Chapter 60 The Path of Artifact Refining
Sun Wukong was able to quickly dispel the impatience in his heart, a feat that somewhat surprised Taishang Laojun, and also pleased him. He immediately began to teach.
"Since you wish to learn the path of artifact refining, let me first ask you, how much do you understand about magical treasures?" he asked.
"Disciple knows not much," Sun Wukong scratched his head, "I only know about spiritual treasures and ultimate treasures, innate, and acquired. My Ruyi Jingu Bang should be considered an acquired spiritual treasure."
"That staff of yours was originally crafted for the human Da Yu to control the waters," Taishang Laojun said with a smile, "It was an extremely high-grade innate spiritual treasure, albeit damaged, which I then refined into an acquired spiritual treasure,
and later, it gained significant power from the merit of controlling the waters, enough to match its original state as an extremely high-grade innate spiritual treasure.
The fact that you obtained it is also a matter of fate."
"In that case, disciple must also thank Grandmaster for bestowing upon me such a treasure," Sun Wukong said with a jesting bow, yet in his heart he mused that what Taishang Laojun said was no different from the instructions that came with the Ruyi Jingu Bang he had acquired previously.
"No need for thanks; divine weapons find their own masters," Taishang Laojun smiled, then added, "From what you just said, you do have some understanding of magical treasures, but it’s far from enough.
Specifically speaking, magical treasures can be divided into the categories of spiritual treasures and ultimate treasures in terms of strength.
In terms of origin, they can be divided into the categories of innate and acquired.