Chapter 965: Chapter 600: Traveling with Elder Cheng Yu, Elder Long Receives a Treasure (Part 2)

Fortunately, Lu Lin didn’t care much about these things. He took out a bed, 1.8 meters long, from his Storage Ring and lay comfortably on it, falling asleep quickly.

Speaking of which, Lu Lin, who had reached the Star Lord Peak, should not get tired so quickly. Cultivators don’t need to adjust their biological clocks. The reason he fell asleep so quickly was that Lu Lin hadn’t rested well for over a year.

During this year, he had been tackling the most challenging process of crafting a Ninth Grade Star Tool.

In fact, he could make Ninth Grade Star Devices a year ago, but back then, his technique was still very unfamiliar. Combining three high-level Star Runes was particularly difficult. Although Lu Lin could produce Ninth Grade Star Devices, he often had to fail two or three times before succeeding once.

His skills were actually enough to sell his work at the Refining Star Treasure Appreciation Conference, but Lu Lin wasn’t satisfied with just reaching this level. He wanted to seek advice from Mi Yue, but Mi Yue was also exhausted from refining sand grains, so Lu Lin was too embarrassed to bother him. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Lu Lin could only ponder by himself, then visit other refiners to see how others crafted their Star Devices.

After arduous efforts over a year, Lu Lin could now achieve a 100% success rate in refining Ninth Grade Star Devices. However, throughout the year, he barely slept, learning and practicing in the Refining Room, with enormous consumption.

The Flying Boat sliced through the cloud layer, heading toward the Northwestern Domain.

Meanwhile, on Refining Star Mountain, Elder Long was also seeing the so-called "weapon."

"Cui, what do you mean by this?"

"It means either it works or it doesn’t. If you can’t refine it, according to your Refining Star Mountain rules, you owe me a tenfold refund. What’s the meaning of giving me a box of sand?"

"What, do you really think I’ve become so mild-tempered, practicing self-improvement, so I can’t wield a knife anymore?"

Elder Long huffed, his attitude fierce.

But Cui Baohe paid no mind to Elder Long’s demeanor. With one foot on the table, constantly shaking, he held a cup of tea with his right hand, sipping it leisurely, making smacking sounds.

This tea was brewed with the tea leaves Lu Lin gifted to Mi Yue.

After Mi Yue refined 10081 sand grains, he also gifted Cui Baohe the two cans of tea leaves Lu Lin gave him.

"Elder Long, you’re not young anymore, getting so worked up every day. Have a taste of the tea my disciple brewed."

"This tea is indeed..."

"Don’t give me this stuff. I just want to know, is this pile of sand your so-called masterpiece, Master Cui Baohe?"

Seeing Cui Baohe’s demeanor, Elder Long felt even angrier, standing up and shouting loudly.

"Heh heh, you’re missing out. This tea was gifted to Mi Yue by your precious disciple. If you don’t want to try it, that’s your loss."

Cui Baohe casually remarked, lowering his right foot from the table and holding the box of sand grains under Elder Long’s nose.

Suddenly, a unique aura of the Star Device enveloped him.

"Take a look, you old codger. Inside are 10081 metal grains of Grade 6 Stargear Level. They look like sand grains, but they’re about the same size as sand. Each metal grain is engraved with three Intermediate Star Runes and three Beginner Sigils."

Elder Long glanced at it, secretly shocked, but outwardly indifferent, even curling his lips, "You’re just wasting time. Did I really travel all this way for you to show me this just to brag about your treasure refining skills, Master Cui?"

"Ha ha, think what you will. I’m busy with work every day where would I find time to brag to you, an old geezer?"

"Besides, even if I were bragging, would you know what I was bragging about?"

"Huh."

Elder Long was at a loss for words because of what Cui Baohe said.

Cui Baohe was right. Regarding refining, Elder Long indeed knew nothing. If Cui Baohe truly wanted to flaunt, he wouldn’t have come to him.

So?

Could this box of sand, hmm, metallic sand, really be the kind of all-purpose, shape-shifting weapon Elder Long wanted?

Elder Long found it hard to believe.

"Ha ha, if you don’t understand, just watch carefully. Among these 10081 metal grains, apart from the engravings, there are nine types of chain links."

"Don’t glare. Even if you do, you wouldn’t understand how it was done. I’ll just tell you how to use it."

Cui Baohe disdainfully retorted, amusing Mi Yue who was standing behind. Luckily, Elder Long was focused on the sand grains and only glanced at Mi Yue momentarily.

"Cui Baohe, what can these nine chain links do?"

"What can they do?!"

"They can do quite a lot."

"Fine, let me demonstrate. After all, a guy like you who only knows fighting wouldn’t understand the principle behind it."

Cui Baohe remarked, then used Star Power to control these 10081 metal grains, making them float in the air. While Elder Long was thinking about how the geezer was flaunting his Star Power control again, suddenly—

The densely packed sand grains quickly coalesced, forming a dark red long sword before Elder Long could react.

"This is..."

Elder Long’s eyes widened.

"Ha ha."

Cui Baohe’s lips curled up, satisfied with Elder Long’s expression. This was exactly the effect he wanted.

This old codger from five thousand years ago, back when Cui Baohe was at the peak of his glory, gave him such an order, leaving Cui Baohe in low spirits for five thousand years, always trying to solve it.

Now, seeing Elder Long like this, Cui Baohe instantly felt all his frustrations of five thousand years fade away, thoroughly satisfied!

Then, under Cui Baohe’s control, the 10081 metal grains constantly changed shape, sometimes becoming a long sword, sometimes a battle knife, sometimes a long spear, or a short axe...

After demonstrating common weapons, Cui Baohe transformed them into various unique weapons.

Heavenly Frost Hook, Iron Folding Fan, dog-beating stick, Fine Steel Flute, Gold-bristle Brush...

Not just unique weapons, but even some hidden weapons and crossbows could be formed by these 10081 metallic sands, itching Elder Long’s heart as he watched.

"Ha ha, satisfied now?"

Cui Baohe asked proudly after retracting the metallic sand.

"Satisfied, very satisfied, truly worthy of being from Refining Star Mountain, oh no, truly worthy of being the First Tool Refiner of Longyuan World, Master Cui Baohe, indeed living up to his reputation. I am in admiration, truly admirable."

Finally, Elder Long was wholeheartedly convinced.

However, though he flattered Cui Baohe, his eyes never left the treasure box filled with metallic sand grains.

What had seemed worthless to him just now, now appeared to be his dream partner.

"Hey, old man, not sure if I can accept such lavish compliments."

"Speaking of which, these 10081 grains of sand weren’t personally refined by me. I just recently took on a disciple, and tasked her with this as an entry test. I didn’t expect she’d surprise me this much in just a few years."

Hearing her master’s praise, Mi Yue bashfully lowered her head, her heart filled with sweetness.

Previously, Cui Baohe treated Mi Yue with disdain, even disregarding her identity as Zou Butong’s daughter, showing extreme neglect.

Unexpectedly, now she just refined 10081 metal sand grains, and her master was so satisfied with her.

At this moment, Mi Yue felt all her efforts over the past ten years were worth it.

"Good, good, impressive, truly a great disciple from a great master. I never expected Master Cui Baohe, not only excelling at refining Star Devices, a top-notch in Longyuan World, but also in disciple training. Truly excellent, quite excellent. I, Elder Long, am in utter admiration."

Praises flowed like water from Elder Long’s mouth, and while such words sounded good initially, they became less interesting over time. Especially since no matter what he said, Elder Long’s gaze remained fixated on the treasure box in his hands.