“Combination Scroll, I only read it once and I want to take the assessment. Is that not showing enough respect for this Combination Scroll?”
However, from the Artifact Transformation Scroll’s assessment, it was clear that it didn't test rote memorization at all, but rather the flexible application of materials and the ability to solve Artifact Refining problems.
And he was not lacking in experience in these areas.
Besides, this assessment could be repeated multiple times anyway.
If he failed, no one would know.
If he passed, he could still take it again.
Qian Duoduo closed his eyes and pushed open the door of the Wood House in front of the tenth golden pillar.
The assessment Wood House at the last golden pillar was no different from the other nine.
Inside the Wood House, there was only a cushion and a small table for placing tokens.
Upon entering the illusory space, more than ten types of materials appeared before Qian Duoduo, and his gaze fell upon them, immediately astonishing him.
These more than ten types of materials were all rare items.
The roots of a ten-thousand-year Bodhi tree, the tendons from a deep-sea Dragon, the Phoenix tail of a Primal Beast Fire Phoenix…
What shocked Qian Duoduo the most was a table-sized immortal gold ore.
If refined into immortal gold, it would be ten times larger than the one Qian Duoduo had seen in Kongfang City.
Although he knew these materials were all illusory, Qian Duoduo knew they had all truly existed.
Moreover, in the illusory space, you could treat them all as real.
Using them to refine artifacts, no matter what was refined, it was a display of boldness!
After sighing, he finally noticed the content of the assessment:
“Use these materials to freely refine and combine. The higher the level of the Magic Treasure combined, the better the score.”
Of course, anything below a Spiritual Artifact would be considered a failure.
Seeing this prompt, Qian Duoduo felt a bit insulted.
If these precious materials were refined into something below a Spiritual Artifact, what kind of Artifact Refiner would he be?
However, he thought again. This assessment was not that simple after all.
Firstly, to be eligible for the assessment, one must have passed the assessments of the preceding nine golden pillars. Obtaining this qualification alone was not easy.
Secondly, how to use, refine, and combine these magnificent materials? Without an Magic Treasure or a sample, one could only create on their own.
Thirdly, how to refine the highest-grade Magic Treasure from the highest-grade materials? This was the ultimate question for an Artifact Refiner.
Here, an Artifact Refiner was not only refining Magic Treasures but also their own heart, that heart which sought the Dao of Artifact Refining.
As high as the heart, so good the artifact!
It could be said that this stage of the assessment was not an assessment, but rather a way to show you the infinite future of an Artifact Refiner!
Thinking of this, Qian Duoduo calmed his mind and studied the materials before him.
The Dragon and Phoenix are the strongest Spirit Beast and Spirit Birds. Could he use their materials as the main ingredients to create an unprecedented Magic Treasure? The Dragon's power lies in water and claws, the Phoenix's power lies in fire and tail…
After some refining and forging, a strange beast with a Dragon head and Phoenix tail slowly appeared in the illusory space.
This strange beast could spray water from its mouth, generate fire from its tail, and its two sharp claws, forged from immortal gold, could easily leave claw marks on rocks.
Its power was immense.
Qian Duoduo felt that if this strange beast encountered the little girl in that Secret Realm, it could easily defeat her.
But he also felt apprehensive, fearing that he might not have fully utilized the characteristics of the materials to create a Magic Treasure that surpassed their original grade.
“Mid-grade Treasure Artifact.”
As Qian Duoduo submitted the strange beast Magic Treasure, a voice came from within the illusory space.
Qian Duoduo felt a sense of relief, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Using so many and such good materials, he only managed to refine a mid-grade Treasure Artifact.
Again!
With a flash of red light, another batch of materials appeared before his eyes, and among them was actually a complete spiritual ore…
He didn't know how many bizarre Magic Treasures he had refined, nor how many types of Heaven And Earth Treasure he had refined.
When he exited the illusory space, Qian Duoduo felt a sense of exhaustion after being deeply shocked.
Some of those materials were as large as a world, while others were so small they could only be perceived with Spiritual Awareness; they didn't need to be refined or purified, they simply glowed on their own.
Sometimes Qian Duoduo even felt that using them to refine Magic Treasures was, in itself, a form of destruction.
Through these materials, he caught a glimpse of the greater world that the Sect Leader had spoken of.
Qian Duoduo opened the door a crack, just wanting to see if it was day or night outside.
Suddenly, the ten golden pillars in Wanjinge Square emitted dazzling light.