"Oh!" Yun Xiaozhi curiously nodded his head and followed Chen Zhuo into the room, with Li Mu close behind.

Inside the room, an elderly man with white hair and beard was hosting a Golden Core female cultivator, who appeared to be around thirty years old, with a handsome appearance and dressed in a red gown.

"Senior Sister Ling, when did you return?" Yun Xiaozhi asked in surprise upon seeing the female cultivator in the red gown.

"Just came back, asking Elder Yin to refine a spiritual artifact. What, Junior Brother Yun, are you here for artifact refining as well?" the red-gown female cultivator asked with a gentle smile.

"No! Elder Yin, this is an artifact refining grandmaster I know, Li Mu. He agreed to join our sect under my enthusiastic invitation, and I'm here to bring him for the sect entrance examination." Yun Xiaozhi shook his head, pulled Li Mu forward, and introduced him to Elder Yin.

"Hmm!" Yin Xianwen withheld his smile and looked at the young man introduced by Yun Xiaozhi with a hint of surprise.

The young cultivator before him had Foundation Establishment cultivation, but his bone age seemed quite young, making Yin Xianwen somewhat skeptical of Yun Xiaozhi's words.

"Cloud True Inheritance, is this true? Are you certain this young brother can refine a Tier Four Spiritual Artifact?" Yin Xianwen seriously assessed for a moment before asking Yun Xiaozhi.

"Of course, this artifact is the Ruyi Seal I commissioned from Master Li." Yun Xiaozhi smiled slightly and took out a creamy white small square seal from his storage bag to present it to Yin Xianwen.

Seeing the Tier Four Square Seal Spiritual Artifact in Yun Xiaozhi's hand, Yin Xianwen couldn't help but be impressed and eagerly said, "Cloud True Inheritance, may I take a look at this artifact?"

Yun Xiaozhi nodded and handed it over.

Yin Xianwen took the Ruyi Seal and infused his divine sense into it, examining the artifact base and patterns, muttering evaluations to himself, "The materials are tightly combined, the refinement quality has been achieved, hmm, the artifact base is very stable, maybe a bit cautious. Eh! Why use these patterns, it's a bit wasteful!"

"Why did you use unnecessary patterns on this spiritual artifact? Like Hidden Breath, Object Simulation... these patterns are flashy but lacking substance, wasting the artifact's power!" Yin Xianwen questioned Li Mu after checking the Ruyi Seal's patterns.

"Elder Yin, this artifact has other uses, and that's what I specially instructed. That's why Master Li refined it this way." Yun Xiaozhi interjected with a smile.

"I see!" Yin Xianwen nodded, looking at Yun Xiaozhi, and then nodded again, "If this artifact is truly his work, he'd fit well as an artifact refining elder in our sect!"

"Come with me to the artifact refining room!" With that, Yin Xianwen excitedly invited Li Mu.

Li Mu glanced at Yun Xiaozhi.

Yun Xiaozhi nodded with a smile and accompanied Li Mu to the artifact refining room.

The eyes of the red-gown female cultivator flashed with a hint of curiosity as she followed them to the artifact refining room.

Inside the enormous artifact refining room, in the center stood an imposing refining furnace with a double dragon relief, crafted from purple gold material, emanating authority.

"The Double Dragon Purple Gold Refining Furnace, its base is the same as the Hundred Refinement Tower and can mobilize the suppressed Nine Nether Spirit Flame. Feel free to refine boldly here! Burning Tier Six refining materials won't be an issue." Yin Changming smiled and gestured.

"Hmm! May I ask, Elder Yin, is this Nine Nether Spirit Flame considered Celestial Fire?" Li Mu nodded and asked with concern.

"Celestial Fire? Not quite, it's still just about Tier Five Spiritual Fire." Yin Xianwen frowned and explained.

After that, Yin Xianwen took out a materials storage bag and handed it to Li Mu, "Materials are here, use freely as you wish. This examination has no specific requirements; you may freely exhibit your skill. You get two refining attempts. As long as you can successfully refine a Tier Four lower grade spiritual artifact, you will be considered qualified."

Li Mu accepted the storage bag and gave it a glance, finding an abundance of Tier Four materials, making this examination not too challenging.

Li Mu nodded at Elder Yin, thought for a moment, and started refining.

He infused his divine sense into the storage bag, and pieces of Supreme Profound Sinking Gold, Ink Jade Spirit Crystal, Taiyi Killing Gold flew out successively, entering the Double Dragon Purple Gold Refining Furnace.

The Double Dragon Purple Gold Refining Furnace's dragons seemed alive as they danced on the surface of the purple gold furnace. In the next moment, a terrifyingly hot cyan flame flared up inside the furnace.

Soon, under the flame of Nine Nether Spirit Flame, the pieces of Tier Four spirit ore inside rapidly transformed into several clusters of metallic liquid, silently suspended inside the refining furnace under Li Mu's divine sense, shrunk in size as their mixed impurities swiftly separated out, and the metallic liquid clusters began to interact, mix, and consolidate, as if an invisible hand were stirring the metal liquid within the refining furnace.

Seeing the mixture nearing completion, Li Mu condensed his Spiritual Power True Essence of the gold element and repeatedly infused it into the metal liquid clusters, establishing the artifact base.

With Elder Yin and two other Golden Core cultivators watching him refine, Li Mu decided to hold back, opting not to use the Divine Refining Spirit Fusion Technique, but instead used conventional means of mixing materials and forming the artifact base.

As Li Mu continued to infuse gold element spiritual power, the metallic liquid inside the purple gold refining furnace gradually cooled and solidified, slowly revealing its shape, a five-foot-long Cyan Peak Giant Sword.

He carefully removed the sword embryo from the refining furnace.

Li Mu took out his old refining tool from the storage bag, a Spiritual Hammer, and began to forge the sword embryo, infusing spiritual power, aiding the formation of the artifact patterns.

"Buzz" went the sword's vibration with each hammer strike, the first pattern condensed, and the sword embryo emitted vibrant spirit light, celebrating its new life.

Li Mu continued forcefully, continuing the forging and spiritual infusion, forming the second pattern - sharpness, the third pattern - spirit taming, and more.

So fast!

The sword embryo vibrated repeatedly, with one pattern forming after another.

"Elder Yin, is artifact refining this simple?" Ling Hongyu asked in some surprise, observing Li Mu's artifact refining setup.

"Simple, where is it simple! When forming the artifact embryo, mixing several refining materials must not be chaotic, the base pattern inscriptions must be refined to the depths, spiritual qi needs precise control for the formation of patterns! Every step requires a huge consumption of divine sense, with extremely strict demands on spiritual power control, where is that simple!" Yin Xianwen replied with some irritation.

"I see him forming patterns so easily, one after another." Ling Hongyu nodded and exclaimed.

"That's because his foundational artifact refining skills are incredibly solid and proficient, simplifying the complex into the simple! Achieving such artifact refining skill at this age is truly remarkable!" Yin Xianwen explained with admiration, seeing a beauty in his artifact refining.

The speed at which patterns were condensed was quick and accurate, the precision in controlling the spiritual power, and the proficiency in forming patterns, made it simply like a machine - effortlessly efficient.

Such exceptional talent, such solid foundational skills in artifact refining, is the reason one can refine to this extent.

Yin Xianwen was delighted with what he saw, his eyes brightened with joy.

He asked himself, at Li Mu's age, let alone refining Tier Three spiritual artifacts, even Tier Two would have been difficult, not to mention refining with such speed and forming patterns!

A true treasure!

Yun Xiaozhi, you've brought a precious talent to Hundred Refinement Peak!

Yin Xianwen was lost in thought.

The forging platform flashed with spirit light, "Buzz!" went the sword's sharp cry as the Cyan Peak Giant Sword emitted a piercing sword cry!

The artifact is formed!

"Clang!" Li Mu was forced back several steps by the sword qi released from the Cyan Peak Giant Sword.

Yun Xiaozhi quickly stepped forward, reached out with his hand and grasped the spirited Cyan Peak Giant Sword, prepared to escape, full of joy.

"Junior Brother, are you alright?" Yun Xiaozhi held the Cyan Peak Giant Sword steady, pulling back its sword intent, and asked Li Mu with concern.

"I'm fine!" Li Mu smiled and nodded, then looked at Yin Xianwen, "Elder Yin, did I pass the examination?"

"Passed! Definitely passed! A Tier Four High-grade Spirit Sword, congratulations on becoming the youngest artifact refining elder of our sect." Yin Xianwen nodded repeatedly, congratulating Li Mu.

Having said this, Yin Xianwen reached out to Yun Xiaozhi, "Cloud True Inheritance, may I see the spirit sword!"

"Uh! Elder Yin, this spirit sword suits me perfectly. Would it be possible…" Yun Xiaozhi reluctantly handed the Cyan Peak Giant Sword over, speaking hesitantly.

"Of course, no problem. Recommending Master Li to join our Hundred Refinement Peak is a great achievement, and upon confirmation, this sword will be gifted to Cloud True Inheritance." Yin Xianwen interrupted with a smile, then looked at Li Mu with a smile and revealed, "Master Li refined this sword, probably to give back to Cloud True Inheritance, right?"

"Is that so!" Yun Xiaozhi was overjoyed, looking towards Li Mu for confirmation.

Li Mu smiled slightly and nodded, "If Elder Yin is unwilling to gift it, I'll refine another one for Senior Brother Yun in the future."

"Hahaha, indeed! In the future, I'll be relying on Junior Brother Li for artifact refining!" Yun Xiaozhi realized with joy and decisively handed the Cyan Peak Giant Sword to Yin Xianwen.

Seeing this, the red-gown female cultivator couldn't help but show a hint of envy on her face. With Yun Xiaozhi and Master Li's good relationship, he will never worry about spiritual artifacts again.

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