In Xu Yi's eyes, this kind of study and refining divine weapons were two completely different things. Refining divine weapons was a monotonous, repetitive activity, dull and tedious, while deciphering Star Patterns was full of challenges. Even a tiny Star Pattern seemed to sparkle with flashes of wisdom at every turn, leaving Xu Yi utterly enthralled.
He didn't find it tiring in the slightest. On the contrary, he found it endlessly fascinating.
Xu Yi was immersed in the joy of his research and barely noticed how quickly time passed.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the morning of the twenty-ninth. Xu Yi stopped his work. Five dragons—gold, purple, black, white, and azure—now coiled across the Refining Furnace Embryo. Adorned by the five dragons, the entire furnace embryo seemed to take on a hint of the divine.
Without a doubt, he had cracked all five Subordinate Star Patterns on the No. 4 Star Refining Furnace.
Nearly a month of painstaking work had left Xu Yi's face visibly weary, but the excitement in his eyes had yet to fade.
"Don't get carried away, and don't even think about sleeping the day away. Hurry up and figure out how to clean up this mess."
The warning bell known as Huang Mei rang out once more.
Xu Yi jolted in alarm and sprang to his feet. He suddenly realized that all his work had created a problem.
First, at his urging, the five golden mandarin ducks inside the Star Pattern Jade Slip had vanished, replaced by five complete texts of Star Pattern restrictions.
Second, if the five perfect, five-colored dragons on the Refining Furnace Embryo before him were seen by anyone, it would be tantamount to announcing to the world that he, Xu, had completely cracked every Subordinate Star Pattern on