Chapter 59: Complete Volume of Introduction to Artifact Refining

Zhang Zheng left with his head down, but now no one pays attention to him.

All cultivators' gazes turned to the young cultivator in blue robes.

He is called Lan Ming, and in the seven-day assessment he refined a supreme-grade artifact.

Ruolan held a wooden box, smiled, walked up to Wang Ping, and said gently:

"Lan Ming, junior friend, in view of your excellent performance in this assessment, the Treasure Hoard Pavilion decides to reward you with the Complete Volume of Introduction to Artifact Refining!"

Introduction to Artifact Refining?

Complete volume!

Those who didn't know were puzzled; those who did were shocked beyond belief, envious and jealous.

Wang Ping also felt a hint of shock; he now knows that the Introduction to Artifact Refining given to him by Ling Ruoxian earlier was merely a condensed first volume, very suitable for a newcomer like him to study.

Back then, Chiyanzi saw it and also said it was not bad.

One of the main reasons Wang Ping has his current artifact-refining skill is that, during that year at Crimson Flame Peak, under Chiyanzi's extremely perverse strict demands, he forged a solid foundation.

Another reason is that the condensed Introduction to Artifact Refining gave him comprehensive knowledge.

Wang Ping has thoroughly understood the first volume of the condensed edition; even so, he often pulls it out to study.

The true Introduction to Artifact Refining consists of three volumes, containing far more detailed and extensive content.

The introduction to artifact-refining materials is richer, and it covers the major schools of artifact refining and their techniques.

It also mixes in the author's personal insights, experiences, and little tricks.

It won't improve Wang Ping's skills, but it can enhance his knowledge of artifact refining and increase his foundation in the craft.

If Wang Ping were to understand it, the Introduction to Artifact Refining would be more like an encyclopedia.

However, this encyclopedia is generally hard for ordinary cultivators to access.

It was compiled by a senior expert in artifact refining from the Alliance, who is highly skilled and greatly respected.

In his cultivation career, he crafted 1,320 magic treasures and 43 spiritual treasures.

The Hundred Nations Alliance venerates him as the Artifact Master.

Wang Ping had also inquired about it, but to no avail; it is said that only the heartland of the Hundred Nations Alliance possesses the complete volume of the Introduction to Artifact Refining.

I never expected to see it here today.

Gazing at the wooden box in Grand Master Ruolan's hand, Wang Ping restrained his excitement and spoke solemnly:

"Thank you, Grand Master Ruolan!"

Ruolan shook his head and said:

"This is not from me, but a reward from the Treasure Hoard Pavilion. The Pavilion's original intention in establishing the Hundred Arts Garden was to befriend cultivators of all arts from across the world."

"If you wish to join the Treasure Hoard Pavilion, I will act as your recommender; if you perform excellently in the Pavilion, you may later have a chance to enter the headquarters to peruse the intermediate volumes on artifact refining."

The last sentence, Ruolan obviously spoke with a tempting tone.

Wang Ping smiled, took the wooden box, placed it into his storage bag, first thanked Ruolan for his kindness, then said apologetically:

"I am a carefree idle cloud wild crane, accustomed to laxity, and fear I am not suited to stay in the Treasure Hoard Pavilion."

Ruolan nodded; as an Artifact Refining Grand Master, he naturally had his pride. Had it not been that the cultivator before him had solid foundations and stunning performance in the assessment, he would not have extended the invitation.

Since the other party refused, he would not speak again.

After Grand Master Ruolan departed, Tie Lanshan and several others stepped forward to congratulate.

Nearby, a cultivator who wanted to come over to congratulate, seeing the cultivator surrounded by others, could only temporarily give up the intention to make connections.

"Master Lan Zhen! Your wager!" Witness Grand Master Liu chuckled and reminded.

Only then did several people recall the wager; Wang Ping was also curious, wondering what their wager was.

When the Spirit Power Corps was disbanded, a black token and a jade slip appeared in his field of vision.

He gave it a light sweep, saw nothing special, and thus asked Grand Master Liaoru what the two parties' stakes were.

Grand Master Liaoru replied:

"Zhang Zheng provided the Ancient Transmission Token, and Master Lan Zhen provided the Five-Breath Formation!"

"Ancient Transmission Token?"

Not only Wang Ping was curious, but Zhang Zuo and others were also quite curious; however, Master Lan Zhen remained silent, so they couldn't just take it in hand to examine.

Tie Lanshan took it in hand, examined it briefly, finally confirmed it was undoubtedly a transmission token, and then passed it to everyone for inspection.

Everyone held it for a while; when it came to Wang Ye, he gently squeezed it and found it utterly unmoved.

Tie Lanshan saw this, smiled, and said: "The transmission token is said to be extremely tough; even a Nascent Soul True Lord would find it hard to damage."

Everyone was astonished; only Wang Ping, upon hearing it was extremely hard, felt a stir and suddenly felt that the black token was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen it.

At this moment, Tie Lanshan laughed and said:

"Just think—relying solely on a token to send a cultivator millions of li away, it's not just the spatial patterns on it; it also requires immense energy."

"Where does such immense energy come from?"

Tie Lanshan pointed at the token in Wang Ye's hand and said:

"It is contained within the token itself; this tiny token can hold the energy needed to send a cultivator millions of li away—you can imagine how hard it is!"

Zhang Zuo and Wang Ye fell into deep thought; only Wang Ping's mind jolted—he recalled that from Black Heaven's storage bag he had once obtained a pitch-black token, equally unyieldingly hard.

He had once been intensely interested in studying it, but found it useless, so he tossed it into a corner of his storage bag.

Because Black Heaven is a person of the Soul Refining Hall, Wang Ping never sold his belongings; they remain in his storage bag.

That token is exactly the same as the one Wang Ye holds.

Suppressing his inner excitement, Wang Ping smiled and asked:

"I don't know how to activate this transmission token."

He had once tried inputting spiritual power into it, but there was no response at all; now that Tie Lanshan says it has the function of absorbing spiritual energy, there must be a method, such as a mantra or the like.

Wang Ping's words also aroused the interest of several others, Tie Lan said:

"A transmission token with intact space array lines will automatically absorb heavenly and earthly spiritual qi after one use; if the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi is full, it will no longer absorb any spiritual qi, and at that point, if spiritual qi is input, it will have no reaction."

Hearing this, Wang Ping suddenly realized; given that, the token in his hand could be considered fully charged.

At this time, Tie Lanshan continued saying: "To activate it is also simple: condense spiritual power into a thread and flow it reverse along the lines on the token, and the transmission token will be activated."

At this moment, the token had already been transmitted to his hand; Wang Ping carefully observed it, and indeed, it was exactly the same.

Whether in feel or pattern, it matched the memory that was gradually surfacing in his mind.

At this moment, he felt something strange; that Black Heaven's origin included not only the Soul Refining Hall's Soul Refining Heart Sutra jade slip, but also a transmission token.

Seeing how the token had been casually tossed into the storage bag at that time, he obviously also did not know what the token was.

After thinking for a while and still unable to figure it out, he simply stopped thinking; today he obtained the complete volume of Introduction to Refining Art and also learned the news of the transmission token, which could be called double joy arriving at the door.

Tie Lanshan and the others clamored for him to hold a banquet at the Drunken Immortal Tavern, and Wang Ping smiled and agreed.

A group of eight people chatted and laughed as they walked toward the Drunken Immortal Tavern.

………In a corner of the shopping mall, in an inconspicuous room.

Pa!

Zhang Tian was slapped and knocked to the ground.

"Damn! The cultivator you wanted us to kill is actually an artifact refiner, and moreover a genius artifact refiner who received Master Ruolan's top rating and crafted a top-grade magical artifact within seven days."

In the corner, a hidden figure in the darkness hissed angrily.

Zhang Tian was dumbfounded; he really didn't expect that person to be an artifact refiner, but even if they were an artifact refiner, it would be impossible for them to have so many spirit stones.

He wanted to speak, but the hidden person in the darkness said:

"This ends here; if any word leaks, you and your grandson will die!"

"Damn it, you can't find an artifact refiner capable of crafting a top-grade magical artifact even with a lantern, yet I actually still wanted to go kill and rob—my brain must have been kicked by a donkey!"

In the room, Zhang Tian sat down defeated, his face full of frustration, remaining silent for a long time.