Chapter 1288: A Perfect Treasure
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bai Cailing was totally puzzled by Xu Que's actions. He was still smiling at her. However, inexplicably, Bai Cailing got a feeling that Xu Que was not looking at her. Although Xu Que was looking in her direction, it seemed he was looking at something else. It was quite weird.
"Is this an illusion?" Bai Cailing thought and frowned slightly. Then she looked away and ignored Xu Que. After all, she was this old man's daughter-in-law now. If she and this old man made eyes at each other like this in front of so many people, her reputation would definitely be ruined. Actually, Bai Cailing's speculation was right. Although Xu Que was looking at her, in fact, he was laughing as he looked at the interface of the System.
Since he had decided to reforge this piece of equipment, the equipment-refining essence was essential. Just now, Mo Junchen had said if the Purple Sky Age Metal was merged with an item, he could create a Middle-grade Celestial Artifact. However, if the equipment-refining essence was added during the reforging, he might even get a High-grade Celestial Artifact at last! Then, when he was facing a sovereign at the Heaven Celestial Stage, his attack with the rod would not only knock them out, but also smash their heads! At the thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw more than 100,000 items of equipment-refining essence in the System interface!
"Guardian Mo, just merge the Purple Sky Age Metal into this perfect rod, which will be used as the master item!" Xu Que shouted.
WHOOSH! The black rod flew rapidly up in the sky and created many ripples in the void, before it appeared in front of Mo Junchen abruptly. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the rod with surprise. "This rod…is too common!" Someone said, puzzled.
When Xu Que took out this black rod for the first time, he knocked Yi Zhong from the Divine Farmer Clan unconscious. At that time, the onlookers didn't find anything remarkable about this rod. They believed Yi Zhong was knocked out because of the extraordinary power of this old man. Now, when this old man took out this black rod again, they were totally puzzled. "Why does he want to use such a common item as the master item? After all, this rod is not even a magical artifact!" These thoughts were running through everyone's heads.
"Father of the Faction Leader, are you sure…you are going to use this thing as the master item? I'm afraid the Purple Sky Age Metal will be wasted!" Mo Junchen held the black rod in his hand as he looked at Xu Que with puzzlement. As a First-grade King Refiner, he couldn't figure out what was so special about this black rod, and he also couldn't understand why Xu Que insisted on adding the precious Purple Sky Age Metal into such a common rod!
"Stop asking questions! This rod is very important for me and is my treasure! Just do it!" Xu Que said firmly. His words stunned the onlookers who started to exclaim immediately. It seemed this old man, who might be a Celestial King, was acting really old by treating a common rod as a treasure. "Was he senile? Does this rod have special meaning for him?" All the onlookers had thoughts like these in their heads.
"Eh, I remember he hit Yi Zhong with this rod!" Someone said in a low voice. Hearing that, many people nodded their heads. Only Bai Cailing and the female apprentices of the Jade Lake were still puzzled. "Why did someone mention Yi Zhong at this time? We don't see any relationship between him and this rod!"
BOOM! At the same time, Mo Junchen had started the merging. Since Xu Que wanted to merge the Purple Sky Age Metal into this rod, he would follow Xu Que's instructions. Anyway, the Purple Sky Age Metal belonged to Xu Que. Mo Junchen was not entitled to make any decisions about the Purple Sky Age Metal even if he felt regret at what he was asked to do. After all, Mo Junchen had made a promise to Xu Que that he would finish the reforging successfully at the very beginning. When he was surprised by the sudden change of the divine fire, Xu Que asked him to merge the Purple Sky Age Metal into this black rod. So, Mo Junchen had no reason to not do what Xu Que asked.
SWISH! Strands of powerful Celestial Core Power gushed out from Mo Junchen's fingertips and started to draw out the liquid Purple Sky Age Metal that was enwrapped by the divine fire. Then, a strand of Purple Sky Age Metal was drawn out. The next moment, Mo Junchen reached out his fingers to throw that strand of Purple Sky Age Metal toward the black rod! That strand of liquid Purple Sky Age Metal was as thin as a spider's thread. After landing on the black rod, it started to move around the black rod in a special way. At last, it was merged into the rod firmly and formed a beautiful totem after cooling down.
When more and more of the Purple Sky Age Metal landed on the black rod, the totem became larger and more solid. When half of the liquid Purple Sky Age Metal had landed on the rod, the construction of that totem was finished at last. Mo Junchen didn't stop his movements. He continued to wave his hands to draw out strands of liquid Purple Sky Age Metal. He threw the liquid metal toward the other end of the black rod to form another totem. This totem was same as the last one. When the construction of this totem was finished, almost all the rest of the liquid Purple Sky Age Metal was used up.
BOOM! At the same time, Mo Junchen reached out his hands in the air. Then, the remaining liquid Purple Sky Age Metal was drawn out and thrown toward the central area of the black rod.
Seeing that, the onlookers couldn't bite their tongues anymore. "Is he going to use up all the rest of the Purple Sky Age Metal?" They had chosen to stay watching this process because they wanted to get a share of the Purple Sky Age Metal. But they couldn't steal the Purple Sky Age Metal openly when Xu Que had said he would take exclusive possession of the precious material. Now, when they saw that Mo Junchen was about to use up all the Purple Sky Age Metal, they couldn't keep silent anymore.
"Stop!"
"Wait!"
The sovereigns of Dishou Mountain and the Zhouwang Palace shouted at the same time. Then one of them said seriously as they looked at Xu Que, "Elder Xu, I'm afraid what you are doing now is inappropriate. According to the rules, you can have the biggest share of the thing found here. However, we are also qualified to share the rest!" All the people started to look at Xu Que, including Ji Wuyun's Dark Shadow Pagoda and the people from the Jade Lake. However, the Jade Lake didn't act aggressively as the other sects did. After all, they were still counting on Xu Que to save their peach trees.
HUMPH! Xu Que looked indifferent as he shook his head with a cold smile, "I will only tell you once more! The Purple Sky Age Metal was not found here. I brought it to this place. Also, I am trying to reforge it with the divine fire here. If you want to steal it, do it at your own risks!" Xu Que answered confidently. He didn't worry about possible attacks from these people. He was so close to the divine fire. He had plenty of methods to burn these people to ash with it.
In this way, his words intimidated these people again. From the very beginning, they believed Xu Que's Cultivation Stage had reached the Celestial King or an even higher stage. After witnessing the displays of Xu Que's strength so many times, they had the growing conviction that their speculations were correct. Now, when they heard Xu Que's confident words, they believed that this old man was at least a Celestial King!
Although they thought they knew Xu Que wouldn't dare to display the strength of a Celestial King here, they weren't absolutely sure about that. If this old man really attacked them with the strength of a Taiyi Celestial, all of them would be killed. Even their sects could be ruined by this old man. This was way too risky! People from the three sects stared at each other in speechless despair.
BOOM! A dull sound rang out. Mo Junchen had wrapped the central part of the black rod with the remaining Purple Sky Age Metal. The rod, which used to be inky black, became purple black. The purple black metal in the middle was surrounded by the totems on both ends, which were thicker than the central part. The entire rod looked quite domineering and noble. Also, horrible Terrifying Spiritual Qi could be sensed coming from this rod.
"Alas! We were too late!" People from the three sects sighed and shook their heads in sorrow. They had given up the idea of stealing the Purple Sky Age Metal just now. They couldn't afford the cost of failure in stealing the Purple Sky Age Metal. They worried their sects could be ruined if they engaged in reckless actions.
PHEW! At this moment, Mo Junchen rubbed his pale face with his sleeves at this time and landed on the ground. Meanwhile, the newly forged rod dashed toward Xu Que through the sky. Then Xu Que waved his hand and shouted, "Wait! I need to add some essence into it, so that it can become a perfect treasure!"
Chapter 1289: Acting Wantonly Once Again
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
A weapon-refining essence? Everyone present was startled, even Mo Junchen. They were absolutely stunned! This rod had already been refined by the addition of every single drop of the Purple Sky Age Metal . So, how was it possible for him to add something else to it? Could it be that this old man had material on a par with the Purple Sky Age Metal or even material that was more precious than it?
"Faction Leader Xu's father, what else would you add to it?" Mo Junchen spoke encouragingly. He was aware that Xu Que was slightly proficient in equipment refining, and this was why he couldn't understand what was going on. According to reason, if there were other materials, he should have given them to Mo Junchen earlier so he could fuse them with the Purple Sky Age Metal. It was only like this that the refining effects reached their optimum expression. But now, the Purple Sky Age Metal had already been refined completely, and it was fused with the rod. This was why, if Xu Que added something else to it, he would only ruin it. Even if he took out a divine-grade material, the overall effects would be much worse.
"Never mind it, you should rest for now, and let me take care of the rest." Xu Que chuckled and tapped the ground with his toes. He soared into the sky with the shining, purple rod.
BANG! Xu Que thrust out his fist and sent the rod toward the vicinity of the Divine Fire, which would keep the Purple Sky Age Metal atop the rod at a high temperature. He did this so that the metal wouldn't cool off and become solid. Just after this, he quickly summoned the System interface to transfer all the weapon-refining essence into the rod.
DING! "After examination, it has been determined that this Middle-grade Celestial Artifact can be promoted into a High-grade Celestial Artifact if it is fused with 5 million drops of weapon-refining essence," the System's prompt immediately stated.
"What?" Xu Que's eyes got wide, and a shocked look appeared on his face. When he had crafted magical weapons previously, he had fused them at most with only several tens of thousands of drops of weapon-refining essence, because there had been an upper limit. He had also been able to break up every Inferior Celestial Artifact into an amount of weapon-refining essence that ranged from 100,000 to 200,000 drops. This was why Xu Que assumed that this Middle-grade Celestial Artifact would also have an upper limit, which would be around several hundred thousand drops of weapon-refining essence.
However, He did not expect that he would have to add 5 million drops of weapon-refining essence to leverage it into a High-grade Celestial Artifact. "This is really…terrific!" Xu Que thought to himself. The ability to leverage something into a High-grade Celestial Artifact was obviously good news, but the current issue that was bedeviling him was where could he get 5 million drops of weapon-refining essence?
"System, please check the Inferior Celestial Artifacts that I have never used," Xu Que shouted at the System. Another window appeared atop the System interface, and it listed more than 20 Inferior Celestial Artifacts. Ruling out all the ones that he had used, these artifacts would be his whole inventory–they were all Inferior Celestial Artifacts that he had never used. Since every Inferior Celestial Artifact could be broken down and turned into an amount of weapon-refining essence that ranged from 100,000 to 200,000 drops, if he could get 200,000 drops for every artifact and he used all 20 pieces that he had, he would at most get around 4 million drops. Thus, he wouldn't be able to gather 5 million drops of weapon-refining essence.
"This is very troublesome. Where can I get another ten Inferior Celestial Artifacts?" Xu Que found himself in a dilemma. The weapon-refining essence had to be used during the crafting process or just after he finished the crafting process. If he missed the chance to use the weapon-refining essence, then he wouldn't be able to use it to raise the rod's grade. However, he couldn't get more Celestial Artifacts now, and he could only look on helplessly as a High-grade Celestial Artifact slipped from his hands. It was really a pity!
Xu Que was floating in the air, engrossed in his thoughts. The crowd beneath Xu Que raised their heads to look at him, and they were completely confused once again.
"What is Elder Xu doing?" Ji Wuyun frowned and asked.
"He has moved the rod closer to the fire to keep it at a high temperature because he doesn't want the rod's crafting process to end. But why he isn't taking action, I don't know," someone else answered. He couldn't understand what was happening either. Some people looked at Mo Junchen. After all, he was the most proficient person in artifact-crafting here and the sole King Refiner.
"Guardian Mo, this little…cough, cough, what happened to the Faction Leader's father?" Duan Jiude also looked at Mo Junchen and questioned him. However, Mo Junchen was just as confused as everyone else, and he shook his head before he spoke weakly, "Why are you asking me? I also have no idea what is happening. I have been confused since he took out the rod."
"What do you know? I can discern everything with a single glance. He's communicating with the rod, and he's trying to nurture his relationship with it," Buttface shouted, as if he understood everything. The crowd rolled their eyes at Buttface, and they ignored what he said. How was it possible for one to nurture a relationship with an artifact? Even if it had an artifact spirit, this still wasn't a useful method for nurturing a relationship. Xu Que was motionless. So how was it possible for him to nurture anything? Moreover, this rod didn't have any artifact spirit.
SWOOSH! At this moment, Xu Que finally moved. He looked down at the crowd beneath him. He stared first at Buttface and Mo Junchen, and questioned them, "Do you have any Inferior Celestial Artifacts? Even a low-grade one would be fine."
"Huh?" Buttface and Mo Junchen were both taken aback, and they both shook their heads to express that they didn't have any. In his early years, Mo Junchen had a collection of artifacts, but, when he left the Equipment-Refining Sect, he left all the artifacts he had crafted behind. Now, if one asked him to take out an Inferior Celestial Artifact, he would have to spend time to look for materials and craft one. But Xu Que was now in a special situation, and there wasn't enough time for Mo Junchen to craft any Inferior Celestial Artifacts. It also wasn't so easy to gather enough materials for the crafting.
As for Buttface? It was needless to mention it, as even though this fool had a large collection, it was mostly food and drink. Altogether it probably wouldn't equal even half a piece of an Inferior Celestial Artifact. The crowd present was also startled. They couldn't understand why Xu Que wanted Celestial Artifacts at such a time.
"What the h*ll, little… That isn't right. Faction Leader's father, why don't you ask me like you have asked them?" At this moment, Duan Jiude, who had been ignored, spoke anxiously.
"You? Why did you raise such a question? If you can take out an Inferior Celestial Artifact, I will eat sh*t"! Xu Que spoke while wearing a disdainful look.
"D*mn it!" Duan Jiude was so infuriated that his ears smoked, and he threw out an ancient tortoiseshell. This was the tortoiseshell used by him previously for divination, and it was unexpectedly an Inferior Celestial Artifact.
All of a sudden, the ambiance became quite awkward. WOOF! Buttface jumped up excitedly, turned his head around, and ran away. He said, "I am going to go have a sh*t���.
The corners of Xu Que's mouth twitched. He never expected that a fool like Duan Jiude would be so lucky. He didn't just have an inheritance, he had an Inferior Celestial Artifact. But the tortoiseshell had already been refined by Duan Jiude and turned into a Soulbound Celestial Artifact. This was why Xu Que couldn't take it and recycle it with the System.
"Ah, forget about it, just forget that I said anything a while ago." Xu Que waved his hand at him. The next moment, Xu Que's gaze fell upon Bai Cailing, and his eyes lit up as if he had just recalled something important. "My daughter-in-law, I have something to discuss with you." Xu Que chuckled and spoke.
Bai Cailing was startled, and she asked, "Elder Xu, what do you want to discuss?"
Xu Que stroked his chin and spoke solemnly, "Hmmm…I have just mulled over the previous matter. According to the marriage contract, as long as you take out ten Celestial Artifacts, your engagement with Xu Que will be canceled and you wouldn't have to marry him. Why don't you exchange ten Celestial Artifacts for this?"
When everyone heard this, they were dumbfounded, and all the members of the great factions looked with disbelief at Xu Que. This old man was too wanton. He unexpectedly wanted to sell his daughter-in-law in public for ten Celestial Artifacts… No, that wasn't right, he wanted to break a promise of marriage in public, and the person involved was the Jade Lake's saint. He was wanton and unrestrained–he was really wanton and unrestrained!