“The Cold Air Formation?”
Mo Hua nodded and explained, “Inside the Compound Formation, there is a Cold Air Formation drawn on the furnace walls, which can isolate the leakage of fire qi, thus making the refining process feel less dry and hot…”
When Mo Hua was Drawing the Formation, he hadn’t thought of this point and just followed the Formation Diagram. Only now did he realize that including a Cold Air Formation in this set of Compound Formation was a very meticulous detail.
In this way, Artifact Refiners would not be constantly subjected to the baking of the furnace fire, making the refining process much less arduous.
The senior Formation Master who designed this set of formations had indeed been very thorough.
Elder Yu also sighed with admiration, saying, “This formation truly is… very considerate…”
Meanwhile, Master Chen still stood dazed in front of the furnace fire, looking at its extravagantly bright red flames that made his blood boil, rendering him unable to calm down for a long time.
Such pure furnace fire was something he had never even dreamt of…
Once the formation on the Refining Furnace was complete, the Refinery Shop could start operations.
The preparation of refining materials, placement of the Refining Furnace, arrangement of Artifact Refiners, and the types and procedures of the artifacts to be refined—all of these were managed and organized by Elder Yu and Master Chen.
Elder Yu had long overseen the Monster Hunters, and Master Chen had a wealth of experience in Artifact Refining.
As the two discussed and managed the affairs, virtually everything of the Refinery Shop was arranged in a well-organized manner.
As these matters were not Mo Hua’s specialty, he did not inquire further.
However, he was still a bit worried and asked Elder Yu, “Elder, how many First-grade Refining Furnaces does the Qian Family have?”
“I think there are three or four,” Elder Yu thought for a moment and said.
“Then, with just one Refining Furnace, will it be enough?”
Elder Yu pondered for a moment and replied, “Probably not enough, but one Refining Furnace is too costly, and buying more would be a waste of Spirit Stones.”
“Can we refine them ourselves?”
Elder Yu looked somewhat helpless, “I’ve asked Master Chen, and refining it ourselves is somewhat difficult, mainly because we lack the Artifice Manual for the Refining Furnace and do not know the method of refining, with no way to begin.”
“Are these Artifice Manuals very rare?” Mo Hua asked.
“Artifice Manuals for First-grade Refining Furnaces are scarce since few people can refine them,” replied Elder Yu. He then furrowed his brows and thought for a while, “I’ll think of a way; one Refining Furnace might indeed be too few.”
A few days later, Elder Yu obtained an Artifice Manual through a Taoist Friend with whom he had some rapport in earlier years, after spending some Spirit Stones to make the exchange.
The Artifice Manual was a little worn, the pages yellowed, and while the writing was still legible, it was somewhat blurred. Fortunately, the method for refining the Refining Furnace was recorded quite clearly.
Elder Yu said that the Artifice Manual was passed down from the ancestors of his Taoist Friend.
His friend’s family had started out with Artifact Refining, and once flourished. Unfortunately, the subsequent generations preferred leisure over labor and did not think of Artifact Refining, leading the craft to fall into disuse.
Without the craft, they rapidly exhausted their resources, and the family quickly went into decline.
By the time it came to his friend’s generation, not a single one in the family knew the method of Artifact Refining; instead, they lived on other trades.
This Artifice Manual, serving as a family heirloom and a keepsake, was of no practical use.
It would be difficult to sell because those cultivators or powers capable of refining First-grade Refining Furnaces naturally had the methods for their refining, and other cultivators, even if they bought it, would not have the ability to refine.
Now, this Artifice Manual had fallen into Elder Yu’s hands.