NOVGO.NET Chapter 843: Refiner
Chapter 843: Refiner
“Big brother Kent, you really are amazing,” Nyss said, retaking Kent’s hands as they resumed their tour of the Mutual space like he hadn’t just faced a Core Disciples.
Kent smiled, “Of course I am amazing. There is only one of my kind.”
Nyss shook her head, hearing the self-praise. Of course, she knew Kent was indeed amazing, and he deserved to give himself all the praise.
“So, how did you do it?”
“Do what”
“How did you breathe in Big Brother Xhan’s poison mist?”
Kent smiled with a slight grin, tugging the side of his mouth, “I have high poison resistance.”
“Really”
“Of course”
“How did you get it?” Nyss truly wanted to know, and even though Kent wished to tease her, he knew that some things are better taken seriously, so he gave her a genuine answer.
“I married a poison queen, and she gave it to me.”
Nyss stopped and stared at Kent’s serious face, and for a moment she blinked and pounded his chest with her fist, “Cut the jokes, big brother, I am serious.”
Kent laughed, “Who said I am joking. I indeed have a poison Queen as a wife. Of course, in reality, she is a princess, but when it comes to her profession, she is the queen of poison, and she gave me my resistance to poison.”
Nyss studied Kent for a few minutes, noting his expression, “You are being serious.”
“Dead Serious.
“Too bad, I wanted to learn poison resistance so that I can counter big brother Xhan’s poison and gain the advantage to beat the crap out of him.” Nyss laughed, though Kent could sense the disappointment behind her laugh.
He may not understand why two siblings can’t get along, but he sure knows if Nyss were to have a counter for Xhans’s poison, she would indeed challenge her brother.
“Don’t worry, I will ask my poison queen wife if she can help you.”
Nyss seems to lighten up a bit hearing Kent’s words.
Soon, they left the area where the altercation with Xhan had happened.
They made their way through the space, earning many scrutinizing gazes as the news of Kent’s face-off with Xhan started spreading.
Eventually, Kent and Nyss stopped in front of an Enlightenment Peak, one where an elder was refining a sword in front of hundreds of inner disciples.
Kent didn’t plan on coming there, nor even staying to look at someone refine a weapon. However, something in him made him stop when they reached there.
“Big brother, do you know weapon refining too?” Nyss asked, noticing where they had come to a stop.
“No, however, I want to observe this for a moment and see if I would like to stay.” Nyss clearly didn’t want to stay, but seeing Kent wish to stay, she had to make a sacrifice.
So they walked closer, sat down, and started paying attention.
The space they were in was quiet, and despite the disciples making noise all over, they didn’t hear a single thing. The only noise, if heard by anyone, will be from inside the containment formation.
Hovering behind the elder is a soul flag, and before him is an ordinary sword spinning vertically. The elder was moving souls from the flag and using them to refine the sword.
’This is unreal’
Kent said inwardly, paying close attention to what the elder was doing. The more souls he takes from the soul flag, the more powerful the sword gets.
None of the disciples dared blink, for they feared even blinking once would cause them dearly.
’Tower, keep tracking the grade of the sword and update me whenever it goes up.’
A few hours later, the tower updated Kent on the grade of the sword.
⟦Current Grade: Legendary (Low)⟧
’Interesting. So, picking just a normal sword, he was able to refine it into a legendary grade sword.’
⟦That is the gist of it, but yes. As a refiner, he has the means to use souls to refine a mere sword into something worthy of being wielded.
That said, a refiner is just a basic form of the true refining path. To experience true refining, you must look into soul refining.
They don’t use scrap metal as a medium to refine souls. A true soul refiner is someone who can transform souls directly into weapons.
They can also refine soul flags and use them as a medium to hold prohibitions and other formations that naturally, all soul refiners can draw. In a way, what you are seeing now is but a small branch of refining⟧
’I see. Then I’d better find a soul refiner. Just looking at it is, in a way, helping me sharpen my gaze. I believe if I see more of this, I will be able to master the first form of the legacy much faster.’
⟦I will look into that for the master. But for now, you can watch this to the end. Every small progress is part of the journey.⟧
’You are right, tower…every small progress counts.’
Kent focused, and using his mental space, he isolated everyone, bringing the elder into the sword mind space, where only the two of them were.
This was an upgrade to his sword mind after he visited the Dao realm. Now, regardless of what he wanted to learn, he can take it to the sword mind, where it will be between him and the thing he is after.
Four hours later, the elder was done refining the sword, managing to raise its quality to High.
It wasn’t much compared to Mystical grade swords; however, it was already good enough considering the elder only uses 1,000 souls for the refining process.
⟦The master must know that although the outcome isn’t satisfactory, the weapon formed is not simple. It is capable of inflicting both physical and soul damage.⟧
Kent furrowed his brow, looking more closely at the sword hovering before the elder. It transformed from an ordinary, rusty sword to a sleek, silver sword pulsing with soul energy.
’I have a question, tower.’ Kent’s heartbeat quickened as he asked the question, ’Say I were to take this sword now, can I take it inside my soul universe?’
⟦Indeed, and nice job catching that master. I was waiting for you to think of that. But the master’s thinking is indeed spot on; this sword can be taken into the soul universe and further refined into a more deadly sword.
The best part, unlike the asteroid that can only be used once, the sword can be used multiple times. All you have to do is recharge it with soul essence after use.⟧
’Damn. What a nice plot twist. This means if I were to get, say, Mythic grade refined swords and other weapons, I can turn them into deadly weapons, which will cut my work short for me from having to create them from scratch.’
Kent was thrilled that every part of his body was screaming at him to snatch the sword and send it into his soul universe.
However, he held himself back and instead paid attention to what the elder had to say.
“Three months from today, there will be a weapon refining competition. Those of you confident that you can refine legendary-grade weapons are free to register.
The sect will provide all resources, and the winner gets to walk home with a hundred thousand soul flag with souls inside already.”
’Put it on my schedule tower. For now, I have things to do, but in three months I must be ready to join the competition.’
Kent spent the next few hours with Nyss, going from one place to the next. When they had had enough, Kent went back to Lady Enzi’s dwelling and entered the tower.