Chapter 1516: Chapter 1507: The Number 1 Person in Artifact Refining History
"Whew!"
Ye Chenfeng wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and let out a slight breath of turbid air from his mouth. In just seven days, he had finished inscribing the Spirit Array Diagram on more than five hundred pieces of scrap metal, which indeed exhausted him.
During these seven days, the spiritual energy within Ye Chenfeng’s body was continuously consumed and replenished, cycling ceaselessly, never stopping even for a moment, making the river of spiritual energy within his meridians even more turbulent.
Suddenly, two continuous waves of energy emanated from Ye Chenfeng’s body. The momentum of his Divine Thought Realm Second Heavenly Layer Middle Stage rapidly soared. He smoothly advanced to the late stage of the Second Heavenly Layer, then to the peak of the Second Heavenly Layer, finally stabilizing his strength at the peak level of Divine Thought Realm Second Heavenly Layer.
Feeling his own power increase, a satisfied smile appeared on Ye Chenfeng’s lips. Old Hei Jiang Yuntian’s voice sounded in his mind: "Kid, how does it feel? Feeling good, right? During the artifact refining process, the consumption of spiritual energy within you is extremely intense, which equates to a form of cultivation."
"You’ve been going through cycles of depletion and recovery for seven days. Breaking through two minor levels in this time is only to be expected."
Although Old Hei Jiang Yuntian said this, in his heart, he was inwardly cursing Ye Chenfeng as a monster. After entering the Divine Thought Realm, increasing one’s power by even a minor level becomes tens of times more difficult than before, which can only mean that Ye Chenfeng’s talent is truly astonishing.
Dong Yehai, Wufeng Jiang, and Dong Xiaomei, among others, hadn’t recovered from the shock of Ye Chenfeng being a Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner, and now they sensed that Ye Chenfeng had consecutively broken through two minor levels? This made them feel a maddening impulse.
Due to the scarcity of nature’s spiritual energy in this small world, Ye Chenfeng had been directly replenishing by absorbing High Grade Spirit Stones. Currently, there were still dozens of unused High Grade Spirit Stones on the ground.
Ye Chenfeng glanced at Dong Yehai and the others, whom he was acquainted with, and casually said, "Clan Leader Dong."
Upon hearing this, Dong Yehai quickly collected his out-of-character expression and walked towards Ye Chenfeng with a very friendly demeanor, saying, "Brother Ye, who would’ve thought you were also a Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner? What is the current standard of artifact refiners in the Earth Profound Realm these days?"
In the Earth Profound Realm, the standard of artifact refiners is only represented by the Refining Sect. Ye Chenfeng had some understanding of the Refining Sect, and he said, "Currently, in the Earth Profound Realm, the highest rank seems to be a Sixth-Rank Artifact Refiner. In the whole Earth Profound Realm, there should only be one Sixth-Rank Artifact Refiner."
Originally, Dong Yehai and the others thought that the standard of artifact refiners in the current Earth Profound Realm had significantly improved, which was why someone as young as Ye Chenfeng could achieve the standard of a Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner. But who would have thought that the current standard would be almost the same as in their previous Earth Profound Realm, leaving Dong Yehai and the others stunned for several seconds.
The gaze towards Ye Chenfeng changed completely. Since the current standard of artifact refiners is similar to that of their time, what does it mean for Ye Chenfeng to be a Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner at just over twenty? They were shocked beyond belief.
If Dong Yehai and the others knew that Ye Chenfeng had not even refined a single weapon to this point and had only inscribed Spirit Array Diagrams twice before coming here, one can only wonder what expressions they would show?
Ye Chenfeng noticed Dong Yehai’s son, Dong Chengfei, intently staring at the weapons on which Spirit Array Diagrams were inscribed. He casually said, "If you like them, pick one as a gift from me."
Upon hearing Ye Chenfeng’s words, Dong Chengfei immediately rushed up to Ye Chenfeng and said, "Brother, no, Boss, from now on you are my Boss, Dong Chengfei."
Then Dong Chengfei picked a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact from the pile of weapons. He then looked at the unused dozens of High Grade Spirit Stones on the ground, embarrassedly asking, "Boss, these Spirit Stones..."
Before Dong Chengfei finished speaking, Ye Chenfeng waved his hand and said, "I’ll also give you these High Grade Spirit Stones."
Ye Chenfeng’s storage ring was most abundant with Spirit Stones.
As for those weapons Ye Chenfeng repaired, he used them to improve his artifact refining standard, and giving a few to Dong Chengfei and others was no big deal.
What Ye Chenfeng urgently desired now was to refine a weapon himself; otherwise, even though he mastered the Spirit Array Diagrams for Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts, he couldn’t be called a true Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner.
In this valley.
Dong Chengfei and others had already built a wooden hut for Ye Chenfeng. To start refining artifacts, one must have a quiet environment, so he said to Dong Yehai, "Clan Leader Dong, regarding the way to break this formation, for these seven days, I’ve been both inscribing Spirit Array Diagrams and researching, so rest assured."
"Now I need to refine a weapon, so I need a quiet environment. Unless it’s important, please don’t call me."
Saying so, Ye Chenfeng walked into the wooden hut.
After Ye Chenfeng entered the wooden hut, the originally cold expression on Dong Xiaomei’s face blossomed with brilliance. She immediately chose a purple longsword, which was also a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact.
She turned to look at Dong Chengfei. Upon seeing his sister’s gaze, Dong Chengfei hugged the dozens of High Grade Spirit Stones tightly to his chest and said, "Sis, these were given to me by my boss. Are you going to rob me?"
The cold demeanor on Dong Xiaomei’s face completely dissolved, and she miraculously showed a touch of tenderness as she said, "Chengfei, let’s make a deal, okay?"
Trapped here for thousands of years, the Sea Clan was impoverished, and Dong Xiaomei couldn’t resist the allure of High Grade Spirit Stones.
During these millennia, half of the Sea Clan’s natural treasures under Dong Yehai’s control were almost all consumed by Dong Yehai, Wufeng Jiang, and Wufeng Chi to resist Li Yanshan’s annexation.
Now Dong Yehai didn’t have any natural treasures or even a single Lower Grade Spirit Stone.
Seeing his son and daughter in this state, Dong Yehai shook his head with a wry smile. He, the Clan Leader, wouldn’t stoop to childish antics like Dong Xiaomei and Dong Chengfei.
Ye Chenfeng, inside the wooden hut, was unaware of what was happening outside.
Ye Chenfeng needed materials to refine weapons. He had emptied the Blood Soul Clan’s treasury back then, but the most abundant resources there were High Grade Spirit Stones and various Spirit Grasses to increase strength. There were almost no materials for artifact refining.
Currently, Ye Chenfeng’s storage ring only held two usable materials.
The first was a piece of Purple Meteorite Profound Iron he obtained from the shopkeeper Zhu Mingqian at the Divine Artifact Pavilion in Tianyao City.
Because Ye Chenfeng won the Purple Meteorite Profound Iron and a jade slip recording Spirit Qi Wings from Zhu Mingqian, Zhu Mingqian had tried to harm Ye Chenfeng, leading to Zhu Mingqian’s death at Ye Chenfeng’s hands.
This also sowed the seeds of enmity between Ye Chenfeng and the Refining Sect since Zhu Mingqian was the son of the Refining Sect Elder Zhu Wenchang.
Ultimately, Zhu Wenchang also died at Ye Chenfeng’s hands.
According to Old Bai and Old Hei, Purple Meteorite Profound Iron is material for refining Immortal Artifacts.
The second was the Millennium Fire Meteor ye obtained in the ancient God and Demon Graveyard.
This Millennium Fire Meteor is a type of Fire Attribute metal capable of refining Fire Attribute Magical Artifacts.
However, Ye Chenfeng lacked Fire Attribute cultivation techniques and combat skills. On the contrary, the move Dragon Soars Nine Heavens was Ice Attribute.
Thus, Ye Chenfeng set his sights on the Purple Meteorite Profound Iron.
In his mind, Ye Chenfeng asked, "Old Bai, Old Hei, I’m far from being a Supreme Artifact Refiner and can’t refine an Immortal Artifact yet. How about I practice with the Purple Meteorite Profound Iron first?"
Old Hei said, "You can use the Purple Meteorite Profound Iron. Even if you want to refine an Immortal Artifact later, you can still merge the weapon crafted from the Purple Meteorite Profound Iron into it."
"Only, boy, you are simply the first in the history of Artifact Refining! You haven’t even refined a single Lower Grade Magic Artifact, and here you are, attempting to refine a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact using Purple Meteorite Profound Iron, a material for making Immortal Artifacts?"
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