Chapter 445 - 329: Writing a Book (2)
Not all the Elders approved of the meeting’s final decision.
However, the decision’s contents were usually agreed upon by the majority of Elders. The related details would then be sent to the Sect Leader and the Supreme Elders. As long as there were no major issues with the decisions concerning the Four Peaks, Three Halls, and Two Institutes, the Sect Leader and Supreme Elders would typically just give them a cursory review.
After the meeting ended, Fang Yun spoke up.
"Fellow Elders, if you wish to refine Spiritual Artifacts to deal with Ghost Cultivators in the future, you can come find me."
"Elder Fang is truly impressive. He can even refine Spiritual Artifacts to deal with Ghost Cultivators now."
"The likelihood of a Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivator making a move is low right now, but it never hurts to be prepared."
"I’ll stick to focusing on dealing with Demons."
After Fang Yun’s statement, the meeting hall on Battle Peak once again filled with chatter.
For them, the fact that Fang Yun could now refine Spiritual Artifacts to counter Ghost Cultivators was simultaneously surprising and expected.
It was surprising how quickly Fang Yun had managed it, but not surprising that he had succeeded. Given his astonishing talent in Artifact Refining, he was bound to figure it out eventually.
After leaving Battle Peak, Fang Yun returned to his cave residence.
He planned to start writing a book on Artifact Refining, which would also include some of his own experiences.
He would call the book the *Demon-Breaking Hundred Refinements Technique*!
This was a name he’d decided on long ago.
In recent years, he had been refining fewer and fewer Magical Artifacts to deal with Demons. Sometimes, an entire year would pass without him refining a single Upper-Grade Magical Artifact for that purpose.
This was mainly a matter of time management.
Once this Artifact Refining book he was writing was released, he wanted the sect’s Artifact Refining Elders to study it well.
With his ever-growing experience, he had become intimately familiar with refining Upper-Grade Magical Artifacts to counter Demons. This expertise was the key to writing a book that other Artifact Refining Elders could understand. After sufficient practice, they too would be able to successfully refine such artifacts.
Because the required skill level for Artifact Refining was high, this book couldn’t be borrowed by Artifact Refining disciples. One had to become an Artifact Refining Elder of Artifact Casting Peak to be qualified to borrow it.
Once the Artifact Refining Elders could refine Upper-Grade Magical Artifacts to counter Demons, the number of such artifacts in the Artifact Pavilion would increase, and their prices would become relatively cheaper.
Ink, brushes, paper, and an inkstone were all prepared.
Fang Yun had always had poor handwriting ever since he was a child.
But now, he didn’t need to write by hand.
He controlled the brush with his Spiritual Power, and with the simple assistance of his Divine Sense, characters materialized on the paper one by one, following his thoughts.
First, he wrote a general overview of refining Magical Artifacts to counter Demons.
The introductory content was just supplementary. The crucial part was the middle section on how to perform the refinement, and the final part was a summary of his experiences.
The writing process started smoothly.
But when he reached the middle section, the paper on his desk spontaneously combusted without any warning, turning to ash in an instant.
’Can’t ordinary paper record this?’
Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, but he quickly accepted the reality of the situation.
He had thought that his method for refining Magical Artifacts to counter Demons was no different from many other Artifact Refining insights.
But the scene before him told him it wasn’t that simple.
If ordinary paper couldn’t record it, then he would have to use a blank Jade Scroll.
The main Spiritual Material used to make Jade Scrolls was typically Jade Bamboo. The grade of the Jade Bamboo determined how much information it could hold.
Blank Jade Scrolls were sold at the sect’s Library Pavilion.
After a quick trip there and back, Fang Yun returned with two blank Jade Scrolls in his hand.
The two blank Jade Scrolls were of different qualities. The inferior one cost three hundred Sect Contribution Points, while the better one cost two thousand.
His method was just for refining Magical Artifacts to counter Demons, not yet at the level of Spiritual Artifacts. Normally, the inferior Jade Scroll should have been sufficient.
The reason he got a better one as well was just in case.
"This time, it should be fine."
As he spoke, Fang Yun pressed the blank Jade Scroll to the center of his forehead.
Previously, when writing down the method, he had mainly used Spiritual Power, with his Divine Sense as a supplement.
Now, writing on the Jade Scroll required mainly his Divine Sense, with his Spiritual Power playing a supporting role.
In terms of writing speed, the former method was slower, but in terms of ease, it was far less taxing than the latter.
A long time later, Fang Yun lowered the Jade Scroll, his face somewhat pale.
’I’ve never been this exhausted, not even when refining a Magical Treasure.’
The consumption of his Divine Sense was immense. If he hadn’t broken through to the Peak of Foundation Establishment, which had strengthened his Divine Sense again, he wouldn’t have been able to finish writing it all in one go and would have needed multiple sessions.
’After being read about five times, this Jade Scroll will be useless.’
Fang Yun glanced at the slightly changed Jade Scroll in his hand. After putting it away, he prepared to rest.
’I originally thought it wouldn’t matter if the borrowing fee for my book was low. But now it can’t be too cheap. Of course, there’s no need for it to be too expensive either. At the end of the day, this is for the good of the sect. If I follow the sect’s normal rules, I’ll just be earning a fee for my hard work.’
Ordinary books could be borrowed many times; as long as they weren’t damaged, they could be borrowed indefinitely. The content recorded on a Jade Scroll, however, was already vastly different in this regard.
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「Celestial Cloud Sect, Library Pavilion.」
Yuan Yining, an Elder of Artifact Casting Peak, was here.
She was currently the youngest Elder on Artifact Casting Peak, not yet fifty years old.
With her considerable talent in Artifact Refining, she was fast at earning Spirit Stones and Contribution Points. By the time she reached the peak of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, she was able to purchase a Middle-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill to help her break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Middle-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills could be exchanged for or purchased within the sect.
The biggest restriction for them regarding Middle-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills was the price. If one wasn’t diligent enough, it was difficult to save up enough Spirit Stones and Contribution Points to buy one before the age of sixty.
Yuan Yining was at the Library Pavilion today because of a notice sent to the Elders of Artifact Casting Peak.
Elder Fang Yun had finished compiling the method for refining Magical Artifacts to counter Demons, and it was available for access on the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion.
Any book placed on the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion was not recorded on ordinary paper.
This was enough to show that the content Elder Fang Yun had compiled was anything but simple.
Upon arriving on the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion, Yuan Yining immediately began to search for the Jade Scroll compiled by Fang Yun.
Before long, she found her target.
"One thousand Contribution Points per viewing."
Yuan Yining looked at the borrowing price listed below.
’Elder Fang Yun set the price too low. The refinement of Magical Artifacts to counter Demons is extremely advanced Artifact Refining knowledge. Within the sect, a viewing price of just under two thousand Contribution Points for this kind of knowledge would be perfectly reasonable. If this were available in the Outer Sect, it would be difficult to purchase for less than ten thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.’
Yuan Yining took out the Token from her waist and placed it on the designated spot. One thousand Sect Contribution Points were deducted from her Token, and the protective cover over the Jade Scroll opened.
This simple Array also had the ability to count viewings.
A single borrowing could only use up one viewing chance.
The Array supposedly had this function added for a reason. In the past, an Elder had borrowed a Jade Scroll. Another Elder who also needed it took the opportunity to use it as well to save on Contribution Points. After they were discovered, both Elders were punished. Afterward, the Array was upgraded with this new ability.
Yuan Yining pressed the Jade Scroll to the center of her forehead and began to absorb its contents.
’This is so much easier to understand than what Elder Guo explained.’
Regarding the refining of Magical Artifacts to counter Demons, Yuan Yining knew that Elder Fang Yun had previously demonstrated it for Elder Xiong, who had then passed the corresponding method on to the other Elders.
Yuan Yining also knew the general refining process, having heard about it from Elder Guo.
The information she had heard was vastly inferior to the knowledge being transmitted directly into her Sea of Consciousness from the Jade Scroll.
With his greater refining experience, Fang Yun had managed to describe the method for refining Magical Artifacts against Demons in a much more clear and understandable way.
At the end of the Jade Scroll’s contents, Fang Yun had also thoughtfully included a note, stating that even after mastering the content, it was normal to fail a few times when first attempting to refine a Magical Artifact to counter Demons.
"Once you accumulate more experience in refining these specific artifacts, you will better understand the key points in the information."
Yuan Yining lowered the Jade Scroll.
The small protective barrier closed again.
At this moment, Yuan Yining already had a goal in mind.
Once she finished gathering the materials, she planned to begin her attempts at refining, striving to get results as quickly as possible.
She was still quite confident in her own talent for Artifact Refining.