"Remarkable. It's your first time trying this, and you've already managed to attune yourself to it. You have a fine talent."
Lu Bu Fan smiled and nodded, praising him inwardly.
Before long, his smile faded. After successfully merging with the first starburst, Xu Yi began merging with them faster and faster. When the seventeenth starburst merged, the spirit jade cracked with a snap.
"What a pity."
Xu Yi sighed. When he began merging with the seventeenth starburst, he'd already felt something was wrong. That tranquil resonance had developed a flaw. Sure enough, even the slightest imperfection was enough to make the refinement fail.
Suddenly, Xu Yi noticed that the three of them had fallen silent. He turned around and frowned. "You three, I'm only just starting out. I may be making slow progress, but there's no need to look at me like that." The three of them had been wearing the same astonished expressions the whole time.
At his sharp question, the three finally came to their senses. Lu Bu Fan let out a heavy sigh. "I've never met a monster like you. No one can maintain that degree of balance between the five-element magical power and the embryo on their first attempt. Tell me honestly, have you studied how to carve a magic channel?"
Xu Yi said, "To be honest, I've never studied how to carve a magic channel, but I've done some research into alchemy and talisman-making. I think the process of carving a magic channel has a great deal in common with certain parts of alchemy and talisman-making, so I found it fairly easy to pick up. I just didn't expect to fail before I'd even finished refining the fire-element magical power. It's embarrassing."
"Embarrassing? If you're embarrassed, what does that make me?"
Lu Bu Fan snapped