Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 605: Su Yuan's Guidance
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan focused his thoughts, and a spacetime image materialized out of thin air before the crowd.
The protagonist in the image was still Master Chongxiao, and he was also in the process of refining a twenty-fifth-tier treasure.
This was a scene directly simulated by Su Yuan.
Master Chongxiao stared intently at his own image in the picture. The moment he saw his own opening move, his expression changed, because the opening move had been altered!
His own artifact refining technique was a method he had summarized himself, comprising a total of ten thousand and eight hundred hand seals. Among these, the opening move was the first seal, a starting convention he had always taken for granted.
However, the version of himself in the image began with the ten-thousandth hand seal. This was a technique for imprinting Chaos Dao Patterns, something done *after* the materials were melted and condensed. How could it be used right from the start?
Yet, to Chongxiao’s astonishment, when this method was applied, it indeed only imprinted shallow Chaos Dao Patterns onto all the materials to be used. Furthermore, as the subsequent melting and refining proceeded, these Chaos Dao Patterns were quickly destroyed and re-melted!
In that instant, Chongxiao’s mind was struck by a thunderous realization!
He grasped the profound ingenuity within.
The subsequent refining process was almost a replica of his own, but everyone could clearly see that each step of the process had been slightly adjusted. Each step was just a minor tweak, but accumulated together, they created a vast disparity!
These differences, gathered at the end, amounted to a gap as wide as heaven and earth.
Everyone watched the entire process without blinking, recording it all, afraid to miss a single detail. All of them firmly committed these refining details to memory. Even if they couldn’t understand them now, they could study them slowly later.
Even Master Youhe did not let a single detail slip by. He had indeed secretly broken through to the thirtieth tier, but there was so much to learn from the refining process Su Yuan had simulated. He felt his own promotion to the thirtieth tier was merely a lucky breakthrough; there were many details he couldn’t comprehend, let alone claim to have mastered.
Among all present, Chongxiao undoubtedly benefited the most. This was a modified plan based on his own blueprint. Almost every detail resonated with him, countless insights flooding his heart, leading to a tremendous improvement in his understanding of his own refining techniques.
When the entire simulation reached its conclusion, a twenty-fifth-tier Chaos Dominator Artifact of peerless quality was completely born!
Even though this was just a simulated process, something Su Yuan conjured from imagination, everyone knew it could essentially be perfectly replicated in reality!
As the memory of the simulation ended, Chongxiao closed his eyes to contemplate carefully, his mind brimming with infinite sparks of inspiration.
After a long while, he opened his eyes to find everyone staring at him.
He took a deep breath, rose respectfully, walked up to Su Yuan, and performed a disciple’s bow: “Chongxiao thanks Master Seven Stars for your guidance. Master, if you have any needs in the future, please do not hesitate to command me! Chongxiao will certainly spare no effort to assist! I would not hesitate even if it meant death ten thousand times!”
Su Yuan smiled and said, “Haha, Fellow Daoist Chongxiao, you are too kind. This time was my public, free guidance. That you gained this opportunity was because you seized it yourself. You were the first to step forward and dared to display your entire refining process openly and honestly. This breadth of mind is something I truly admire!”
His words already treated Chongxiao like a junior.
Chongxiao, however, did not feel the slightest bit diminished. On the contrary, his attitude towards Su Yuan became even more respectful.
In Chongxiao’s view, Su Yuan’s skill level was undoubtedly that of a high-level Artifact Refining Master, possibly even at the peak of that rank. This ability to transform the crude into the miraculous was simply not something an ordinary high-level Artifact Refining Master could accomplish.
If Master Youhe could hear Chongxiao’s thoughts, he would loudly agree, because he felt his own artifact refining prowess paled in comparison to Su Yuan’s. Originally, he had planned to announce his departure for a city on the Second Frontline after this banquet.
But now he changed his mind again. He felt that going to the Second Frontline was not as good as staying in Black Flame City to befriend Su Yuan. Perhaps he could learn even more from Su Yuan here!
Chongxiao then said, “I have gained so much just now. I wish to immediately refine a Dominator Artifact right here. If there are any mistakes, could Master Seven Stars please correct me?”
“Granted!” Su Yuan agreed.
Thus, Chongxiao immediately set up a massive Chaos furnace in the venue and began refining a Chaos Dominator Artifact on the spot.
This time, having absorbed the insights from Su Yuan’s simulation, Chongxiao started with the ten-thousandth hand seal from the very beginning.
The hand seals struck all the materials, causing each one to be coated with a shallow layer of Chaos Dao Patterns. These patterns could unify all the materials into a single cohesive aura field, which would have miraculous effects during the subsequent melting process.
Next, Chongxiao perfectly replicated every step of Su Yuan’s simulated process. Since it was based on his own refining methods as the blueprint, there was no difficulty in learning it.
Su Yuan occasionally offered a pointer or two, but these were only minor fine-tuning. Chongxiao’s comprehension was astonishing; he basically grasped all the details!
Su Yuan secretly praised him as well. This Chongxiao’s refining skill was not weak; what he lacked was proper lineage inheritance and guidance from a master with a commanding view. In situations like this, once Chongxiao could enter the Second Frontline, his own artifact refining ability would surely increase significantly.
Vaguely, Su Yuan also understood: the Third Frontline was a place to cultivate the younger generation, using minimal resources to solidify their foundation, allowing them to accumulate strength and make a great leap forward upon reaching the Second Frontline later.
However, Su Yuan wasn’t particularly impressed by this. It was merely a cultivation method born of necessity. The Alliance’s resources were also limited; the Third Frontline was not the main force for cultivation.
Su Yuan sighed inwardly for a moment.
Under the effects of time acceleration, Chongxiao moved extremely fast. He was already thoroughly familiar with refining this particular Chaos Dominator Artifact, so even under a million-fold time acceleration, he could still refine with ease. If he were refining other Chaos Dominator Artifacts, Chongxiao wouldn’t dare activate such a high time flow rate.
Merely one year later in the outside world, Chongxiao completed the final step.
A brand new Chaos Dominator Artifact was completely born before everyone’s eyes.
Moreover, the natural pressure emanating from this Chaos Dominator Artifact was already similar to the Fourteen-Layer Soul-Severing Spear Su Yuan had refined earlier. That powerful aura unique to peerless-grade Dominator Artifacts was unmistakably on display!
“Hiss, Master Chongxiao actually succeeded in refining a peerless-grade Dominator Artifact!”
“Astounding! Truly astounding! With this, Master Chongxiao will certainly advance further!”
“The most incredible one is still Master Seven Stars. For Master Chongxiao to improve this much after just a bit of his guidance is simply unbelievable.”
“I wonder if Master Seven Stars could guide others as well.”
Su Yuan overheard the thoughts of many people, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly. With this, his fame within the scope of Black Flame City had undoubtedly reached a level where he was known to all!
