Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 204: Yan Wu’s Surprise

An hour later, hundreds had gathered in one of the Refining Alliance’s alchemy squares.

Xu Ping’an was sitting cross-legged in front of a huge Heavenly Fire Furnace.

Inside the furnace, the Heavenly Fire blazed fiercely.

"It’s actually ranked eighteenth among the Heavenly Fires, the Celestial Meteor Flame." Xu Ping’an was surprised to himself.

There are many kinds of Heavenly Fire, and depending on the type, they serve different purposes.

For instance, some Heavenly Fire is particularly suitable for artifact refining, while others are better for alchemy.

The Celestial Meteor Flame before him was an incredibly rare type of Heavenly Fire that was extremely suitable for artifact refining.

This flame came from beyond the skies and was seen once in ten thousand years.

So even when Xu Ping’an saw the Celestial Meteor Flame, he was somewhat astonished.

It seems that the Refining Alliance in the imperial capital truly is extraordinary.

With this Celestial Meteor Flame, Xu Ping’an’s confidence in refining a superior grade spirit instrument had grown.

"Master Qin, everyone has arrived, we can begin now," Master Yan Wu spoke up.

The artifact refiners around him curiously looked towards Xu Ping’an.

Was this the sixth superior grade artifact refiner that had just emerged in the Refining Alliance of the imperial capital?

So young?

He must be in his twenties, right?

A superior grade artifact refiner in his twenties?

Are you kidding?

Many of the artifact refiners present were in their thirties or forties, or even in their fifties or sixties, and the majority of them were still intermediate or even junior artifact refiners.

So when they saw how young Xu Ping’an was, they subconsciously thought it was impossible.

Of course, they wouldn’t say it out loud, after all, they had heard bits and pieces about Zhao Kaishan’s incident.

They wouldn’t be foolish enough to offend a superior grade artifact refiner.

And the truth would naturally reveal itself soon enough.

At the moment, standing next to Master Yan Wu was an elderly man.

This old man wore a white robe that made him look extremely sacred.

Many who saw him showed a respectful demeanor.

This man was none other than Master Bai Hen, one of the five superior grade artifact refiners.

Although Master Bai Hen was not the most powerful amongst the superior grade artifact refiners, he had one particular specialty.

Besides his proficiency in artifact refining, he was also an expert in the Formation arts.

He was one of the early proponents of combining artifact refining with Formation arts and had succeeded in doing so.

Therefore, Master Bai Hen’s reputation was not much less than that of Master Yan Wu.

"Is he really a superior grade artifact refiner?" Bai Hen still found it hard to believe.

"Truly, otherwise why would he refine publicly," Yan Wu said with a smile.

He knew Bai Hen was amazed by Xu Ping’an’s youth, yet these fellows had no clue about the young man’s actual age.

If they did, they would be even more astonished.

"Have you seen him refining before?" Bai Hen asked.

"No, this is my first time as well," Yan Wu admitted.

"The first time, and you’re letting him refine publicly? What if it all goes wrong, wouldn’t that be a disgrace to the Alliance’s honor?" Bai Hen asked, somewhat surprised.

Yan Wu simply laughed, "I feel this young man is no ordinary person, so I want to take a gamble. If he succeeds, then my Refining Alliance would have truly discovered an unprecedented genius, bound to become renowned across the continent."

Bai Hen nodded.

However, he was still puzzled as to why Yan Wu trusted this ’Qin Feng’ so much.

"Did he say he could produce a superior grade spirit instrument within five days?" Bai Hen inquired.

"He did," Yan Wu said smiling.

"And you believe that?" Bai Hen stared at Yan Wu as he asked.

"Don’t believe it, but what if it is true?" Yan Wu laughed.

Bai Hen was utterly speechless.

"If he really can craft a superior grade spiritual artifact within five days, I’ll directly take him as my master; I’m afraid even the Alliance Hierarch couldn’t do that," Bai Hen said irritably.

Craft a superior grade spiritual artifact within five days?

How could that be possible?

The complexity involved in crafting a superior grade spiritual artifact is immense, requiring significant expenditure of energy.

Crafting a superior grade spiritual artifact within five days is nothing short of a fantasy.

"Just watch. Even if he can’t do it in five days, it doesn’t matter," Master Yan Wu said.

Truth be told, he didn’t believe Xu Ping’an could craft a superior grade spiritual artifact within five days either.

Bai Hen wanted to say something more but was stopped by Yan Wu.

"It’s starting, let’s just watch," Yan Wu said.

Bai Hen also looked toward Xu Ping’an, and indeed, Xu Ping’an had already begun.

At that moment, the square instantly fell silent, everyone’s gaze converging on Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an didn’t pay attention to these people but instead took out the millennium Coldflame Iron from Tang Qingyu.

This millennium Coldflame Iron was also an excellent material for crafting a superior grade spiritual artifact.

Moreover, it was very suitable for Tang Qingyu’s dual water and fire attributes.

"Millennium Coldflame Iron, truly the cream of the crop among superior grade refining materials. It’s indeed rare to see such material; the Immortal Sect is really generous. Just this piece of refining material is worth nearly a thousand superior grade artifacts," Yan Wu sighed.

"Yes, it’s a rare material. However, to craft a water and fire dual attribute superior grade spiritual artifact while retaining both the cold and hot characteristics is a tremendous demand for an artifact refiner. Even if I were to do it, I would not have enough confidence. Old Yan, are you confident you can retain both characteristics?" Bai Hen said.

"Fifty percent confidence, I suppose. Give me twenty days, and I should have seventy percent confidence," Yan Wu said.

"Indeed, it’s too difficult. Even if only one characteristic is retained, although it would still be a superior grade spiritual artifact, it seems too wasteful," Bai Hen sighed.

Many artifact refiners around nodded their heads in agreement.

They all looked toward Tang Qingyu as if to say, had she known, she should have sought Master Yan Wu to craft her dual attribute superior grade spiritual artifact.

But now it was too late.

Tang Qingyu also understood their words and felt some regrets in her heart.

If she had known this earlier, she indeed would have chosen to find Master Yan Wu.

After all, the gap between a dual attribute superior grade spiritual artifact and a single attribute superior grade spiritual artifact is quite substantial.

Xu Ping’an was unaware of these discussions and even if he were, he would not have cared.

An artifact crafted from dual characteristic materials into a single attribute superior grade spiritual artifact?

Could that even be called a success?

In his eyes, such rubbish wasn’t considered a successful crafting at all, which is why Xu Ping’an didn’t even consider it.

Taking out the refining materials, Xu Ping’an threw the piece of millennium Coldflame Iron into the furnace cauldron.

The originally hard millennium Coldflame Iron began to melt gradually under the roasting of the Heavenly Fire.

"Eh? How did he do that?" Bai Hen and Yan Wu were both surprised.

The crowd watching around was somewhat puzzled.

Was there a problem?

It seemed Xu Ping’an hadn’t done anything special, had he?

However, Bai Hen and Yan Wu were looking at the furnace cauldron, growing more and more astonished.

"Millennium Coldflame Iron is a millennium material, it absolutely should not melt so quickly. To melt millennium Coldflame Iron, even with meteorite flame, it requires at least three days, but he only took an hour, and one-tenth of the millennium Coldflame Iron has already melted. This is unreasonable," Bai Hen exclaimed in surprise.

The surrounding crowd, upon hearing this, finally understood what was going on.

They had never crafted with millennium materials before, so they were unaware of this fact.

Now it seemed that Xu Ping’an’s melting process was indeed abnormal.

Meanwhile, Yan Wu, who had been silent all the while, stared intently at Xu Ping’an.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an’s True Yuan was being injected into the furnace cauldron, controlling the fire to melt the millennium Coldflame Iron. On the surface, it seemed unremarkable.

But Yan Wu’s pupils suddenly narrowed.