Wang Daoyuan had initially taught himself the art of artifact refining, then received some guidance from True Man Lei Yan.
Later, he became True Man Lei Yan's disciple and learned most of the Baoding Lineage's artifact-refining methods.
He also obtained the artifact-refining inheritances of the Divine Refining Sect and Myriad Beast Valley, along with Forging Immortal's guidance. Though he had not fully mastered them all, he had learned quite a bit.
He himself had never been bound by sectarian prejudice when learning things. He used whatever worked well.
He could not be said to have completely fused the artifact-refining methods of those factions into one, but he had at least drawn broadly from their strengths.
Thus, to others, his artifact-refining methods appeared both brilliant and strange.
Lin Xiao nodded. "Fellow Daoist Wu truly possesses extraordinary talent. You learned so many incomplete artifact-refining methods, yet managed to form your own school.
"If you had a superior artifact-refining inheritance and guidance from a famous master, your achievements would likely be beyond imagination."
"You flatter me, Fellow Daoist Lin. Are you satisfied with these artifacts and pills?"
"Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied! Not to air my own dirty laundry, but even among the fifth-order high-grade artifact refiners in the Spirit Taming Sect, few can compare to you."
As he spoke, he took out a storage bag. "The market price of an Ink Dragon Water Splitting Sword is forty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones, while one Nine Deaths Returning Soul Pill costs five hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.
"This is your reward, Fellow Daoist Wu: thirteen thousand High-grade Spirit Stones in total."
Wang Daoyuan accepted the Universe Ring and asked, "What other artifacts does Fellow Daoist Lin need me to refine? You can bring more materials over at once.
"My artifact refining cauldron can nurture more