Refining only one Flame Flow Crystal at a time, she couldn't compare to these people.
So.
What if she refined two at once?
With the help of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, Li Shuang had a complete grasp of the Flame Flow Crystals before her.
Holding a hammer in each hand, she simultaneously employed her breathing technique, striking the Flame Flow Crystals one by one.
However.
To have the Heaven and Earth Furnace assist in controlling her body, she would need to spend some value points.
Li Shuang's value points were limited, and she dared not use them all.
She could only desperately try to grasp this technique, striving to fully master the skill of multitasking.
Even though Li Shuang was still in the familiarization phase, once she started multitasking, her ranking began to rise rapidly.
This change in ranking caught some attention.
The artifact refiners looked at Li Shuang with strange expressions.
A newcomer.
To have mastered the technique to such an extent on the very first day?
A red glint flickered in their eyes, as if they could no longer bear it.
However, in the next moment.
A peculiar force descended.
The red glint in the artifact refiners' eyes was forcibly dispelled, and they resumed their endless refining journey according to the rules.
Li Shuang continued to experiment.
She was now very interested in this multitasking technique.
If mastered, this technique seemed applicable not only to artifact refining.
But also to actual combat.
Those ten thousand value points were well spent! Extremely well spent!
Li Shuang was so engrossed in this new experience that she even forgot to keep an eye on the leaderboard.
She felt as if she had entered a peculiar flow state.
Apart from the Flame Flow Crystals before her, nothing else occupied her mind.
She didn't know how much time had passed.
A somewhat surprised voice rang out.
"It seems you're... adapting quite well." Senior Brother Lin appeared behind Li Shuang at some point. "Stop now. Your group's work is over. Another group will take over tonight."
Li Shuang reluctantly stopped.
She looked up at the leaderboard.
On the first day.
She had just managed to break into the top 30 percent.
The points she earned were... eighty!
Li Shuang's total points officially surpassed the two-hundred mark.
A very good score.
However.
To enter the second level, she was still far from enough.
Theoretically.
She only had one more day, tomorrow, to enter the second level.
Unless she got first place tomorrow.
Otherwise, she might have to wait until the third cycle to go to the second level.
Li Shuang was not anxious.
Among those who had previously challenged this dungeon, her speed of accumulating points should already be considered very fast.
Moreover.
The points awarded in this round were significantly more than in the previous round.
When the Monster Beast Pavilion opened at night, the points for hunting monster beasts might also increase.
She had to find a way for Cang Yin and the others to also get a hundred points first.
This way.
In the next round.
She wouldn't be all alone in this Langya Palace.
After finishing the first day of refining, Senior Brother Lin personally escorted Li Shuang to the disciple dormitories.
Lin An was already waiting there.
Senior Brother Lin said with a beaming smile, "Senior Brother, this new disciple you brought in is truly a genius at artifact refining. If she had joined the sect earlier, she might even have been able to get her hands on the divine artifact, the Thousand Silk Net."
Lin An merely snorted, not giving Li Shuang a good look.
His reaction, on the other hand, made Senior Brother Lin completely give up.
"That's just how Senior Brother is. As long as you follow the rules, he won't do anything to you," Senior Brother Lin said with a smile. "You go back and rest. I will come to find you again tomorrow."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Lin," Li Shuang responded obediently.
Only then did Senior Brother Lin leave, feeling content.
After Senior Brother Lin left, Yan Lie grumbled, "Sister Shuang, Senior Brother Lin is really good to you. You don't know, today in the Artifact Refining Pavilion, he tormented me so much that I almost couldn't come back."
Fortunately, he didn't choose the more difficult twenty-point task; otherwise, he truly wouldn't have made it back.
Lin An glanced at everyone and said, "You have fifteen minutes to exchange information."
Compared to the unyielding demeanor of the first cycle, in this cycle, Lin An found that all the remaining people had been enlisted by Li Shuang to help destroy the Ascension Array, and his attitude towards them was much gentler.
Everyone also noticed this change, and they were no longer as afraid of Lin An.
Everyone began to exchange information.
Throughout this day.
They had all gained some points, more or less.
A few skillful ones even completed two ten-point tasks consecutively, and everyone's points had increased.
"So, every time we survive a cycle, the points we can get will likely increase," Li Shuang whispered. "This aligns with game balance. Only with such a design can we have a chance to enter the first, second, or even third levels of Langya Palace."
Game balance?
Everyone couldn't help but want to kneel before the expert.
In such a place, only an expert would dare to treat it as a game.
"If I'm not mistaken, the points obtained from hunting monster beasts tonight should also increase," Li Shuang said, glancing in Lin An's direction.
Lin An didn't refute. He said calmly, "Tonight, my patrol time will be reduced to once every hour."
Not patrolling at all was not an option.
He might be discovered.
Once every hour was the maximum concession he could secure within the rules.
Everyone's eyes lit up.
If it was once every hour, they could save most of the time spent on the road.
With Li Shuang's ability, their harvest tonight would likely double.
"In that case, we can hunt several more waves of monster beasts tonight," Li Shuang quickly asked, "I don't have time to walk around the sect now. Have any of you discovered any new clues?"
Cang Yin was the first to speak. "Sister Shuang, I listened to you and accepted that array task. I found that this Langya Sect seems to be researching a wicked technique! Although I was only responsible for a small part, that array was sinister and genuinely unsettling."
Considering the Ascension Array, combined with the Thousand Silk Net, absorbing the blood and bones of both demonic beasts and humans.
The Langya Sect researching arrays certainly wasn't for righteous purposes.
"Has any disciple done tasks in the Scripture Repository?" Li Shuang asked.
Several disciples stepped forward.
"Cang Yin, copy a corner of the array you saw and have them go to the Scripture Repository tomorrow to look for related clues," Li Shuang said.
If it were truly reality, they might not be able to find any relevant clues.
But this was, after all, not reality.
Since the Way of Heaven formed this secret realm, it left a glimmer of hope for this situation. There must be some clues left for them to explore.
The Scripture Repository might just hide relevant clues.
These disciples all agreed to go to the Scripture Repository again tomorrow.
Cang Yin also quickly drew a corner of the array and handed it to them.
Feng Yu also revealed a piece of information.
"Today, I was doing a task in the alchemy room, and one disciple performed exceptionally well. Senior Sister Ming praised him and then gave him a pill, saying that as long as he took the pill to remove impurities, he could go to the Ascension Array. The disciple took the pill into the room, and soon after, extremely painful sounds came from within."
"When he came out again... for some reason, I vaguely felt as if he had become a different person."
Feng Yu said, revealing a lingering fear.
After all... the scene at that time was indeed somewhat eerie.