At that moment, only Ren and Yun Zhongzi remained in the quiet courtyard!
Ren drank his wine without a word, then rose. "Uncle-Master... since we have nothing to do, how about I find you a new disciple?"
"A new disciple? Why would I want another? Lei Zhenzi alone gives me enough headaches!" Yun Zhongzi kept his eyes on the military manual.
Ren shrugged and smiled. "A disciple who can inherit your Artifact Refining Art!"
Yun Zhongzi immediately looked up at him. "What? A disciple to inherit my Artifact Refining Art? Who? In this chaotic Primordial World, someone actually likes refining artifacts?"
Yun Zhongzi had a point. The Primordial World was so chaotic now that cultivators pursued powerful methods and divine abilities to survive it!
That was why hardly anyone devoted themselves to studying the Artifact Refining Art or Alchemy Art anymore!
Ren chuckled. "Don't worry. The disciple I've found for you definitely loves refining artifacts!"
He tossed out the humanoid piece of Pure Ore. The ore contained not a trace of Dao Rhyme, but it had fused with Boundless Heavenly Venerable's Primordial Spirit. Now he was absorbing Spiritual Qi and using Nine Secrets: Bing to temper himself, cultivating his own body as though it were a Spirit Treasure!
At the sight of him, Yun Zhongzi's eyes lit up. "Pure Ore! An unblemished Innate material containing no Dao Rhyme at all actually developed Sentience! And from the look of him, he's using artifact-refining methods to temper himself—treating his own body as the material!"
With Yun Zhongzi's experience, he saw through the situation at once!
Ren smiled. "Uncle-Master, what do you think of this disciple? His cultivation method is a forging method. He treats himself as material and forges himself into a Spirit Treasure. He's following the path of Man-Artifact Unity! Isn't