Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 210: Breakthrough Again

"Master Qin Feng, your artifact refining skills have truly opened our eyes," Yan Wu came over, speaking excitedly.

Xu Ping’an’s artifact refining skills were indeed strong, far superior to theirs.

If one were to mention someone who could compare, it would only be that Immortal Instrument Master from their Refining Alliance.

"Master Yan Wu flatters me," Xu Ping’an said indifferently.

For him, he was merely leveraging some advantages from his past life’s memories.

These people in front of him were the real geniuses in the field of artifact refining.

So Xu Ping’an did not care for these honors.

The reason he refined a fake immortal instrument was not for fame but to test his own level of artifact refining skills.

Now it seems, not bad.

Although it’s a fake immortal instrument, Xu Ping’an still saw a great potential for improvement in this sword.

Take the inscriptions, for example, the ones he hammered in were not top-tier inscriptions.

The stronger the inscription, the more powerful the spiritual artifact becomes.

This also had a lot to do with the hand seals he integrated before.

Although it cost a lot to refine such a fake immortal instrument, Xu Ping’an did not regret it at all.

Even if, before long, Tang Qingyu might become his rival.

"Master Qin Feng, may I name this sword?" Tang Qingyu asked excitedly, caressing the fine sword in her hands.

The more she looked at the sword, the more she liked it. With this sword, her confidence in participating in the imperial capital competition increased even more.

"You may, this sword was originally refined for you, you’re free to name it however you wish," Xu Ping’an said unconcernedly.

Some artifact refiners, wanting to enhance their reputation, would take the initiative to name some powerful weapons, especially swords known to belong to famous individuals.

This would aid in spreading their fame.

However, Xu Ping’an did not care about this at all. These things were meaningless to him.

"How about calling it the Clear Rain Sword?" Tang Qingyu suggested excitedly.

Xu Ping’an nodded. Clear Rain Sword, it borrowed from Tang Qingyu’s own name.

It was evident she truly liked this sword.

"That’s fine. The sword is now yours, you can name it whatever you like," Xu Ping’an said.

"Thank you, Master. I promised you a hundred superior grade spirit stones, which is obviously an underestimate of your talents. I will give two hundred superior grade spirit stones as a token of my gratitude," Tang Qingyu said.

"No need, a hundred is a hundred, what was agreed upon before stands," Xu Ping’an shook his head.

"How could that be? I saw the Master consume many elixirs for the sake of refining; wouldn’t that result in great loss for you?" Tang Qingyu hastily said.

Xu Ping’an was now an artifact refiner capable of creating a fake immortal instrument and still so young.

He was bound to have a limitless future; therefore, Tang Qingyu thought it essential to foster a good relationship with Xu Ping’an.

A hundred superior grade spirit stones, though valuable, were far less important than a future Immortal Instrument Master.

"Master Qin Feng, since the Saintess has spoken, you should take it. A hundred superior grade spirit stones are not much for the Shangxian Sect," said Yan Wu, who was nearby.

"Yes, Master Qin Feng, I would feel extremely apologetic if you didn’t accept," Tang Qingyu urged hurriedly.

"Alright then, in that case, I’ll accept Saintess Tang’s generous offer with thanks," Xu Ping’an said.

"You’re too formal, Master. Just call me Qing Yu," Tang Qingyu replied with a graceful smile.

Xu Ping’an nodded slightly, saying no more.

Song Lingxue, standing to the side, looked on with resentment.

This vixen, trying to seduce her Master again.

Shameless.

Her Master was already reserved by her long ago.

She could not allow others to get involved.

Xu Ping’an didn’t know Song Lingxue’s thoughts, at this moment he had gone into closed-door cultivation again.

This time, he wasn’t on the square but chose a sealed Heavenly Fire refining room.

He wanted to take advantage of the time before participating in the great competition to forge his own weapons.

Now, as his strength had increased, his Sunrise Sword and Golden Edge Sword were no longer sufficient.

So, he planned to forge two new Superior Grade Spiritual Artifacts for himself.

He had quite a few Superior Grade refining materials at hand.

In his possession was a piece of millennium Cold Jade Iron and a large chunk of millennium Golden Thunder Iron.

Although the millennium Cold Jade Iron was also a Superior Grade refining material, it was quite ordinary among the Superior Grade materials.

For Xu Ping’an, such materials were clearly not satisfying.

So, just now, he had traded the millennium Cold Jade Iron and twenty Superior Grade Spirit Stones with Yan Wu for a piece of millennium Dragon Thunder Iron.

Dragon Thunder Iron is an excellent quality material among the Superior Grade refining materials.

For Xu Ping’an’s Thunder Attribute, this Dragon Thunder Iron is very suitable.

Of course, Golden Thunder Iron is also suitable, but it’s more appropriate for the Metal Attribute—although it’s also good for Thunder Attribute, the Metal Attribute stands out more.

Therefore, Xu Ping’an planned to refine two Sharp Swords for himself.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, six days had passed.

During these six days, Xu Ping’an spent all his time in the Heavenly Fire refining room.

Meanwhile, as he was forging his artifacts, the Imperial Capital became extremely lively.

Countless geniuses arrived from all directions.

These talents came from various forces, as well as from the thirty-six provinces.

And the name Qin Feng had now completely spread throughout the Imperial Capital.

Inside the Imperial Capital, many powers were curious about this newly appeared Superior Grade Artifact Refiner.

When they heard that Xu Ping’an could forge Semi-Immortal Artifacts, all parties were greatly shocked.

This meant that as soon as Xu Ping’an’s cultivation reached Seventh Rank, he could become an Immortal Instrument Master.

In other words, Xu Ping’an was a prospective Immortal Instrument Master.

This status was definitely not lower than those Eighth Rank Cultivators.

Even the Imperial Capital’s royal family began investigating Xu Ping’an’s identity.

But Xu Ping’an was completely unaware of all this; right now, he was immersed in the joy of his own artifact refining.

"Not bad, this artifact refining session really yielded a lot. Both Superior Grade Spiritual Artifacts have reached the level of Semi-Immortal Artifacts, and they are of a very high grade," Xu Ping’an said happily.

The two swords he forged were incomparable to Tang Qingyu’s previous Semi-Immortal Artifact.

This was because throughout the process of infusing hand imprints and hammering, Xu Ping’an employed Sword-Type True Yuan.

This undoubtedly made the Sharp Swords even more powerful.

"Both of these swords qualify to be promoted to Immortal Artifacts. They are growth-type artifacts. As long as I later refine them with the power of consciousness, they can achieve Immortal Artifact Grade," Xu Ping’an thought to himself.

What he had forged weren’t Semi-Immortal Artifacts, but instead Demi Immortal Artifacts, which could be promoted to Immortal Artifacts in the future.

But for Tang Qingyu’s, it was almost impossible.

"However, I have only forged one Golden Thunder Sword. I still need eight more to form a Sword Array. Oh well, there’s no time left. It’s not too late to forge more after the competition," Xu Ping’an murmured to himself.

This artifact refining session not only yielded two powerful weapons for him.

His cultivation had also significantly improved.

He had broken through to the Fourth Rank, Sixth Layer Realm, and his physical body had reached the Great Accomplishment peak of the Third Layer of the Great Bright Diamond Formula, comparable to the combat power of a Fifth Rank, Second Layer Realm powerhouse.

Of course, the most important thing was that Xu Ping’an had completely transformed all of his Metal Attribute True Yuan into Sword-Type True Yuan.

With fully six thousand strands of Sword-Type True Yuan, Xu Ping’an’s aura had become incredibly strong.

"It’s time to go out," Xu Ping’an said with a slight smile, packed up his things, and walked out of the Heavenly Fire refining room.