Jiang Yunnuan had to admit defeat.
She had only just stepped into the field of artifact refining not long ago and had merely refined some small items, yet Eldest Senior Brother actually thought she could help him fuse these materials into his life-bound spirit sword?
Didn't he have a bit too much confidence in her?
If it was just fusing some ordinary materials, with Xin Jinrui's cooperation, she could reluctantly give it a try.
But these were the Dian Canghe Crystal Stone and the Mo Ye Flow Crystal Stone!
Both of these materials were extremely precious.
Forging a brand-new weapon with them was already very difficult, let alone fusing them into an already formed spirit sword!
"Eldest Senior Brother, I appreciate that you think so highly of me, but I really can't do it!" Jiang Yunnuan looked flustered. "I can't bear this responsibility!"
Qin Yiwei looked at Xin Jinrui, her gaze deep, "Eldest Senior Brother, are you in a hurry?"
She could roughly guess his state of mind.
Perhaps as she had suspected, he had seen something related to the Xin Family, which had stirred his emotions.
"I'm not in a hurry." Xin Jinrui immediately shook his head, though his eyes shifted slightly. "I just think these materials would be good to fuse into the spirit sword."
"Is that so?" Qin Yiwei stared at him.
"Of course." Xin Jinrui didn't dare meet her gaze.
Qin Yiwei also didn't press him. After all, this was the pain in his heart. As an outsider, it wasn't appropriate for her to intervene.
But regardless of what he was thinking, this couldn't be done at the moment.
"Since you're not in a hurry, that's even better." Qin Yiwei smiled. "Wait until Nuan Nuan's strength improves, then take it slowly. Haste makes waste."
Her words carried a deeper meaning. Xin Jinrui couldn't help glancing at her, yet he couldn't discern anything from her expression.
Perhaps it was just because he had something on his mind that he was overthinking.
He gave a self-mocking smile inwardly, yet still stared at the two materials in his hand, unwilling to give up so easily.
"How about we give it a try?" He still wasn't willing to let it go.
"There's no need to try. I can't do it." Jiang Yunnuan refused decisively. "I haven't reached that level yet!"
She had confidence in herself, but it wasn't blind confidence.
She wouldn't do something she knew would fail.
"What's going on?"
Their discussion drew the attention of the others.
Especially since their expressions didn't look very pleasant.
Mu Shiyue walked over and asked curiously, "What happened?"
"It's nothing…"
"Master, Eldest Senior Brother wants me to fuse the Dian Canghe Crystal Stone and the Mo Ye Flow Crystal Stone into his spirit sword!" Jiang Yunnuan spoke quickly and directly revealed the matter.
"Fuse them into the spirit sword?"
Before Mu Shiyue could speak, the others had already gathered around.
Xin Jinrui pressed his lips together, his expression dark and unclear.
"You want to fuse those two materials into the spirit sword?" Ke Chongzhen was also surprised. "Are you a high-level artifact refiner?"
Based on Ke Chongzhen's understanding of artifact refining, to fuse those two materials into a spirit sword would at least require the level of a high-level artifact refiner.
He had stayed here for several days and knew that Jiang Yunnuan was an artifact refiner.
After all, Jiang Yunnuan and the others practiced their skills every day.
After morning exercises, they would each go about their own tasks.
Some drew talismans, some refined artifacts, some refined medicine, some worked on formations, and some even stir-fried tea.
Every day he could hear various strange sounds.
But Ke Chongzhen had already grown accustomed to the strangeness of Wuxuan Sect.
After all, he had even witnessed refining medicine with an iron pot. What else could be more difficult to accept?
However, he really hadn't expected Jiang Yunnuan to be a high-level artifact refiner!
Wasn't she only around twenty years old?
To reach such a level at that age was too impressive!
As expected of Senior Mu's disciple!
Each and every one of them was a peerless genius!
Facing Ke Chongzhen's sincere astonishment, Jiang Yunnuan felt embarrassed and quickly denied it, "I'm not! I'm not! Don't say nonsense!"
Of course she was happy to be praised, but it couldn't be exaggerated like that!
"I'm not a high-level artifact refiner. I haven't reached that level yet!" She shook her head repeatedly. "I don't have that kind of ability, that's exactly why I refused to help Eldest Senior Brother!"
Hearing her say this, Ke Chongzhen suddenly understood, though he couldn't hide a trace of disappointment.
He had thought he might witness the birth of a genius artifact refiner.
Listening to their discussion, Xin Jinrui felt increasingly restless. He quickly shook his head, "Since Third Junior Sister can't help me, then forget it for now. We'll talk about it later."
"That's good." Jiang Yunnuan let out a breath of relief. Fortunately, Eldest Senior Brother didn't continue to pressure her. "When my strength improves, I'll definitely help you!"
Xin Jinrui could only nod, his expression somewhat stiff.
Watching her disciples' strange expressions, Mu Shiyue stroked her chin and suddenly said, "Actually… it's not impossible."
"Hm?!"
Xin Jinrui suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining brightly, "Master?!"
Was master saying it could be done?!
His reaction was too intense, so intense that the others sensed something was off.
Unlike Qin Yiwei, who knew Xin Jinrui's background and experiences due to rebirth, the others only knew that his family was gone and that he had never returned home.
Every time family was mentioned, he would cultivate even more desperately.
So this time… it's probably also related to his family?
Xin Jinrui didn't notice everyone's thoughts. He nearly reached out to grab Mu Shiyue's hand, "Master, is it really possible?"
Mu Shiyue also didn't tease her eldest disciple, she asked him to take out the spirit sword.
Xin Jinrui brought out his life-bound spirit sword, immediately drawing everyone's attention.
The sword was silver and looked quite beautiful.
Mu Shiyue flicked it lightly with her finger. Hearing the crisp sound, her eyes lowered slightly.
"It can be done."
The moment she said this, Xin Jinrui was instantly excited, "Really?! How?!"
If he hadn't remembered that she was his master, he might've already shaken her shoulders.
Jiang Yunnuan also stared at master nervously.
If master could fuse these materials into the spirit sword, she could learn quite a bit from it!
If she could learn some skills from this, that would be wonderful!
During this period, whenever she encountered problems and sought master's help, they were solved immediately, but master rarely personally acted, and at most gave verbal guidance.
Now, was master going to personally take action?!
Jiang Yunnuan's eyes were even brighter than Xin Jinrui's, "Master, are you going to do it yourself?"
"Of course not, you'll do it."
"Ah?" Jiang Yunnuan was stunned. "Me? I don't know how!"
"You can." Mu Shiyue patted her shoulder. "If you try to fuse it directly in one go, you definitely can't. But if you use Seven-Fragrance True Water and Red Tassel Vine Juice, you can."
"Seven-Fragrance True Water? Red Tassel Vine Juice?"
"Mn." Mu Shiyue nodded. "Seven-Fragrance True Water can serve as a bridge to fuse the Dian Canghe Crystal Stone, and Red Tassel Vine Juice can fuse the Mo Ye Flow Crystal Stone."
Very well, then the question is, where to find these two items?