Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2836 - 2856: For Your Lives, Please Work Hard!

Chapter 2836: Chapter 2856: For Your Lives, Please Work Hard!

Time flowed like water, and in the world of artifact refinement, there were no days or nights.

Lin Chen immersed himself completely in the world of refining, making rapid progress that astonished both Su Hao and Dai Yunshen.

They had never imagined Lin Chen’s talent for refining would be so high!

Because of time constraints, Lin Chen did not waste too much time on actual refining—after all, true refinement took a long time. With just three months, how much could he refine?

Su Hao and Dai Yunshen taught Lin Chen the techniques of refining, which involved reaching a certain degree of precision in fire manipulation combined with other operations to achieve specific effects. However, they found that Lin Chen’s control of the refining fire was like an extension of his body, free and uninhibited—it seemed he learned it instantly.

When the two asked, Lin Chen told them he was a Fire Daoist, and they immediately understood.

As a Fire Daoist, Lin Chen had a huge innate advantage in refining. His cultivation technique was also superb; his ability to control fire was unmatched. Now applying it to artifact refining, as long as Lin Chen grasped the concepts, his handling would become extremely smooth. After just a few trials, he performed as if he had practiced thousands of times.

In three months, Lin Chen hurriedly learned the Skyfire Refining Technique, mastered the Hundred Refinement Technique of Blossoms, and afterward, Su Hao even taught him many other powerful artifact refining methods.

With no time to deeply verify each one, Lin Chen could only ensure he understood them completely, practice them briefly, and then quickly move on to the next step in his studies.

Such rapid progress did not imply mastery, but after the situation passed, as long as Lin Chen was given enough time to apply these thoroughly understood concepts in practice, verifying them over and over, in the end, he would truly integrate them.

As Su Hao said, "I teach you the Blossom Refining Technique, and once you’ve refined those thousand-plus tail stings, you’ll already be a qualified Artifact Refiner. That’s because in the process, you’ll encounter various problems. As you solve them, your skills will naturally deepen within that process."

Within the three-month period, the black-robed people may or may not have been surveilling from the shadows, Lin Chen and his companions were not sure, but the former had not shown themselves, which provided Lin Chen with a tranquil learning environment.

As the three-month deadline arrived, just as everyone was feeling anxious, the black-robed figure appeared as promised.

"My friends, you’ve all had a pretty good time these past three months, haven’t you?"

Su Hao asked with a heavy voice, "Cut the nonsense. Do you have the materials?"

The black-robed figure laughed deeply, "I’ve got them. The Xinghe Sect and Skyfire Sect indeed live up to their reputation as the great artifact refining sects of our times. So many materials prepared in minutes, I am very satisfied!"

Dai Yunshen demanded, "Now that you’ve got your items, keep your promise and let us leave!"

The black-robed figure’s voice turned solemn, "It seems you have forgotten, I mentioned, after getting the materials, I still need to ask you to refine one or two little things for me before our transaction is complete."

Indeed, the black-robed figure had mentioned this before, and Su Hao, not wanting to waste time in idle chatter, went straight to the point, "What do you want to be refined?"

"Array cores."

The black-robed figure extended his hand and tossed a scroll, "The items to be refined are on the drawing, two of them. Each of you refine one. Once done, I will let you leave. If you fail to refine them correctly, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

Su Hao and Dai Yunshen leaned over the scroll to examine it; after a while, Su Hao looked up, "Is this core used for building a teleportation formation?"

The black-robed figure responded calmly, "Yes. We had a core prepared originally, but unfortunately, an accident occurred and the core was destroyed, so we need to refine it again."

"Both of you are Artifact Refining Masters, the materials are prepared for you, and the structure array drawings are provided. I trust you will not disappoint me."

Su Hao said gravely, "This thing isn’t simple. We can’t guarantee success."

The black-robed figure’s tone remained even, "Whoever succeeds in refining will live, those who fail, die. For your own sakes, please try your best."

Su Hao really wanted to curse, but he also knew that cursing was useless other than provoking the other party.

After some thought, Su Hao said, "Refining one core generally takes about ten days."

The black-robed figure nodded, "Good, I give you ten days. The quality of your finished product will determine your life or death. With limited time, please treat this with the seriousness it deserves."

With another wave of his hand, the black-robed figure dropped a Spatial Ring, "The refining materials are in there. I wait for your good news."

With that, the black-robed figure retreated backward and disappeared into the greenish mist.

With a sigh, Su Hao said, "The three-month deadline has arrived, and they’ve gotten what they want. It seems that whether the sect knows about our trouble or not, they can’t find us or rescue us..."

Dai Yunshen’s expression was cold, "Let’s just refine. There’s no other way."

However, Su Hao wasn’t in a hurry as he examined the drawing in his hands, "This teleportation core isn’t minor. Should the other components match well, it could support a very large teleportation formation. What exactly does he want to do?"