One month later, Xu Yi had completed his first Magical Artifact.
Although it was a crude item that he himself looked down on, it symbolized that he had finally taken that crucial step from zero to one.
After two months, he could barely refine the simplest of items, most of which fell into the trash category.
However, Xu Yi was growing steadily.
Artifact refinement, especially at lower levels, was essentially a process of accumulating skill.
As long as one was determined and willing to invest resources without hesitation, and "grind" hard enough, results would come.
Of course, at higher levels, whether in refining artifacts or concocting pills, one needed flashes of inspiration—that kind of innate talent. Xu Yi made no guarantees there.
Three months, five months, half a year…
After one year and countless materials expended, Xu Yi finally managed to occasionally, very occasionally, refine a low-level Magical Artifact.
So many materials consumed, a whole year spent, and only this level of achievement—
Xu Yi had to admit, his talent in artifact refinement seemed pretty average.
But that was okay. Even if he lacked talent, with enough resources and time, he could still raise his proficiency.
He continued taking top-grade Qi Gathering Pills and refining Magical Artifacts, persisting like this until the full 700 days had passed.
When the time came, Xu Yi hesitated briefly and, this time, chose not to abandon the body but to return via Soul Return.
Soul Return meant leaving the body behind in this world and returning in soul form.
This way, when Xu Yi entered again, he could return to this same location, continuing life with this body and identity.
However, the downside was that the Cultivation Level he had gained over the past year couldn't be taken back.
In the next moment, Xu Yi returned to the Bubble Space.
Feeling the Cultivation Level within his body, Xu Yi lightly shook his head.
Because he had chosen Soul Return, he was still a Qi Refinement Level Three Monk.
However, weighing the Space Bag on him, Xu Yi smiled.
In terms of wealth alone-
While he wouldn't call himself extravagantly rich, even a typical Golden Core Stage Cultivator might not match his assets.
After all, just in terms of middle-grade Spirit Stones, he had enough to make Teacher Li Yi go mad with envy.
Back home, as usual, Xu Hui and his wife asked a few questions, and Xu Yi casually replied.
It wasn't that he wanted to hide things from his parents.
He just knew that this hundredfold reward system absolutely could not be leaked.
That night, Xu Yi relaxed and rested well.
The Transcosmic Reincarnation Tower was a place for grinding and cultivation.
Returning to the Federation was a time to enjoy family and unwind.
This was basically the universal choice of everyone in the Federation.
The next day, Xu Yi went to school as usual.
This time, upon arriving in the classroom, Xu Yi noticed that his classmates' attitude toward him had changed even more.
Other than Zhang Liang, who could still chat with him a little, the rest of the classmates looked at him with fear and awe.
Sigh, just a bunch of kids.
All he did was injure Chen Bo—without even hurting his foundation—yet it had already caused such a dramatic reaction.
Had he used a bit more force yesterday, he'd probably have become a complete loner in the class.
But that was fine too. At least it gave him some peace.
For the following week, Xu Yi chose not to bring back any Cultivation Level, and each time traveled to and from the Federation and that Minor World via Soul Return.
Only a week had passed in the Federation.
But in that Minor World, he had already spent over 4,900 days—more than ten years.
Minor World, in the small Monk settlement.
Xu Yi sat cross-legged on a meditation mat. Spiritual Power flowed in his hand like a river, water droplets swirling freely at his will.
After mastering it for over ten years, his water refinement technique had reached a certain level.
Refining low-level Magical Artifacts posed no challenge at all.
Even for mid-level Magical Artifacts, Xu Yi had successfully crafted quite a few, though the success rate wasn't high.
Moreover, after constantly consuming top-grade Qi Gathering Pills, over the course of ten-plus years, his Spiritual Power had been pushed to the peak of Level Four.
Within the Qi Refining Stage, after reaching Level Three and entering mid-stage, each step forward became exceptionally difficult.
Although Xu Yi had split his focus on artifact refinement and hadn't gone all-in on cultivation, he could still feel—
The accumulation needed to go from Level Three to Level Four was almost equivalent to the total required to reach Level Three from scratch.
If not for his use of top-grade Qi Gathering Pills-
If not for his water-element cultivation technique constantly nourishing and adjusting his Meridian-
Then, after taking Pills and Elixirs for over ten years, the accumulated Pill Poison would have long since killed him.
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