Chapter 0054: The Gathering of Talents

Chapter 0054: The Gathering of Talents

Since Duan Qian had said so, Qin Yun naturally paid attention.

He was in excellent condition, and after eating the beast meat that Duan Qian had given him, he felt even more energized.

Duan Qian also fulfilled his previous promise and began to guide him in alchemy, explaining the essentials of alchemy.

First, some basic knowledge, then the essence of refining half-spirit artifacts—all based on his own experience.

The lessons continued into the night, and Qin Yun listened intently.

His incredible comprehension surprised Duan Qian. For example, with some difficult concepts, a brief explanation was enough for him to fully understand.

"Grandpa Duan, I am truly grateful for your guidance," Qin Yun bowed deeply to Duan Qian, expressing his deep gratitude.

Duan Qian smiled and said, "It's just a small matter. Besides, you are a promising talent, without the arrogance of other young people. Your temperament is excellent. Wei Xuankun does have some talent, but he is too proud and arrogant. I taught him a few times, but he was distracted and never thanked me, thinking it was my duty to teach him. He believes he's a genius and everyone should revolve around him."

He patted Qin Yun's shoulder, smiling contentedly, and continued, "In my eyes, you are far superior to most so-called geniuses. Over the past five years, you've climbed out of an abyss that would have destroyed anyone else. It's not easy, and this has given you a steadiness that others your age lack!"

"Grandpa Duan, how did the Heroes Meeting go?" Qin Yun suddenly remembered this and became curious.

"It was just as usual—a bunch of temperamental so-called geniuses competing fiercely, fighting tooth and nail," Duan Qian chuckled. "This isn't something you need to worry about. You need to consolidate your cultivation and learn to refine various half-spirit artifacts. Build a solid foundation, reach the Sixth Level of Martial Body, and you'll have enough mental strength to forge true spirit artifacts!"

Good half-spirit artifacts are very expensive. Each of the two knives Qin Yun refined sold for over twenty thousand crystals.

Top-tier half-spirit artifacts can sell for up to one hundred thousand crystals, such as those made from fourth-grade beast bones and low-grade spirit steel.

To become a good alchemist, one must also be proficient in material processing.

In the Runes Hall, Qin Yun helped Duan Qian forge fourth-grade beast bones and low-grade spirit steel into pieces of low-grade bone steel.

Each piece of bone steel was only palm-sized but weighed dozens of pounds.

Over twenty days of forging, he became increasingly skilled, and the low-grade bone steel he forged could match what Duan Qian produced.

Low-grade bone steel is the main material needed to refine low-grade spirit artifacts.

Helping the Runes Hall also provided decent compensation. In the past twenty days, along with selling a few knives, Qin Yun earned nearly one hundred thousand crystals.

He now had over two hundred thousand crystals, which was quite wealthy for someone his age.

"Next, I will refine some good half-spirit artifacts for myself!" Qin Yun already had a knife and didn't need to refine another weapon for now.

He felt that his hammer wasn't good enough, so he decided to use low-grade bone steel to refine a better hammer.

To refine true spirit artifacts, one needs to engrave two different spirit patterns.

During the engraving process, to prevent interference between the patterns, one needs strong mental strength to control them.

Although Qin Yun's mental strength was strong, it wasn't sufficient yet. Attempting to refine a true spirit artifact would cause mental injury, so he could only refine half-spirit artifacts to build a foundation.

Engraving spirit patterns on low-grade bone steel is much harder than on spirit iron.

At this point, the Purple Gold Fire Martial Soul played a significant role.

The blood soul power condensed from flame inner energy was extremely hot, making it easier to engrave patterns on the hard bone steel.

After being tutored by Duan Qian for nearly a month, Qin Yun made tremendous progress, especially in refining half-spirit artifacts, reaching a high level of skill.

To keep his mastery of high-grade spirit patterns secret, he wouldn't sell half-spirit artifacts engraved with high-grade spirit patterns.

"The hammer and furnace are both refined, all using bone steel. Once I can engrave the second spirit pattern, I can turn them into true spirit artifacts." Qin Yun looked at the items he had painstakingly refined, feeling delighted.

With a better hammer and furnace, forging low-grade bone steel became much easier.

He also planned to create an offensive half-spirit artifact and sought advice from Duan Qian.

After a thorough discussion with Duan Qian, he had a rough idea and hurried back to start refining.

After more than ten days of work, Qin Yun finally finished refining the half-spirit artifact.

It was a delicate light golden thunder-patterned bracelet.

Engraved with thunder patterns, it could store inner energy. At critical moments, activating the bracelet would release powerful thunder inner energy for attack or defense.

Duan Qian played with it, injected inner energy, and released a burst of violent lightning.

He praised, "This thunder-patterned bracelet is excellent, equivalent to the inner energy burst of the Sixth Level of Martial Body, and it's thunder attribute, though it can only be used once."

"One use is enough to deliver a fatal blow!" Qin Yun smiled. Activating the thunder-patterned bracelet would deplete its inner energy, requiring a refill.

Qin Yun had been in the Runes Hall for over a month, and Yang Shiyue still hadn't returned, causing him some concern.

"Grandpa Duan, do you know anything about Teacher Yang?" Qin Yun had always wanted to know more about Yang Shiyue.

Duan Qian stroked his long white beard, frowning slightly, "It's hard to say... She's currently facing some trouble. Since she hasn't told you, I can't say more. Focus on improving yourself; only by mastering great power can you change many things."

"Understood, I will work hard!" Qin Yun didn't press further. Yang Shiyue possessed the Moon Martial Soul and had such outstanding talent; she must come from a prestigious family.

Children of prestigious families often lack freedom.

For example, Xiao Yuelan, a prodigy, was constrained and couldn't decide her own marriage.

Thinking about this, Qin Yun secretly felt fortunate to have escaped such a situation!

A middle-aged man knocked and entered; he was Duan Qian's attendant.

"The Heroes Meeting has concluded. Xiao Yuemei came first, Xiao Lang second, Qin Feng third, Meng Feiling fourth, Ye Chenlei fifth... The top ten were all accepted by the three Xuan-level Martial Academies."

"Duan Qian was somewhat surprised. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, 'It’s no wonder. There are indeed quite a few with good potential this time."

Qin Yun was shocked. Xiao Yuemei was clearly the princess of the Tian Xiao Empire, and she was actually first!

Judging from the name, she must be Xiao Yuelan's sister.

And the third-ranked Qin Feng, whom he also knew, was the second prince of the Tian Qin Empire. The second prince's mother was a concubine and also the queen's cousin, and she was part of the queen's faction!