Ancestral Wealth Inheritance System

"What did you say?" The elderly man's originally kind and gentle expression suddenly darkened.

A mere young man under a hundred years old managing to pass the First-level Artifact Refiner exam is already quite significant, and now he wants to directly take the highest level exam? That's just nonsense.

That's an Artifact Refining Master! It's not child's play—those who earn the title of Artifact Refining Master hold a status no less than that of a Demigod.

Moreover, given his qualification, he simply doesn't have the capacity to oversee the Artifact Refining Master evaluation.

If anyone wants to challenge the Artifact Refining Master exam, more than five of the existing ten Masters must be present to grant their approval after passing the exam, only then can they earn the title of Artifact Refining Master.

Gathering five Masters is easier said than done; just reporting level by level takes considerable time, and a young man under a hundred coming to be evaluated—they might not even bother to show up. Is this young man here to take the exam or to cause trouble?

"Sir, I'm saying I want to directly take the Artifact Refining Master exam. This First-level exam is too trivial, it's simply wasting my precious life." Fang Jueyu said plainly.

"Trivial? Haha!" The elderly man laughed instead of getting angry, "Every year countless people want to take the First-level Artifact Refiner exam, and although it's the most basic exam, the pass rate is below 20%."

In other words, among them, calculating based on this pass rate, probably only one person would pass. And he calls this exam trivial?

Even for himself, he went through the exam three times before passing the First-level Artifact Refiner evaluation.

Even if he is truly from an affluent civilization, he's being overly arrogant.

"Young man, you must proceed step by step in your pursuits, don't aim too high," the elderly man said sincerely. "The path of an Artifact Refiner requires the accumulation of time; an instant leap is impossible."

"Sir, I understand what you're saying, but to participate in the Masters' competition, you must hold the title of Artifact Refining Master. So let's compromise, can I take the Master's exam instead?"

"You..." The elderly man almost spat blood. Being involved in artifact refining for thousands of years, though he's half a step into the Master stage, he knows well he's far from it.

This young man is requesting the Master's exam, claiming it's a compromise—isn't this mocking him?

"I've always heard that the people from affluent civilization are incredibly arrogant, today I've witnessed it. I believe you are from such a place!" Another young man next to him commented.

This young man was less than 1.2 meters tall, looking like a dwarf, yet his head was large, possibly filled with wisdom.

Fang Jueyu knew this young man probably belonged to the Dwarf Clan. Although unimpressive in appearance, this clan is very intelligent, with prominent figures in artifact refining and alchemy.

It's said one of the ten Artifact Refining Masters comes from the Dwarf Clan.

"Mind your own business!" Fang Jueyu cast a discriminatory glance at him, "I'm taking my exam, do you need to butt in, Yodeler?"

"Yodeler?" The young Dwarf Clan member was stunned, unable to grasp Fang Jueyu's meaning, but sensed it wasn't a compliment. "Are you insulting the great Artifact Refiners of the Dwarf Clan?"

"Yes, insulting you. Come at me if you have the guts!" Fang Jueyu challenged. He despised those who meddled, "Believe it or not, even if you jump, you'll only hit my knee?"

"You..."

The two immediately became confrontational, Siria, Er Gouzi, and Xiao Hei watched with interest from the side.

The Dwarf Clan martial artist only had the power level of Source Energy User eighth grade—ten thousand of him couldn't withstand a slap from Fang Jueyu. Offending Fang brought him bad luck.

"Alright, keep quiet, this is the Artifact Refiner guild, not a place for verbal squabbles!" The elderly man shouted, then continued to Fang Jueyu, "Are you certain you want to take the Master's exam?"

"Of course, I hope you can make an exception," Fang Jueyu replied.

"You should know that I am only a third-level Artifact Refiner and do not have the authority to organize the Master's exam," the elderly man said, "but our guild rules are strict; if you want to skip directly to the exam level, someone must recommend you."

"Would you be able to recommend me, sir? I assure you I'll offer satisfactory compensation!" Just being a Divine Ability User, Fang Jueyu could easily present something to astonish him.

"That's unnecessary," the elderly man said, "but I must be accountable for my actions."

After pondering, he said, "How about this? First, take the First-level Artifact Refiner exam; if your performance satisfies me, I'll recommend you. How does that sound?"

"Alright," Fang Jueyu nodded, acknowledging that although it required taking another exam, it was better than advancing level by level.

The exam procedures weren't too complex. Each participant paid a fee of five million cosmos coins, covering materials and consumables, given that both artifact refining and alchemy are costly endeavors.

However, those coming to take the exam naturally had notable backgrounds, so five million cosmos coins was insignificant to them.

"Alright, now all five of you come in!" After paying the fee, the elderly man opened a door, indicating the exam had to be conducted under high confidentiality.

The five followed him into the room, which was simply arranged, with five specialized weapons crafting tables and all equipment tools available.

"The content of the first exam is simple: first, use your Source Power Flames to refine the ore before you. Its purity must reach over 99.9%. If this isn't achieved, there's no need to proceed with the further exam."

"The second stage is to use the metal refined by you as a base to forge it into any type of first-grade weapon using the tools provided by the guild. Finally, you'll receive a comprehensive score based on your performance throughout both stages. Understand?"

"Understood!" The five said in unison.

"Good, timing starts now!" The elderly man announced, "The time taken for each task is part of your performance assessment."

The four young men immediately headed to the ore area. There were various metals classified as first-grade ore, with differences in grade among them. Higher-grade ones were harder to refine, but under the same conditions, the crafted weapons would be of better quality.

They quickly selected the ore most suited to them and went to their separate refining stations.

"Whatever, they're all the same!" Fang Jueyu casually picked up a piece of blue ore and went to his station.

"Blue Star Stone! He actually picked Blue Star Stone!" The others caught sight of Fang Jueyu's choice.

Although Blue Star Stone is a first-grade metal ore, its hardness and ductility approach second-grade metal, and it is notoriously difficult to purify—even some novice second-level Artifact Refiners struggle to perfect it.

"Is he bluffing, or does he truly have the ability?" The elderly man suddenly felt this youth seemed quite extraordinary.

"Hmph, forcibly increasing difficulty for attention's sake—definitely destined for a mess!" The young Dwarf Clan member started releasing his Source Power Flames, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply.

The other three also began summoning their flames.

"Whew!" As the only female Artifact Refiner among them ignited her flames, the others' flames instantly quivered in shock.

The three glanced at her; her flames carried a peculiar green hue within the orange-red, and its temperature was evidently higher than theirs.

"Impressive, naturally gifted special flames, suited for artifact refining!" The elderly man nodded in appreciation.

"Tch, and that's called fire?" Fang Jueyu scoffed, "Let me show you what a true Abnormal Fire is!"

"Whew!" A dragon-shaped blazing flame surged up around Fang Jueyu, making the surrounding temperatures scorching like a furnace...