Chapter 283: Jiang Lin's Path Beyond the Standard!
"To melt and forge the Xuan Heavy Ruler, I will need your help. Otherwise, the material strength of the Xuan Heavy Ruler is seventh-tier, and even a Dou Zong would have difficulty leaving a mark on it. It can only be burned using exotic fire! The Qinglian Earth Core Fire might work, but in critical moments, we'll need to use the Bone Spirit Cold Fire for the forge!" In the refining room, Jiang Lin looked with excitement at the ghost-like old man who was hovering in front of him, his words filled with a strange fervor and infectious energy!
The material strength of the Xuan Heavy Ruler is seventh-tier, but this weapon could basically be considered a piece of scrap metal, something that could only be used as a blunt object for bashing. Yao Chen had told Xiao Yan that it was a Earth-tier Dou Qi weapon, but only Xiao Yan, the fool, truly believed it.
The Xuan Heavy Ruler also had a slight attribute that suppressed Dou Qi. This property was mostly found in tombstones meant to suppress certain things, meaning it was likely that some brave and reckless alchemist—certainly not a refiner—had crafted this "weapon." The alchemist had probably taken the metal from a grave and casually forged the Xuan Heavy Ruler, calling it a Earth-tier weapon.
Moreover, the slight suppression of Dou Qi in the Xuan Heavy Ruler's material wasn't even as potent as the sixth-tier material, Purple Crystal Broken Horn, in Jiang Lin's hands. It was essentially just a high-hardness, blank weapon.
But now, Jiang Lin was confident that he could reshape the Xuan Heavy Ruler. Using Xuan Divine Iron and Burning Heaven Goldstone as the core, he planned to transform this blank weapon into a colored one with some powerful attributes!
"Super-Class Xuan Artifact?" Yao Chen's face hesitated slightly before his eyes showed an expression of disbelief as he looked at Jiang Lin.
The little Ling clan brat in front of him, a mere fourth-tier Xuan Artifact Master, dared to forge a super-class Xuan Artifact? His refiner teacher was only a sixth-tier Xuan Artifact Master! What kind of joke is this?!
"Are you sure you're not joking? That kind of thing... doesn't seem like something you can control at your current level," Yao Chen still found it hard to believe. The Ling clan brat in front of him actually had the guts to forge a super-class Xuan Artifact, even if it required the power of exotic fire—it still wouldn't work.
What is a super-class Xuan Artifact? This term, which only exists within the refiner's community, refers to the current Earth-tier and even Sky-tier Dou Qi weapons that are all super-class Xuan Artifacts, not the spiritual weapons from the last three ranks of the refiner system.
The refiner system: The first three tiers are Dou Artifacts, weapons that use Dou Qi. The middle three tiers are Xuan Artifacts, which contain special powers. The last three tiers are Spiritual Artifacts, which are living, self-growing tools that embody Daoist principles!
But due to the drastic changes in the world's environment, the methods of forging spiritual weapons, which were once possible, have now become ineffective, as though the laws of the world deleted that rule. Super-class Xuan Artificers attempting to use spiritual weapon methods, borrowing the power of thunder and fire, trying to forge spiritual weapons, all failed. It was as if, overnight, the Dou Qi world had suffered a blow from a high-dimensional civilization, directly altering their "spiritual weapon rules."
As a result, in the long exploration process, refiners gradually continued on the path of Xuan Artifacts, naming this new phase as super-class Xuan Artifacts.
Super-class Xuan Artifacts are a special stage between Xuan Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts. They are classified into several subtypes, including Soul Artifacts represented by the Soul Clan, Array Artifacts represented by the Spirit Clan, and the Tiangong faction, which includes everything under the Refiner's Guild, with many smaller sub-branches, such as medicinal artifacts, pill artifacts, etc. These all represent the results of the Dou Qi world's frantic rush down the path of Dou Artifacts, after the Heaven-reaching calamity and in the face of a dark future.
"Enough with the useless talk. When I was a first-tier refiner, I could forge combination third-tier Dou Artifacts. The principles of Dou Artifacts, in my perception, are as easy as eating and drinking. The principles of Xuan Artifacts, though mysterious, essentially revolve around the fusion of various extraordinary materials and the incorporation of special Dou Qi circuits, creating a combined energy effect greater than the sum of its parts."
"Though I am a fourth-tier Xuan Artifact Master, I comprehended the principles of Xuan Artifacts within just a year or two of learning them. All the Xuan Artifacts I've used since then have been tests of new Xuan Artifact ideas. Whether it's the Dou Qi specialization in the Four-Leaf Green Cicada Wings, the energy aggregation track on the Black Feather Longbow, or the energy guidance system inside and outside the Black Flame Battle Armor—everything was an exploration and thought process regarding Xuan Artifacts. Now, how can I not try to take the final step and transcend the constraints of Xuan Artifacts?"
"As a fourth-tier Xuan Artifact Master, that's my cultivation limit. But my physical body cannot constrain the thoughts of my soul," Jiang Lin said seriously and confidently as he looked at Yao Chen.
If he had chosen the path of an Alchemist, Jiang Lin would currently be at the sixth or seventh rank. But as a refiner, high-tier materials were still difficult for him to refine. Fortunately, the difference between Alchemists and Refiners was vast. Alchemists had a huge grade difference, while the tier difference among refiners wasn't as strict.
For example, the characteristics of a sixth-tier medicinal pill might be irreplaceable by a fourth- or fifth-tier pill. But for refiners, a sixth-tier Xuan Artifact could still have the same functions as a fourth-tier one. Whether or not it could be activated depended on the user, but theoretically, the effect of a sixth-tier Xuan Artifact could be achieved with a fourth-tier one, or even lower. For instance, Jiang Lin, when his level was insufficient, accidentally created a third-tier Xuan Artifact, which almost made the other refiners laugh out loud.
This is why Jiang Lin could think about forging third-tier Dou Artifacts as a first-tier refiner and study super-class Xuan Artifacts as a fourth-tier Xuan Artifact Master. Additionally, Jiang Lin had been exploring high-tier Xuan Artifacts for a long time. The Four-Leaf Green Cicada Wings were one such example, and his Six-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings could easily be scaled up to a sixth-tier flying Xuan Artifact!
Later, Jiang Lin began his research into energy utilization: Dou Qi engines, Dou Qi furnaces, Dou Crystals, Crystal Cores, Fire Spirit Colored Lotus, and later, the Dou Qi Arrows, leading up to the pinnacle of Jiang Lin's energy research—The "Energy Orbital Cannon."
In terms of material technology, Jiang Lin had already reached the sixth tier.
In terms of energy technology, Jiang Lin had even surpassed the sixth tier.
In the five basic energy attributes of the Dou Qi world, Jiang Lin had adapted to four of them. Although the Fire Refining Technique made his Dou Qi cultivation slower, the five-element Crystal Core cultivation route granted him unparalleled understanding and control over Dou Qi energy.
At the same time, it also gave Jiang Lin energy resistance attributes strong enough to make his opponents feel a headache!
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