Idk if ‘artifact refiner’ is the best translation for people who make tools/weapons/objects out of transmuting rocks in a cauldron/furnace with magic powers, but I am open to better suggestions.
Anyways, in this chapter, our dear MC once again (briefly) laments over the reality that our adorable villain is, in fact, not a girl.
Chapter 22:
LingXia took in adeepbreath, and with the focused concentration of crammingfor the NCEE,started to speedily flipthroughthe pages, reading ten lines at a timein search forkeywords. Fuck! This bookdidn’thavea table of contents!
Ling Xia surveyedhis surroundings,then without any reservation, openedarandom door and started to search around. VoidJade Herb had ‘jade’ in its nameanddepended onthe gemto grow, so for starters,a jade artifact was absolutelynecessary.
The masked man was silent for a beat, coughed once, and said, “Mmhn, you can find what you’re looking for in my storage area, but remember, you’re not allowed to touch the first door on the right.”
midst of his busy rummaging, he let his mind wander and wildly fantasized a bit.
The wng the seed. He had original, so right now, he used 120% of his love in taking care of, leting this task.
Except, Void Jade Herbs growing in the wild needed 10 years to germinate, another 10 years to flower, and matured only after a century. In that case, how could he make this seed sprout in just a few short hours?
A petite, snowwhite figure suddenly appearedin frontofLing Xia. Needless to say, itwas Ah‘Li,and after walkingaround him inacircle,it bit onto his pants and tugged. Ling Xia thought that it wanted to playwith him like before, carefully protectedthe jade bottlein ahurry, and reprimanded, “Ah‘Li don’tmess around.I’ll play with you later.”
Ah‘Li squinted its eyes in discontent, gnashed and pulled even harder, and Ling Xia came to a belated realization. Was this Ah‘Li’s way of trying to bring him somewhere?
The masked man laughed, “Youdouble-dipping, unfaithful little thing!”
HistsouedlikestacitlypermittinAh‘Lsactisthouso ngXia reassuringlwaedfoallowinhimselfto be led alongilstopped infront ofrroom.
This room did notappear to bevery large from the outside, butonce LingXia openedthedoor,he discovered that the interior wasabundantlyspacious. Onboth sidesofthe room were aboutseven or eight tables, all filledwith various kindsofodd and strange household utensils made ofdifferent materials placed at even intervals. In the centerwas a furnace astall as a grown man, seemingly forthepurpose of refiningpills.
rst exam that detected what elementals his body contained. It was able to magnify the power elementals a person had by a hundredfold, so perhaps there was a similar tool here? If it’s like that, wouldn’t he be able to make use of the wood elementals inside his body for stimulating the seed
Ah‘Lwatched himbustleawhile curledpin a cornecuscanb
AfterpositioneverythngiitplaceingXatoka deepbreath, pedhdonfthe bottle lig the exam,aimaginedthat thepecular heatwithin body wwlybeingpouredinside. Only afrlong tim,d heopehis eys.
Rihtt thistime, the maedmanappearedinsidte romanhilening, thoughtfully lookedat thartotophetablendproclaimd,“Time’s upyou din’tmakeit.”
Ling Xia nodded somewhat dejectedly and agreed, “No, the seed didn’t sprout.”
The masked man observedhisdisheartened manner with a facefullof smiles, touched his chin, and mused, “Sothe words you saidbefore about notgiving up, looks like thatwasall to deceiveme.Allthathappened wasthatit didn’t grow, so is itnecessary to be this dismayed?Back whenIcultivated a VoidJade Herb, it took an entireyear beforeIgot it to germinate. You’re justa kid who fiddled around for 6 hours, and you expectedit tosprout? If it did, wouldn’t that be akiller joke?”
Themasked man giggled,leaned back,anda seatmanifestedto catch him just in time as heconfirmed, “Naturally.”
“… …Haha, Senior is really funny.”
“However,” themasked man continued, crossingoneleg over the otherand swinging ittwice,“when I enteredthis sect allthose years ago,I was alow-level disciple who wasscreened as lackingin power elementals too. Spent3 years lingeringon a smallhillsideand sweeping floors,but now, aren’t Ialsobeing referred to as‘Senior’ byyou?I feel like you have just a tinysmidgen of aptitude inrefining artifacts and growing plants, and if earnestly tutored andcultivated, in afew dozenmore years, perhaps you can achieve aminor accomplishment ortwo.”
……Mh thanksenior’srouspraiseL Xia gritted out,to refrafrom gringhtthahitone tooaturnforte worsew infuriang!Hhaedbeingpledthis thest!Asexpumornjoyao playotherpeople instead.
A,clearly a long-timevic tothisindfsufbeduagaiLshinnsympat.
LingXia criedtears in his heart.Sure enough,the life of amob character wasto walk the path of support.What the protagonist received from here was guidanceon bodycultivation,swordcultivation, andenergycultivation youknow!
destined by fate.”
No wonder that handwriting was so ugly! Ling Xia felt that this book’s credibility needed to be lowered by 50% at the very least. He had spent 6 hours staying in the masked man’s space, but when he came out, the sky had only just turned dark. He waited until he stealthily slipped back to his residence and pushed open the door before sighing in relief at last… No matter what, it could be said that he successfully completed his first objective.
“Where didyou go?”
Ling Xia had placed the book in his hands on the table, and right as he was striking the flint to light the lantern, that familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind. Startled, his hand shook, resulting in him nearly burning himself.
Yu ZhiJue was currently leaning against the head of the bed, and hearing this, slanted him a glare and angrily growled, “You haven’t told me just where exactly you went yet?”
Yu ZhiJueimpatiently countered, “Even so, was therea need tocome back thislate? I waited here foryou for ages!” As soon as thesewords left his mouth, he felt abit chagrined, and even his cheeksheated up a notch. Luckilyfor him, that wasn’t visiblein thisdim lighting.
Throwngbagottable,hhenexpained,ereceiv our monthlypay, and Xitolmtbringthis toyou.
Ahh, how the children have grown… Ling Xia was emotional to the point of tears, the very picture of a father who received a present from his kid for the very first time, and excitedly opened the bag. It’s just, when he saw the contents, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Around ten energy coins clanked against each other inside, a mix of both level-2 and level-1 types.
Aye, Song XiaoHu was indeeda straightforward child… …He should probably save these for the boy to usein the future for finding a wife.
em.
cafullyputtbaawayndwithabimischief,teased, “Ahedid‘t think ofgivg meanything?”
His young, smiling face was pure and open, and in the lantern’s light, radiated the kindness and gentleness of a saint. Along with a pair of dark pupils that twinkled with the candle’s embers, he was an exceptionally moving sight.
Idk if ‘artifact refiner’ is the best translation for people who make tools/weapons/objects out of transmuting rocks in a cauldron/furnace with magic powers, but I am open to better suggestions.
Anyways, in this chapter, our dear MC once again (briefly) laments over the reality that our adorable villain is, in fact, not a girl.
Chapter 22:
LingXia took in adeepbreath, and with the focused concentration of crammingfor the NCEE,started to speedily flipthroughthe pages, reading ten lines at a timein search forkeywords. Fuck! This bookdidn’thavea table of contents!
Ling Xia surveyedhis surroundings,then without any reservation, openedarandom door and started to search around. VoidJade Herb had ‘jade’ in its nameanddepended onthe gemto grow, so for starters,a jade artifact was absolutelynecessary.
The masked man was silent for a beat, coughed once, and said, “Mmhn, you can find what you’re looking for in my storage area, but remember, you’re not allowed to touch the first door on the right.”
midst of his busy rummaging, he let his mind wander and wildly fantasized a bit.
The wng the seed. He had original, so right now, he used 120% of his love in taking care of, leting this task.
Except, Void Jade Herbs growing in the wild needed 10 years to germinate, another 10 years to flower, and matured only after a century. In that case, how could he make this seed sprout in just a few short hours?
A petite, snowwhite figure suddenly appearedin frontofLing Xia. Needless to say, itwas Ah‘Li,and after walkingaround him inacircle,it bit onto his pants and tugged. Ling Xia thought that it wanted to playwith him like before, carefully protectedthe jade bottlein ahurry, and reprimanded, “Ah‘Li don’tmess around.I’ll play with you later.”
Ah‘Li squinted its eyes in discontent, gnashed and pulled even harder, and Ling Xia came to a belated realization. Was this Ah‘Li’s way of trying to bring him somewhere?
The masked man laughed, “Youdouble-dipping, unfaithful little thing!”
HistsouedlikestacitlypermittinAh‘Lsactisthouso ngXia reassuringlwaedfoallowinhimselfto be led alongilstopped infront ofrroom.
This room did notappear to bevery large from the outside, butonce LingXia openedthedoor,he discovered that the interior wasabundantlyspacious. Onboth sidesofthe room were aboutseven or eight tables, all filledwith various kindsofodd and strange household utensils made ofdifferent materials placed at even intervals. In the centerwas a furnace astall as a grown man, seemingly forthepurpose of refiningpills.
rst exam that detected what elementals his body contained. It was able to magnify the power elementals a person had by a hundredfold, so perhaps there was a similar tool here? If it’s like that, wouldn’t he be able to make use of the wood elementals inside his body for stimulating the seed
Ah‘Lwatched himbustleawhile curledpin a cornecuscanb
AfterpositioneverythngiitplaceingXatoka deepbreath, pedhdonfthe bottle lig the exam,aimaginedthat thepecular heatwithin body wwlybeingpouredinside. Only afrlong tim,d heopehis eys.
Rihtt thistime, the maedmanappearedinsidte romanhilening, thoughtfully lookedat thartotophetablendproclaimd,“Time’s upyou din’tmakeit.”
Ling Xia nodded somewhat dejectedly and agreed, “No, the seed didn’t sprout.”
The masked man observedhisdisheartened manner with a facefullof smiles, touched his chin, and mused, “Sothe words you saidbefore about notgiving up, looks like thatwasall to deceiveme.Allthathappened wasthatit didn’t grow, so is itnecessary to be this dismayed?Back whenIcultivated a VoidJade Herb, it took an entireyear beforeIgot it to germinate. You’re justa kid who fiddled around for 6 hours, and you expectedit tosprout? If it did, wouldn’t that be akiller joke?”
Themasked man giggled,leaned back,anda seatmanifestedto catch him just in time as heconfirmed, “Naturally.”
“… …Haha, Senior is really funny.”
“However,” themasked man continued, crossingoneleg over the otherand swinging ittwice,“when I enteredthis sect allthose years ago,I was alow-level disciple who wasscreened as lackingin power elementals too. Spent3 years lingeringon a smallhillsideand sweeping floors,but now, aren’t Ialsobeing referred to as‘Senior’ byyou?I feel like you have just a tinysmidgen of aptitude inrefining artifacts and growing plants, and if earnestly tutored andcultivated, in afew dozenmore years, perhaps you can achieve aminor accomplishment ortwo.”
……Mh thanksenior’srouspraiseL Xia gritted out,to refrafrom gringhtthahitone tooaturnforte worsew infuriang!Hhaedbeingpledthis thest!Asexpumornjoyao playotherpeople instead.
A,clearly a long-timevic tothisindfsufbeduagaiLshinnsympat.
LingXia criedtears in his heart.Sure enough,the life of amob character wasto walk the path of support.What the protagonist received from here was guidanceon bodycultivation,swordcultivation, andenergycultivation youknow!
destined by fate.”
No wonder that handwriting was so ugly! Ling Xia felt that this book’s credibility needed to be lowered by 50% at the very least. He had spent 6 hours staying in the masked man’s space, but when he came out, the sky had only just turned dark. He waited until he stealthily slipped back to his residence and pushed open the door before sighing in relief at last… No matter what, it could be said that he successfully completed his first objective.
“Where didyou go?”
Ling Xia had placed the book in his hands on the table, and right as he was striking the flint to light the lantern, that familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind. Startled, his hand shook, resulting in him nearly burning himself.
Yu ZhiJue was currently leaning against the head of the bed, and hearing this, slanted him a glare and angrily growled, “You haven’t told me just where exactly you went yet?”
Yu ZhiJueimpatiently countered, “Even so, was therea need tocome back thislate? I waited here foryou for ages!” As soon as thesewords left his mouth, he felt abit chagrined, and even his cheeksheated up a notch. Luckilyfor him, that wasn’t visiblein thisdim lighting.
Throwngbagottable,hhenexpained,ereceiv our monthlypay, and Xitolmtbringthis toyou.
Ahh, how the children have grown… Ling Xia was emotional to the point of tears, the very picture of a father who received a present from his kid for the very first time, and excitedly opened the bag. It’s just, when he saw the contents, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Around ten energy coins clanked against each other inside, a mix of both level-2 and level-1 types.
Aye, Song XiaoHu was indeeda straightforward child… …He should probably save these for the boy to usein the future for finding a wife.
em.
cafullyputtbaawayndwithabimischief,teased, “Ahedid‘t think ofgivg meanything?”
His young, smiling face was pure and open, and in the lantern’s light, radiated the kindness and gentleness of a saint. Along with a pair of dark pupils that twinkled with the candle’s embers, he was an exceptionally moving sight.
