As the light shimmered, Xu Yi reappeared inside the courtyard.
With the Instant Return Card tucked into his chest, Xu Yi immediately felt his courage had increased a hundredfold.
He began channeling his Spiritual Power, officially charging toward the breakthrough to Qi Refinement Level Six.
Waves of powerful Spiritual Power surged within his body. After more than ten years of daily consumption of twenty top-grade Qi Gathering Pills, he could no longer suppress it.
Cultivating in the Qi Refining Stage was, in essence, a process of laying the foundation.
Many people lacked access to such abundant Pills and Elixirs and didn't have enough time to digest and nurture them.
Based on the total amount of Pills and Elixirs Xu Yi had taken, he could have attempted breakthroughs not only to Qi Refinement Level Six, but even to Level Eight or Nine.
However, Xu Yi never rushed. He simply wanted to lay the most solid and substantial foundation for himself.
Only with the firmest foundation could he go further in the future.
At this moment, as his Spiritual Power surged and fluctuated, the bottleneck ahead crumbled instantly like decaying wood.
A vast Spiritual Power began gradually transforming its attribute within Xu Yi's Meridians.
Wood begets fire!
Immediately, a scorching aura was born within his Meridians, causing Xu Yi's entire body to feel feverish.
Fire-attribute cultivation techniques, like those of the metal attribute, were extremely powerful in combat. However, they also posed significant damage to the Meridians. Fortunately, Xu Yi had the nourishing and restorative effects of wood and water techniques, so he had no need to worry.
After a long while, once all of the Spiritual Power had fully transformed, a thought stirred in Xu Yi's mind. He casually picked up some materials and began refining a Magical Artifact.
This time, however, he did not use the water refinement method, but instead adopted the more traditional Fire Refining Technique.
As the True Qi flowed, the materials gradually took shape in his hands.
Xu Yi's expression grew increasingly focused. He had previously used only the water refinement technique, but now, with the transformation of his True Qi attributes, he suddenly experienced a moment of inspiration.
It was like the sudden flash of insight when solving a problem—once the previously blocked path opened up, ideas surged forth like a spring, and everything flowed effortlessly.
After a full hour, Xu Yi stopped, and in front of him lay a low-grade Magical Artifact.
Although this Magical Artifact was only of low grade and far inferior to the ones he had previously crafted, Xu Yi gazed at it as if he were looking at a treasure.
There was a vast difference between the Fire Refining Technique and the water refinement method—just as the saying goes, fire and water are incompatible.
Yet despite their opposing nature, these two attributes share certain similarities in the context of artifact refining.
Xu Yi vaguely grasped something, though he couldn't quite articulate it clearly.
He sighed. Forget it. Better to reflect on it slowly in the future.
He stood up and once again headed to the shop of the middle-aged owner.
"Master Xu, you're finally here! If you hadn't come today, I might have gone to find you myself," the middle-aged shopkeeper said with a look of relief.
Xu Yi smiled slightly and said, "Xu Yi always keeps his word. I was just adjusting my state these past few days, hoping to give Young Master Leng a satisfactory result."
The City Lord's surname was Leng, so naturally, his descendants bore the same name.
"Very well, I'll take you there."
The middle-aged shopkeeper took Xu Yi to a large mansion under strict guard. After a short wait outside, a Monk at the Foundation Establishment Stage came out.
He glanced at Xu Yi and said, "Is this Master Xu?"
"That's me."
"Good. The young master was already waiting. Please, Master Xu, follow me."
Although the Monk's cultivation level was far higher than Xu Yi's, he treated him with considerable respect. Xu Yi understood why—the title "Master Xu" indeed carried weight.
Moments later, Xu Yi met Young Master Leng before a decorative screen.
Young Master Leng had a handsome face and exuded a sunny and friendly aura. He was courteous and didn't act arrogantly due to his noble status.
Xu Yi spoke with him to understand his thoughts.
Young Master Leng wished to forge a full set of high-grade Magical Artifacts, all tailored to his personal habits and unique cultivation technique.
After listening for a while, Xu Yi finally understood why this Young Master Leng favored him so much.
It turned out his cultivation technique was based on the wood and water elements from the Five Elements.
However, most artifact smiths in this world exclusively used the Fire Refining Technique.
At least among those accessible to Young Master Leng, all capable of forging high-grade Magical Artifacts used fire refinement.
No matter how much they tried to suppress the fire element, Young Master Leng could still sense it, preventing him from unleashing his full potential.
If he could find an Artifact Smith whose water-refining skills had reached the level of Perfect Mastery, then this problem wouldn't exist.
But that level of Artifact Smith was beyond even the reach of his grandfather, a Nascent Soul Level expert.
At that moment, he had come across the Magical Artifacts forged by Xu Yi.
Although they were only of mid-grade, they clearly exhibited a water-refinement style and contained a wood-attribute aura—naturally, he was overjoyed.
Yet he was also a man of patience. Rather than use his identity as a descendant of the City Lord to pressure others, he patiently provided Pills and Elixirs. Only now had his wish finally been fulfilled.
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