"Fine!" Xue Xue said helplessly at the sight of Xiao Hua's smug face. She slowly walked outside the palace, found a spot, sat cross-legged, and continued cultivating.
"All right, let this young master see... what this ancient artifact-refining secret art of the Xiaoyu Continent, Artifact Refining Under Heaven, actually contains!" Xiao Hua smiled. "I wonder how it differs from this young master's Artifact Refining Under Heaven!"
Over the next several dozen days, Xiao Hua read through the dozen-odd stone walls containing the entire Artifact Refining Under Heaven, carefully committing it all to memory before studying it in detail. Only after combining its contents with the Artifact Refining Under Heaven in his memories did he realize that the two had no direct connection at all—they were fundamentally two different things! Yet though they lacked any direct connection, they also contained material that complemented each other.
The Artifact Refining Under Heaven in Xiao Hua's memories recorded methods for forging all kinds of magical artifacts, while the Artifact Refining Under Heaven on these stone walls recorded the general principles and techniques of artifact refinement. These techniques were collectively known as the Five Elements artifact refining techniques! They were the fundamental principles of refining artifacts through the five elements of Gold Wood Water Fire Earth! This artifact-refining compendium was absolutely a hundred times stronger than the artifact-refining compendium Xiao Hua had only just recalled alongside Artifact Refining Under Heaven—the difference was like clouds and mud!
"Excellent!" Xiao Hua scratched his ears and cheeks in delight, nearly jumping up. He had read quite a few artifact-refining techniques and gained some understanding from them. He had even considered refining artifacts himself to repair the Town Cloud Seal. Yet he had never undergone any systematic training, so there were inevitably gaps and oversights. But now things were