An Artifact Forger Who Doesn't Need Weapon Blueprints!

"Next up, the second-to-last auction item: a work entrusted to the auction house by a Yellow-tier Artifact Forger who calls himself Young Qilin."

After auctioning off several more items, Ya Fei brought out a Sword Box from backstage. After displaying it to the crowd, she opened it to reveal the Purple Cloud Sword within.

"A Yellow-grade mid-tier Battle Weapon, the Purple Cloud Sword. Exquisitely crafted with superb technique, the auction house's appraisers have confirmed that when activated with Dou Qi, this Purple Cloud Sword can easily pierce a Dou Master's Dou Qi Garment. If you possess such a sharp weapon, then any Dou Masters you face in the future will be defenseless chicks awaiting slaughter. Even against Da Dou Shi, this Purple Cloud Sword will still have an excellent damaging effect against Dou Qi Armor."

"When wielded by a Dou Master, it can ignore the protective effect of a Dou Master's Dou Qi. When wielded by a Da Dou Shi, it can also ignore over thirty percent of a Da Dou Shi's Dou Qi protection!" Several staff members, all Dou Masters, stepped onto the stage to demonstrate the Purple Cloud Sword's effects. With Dou Qi covering it, the sword glowed with a faint purple radiance, light seeming to flow across its blade. As the sword rose and fell, it easily sliced through the unlucky man's Dou Qi Garment, then cut through his clothes.

Fortunately, this was only a demonstration, and there was no "casualty quota." The staff member was not injured. Once the demonstration was over, he handed the Purple Cloud Sword to Ya Fei and stepped off the stage.

For a moment, the auction hall fell silent. Then, many people began breathing heavily.

A supreme treasure! A Yellow-grade mid-tier Battle Weapon with such effects was simply a supreme treasure!

It was not as though they had never seen other "kitchen knives," but this was the first time they had seen one so sharp!

Just who had told that Artifact Forger called Young Qilin that a Dou Artifact had to achieve one hundred percent armor penetration against opponents of the same rank???

At first, no one paid much attention to that weapon, since not wearing armor was considered good combat etiquette.

Until the emergence of countless weapons made everyone on the Dou Qi Continent develop the good combat habit of wearing armor!

"The starting bid is ten thousand!" Taking in the burning gazes of everyone below, Ya Fei's voice was unusually excited!

"Eleven thousand!"

"Thirteen thousand!"

"Twenty thousand!"

Bids rang out one after another, fiercely contested!

"Wouldn't even quite a few second-grade pills sell for this price?" Jiang Lin looked somewhat stunned as he watched the Purple Cloud Sword become so sought after.

Wasn't it agreed that Alchemists were more impressive than Artifact Forgers?

Then why was this Yellow-grade mid-tier Battle Weapon, comparable to a second-grade pill, driving people even crazier than pills?

Before Mr. Yao could speak, Xiao Yan said excitedly, "How can those be the same? If a second-grade pill can produce a Dou Master, then this Purple Cloud Sword with its heaven-defying effects can send who knows how many Dou Masters to their graves over its lifetime!"

Jiang Lin glanced at Xiao Yan in confusion. He felt that Xiao Yan's manner of speaking sounded somewhat familiar.

Xiao Xun'er's eyes were filled with shock as she secretly looked at Jiang Lin. If Ling Ying's investigation was correct, Artifact Forger Young Qilin was Jiang Lin!

But wasn't Jiang Lin a Yellow-grade low-tier Artifact Forger? How had he suddenly become Yellow-grade intermediate?

Xiao Xun'er was not surprised that he was an Artifact Forger. What surprised her was Jiang Lin's age.

At his current age, he might perhaps advance to become a Profound Grade High-Level Artifact Forger in the future!

And while Profound Grade High-Level Artifact Forgers did not hold status as lofty as eighth- or ninth-grade Alchemists, they still stood at another pinnacle of this continent. That was because the Storage Rings almost every high-level Dou Qi expert possessed could be forged by Artifact Forgers at this stage.

At least a Mysterious-grade Artifact Forger + at least the cultivation of a Dou Emperor = a Storage Ring!

"Put that way, it does make sense." Jiang Lin nodded. Xiao Yan's words had indirectly cleared up the doubts in his heart.

Sure enough, although they claimed Alchemists were impressive, their bodies were still very honest.

Auction bidders: When blades and swords are chopping straight at your body, how could you not be honest??

The commotion caused by the Purple Cloud Sword had clearly exceeded Jiang Lin's expectations. Its auction price was still rising.

After thinking it over carefully, Jiang Lin understood. The Purple Cloud Sword's grade was extremely suitable for Wutan City.

From Dou Zhe to Da Dou Shi, everyone could use it. It perfectly matched the level of Dou Qi cultivation in Wutan City.

But judging by their reactions, the Dou Artifacts I forge seem different from what they traditionally understand as Dou Artifacts? That can't be right. At my forging speed, if I were a local here, spending a few years would be enough for nearly every Dou Master here to have a Yellow-grade mid-tier Battle Weapon. From then on, everyone in Wutan City's black forest would be a hunter carrying a gun—no, no, something's off.

Jiang Lin began to realize that his methods of Weapon Refining seemed somewhat different from those of traditional Artifact Forgers. Unfortunately, he had never come into contact with any knowledge of Weapon Refining. He relied entirely on his understanding of materials science, along with inspiration drawn from some Alchemist knowledge.

Of course Jiang Lin's path of Weapon Refining differed from that of traditional Artifact Forgers. Others forged first, then gradually explored the underlying principles. This guy explored the principles first, then coolly forged away. His half-year of specialized research had essentially allowed him to understand all the knowledge that Yellow-tier Artifact Forgers needed to slowly learn through practice!

While others were still relying on intuition to forge, Jiang Lin had already begun to forge by formula.

The sheets of paper densely filled with material properties in that forging room of his in Qingshan Town had not been written for nothing. Like pill refinement, other people's Weapon Refining had a success rate. Jiang Lin, on the other hand, only needed to fail a thousand times and succeed once for it to mean he had succeeded countless times with that same type.

If he had not been afraid of drawing too much attention, Jiang Lin could even have built an industrial production line by hand and let Wutan City stride into the bright world of Dou Artifact freedom.

Just as Jiang Lin was pondering why his Weapon Refining was so incredible, the Yellow-grade mid-tier Purple Cloud Sword was ultimately sold for thirty thousand Gold Coins, shocking everyone.

"Friends who did not manage to obtain a Dou Artifact, don't lose heart. Young Qilin Master has sold ten Yellow-grade low-tier Dou Artifacts to the auction house. Every single one is a fine piece. Interested friends may ask the staff backstage for details." Just as the audience below began to feel discouraged, Ya Fei dropped another bombshell, igniting the entire hall.

However, Ya Fei only mentioned it briefly before immediately announcing the grand finale of this auction. "The final auction item of this auction is a Third-grade Pill Recipe!"

A Third-grade Pill Recipe!

Jiang Lin, who had been contemplating why his Weapon Refining differed from that of other Artifact Forgers, suddenly froze upon hearing the words "Pill Recipe."

"Want to bid on it?" Mr. Yao raised an eyebrow. That did not fit Jiang Lin's usual style.

"Huh? No." Jiang Lin, interrupted from his thoughts, froze for a moment before shaking his head.

He looked at the Pill Recipe Ya Fei held in both hands onstage and sighed softly inwardly.

He knew why he differed from traditional Artifact Forgers.

He had no Dou Artifact blueprints.

In other words,

Having mastered material properties, he did not need Dou Artifact blueprints.