Chapter 1076

Boom!

A moment later, another muffled sound came from the room.

In the second refining attempt, Xu Que still failed at the moment of near success.

He wanted to pursue perfection and didn't want to allow even a speck of impurity in the metal condensate. In the end, in order to refine away an impurity as small as dust, the entire refining process failed again!

However, this still couldn't strike Xu Que. Although he was lazy by nature, he had that kind of ruthless drive in his bones that wouldn't admit defeat, which was why he had become a top student back then, obsessed with pursuing success and the feeling of being number one!

Now, this little failure instead stirred up that long-lost ruthless drive in Xu Que's bones. The more he couldn't succeed, the more he wouldn't admit defeat!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Soon, a muffled sound would come from the room almost every half an hour, which meant Xu Que was failing constantly, but he had never stopped refining!

Time also began to pass bit by bit!

One day passed!

Two days passed!

Until the third day, the muffled sound of explosions finally stopped!

Xu Que stood in front of the forging platform, looking at the mass of crystal-clear gray liquid without any impurities in front of him, and a smile finally appeared on the corners of his mouth!

Whoosh!

He waved his hand lightly, wrapped the gray metal condensate with Immortal Yuan, floated it beside him, and then picked up a few pieces of silver metal, refining them with Strange Fire again!

With previous experience, Xu Que's refining this time was much more mature, actually only failing twice before succeeding directly!

Then refining the remaining materials, the failure rate became smaller and smaller, until finally, he achieved success in one go!

When all the metal materials were successfully refined, Xu Que also let out a long sigh of relief!

Those few masses of colorful metal condensate were floating in front of him, and under the wrapping and storage of Immortal Yuan, the metal condensate continued to maintain a scorching high temperature!

"Finally, I can enter the next step!"

Xu Que smiled slightly, controlled the few metal condensates with divine soul power, and began to fuse them in order!

He carried out this part very smoothly, almost in one go!

Every time two masses of metal condensate fused together, Xu Que would summon the system and engrave the rune imprints into them. Although this part of the process required a great deal of divine soul and Dao Rhyme, with Xu Que's strength, he could handle it easily!

Finally, when all the metal condensates fused into one, it turned into a large mass of metal condensate, the size of a soccer ball, silver and transparent, containing wisps of golden silk, looking very beautiful!

It was just that Xu Que couldn't care about admiring this mass of beautiful metal condensate now. He raised his arm, condensed his two fingers, and suddenly waved toward the mass of metal condensate!

"Scatter!"

Accompanied by his soft shout, the entire mass of metal condensate was suddenly divided into five small condensates of equal size, and then quickly fell toward the forging platform!

"Water, come!"

Xu Que shouted again, waved his palm, and the spiritual energy around instantly condensed, turning into wisps of crystal-clear water, sprinkling toward the five masses of metal condensate!

The five masses of metal condensate instantly made a "hiss" sound, emitting bursts of white mist, and the temperature dropped sharply!

Boom!

At this time, Xu Que's divine soul power suddenly erupted, controlling the five masses of metal condensate with powerful divine sense. His divine soul power, like invisible iron hammers, smashed fiercely onto the metal condensate, beating and compressing it!

Until finally, as the five masses of metal condensate gradually cooled down and turned solid under the washing of the clear water, they already possessed the prototype of a token!

At this time, Xu Que began the second rune imprint outlining!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The five pieces of metal in the shape of tokens were in a semi-soft and semi-hard state. As one rune imprint after another was engraved, the metal tokens gradually took shape.

One hour later, when Xu Que engraved all the rune imprints, his internal Dao Rhyme suddenly condensed and was suddenly patted into the five metal tokens!

"Clang!"

Five crisp metal trembling sounds rang out at the same time, and five silver-and-gold metal tokens, the size of a palm, floated in front of him.

At this time, a smile appeared on Xu Que's face. With a thought, he summoned the system and said: "Add the artifact refining essence points, 300,000 points, add them all for me!"

"Ding, detected that this dharma treasure belongs to a First-Grade dharma treasure. The quality and grade are excellent, but due to material limitations, a maximum of 100,000 points of artifact refining essence can be added to upgrade it to a Third-Grade dharma treasure! Does the host confirm adding 100,000 points of artifact refining essence?" The system responded.

Xu Que instantly raised his eyebrows and widened his eyes: "What the hell? 100,000 points of artifact refining essence, and it only upgraded two grades? You profiteer, 100,000 points of artifact refining essence is at least equal to one-third of a half-grade immortal artifact! Are you this black-hearted?"

However, the system ignored Xu Que's dissatisfaction and continued to ask: "Does the host confirm adding 100,000 points of artifact refining essence?"

"Damn, add!" Xu Que said with incomparable annoyance, ultimately having to compromise.

He swore that one day, he would definitely master this way of artifact refining completely and refine it to the peak, so as to avoid being pitted by the system continuously!

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, as the 100,000 points of artifact refining essence in the system were deducted, a wisp of radiance suddenly appeared on the surface of the five metal tokens, flashing and disappearing, but they became increasingly exquisite and bright, as if there had originally been a layer of dust on them, which had been carefully wiped away, making them look increasingly brand new!

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successful artifact refining, obtained Third-Grade dharma treasure 【Five Elements Sacred Token】!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully refining a dharma treasure, promoted to First-Grade Artifact Refining Master!"

Two system prompts sounded one after another, and the five metal tokens slowly flew into Xu Que's hands.

Feeling the temperature on these tokens that hadn't completely dissipated yet, a satisfied smile also appeared on Xu Que's face.

This was the first time he had refined a dharma treasure with his own hands. From nothing to something, he had a feeling of watching his own child being born. It was very beautiful and gave him a great sense of achievement!

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. If I had exchanged for a Second-Grade dharma treasure formula blueprint, and by the way gotten slightly better materials, combined with artifact refining essence, I could have completely refined a Fourth-Grade dharma treasure, or even a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure!" Xu Que muttered to himself, but didn't feel any regret. Anyway, there was plenty of time, completely enough for him to do it again and refine a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure!

Of course, if he were willing to pay a big price and exchange for a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure formula blueprint, he could also refine it!

It's just that in that case, the refining method would have to be changed!

From the step of refining materials, one would need to directly use artifact refining essence, because artifact refining essence is not limited to being used at the end of artifact refining. If one feels that refining materials is truly strenuous and even impossible to complete, one can succeed in one step after using artifact refining essence, reducing a lot of trouble.

The reason Xu Que didn't want to use this method when refining the Five Elements Sacred Token was, on one hand, that he was reluctant to spend too many Acting Cool Points to exchange for a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure blueprint, and on the other hand, that he wanted to do his best not to rely on the system and experience a round of artifact refining process entirely with his own strength!

The results had already proven that he still had quite a bit of aptitude in artifact refining!

"Heh, although it's only a Third-Grade dharma treasure, it's time to go out and tell them that I can succeed!" Xu Que held the five metal tokens and smiled slightly, deciding to go out and tell Feng Lanwu and Xiao Ru this good news.

Because now he could already be certain that whether it was using a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure formula blueprint or a Second-Grade dharma treasure formula blueprint, he could have different methods to refine a Fifth-Grade or Fourth-Grade dharma treasure!

"Creak!"

However, when Xu Que pushed open the door and walked out, he found that the flying boat was quiet, and the flying boat was in a stagnant state, not flying at all.

"Strange, where did these two women run off to?" Xu Que frowned slightly, swept his divine soul power into the next room, but didn't find the auras of Feng Lanwu and Xiao Ru.

Obviously, they had stopped the flying boat and then gone out together!

"Thump!"

At this moment, the entrance of the flying boat shook and was opened by someone.

Following closely, Feng Lanwu and Xiao Ru stepped in from outside and happened to see Xu Que, feeling a burst of surprise.

"Eh, Fellow Daoist, you've come out of seclusion?" Feng Lanwu asked in surprise.

"Hmm, I have a piece of bad news and a piece of good news, which one do you want to hear first?" Xu Que asked with a smile.

Xiao Ru waved her hand directly: "I don't want to hear either!"

"Hmm?" Xu Que instantly raised his eyebrows. This little maid is awesome! Can she even counter my routine?

"Even if you don't want to hear it, you have to. The bad news is, I only refined a Third-Grade dharma treasure during this time, but the good news is... give me a few more days, I guarantee I can refine a Fourth-Grade dharma treasure, or you can help me get a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure formula blueprint, and I guarantee I'll refine a Fifth-Grade dharma treasure!" After Xu Que finished speaking, a proud and confident smile appeared on his face.

However, Feng Lanwu and Xiao Ru were unexpectedly calm and didn't show much surprise at Xu Que's words.

"Eh? Don't you believe me? Look at these five tokens, they are the Third-Grade dharma treasures I refined, truly and genuinely!" Xu Que thought they didn't believe his words, so he immediately held up the Five Elements Sacred Tokens in his hand and said.

"Fellow Daoist!" At this moment, Feng Lanwu finally opened her mouth, with a relaxed and slightly pleasant smile on her face: "Regardless, thank you for your efforts during this time. I and the Feng Chamber of Commerce will definitely remember this kindness. However... we have already found a true Fourth-Grade Artifact Refining Grandmaster, and he is willing to help us."

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