According to Zhao Di's information from the classics, the better the materials used for refining equipment, the higher the grade of the law enforcement equipment that can be refined, but the possibility of refinement failure is also greater.

  As a newcomer who had never refined any magical equipment before, he should have started with refining low-grade magical equipment and then gradually improved his refining skills before attempting to refine higher-grade magical equipment using high-quality materials.

  However, he only had less than two years of time and it was fundamentally impossible to start from scratch. Moreover, he didn't care about the waste of raw materials, so he decided to directly use the best materials at hand to start learning how to refine equipment.

  He discovered that by cultivating the essence of copper in a small cauldron, he could raise the quality of the essence to an extremely high level within a day and night, containing several times more spiritual energy than ordinary essence. Of course, this top-grade essence was something he didn't dare to reveal to others, nor did he dare to take out the artifacts refined from it.

  So, he still plans to use slightly inferior high-quality copper as the main material for refining equipment. This high-quality copper, for him, only needs to be cultivated in a small cauldron for one or two hours to easily obtain. For other refiners, it may take dozens of times of fine purification to get that piece.

  Zhao Di planned to refine his first magical weapon, a flying sword made of refined copper. Sword-type weapons were the most common attacking magical weapons, not only because they had decent power and were easy to control, but also because they were indeed the easiest to refine.

  To put it simply, the original material is melted into a liquid using earth fire or innate true fire, and then through spiritual operation, the molten liquid is pulled into the shape of flying knives and swords. Quickly cooling with spiritual spring water can obtain the rough embryo of knife and sword artifacts.

  Add some suitable attribute spirit stones, diamond sand and other auxiliary materials to the rough embryo, set up one or two simple small-scale magic arrays to enhance the power of the rough embryo, and also merge the spiritual energy of the spirit stone into it.

  Finally, engrave some runes on the rough sword embryo, seal several small auxiliary spells such as "Sharpness Technique", "Quickness Technique", and "Solidity Technique", and it can be considered that a piece of sword-type artifact has been made.

  In the expensive alchemy books Zhao Di bought, there were detailed records of the production of commonly used simple artifacts such as knives, rings, small shields and bows and arrows. Therefore, Zhao Di was still very confident in producing a fine bronze sword artifact.

  Day after day, month after month, Zhao Di embarked on a dull and arduous journey of refining his equipment.

  Apart from occasionally leaving for one or two hours every month, and attending the Kuai Ridge Street Trading Fair twice in between, Zhao Di had almost never left this mid-grade refining room.

  That Kuang Shifu was indeed a man of his word, and after handing over more than 100 pieces of ordinary fine copper and over 10 pieces of high-quality fine copper to Zhao Di in Zhao territory, he was so delighted that he rewarded Zhao Di with a jade slip engraved with some of his own insights on equipment refinement.

  Although this part of the heart is not complete, it is a rich experience of refining instruments. Some of them are even the unique experiences of the surname Kuang's cultivators themselves, which have never been recorded in other classics. For Zhao Di, who is learning to refine instruments, this is undoubtedly a timely help.

  As the price of obtaining the Jade Slate, Zhao Di also promised to help a certain Master Kuang refine a batch of low-grade artifacts after he had gained insight into the art of artifact refinement from the Jade Slate. Although this process took up a lot of his time, it greatly enriched his experience in refining artifacts.

  And in this year and a half of refining equipment, he has refined dozens of artifacts for himself, all of which are made with fine copper as the main material. The purpose of doing so is also to maximize the success rate.

  Among these dozens of fine bronze ritual vessels, seven or eight are his masterpieces, all of which are rare and precious ritual vessels that are hard to come by at the trading fair.

  The value of the wasted materials is terrifying, not to mention the cheap refined copper ore, and only the mid-grade golden attribute spirit stones that have been used in equipment refinement are as many as six or seven hundred!

  This is something that other artifact refiners cannot do. When refining middle and high-grade artifacts, they will never use a few pieces of mid-grade spirit stones together for refinement, but only low-grade spirit stones.

  The value of the middle-grade spirit stone itself is not lower than that of ordinary mid-grade artifacts, except for Zhao Di, I'm afraid there's no one else who would be willing to use a middle-grade spirit stone to refine a fine copper artifact.

  However, what made Zhao Di feel a little regretful was that without the help of the extreme-grade Spirit Dan, even with the assistance of infinite high-grade spirit stones, his basic cultivation technique remained stuck at the peak of the 11th layer of the Qi Refining stage and he couldn't break through this bottleneck to enter the 12th layer.

  Cultivation is not always as one wishes, otherwise high-level cultivators would not be so rare and precious. Having come to understand this point, Zhao Di felt relieved and after failing to break through the bottleneck several times in a row, he stopped wasting his time and left the alchemy room, riding on the Flying Feather artifact, he arrived at Iron Boat Peak.

  According to what he heard when he last came out of the refining room, it was not long ago that Jian Xiang'er successfully broke through the bottleneck of the 11th layer of the Qi Refining period with the help of a few pills given by her Shibo - an old man surnamed Sun, and became a Qi Refining period 12th layer cultivator. This also made Zhao Di truly happy for her.

  Zhao took out a transmission talisman, whispered a few words, and sent it into a restricted area in the middle of the Iron Boat Peak. Then he quietly waited in the air beside him.

  Not long after, two girls flew out of the restricted area. One was a lovely and mischievous-looking girl who made people want to pinch her cheeks, and she was very familiar to Zhao Di - it was Jian Xiner. The other was a slender and elegant girl with a stern expression in her beautiful eyes, but Zhao Di had never seen her before.

  "This is Jin Ye, Master Jin's sister. Master Jin, this is the extraordinary craftsman I mentioned earlier - Zhao Di." Jian Xiang'er immediately introduced him before Zhao Di could even ask a question.

  "I've seen the Golden Leaf Fairy!" Zhao Di bowed.

  "You don't have to be polite, Young Master Zhao." The young girl also returned a courtesy. Although she may not necessarily be older than Zhao Di in terms of age, her cultivation was at the 13th layer of the Refining Qi stage. In the immortal world where seniority is determined by one's cultivation level, it was only natural for her to address Zhao Di as "Younger Brother Zhao".

  Jian Xiner saw the two of them being overly polite and courteous, so she said: "Jin Shi Jie is like a sister to me, Wu Gen Ge has also grown up with us since childhood, we're all our own people, don't be too formal."

  "Not bad. Junior Brother Zhao must have something to discuss with Xiang'er, I'll head back to Longshou Valley first." The girl with the surname Jin raised her hand in a gesture of farewell to the two of them.

  "Walk slowly, fairy!"

  "Sister, remember to come and play with me often!"

  "This Miss Jin is a kind person, she has helped me several times and offended many people in the clan because of it!" Jian Xiang'er suddenly said as they watched the girl with the surname Jin leave.

  "Oh, what's going on? You never mentioned this before. Let's go to the Valley of Whispering Springs, there are fewer people there and I have something important to discuss with you." Zhao Di said, and the two flew towards the Valley of Whispering Springs together.

  All the way, Jian Xiner told Zhao Di about how she got to know and became friends with this golden teacher sister.

  This also mentions Zhao Di's acquaintance, Bai Chulei, who has made a breakthrough to the 13th layer of the Refining Qi stage in just two years and is only one step away from becoming a high-ranking Foundation Establishment cultivator. It's unclear whether it's due to his rapid progress in cultivation that he's become increasingly arrogant, but his harassment of Jian Xiang'er has also become more blatant.

  Jian Xiner usually hides in Sun Shibo's medicine garden on Tie Chuan Peak and doesn't dare to force his way out.

  However, when Jian Xiang'er left Tieshan Peak to help Sun Shibo with some small matters, she happened to run into this Bai Shixiong, who insisted on dragging her along to play at Jinxiu Valley. Jian Xiang'er refused in every way possible, but the other party wouldn't take no for an answer and even almost used force to take Jian Xiang'er away. Fortunately, just then, Golden Leaf Shijie happened to pass by and saw the two arguing, so she came over to help Jian Xiang'er uphold justice and chased that Bai Shixiong away.

  Jian Xiner and Jin Ye got to know each other because of this. Moreover, the Iron Boat Peak and Dragon Head Cliff where they lived were only separated by a small stream, very close, and the two often came and went, quickly becoming bosom friends.

  Jin Ye often came to chat with Jian Xiang Er, and whenever Jian Xiang Er was about to go out, she would try to drag Jin Ye along. This way, even if they encountered the troublesome Bai Shixiong, there was no need to be afraid.

  Zhaodi listened to Jian Xiang'er's words, and a surge of resentment rose in his heart. This Bai Chulei was really unaware of good and evil, Jian Xiang'er had already refused him many times, but he still clung to her like a pest, even daring to use force!

  He secretly planned how to make this White Martial Uncle disappear from the Tai Xu Gate forever.

  (First update, seeking collection and recommendation!)