In the past six months, the artifact refiners in Cyan Thorn have been having a hard ti.
The loose cultivators who used to respectfully call them "Sir" or "Senior" are nowhere to be seen.
The custors who brought their treasure materials to have magical artifacts crafted are also gone.
Although they are not starving, the drop in status is really significant.
ng Jiang is one such person.
As an artifact refining master with so fa in Cyan Thorn, he had connections with elders of several small sects and was often treated as an honored guest.
In the past, he accepted business based entirely on his mood; those wishing for Mr. ng to refine a magical artifact had to have acquaintances pay him a visit first.
But now, he hadn’t had any business for months.
The reason is undoubtedly the full responsibility of the Thousand chanism Pavilion.
Beautiful patterns, exquisite forms, and enough quality to last three generations are worth nothing in the face of the word "cheap."
One traditional magical artifact can buy three equally powerful Thousand chanism Tools.
The Thousand chanism Pavilion even offers half-a-year warranty, with an exchange policy within two years.
The plight that Thousand chanism Cultivators faced in the past is now appearing among the artifact refiners.
Of course, not all artifact refiners are stubborn; they are also thinking of various solutions.
So people, with the principle of joining if they can’t beat them, just changed clothes, filed an application, and beca apprentices at the Thousand chanism Pavilion.
After all, the technique of arrays has many common principles; transitioning to the Path of Thousand chanisms isn’t really troubleso.
So others, with so perseverance, began to lower their stature, preparing for a long-term battle against the Thousand chanism Pavilion, relying on their reputation and quality to secure the final victory.
These old folks began offering low-cost blade and sword magical artifacts and Sound Transmission Jades to loose cultivators and small sects.
It went well at first, until Lily completed the Thousand chanism Rune Array and Little Walnut was developed.
Their offerings were completely unwanted then.
A pure hand-crafted, low-tier divine technique-refined blade and sword magical artifact was cheap at a hundred or so spirit stones in the artifact refiners’ hands.
But over at the Thousand chanism Pavilion, with their big promotion, weapons made by the Sword Sect puppet lathe, paired with spell plug-ins from the Thousand chanism Pavilion, cost only ninety-nine.
Spells could be chosen at random, weapon styles could be freely picked, with an extra charge for customization, they could forge anything, even pitchforks.
Spell plug-ins ca with discounts, buy three get one free, the more you buy the more you save, and you could collect points to exchange for the limited Heavenly Illusion Pendant.
As for Sound Transmission Jades, they were worthless in front of Little Walnut.
Under the rciless mass production strategy and discounts from the Thousand chanism Pavilion, these small artifact refining workshops quickly fell apart.
After losing the price war, so left Cyan Thorn for developnt elsewhere, while others chose the halfway option to survive.
These people were working in Thousand chanism Town.
Most artifact refiners are adept at material identification, and now, almost all appraisers at the Fried Shide Auction House are forr artifact refiners.
They worked on enemy grounds while also studying and refining their artifact crafting techniques, aiming for a coback.
The last group included ng Jiang, those who couldn’t give up the path of artifact refining; their status was slightly higher, and they couldn’t bring themselves to work as appraisers.
They truly loved artifact refining, just like the Thousand chanism Cultivators of last year.
...
Cyan Thorn, Dharma Ring Sect.
ng Jiang was chatting with his old friend, Elder Xing from the Dharma Ring Sect.
Between the lines, ng Jiang was asking Elder Xing if the Dharma Ring Sect lacked a Guest Elder proficient in artifact refining.
Seeing his old friend in distress, Elder Xing sighed.
"Brother ng, why go through this trouble, why not..."
ng Jiang shook his head, "Brother Ma, no need to persuade to join the Thousand chanism Pavilion, I..."
Elder Xing raised his hand to interrupt ng Jiang and looked around before speaking softly to him.
"It’s not that I don’t want to help you, but there’s no use. Our Sect Leader is already contemplating taking the entire sect to join the Thousand chanism Pavilion."
"Brother ng, joining our Dharma Ring Sect is just a matter of words, but this..."
Elder Xing, being sowhat coarse, didn’t actually say the last part directly, which was sothing akin to "pointless effort."
"What? Why is that?" ng Jiang, who was a bit out of the loop with recent news, was puzzled.
"Here’s the deal..." Elder Xing explained to ng Jiang.
As the most progressive small sect in Cyan Thorn, the Dharma Ring Sect was the first to equip its disciples with the Thousand chanism Pavilion’s gear.
The nurous explosive Thousand chanism Tools significantly improved the combat power of the sect’s disciples, and items like the Demon Evil Atlas allowed the disciples to handle more complex environnts.
Subsequently, the Sect Leader of the Dharma Ring Sect invested a huge amount to have the Thousand chanism Pavilion custom-build two Underground Cities within the sect for training disciples.
This saved the sect’s disciples from having to queue up with those loose cultivators every day.
In the positive cycle of field training and then being tested in the Underground Cities back ho, the Dharma Ring Sect, which already had a good ethos, fostered the habit of disciples traveling in groups and cooperating in battles.
They could even take on challenges beyond their level for many tasks.
Within the sect, most tasks were even replaced with those from the Thousand chanism Pavilion, allowing disciples to spend their earned sect shared points there.
anwhile, the Dharma Ring Sect also began doing business with the Thousand chanism Pavilion.
After all the fuss from the Sect Leader, although only half a year had passed, the results were remarkable.
The strength of the disciples improved significantly, and by "drinking soup" alongside the Thousand chanism Pavilion, not only didn’t the sect account go into deficit, they even made a profit.
The Sect Leader thought, why not go all out and directly join.
He learned from a secret source that the Thousand chanism Pavilion’s heart thod blends the essence of three great sects: Sword Sect, Beast Taming Sect, and Dragon Tiger Mountain.
Although it’s just starting now, he believed it definitely has more prospects than the Dharma Ring Heart Scripture created by his great-grandfather.
If the Thousand chanism Pavilion becos the seventh great sect in the future, wouldn’t he, having joined early, also soar high?
Recently, the Sect Leader of the Dharma Ring Sect has been visiting the Thousand chanism Pavilion three tis a day for this matter.
Elder Xing finished explaining and spread his hands, indicating that’s how things stood.
"Sigh." ng Jiang sighed after listening.
This ti, ng Jiang truly had no prospects. However, when he got up and cupped his hands to take his leave, he was stopped by Elder Xing.
"Don’t be hasty, Old ng, just hear out."
"Please go ahead." ng Jiang sat back down.
"Do you harbor any grievances against the Thousand chanism Pavilion?"
"Why do you say that? It’s just that our paths are different. I only bla myself for lacking ability."
Hearing ng Jiang say this, Elder Xing was relieved.
He took out a three-fold screen device gifted by his eldest disciple, opened a group chat.
"Brother ng, look at this."
He handed the device to ng Jiang.
ng Jiang took it, his gaze froze.
In the picture, a few young girls held up a large banner, with a figure in a silver-white tallic suit standing beneath it.
The banner read:
"Artifact Refining and chanisms Together as One, the Divine Egg Gang Welcos You"
"What is this?" ng Jiang was puzzled.
Elder Xing chuckled, "Recently, the Thousand chanism Pavilion recruited an Artifact Refining Grandmaster from the Northern Territory. It’s said that his Path of Artifact Refining is extraordinary; now the pavilion is broadly recruiting refiners to seek the great path together."
After speaking, ng Jiang saw images of cultivators registering for recruitnt scroll down on the device screen.
Still under the big poplar tree, a group of artifact refiners, both young and old, were standing tall and proud, lining up to register.
ng Jiang stared for a long while, suddenly jumped up, and quickly walked towards the door.
"Old ng, where are you going?" Elder Xing hurriedly asked.
"Lu Sheng, that stubborn old donkey, is also there. That brat is very proud; if even he has signed up, it surely ans this refining master is soone significant. I..."
The latter half of the sentence was inaudible as ng Jiang had already flown into the sky on his lifebound magical artifact.
The Dharma Ring Sect was not far from Thousand chanism Town. ng Jiang landed outside the town, put away his giant drum artifact, tidied his clothes, and stepped into the town gates.
...
Near the Thousand chanism Pavilion, by the big poplar tree.
A scruffy old man, with a small stature and twitching mouse-like mustache, squatted by the roadside, muttering to himself while clutching a silver-white round magical artifact.
"Ancestral Master bless, Ancestral Master bless, I didn’t see wrong, it’s all true..."
This artifact was obtained from an Artifact Refining Master called Dan Dan after he registered. Although it was simple and rely glowed and floated, it was no ordinary item.
But Lu Sheng’s hand was connected to his heart; as soon as he touched it, he knew it was a rare treasure. He discovered that the operating mode of its inner spiritual qi array was completely different from usual magical artifacts.
He felt that if he could fully understand this sphere, his artifact refining technique would certainly advance further.
Just as he was absorbed in his treasure, Old Man Lu suddenly saw an old hand trying to snatch it away, and swiftly used an escape technique divine power to retreat several ters. He summoned his lifebound gourd and posed a white crane spreading its wings stance, aiming the gourd at the thief.
"Hey, where did this old thief co from! Watch out, or I’ll have the Sword Sect cultivators catch you!"
But upon seeing the intruder’s face clearly, he dropped the posture and, with his hands behind his back, swaggered over with a look begging for a good punch.
"Oh, who do I see? Old ng, what brings you to our Thousand chanism Pavilion?"
"Let have a look." ng Jiang ignored his old friend’s teasing and hurriedly stepped forward to take the sphere, injecting spiritual qi to explore its mysteries.
ng Jiang imdiately noticed the peculiarity within it, but just as he was about to study further, the sphere was snatched away again.
"Give it back. If you want, why don’t you go and register yourself?" Old Man Lu, fearing ng Jiang would damage it, grabbed the sphere back.
Then he retreated several steps.
"What... what is this?" ng Jiang asked.
Now looking at that sphere, he couldn’t resist the urge, wanting to hold it a while longer.
"This is my assignnt for the week!" Finished speaking, Old Man Lu clumsily controlled the sphere with spiritual qi, demonstrating its inner mysteries to ng Jiang.
Inside the sphere was a puzzle—the sa array that had appeared in the first stage of Dan Dan’s grand contest was now before ng Jiang.
"If I can open this sphere, I’ve completed the first step. Solving the array within ans entering the gate," Lu Sheng boasted.
ng Jiang ignored him, flicked his sleeve, turned, and ran towards the big poplar tree.
But after only a few steps, he was stopped by Lu Sheng’s call.
"Hey! Old ng! Hold on, I have sothing to tell you!"
"Say it quickly!" ng Jiang was in a hurry.
But the old Lu Sheng was in no rush. He stroked his mustache, grinning at ng Jiang.
Just when ng Jiang thought Lu Sheng had sothing important to say, the old man slapped his chest and announced.
"Once you’ve registered, rember to call Senior Brother, don’t forget.
I was here first!"
ng Jiang wanted very much to put his great drum on this brat’s head, but he had more urgent matters to attend to and did not delay, hurriedly going to wait in line.
"Na and cultivation?"
When it was ng Jiang’s turn, the cultivator responsible for registration asked.
"ng Jiang, cultivation... just list it as Golden Core." ng Jiang replied.
"Ah, it’s Senior ng, please wait a mont..."
The cultivator responsible for registration quickly erased the information from a jade scroll and took out a new one.
"Divine Pill Gang Special Brilliance Class, Number Seven, ng Jiang"
After registering, he handed the new jade scroll to ng Jiang and pointed in a direction, indicating where ng Jiang should go to take the test.
"Next!" He called out loudly after sending ng Jiang off.
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