Xu Yi had obtained the Minor Cloud Crane Art and cultivated Cloud Crane Pure Qi, but he had never managed to deepen his study of its forbidden-art-breaking and artifact-refining techniques.
This time, while researching the restrictions within the Crescent Moon Three Stars Seal so he could refine it, he unexpectedly discovered that those restrictions seemed to resonate with the forbidden-art-breaking techniques in the Minor Cloud Crane Art.
He immediately compared the two and tested them again and again, deepening his understanding with every experiment. By the time he had unraveled all the restrictions within the Crescent Moon Three Stars Seal, he had also gained a great deal from the forbidden-art-breaking chapter of the Minor Cloud Crane Art.
Even after being refined, the Crescent Moon Three Stars Seal remained a translucent white jade. But with a thought, Xu Yi could control its color as he pleased.
Xu Yi had no idea what the different colors of the seal signified, but he figured they would surely offer more wondrous uses than before, when he had not fully refined it.
After refining the Crescent Moon Three Stars Seal, Xu Yi emerged from seclusion. The sign outside his mountain gate asking visitors not to disturb him had barely been taken down when someone came to visit. It was Jiang Churan, who had brought two colleagues along to share a drink.
Ever since he had joined the Staff Department, Jiang Churan had been the first colleague Xu Yi had befriended, and the one he had spent the most time with afterward. Though Jiang Churan was loyal, their temperaments did not quite match. Still, Xu Yi had no objection to having more friends.
Xu Yi kept Jiang Churan and the others at Cangyou Peak, where they drank heartily through the night. The next day, Jiang Churan