Chapter 264: Cloud Lake Gathering, geniuses assemble—"Please vote with your monthly tickets!"
Xu Deling had an exceptionally deep foundation in the artifact refining path.
Her artifact refining methods came from the Elder Azure Dragon Sect's artifact refining inheritance. Though they were not the very best, they still ranked among the finest.
She cultivated the Golden Core volume of the Scarlet Emperor Fire Sovereign Scripture, a supreme cultivation method that led all the way to Mahayana.
Few fire-type cultivation methods could surpass it in the control and comprehension of flames.
Firecloud Valley's unique terrain made it an excellent treasure ground for artifact refining.
The flames used in refining were also Golden Core-level true flames, perfectly capable of melting third-rank materials and the like.
Xu Deling's spiritual consciousness had reached the Golden Core level, no different from that of a Golden Core early stage cultivator.
After comprehending second-tier artifact runes, her natural talent allowed her to study other runes more efficiently. Even Firecloud True Person did not know how many kinds of second-tier artifact runes she had comprehended.
Ordinary artifact refining grandmasters might not even match her understanding of artifact runes.
Compared with Golden Core-stage artifact refining grandmasters, Xu Deling lacked only their magic power and the oppressive aura of a Golden Core.
All these foundations gave Xu Deling the confidence to choose an alchemy furnace as her very first magic treasure!
Once she succeeded, her artifact refining skill would even approach Firecloud True Person's.
After all, Firecloud True Person was only a third-rank low-grade artifact refiner, albeit one with a higher success rate than his ordinary peers.
However, after obtaining the Azure Dragon Sect's artifact refining inheritance, he was not far from being able to produce mid-grade magic treasures.
Even the lifebound magic treasures of many Golden Core late stage cultivators