A Nine-Tribulation supreme treasure? The Wuji Apricot-Yellow Banner?
Another Divine Venerable, Mingyou, who was acquainted with Qinglin, smiled upon hearing this. "Brother Qinglin, your artifact-refining skills are among the best of us all. Since the treasure has been destroyed and lost all spirituality, why not melt it down and reforge it? Use this damaged banner as a foundation, add better divine materials, and refine a new one. With your abilities, refining a new Nine-Tribulation defensive supreme treasure should not be difficult, should it? Why insist on repairing this old object?"
Qinglin Divine Venerable shook his head. "You do not understand, Fellow Daoist. If it were an ordinary treasure, melting it down and reforging it would naturally be the best course. But this banner... holds extraordinary significance. My master's artifact-refining methods were unique, and more importantly, it contains a distinctive Dao resonance that I have yet to comprehend. Even if I wished to melt it down and reforge it, I could not do so. Of course, if I abandoned the original spiritual materials and chose entirely new ones, that would be no different from refining a new treasure. That is not what I want."
"Oh? Is it truly so difficult? Let me have a look." Divine Venerable Mingyou's curiosity was piqued.
Qinglin Divine Venerable handed over the dim, battered little apricot-yellow banner.
After receiving it, the Divine Venerable's expression turned solemn. He carefully examined it with his Divine Sense, lightly rubbing the banner's surface with his fingers as he sensed its material and the remaining internal law structure.
At first, his expression remained calm, but the more he examined it, the tighter his brows drew together.
A moment later, undisguised astonishment and confusion appeared on his face. He looked up at Qinglin, his voice filled with incomprehension. "Brother Qinglin, you... you