Chapter Eighty-four Speed is the Fastest

  More than two hours later, Kong Fang walked up the stone steps of the underground refining room. He glanced around and found that he was actually the first one to come out. The corner of his mouth suddenly revealed a wry smile. He had deliberately delayed his time, even cultivating for a while in the refining room, but unexpectedly, he was still the first one to come out.

  Under a giant tree more than thirty meters in front of Kong Fangzheng, the green elder Mu Xingzong and the middle-aged man from before sat facing each other, both of them were playing chess, while the young man was diligently pouring tea for the two.

  A middle-aged man held a chess piece in his hand, with a hesitant expression on his face, unsure where to place it for the time being. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone coming out of the underground refining room, and a hint of joy flashed across his eyes. Seizing the opportunity, he hastily threw the chess piece into the box.

  "Elder, someone has come out, let's stop the game here for now." The middle-aged man's face flashed a hint of embarrassment, but quickly returned to normal.

  "You're about to lose, yet you still refuse to concede." The old man Qingmu shook his head in dismay, but a faint smile hung on his face, clearly not taking the outcome seriously.

  Then, Elder Qingmu turned his head to look at the exit of the underground refining room. When he saw Kong Fang standing at the entrance with a relaxed expression, a hint of surprise flashed in Elder Qingmu's eyes. He smiled and said: "Brother, you don't seem very old, but your refining speed is quite fast. Since others haven't come out yet, why not take out the refined weapon and armor for us to appreciate together?"

  This time's refining task is to refine a weapon and an armor, but the materials given are four times more. If I fail consecutively for four times, even if Mu Xing Sect doesn't drive me away, as a refining sect disciple who refines weapons and armors, I will definitely not have the face to stay here anymore.

  Kong Fang smiled calmly and walked over directly.

  "That little guy has made a fool of himself." Kong Fang said with a wave of his hand, and suddenly there was a pile of things on the ground. In addition to one weapon and one armor, there were also three sets of equipment materials.

  The old man Aoki, the middle-aged man and the young man standing beside him, did not focus their attention on the weapons and armor refined by Kong Fang, but instead stared at the remaining three sets of refining materials, with a look of surprise flashing in their eyes.

  After a few breaths, the old man Qingmu looked up at Kong Fang with some surprise and asked: "You only used one material to successfully refine both a weapon and armor?"

  Kong Fang was taken aback, the three materials and weapons as well as armor were all placed on the ground, even a child could understand it, yet a respected elder would ask him such a 'simple' question.

  Kong Fang's success rate was one hundred percent, and over time he got used to it, neglecting that others didn't have the same success rate. Therefore, in Kong Fang's view, having three remaining materials was normal, but in the eyes of Qingmu Changlao and the other two, it was somewhat different, otherwise they wouldn't have looked so surprised.

  However, Kong Fang quickly reacted and smiled: "Today's state is relatively good, so it was successfully refined at once."

  "I see." The old man nodded slightly.

  The surprise in the eyes of middle-aged and young people has also disappeared, apparently acknowledging this explanation.

  Aoki elder raised his hand and beckoned, the weapons and armor flew into his hands, while the middle-aged man stored the remaining three materials on the ground into a storage ring.

  After carefully examining the weapon and armor, Qingmu Elder nodded in satisfaction, smiling and saying: "Fellow Taoist's refining skills are indeed extraordinary, this refined weapon and armor can be considered very good even among lower-grade Post-Heavenly Spirit Treasures." He then turned to the young man standing beside him and said: "Zifeng, take Fellow Taoist to 'Muhua Residence' to rest first."

  "Follow me, fellow Taoist," said Zǐ Fēng with a smile.

  Kong Fangchong nodded slightly and followed the young Zi Feng out.

  Kong Fang and Zi Feng had not gone far when another person emerged from the underground refining room. This was a slender man who looked to be around thirty years old, with a deep gaze that gave people a very steady feeling.

  A lean man had just come out of the underground refining room and saw Kong Fang and Zi Feng leaving, his eyes lingering on Kong Fang's back for a moment. The lean man was slightly startled, "I've seen this person before, he should also be one of the twenty-four people who received the task, but... how could his refining speed be faster than mine?"

  A thin man named Wang Wei, has been a disciple of the inner hall for six years. Although Wang Wei still can't refine middle-grade post-heavenly spiritual treasures, his speed in refining lower-grade post-heavenly spiritual treasures is extremely fast, and as such, he also has some reputation among the disciples of the inner hall.

  But what surprised Wang Yun was that he actually found someone who could refine equipment faster than him today. He had an ultra-long play today, and with just one set of materials, he successfully refined both the weapon and armor. On the premise of succeeding in one go, Wang Yun's refining speed was extremely fast, so when he came out of the underground refining room, Wang Yun thought he was the first person to come out, but unexpectedly, there was already someone in front of him.

  "Could it be that he failed in his refining?" This thought had just emerged from Wang Yun's mind when he quickly extinguished it, "No, if he fails once, he won't come out now. At the very least, he will only come out after exhausting all four sets of materials."

  ……

  Kong Fang followed Zi Feng to the Muhua Residence, which was actually a treehouse built directly under a giant tree. The Muhua Residence covered an extremely large area and could easily accommodate dozens of people at once.

  Inside the wooden house, there were many tables and chairs. On the wooden table, all kinds of delicious food and fine wines were placed.

  " Fellow Daoist, please rest here first. Let's wait for the others to come out of the Refining Chamber and then we can discuss the refining matters with you."

  "Alright." Kong Fang nodded.

  After Dèng Zǐ Fēng left, Kǒng Fāng found a corner seat and sat down to savor the fine wine and food on the wooden table.

  Before long, Wang Wei also arrived here. As soon as he entered the Muhua residence, Wang Wei's eyes began to scan around, and when he found Kong Fang in the corner, a strange light flashed in his eyes, but he didn't walk over, instead finding a seat in the middle.

  In the next hour or two, people kept coming to Muhua House. Familiar faces sat together, savoring the delicious food provided by Muxing Sect while chatting casually. Many people noticed Kong Fang sitting in the corner, but no one went over to him. First, they didn't know Kong Fang, and second, Kong Fang was mistaken for a nobody, so no one wanted to come over and make friends with him.

  In the entire Mu Hua residence, there were more people around Wang Wei than anyone else. However, Wang Wei would occasionally glance at Kong Fang, who was sitting in a corner with a calm expression, enjoying his food. He couldn't help but feel curious - why was Kong Fang's equipment refinement speed even faster than his own?

  After a while, the blue-robed youth and the flame-armored youth who had met Kong Fang before also arrived at Muhua Residence. As soon as they entered Muhua Residence, they saw Wang Wei sitting in the middle position.

  The two of them lit up and immediately walked towards Wang Wei.

  "This time after refining the inferior product, Tianling Treasure must be another first success of Master Wangsun." The young man with flame armor said with a smile.

  "It goes without saying that Wang Yun's equipment refinement speed is well-known for being fast, he must be the first to complete the task. Moreover, if Wang Yun wasn't the first person to complete the task, how could he possibly sit in the middle position?" The young man in green robes also began to flatter.

  Wang Wei's face turned red, and his eyes involuntarily drifted towards Kong Fang in the corner.

  Seeing Wang Yun's abnormality, several people at the same table as Wang Yun, including the youth in cyan long gown and the youth in flame armor, couldn't help but follow Wang Yun's gaze to look over.

  When they saw Kong Fang, both the blue-robed youth and the flame-armored youth exclaimed in unison, "He's actually here too."

  "Do you know him?" Wang Yun asked immediately, he was very curious about Kong Fang, but since they didn't know each other, it wasn't good to go over directly. Now that the Flame Armor youth and the Cyan Robe youth seemed to know Kong Fang, Wang Yun's curiosity could no longer be suppressed.