Chapter 844: I Only Need 3 Days
Crazy, this world is crazy!
Who has ever seen someone come to the Artifact Refiner Association for an exam and tie up the invigilators to forcibly oversee the exam? Moreover, these invigilators are Artifact Refining Masters, who have a status far above ordinary artifact refiners. Who would have the guts to do such a thing?
"Master Valan, I'll trouble you to organize this exam!" Fang Jueyu said.
"But I'm only a Level 3 Artifact Refiner, not qualified to organize the exam." Valan said, a bit embarrassed.
"Aren't they here for that purpose!" Fang Jueyu laughed, "You just help me organize the exam procedures, and those three can just be tools!"
Treating three Artifact Refining Masters as tools? It's absurd he even said that!
"You three masters have no objections, right?" Fang Jueyu said with a cheeky smile, "I'm thinking about the three of you. Organizing the exam is so tiring. If you're accidentally choked by your own spit and die here, that would be a loss to the Artifact Refiner World!"
"What an insidious and ruthless boy!" The three were tightly bound to their chairs and couldn't move, but even without the restraints, they dared not make any small moves in front of Siria.
What Fang Jueyu just said seemed to care for them, but they're all Controllers. The cosmic civilization has developed for so many years; there are stories of dying in battle, dying of old age, being eaten by beasts, but who the hell has heard of a Controller choking to death on their spit while talking?
Threat! This is a blatant threat!
"The three masters only need to help evaluate when I finish the artifact. I believe you masters are impartial and will not engage in favoritism, right?"
At this moment, Fang Jueyu's smile seemed like the devil's smile to the three of them. If they dared to say no, their fate would not be good. After all, a powerhouse above a Transcender has a hundred ways to kill them without anyone knowing.
"What are you looking at? Do you think I want to use force to pass the exam?" Fang Jueyu glanced at the young people.
"Isn't that the case?" they thought, but no one dared to say it out loud. You bound them here, and you say you didn't use force?
"Don't worry, I always conquer others with virtue. If my skills are inadequate, the three masters may just give me a failing evaluation, and I will definitely not cause trouble for you afterwards!" Fang Jueyu promised. A mere Artifact Refining Master exam didn't concern him at all.
"Cough, since that's the case, we'll give your divine wealth civilization's elders a face. You may begin!" At this point, the three masters had no choice but to grit their teeth and take on the challenge.
Of course, they were indeed curious to see what abilities this young man Wang Dachui had. Not yet a hundred years old and possessing such power couldn't easily be explained with common sense. Perhaps he could indeed manage to pass the exam.
"Alright, since the three masters have agreed, I'll organize this exam!" Valan said, "The exam rules are simple. Within the stipulated time, make a fourth-tier weapon. The time is three months; if it exceeds that time, it'll be considered a failure."
"Three months? That's too simple!" Fang Jueyu was surprised. "If crafting a fourth-tier weapon takes three months, it's too useless."
"Wang Dachui, you've crafted a fourth-tier weapon before?" Fang Jueyu's tone was unexpectedly grand.
It's known that any Controller holds extremely strict standards for their weapons. Purifying the materials for a fourth-tier weapon alone takes at least a month and requires engraving at least ten runes.
The most crucial point is that for an Artifact Refining Master to be so, fourth-tier and above equipment already has a certain spiritual energy. It can resonate with the owner's power and unleash strength beyond limits through a mineral called Spirit Storage Stone.
This process is called spirit fusion, and typically, the spirit fusion process for an artifact refiner requires a month.
If one does not meet the requirements of an Artifact Refining Master, completing the crafting within the stipulated time is impossible, and failures can occur during spirit fusion.
Valan always made errors during spirit fusion, leading to dozens of failed exams.
When he heard Fang Jueyu say it only takes three months to refine a fourth-tier item, it was worthless; it felt like a stone was lodged in his heart.
"How long do you need?" Master Pareya and Master Dorov asked in unison.
When they passed the assessment, they used nearly 80 days, which included exceptional performance. Even the best of them, Nuosang, took 75 days to complete one project.
Even now, after years of accumulation and research, completing a fourth-tier weapon takes them at least 50 days.
Fang Jueyu held up three fingers.
"Thirty days? Ha! Arrogant! Do you think you're a top Artifact Refining Master?" Even Nuosang couldn't reach this level.
"No, no, no, I mean, I only need three days!"
"Hahaha! Good! Then I have to see how you forge a fourth-tier weapon in three days!" Even an Artifact Refining Grandmaster wouldn't dare boast like this.
"Watch closely and learn," Fang Jueyu said, "If you miss this opportunity, you won't have it again!"
Because of the high difficulty and extremely precious materials of the Artifact Refining Master exam, it costs 10 billion cosmic coins each time, and that's after an internal discount.
The cost of forging a fourth-tier weapon far exceeds this price!
"Start the timer, Master Valan!" Fang Jueyu directly headed to the materials warehouse.
"This one!" He picked up a black stone and weighed it, "This one then!"
"Elophis Ore? He's not going to choose? This is one of the hardest ores to purify among fourth-tier materials!"
"What does this mean? Is he going to prove his strength, or does it make no difference to him what material he uses?"
"Watch, I feel this kid is a bit freaky!"
"If his flame was just what we saw earlier, he could not refine this Elophis Ore," whispered the four young people.
The three Artifact Refining Masters were fully focused on Fang Jueyu.
"Hoo!" Nine silver dragons soared, and a silver flame appeared in Fang Jueyu's hand. He obviously increased the output of Cosmic Source Power; the flame's temperature was more than a hundred times higher than before!
"Just this is not enough!" Valan didn't know why, but he felt Fang Jueyu had other tricks up his sleeve.
"Hoo!" Sure enough, another flame emerged in Fang Jueyu's other hand. This flame was almost invisible to the naked eye, seemingly intangible, but everyone felt its temperature.
"What kind of flame is this?" Suddenly, everyone felt a shiver, discovering that this flame not only could be physically felt, but even their souls could!
"This flame can harm the soul! How is this possible!" Legend has it that only one thing can harm the soul: a Soul Weapon from the Root Universe.
However, Soul Weapons are extremely rare, and a complete Soul Weapon has never appeared. An Artifact Refining Grandmaster speculated that the crafting used a special flame, one that can burn the soul!
Yet, throughout the universe, no such flame has been heard of.
"Ignorant chaps, and they dare call themselves masters?" Fang Jueyu not only knew techniques for using such soul-burning flames but also had all sorts of soul martial arts and Soul Weapons.
"This flame is called Fallen Heart Flame, perfect for roasting!" Fang Jueyu said as he brought the two flames together.
"What is he trying to do?"
"He wants to merge the flames?"
"He's courting death! The performance differences between flames are too great to be merged!"
"Stop him quickly! If he fails, the whole city will be destroyed by the flames!"
"Tch, making a fuss over nothing!" Fang Jueyu rolled his eyes; he had used Buddha's Fury Flames countless times—merging two flames was no challenge for him!
Under the amazed gazes of everyone, the two flames miraculously merged into one. The nine silver dragon apparitions roared with soul-shocking shouts, and the flame's temperature nearly doubled!
"Seems still not enough!" Fang Jueyu extended his hand once more, and another flame soared up...