Chapter 336: Three times opening the furnace; is this what a monster is?
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
With a soft shout from Xiao Yi, a seventh-grade Immortal Sword emerged from the furnace.
Looking at his creation, a smile appeared on Xiao Yi's lips.
He was quite satisfied with this artifact refining session.
Though it was just a seventh-grade Immortal Sword, he had used only the most basic refining platform and furnace.
The materials were top-grade ores, but the combination wasn't exactly ideal.
Being able to forge a seventh-grade Immortal Sword was enough to prove his skill.
As for Jiang Yifeng?
This person who had been secretly learning artifact refining for a few days.
He could be said to know nothing about it!At this moment, his expression was somewhat grim.
He kept recalling Xiao Yi's refining techniques.
They were completely different from what he had secretly learned before.
He couldn't understand the principles behind them.
"Sigh, it seems I have to start from the basics!" Jiang Yifeng sighed inwardly.
As for Xiao Yi only refining a seventh-grade Immortal Sword?
Jiang Yifeng didn't quite understand.
In his view, perhaps Xiao Yi was having an off day, or maybe he was just putting on a show and wasn't serious about refining.
He had no idea it was because of the materials and refining tools he provided.
But how could he be blamed?
He was just a novice refining apprentice who had been secretly learning for a few days.
He had never received formal training.
Xiao Yi, standing nearby, noticed Jiang Yifeng's displeased expression.
He quickly restrained the smile that had just appeared.
He kept wondering, "What's going on with this senior?"
"When I started refining, he was smiling; why did his expression change suddenly?"
"Could it be that he thinks my refining isn't good enough?"
But that shouldn't be the case!
He had just been refining quite seriously, even performing a bit above his usual level.
In such a basic environment, with these materials and refining tools, how many people in the world could forge a seventh-grade Immortal Sword like he did?
At least, he didn't know anyone like that.
Could it be that this senior has too high a standard?
Xiao Yi was very puzzled at this moment.
But he didn't dare to speak, standing motionless by the side, afraid that this unpredictable senior might inexplicably kill him.
After a long silence, Jiang Yifeng was the first to speak, proposing conditions for Xiao Yi to teach him artifact refining.
He stated that only when he was taught to become a Saint-level artifact refiner would Xiao Yi be allowed to leave.
Xiao Yi not only had no objections but was somewhat excited.
Being able to be in close contact with a Dao-level expert, he couldn't think of a reason to refuse.
That's right, in Xiao Yi's eyes, Jiang Yifeng was a Dao-level expert.
After all, the concept of Divine Dao was too niche in this timeline.
In the following time, Jiang Yifeng fully immersed himself in learning artifact refining.
With Xiao Yi's guidance, he gained more and more theoretical knowledge about refining.
Artifact refining was not just about shaping ores and infusing them with some spells, as he had secretly learned in the Artifact Sect.
Those were just the most basic entry-level practices.
True artifact refining had many intricacies.
For example, the quality of the refining furnace and platform.
And the quality of the furnace fire.
These were extremely important.
Because many materials were very strong, without a high-quality refining furnace and platform, without sufficiently intense flames, the refiner would need to use their cultivation strength to compensate for everything.
This would lead to the refiner consuming a lot of energy and strength, potentially causing failure due to excessive consumption during refining.
And this was for those with strong cultivation strength.
Some refiners had enough refining skills but lacked cultivation strength, making it impossible to melt some top-grade materials with low-level refining furnaces and flames.
These were very basic things.
Once you understood the principles, it was easy to figure out.
Jiang Yifeng didn't think of them at first because he hadn't been exposed to artifact refining.
Plus, when he was secretly learning in the Artifact Sect, he hadn't heard about these things.
So, he didn't pay attention to them.
However, these things weren't very important to Jiang Yifeng.
After all, his cultivation was strong enough, and he wasn't afraid of consumption.
Even if he didn't understand these things, he could still learn artifact refining.
At most, he would become a jack-of-all-trades refiner.
Of course, that wouldn't happen now, as he had brought back a "master."
He had already understood artifact refining.
Although he wasn't afraid of consumption, saving some effort was always good.
So, on the day he understood the refining theory, the Artifact Sect's sacred artifact, the "Nine Dragons Refining Cauldron," and its accompanying casting platform were stolen.
The Divine Fire "Crimson Flame" of the Immortal Fire Gate mysteriously disappeared.
The sacred treasures of the two major sects vanished.
All the sects in the Immortal Realm became vigilant, fearing they would follow in the footsteps of these two sects.
Many sect ancestors even emerged from seclusion to personally guard their sect treasures.
However, the thief never appeared again.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, eight hundred years went by.
In a secret chamber in the Southern Regions.
Jiang Yifeng controlled the Divine Fire "Crimson Flame," continuously burning the Nine Dragons Refining Cauldron.
Inside the refining furnace was the embryo of a long sword.
After a long time, Jiang Yifeng softly called, "Fuse!"
The refining furnace trembled.
"Zheng!"
The sound of a sword rang out.
A crimson long sword flew out from the refining furnace.
Seeing the sword floating in the air, a smile appeared on Jiang Yifeng's lips.
He finally succeeded.
Eight hundred years!
He had spent a full eight hundred years to forge a true Saint Artifact.
Xiao Yi, standing nearby, was already somewhat numb.
There was no way around it; Jiang Yifeng had shocked him too much over the years.
Which refiner doesn't improve grade by grade?
But Jiang Yifeng, on his first attempt eight hundred years ago, forged a treasure.
After that, he had an epiphany and didn't refine anything else.
He let Xiao Yi do the refining while he observed from the side.
Then, three hundred years ago, on his second attempt, he directly forged an Immortal Artifact.
After refining it, he had another epiphany.
Until this time, in Xiao Yi's eyes, Jiang Yifeng had only refined three times in total.
And on the third attempt, he directly forged a Saint Artifact.
Is this how refining is supposed to be mastered?
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Xiao Yi couldn't help but recall his own experience learning artifact refining.
How long did it take him to become a Saint-level refiner?
He remembered it was around ninety million years? Or a hundred million years?
He couldn't recall the exact time.
Anyway, it was a very long time.
As for the number of times he opened the furnace for refining?
That was even more.
He couldn't remember the exact number.
He only remembered that when he started learning refining, it was routine to have the furnace explode more than a dozen times a day.
This formed a stark contrast with Jiang Yifeng.
Xiao Yi began to doubt whether his method of learning refining was wrong.
Of course, he knew that was impossible.
It wasn't that his learning method was wrong.
It was the difference in talent that was too great.
Xiao Yi looked at Jiang Yifeng with a sense of awe in his heart.
"Is this what they call a prodigy?"
"Not only is his cultivation top-notch, but even when switching paths to learn refining, he can reach the peak in a short time!"
Jiang Yifeng was unaware of Xiao Yi's thoughts.
Nor could he see the changes in Xiao Yi's expression.
Because he had another epiphany.
Even Jiang Yifeng hadn't expected that the greatest aid in his refining wasn't the Orange Talent [Master Hand of Artifact Refining] but his max-level comprehension.
But thinking about it, it made sense.
The higher the comprehension, the faster one learns things.
A max-level comprehension with a red talent should indeed have such an effect.
In previous simulations, Jiang Yifeng couldn't feel the power of max-level comprehension.
It was simply because he was comprehending the Dao at the time.
The level was too high, that's all.
Now, as he learned artifact refining.
Even a Saint-level refiner could only forge Saint Artifacts.
And Saint Artifacts in terms of treasures were equivalent to the Saint realm in cultivation.
In this level of learning, the effect of the max-level comprehension talent was fully demonstrated.
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