Chapter 49 The Last Pair of Fist Covers

  Kong Fang smiled and thanked him, then sat down.

  Jin Jiu and the other two sat on the stool, but the three of them looked at Kong Fang with a somewhat strange gaze. Kong Fang had successfully refined seven quasi-spiritual treasures using only the materials for refining eight weapons, and this success rate was really high to the point of being frightening. At least in all these years, Jin Jiu had never seen a disciple of the Qizong Neidan sect have such a high success rate.

  In the past, when disciples of the Instrument Sect's Inner Hall came to Lanyu Gate to refine treasures, if they only wasted a small portion of materials, Jinjiu would be delighted for half a day. Now, Kongfang had only wasted one-eighth of the materials but had refined seven quasi-spiritual treasures. This waste was too little in Jinjiu's eyes, after all, refining treasures without failure was unheard of, and wasting materials was quite normal.

  Jinjiu hated those who only lost half of the refined treasures, or even more than half of the materials, and the disciples of the instrument sect. Those people took the materials collected by Lan Xuanmen to practice their refining skills, so they were naturally not summoned.

  Wei Shou initially looked down on Kong Fang and Sun Hao, precisely because of this reason. As a result, when he discovered that Kong Fang had actually only consumed one-eighth of the materials yet refined seven quasi-spiritual treasures, Wei Shou's attitude suddenly made a 180-degree turn, becoming much more enthusiastic.

  "It's really worthy of being a high-ranking disciple from Huoyun Hall, this equipment-refining ability is not ordinary at all." Jin Jiu praised with a smile.

  Although Kong Fang initially boasted that he could refine the eight quasi-spiritual treasures with those materials, he ultimately failed. However, neither Jin Jiu, Wei Shou nor Zhao Bingxue mentioned this topic again. For them, Kong Fang's ability to refine seven quasi-spiritual treasures was already an unexpected delight, and they were still rejoicing over it. Why would they bring up the previous topic and embarrass Kong Fang, possibly even offending him?

  It's rare to meet an alchemy apprentice from the same sect with such high equipment refinement skills. Jinjiu is already trying to win him over, so why would he offend him? After all, Kong Fang was able to successfully refine a treasure that was half more valuable than others using the same amount of materials, which is extremely beneficial for Lanyuan Gate.

  Moreover, Jin Jiu, Wei Shou and Zhao Binglan thought that it was normal for Kong Fang to waste one material. If all of them were successful, that would be too astonishing. As far as Jin Jiu knew, among the equipment sects, only the direct disciples who had seen the head but not the tail of the divine dragon could achieve this, but which direct disciple with a higher status would lower their identity to refine quasi-spiritual treasures?

  In the absence of direct disciples, the inner disciples who can achieve such a high success rate are even more precious.

  "I thought you were like others, wasting a large amount of materials to refine the Quasi-Spiritual Treasure, so I said some unpleasant words earlier. Now, I apologize to you and hope you won't mind my previous nonsense." Wei Shou suddenly stood up and solemnly apologized to Kong Fang, while taking out a pale golden armor from his storage ring. A hint of physical pain flashed in Wei Shou's eyes, but he still held out the armor and presented it to Kong Fang, "Consider this as my apology gift."

  Jin Jiu looked at Wei Shou, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of admiration. He nodded slightly. Meeting an alchemy apprentice with such high skills from the same sect was worth making an effort to befriend, and in this regard, Wei Shou had done fairly well to Jin Jiu's satisfaction.

  Kong Fang stood up, smiling and blocking the armor handed over by Wei Shou, saying: "I understand Brother Wei's intention, but please take back this armor. Previously, Brother Wei was just misunderstood, now that it's clear, there's no need to do this."

  Wei Shou has already sincerely apologized, so Kong Fang naturally cannot be unaware of the situation. Besides, what happened before was not a big deal, if Kong Fang takes this opportunity to take the armor, it would seem a bit too greedy, let alone that Kong Fang had retaliated earlier, now he can't take the armor even more.

  Weiguard and Kongfang were at an impasse, one wanting to give in and the other refusing.

  Jin Jiu, sitting calmly to the side, smiled faintly and said: "Alright, you two don't need to push each other around for one suit of armor. Sit down now. Later, after Sun Hao finishes refining three pieces of lower-grade Tianling Treasures, I'll personally give both of you some extra rewards as a token of my goodwill. You two must accept them." Jin Jiu's smile was very warm and even his tone had become much more affectionate.

  Kong Fangxin understood that Jin Jiu was doing this to make amends and also to win him over, but since he didn't have to pay any price for it, he just smiled and nodded in agreement. "Then thank you, Senior Jin."

  "No need to be so formal, little brother. By the way, let's take a look at those seven Quasi-Spirit Treasures while we have some free time. I'd also like to see your exceptional refining skills." Jin Jiu said with a smile.

  Wei Shou and Zhao Binglan's eyes suddenly lit up, and they both felt a surge of anticipation in their hearts.

  "Alright." Kong Fang smiled and responded with a single word. With a flicker of thought, the eight weapons in his storage ring appeared before several people.

  Jin Jiu, Wei Shou and Zhao Binglan's eyes swept over the eight weapons, suddenly, the three of them were taken aback. Immediately afterwards, the three people's movements were uniform and consistent, and they scanned the eight weapons in front of them again.

  "How can there be eight? Didn't Little Brother only refine seven Quasi-Spirit Treasures?" Jin Jiu asked in surprise.

  "It's indeed the seven quasi-spiritual treasures, but that pair of fist guards had a bit of an unexpected outcome when they were being refined." Kong Fang pointed to the black fist guards placed at the back and smiled in response.

  Other weapons shone with different glows, but this pair of fist guards was black and dull in color, looking extremely ordinary.

  Jin Jiu San suddenly understood in his heart that this pair of boxing gloves must have been worn out by that person.

  Kong Fang looked at the expressions of the three people, secretly smiled in his heart, and did not explain. He just sat on the stool, slowly drinking tea.

  Jin Jiu and San Ren each picked up a weapon to examine it carefully, and when they found that the weapons in their hands were all top-notch items stored in Zhu Ling Bao, the joyful expressions on their faces suddenly became even more intense.

  After a while, the three of them had examined all seven Quasi-Spirit Treasures one by one. Jin Jiu put down the weapon in his hand and a happy smile appeared on his face.

  "The little brother's equipment refining ability is truly unmatched, I've never seen a disciple of the Equipment Sect as formidable as him before. Not only does he have an extremely high success rate, but even with ordinary materials, he can refine weapons that are considered top-notch even among quasi-spiritual treasures."

  "It's indeed very powerful." Zhao Binglan also chimed in, and she grasped the pair of Quasi-Spiritual Treasure-grade boxing gloves tightly in her hand, clearly extremely fond of them.

  "There's still one last pair of boxing gloves, isn't Senior Jin going to take a look?" Kong Fang took a sip of tea and asked with a faint smile.

  Jin Jiu looked at Kong Fang with some suspicion, then glanced again at the pair of dark and heavy boxing gloves placed at the back.

  Just now, when the three of them were checking their weapons, none of them touched that pair of fist covers, precisely because they didn't want to make Kong Fang feel embarrassed. Although Kong Fang took out the ruined fist covers, in Jin Jiu's and the other two's eyes, this was just Kong Fang trying to show that he hadn't embezzled their materials.

  But now Kong Fang actually took the initiative to ask them to check the boxing gloves, and his expression was not unnatural at all. On the contrary, he had a faint smile of self-confidence.

  Jinjiu found it strange, although the quality of a weapon couldn't be judged solely by its appearance, those black and gloomy boxing gloves looked really shoddy. Moreover, they were also defective, so whether he looked at them or not didn't matter much. Jinjiu was really puzzled as to what Kongfang was trying to do.

  Jinjiu, who was still hesitant in his heart, finally reached out and took the pair of dark boxing gloves, lowering his head to examine them carefully.

  Suddenly, Jin Jiu was stunned, and he looked up at Kong Fang in surprise, "This... this is a low-grade Post-Heaven Spirit Treasure?"

  "What's going on with the Lower Grade Heaven Spirit Treasure?" As soon as she heard this, Zhao Bingxue's fist, which had been clenched in her hand, suddenly dropped to the ground.

  Wei Shou's heart also skipped a beat, his eyes quickly falling on those dark and heavy boxing gloves.