CHAPTER 141: CHAPTER 3: ARTIFACT REFINING AGAIN IN THE MAGIC TOWER

After the final assessment, it signifies the end of this academic year’s magic studies. The end of the year approaches, and the new year is near, leaving the bustling campus suddenly deserted.

In Wuji Continent, customs about celebrating the New Year are quite important. During the two months of January and December, most martial arts halls, private schools, and Magic Academies halt their classes.

The Royal Magic Academy is no exception.

The death of Hua Keke went unnoticed by anyone.

After the incident, her mother did come to the academy to look for Hua Keke. When she learned that her daughter had been expelled, she fainted at the academy gate.

It was Gu Feng who, out of compassion, secretly gave her some gold coins.

Yun Sheng did not oppose this, as Hua Keke’s family was innocent.

Yun Sheng even specifically asked Gu Feng to inquire if Hua Keke had been associating with any unidentified individuals. Aunt An had no recollection of such things, only mentioning that her daughter Keke hadn’t returned home for several years.

Last time, when her father broke his leg, she merely had someone send some money home, claiming she had found a job in a city shop, but Aunt An didn’t know the specifics of this shop.

Seeing that he couldn’t get any information, Gu Feng consoled her a few words and promised to keep an eye out for Hua Keke’s whereabouts, then sent her back home.

With the ten thousand gold coins given by Yun Sheng, Gu Feng’s life improved significantly.

He did not send all the money back home, saying that his parents had never seen so much money in their lives and would worry about the source, so he decided to save it for his younger siblings’ future education and family expenses.

With Gu Feng’s help, Yun Sheng completed the final collection of herbs from the public herb field, and the three of them also received recommendation letters issued by the academic office.

Next spring, all three of them would be able to report to Wuxuan Wuji Hall with these recommendation letters.

Gu Feng was going home for the New Year. Before leaving, he asked Yun Sheng and Qi about their plans.

Yun Sheng was naturally going to return to Huichun Hall to help, while Qi simply blurted out "gambling house" as his reply.

"That’s too bad; I originally wanted to invite you both to come with me. Although my home is poor, the village is very lively during the New Year," Gu Feng said regretfully as he bade farewell to the two.

After seeing off Gu Feng, Yun Sheng and Qi parted ways at the academy gate, with Qi heading to Wanlong Gambling House in the city center, while Yun Sheng harbored her own little schemes.

She didn’t return to the clinic immediately but first went back to the public student dormitory.

During the New Year vacation, the entire public student dormitory was almost deserted.

Yun Sheng took out the frenzied corpse bull’s skeleton from inside the Beast Language Ring.

After Yun Sheng’s Shennong’s Eyes broke through to the second level, she could roughly determine the beast age of demon beasts.

This frenzied corpse bull’s beast bones were already one hundred thirty years old, belonging to a fourth-ranked peak, less than fifth-tier demon beast.

Moreover, the beast bone was very intact, almost a perfect collection, from the spine to ribs without any damage. Consequently, the magic elements or fighting spirit inside the bones were well preserved. If put on the market, it’s worth no less than a thousand gold coins.

Confirming the beast age, Yun Sheng realized even more how powerful Ye Huli was, casually giving away such a set of beast bones without any sign of heartache.

Yun Sheng originally intended to ask Uncle Tie from Banana Leaf Village to help craft a new set of bone needles and a scalpel, especially since the golden rhinoceros pig’s beast teeth have become severely worn from multiple uses.

As a meticulous doctor, Yun Sheng understood the principle very well: to do good work, one must first have sharp tools.

While most people thought Yun Sheng was a Mage, if the Medical Soul Divine Needle could be cleverly used, it would definitely have considerable effectiveness.

But to Yun Sheng’s disappointment, after Uncle Tie saw the beast bones, he embarrassingly admitted that he was unable to help Yun Sheng craft them.

On the Wuji Continent, beast bones, especially high-level beast bones, are much harder than ordinary metal ores.

The first scalpel that Tie Gang made for Yun Sheng from the Golden Rhinoceros Pig was made from beast bones between the Second and Third Rank, which could be made into a blade after being refined by fire a hundred times.

However, the Frenzied Corpse Bull was different, its bones couldn’t be shaped using ordinary forging hammers and could only be refined using Magic Elements or fighting spirit.

Tie Gang was just an ordinary blacksmith and couldn’t forge it.

Having no other choice, Yun Sheng had to store the century-old beast bone in the Beast Language Ring.

While traveling to Yujing with her father, Yun Canghai, Yun Sheng also tried inquiring in various blacksmith shops elsewhere, but the response was always the same—she needed a Mage or Martial Artist to craft it into a Magic Artifact or weapon.

A year passed in a blink, and the beast bones had been lying inside the Beast Language Ring that long.

Having had the experience of refining the Unihorn bone into a Magic Wand, Yun Sheng knew that with her Five Elements Magic Soul, she could craft a rare Magic Artifact.

She decided to enter the Magic Tower one more time before leaving the Royal Magic Academy, trying to refine the Frenzied Corpse Bull bone, and she still had an Advanced Magic Card issued by the academy.

Yun Sheng recalled that Bobbie once mentioned that the higher the floor of the Magic Tower, the more abundant the Magic Elements, so she planned to explore the sixth-floor Magic Space while still at the Magic Academy.

If the outcome was no worse than the Unihorn bone Magic Wand, she would be entirely satisfied.

Yun Sheng carefully kept the Beast Language Ring and, with a few remaining Magic Cards, she arrived at the Magic Tower.

Most students and instructors within the Magic Academy had already returned home.

The Magic Tower was much emptier, but there was still the old wizard who looked like an owl, guarding there.

When he saw Yun Sheng, he didn’t question why she hadn’t gone home but took a few extra glances when Yun Sheng pulled out the Advanced Magic Card, as few students had one.

"Are you the beginner student who produced High-quality Magic Potion during the Magic Potion demonstration?" The old wizard appeared oblivious to worldly concerns but seemed to know every detail about what occurred in the academy.

Once he confirmed Yun Sheng’s identity, he no longer made things difficult.

"Magic Space 615," the old wizard handed over the Magic Crystal Key and Yun Sheng thanked him, about to head upstairs when the old wizard suddenly stopped her, "Wait a moment, take this key too."

Two keys?

Yun Sheng looked at the Crystal Keys, one was numbered 615 and the other 616.

The two keys looked identical, only the old wizard unexpectedly gave her two.

"After going up, try the key 616 first, if it doesn’t open, don’t force it, just go to Magic Space 615," the old wizard waved his hand, unwilling to say more to Yun Sheng.

Yun Sheng could only take the keys and head up the Magic Tower.

The old wizard, as if muttering to himself, watched Yun Sheng’s retreating figure, "I hope I haven’t misjudged."