218: Third-tier top-level weapon refiner

An Yunxi settled down at White Crane Lake, becoming familiar with Bai Shan, Zi Lan, and She Xiaorong.

Regarding intelligence, the Lingshu Pavilion under Bai Shan would handle it for her; she only needed to speak up if there were any issues.

The Liu Family's food was delicious, and there were recreational activities completely different from the outside world. Liu Xuan's Concubines were beautiful and sensible, and his children were well-behaved and cute; the Family atmosphere was exceptionally warm.

Everything made her feel as if she had arrived in another world. She loved life here and was starting to feel so comfortable that she didn't want to leave.

"Revered Master said the outside world is full of treacherous people; he was clearly lying to me!"

"Junior Brother Liu is a good person, and everyone in the Liu Family is a good person!"

...

On this day, a crane flew over White Crane Lake, with a handsome man in green robes standing on its back.

"Senior Sister Yunxi, the Immortal Master asked me to invite you back!"

The voice gathered into a beam, piercing through the Formation barrier, and resounded over Lake Heart Island.

The Formation barrier dispersed, and Liu Xuan and An Yunxi flew together to the top of the phoenix tree.

They saw a crane with a wingspan of nearly ten meters, its feathers snow-white, its head bright red, and its wingtips tinged with ink-black. Its aura was at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, looking majestic.

The man in green robes on the crane's back was also at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, but his temperament was several grades higher than that of someone like Lu Pingan.

"Why go back? I'm staying here just fine," An Yunxi asked.

"The Immortal Master already knows about what happened at the Peach Blossom Sect, and he is worried about your safety."

An Yunxi's expression became a bit embarrassed, but after a moment, she regained her composure and argued:

"That was an accident. Tell Immortal Master Yunhe not to worry; everything is under my control!"

The man in green robes smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Senior Sister, if you are like this, it will be hard for me to report back to the Immortal Master!"

"I'm not going back anyway!" She thought for a moment and said, "Go back and tell him... tell him I promise not to go to the Peach Blossom Sect alone to take risks again, let him rest assured!"

"Alright then!" The man in green robes took out a Storage Pouch and threw it to her, "This is from the Immortal Master for you, Senior Sister, keep it safe!"

After speaking, he turned around and rode the crane away, as if he had long known that An Yunxi wouldn't return with him.

Before leaving, he looked at Liu Xuan, "You there, serve Senior Sister Yunxi well. If anything happens to her, your entire Family will be buried with her!"

After saying this, he didn't care about Liu Xuan's reaction; with a flap of the crane's wings, he disappeared into the horizon.

"Junior Brother Liu, don't mind him. He doesn't know your identity. Next time, I will help you teach him a lesson!"

An Yunxi patted Liu Xuan on the arm to comfort him.

Then, she took two Top-Grade Spirit Stones from the Storage Pouch she had just received and stuffed them into Liu Xuan's hand, "Consider this my meal money. Do you think it's enough?"

"Senior Sister, you are too polite! It's just some ordinary food; there's no need to pay." Liu Xuan returned the Spirit Stones to her.

An Yunxi stuffed the Spirit Stones back into Liu Xuan's hand, with an expression on her face that said, I knew I didn't misjudge you.

"Your Family has such high expenses and many places where Spirit Stones are needed, so don't be polite with me!"

"Alright!"

"Then thank you, Senior Sister Yunxi."

Liu Xuan stopped declining and tucked the Spirit Stones into his sleeve.

Giving two Top-Grade Spirit Stones as meal money right off the bat—after so many years, Liu Xuan felt like he had encountered a wealthy woman again.

From this incident, Liu Xuan basically confirmed that An Yunxi's identity was not simple, which further strengthened his resolve to cling to this powerful backer.

After this, Liu Xuan became a sycophant, pampering An Yunxi until she was perfectly comfortable.

An Yunxi had a naive and simple personality and was particularly easy to please. During the process, Liu Xuan even managed to extract a lot of information about the Beast Taming Sect, and their relationship became even closer, with nothing kept from each other.

...

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host, the thirtieth offspring has entered the path of martial arts. Obtained: Top-Grade Artifact Refiner experience.]

Liu Xuan was chatting with An Yunxi about interesting things happening in Yongning when a System notification suddenly rang in his mind.

"Junior Brother Liu, what's wrong?"

An Yunxi was listening intently, and seeing Liu Xuan stop, she asked in confusion.

"Oh! I remembered I have something to take care of. Let's chat next time, Senior Sister!" Liu Xuan said after snapping back to reality.

"It's fine! You go do your business, I'll chat with Sister Bai Shan."

An Yunxi waved her hand and then greeted Bai Shan, who was nearby, to come and keep her company. Among all the women in the Liu Family, because of her intelligence work, Bai Shan had the best relationship with her.

Liu Xuan arrived at the martial arts arena and inquired slightly. The child who had just broken through to the Muscle and Bone Realm was Lin Yiyi's child, the forty-second-ranked Liu Dao Xing.

This kid had a seventh-grade Spiritual Root. He had just turned thirteen a few days ago and had broken through only a few days after officially starting to Cultivate.

"Well done! Later, I will send someone to the Sect to tell your mother so she can be happy for you too."

Liu Xuan was very satisfied with this child. Lin Yiyi stayed in the Sect for a long time, and usually, there was no one to manage him, which instead fostered an independent personality, and he was extremely diligent in his martial arts Cultivation.

"Thank you, Father!"

Dao Xing said excitedly. Being able to receive his father's praise was the thing he felt happiest about.

Liu Xuan improved his treatment and praised and encouraged him a bit more before leaving the martial arts arena.

...

Underground Star Space.

Liu Xuan clicked on the Top-Grade Artifact Refiner Legacy in his Divine Soul.

"Boom!!"

A massive and complex memory Legacy poured into the depths of his Divine Soul, and countless Artifact Refining experiences flashed through his mind.

An hour later.

"Hoo~"

Liu Xuan exhaled deeply, feeling his head was still a bit dizzy.

The Top-Grade memory was too vast; he currently only had impressions of the first and second tiers and had absolutely no concept of the third tier.

This was normal. With the previous few times receiving Legacy experiences, he knew that these experiential data were stored deep in his mind. When he needed to use them, he would naturally understand them, and they would gradually become clear.

The Dao of Artifact Refining!

Liu Xuan had originally thought that it would be like the previous Alchemy techniques, which were temporarily just useless, but after receiving the Legacy, he immediately realized that was not the case.

Talisman making and Alchemy both had a common point: almost the entire process needed to be completed personally by the Talisman Revered Master or Alchemist.

Artifact Refining and Formation were different. For some large Magical Artifacts and large Formations, the Artifact Refiner and Formation Master only needed to control the overall situation and core steps; the basic parts could be completely left to others to be responsible for.

A Top-Grade Artifact Refiner, provided there were sufficient resources and manpower, could support a large-scale Artifact Refining workshop.

For example, the cloud-breaking flying boat purchased by the Red Pine Sect—this type of large Flying Boat was not refined by an Artifact Refiner alone, but by the Qiding Sect's large-scale Artifact Refining workshop through the collective efforts of many.

There were also the standard Flying Swords, magical robes, and shields sold by the Sect's Dual Cultivation Hall... most of them were mass-produced by Artifact Refining workshops.

Except for the most critical final step, the rest were similar to an assembly line.

Compared with Talisman Revered Masters and Alchemists, Artifact Refiners spent more energy on learning, and the actual refining was much easier.

"With my current level of Artifact Refining, as long as I establish an Artifact Refining workshop and train a group of capable subordinates, it will be a cash cow!"

Liu Xuan did not lack Spirit Stones for the time being, but as his children grew and their numbers increased, the Spirit Stones rewarded by the System would definitely not keep up. It was always good to have an extra way to make money.

There was also the most important point: if the Beast Taming Sect really went to war with the Endless Great Mountain Demon Court, things like Magical Artifacts would become consumables. At that time, they would be fighting desperately at the front, and his Family would be refining artifacts at the rear—it was simply perfect!