[After returning to the Southern Region, you carefully examined your gains from this expedition one by one...]
[Although you had not obtained a treasure like Hexi Amber, you felt no dissatisfaction. Besides the congealed flesh formed from the Fallen Immortal Monarch, you had also found two rare supreme treasures and a wondrous place called "Lianbing Spring."]
[Lianbing Spring was the name you had given it. You had already tested its exact abilities: it was a marvelous place capable of tempering away the wear on artifacts, weapons, and armor. Though supreme treasures were powerful, after evenly matched, fierce battles, they still had a chance of suffering varying degrees of damage.]
[If such damage was left for the artifact spirit to repair on its own, it would take a very long time. Yet if one wished to accelerate the repairs, not only would one need an Artifact Refiner of considerable attainment, but the resources consumed would also be far from insignificant.]
[Though you rarely clashed with others and had not fought many fierce battles, you were no stranger to such damage. In the past, you had always chosen the latter option and had Ye Ping'an repair them for you. Especially after Ye Ping'an became a Supreme Dao Artifact Master, his repair speed had become even faster, only a hair slower than this Lianbing Spring.]
[With an Artifact Refiner like Ye Ping'an at your side, Lianbing Spring would normally be little more than chicken ribs to you. At most, you could use it as a favor and help friends whose artifacts had suffered damage.]
[Yet it had another great use: it could assist Ye Ping'an in artifact refinement, raising the quality of the artifacts he forged. This was because, during the refining process, the materials being tempered could also develop their own marks