Chapter 143: Artifact Refining Witness

"Sun Shi, I am sure. You know my inscription level. If it's just refining an ordinary ranked artifact, the possibility of failure is not high." Wang Yu replied without hesitation.

"Hehe, that is also true. Your artifact refining level is already above mine. How could an ordinary ranked artifact stump you? Wait a moment, I will apply for your test to the deacon elder in the hall." Hearing this, Sun Shi nodded with a dumb smile, took out a sound-transmission talisman from his bosom, said a few words in a low voice, and then threw the talisman, which turned into a white shadow and flew out of the artifact refining room.

"Many thanks, Sun Shi!" Seeing this, Wang Yu was naturally overjoyed and thanked him.

Although he could apply directly to the Artifact Refining Hall himself, he would have to wait a few days for other official artifact refiners to witness it. How could that compare to the speed of a direct recommendation from an official artifact refiner?

"Alright, you rest and recharge here first. If there are no accidents, two other artifact refiners will come over soon to witness you refining a ranked artifact with me." Sun Shi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Wang Yu naturally nodded in agreement, sat cross-legged in the corner, and closed his eyes to rest.

However, in the time of an hour, footsteps came from outside the artifact refining room, and a man and a woman walked in from outside.

The former was a burly man with a sturdy build, wearing a coarse cloth short jacket, with short hair and a short beard, his eyes shining with brilliance. The latter was a black-robed woman with a sallow face, a thin and withered figure, and a calm expression.

"Fellow Daoist Guo, Fellow Daoist Xiao, is it the two of you?" Sun Shi was slightly stunned when he saw these two, then greeted them in surprise.

"Why, Old Sun, don't you welcome the two of us? If it weren't for the fact that there are really no other artifact refiners who can spare the time to come over now, do you think the two of us are willing to make this special trip?" The burly man in front said loudly as soon as he saw Sun Shi.

"Hehe, not welcome? How could I dare? You and Fellow Daoist Xiao are the top five artifact refiners in the sect. I originally thought it would be the others." Sun Shi yawned and replied with a fake smile.

The burly man rolled his eyes upon hearing this and wanted to say something else, but the black-robed woman beside him suddenly asked indifferently after glancing at Wang Yu:

"Are you Wang Yu, the artifact refining apprentice of Fellow Daoist Sun, who wants to apply for an official artifact refiner witness?"

"Yes, two seniors, the junior wants to apply for an official artifact refiner witness." Wang Yu had already stood up and stood with his hands at his sides when these two came in.

He had already quietly scanned the two with his spiritual sense; these two were also at the late stage of Qi Refinement.

Thinking about it, this was not strange.

Artifact refining is extremely time-consuming. Compared to ordinary inner sect disciples, the cultivation aptitude of artifact refiners is only average. Even if they might have a lot of spirit stones to buy auxiliary pills, being able to cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refinement is probably the limit for ordinary artifact refiners.

And second-rank artifacts require Foundation Establishment to be refined, which is why second-rank artifact refiners are few and far between.

"Very good, I have also heard of your reputation. Many outer sect disciples have praised the low-rank artifacts you refined, saying that your artifact refining level is one of the best among apprentices.

Now you dare to apply to be an official artifact refiner; it can be seen that your talent is indeed not bad, much better than my two apprentices. If it weren't for this, the deacon elder in the hall wouldn't have let the two of us come together to witness it." The black-robed woman actually said some words of praise.

The burly man also looked Wang Yu up and down at this time, with a look of curiosity on his face.

"Then the junior will trouble the two seniors." Wang Yu replied respectfully.

"Alright, then you can start refining the artifact. The three of us will witness it together." The black-robed woman nodded and said.

The burly man beside her did not object upon hearing this.

"Because the junior is more familiar with the Fire Flower Technique inscription, I plan to refine the Fire Dragon Sword, a ranked artifact that my master has refined many times."

Seeing this, Wang Yu did not stand on ceremony, directly walking to the pile of materials nearby, finding a piece of refined iron, and while speaking, walked toward the tool platform, where hammers and various other tools were complete.

What he had to do was first refine the artifact embryo. This step did not have much difficulty for an official artifact refiner; at most, it was a question of whether the quality of the artifact embryo was better or worse.

The three people, including the black-robed woman, stood aside and watched quietly, no longer speaking.

Not long after, the sound of "ding, ding, dang, dang" hammering came from the artifact refining room.

A few days later.

The black-robed woman and the short-haired burly man walked out of the artifact refining room together and headed straight for the main entrance. But their expressions were different: the black-robed woman's expression was calm, while the short-haired burly man's brows were tightly furrowed, as if he had encountered some difficult problem.

The two left Sun Shi's residence and flew straight toward the Artifact Refining Hall.

"Fellow Daoist Sun, what do you think of Wang Yu's artifact refining level?" The short-haired burly man suddenly asked his companion.

"Not bad. Whether it's the preparation of the artifact embryo in front or the inscription of the spirit patterns behind, it's all orderly and very steady." The black-robed woman replied indifferently.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, don't you think it's a bit too steady?"

"The entire refining process of the Fire Dragon Sword had almost no mistakes. Even the final inscription of the spirit patterns, except for the process being a bit too slow and long, also had almost no mistakes."

"No, it's simply that he succeeded every time he inscribed one." The burly man shook his head, directly stating the awkward feeling in his heart.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xiao, isn't this obvious? This kind of seven-inscription Fire Dragon Sword, except for the first time refining being relatively difficult, the difficulty of refining will continue to decrease as the number of times the artifact is refined increases.

Wang Yu refined the Fire Dragon Sword so steadily, almost without any mistakes, and even the spirit patterns could be passed in one go. It can be seen that he had already refined the Fire Dragon Sword countless times before this.

Otherwise, if it were the first time refining this artifact, even you or I couldn't have passed it in one go." The black-robed woman replied slowly, not taking it to heart.

"You mean Wang Yu refined the Fire Dragon Sword so steadily because he had already refined it many times. This statement also makes sense, but I still feel it's a bit strange, but I can't say exactly what... In short, the feeling this kid gives me is that he seems very unusual." The short-haired burly man scratched his head, first nodding, then shaking his head.

"If you want to say that, if this little guy really has something unusual, then there is indeed one point." The black-robed woman turned her head and looked at the short-haired burly man, suddenly saying so.

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Xiao, please tell me." The short-haired burly man asked with renewed spirit upon hearing this.

"Don't you think that this little guy's expression when refining the artifact was too calm? And it was calm from beginning to end, as if the entire refining process was under his control, without any expression of panic or worry in between." The black-robed woman said slowly with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. ===== CHAPTER 144 =====