Class Reunion

Above Pingjiang.

A firework slowly rose, blossoming into beautiful light in the sky.

From afar, it looked like dazzling fireworks. Only up close did one realize it was not fireworks at all...

"Failed again..." Jiang Ran held a clump of gray-black artifact-refining residue, somewhat helpless.

He had to admit that he had been too confident before.

Artifact refinement was not simply a matter of calculating an artifact's costs and selling price to turn a profit.

—Artifact refinement had a success rate too!

Water-method artifact refinement was highly efficient.

Over nearly a month, Jiang Ran had basically refined artifacts two or three times a day.

Unfortunately, during the first ten days, he had not succeeded even once.

The one-shot success of the "Blue Armor" had been more like "newcomer protection," or perhaps a "beginner's reward."

Later, Jiang Ran reflected deeply and kept reviewing his mistakes, finally finding the root of the problem.

In the end, his standards had simply been too high.

Strictly speaking, Ninth-Level spiritual materials did not yet count as true Qi Assimilation spiritual materials. Forcefully elevating them to the level of Supreme Dharma Artifacts with the Qi-Absorption Path's refining techniques and Fourth-Order True Qi meant failure was only normal.

Still, Jiang Ran was not discouraged.

After all, he did not want to produce a certain number of finished artifacts. He only wanted to use this opportunity to improve his artifact-refining skills.

Failure was also a good thing. Every failure brought fresh insight.

Jiang Ran's artifact-refining skills steadily improved through repeated failures.

By around the twentieth day, he could already succeed once in roughly every ten attempts.

Ten percent—that was the success rate for Supreme Dharma Artifacts.

If he were refining ordinary Ninth-Level Dharma Artifacts instead, the success rate would increase severalfold.

"More or less enough. There isn't enough