Chapter 482 - 351: Senior Brother, Have You Heard of the "Flowing Water Artifact Refining Technique"?_2

Chapter 482: Chapter 351: Senior Brother, Have You Heard of the “Flowing Water Artifact Refining Technique”?_2

“Ancestor, the Heavenly Mechanism Sect… isn’t short of Spirit Stones, nor do they need them. I’ve had some dealings with disciples of the Divine Craftsman Lineage before, and they are both very proud; almost everyone in the various lineages of the Sect pleads with them, and their tempers are quite bad.”

“You go and try first; as long as they are alive, they must want something – it’s just a matter of whether the stakes are high enough.”

Yang Genshuo simply didn’t believe a person could need nothing at all!

Yang Qiang complied and rode the Sect’s internal Transmission Array to the mountain of the Divine Craftsman Lineage.

After arriving at Divine Craftsman Mountain, a wave of heat assaulted him!

Mixed with the rich scent of Fire Spiritual Energy, it was almost like a liquid.

Yang Genshuo was also mapping out this new area for the first time. After all, within the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, he could only see a fixed range of 100 meters around Yang Qiang until now, and his knowledge of the Sect was extremely limited.

He only knew that this Sect… had few people, but was very powerful.

They dealt with all sorts of world-ending crises and the like.

At this moment, a scalding cloud of fire drifted down from the mountain and formed in front of Yang Qiang into the upper body of a ravishing fairy, with a standout strand of red hair on her head.

“Yang Qiang, what are you here for?”

“Senior Xiaoxiao, I’ve come to seek help from Senior Brother Da Fan and Senior Brother Xiao Fan in crafting some tools.”

“They’re busy, you should leave.”

The fiery cloud woman waved her hand, dismissing Yang Qiang.

Who was this?

Yang Genshuo opened this woman’s [Attribute Card].

[Divine Craftsman Mountain Artifact Spirit: Xiaoxiao]

[Cultivation: ???]

[Ability: ???]

[Attribute: ???]

[She is the Mountain Guardian Spirit of the Divine Craftsman Lineage of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, possessing many divine wonders and has fought side by side with the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, enjoying considerable fame within the Sect.]

“Damn question marks again!”

“The Heavenly Mechanism Sect is full of mysterious characters.”

Fortunately, though, this time there’s an introduction, but it’s not detected by the system; it’s added based on the content Yang Qiang himself knew.

From the brief introduction, Yang Genshuo also realized this Artifact Spirit was no simple being.

Only Spiritual Artifacts possess Artifact Spirits, and an Artifact Spirit can protect a Golden Core Immortal Clan for countless years.

This being is truly immortal; as long as the weapon remains unbroken, they will never die.

The very lowest level of Artifact Spirit is at the Golden Core Stage, and this Artifact Spirit that fought alongside the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect… must have lived for over 5000 years. Yang Genshuo felt that its cultivation level might even be higher than both of Yang Qiang’s masters.

“The Heavenly Mechanism Sect still harbors these ancient bigwigs…”

However, Yang Qiang wasn’t afraid of her at all. Instead, he said with a grin,

“Senior Xiaoxiao, I really do have an urgent matter that I need to ask the two senior brothers. Please, can you do me a favor?”

“What urgent matter? It’s nothing but ordering around my two grandsons, day in, day out… Your Ancestor had me working like an ox and horse for him all these years, and now my disciples are doing the same for the Sect, generation after generation. The Artifact Refining schedule is now booked for the next 50 years, get lost, get lost!”

Xiaoxiao grew increasingly angry as she spoke.

“Senior, my request is really a small one, something the senior brothers will find trivial! Or you could lend a hand, you’re idling anyway…”

“Me?”

Xiaoxiao pointed at herself, now laughing because of Yang Qiang.

“Your Sect Leader begged me for 300 years to refine an Artifact for him, and it wasn’t until he offered me the rights to use a small world for a hundred years that I reluctantly agreed to do it. And you want me to make an Artifact for you? Do the young disciples now dare to dream so big?”

Yang Qiang’s face reddened slightly, but he knew Senior Xiaoxiao was an elder to everyone in the Heavenly Mechanism Sect. She liked to bicker with the disciples and wouldn’t really punish them.

So, he shamelessly kept pestering her to stay.

After dawdling a while longer, two silhouettes passed by on the mountain.

Yang Qiang shouted, “Senior Brother Da Fan! Senior Brother Xiao Fan! Wait, I have a serious matter to discuss with you!”

The two muscular cultivators looked down at Yang Qiang in bewilderment.

“Do you know him?”

“No…”

“Oh, let’s go.”

“We still have Artifacts to refine.”

Embarrassed beyond measure, Yang Qiang would have bolted if he hadn’t known his Ancestor was watching from above.

At that moment, he bit the bullet and climbed up the mountain.

“Senior Xiaoxiao, excuse me!”

“Hey, you!”

Xiaoxiao, the old Ancestor, looked at Yang Qiang’s departing figure, her serious expression melting away.

She chuckled to herself.

“This kid from the Demon Suppression Lineage has his own charm, asking me to refine an Artifact for him… I have to hand it to him for coming up with that idea.”

Yang Qiang sat down with the two senior brothers and explained his request.

The two of them looked at him.

“Why should we help you?”

“We’re exhausted… We have a 70-year backlog of Artifacts that we can’t finish, and they’re all things we’ve crafted thousands of times before.”

“There’s no joy in it.”

“It’s all torture.”

Remembering his Ancestor’s advice, Yang Qiang boldly stated, “What do you two senior brothers desire? I am willing to bring you anything I can afford, as long as you forge the [Immortal Crane Feather Pen] for me.”

Both men extended their hammers.

“You, come help us refine Artifacts.”

“We haven’t done something of interest to us for a long time…”

“Ah, but I don’t know how…”

“Then leave, and stop wasting our time.”

“Also, tell those two unlucky masters of yours not to rush us anymore. If they keep pushing, we’ll drown ourselves in the lava!”

The two senior brothers showed no passion, only weariness in their eyes.

Yang Genshuo, watching this unfold, finally understood why Yang Qiang said the two had bad tempers.

If you were saddled with a 70-year workload, it would be hard to keep smiling, right?

Yang Qiang spoke many kind words and even tempted them with the unique delicacies of the Yang Family, but the two men didn’t show the slightest interest.

In the end, Yang Qiang reached out to his Ancestor in thought:

“Ancestor, as you can see, there’s really nothing I can do… These two senior brothers just want others to do their work, to break free from the arduous task of Artifact Refining. They want nothing else, and I can’t possibly become their apprentice.”