"Huff huff huff"

"Grrr grrr grrr"

Rough breathing and thunderous snoring intertwined into a delightful melody.

Chen Jiuge looked at Dabai sleeping on Bali's back with a frustrated expression, exclaiming, "You two slackers are actually being lazy again!"

Due to the division of the territory, Bai Li and the others needed to reclaim a new area. There was a large demand for weapons and elixirs, but unfortunately, there were very few artifact refiners in the Star Moon Tribe. Dabai had been rushing day and night to craft enough weapons.

After receiving Xiao Hong's report, it was estimated that there was a significant gap between the number of weapons expected to be crafted and those actually produced, prompting Chen Jiuge to personally check. What he found was Dabai snoozing away.

"Bang"

A kick woke Dabai, and Chen Jiuge shouted, "What are you doing? Where are the weapons you crafted?"

Dabai, still drowsy, rubbed his eyes and said, "What's the rush!"

"Pa"

"A thousand weapons, and you've only crafted a hundred? Isn't this cutting corners a bit too much, huh!" Chen Jiuge jabbed Dabai's forehead heavily.

"Ah, Master!"

Dabai looked distressed and said, "Master, the task is overwhelming. Even Yue Meng didn't produce that many elixirs!"

In alchemy, a single batch can yield multiples, but artifact refining requires forging one by one.

"And you have the nerve to say that if you'd put more effort into training some apprentices before, you'd be quite relaxed now!"

"And Bali, what are you doing here too!"

With such a commotion, Bali naturally woke up as well, shaking his head naively and said, "Because of this!"

"Boom"

A purple-red flame emerged in front of Chen Jiuge, and the scorching aura made him involuntarily step back. Then, sensing something unusual, he exclaimed in shock, "Is this the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire? It actually possesses such rich Life Aura!"

"Master, although I haven't crafted many weapons, look at this!"

Dabai hurriedly presented a gleaming dagger. Its appearance was quite ornamental, with considerable power contained within, but that wasn't the key; the key was the dagger harbored a life essence.

"Woo woo woo"

A tiny elf poked its head out of the dagger—this was an Artifact Spirit!

"You... you managed to refine an Artifact Spirit?" Chen Jiuge said in disbelief.

"Of course, I am Lord Dabai!"

"Be honest!" Chen Jiuge was speechless—everyone knew your character too well!

Dabai's yet-to-be-puffed chest suddenly deflated, sheepishly saying, "Bali's flame contains powerful life essence, I discovered weapons refined with his fire possess greater spirituality, and the emergence of the little elf was actually pure luck."

"Little elf?"

Chen Jiuge looked at the little elf, completely unafraid of strangers, staring at him with big dark eyes, and his anger subsided by half.

"Can you forge more like this?"

Dabai hesitated, then gritted his teeth and said, "It's possible, but it may take quite some time, and it's largely dependent on luck."

"Since that's the case, focus on crafting weapons like the little elf from now on. However, the current weapon shortage is urgent!"

"Here's the plan: while refining, train some ordinary artifact refiners. Production must keep up; this matter is crucial!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Alright then!"

Dabai reluctantly agreed.

"Come on, don't sulk. Do well, and there will be rewards!"

.........

The little elf was naturally taken away by Chen Jiuge.

Artifact Spirits aren't particularly rare, but the little elf was unlike any Artifact Spirit Chen Jiuge had ever seen—it seemed more spiritual, almost like an unknown life form.

"According to the Heavenly Gift Realm's suppression of immortal power, such an obviously alien artifact refining technique should not develop an Artifact Spirit!"

The emergence of the little elf was extraordinarily unusual, leading Chen Jiuge to suspect the Heavenly Gift Realm might be undergoing some unknown change.

"Woo woo woo"

Upon leaving the Artifact Refining Room for the first time, the little elf looked curiously at the vibrant scenery outside, and all kinds of people, constantly making sounds.

Under Chen Jiuge's watch, scattered light points from all around started converging, eventually being absorbed by the little elf.

"That's Red Dust Qi!"

"How is this possible; why can the little elf absorb Red Dust Qi!"

In the Immortal Realm, there are spiritual energy, immortal energy, and various potent mutated spiritual energy, but there is no Red Dust Qi, which only appears in the Mortal World. Cultivators with special cultivation methods must journey through the Mortal World to personally experience and gather Red Dust Qi.

But this isn't the Mortal World; Red Dust Qi shouldn't appear, let alone be absorbed by a newly born Artifact Spirit!

"I need to ask someone!"

After thinking it over, Chen Jiuge realized there was really only one person he could consult.

"How curious, this actually is an Artifact Spirit?"

Shuibing's cold, yet beautiful face was full of wonder—Artifact Spirits were not foreign to any cultivator.

The emergence of an Artifact Spirit in a Magic Artifact generally occurs in two ways: firstly, by using high-quality spiritual materials and the artifact refiner's exquisite techniques to completely preserve and merge the spirituality, which could result in an Artifact Spirit.

The second way is through the cultivator's long-term nurturing using their essence blood, filling the Magic Artifact with spirituality, eventually giving birth to an Artifact Spirit.

But regardless of the type of Artifact Spirit, they primarily rely on the Magic Artifact for existence. The abilities an Artifact Spirit can use are mainly the abilities of the Magic Artifact itself. Yet, the little elf broke this convention, being able to absorb Red Dust Qi, a power the dagger itself clearly lacked!