Chapter 444: Chapter 247 Artifact Refining Genius Fang Hao_2

How can one constantly consume oneself, distracting oneself with two rays of light, while also becoming an easy target?

This treasure is too much of a waste for Martial Artists, who would opt for moonstones or Luminous Pearls as a source of light, rather than such a treasure.

Clearly, the cost of this thing Fang Hao has is steep, and he couldn’t even break even, let alone sell it at a high price.

Fang Hao looked a bit embarrassed, set down the treasure, and muttered: “This is a semi-finished product. In my mind, the finished product can be worn in the eyes, instantly killing anyone with just a stare.”

Li Xuan nodded, “It’s a good idea, but it’s too difficult. Fang Hao clearly can’t make it.”

Fang Hao took out a claw from the box and wore it on his hand. When he lifted his hand and raked forward, the claw flashed with a ball of light.

“Bastard, watch the claw!”

To Li Xuan’s astonishment, this claw could actually make a sound.

“Roar!”

With another wave from Fang Hao, the sound of the claw transformed into a beast’s roar.

“Die!”

Lastly, it produced a man’s furious roar.

“For the time being, there are only these three sounds. They can distract the enemy’s attention when attacking. They’re quite practical,” Fang Hao said earnestly.

In his initial idea, the claw would send out a demonic sound attack to intimidate the enemy. However, after the forging process, it could only make a sound and had no intimidation effect.

No matter how much he studied it, he couldn’t achieve what he initially envisioned.

“Did you forge all these?” Li Xuan asked, looking at the random artifacts in the box.

“Yes!” Fang Hao nodded.

He then eagerly asked: “Big brother, which one caught your eye? I can give you a discount!”

Li Xuan more and more felt that Fang Hao was a good fit with his idea. The little fat man was full of wonderful ideas and had innate talent. He was a perfect fit for practicing looking the part of martial arts.

“Why do you make these unconventional treasures? They seem a bit unnecessary.”

Li Xuan asked curiously.

“The artifacts in the Ling Domain are lacking in originality. And my dream is to become a grand artifact-forging family, the number one artifact-forging family in the Ling Domain.

“Only by surpassing everyone else and creating a new kind of artifact-forging can this be achieved.”

Fang Hao stated firmly.

“How can a loose cultivator become a great family?” Li Xuan asked with a smile.

“I know it’s hard, but how can I be content without giving it a shot?”

Fang Hao answered earnestly.

“Is your artifact-forging skill inherited?”

Li Xuan asked curiously.

“No,” Fang Hao shook his head. “My father wasn’t powerful and died accidentally after just becoming a Grandmaster. I always thought my martial arts talent wasn’t very good, so I chose to study artifact-forging instead.

“I bought the basic artifact-forging technique, and then worked on my artifact-forging skills myself, and that’s how I got to where I am now.

“I can confidently say that no one in Zheng Country understands artifact-forging better than I do!”

The more Li Xuan heard, the more satisfied he was. Fang Hao indeed had extraordinary talent, and Li Xuan could see that his unique martial art was on its way into the world.

Next, Li Xuan continued to ask Fang Hao some questions, to all of which Fang Hao answered, and in the end, he even took Li Xuan to the backyard behind the shop.

This was the yard that Fang Hao had rented. It had a shop in the front and a yard in the back, and it was in this yard that he forged his tools.

In the yard, there was a forging platform, with a variety of forging materials arranged all around.

Next to the forging platform, there was a man-high armored puppet.

“This is the war puppet I’ve carefully developed. The only problem is that its limitations are too great for now, it cannot fight independently, and needs to be controlled by my martial arts power, making it somewhat redundant.

“However, I’ve already thought of a solution. But whether it would work or not would probably take quite some time.”

Fang Hao excitedly slapped the war puppet as he spoke.

Li Xuan was genuinely surprised. Fang Hao’s talent was indeed extraordinary.

He had even made a combat puppet.

He raised his hand and infused some divine element into the war puppet. As a result, the war puppet “clanged” as it raised its hand, swiping its war knife forward, cleaving forward, sweeping horizontally, diagonally slashing left and right, with just these few moves repeated over and over.

Indeed it was too redundant.

But for the Ling Domain, it was a great pioneering innovation.

Fang Hao wore an embarrassed look, “I wanted the war puppet to have a more autonomous fighting style, but it seems hard to achieve.”

“Didn’t you say you’ve found a solution to it?”

Li Xuan withdrew his spiritual focus and asked with a smile.

“Yes, but it’s very difficult.”

Fang Hao sighed.

He explained his own solution.

“You know about Corpse Beasts, right? They are nurtured in special areas over time. I’m wondering if I can also place the battle puppet in such an area for nurturing.”

“I have already found a special place and buried a battle puppet there. It’s challenging to confirm if this method is feasible.”

Fang Hao sighed again.

This was his inspiration after hearing that the Azure-Sky Flood Dragon had evolved into a Corpse Beast.

However, the birth of a Corpse Beast requires nurturing over hundreds of years, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.

It’s impossible to validate the feasibility of this approach in a short time.

Moreover, even if feasible, the nurturing duration for a battle puppet is exceedingly long, besides, the combat power generated from nurturing may not be strong.

The plan seemed quite unproductive.

This was the reason for Fang Hao’s frustration.

“I will take this battle puppet, and I have something for you to refine. If you succeed, it shows that we are destined, and I will offer you a great opportunity.”

After thinking for a moment, Li Xuan said with a smile.

“This battle puppet is not cheap, the cost of materials alone…”

Fang Hao’s eyes lit up, and he hastily began to speak.

Li Xuan took out several spirit banknotes. These were issued by the several Transcendent Spirit Sects in the Ling Domain, all of which were robbed by Xu Yan from the Dai Family.

“Here is half a million spirit crystals.”

“Big brother, the battle puppet is yours, and, I also give you this Spring Night Mirror.”

Fang Hao was overly excited.

Li Xuan’s mouth twitched. He didn’t need that Spring Night Mirror.

“Keep it for yourself.”

He shook his head and said.

Fang Hao chuckled and swiftly asked, “Big Brother, what do you want to refine? I will definitely help you successfully create it.”

Li Xuan took out an array diagram. This was the smallest and the simplest one among all the array diagrams.

“Do you see this diagram? All you need to do is to refine this diagram into an artifact.”

Li Xuan smiled and said, “I don’t care what tools you use or how you refine it. I even won’t care about how the patterns on the diagram are arranged.”

“You just need to incorporate the array diagram into the artifact and comprehend the mystery of the patterns.”

“If you can do it, it means we are destined.”

This was a test. If Fang Hao could do it, it would mean that he indeed had the extraordinary talent to become his fourth disciple.

Looking at the array diagram in his hand, Fang Hao found it very intricate. He intuitively knew that if he could understand it, a new dimension would be unveiled.

It would open up a new world for him.

“Big Brother, rest assured, I will definitely accomplish it!”

Fang Hao patted his chest and said.

“Hmm, very good. Here is a deposit of 100,000 spirit banknotes, you can use it to buy materials.”

Li Xuan took out another one hundred thousand spirit banknotes.

“Thank you, big brother, you really are a great person, as generous as Young Master Shen!”

Fang Hao was overjoyed.

After Young Master Shen, does he now have another regular big customer?

In the future, he would have no shortage of spirit crystals to buy materials for research.

“The opportunity to change your fate is right in front of you, little fatty, seize it!”

Li Xuan chuckled, patting Fang Hao’s shoulder.

“I’ll come to check in a few days.”

With a wave of his hand, the battle puppet fell into his palm. He took a step forward and vanished from the courtyard in a blink of an eye.

Li Xuan was in high spirits, finally encountering a talented fourth disciple candidate.

“I hope he can pass the test.”

Li Xuan thought to himself.

After a lengthy conversation, Li Xuan quite appreciated Fang Hao’s temperament and character. Moreover, Fang Hao was ambitious, had dreams, and more importantly, he could focus on practicing Martial Arts and studying the techniques of the arcane arts.

After Li Xuan had disappeared, Fang Hao held the array diagram in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more magical it seemed, making him feel as if he had obtained something extraordinary.

“If I can comprehend it, and make the artifact that big brother needs, it would be incredible.”

In his daze, he suddenly froze.