Chapter 48 (1/2)
Game time, he actually said this was game time. There was a surge of energy in the smiley old man’s body that was vaguely about to burst out. Goddamn it. I do as I please in the world, fearing no one. Even those emperors tremble in fear at the mention of my name. And this rascal actually said he’s playing games with me.
He thought he was here to be his nanny. Game time… detestable. The smiley old man initially thought he had seen through Ren Jie but didn’t expect this rascal…
“Damn it, you rascal. You’re intentionally aggravating me, trying to get more information out of me. Aren’t you afraid that I’d kill you?” With that, the smiley old man suddenly restrained all of his aura. At the moment, though he was standing there, it was more like he didn’t exist. Not a hint of killing intent was felt, but it felt even more horrifying.
Killers, truly exist for the objective of killing.
“You are able to come and go freely even in the Ren residence, isn’t it easy if you want to kill me.” Ren Jie’s heart sank too because such a feeling really wasn’t very comfortable, it was as if he’d been targeted by death and judged by Yama 1 He did not deny that he deliberately provoked the smiley old man with his words, wanting to get more information from him, but neither did he say anything more about that. He walked directly to the smiley old man and placed the box of the Black Nether Sword into the smiley old man’s hands. “Honor the bet. Come, let us begin. Don’t you want to know how restoring a superior-grade spiritual item feels like?”
“Darn you…” The smiley old man returned back to normal instantly, reverting to a living person, and cursed heatedly.
Then, he looked at the Black Nether Sword in his hand and snapped. “What the f*ck is there to restore. Once it’s pulled out, the dark and evil aura will scatter immediately. This item does more harm than good, throw it as far as you can before it’s too late. Also, although I do have some knowledge about equipment refinement, I’m merely a little better than those refiners who create ordinary metal. It would be great if I could manage to match up to a middle-grade spiritual artifact creator. At my best, I’ve only managed to forcefully create a middle-grade spiritual artifact using my strength and good materials. Restoring this thing is ten times harder than refinement, even the top spiritual artifact creators can’t do anything…”
“Honor the bet, why do you have so much to say. You’ll do as I say. Otherwise, how would it be called the moment to witness the miracle.” Ren Jie waved his hand, telling the smiley old man to cut the crap and quickly do as he said.
It was another “honor the bet”. The smiley old man’s anger that was initially about to explode was suppressed again. Alright, you father and son are really f*cking outstanding.
I have already made it clear to you. I’m going to see how you rascal can restore such a superior-grade spiritual artifact that has already failed in being refined. You really think you’re well-rounded. If you can restore a superior-grade spiritual artifact at your age, you’d have reached the same level as a heavenly artifact creator that can refine antique heavenly artifacts, then you’ll be a hundred times more formidable than your father.
“Before removing the seal, first, use your dharmic powers to consolidate the array formation, then use the fire of your owl soul to temper it. As this is a superior-grade spiritual artifact already close to completion, it doesn’t need to be refined alone. Firstly, you must control these few things well. One, absolutely do not allow the dark and evil aura to scatter. It must be maintained at the most powerful period when refining till…” Ren Jie did not want to waste time and had already started directing the smiley old man.
Although Ren Jie had advanced again in the Mighty Realm, it was only a small step forward. In artifact refinement, he actually had no way of seeing through even a superior-grade artifact. However, as he had interpreted only the restoration method of the Black Nether Sword in the Five Saints’ Dao Discussion, he now had the most detailed restoration method of this Black Nether Sword in his mind.
As he directed step by step, the smiley old man moved swiftly and complied with Ren Jie’s requests.
Gradually, around the smiley old man, the dark evil aura within the Black Nether Sword was steadily guided to move, forming a unique circulation. This feeling was like doing an organ transplant for a living human. Originally, the body would die once the windpipe left the body. This Black Nether Sword was a step away from being unable to be completed, it was also the same situation—there was still movement at the level of a middle-grade spiritual artifact while being sealed, and once the seal was removed, it would die.
And Ren Jie first got the smiley old man to use his powerful force to slowly circulate the dark and evil aura of the seal, opening the Black Nether Sword bit by bit while still maintaining its sealed state. Thus, it would not go as far as to crumbling instantly, and this would make it easier for him to carry out more changes to it.
Following that was the complicated alteration of its inner part. Since this Black Nether Sword was ruined because of refinement, it meant there must have been many mistakes made in its refinement process. And a person who dared to refine a superior-grade spiritual artifact certainly wouldn’t be too terrible. Such mistakes were extremely minute and difficult to find. Usually, it would be impossible to find them if one wasn’t many stages higher. This was also one of the main reasons why a restoration was more challenging than re-refining. Meanwhile, Ren Jie knew clearly where the problems were and directly got the smiley old man to fix them.
He’d merely revised a few areas and the aura of the Black Nether Sword had already changed. After that, Ren Jie got the smiley old man to start refinement and the alteration of other aspects.
Details, details that got tinier and tinier, details that even a top spiritual artifact creator would find difficult to find. It was these minute details that ultimately caused the refinement of this Black Nether Sword to fail, and right now, even those flawed areas had been pointed out by Ren Jie. It was only slight alterations, there was totally no need to add any more materials.
Time passed bit by bit. At first, the smiley old man still found it laughable, thinking to himself, This rascal really doesn’t know his own limitations, he’s actually wishfully hoping to restore a superior-grade spiritual artifact that has been damaged from refinement, but slowly, even he himself sank into it.
Ren Jie was only telling him to do. As Ren Jie hadn’t reached this stage yet, though it could describe the method in great detail, he actually didn’t know how to do it. But the smiley old man was different.
Turns out one could control the restoration energy like this, this was simply too amazing.
One could actually control his soul’s fire in sections like this, actually…
Unknowingly, the smiley old man realized there were many aspects to it where even he could learn lots from. Although this was restoring a superior-grade spiritual artifact, it involved the control of energy, array formation, runes and lots of knowledge.
“Alright, lastly, draw it in. By the way, while the refinement hasn’t been totally completed right now, if it’s possible, please carve out the four dots of dice on this sword’s handle using energy.” When Ren Jie reminded him of the instant when the restoration was to be completely finished at the end, the smiley old man was shocked himself.
He only really came to his senses at this moment. Less than two hours had passed and they were actually almost done.
Completed, it was really about to be restored. Damn it. And it was even done so by his own hands. Was… was this real?
Even the smiley old man was in slight disbelief that all of this was real. However, the reality was right before his eyes, he had to believe it.
Heavenly artifact creator? He could refine antique heavenly artifacts, artifacts enough to ground a country. It couldn’t be that this rascal was really…
In the final moment, he was utterly shocked at heart yet didn’t dare to be distracted, because, at present, even he had his heart and soul put into it. This was a grand accomplishment that he’d never once thought of being about to fulfill. Although he was powerful enough, this was something that he wasn’t skilled in, after all.