Chapter 2: Is it a coincidence that I have the talent for refining equipment? Or am I just seeking thrills?

  Kong Fang's face was frozen with a silly smile, and he was directly stunned by this sudden news from the sky.

  Sun Hao, as an inner disciple, has successfully refined a spiritual treasure. This already shows that Sun Hao's innate talent is extremely formidable. The sect master bestowed upon such a talented disciple only the three-star soul-refining method, rather than the four-star or five-star methods. From this, it can be seen just how precious the soul-refining method is.

  Ke Kongfang not only possessed the Soul Refining Method in advance, but also had a starry sky with countless stars. This can no longer be evaluated by a few stars, but is a high-level soul refining method that transcends imagination.

  Kong Fang was in a daze, unsure how he had climbed halfway up the mountain, feeling as if he were walking on clouds, his feet light and floating, not subject to gravity, even the pain of his injuries temporarily forgotten.

  It wasn't until they were almost halfway up the mountain at Tianchudian that Kong suddenly woke up.

  His gaze swept around quickly, finding no one paying attention to him. Kong Fang let out a long sigh of relief. Having such a powerful soul-refining technique was certainly a good thing, but Kong Fang also understood the principle of "carrying a precious jade and inviting trouble". He didn't understand this world yet, and if there were strong individuals who could detect the anomalies in his mind, it would be big trouble.

  Therefore, Kong Fang immediately suppressed the excitement in his heart and made himself look ordinary so as not to attract attention from some powerful people.

  Kong Fangzheng, who had just regained his composure, was about to head towards the Tianchudian Hall not far away when he suddenly let out a startled cry and lifted his foot, only to put it back down again.

  "The injuries on my body have actually recovered more than half, from the foot of the mountain to the Tianchu Hall, it's only been a short time, and I've already recovered so much. This speed is too fast, right? Could it be... that the Soul Refining Method also has the effect of recovering from injuries?" Kong Fang thought to himself with surprise and delight.

  At this time, Kong Fang still looked battered and bruised, but the internal injuries inflicted by Zhao Yong had healed a lot.

  At this rate of recovery, it won't be long before Kong Fang's injuries are completely healed.

  However, Kong Fang fundamentally did not know that the soul-refining method was beneficial to the soul but had little effect on the body. His injuries were able to recover so quickly due to another reason. But Kong Fang, who didn't have much understanding of this world, simply didn't know this point.

  With no threat of injury, Kong Fang's heart was at ease, and he immediately headed towards the Tianchu Hall. Kong Fang's first goal now was to quickly collect some equipment materials and return to carefully study them, to see if he could refine a decent weapon through this assessment, otherwise his situation would be really dangerous.

  When Kong Fang walked to the front door of the Tianchu Hall, four people came out from inside and bumped into him.

  When they saw each other, both of them were stunned.

  Among the four, Kong Fang had some impression of the other three, but was not familiar with them. However, the young man walking in the middle left a deep impression on him, because this person was precisely Zhao Yong, who had snatched his Qingming Stone.

  Zhao Yong was stunned for a moment before quickly regaining his composure, his eyes narrowing slightly, his gaze cold and sinister, like a venomous snake staring at its prey.

  Then, Zhao Yong continued to move forward with three others, but when he passed by Kong Fang, he lowered his voice and said slowly: "Your life is really hard, I hope you can always be hard." Zhao Yong's voice was full of chill.

  Then, as if suddenly remembering something, Zhao Yong let out a strange laugh and said: "Without the Qingming Stone, with your current level of equipment refinement, you think you can pass this assessment? Tsk tsk." Zhao Yong shook his head, his face showing disdain. "After the assessment, I'll be waiting for you outside the Sect. Don't worry, I'll make sure to send you off properly. Who made you give me the Qingming Stone?" Zhao Yong smiled gloomily and left with the other three people.

  Kong Fang gazed at the backs of Zhao Yong and others as they left, a hint of chill slowly appearing in his eyes. Previously, he had some resentment towards Zhao Yong, but these resentments were mostly from the lingering obsessions in this body, Kong Fang himself didn't have too much feeling.

  But now it's different, Zhao Yong doesn't intend to let him off, this has already endangered his own life, and for the first time, a murderous intention appeared in Kong Fang's heart.

  "In the merged memories, there is a simple cultivation method, and now I also have an extremely powerful soul-refining technique. As long as I condense the 'divine soul', I can cultivate my magical powers, and it won't take long for me to reach the 'soul-calling' realm. At that time, Zhao Yong will no longer be my opponent, and I can find opportunities to eliminate this hidden danger once and for all." Kong Fang quickly formulated a simple plan in his mind.

  Qizong gave each new disciple a simple set of exercises, although this simple exercise could not let these new disciples reach the first realm of cultivation - 'Yin Hun' realm, after all, lacking the most important soul refining method. However, this exercise can make every new disciple discover their own talent, for example, some people have fire attribute talent, after cultivating this exercise, they can simply control the power of fire attribute.

  Kong Fang hastened his pace and entered the Tianchu Hall.

  There are many connected counters in the Tianchudang, and behind the counters are some male and female miscellaneous workers.

  Kong Fangdian went straight to an unmanned counter and handed over his ID, then said: "I'm here to collect the trial materials for the assessment."

  The woman behind the counter pulled out one of many scrolls, looked at it for a moment and nodded, then turned to get the refining materials. Kong Fang could only wait patiently in front of the counter.

  Just as Kong Fang was waiting to receive the refining materials, another person entered Tian Cang Hall. This was an old man wearing a purple short shirt, and as soon as he entered Tian Cang Hall, the temperature around him suddenly rose by several degrees.

  This change immediately caught the attention of everyone in the Tianchudang, and when they saw the purple-robed old man clearly, one by one they hurriedly bowed their heads to pay respects: "Greetings, Elder Xu."

  Although there was no information about this Mr. Xu in Kong Fang's memory, he also learned from others and paid his respects.

  Xu Chunyang nodded casually to everyone, but when he saw Kong Fang's tattered clothes and blood-stained body, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he walked towards Kong Fang under the surprised gaze of others.

  Kong Fang felt a bit apprehensive in his heart, the weakest of the elders in the Qizong had reached the 'Hualing Realm', he feared that this elder would see the abnormality in his mind.

  "Nice to meet you, Elder Xu." Kong Fang tried his best to appear calm.

  Xu Chunyang grunted and then furrowed his brow, staring at Kong Fang, which made Kong Fang's heart even more anxious.

  Just as Kong Fang thought Xu Chunyang had discovered his secret, Xu Chunyang suddenly spoke up.

  "With a physique that has only one meridian, it's hard to achieve great success in cultivation. Coming to my sect to learn the art of refining instruments is also not a bad idea, but..." Xǔ Chūnyáng's voice suddenly stopped here.

  Kong Fang was taken aback, staring at Xu Chunyang. He thought Xu had discovered the secret in his mind and was hastily thinking of a countermeasure, but unexpectedly, Xu mentioned his innate talent for cultivation instead.

  Xu Chunyang was frowning at him, Kong Fang hastily put away the surprise on his face and asked respectfully: "Excuse me, elder, just... what?"

  Xu Chunyang's expression suddenly became strange, "But, you, a person with the Earth Conductor's talent, ran to the Instrument Sect to refine instruments, what is the logic in that?" As the elder of the sect, Xu Chunyang was also somewhat perplexed and couldn't understand.

  It's no different for someone with earth-based talent to refine equipment, and for someone with fire-based talent to play with water, it's just looking for excitement when there's nothing else to do.

  Kong Fang himself was stunned on the spot, although he had merged with the original owner's memories of this body, but in a short time, he couldn't view all the memories at once. At this moment, hearing Xu Chunyang's words, Kong Fang felt like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, shaking him dizzy and disoriented.

  Although he had no innate talent for fire manipulation, he could still use the earth's fire to forge equipment, but he couldn't control the flames and fundamentally couldn't create any good weapons. But now Kong Fang was facing a test that only came once every two years, how could he possibly pass?

  Seeing Kong Fang's disheartened appearance, Xu Chunyang shook his head helplessly and left. In Xu Chunyang's opinion, without the innate talent for fire but running to the artifact sect to refine artifacts was simply a waste of energy.

  The others in the Tianchudang also heard Xu Chunyang's words, some people showed a sympathetic expression on their faces, but more people had a schadenfreude look.

  It wasn't until the female servant who had gone to fetch the refining equipment materials returned that Kong Fang finally came back to his senses.

  Kong Fang took the refining materials and headed back.

  "It's no wonder the original owner of this body was getting worse and worse, even his living quarters were separated from others. With a talent for earth element but came to refine equipment, it would be strange if he could get along well." Kong Fang felt suffocated in his heart, finding that everything had been going wrong since he crossed over. First, because of a precious refining material, he had offended Zhao Yong, an enemy, and then there was the sect's assessment looming, now even the capital to turn things around was gone, and yet another earth element talent appeared.

  Can this life be more miserable?

  "The sect's training method can uncover the potential of each individual, allowing new disciples to understand their innate talents. Others who discover they don't have fire-based talents will immediately leave the sect and join another, while the original owner of this body doesn't even know which meridian went wrong, possessing earth-based talents yet mixed in with the sect's crowd." Kong Fang felt a lump in his throat, but after a moment, his gaze suddenly froze.

  "I've got no way out now, either I refine a weapon that can pass the assessment or get expelled from the sect. It's just the Earthly Thunderbolt Talent, I don't believe I won't be able to refine a single weapon." Kong Fang gritted his teeth secretly.

  In fact, once Kong Fang is expelled from the sect, it will be extremely dangerous. In the sect, Zhao Yong dares to secretly deal with him, and without the protection of the sect, Zhao Yong will become even more unscrupulous.

  "This period of time, I must also seize the opportunity to cultivate, hoping to break through to the 'Soul Summoning Realm' and cultivate magical powers. With magical powers, I will at least have some ability to protect myself." Kong Fang was planning a way out for himself, with one more path meaning one more chance to survive.

  Although this is a detour, Kong Fang also understands that it is extremely difficult to cultivate his magical powers within a few days. Even if those geniuses with exceptional talents want to enter the realm of summoning souls and cultivate their magical powers, they need at least half a month or even a whole month, but he only has seven days left now.

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