Zhang Tie methodically practiced his Rune Refiner skills in the skill advancement area of the Time Tower, while the place where Yan Feiqing bathed kept changing as well...
In truth, even without Yan Feiqing, this would still have been a fascinating undertaking for Zhang Tie. Setting combat power aside, a Rune Refiner was almost someone who could bring the greatest changes to this world through wisdom and their own hands.
Pill Masters dealt with pills. Anything people could put into their stomachs could be considered part of a Pill Master's field of study.
Alchemists dealt with all kinds of stones—more specifically, gems, semiprecious stones, and crystals. For an Alchemist, "turning stone into gold" was the most fitting description of their abilities. Those gems, semiprecious stones, and crystals that had originally served mostly decorative purposes, after being processed by an Alchemist, were like objects that had been consecrated and had their seals broken. They gained miraculous effects. In terms of healing illnesses and strengthening the body, they could rival pills; in terms of enhancing equipment and improving its attributes, they were no weaker than runes. Of course, what made Alchemists most feared was their ability to make alchemical bombs. This ability was feared because alchemical bombs were, so far, the only items capable of killing knights under certain circumstances and environments.
Rune Refiners, on the other hand, dealt with metal.
In the early stages of the Rune Refiner profession, especially at the Craftsman Apprentice and craftsman levels, they seemed little different from factory technicians, engineers, or blacksmiths. Their work was difficult to distinguish completely. Toss a fledgling Rune Refiner into a blacksmith's shop or a factory, and it would be like tossing a drop of water into the sea—almost impossible to spot the difference.
At the intermediate stage of this profession,