The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 1152 - 498: Your Bullying is Too Despicable, The Origin of the Instrument - Part 2

Chapter 1152: Chapter 498: Your Bullying is Too Despicable, The Origin of the Instrument - Part 2

"Now... is that enough?"

He pinched Qi Yuan’s waist fiercely, a smug smile on his face.

Then, his body suddenly fell backward into the pond.

He had already thought of a reason.

Son-in-law Qi Yuan came to trouble him at night; not daring to offend, he let Qi Yuan beat and scold him until Qi Yuan finally pushed him into the pond.

Now, all he needed to do was shout loudly to call others over.

A perfect victim achieved.

However, just as he was about to shout after falling into the pond, he eerily found himself unable to make a sound.

Beside the pond, the handsome man looked at him, his face expressing speechlessness: "Your bullying is... utterly worthless, such a weak pinch."

Son-in-law Qi Yuan stood hands on hips, as if nothing had happened.

"I hadn’t expected you to be such a green tea personality, and also a member of the Guangyao Society.

Could it be that all members of the Guangyao Society are skilled in palace intrigue?"

The dark energy Baiting pinched had conveyed information to Qi Yuan’s eyes, related to the Guangyao Society—it was their special light and dark energy.

In the pond, Baiting’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"Are you... pretending to be mad?"

He tried to speak but his words were as faint as a mosquito’s.

"Where am I mad? Have you ever seen a madman as handsome as me?"

Qi Yuan lazily stretched.

"Who... are you!" Baiting sounded as if his throat had been slit, his speech airy.

He vaguely sensed that the man before him was not Qi Yuan, he wanted to beg for mercy, to invoke the Guangyao Society.

Unfortunately, Qi Yuan gave him no chance to speak.

"Today’s encounter wasn’t without gain, at least... you truly bullied me!"

Qi Yuan glanced at Baiting, who was continuously struggling silently in the pond, his gaze calm: "Do you think, just because everyone is on your side, that you have the upper hand?"

"Sorry, power is supreme here."

"Qi Refinement Realm slandering Purple Mansion, that’s seeking death!"

"Also, me playing the madman allows me to kill without committing a crime!"

Qi Yuan’s figure vanished.

He came silently and left just as quietly, unnoticed.

In the pond, Baiting struggled incessantly but to no avail, unable even to make a splashing sound.

Eventually, he slowly sank to the bottom of the pond.

"30%, and I actually obtained the Artifice Heart."

As his impersonation of son-in-law Qi Yuan reached 30%, Qi Yuan obtained an ability of son-in-law Qi Yuan, the Artifice Heart.

Qi Yuan had heard of the Artifice Heart.

In this world, to become an Artificer, one needed talent.

The Artifice Heart is a unique kind of talent.

Anyone possessing the Artifice Heart could increase their success rate by half when crafting any artifact.

It sounds average, but it was actually terrifying.

In this world, the success rate of artifact crafting isn’t very high; even an Earth Level Artificer crafting Profound Level magic artifacts succeeded less than fifty percent of the time.

An increase of half, that’s very powerful.

"So, now I’m qualified to learn the Artifact Method?" Qi Yuan pondered, "Seems like I need to develop a drone, if only I could turn Shen Lingxuan into a drone, then I could ride her into battle, and others might think I am Shen Lin!"

Qi Yuan mused wildly.

Tonight, having been bullied, Qi Yuan ate an extra bun from Chen Kangbao, who bore a grudge, muttering incessantly.

However, that night, Qi Yuan did not go out, nor did he stick around to pour bathwater for his mother-in-law.

After reaching 30%, he needed to proceed slowly.

The major task of a mother-in-law needed to be saved for a critical edge.

The next morning, not long after Qi Yuan got up, an unexpected visitor arrived in the courtyard.

"Brother-in-law, come quickly, my parents have found you a teacher!"

Shen Lingfeng came rushing over, followed by a middle-aged man dressed in a conservative manner, who had neatly combed hair, impeccably dressed, with a perfectly aligned mustache.

Visually, a very aligned person.

"A teacher?" Qi Yuan and Chen Kangbao emerged, a puzzled look in Qi Yuan’s eyes.

"This is Chen Xianwei, the Profound Level Artificer of our Shen family!" Shen Lingfeng introduced, "My father wants you to do some things, don’t fall short of my father’s reputation."

"Oh... okay," Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment but did not refuse.

He was playing the role of Qi Yuan, the son-in-law, and learning artifact refining might help him deepen his portrayal.

Moreover, he was somewhat interested in becoming an artificer and wanted to explore this mysterious system.

Chen Xianwei glanced at Qi Yuan with a calm gaze, but when he looked at Chen Kangbao and saw his sloppy appearance, his eyebrows furrowed.

He couldn’t help but reach out and adjust the position of the bun in Chen Kangbao’s mouth, "You should eat from both sides equally, why keep eating from the left?"

Chen Kangbao was stunned.

Shen Lingfeng leaned closer to Qi Yuan, "Brother-in-law, Artificer Chen... he is very rigid and likes to see things orderly."

Oh, obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Qi Yuan understood.

Many thoughts emerged in his mind, and he couldn’t help but ask, "Teacher Chen, do you split your hair, and if so, do you make it neat and symmetrical?"

Back on Blue Star, Qi Yuan knew that many people had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

He had always wanted to ask those with the condition many questions.

Today, he had the chance and immediately asked.

Hearing this, Chen Xianwei’s mustache trembled, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Teacher Chen, don’t tremble, your mustache is not aligned!"

"You..." Chen Xianwei quickly neatened his mustache and glanced unkindly at Qi Yuan, feeling extremely sad inside.

Why did Shen Mansion have to assign him, Chen Xianwei, to teach a madman artifact refining?

Wasn’t this torture?

Half an hour later, Chen Xianwei pulled out a bunch of bizarre items.

He sat on a pearwood chair with a stern expression, "In Ancient Times, as Chaos first receded, the ancestors emerged from the mountains, made stone and iron tools, and established a brilliant civilization."

To learn the Way of Tools, one must know the origin of the Artificer’s knowledge.

Generally speaking, Chen Xianwei would not mention these things when teaching others.

But teaching a madman meant that the abstruse stuff he usually wouldn’t teach was unnecessary; instead, it was best to relate the mythological tales of the Way of Tools.

"Regular stone and iron tools, how to transform the formless into form?" Qi Yuan asked.

Blue Star had ordinary stone tools as well.

But the tools in this world carried extraordinary elements.

Chen Xianwei nodded, continuing, "Then... when Strange Spirits descended, corroding the world, how could our ancestors fight the Strange Spirits with mere mortal iron?

It was then that Artifact Methods descended from beyond the skies, falling into the Great Realm, and from then on, we depended on various magic artifacts to battle the Strange Spirits!

Artificers, using the essence of mountains and rivers, the brilliance of the sun and moon, smelted and forged to create supreme magic artifacts, transforming the heavens and the earth, moving mountains and filling seas!"

Mentioning this, Chen Xianwei’s face bore a wistful expression.

"According to the ’Secret Origins,’ before the advent of magic artifacts, our world almost fell to the Strange Spirits and became their playground!"

Qi Yuan listened attentively to the background story of this game.

The origin of the artifacts surprisingly involved entities from beyond the skies.

"Are there now people in contact with the celestial bodies?" Qi Yuan couldn’t help but ask.

Chen Xianwei shook his head, "Such news isn’t something a mere Profound-Level Soldier Commander like me would know.

Perhaps one day, if you step into the Sky-Level Soldier Commander and move from Qingshan Realm to the Great Realm, you might be able to find out."

This realm was called Qingshan Realm, situated in the Chaotic Star Domain, which was a Minor Realm.

Above the Minor Realm, there was the Great Realm.

"It’s perhaps a bit early to discuss this with you, but if you could become an artificer, I’d probably be considered a masterful teacher!" Chen Xianwei couldn’t help but reflect, finding humor amidst the bitterness.

"Come, let’s continue with the history of artificers..."

Yes, he planned to teach some history for a while.

After all, with a madman learning artifact refining, who knew what accidents might occur.

"Teacher Chen, does refining require Strange Fire?" Qi Yuan asked.

In TV shows, alchemy needed Strange Fire, but what about artifact refining?

Chen Xianwei looked at Qi Yuan in surprise, "Artificers need Heartfire for refining.

The stronger the will and the higher the talent, the more vigorous the Heartfire.

That’s enough for today’s lesson. Here is an introductory technique for artifact refining; take a good look at it yourself, and I’ll explain more tomorrow."

Chen Xianwei finished speaking, tossed the introductory technique to Qi Yuan, and hurriedly left.

In the room, Qi Yuan picked up the book titled "Basic Artifact Refinement Method" and began to leaf through it attentively.

"This..." Qi Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "This and the artifact methods of the Celestial Clan... seem to have the same origin!"

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