7: Chapter 7 Exchange Refining Notes

"These Materials are still too pure."

Fang Yuan played with the Refined Iron in his hand, probing it up and down with his Spiritual Sense.

The material inside was extremely pure; he truly couldn't see any Impurities at all. The purity of the Refined Iron had reached nearly one hundred percent.

If such Refined Iron were to be sold or contributed, a large quantity would definitely attract attention.

Fang Yuan stroked his chin and thought, "It seems I must refine these into Magical Artifacts and then exchange the Magical Artifacts for contribution points. In this way, the anomaly of the Materials won't be an issue. Even if an Elder restores the data later, they will only see that I contributed some Magical Artifacts. It's quite reasonable for me to claim that I am a Genius at Artifact Refining, right?"

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan decided to do the Artifact Refining himself. Not only Artifact Refining, but also Alchemy. With this talent in hand, it would be a waste not to engage in some side jobs.

"But how should I obtain the technique for Artifact Refining?"

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and had an idea.

The next day.

The sunlight was just right.

Fang Yuan strolled leisurely to the Treasury Pavilion.

This time, he walked straight through the main entrance, glanced at the empty hall, turned, and walked into the Exchange Room.

There were two teleportation platforms inside the room.

One of them was likely the place where items were teleported out after exchanging for treasures, and the other was the place for contributing treasures.

Fang Yuan calmly placed a lump of soil onto the contribution teleportation platform.

A beam of light scanned over it.

Xiao Bao's voice sounded out of thin air, sounding extremely mechanical: "Identifying, please wait..."

Fang Yuan waited for a moment.

"Identification complete. 50 jin of Rank 1 Spirit Soil, value 100 contribution points. Quality is nutrient-rich, adding two times the value, contribution points increased to 200. Do you wish to contribute?"

Fang Yuan affirmed: "Contribute!"

Whoosh.

The lump of soil on the teleportation platform vanished.

His Disciple token gained 200 contribution points.

After confirming it was feasible, he took out another 50 jin of Spirit Soil and obtained another 200 contribution points.

Then, Fang Yuan strolled out of the Exchange Room and headed outside the hall.

Xiao Bao appeared out of thin air and blocked him.

It asked suspiciously: "Fang Yuan, you took the wrong way, right? The Rear Hall is in the back."

"I have something to do and am going out. If someone comes to put items in storage, send me a message!"

Fang Yuan raised his Disciple token.

Xiao Bao rolled its eyes: "You're slacking off on your second day. You are even lazier than Old Li!"

"I really have something to do!"

Fang Yuan coughed and calmly walked out of the Treasure Hall.

Leaving Xiao Bao behind to sulk.

Fang Yuan took a turn and arrived at the neighboring Scripture Depository Peak.

It was similar to the Treasury Pavilion, with several Scripture Halls.

He easily found the Rank 1 Scripture Pavilion.

As soon as he entered, he felt a familiar sensation; the Scripture Selection Room, Exchange Room, and waiting area were constructed exactly the same as the Treasury Pavilion.

A light shadow emerged, and a kitten appeared before Fang Yuan.

"I am Xiao Jing, the artifact spirit of the Scripture Pavilion. To view introductions for Cultivation Techniques and Spells, please proceed to the Scripture Selection Room. After finishing your selection, you may proceed to the Exchange Room to exchange."

Fang Yuan nodded: "I understand."

The kitten nodded mechanically, and then the light shadow dissipated.

Fang Yuan walked into the Scripture Selection Room, where there was a light screen containing a large amount of catalog content.

Fang Yuan operated it a little and figured it out. He selected the Artifact Refining category and found a special directory — [artifact refining manual]

Clicking it open, a large amount of content for artifact refining manuals appeared.

[Xue Sanping's artifact refining manual: Insights on the essentials of Artifact Refining from a Rank 1 top grade Artifact Refiner, contribution points: 50,000]

[Li Chengfeng's artifact refining manual: Artifact Refining records from a Rank 1 High Grade Artifact Refiner, contribution points: 5,000]

[Artifact Refining Experience Talk: Unsigned Rank 1 Medium Grade Artifact Refiner, experience regarding the refining of the Low Grade standard Magical Artifact, Black Mystic Sword, contribution points: 320]

Fang Yuan quickly found an experience manual from a Medium Grade Artifact Refiner among the numerous manuals that he could afford.

If his guess was accurate, he could decompose the Artifact Refining experience of a Medium Grade Artifact Refiner.

Fang Yuan felt that a Medium Grade Artifact Refiner was just right. If he possessed High Grade or top grade Artifact Refining methods right off the bat, that would be too outrageous.

But now, it was normal for him to display the strength of a Medium Grade Artifact Refiner. He had spent five years at the headquarters anyway; who would check what he learned during those five years?

Fang Yuan chose to exchange, and selected the original copy, which required an additional 50 contribution points. He decisively chose to exchange.

Afterward, he walked out of the Scripture Selection Room and entered the Exchange Room.

When he approached the teleportation platform, a Jade Slip had already appeared there.

Fang Yuan checked it briefly, confirmed it was the experience manual, and left.

After returning to Treasure Peak, he finally returned to the Rear Hall of the Treasure Hall to work.

After waiting for a while.

A team of Disciples arrived to deliver goods.

"Eh, Old Li is not here?" The captain of this team of Disciples was also surprised.

"From now on, I will be the one working here! My name is Fang Yuan," Fang Yuan said calmly.

"Oh, I see." The captain just nodded in realization.

Then he placed the Storage Pouch on the counter, with no intention of saying much more.

Fang Yuan was not annoyed. He took the Storage Pouch and looked at the list Xiao Bao displayed for him.

[Alchemy Hall 10-day output storage list:]

[Qi Refining Peak Medicinal Pill: 12]

[Qi Refining Late Stage Medicinal Pill: 280]

[Qi Refining Middle Stage Medicinal Pill: 1340]

[Qi Refining Early Stage Medicinal Pill: 2480]

[Waste Pill, dregs: 5782 jin]

'This output is pretty good!'

Fang Yuan exclaimed in his heart. There was an output of nearly four thousand Medicinal Pills in ten days, twelve thousand in a month, and fourteen thousand Medicinal Pills in a year.

Fang Yuan placed all these outputs into their corresponding rooms, then returned the receipt and Storage Pouch to the captain.

The captain nodded, then turned and left directly.

Fang Yuan shrugged and continued to zone out in his seat, silently operating the Bright Qi Technique to Cultivate.

Now, work time was his Cultivation time; there was no need to return to the Immortal Cave specifically to Cultivate.

His spiritual power increased slowly during constant Cultivation, making Fang Yuan feel very settled.

Afterward, two more teams of people came to transport supplies, but they were not finished products, but raw Materials.

There were herbs and Ore put into storage, and the quantities were extremely large, in units of ten thousand jin.

Fang Yuan discovered that the consumption of Spiritual Sense just from taking items out of the Storage Pouch was catching up to his consumption during Cultivation.

If this were a normal Qi Refining Level 4 Disciple, their Cultivation time after returning would definitely have to be reduced.

"Later, I need to exchange for a Cultivation Technique that trains Spiritual Sense, but the price of such techniques is not low, and the difficulty of Cultivation is also extremely high."

Fang Yuan muttered in his heart.

The daytime passed quickly.

Fang Yuan got off work, and carrying 2500 jin of medicinal waste, he leisurely returned to his Immortal Cave.

He came to the Artifact Refining Room and first took out the Jade Slip to examine it.

He pressed the Jade Slip against his forehead, and streams of information flowed into his mind.

He quickly memorized this knowledge.

Inside the Jade Slip was an experience summary regarding the making of the [Black Mystic Sword]. There was no specific refining process, only some precautions, the timing for controlling the heat, and point-by-point analysis of some key nodes.

If someone had refined a Black Mystic Sword before and then read this manual, they would definitely be able to learn something.

But Fang Yuan was confused. He couldn't understand it. He simply didn't understand what it was talking about.

He could only force himself to memorize it.

A Cultivator's brain was still quite useful. In just half an hour, he had swallowed the entire content of the manual whole and memorized it.

Afterward, Fang Yuan pointed his finger at the Jade Slip.

"Decompose!"

A golden light flashed. The original Jade Slip turned into a piece of jade and a ball of light.

[Spirit Jade] + [Artifact Refining Experience Insights]

He pointed his finger at the ball of light.

[Item]: Artifact Refining Experience Insights

[Grade]: Rank 1 Medium Grade

[Effect]: Contains the creator's Artifact Refining experience insights, can be absorbed.

Fang Yuan pressed it against his forehead without hesitation.

Streams of experience insights swarmed into his mind.

As Fang Yuan expected, there was a large amount of Artifact Refining experience in it, not only the complete refining process for the Black Mystic Sword, but also the refining experience for nine other types of Magical Artifacts!

Fang Yuan curled his lips: "When an Artifact Refiner writes an experience manual, their brain will definitely organize their entire Artifact Refining experience. At this time, when making the Jade Slip, what is left behind is not just the insights on the Black Mystic Sword that they wanted to record at the time, but also other Artifact Refining insights!"

This was a guess he had when he obtained the [Bright Qi Technique Cultivation Insights] and additionally received the complete content of the Bright Qi Technique. Now it was confirmed.

These extra insights were not written down in text, but were likewise branded into the imprint of the Jade Slip. The Decomposition Talent decomposed them, forming complete and vast experience insights.

Fang Yuan slowly organized and absorbed them. He had a complete understanding of the refining processes for ten types of Magical Artifacts, which also included the production processes for four types of Medium Grade Magical Artifacts.

However, although he had absorbed these experiences, to truly convert them into abilities he could control, he still needed to personally practice and exercise them.

This was not like the kind of ability that could be obtained with one click; it was some memory insights.

It still needed digestion and absorption.

But with Fang Yuan possessing vast resources, how could he be afraid of not having the opportunity to practice?