If True Venerable Zhu wanted to craft the divination set on his own, it was not impossible.
It would also be an enormous improvement to his own artifact-refining skill.
He was still far from Wen Xian's level, far from the point of giving up on his own research.
However, if he truly wanted to craft it independently, he would have to bear the corresponding consequences.
When the treasure emerged, it would be best for him to sacrifice himself to the artifact. Only then could he refine an astonishingly powerful, relatively perfect tool.
For a True Venerable to refine a treasure suited to their use was truly no easy matter. Outsiders were unwilling to take over lightly because they wanted to avoid precisely this concern.
"Well... that can be discussed," True Venerable Zhu said after a moment's hesitation, then nodded. "I'm the only one who dares take this order!"
"But let me put the ugly words first. If the refinement isn't perfect, you can't blame me."
"This kind of divination tool is difficult to refine to begin with, not to mention your materials are far too, far too, far too high-end..."
Strictly speaking, he had heard of even more heaven-defying materials, but that was only limited to hearing about them.
Those materials were not nonexistent, but most owners crafted the artifacts themselves. They almost never entrusted them to outsiders.
With the materials before him, even if he were only refining a very preliminary embryo, he did not dare guarantee success on the first try.
But if he truly failed and damaged the materials as a result, that would be hard to explain away.
Wen Xian glanced at him. "I fought for this on your behalf with True Venerable Qu."
"Let's speak plainly. What are your odds? If they're below fifty percent,