King of Creation
Chapter 895 - 881 Smiling Yama
CHAPTER 895: CHAPTER 881 SMILING YAMA
Four hours!
Ye Zhen consumed a full four hours to refine the Black Silkworm Spirit Silk Armor this time!
Yet during these four hours, all the high-level members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, including Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong, watched Ye Zhen’s every refining move without blinking, even the slightest change in his divine sense!
Everyone seemed to be witnessing a divine miracle, even unconsciously held their breath, switching to inner breathing with spiritual power, afraid that a careless act might disturb Ye Zhen’s refining.
And as for Jin Mu, even while kneeling there, his expression would periodically become incredibly excited due to Ye Zhen’s refining actions.
Every ordinary technique and finger movement demonstrated by Ye Zhen in artifact refining could make Jin Mu extremely excited.
So far, merely watching Ye Zhen refine had already solved thirteen issues Jin Mu had previously encountered in artifact refining!
And in the past ten years, the number of similar problems that Jin Mu had researched and resolved did not exceed ten!
To put it another way, merely witnessing Ye Zhen refine once equals Jin Mu’s own exploration in refining for ten years!
This further proves the value of the artifact refining notes left by the Earth Core Fire Commander in the Mystic Sky Refining Technique.
So, when another brand new Black Silkworm Spirit Silk Armor was born in Ye Zhen’s hands, Jin Mu stood up excitedly.
This action surprised Jian Qianxiong and others, thinking Jin Mu was up to something again!
Who knew, Jin Mu solemnly bowed toward Ye Zhen!
Moreover, it was the extremely formal ceremony of three kneels and nine kowtows!
He respectfully said: "Master, please accept the bow of your disciple Jin Mu! I am willing to swear a divine soul oath here to serve Master all my life without any second thoughts, only obeying Master’s commands!"
Ye Zhen, who had just finished refining, was stunned. He previously thought about how to deal with the chief grandmaster refiner Jin Mu after finishing the refining, but unexpectedly, before he could act, Jin Mu had already made a divine soul oath almost equivalent to him being Ye Zhen’s slave!
One, Jin Mu was indeed convinced by Ye Zhen’s extraordinary refining skills and abilities displayed, and two, Jin Mu is a smart person to have become a renowned grandmaster refiner.
Rather than waiting for Ye Zhen to act after refining, it’s better for him to proactively submit himself to Ye Zhen!
Because of the previous divine soul oath due to the wager, Ye Zhen could act whichever way on him, he had to endure it.
But if he were to take Ye Zhen as his teacher, then it would be another concept! Although his vow of apprenticeship was almost like becoming a slave.
However, as long as his teacher Ye Zhen is a normal person, he wouldn’t use him, a grandmaster refiner, as a slave.
The most important thing is, he truly wishes to make further progress in artifact refining, seeing spiritual artifacts with unimaginable power being produced from his hands — the sense of accomplishment is unlike any other joy.
Ye Zhen thought slightly about Jin Mu’s intentions, but as Jin Mu contemplated, Ye Zhen wasn’t one to use a grandmaster refiner as a slave.
On the contrary, having a grandmaster refiner at his disposal means that whenever Ye Zhen gives a small tip, it can surely have a significant impact!
Thinking about it, Ye Zhen gently nodded, "Considering your sincerity, I’ll accept you as my disciple."
Casually contemplating for a moment, Ye Zhen squeezed out a jade talisman and tossed it to Jin Mu, "Here is some insight on refining middle and lower grade spirit artifacts from your teacher; carefully comprehend it, and it should greatly increase your success rate in refining middle and lower grade spirit artifacts and reduce many requirements!"
"From today, each month you must refine at least one low-grade spirit artifact for the Divine Sect, and it must be done using only low-grade spirit artifact materials, can you do that?" Ye Zhen instructed.
"One piece a month? Using only materials for refining low-grade spirit artifacts?" Jin Mu was stunned for a moment, urgently probing his divine sense into the jade talisman.
"If you can’t, then you’re not fit to be my disciple!"
Ye Zhen’s words startled Jin Mu, who had just been incredibly delighted after seeing the content within the jade talisman.
The brief content within the jade talisman resolved many accumulated problems he faced in refining; suddenly encountering a wise master, then being kicked out of the apprenticeship would be a tragedy!
"Master, rest assured, even if I cough blood, I will exert all efforts to complete the tasks commanded by you!"
This scene made Jian Qianxiong and others both surprised and happy!
One low-grade spirit artifact a month, what kind of concept is this?
Under such circumstances, within less than a year, the quantity of spirit artifacts within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect would double!
The strength of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect is bound to explosively grow!
Moreover, today they had already received three mid-grade spirit artifacts from Ye Zhen!
With Jian Qianxiong’s discernment, he can easily see Ye Zhen’s intention for publicly instructing like this, which is to silence them.
If Ye Zhen hadn’t done so, the top-level members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect might have encircled Ye Zhen tightly!
But now, everyone’s attention was like wolves’ eyes fixed on the newly refined mid-grade spirit artifact – the Black Silkworm Spirit Silk Armor in Ye Zhen’s hand.
All previous shock had turned into anticipation for this Black Silkworm Spirit Silk Armor!
Facing so many pairs of red eyes, Ye Zhen simply gave a gentle push, handing over the Black Silkworm Spirit Silk Armor to Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong!
"Please also trouble the Sect Leader to deal with this Spirit Armor. I am a bit exhausted from artifact refining today, so I will take my leave to rest first!"
"Indeed, while other artifact refiners take at least ten days to create a mid-grade spirit artifact, you only used four hours. The effort you put in..."
"Go and rest, but you can only rest for a maximum of two days! The Divine Sacrifice will commence in three days, and the day before it starts, I will send a talisman communication to call you over, to brief you on some precautions as the Assistant Priest!" Jian Qianxiong said!
With a distant hand gesture, Ye Zhen’s figure moved, disappearing after a few breaths!
This left the top leaders of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect in astonishment, and Jin Mu deeply immersed in the artifact refining techniques disclosed by Ye Zhen’s Jade Talisman, unable to extricate himself.
Of course, the artifact refining techniques Ye Zhen taught Jin Mu were just an insignificant part of the Earth Core Fire Commander’s Mystic Sky Refining Technique!
Yet even this insignificant part could cause Jin Mu’s artifact refining skills to advance leaps and bounds.
However, no matter how much he advanced, Jin Mu could not, like Ye Zhen, refine a mid-grade spirit artifact within four hours.
To reach Ye Zhen’s level, high-level flame, powerful divine soul power, familiar techniques, etc., were all indispensable!
Regarding familiarity and technique, aside from these, high-level flame and powerful divine soul power were two things Jin Mu could almost never possess under normal circumstances!
After returning, although Ye Zhen said he was resting, he did not rest!
He first thoroughly studied the tens of thousands of blueprints for mid-grade and high-grade spirit artifacts recorded in the Mystic Sky Refining Technique.
After carefully screening them, he made a list according to the possible future needs of the materials recorded in hundreds of middle upper-grade spirit artifact blueprints and sent it to Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong.
He asked Jian Qianxiong to issue orders to the branch altars in various places to pay attention, and if sightings of these heavenly materials and earthly treasures were discovered, to quickly purchase them or notify the Divine Sect Headquarters to collect them!
The materials for refining middle upper-grade spirit artifacts are particularly precious, especially for high-grade spirit artifacts!
So far, Ye Zhen has only managed to gather materials for that mid-grade spirit artifact in the Divine Sect’s Treasure Vault. As for the high-grade materials for refining spirit artifacts, the Treasure Vault only holds six types, and they each belong to the main ingredients for refining six types of high-grade spirit artifacts.
What Ye Zhen was doing was merely a widespread effort, akin to fishing with a wide net.
After all, the materials for refining high-grade spirit artifacts cannot be sought at will by Jian Qianxiong, and it might take decades to gather even if a few specific kinds are designated.
In contrast, using a widespread method increases the likelihood of eventually gathering the materials needed to refine a certain high-grade spirit artifact in the future.
After completing all this, Ye Zhen continued modifying the spiritual artifact in his hands.
For example, with the spiritual artifact Thousand Vine, Ye Zhen only needed to add a Five Elements Spiritual Power Conversion Array, which could change the previous situation where only eighty percent of Thousand Vine’s power could be exerted, allowing it ultimately to exert one hundred percent of its power!
Nevertheless, adding a Five Elements Spiritual Power Conversion Array to the gaps between the densely engraved arrays within Thousand Vine was still highly challenging, and Ye Zhen refined very carefully.
In such circumstances, time slipped by unconsciously, and in the blink of an eye, by the time Ye Zhen successfully transformed Thousand Vine, one and a half days had passed.
In fact, modifying Thousand Vine was more strenuous than refining a new mid-grade spiritual artifact, consuming several times the amount of time!
However, the unique ability of Thousand Vine could both attack and defend, making it worth Ye Zhen’s effort to modify it!
"Hmm, rest for a night, and then go see the Sect Leader for a lesson on precautions for serving as the Assistant Priest for the Divine Sacrifice!" In muttered words, Ye Zhen slowly closed his eyes, spiritual power circulating around him, and began to adjust and restore his state!
But this state did not last long before it was interrupted by a talisman communication falling from the sky.
"The moon is bright and stars sparse, join me for a drink in Lanshan Bamboo Sea!"
This was the talisman communication Ye Zhen received, signed by Qingyue!
This was Feng Qingyue inviting Ye Zhen for a drink. Receiving an invitation from Feng Qingyue was something Ye Zhen couldn’t refuse.
Ye Zhen was just somewhat curious as to why Feng Qingyue didn’t come to call him to go together but sent such a talisman communication instead.
However, Ye Zhen didn’t think much about it and casually tidied up before heading out.
After keeping his spirit tense for so many days, it was time to relax a bit.
The name Lanshan Bamboo Sea was something Ye Zhen had heard of; it was a place in Lanshan known for its breathtaking scenery, though he had never had the chance to admire it before.
Almost as soon as Ye Zhen’s figure shot up to the sky, flying toward the direction of Lanshan Bamboo Sea, hundreds of miles away, another blue talisman communication shot up to the sky from somewhere.
Yet, compared to the sky above Qinglan Martial City, crisscrossed with at least a thousand talisman communications at any given moment, this talisman communication wasn’t conspicuous at all; only its color was slightly striking!
Just as the blue talisman communication shot skyward, a line of three people slowly walked to the front gate of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, presenting an invitation!
The content of the invitation was naturally mainly about a visit, but that long string of titles was particularly conspicuous, making the face of the rotating guard of the Divine Sect change color repeatedly.
"Ninth Elder of the Stars Tower’s Main Building, Grand Steward for external affairs of the Stars Tower, one of the three Clan Elders of the Xuanyuan Yan Family, Smiling Yama, Yan Wuji is here for a visit..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com); your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)