57 Withdrawing (1/2)

Chapter 1569: Withdrawing

”Hahaha, Brother Yi, you have to watch well. Although I'm no Crystal Refinement Master, I'm an excellent errand boy. Learn how I do it. If you master it, it will be an additional skill to your repertoire. If you attain my level of expertise, together with some luck, you might catch the eye of some powerful Crystal Refinement Master and become their apprentice. You will be rich when that happens,” flaunted Tie Mu.

But beside him, Taishan called him out without a hint of mercy. He said in a low, muffled voice, ”You still hope to catch the eye of some powerful Crystal Refinement Master with that standard of yours? Maybe in your next life! Do you think you are Senior Sister Songyue?”

As Taishan said that, he gave Songyue a fawning look.

Songyue said nonchalantly, ”I'm still not an apprentice of Master Duanmu, just a candidate apprentice.”

”Then doesn't it mean that it's just a matter of time?” chuckled Taishan.

”Alright, cut the bragging and get to work!”

Songyue did not enjoy fawning drivel. Instantly, everyone fell silent. The ores were filled up, while the array formations were powered. Clearly, Songyue held a very important position in the team.

Yi Yun also began studying how Songyue refined the ores. Although he had little strength left, his psyche energies were still far higher than Songyue's. He probed his perception deep into the Crystal Refining Furnace so that no energy fluctuation escaped his sight.

So this is crystal refining…

Yi Yun saw that Songyue first mixed her Yuan Qi with Taishan, Tie Mu, and company before gathering everything into nomological forces which condensed into marks.

Later, she inserted the marks into the Chaos Ores. Each mark was like a tiny Yuan-gathering array. The energy within the Chaos Ores was absorbed by the tiny marks that numbered more than a hundred. Meanwhile, the flames in the Chaos Ores burned away all the impurities in the ore.

This process lasted for several hours and Songyue remained fully focused on the Crystal Refining Furnace the entire time. She did not even blink.

Only when the final mark was fully satiated with energy did the ores, each the size of a fist, get reduced to a tenth of their original sizes amid the flames. The rest had been reduced to slag.

After all of that was finished, Songyue recovered all the marks.

She was perspiring profusely, her back completely wet while dense pearls of sweat appeared on her forehead.

At her realm, controlling more than a hundred marks not only drained her Yuan Qi, but it also placed a strain on her psyche. This drained away some of the color from her originally rosy cheeks.

”Senior Sister Songyue.” Tie Mu looked at her as his heart ached for her. ”Refining a furnace full of ores at the same time is just too demanding…”

”Cut the drivel. Hexagon Crystal!”

”Here.” Tie Mu hurriedly passed a jade box over. Songyue took out a clear crystal from the box.

”Go!”

Songyue injected the marks into the crystal in one fell swoop. Following that, these marks began releasing their energies into the crystal, spreading out in patterns that resembled ice fractals.

When all the energy in the marks was released, the fractal patterns turned dim, but did not completely disappear. Instead, they remained in the crystal as patterns that looked extremely beautiful.

This was the entire process of crystal refinement.

Yi Yun sighed slightly. The crystal refinement process bore similarities to the way Desolate Heaven Masters refined relics, but there were many differences as well.

But at its most fundamental level, it was simply the extraction and condensing of energy. And in this aspect, Yi Yun's possession of the Purple Crystal meant that he was at a divine level of expertise, something no one could exceed.

Of course, no matter how good Yi Yun was, it was impossible to grasp it with self-teaching and immediately become a Crystal Refinement Master.

He memorized nearly all the marks which Songyue had condensed. With his realm, the laws employed by Songyue were very simple to him. Even at that very moment, if Yi Yun had the Yuan Qi, he could produce the same set of marks.

However, Yi Yun knew that Songyue was only a Crystal Refinement Master of the lowest ranks. Her marks were very crude, and there were countless aspects she could improve in.

The reason why Bai Yueyin recommended the Chaos Heavens had to do with how there were way more mighty figures there than the Sinkhole. Yi Yun did not belittle the experts of the Chaos Heavens. If he wished to extract and refine Chaos Crystals, he had to obtain the heritage of a Crystal Refinement Master.

”Brother Yi, how was it?” Tie Mu asked, feeling a little smug, as though he was directly responsible for the refined ore.

Yi Yun stroked his chin and suddenly realized that Tie Mu was likely secretly in love with Songyue.

Indeed, with such a beauty beside him, it was only normal for him to develop feelings for her beauty, bearing and excellence. However, Tie Mu likely knew the gap between them which was why he hid his feelings deep down. All he did was watch Songyue quietly while rejoicing in her improvements.

”I think I understand a little,” said Yi Yun casually.

”Haha, don't brag. I was just making a passing remark. What can you learn in such a short period of time? In a while, you will have to join us. You are weak, so just go through the motions. You can't just stand there. There are people watching, so if you continue idling, they won't hand you a salary later.”

As Tie Mu spoke, he dug out the slag from the Crystal Refining Furnace.

The slag had already turned grayish-black like coal ash.