This was no place to ponder a Law Treasure, so Ruan Zhi put it away for the time being.
After paying their respects to the old man, the group headed toward the next trial.
"Heroine Xiao Zhi, how exactly does this barehanded Artifact Refining of yours work?" Song Yan could not help asking before they had gone far.
"That's a long story."
Ruan Zhi explained, "Back when I was beneath the Spirit Abyss, I studied many, many texts on Artifact Refining to forge a weapon that suited me."
"But back then, whether I wanted to forge a weapon or repair one, I had to go to the D-sector fire-refining area."
"Later, after we left the Spirit Abyss, my Flying Sword broke during my travels. I had some materials on hand, so I wanted to find an Artifact Refining Workshop to repair it."
She recalled, "I never expected that the moment the thought occurred to me, I could melt the refining materials directly."
"Then I repaired the Flying Sword according to what I had in mind."
"..."
Even after hearing her explanation, Song Yan still found it inconceivable.
The art of Artifact Refining, like pill refining, talisman inscription, and formation laying, held boundless intricacies.
Who knew how many pioneers like Yan Bo had worked tirelessly to study this path, seeking ways to break through its shackles?
Only then had the Artifact Refining methods circulating in the Cultivation World today come into being.
Even though Ruan Zhi had spent centuries studying Artifact Refining texts beneath the Spirit Abyss in a mechanical body, an ordinary cultivator probably still could not refine artifacts so effortlessly.
She did not even need a treasure-refining flame, and she was astonishingly fast.
Song Yan had never heard of anything like it.
"My guess is that it has something