Soon.
After carefully studying the matter, Lu Shi settled on a date: seven days later, far sooner than Wen Jiu had expected.
As far as Wen Jiu knew, crafting a standard Mid-grade Magic Tool took at least half a month.
But the Corpse-Raising Coffin wasn't a conventional artifact. Even the furnace fire couldn't be ordinary yang fire; it had to be yin fire. On top of that, there were all sorts of other details, so crafting it could easily take more than a month.
But now it would take only seven days.
This was undoubtedly good news for Wen Jiu.
It meant he could start cultivating the Three Fiends Walking Corpse ahead of schedule.
Good thing I ran into Brother Mu on this trip. Wen Jiu couldn't help reflecting inwardly.
Without Brother Mu's favor, if he'd asked an ordinary First-grade Mid-quality Artifact Refiner from the sect to make a Corpse-Raising Coffin, he had no idea how long it would take.
After confirming the details once more, Wen Jiu left two hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones and departed the Artifact Refining Tower.
A favor was a favor.
Lu Shi hadn't asked for a crafting fee, but Wen Jiu couldn't simply pay nothing.
Even in the sect, proper courtesies mattered. They laid the groundwork for the next meeting.
After all, even if Lu Shi really went to the main peak, that didn't mean they'd never meet again. And with his skill, Lu Shi would sooner or later become a First-grade High-grade Artifact Refiner. The Spirit Stones Wen Jiu left today would make it easier to approach him the next time.
Whatever happened, Wen Jiu had a better chance of getting Lu Shi's help with artifact crafting than those fellow disciples he'd never met.
After leaving the Artifact Refining Tower, Wen Jiu visited the