Qi Yuan ran his fingers over the words on the wooden plaque, committing all eight gates of the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique to memory.
"Hard. Very hard. Extremely hard."
Cultivating these Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique was somewhat difficult for Qi Yuan.
Having lost the cheat ability of his eyes to see hidden information, he naturally could not straightforwardly alter the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique.
Of course, even blinded, his foundation as a Purple Mansion Great Cultivator remained. Creating his own cultivation techniques was no difficult task.
But the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique was different. The Great Dao was simplest at its core; even Qi Yuan found it difficult to modify it into something better.
"It seems this Blind Woman has a highly unusual identity."
Qi Yuan guessed inwardly.
Within the Sixth Heaven of the Immortal Realm, even Yang Spirit-level divine techniques could be altered however he wished after going blind.
"Looks like I can't take shortcuts. I'll have to learn it the hard way."
After thinking it over, Qi Yuan decided not to slack off and to forcefully learn the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique through his own talent.
"Gold Law, initiated..."
"Wood Law, initiated..."
"Thunder Law, initiated!"
After grinding away for seven hours, Qi Yuan finally initiated all eight gates of the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique.
After initiation, another taste of the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique gave him fresh insight.
"These Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique truly are one whole. If I want to fuse them, initiation probably won't be enough."
Mastery of the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique was divided into initiation, proficiency, master, and grandmaster.
Only once all of them reached the master level would Qi Yuan be confident of fusing them.
"What a blind artifact refiner seeks throughout life