The Coffin Nail's Backup Plan
Wu Datong's words made Heavenly Venerable Miaoyang cry out in surprise, and he looked at Wu Tao in puzzlement.
Though Wu Tao's expression was calm, his heart stirred slightly. Wu Datong is indeed worthy of being a Ninth-Order Artifact Refiner. On the Dao of artifact refining, he has reached the peak of the mortal level.
When Artifact Refiners were at Tier 1, they used Starfire Stone. Refining artifacts with Starfire Stone year-round would stain their bodies with the Fire Attribute scent of Starfire Stone. At that point, Artifact Refiners who dealt with Starfire Stone all year long, or higher-level Artifact Refiners, could keenly smell the Starfire Stone scent on another person and know that the other party was a Tier 1 Artifact Refiner.
And when they reached Tier 2, Artifact Refiners had to refine artifacts with Earth Fire. Earth Fire also belonged to refining with external flame, and it would likewise carry an Earth Fire attribute scent. But once they reached Tier 3 Artifact Refiner and cultivated True Fire, then Tier 4 and Tier 5 refined artifacts with the Fire of the Primordial Spirit, the aura of external fire on their bodies would slowly dissipate.
As a Ninth-Order Artifact Refiner, Wu Datong had probably sensed on Wu Tao a kind of Magic Treasure scent that came from frequently refining Magic Treasures.
Seeing Wu Tao's calm expression, then seeing Heavenly Venerable Miaoyang's startled look, Wu Datong turned to Heavenly Venerable Miaoyang and said, "Miaoyang, isn't he a disciple of your Xuyang Sect? How is it that he's an Artifact Refiner and you didn't even know? He should be a Tier 5 high-grade Artifact Refiner."
Heavenly Venerable Miaoyang looked a little embarrassed by Wu Datong's words, but thinking that Wu Tao belonged to Liuyang Sect, a subordinate