Chapter 2622 - 2614: Promoting Magical Treasures

Chapter 2622: Chapter 2614: Promoting Magical Treasures

Qian Feng was also in the estate and rushed over as soon as she received the invitation.

Upon hearing Feng Jun and Yi Jue ask her questions about artifact refining, she initially tried to maintain composure, because she had to uphold the dignity of a True Sage.

But after answering several inexplicable questions in a row, she casually glanced at the mirror on the table and then looked at Feng Jun, "I’m not very familiar with artifact refining either. Mountain Master Feng, what exactly are you trying to do with all these questions?"

Feng Jun replied seriously, "I want to refine a magical treasure that people don’t really think much of... a True Artifact-level one."

The default on the Tianqin Plane is that a True Artifact is a magical treasure for Nascent Soul Level use, but such a magical treasure doesn’t appeal much to Qian Feng. However, what intrigued her was—what kind of magical treasure is considered as ’people don’t really think much of’?

So she asked aloud, "What kind of magical treasure is it?"

"True Sage Qian Chong, it’s going too far to ask like that," Yi Jue retorted without hesitation, having endured her for long enough, and finally catching the moment when the other party was not following rules—casually retorting is disrespect towards a higher rank, but with reason and argument, one can retort!

So she straightforwardly stated, "We’re asking for some details, if you’re unwilling to say, you can refrain, or charge a fee instead, but trying to scrutinize the ideas of others... you should have the dignity of the Divine Spirit Stage!"

However, Qian Chong’s temperament was very good, she smiled and expressed, "I’m not very skilled at artifact refining, but when it comes to the ideas of refining, I certainly have to be stronger than the two of you..."

At this point, she casually glanced at the Yin-Yang Mirror, thinking that her ideas might be weaker than this one, "If you two show the overall plan, we can discuss it together, I’ll only help resolve doubts and won’t leak it out... Mountain Master Feng should trust me."

Whether I can trust you is hard to say, but surely you’re afraid of the Artifact Spirit! Feng Jun smiled slightly, "After crafting the magical treasure, I also intend to market it to various major forces."

"Market it?" Qian Chong was taken aback, growing increasingly curious about what kind of magical treasure it could be that you’re willing to market it to others?

However, she also understood the meaning of Feng Jun’s words, so she raised her hand and released a Spiritual Qi Shield, "I’m even more interested now... the words spoken today will only reach our ears, no fourth person will know."

Indeed, the one at the table is merely an Artifact Spirit, not a person!

Yi Jue was somewhat curious why Qian Feng was being so agreeable, this person usually had a small temper, but was definitely not lacking in arrogance and didn’t tolerate intentional offenses.

But no matter what, since the other party repeatedly assured this, naturally, she wouldn’t worry anymore, so she remained silent.

Then Feng Jun explained his ideas, and Qian Feng immediately became excited.

Undoubtedly, clan practitioners care more about the survival of their younger generation than sect practitioners.

After all, their own flesh and blood comes with more emotion attached, although there are distinctions between direct and branch lines and differences in closeness during daily interactions, those are due to limited resources, but the recognition in the bloodline is ingrained in their bones.

By comparison, sect practitioners prioritize aptitude first, like in the Earth Realm, teachers favor top students, but top students ultimately aren’t their own children.

As for Qian Feng, even among clan practitioners, she is quite protective, the Yao Family has remained hidden for nearly ten thousand years, and this strategy has continued because someone at the top of the Yao Family persistently pushed it forward.

Qian Feng is a staunch supporter of this strategy; she isn’t the planner but over the past thousands of years, calls for the emergence of Yao Family disciples have been decisively vetoed by her.

There are many reasons for her veto, one of which is: if the Yao Family makes an appearance, its disciples will be targeted, and casualties will increase.

This reason sounds rather absurd; how can cultivators be afraid of death? But in the legends of Yao Family disciples, Ancestor Qian Chong pays great attention to the safety of Yao Family disciples, to extremely exaggerated extents.

As Qian Chong understood what Feng Jun intended to refine, she immediately stated: This is good stuff, if you can successfully refine it, our Yao Family will also want to custom order a set, Spirit Stones are not an issue.

Then she volunteered, saying, I can mobilize many top artifact refiners, and the costs are reasonable. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

Feng Jun was a bit surprised by her enthusiasm; after all, such a rather ’Holy Mother’ type of magical treasure goes against the common understanding of Tianqin cultivators. Even Yi Jue recognized his idea only after careful explanation.

Yet Qian Chong supported it so much after just a rough understanding, which surprised him significantly.

Still, he smiled before responding, "Top refiners are indeed necessary, Qian Chong’s predecessor, recommend one or two, please."

Qian Chong was stunned for a moment before frowning, asking, "Are you... trying to make a Formation-Type Magical Treasure?"

Formation-Type Magical Treasures correspond to individual Magical Treasures; most Magical Treasures are individual items. However, objects like Sword Arrays, Tiantong’s Hundred Treasures Trading Platform, and most high-rank establishments... are not individual Magical Treasures, but are assembled together. On Tianqin, these are commonly referred to as Formation-Type Magical Treasures.

Take an establishment, for example. Feng Jun received his first establishment at a very low price, and this establishment was completed by several clans collaborating, where each clan mastered a part of the secret, and no single clan could complete it alone.

Whether it’s an establishment or a Sword Array, Magical Treasures made by multiple forces collaborating won’t lack power. However, in the eyes of most Artifact Refiners, individually completed Magical Treasures, especially exclusive ones, are more highly regarded.

Magical Treasures completed by collective effort are complex enough, but they always seem somewhat lacking in purity—a Sword Cultivator who can form the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Sword Formation is impressive, but if the thirty-six Flying Swords come from different Artifact Refiners, it might be somewhat... questionable?

"It’s not a Formation-Type Magical Treasure," Feng Jun shook his head, contemplating carefully before answering, "It’s more like... a Module-Type Magical Treasure."

He certainly would also like to refine a Magical Treasure embodying the game world all at once, but... this is unrealistic, and one-time forming Magical Treasures will surely have limitations in data input and updates, making operation not too easy.

Separately refined modular Magical Treasures can reduce refining difficulty, data updates are convenient, and maintenance is easy. The only downside is—the prestige is not high enough.

Feng Jun had considered that, once technology matures, he would still refine a one-time game world Magical Treasure. But with current conditions, trying to directly challenge one-time forming... forget it, taking too big a step is likely to lead to exaggeration.

However, he did not believe that what he intended to refine was a Formation-Type Magical Treasure. Although both are modular Magical Treasures, Formation-Type considers the whole; it’s just hard to form at once, so it was refined in blocks, belonging to an assembly line product.

Yet modularization is different; the overall model is just a concept. Although it can also be considered assembly line, each module can independently adjust and optimize, and once optimized to a certain degree, it can in turn affect the model, thus there’s much room for improvement.

Qian Zhong keenly noticed the difference in wording. As a Divine Spirit Grand Duke, she didn’t mind lowering herself to ask, "What’s the difference?"

"This... is quite difficult to express," Feng Jun hesitated before speaking. He could actually provide an accurate explanation, but the cultural differences between the two are too substantial, and the cognitive basis and knowledge structure differ greatly, making explanations troublesome.

So he summarized, "Modular allows for module adjustments and has room for improvement, but Formation-Type... is fixed."

"Understood," Who knows if Qian Zhong truly understood, but she nodded anyway, "Since it can be refined separately, I can summon many Artifact Refiners, just leave it to me."

"Wait a moment," Feng Jun furrowed his brows slightly, "I also know some Artifact Refiners. In the Insect World, I’ve also had some interaction with Artifact Refining Path’s True Sage Ban Yu, so no need to trouble Senior Qian Zhong."

"Still sect practitioners?" Qian Zhong also furrowed her brows, finally unable to hold back, "Do you have a bias against clan practitioners?"

"That’s not the case at all," Feng Jun felt particularly wronged, "I genuinely want clan practitioners to help me refine, but in artifact refining... clan practitioners have limitations."

This statement does not unjustly accuse clan practitioners. Among the Three Hundred Secret Realm Families, many clans are skilled in artifact refinement, having passed down through hundreds of generations, it would be impossible for them not to be formidable, something even sect practitioners acknowledge.

But clan practitioners also have their shortcomings; their professional depth and precision are adequate, but their breadth is insufficient—each hoards their own resources without sharing, so why would others share with you?

Sects are slightly better in this regard. Though they also won’t leak secrets, there’s exchange between various sects, allowing mutual learning and complementing each other’s strengths—without this mechanism, sect practitioners would have been overwhelmed by clan practitioners long ago.

Moreover, sects can accept disciples proficient in various arts, freely taking in disciples who contribute various cultivation techniques and secret techniques. But within clans, this behavior could potentially lead to war between two clans.

Therefore, in terms of professional depth and progress, sects aren’t easy to gauge, but regarding breadth, they generally overpower clans, so when Feng Jun speaks of clan limitations, there’s truly no fault in his words.

Yet Qian Zhong did not like hearing this—even though she believed there was no error in his statement, "Limitations are universal, one can invite several families for a discussion. If sects take your ideas as their own, do you have a way to handle it?"

Feng Jun hadn’t reacted yet, but the Artifact Spirit was far from indifferent; it expressed through contractual power, "Take it for themselves? Bold... let them try it!"

This was something it absolutely could not tolerate; assisting Feng Jun in refining Magical Treasures was merely one aspect. More importantly, this Magical Treasure can be propagated, selling dozens of sets isn’t a problem—Feng Jun had already promised it, to strive for Spirit Stone transactions.

The Artifact Spirit didn’t expect Feng Jun to hand over all the traded Spirit Stones—there’s still a superior waiting to take a share.

But even if half is taken, doesn’t it still have half left? Who dares to block its path to wealth—no, who dares to hinder its return to its origin, then it won’t be polite?

Its expression was only perceived by Feng Jun; he naturally wouldn’t express it so intensely, so he could only smile, "But if the refinement is all given to clan practitioners, how can I ensure my interests?"

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