"You've got good taste. This is the finest material I have on me,"
"It has a rather unusual aura. Is there some story behind it?"
"This is a stone tainted with the blood of a Divine Dragon. However, since it isn't complete, refining it into an Ancestral Armament will require a certain level of difficulty," Chu Feng explained.
"With such excellent material, you'd only refine it into an Ancestral Armament?" Li Yue'er said in surprise.
"What else, refine it into a Half-Completed Immortal Armament? This Dragon Blood Ruler is certainly worthy enough, but the other materials I have simply aren't," Chu Feng said with a bitter smile.
Having fully deciphered the Heavenly Forge Armament Refining Manual, Chu Feng now possessed an entirely new understanding of the art of armament refinement.
He believed that with the Dragon Blood Ruler alone, he could still manage to forge an Ancestral Armament. But forging a Half-Completed Immortal Armament? That was absolutely out of the question.
It wasn't that he doubted his own refining skills, nor was it that Chu Feng lacked the courage to attempt it. Rather, he knew that aside from the Dragon Blood Ruler, the rest of his materials simply could not meet the requirements for a Half-Completed Immortal Armament.
Whoosh—
Just then, Li Yue'er swept her sleeve through the air, blowing all of Chu Feng's refining materials into a corner. Only the Dragon Blood Ruler remained where it was.
At this sight, confusion flickered across Chu Feng's face, but before he could even open his mouth to ask—
Li Yue'er produced a Universe Bag, flung it into the air, and in the next instant… countless treasures rained down, landing on either side of the Dragon Blood Ruler.
They were all refining materials — exceedingly rare armament-forging materials, at that. Some of them were even comparable in value to Chu Feng's Dragon Blood Ruler.
"Wow, this girl is seriously loaded."
"Chu Feng, you've got to lock this girl down. Hold on to her for dear life!"
Even Her Majesty couldn't help but let out an exclamation of admiration at this moment, her eyes practically glowing.
If, before this, Chu Feng had possessed nothing but the Dragon Blood Ruler and utterly lacked the materials needed for a Half-Completed Immortal Armament—
Then now, judging by materials alone, he had more than enough to forge three such armaments.
"You can pick through these materials freely. Use only the best," Li Yue'er said.
"Alright. I'll consider these borrowed from you, and I'll make sure to return them one day."
Chu Feng didn't stand on ceremony and refuse, because he truly did need these materials right now. But they were far too precious for him to simply take without any obligation.
"No need. The value of your Heavenly Forge Armament Refining Manual outweighes these materials by a hundred, even a thousand times. I'm the one who owes you," Li Yue'er said.
"Debts are debts. If I say I'm borrowing them, then I'm borrowing them," Chu Feng said.
"Refining a Half-Completed Immortal Armament is extremely difficult for one person alone. Even if you could manage it, you wouldn't have enough time. I can help — though I can only serve as an auxiliary formation master, I've also studied the Heavenly Forge Armament Refining Manual. If this refinement succeeds, I stand to benefit a great deal from the process as well."
"So even though I'm providing the materials, I'm doing it for my own sake too. You really don't need to feel any burden about it," Li Yue'er said.
"I said it — I'm borrowing from you," Chu Feng said firmly.
Seeing Chu Feng so insistent, Li Yue'er furrowed her brow slightly, then said with a hint of impatience, "Suit yourself."
"Heh…"
"There we go, that's more like it." Only when Li Yue'er relented did Chu Feng let a faint smile cross his face. Then he said, "Alright, my little assistant — time is of the essence. Let's get started right now."
And so, Chu Feng and Li Yue'er began setting up the armament refinement formation in accordance with the Heavenly Forge Armament Refining Manual.
Chu Feng served as the primary formation master, and Li Yue'er as the auxiliary.
But even with the two of them working together, and even with ample materials that allowed them to select only the finest components for forging a Half-Completed Immortal Armament—
Successfully completing such a feat was still immensely difficult.
In Chu Feng's estimation, their chances of success were no better than fifty percent.
After all, this was a Half-Completed Immortal Armament. In the entire
Even so, Chu Feng was determined to try, because the greater the difficulty of the refinement, the more he stood to gain in terms of his martial path.
…
And so, Chu Feng and Li Yue'er joined forces to refine the Half-Completed Immortal Armament.
Though this refinement involved numerous materials comparable to the Dragon Blood Ruler in quality—