Failure! Failure! Failure!
Repeated inscription failures had not only shattered Li Qing's confidence, but had also drained every last trace of spirituality from the Heart Protection Plate.
Looking at the Heart Protection Plate that had lost its spirituality in his hand, as well as the completely empty spiritual power within his body, Li Qing's heart was filled with frustration.
Artifact refinement was not as simple as you imagined!
Smack!
Li Qing could not help but fling the Heart Protection Plate down viciously, but he quickly picked it back up obediently.
Fortunately, he was in a place with a spirit vein, where the spiritual energy in the world around him was rich, so the spiritual power in his body recovered quite quickly as well.
Sweeping away the frustration in his heart, Li Qing sat down cross-legged once more and began restoring his spiritual power.
After quite a while, the spiritual power in Li Qing's body became full once again.
"The biggest problem at present should be my choice of spirit inscriptions. Trying to inscribe spirit inscriptions of both metal and earth attributes at the same time is still rather difficult for me."
"Forget it. I should prioritize inscribing the earth-attribute spirit inscriptions. It doesn't matter if the first magical artifact I refine is a little crude. It is an Inferior Magical Artifact to begin with, so there is no point in demanding so much."
After simply reviewing and reassessing an entire afternoon of attempts, Li Qing quickly found the crux of his problem.
As dusk approached, Li Qing did not intend to continue.
He carried a jar of fine wine out of the courtyard. That was right—he was going to visit the old miner living in Courtyard Sixteen of District C.
There were only a brief ten-odd days left until the