Chapter 275 - 260: A New System and Revealing His Edge

Chapter 275: Chapter 260: A New System and Revealing His Edge

"Senior!"

Xie Hui rushed to greet him the moment he arrived at the shop’s entrance.

"Senior, these are some of the Spiritual Materials this junior has collected recently."

As he spoke, Xie Hui took out a Storage Talisman and handed it over.

Then, Xie Hui hesitated before saying, "This junior has taken on a business deal, but I’m a little unsure about it...."

Chu Mu accepted the Storage Talisman and swept his Divine Sense over it. Inside were over ten types of Tier Two Spiritual Materials and a considerable number of special Tier One Spiritual Materials.

Evidently, Xie Hui had put in a lot of effort over the past month or so.

He put away the Storage Talisman and said with a light chuckle, "Tell me about it."

"The fighting on the clan’s front lines has been intense lately, and the consumption of Magical Artifacts and Talismans has been enormous. This junior returned to the clan a few days ago to ask around...."

Xie Hui spoke slowly, his apprehension obvious.

As Xie Hui continued, Chu Mu began to understand what this so-called business deal was all about.

To put it simply, Xie Hui had leveraged his status and called in a few favors to snatch some business from his clan, taking on tasks that ordinary clan disciples couldn’t get.

The content of the tasks was also simple: just refining a batch of Magical Artifacts.

"This batch you mentioned, about how many are we talking about?"

Chu Mu didn’t think much of it and asked casually.

"Based on what this junior has heard, this new batch of support supplies will require about five thousand artifacts alone."

"The fighting on the front lines is intense, and the clan’s Artifact Refiners are stretched thin. This junior managed to secure a quota of... a little over one hundred items."

"It’s over ninety Magical Artifacts and twelve Spiritual Artifacts."

Chu Mu couldn’t hide his surprise. "That many?"

These weren’t Elixirs, where a single furnace could yield several, or even dozens of pills. These were Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts!

Xie Hui gave a bitter smile. "Although the clan has many Artifact Refiners, with wars on both the northern and southern fronts where our clan is a main force, a large number of them have been dispatched to the front lines to support combat operations. There really aren’t many left in the rear...."

"The front has been in a stalemate for so long, with endless battles every day. The consumption of all kinds of artifacts is massive...."

Chu Mu didn’t press further and simply nodded. "Fine. Does your shop have an Artifact Refining Room?"

"Yes!"

Xie Hui answered immediately. He then took out another Storage Talisman and a Jade Scroll, handing them over respectfully.

"You’ve got some nerve...."

Chu Mu raised an eyebrow, his gaze toward Xie Hui deepening with meaning.

He had only made a casual promise before, without guaranteeing anything, yet Xie Hui had dared to take on such a huge deal.

’This kid’s got more than just a little courage!’

Xie Hui gave an awkward smile and quickly changed the subject. "Senior, this business deal operates on the alliance’s contribution system. According to the alliance’s rules, refining one Lower Grade Magical Artifact earns ten contribution points, a Middle Grade Magical Artifact earns thirty, and an Upper Grade Magical Artifact earns ninety...."

"The alliance’s contribution system is linked with the mercenary contribution system...."

"For the contribution points from this deal, Senior, what do you think of a two-eight split?"

"Let’s do three-seven."

Taking the Storage Talisman and Jade Scroll from Xie Hui, he casually set the ratio and finally turned his attention to the Artifact Refining Room before him.

"Senior, please."

Quick and deft, Xie Hui immediately stepped forward and opened the door to the Artifact Refining Room.

Chu Mu stepped inside. With a slight flicker of his Divine Sense, the door shut behind him. Out of habitual caution, he still set up the personal set of isolation Restrictions he carried with him inside the Artifact Refining Room.

Sitting cross-legged, he sent his Divine Sense into the Jade Scroll. Several Artifact Refining Formulas immediately appeared in his mind.

A moment later, he lowered the Jade Scroll and slowly opened his eyes, a peculiar look visible within them.

Over ninety Magical Artifacts, twelve Spiritual Artifacts.

’With such a huge amount of Spiritual Materials, I expected the types to be complex and extremely tedious to work with.’

’But this Jade Scroll only contains four Artifact Refining Formulas in total.’

’And these four Artifact Refining Formulas...’

As he examined them, the peculiar look in Chu Mu’s eyes intensified. He picked up the Jade Scroll again and began to study the formulas in detail.

About one hour later, he finally put the Jade Scroll down again.

With a wave of his hand, a pile of Spiritual Materials appeared, taken from the Storage Talisman.

A True Flame emerged, and as it began to burn, the refining process commenced.

In just one hour, a finished Magical Artifact was hovering before him.

The Magical Artifact was round, jet-black, and about the size of a fist. It was a single-use Upper Grade Magical Artifact.

It looked very ordinary, but the design of the Magical Artifact was ingenious. It didn’t rely on the self-destruction or Spiritual Power explosion of a typical single-use artifact.

The principle behind this Magical Artifact was somewhat similar to a fragmentation bomb from his previous life. Its main body was composed of thirty fine needles, each one a Lower Grade Magical Artifact.

From the moment its refining was complete, the thirty fine needles inside remained fully charged with Spiritual Power, ready to be unleashed.

Once activated, the thirty needle-like Magical Artifacts would shoot out in an instant.

These Flying Needles were also single-use Magical Artifacts. In addition to piercing damage, they would self-destruct upon impact.

It was like a chain of mother-and-child bombs, one attack following another, making it impossible to defend against.

The concept was brilliant, leaving him impressed. But... what impressed him even more was the method for refining this Magical Artifact!

"To innovate and build upon the old!"

Subconsciously, these seven words surfaced in Chu Mu’s mind.

The Artifact Refining Skill he had learned originated from the ancient Immortal Dao Sect, and the Immortal Dao Sect had likely existed for tens of thousands of years, if not longer.

In the Cultivation Immortal Realm, there was a principle that the older something was, the stronger it was. While this principle did apply to the Artifact Refining Skill, it was clearly not an absolute rule, only applicable in a limited sense.

This was because the more ancient an era, the more suitable the environment of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was for a Cultivator’s Cultivation. Naturally, the more ancient a Cultivator, the greater their power.