Chapter 954: Chapter 595: Mi Yue’s Confidence (Part 2)

"I can understand Elder Long’s pursuit of a handy weapon, and I also wanted to try helping Master Cui solve this problem, but I failed."

"Since I failed, I have no right to become Master Cui’s disciple."

As Mi Yue said this, a trace of loneliness appeared on his face.

"Become Master Cui’s disciple?"

Lu Lin froze for a moment, then realized that the Master Cui in Mi Yue’s mouth was Cui Baohe.

At once he mentally filled in the scene of a refining genius, Mi Yue, wanting to take Cui Baohe as his master, but being despised by the other party. Yet Mi Yue refused to give up; after being pestered to the point of annoyance, Cui Baohe simply threw him an impossible task.

This Master Cui indeed had a strange personality.

He wouldn’t even accept a genius like Mi Yue.

"Yes, Master Cui gave me this task. At that time I was confident I could complete it, but after years of research, I could only produce such a failure."

"The reason I insisted on putting this Refining Hammer up for auction at this Reward Treasure Conference was that I wanted to find someone who could give me some advice." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"I just didn’t expect this Refining Hammer to go round and round, almost end up unsold, and actually get bought by Brother Lu."

"Brother Lu, this Refining Hammer is useless to you. How about I return the ten thousand Star Stones to you? Of course, I’m not going back on my word—what I promised before about refining Star Devices for you three times, I will still keep."

"No need."

Lu Lin refused on the spot.

When he bid on this Refining Hammer, his original thought was to see if he could gain some inspiration from it, so he could later help Elder Long obtain a weapon he was satisfied with.

Even if that didn’t work out, he could send this Refining Hammer to the federation and let the many Star Device Masters there study it together, pool their wisdom, and learn about, understand, and study the level of refining in Longyuan World from the hammer’s materials, structure, design concept, and so on.

Return it? Not only unnecessary, but impossible.

This was something Refining Master Mi Yue had racked his brains to create; it was priceless.

"I really like this Refining Hammer. After all, I didn’t know before that it was refined by Master Mi Yue; I bought it purely because I liked it, so you don’t have to feel bad."

"But, Mi Yue, why do you want to become Master Cui Baohe’s disciple? From what I know, although Master Cui’s refining skills are decent, there are people on Refining Star Mountain whose skills surpass his."

"Brother Lu, please don’t speak of Master Cui like that."

"Master Cui is the true Refining Master in my eyes. He is a Heaven-endowed Genius, his ideas are ingenious, he is fair and upright, and he is wholly devoted to Refining. Every word and action of Master Cui is a model for me. I take Master Cui as my goal and will work hard to become someone like him in the future."

This...

Hearing Mi Yue talk like this, Lu Lin started to doubt whether the Cui Baohe he knew and the Master Cui in Mi Yue’s mouth were really the same person.

Aside from his indeed powerful refining ability, there wasn’t a single point on Cui Baohe that matched what Mi Yue just said.

"Sorry, Brother Lu, I just got a bit too worked up."

"Since I failed to complete Master Cui’s task this time, I think I will never be able to become his disciple. This time, I also intend to completely give up on that idea."

"Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Brother Lu, do you have any Star Devices you need refined right now? Whether it’s weapons, armor, a Flying Boat, or a treasure ship, anything is fine."

"Uh..."

Lu Lin thought for a moment. His main weapons right now were the broken knife, and his armor was the silver wire armor. As for special treasures, there were Eight Mountains Suppressing Bull and Nine Tribulations Captive Bull. Other than that, Lu Lin didn’t really need much.

Of course, if he had a treasure ship, he did want to go take a look at the Nether Sea and the Nether Sea Dragon Palace.

"Mi Yue, wait a second."

Lu Lin took out the broken knife and handed it to Mi Yue. "This knife was already broken from the time I started cultivation. I don’t know if you can help me restore it."

Lu Lin had once heard Chen Buming say that this broken knife was a weapon used by the Saber Demon and that its name was Xue Xi.

Mi Yue took it and examined it carefully. At first, there was still a faint trace of confidence on his face, but that confidence quickly turned into loss, then disappointment, and finally embarrassment.

His face flushed red and he said awkwardly, "Brother Lu, this broken knife... I—I can’t repair it."

"Oh, it’s fine, I have another set of armor."

Lu Lin’s silver wire armor was in the same class as the Eyes of Broken Delusion and the Ancient Desolate Clock. Although it was a treasure obtained by a mere small Ma Family, it could not be underestimated.

Relying on the Eyes of Broken Delusion, Lu Lin had been able to raise his ability all the way up to what it was now.

The silver wire armor definitely wouldn’t be worse than that.

It was just that when collecting the silver wire armor back then, Lu Lin had only forged it up to the level of silver wire armor in order to preserve the lives of those few ancient clan members.

Wanting to raise it to the strongest gold silk level would probably be very difficult.

"This armor I should be able to repair. Its grade isn’t very high, only Seventh Grade, but the way it’s structured is quite clever. I’ve never seen anything like it before."

"Brother Lu, if you’re not in a hurry, wait on Refining Star Mountain for half a month. I’m confident I can raise it to Nine Grade, maybe even Ninth Grade Extreme."

"Oh, really?"

"That’s great."

Lu Lin was overjoyed; he hadn’t expected the turning point for the silver wire armor to be here.

If only the Eyes of Broken Delusion in his Consciousness Universe could be taken out, Lu Lin would have Mi Yue help him upgrade that as well.

"Wait a moment, Brother Lu."

Just as Lu Lin was rejoicing, Mi Yue suddenly cut him off with a grave expression.

"Brother Lu, if I’m not mistaken, this silver wire armor of yours has already undergone Soul Refining, right?"

Mi Yue raised his head, his expression rather unsightly.

"Mm, probably. I don’t really understand the details."

"What’s wrong, is there a problem?"

Lu Lin asked carefully.

"Yes, there is a problem, and a big one at that."

Lu Lin’s heart skipped a beat. Although he hadn’t used this silver wire armor much, it was after all a treasure that had already bonded and recognized a Master. If there really was a problem, he had to hurry up and dissolve that bond.

"Brother Lu, any Star Device that has undergone Soul Refining can no longer be modified or adjusted. It can only be nurtured together with its Master in order to raise its own level; there’s no other way to change it."

"In the future, Brother Lu should wear this armor as much as possible in battle. With time, it will naturally raise its grade."

"In other words, this armor is another thing I... can’t refine or upgrade."

So that’s how it was.

This time, Lu Lin’s heart finally settled back into his chest.

It was just that he’d taken out two Star Devices in a row and Mi Yue had said he couldn’t refine either of them. This time not only did Mi Yue feel embarrassed, even Lu Lin didn’t know whether he should keep taking things out or not.

Seeing Lu Lin like this, Mi Yue steeled his heart as well.

He was, after all, the leading figure among the New Stars of Tool Refining of this generation. His refining ability was even comparable to that of some ordinary Elders. The broken knife Lu Lin took out, he couldn’t even understand how it was made, and the other silver wire armor had undergone special Soul Refining. He refused to believe Lu Lin still had other, even stranger treasures.

"Brother Lu, just take them out and let me have a look."

"Alright."

Lu Lin agreed and took out Nine Tribulations Captive Bull and Eight Mountains Suppressing Bull from his Storage Ring.

Damn!

The moment he saw these two treasures, the always-shy Mi Yue nearly burst out swearing.

These were World Treasures, treasures that a small world had bred using the whole world’s World Power. And he, a Refiner, was supposed to repair and upgrade them?

What a joke.

If Lu Lin hadn’t personally invited him over, Mi Yue would have suspected that Lu Lin had come just to mess with him.

Mi Yue’s hands trembled as he handed the two treasures back to Lu Lin.

"Brother Lu, your treasures are... way too high-end. I—I really can’t do anything."

Seeing Mi Yue like this, Lu Lin also felt embarrassed.

But he truly didn’t have any other treasures on him.

After putting his things away, Lu Lin had just opened his mouth to speak when a voice came from the sky.

"Hahaha, kid, now you know the gap, don’t you?"