Chapter 129 Hidden Rewards
"Lin, the Storekeeper, the Blood Shadow Sect, Waning Sun Gate, Mysterious Darkness Cult, Magic Spirit Sect, and Blood Separation Sect all entered the Supervisory Immortal Office today," reported the Lonely Old Man when he visited the Refiner’s Workshop. "They brought many Heaven-sent individuals, presumably those they kidnapped en route..."
"Oh, how are the preparations for the Exhibition of the Incomplete going?" Lin Bai was engrossed in engraving an Array on a ring-shaped Magic Artifact, not even raising his head. Having mastered the basic theory of Arrays, the Array on the Wind-breaking Sword no longer held any secrets for him.
Since it was their first meeting, Tong Cha couldn’t possibly have given him a top-tier Magic Treasure. Engraved on the body of the Wind-breaking Sword was a simple amplification Array, its principle similar to that of a miniature amplifier.
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There are many basic Arrays that can be engraved on weapons, such as augmentation Arrays, attribute add-ons, energy storage Arrays, and so on.
What type of Array is engraved on a Magic Treasure depends on the material itself.
For weapons like swords or sabers, sharpness, amplification, and fire attribute enhancements are most common, while for shields and armor, robustness, protection, and earth attribute enhancements are most prevalent.
Whether an Array can be engraved on a Magic Artifact depends on the proficiency of the Artifact Refiner. Most Artifact Refiners tend to fail at this step, as a slight tremor of the hand can ruin a beautifully forged weapon.
If a weapon made from rare Artifact Refining materials is destroyed, its chances of being successfully reforged are extremely low.
Therefore, in the Immortal World, Artifact Refiners are as precious as Alchemists.
Those who can design Arrays based on the weapon’s own attributes are masters. Those who can both design Arrays and perfectly engrave them on Magic Artifacts are esteemed grandmasters of Artifact Refining.
It is said that within the Spirit Artifact Pavilion, only the Sect Master is a grandmaster in Artifact Refining.