the glowing red refined wheel artifact embryo, a 'red spiritual flow' surged, beautiful and exquisite, slowly sliding out from the Artifact Refining Furnace's exit.
Li Mu held iron tongs in one hand and an Imbuing Hammer in the other. He used the iron tongs to clamp the refined wheel artifact embryo onto the forging table, gathered spiritual power in his palm into the Imbuing Hammer, and began forging the fire-element refined wheel, condensing its artifact embryo.
“Clang, clang…” Amidst a series of hammering sounds, the refined wheel artifact embryo glowed with a red spiritual light.
“It's done? The first Dao pattern has condensed!”
“Such pure fire-element spiritual power!”
“He's starting to condense the second one, so fast.”
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Chen Yanshou's eyes were wide open, staring intently at Li Mu as he condensed Dao patterns for the refined wheel artifact embryo. Under his forging, the fire-element spiritual power of the refined wheel artifact embryo erupted frequently, and Dao patterns formed one after another with a speed that made him incredibly difficult to believe.
The first Dao pattern: Spirit Control, the second Dao pattern: Flame Gathering, the third Dao pattern: Blazing Sun, …
The Spirit Hammer in Li Mu's hand struck the fire-element refined wheel again and again, successfully condensing Dao patterns one by one. The fire-element spiritual light was dazzling, and the Dao patterns formed in succession.
“Hum, hum…” The artifact's humming sound was continuous, the fire-element refined wheel hummed ceaselessly. With the condensation of each Dao pattern, its spirituality would increase by one point, and the power of the fire it released would also increase accordingly.
After the eleventh Dao pattern condensed, the Spirit Hammer in Li Mu's hand paused, and he ended the Artifact Refining with a sense of unfulfillment.
【Ding, you have successfully refined a third-Rank refined wheel. Refining Skill proficiency +10.】
In the log bar, a new prompt suddenly popped up, appearing in Li Mu's field of vision.
Li Mu smiled slightly, his Divine Sense attached to the fire-element refined wheel Spiritual Artifact on the forging table.
The next second, a red light “whoosh” flew to Li Mu's side. Then, it revealed its true form: a flame refined wheel with a red flame spiritual fire, circling around Li Mu, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes up, sometimes down, incredibly agile.
Li Mu placed the iron tongs and Imbuing Hammer on the forging table, wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned to look at Wang Wenbao and Chen Yanshou, and said with a smile, “Manager Wang, Grandmaster Chen, I didn't disappoint. This Artifact Refining was luckily successful.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu's Divine Sense controlled the flame refined wheel to fly towards Wang Wenbao and Grandmaster Chen.
With a “swish,” the flame refined wheel left a trace of distorted air in the sky, flew in front of the two, and flexibly stopped in front of Wang Wenbao.
“A third-Rank High Grade fire-element refined wheel, good! Good!” Wang Wenbao stared at the refined wheel Spiritual Artifact in front of him, a hint of admiration in his eyes, praising it repeatedly.
Wang Wenbao looked up at Li Mu and excitedly praised, “Great Master Li, your Artifact Refining skill is too outstanding. My eyes have truly been opened today.”
“It's only one Dao pattern short of becoming a third-Rank top-grade Spiritual Artifact. You clearly still had more power, and the Dao pattern slots in the artifact embryo's base formation were also reserved. Why did you stop halfway?” Chen Yanshou looked at Li Mu and asked, puzzled.
Li Mu was speechless, not expecting Grandmaster Chen to notice that he had given up halfway.
“This is my first time refining a Spiritual Artifact of this form, a fire-element refined wheel. I was afraid the artifact embryo would be unstable, so to be safe, I didn't continue to condense the next Dao pattern,” Li Mu fabricated a reason to explain.
First time!
Chen Yanshou fell silent, his expression slightly changed, as if his heart had suffered some blow.
“At such a young age, your Artifact Refining Foundation is so solid, and your method of condensing Dao patterns is precise. Who is your Master? Your Master must not be an unknown person.” Grandmaster Chen stared at Li Mu, asking inquisitively.
“Artifact Refining is a family craft, passed down from my ancestor. He was just an unknown Loose Cultivator who passed away a long time ago!” Li Mu made up an excuse to reply, then continued, “My current Artifact Refining level is due to my personal Artifact Refining talent.”
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Grandmaster Chen opened his mouth, speechless, and fell into a brief silence, his face uncertain, not knowing what he was thinking.
“Great Master Li, this third-Rank High Grade flame refined wheel you refined is both offensive and defensive, full of spirituality. This refined wheel will definitely be the highlight of the Auction.” Wang Wenbao quickly interjected, looking at Li Mu with delight, praising him flatteringly.
“Manager Wang, do I now have the qualifications to become a Guest Elder of Wanbao Pavilion!” Li Mu smiled slightly, looking at Wang Wenbao and asking.
“Yes, yes! Of course, you are qualified! Great Master Li, your ability to become a Guest Elder of our Treasure Pavilion is an honor for Wanbao Pavilion!” Wang Wenbao nodded repeatedly, responding joyfully.
“Hmm! Regarding the Guest Elder treatment, I have a few special requests! I wonder if Manager Wang can agree,” Li Mu smiled slightly, indicating.
“Great Master Li, please state any requests you have. Wanbao Pavilion will do its best to satisfy you.” Wang Wenbao nodded, looking at Li Mu nervously.
“Hmm, the first request is that I cannot be stationed at Wanbao Pavilion for a long time. I can only set aside a few days every once in a while to complete Artifact Refining tasks,” Li Mu said to Wang Wenbao, indicating.
Artifact Refining is far less important than improving cultivation and strength.
Li Mu's only way to improve his cultivation was: farming, planting a large number of spiritual plants, absorbing plant spirits, and gaining cultivation and Cultivation Technique Rank improvements.
Therefore, Li Mu would spend most of his time in the spiritual fields in the future, and it was impossible for him to abandon his farming career for Wanbao Pavilion's Artifact Refining tasks.
If Wanbao Pavilion could not agree to this condition, Li Mu would certainly not be willing to serve as Wanbao Pavilion's Artifact Refining Guest Elder.
“No problem, this is definitely no problem. As long as Great Master Li is confident in completing the Artifact Refining tasks, he can come and go as he pleases. Wanbao Pavilion will not restrict Great Master Li's movements,” Wang Wenbao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly confirmed.
“Hmm, then the second request is, isn't there a 20% share for successfully refining a Spiritual Artifact? I hope Wanbao Pavilion can settle this share early, and try to settle it with Artifact Refining Materials. For example, since this flame refined wheel was successfully refined this time, I would like a batch of Five Elements third-Rank Artifact Refining Materials,” Li Mu smiled slightly, saying somewhat apologetically.
“Yes, yes, this is simple. Great Master Li, for the Spiritual Artifacts you refine in the future, after the Spirit Appraiser's value estimation, I will make the decision to settle the 20% commission to you in advance and have Liu Zhong allocate it as Artifact Refining Materials to your hands. At that time, you can directly ask Liu Zhong for whatever Materials you need, and if it's not enough, there will also be a certain amount that can be put on account,” Wang Wenbao nodded with a smile, satisfying Li Mu's small request.
Li Mu nodded with satisfaction. This way, the Five Elements Sword Formation was settled, and it would be a Sword Formation composed of third-Rank Five Elements Spirit Swords.
“Great Master Li, are there any other requests? Please feel free to say them, don't be polite,” Wang Wenbao looked at Li Mu nervously, urging him to speak.
Li Mu frowned and thought for a moment. He was currently wearing the Linglong Mask, and his identity was an Artifact Refiner. It was inconvenient to purchase spiritual Materials related to spiritual talismans, Puppets, and spiritual plant seeds. It seemed there were no other special requests.
“Just these two! There are no other requests!” Li Mu thought for a moment and shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Wang Wenbao immediately breathed a huge sigh of relief. He had thought Li Mu would make some harsh special conditions! These two small requests were simply too easy to satisfy.
Just then, Grandmaster Chen spoke again, and what he said caused both Li Mu and Wang Wenbao's expressions to change drastically.