One month later.
Inside the Artifact Refining Room of his cave abode on Pure Fire Peak, a snow-white banner about a foot long slowly rotated in the air above the Earthfire Furnace.
On the floor near the furnace, Little White, the second-tier mutated Iron-Head Crocodile, was opening his mouth to spew clouds of white cold qi, pouring them continuously into the banner.
Under the combined influence of water and fire, wisps of water mist curled from the snow-white banner's surface one moment, and strands of gentle wind emerged the next. Occasionally, clusters of thunder light even appeared.
It was actually an exceedingly rare magical artifact with three attributes.
With a solemn expression, Wang Yu controlled a slender, pale silver needle, inscribing a white talisman inscription onto the banner.
When the silver needle completed its final stroke, the entire banner hummed. Forty-one silver talisman inscriptions appeared at once, while clouds billowed across its surface and fierce winds gusted.
"All right, Little White. This Wind-and-Cloud Banner will be your life-bound magical artifact from now on.
"I've inscribed three kinds of spell patterns on it: thunder light, water mist, and gentle wind. Although they're all only first-tier spells, they perfectly match your innate abilities.
"As long as you nurture it diligently, it should have no trouble becoming a high-grade magical artifact. It might even have a chance of advancing to supreme grade." Wang Yu beckoned, and the silver Inscription Needle landed in his hand. He turned toward the white spirit beast beside him as he spoke.
The Wind-and-Cloud Banner used several rare second-tier spirit materials, along with a second-tier spirit inscription diagram incorporating a Composite Spell. Only after more than a dozen attempts in the Login Interface had he finally managed to refine it in the outside world as a middle-grade magical artifact