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Chapter 498: Your Bullying is Useless, The Origin of Artisanry
Chapter 498: Your Bullying is Useless, The Origin of Artisanry
Lin Qinghe watched Qi Yuan and Shen Lingfeng's retreating figures, a helpless look in his eyes.
"Send out a wanted notice and arrest the criminal, Fang Shisan of the Radiant Order!" he ordered.
Jinan Prefecture had a government office, but within its walls, the court's words held less weight than those of the Heavenly Sect.
One could even say that to be a county magistrate in Fongshan Prefecture, one needed the approval of the Heavenly Sect.
The Shen family in Fongshan Prefecture was already a well-known and influential clan, not to mention that Shen Lingxuan was a direct disciple of the Heavenly Sect.
Shen Lingfeng's face was something he couldn't afford to lose.
"Alright, boss!" the other constables nodded in agreement.
...
As night fell, Shen Baoting's eyes gleamed with satisfaction, "Today's performance wasn't bad. With a little more effort, I'll make my way to Ye Mountain Lake... Within the Shen family, my status will soar!"
Today, the Shen family had gathered the younger generation from both the main and side lineages to select those with talent in artisanry. They would then choose from among them to send to Ye Mountain Lake to participate in the Artisan Assembly.
"But my talent... compared to Baihu and the others, is still lacking... I need to use some unconventional methods." Shen Baoting thought of sending gifts.
His talent was indeed good, but not among the very best.
Especially when compared to Shen Baihu, he fell far behind.
"I was originally going to send gifts to squeeze out Shen Baihu's spot, and I felt guilty about it. But... since he told that concubine husband what I said, I feel justified!"
Shen Baoting muttered to himself, as if a harlot was trying to set up a virtuous monument.
"And that concubine husband..." Shen Baoting's eyes filled with intense killing intent.
The other party's aggressive attitude had infuriated him.
"Do you really think I dare not bully you?"
"If it's late at night, and there's no one around, I'll show you that I'm not so easy to provoke!"
Shen Baoting spoke softly in his room.
He was very confident and had many ways to teach Qi Yuan a lesson, and afterward, he could even appear as the victim.
"What? You've had an epiphany and want to bully me now?"
Just then, a figure by the wall suddenly pushed open the door, half of his body entering Shen Baoting's room, a look of delight on his face.
Upon seeing the visitor, Shen Baoting's eyes widened, his face showing disbelief.
"Qi... Qi Yuan, how are you here?" Shen Baoting's face paled.
How did Qi Yuan appear out of nowhere like a mouse?
"I'm here to let you bully me!" Qi Yuan's face light up with pride, "I heard you say... you wanted to bully me, so I came!"
To complete his role, he was determined.
"You misheard, I didn't say that!" Shen Baoting quickly explained.
He was truly speechless.
Muttering to himself in the middle of the night, and someone was eavesdropping at the wall.
"I heard you, and I'll share some experience. Muttering to yourself is a bad habit, I usually just think it in my mind." Qi Yuan added after speaking.
Thinking in his mind wasn't safe either, as he could hear heart's voice.
Shen Baoting looked at Qi Yuan and glanced outside, seeing no one else around, his eyes flickered, "Did you come alone?"
"Yes, I came alone. Didn't you just say that at night, in a secluded place... you could bully me?" Qi Yuan was full of anticipation.
Not having fetched bathwater for his mother-in-law, he had escaped and was now available to be bullied.
Shen Baoting twitched, speechless, and seeing no one around, his courage grew.
"Are you truly mad or just pretending?" Shen Baoting's eyes turned cold.
"I'm not mad!" Qi Yuan replied earnestly.
Looking at Qi Yuan, Shen Baoting was almost certain this person's mind was truly askew.
Otherwise, why would he come to his courtyard, asking to be bullied? And most importantly, coming alone, he wasn't afraid of death.
"Do you really want me to bully you?" Shen Baoting asked in a low voice.
He didn't sense the presence of anyone else.
"Yes!"
Hearing this answer, Shen Baoting felt Qi Yuan had a screw loose.
He became even more jealous, why could such a useless person marry a heavenly beauty like Shen Lingxuan?
"Let's go, we'll talk outside!" Shen Baoting decided.
The courtyard he lived in was a separate small yard, quite secluded.
The conversation between him and Qi Yuan would certainly not be overheard.
Soon, Qi Yuan followed Shen Baoting out into the courtyard.
Shen Baoting's courtyard was spacious, even featuring a small pond.
The pond was filled with lush green lotus leaves and tender lotus pods, and the surface was covered with dense duckweed, making it a decent feeding ground for fish.
Standing at the edge of the pond, Shen Baoting's mind raced with thoughts, his face showing pity, "Qi Yuan... you shouldn't have offended me."
"I didn't offend you."
"Before you went mad, you couldn't beat me, let alone now..." Shen Baoting's eyes showed disdain.
He had already planned how to teach Qi Yuan a lesson and even disguised himself as the victim.
As he spoke, he reached out and pinched Qi Yuan's waist with a sudden force.
"Are you asking for it?"
With this pinch, he secretly used a hidden technique, a skill taught by a master, so mysterious that even an Earthly Armament Commander would not be able to discern any marks.
He showed no mercy when dealing with Qi Yuan.
This hidden force would first cause pain and then secretly lurk within, damaging Qi Yuan's body.
Once, when he was in a branch family, he had an exceptionally talented cousin who made Shen Baoting incredibly jealous.
This cousin had always taken good care of him and even shared the resources bestowed upon the main lineage.
Baoting's jealousy grew, and under the guise of sparring, he secretly struck his cousin with this bizarre hidden force.
After about two years, his cousin's health deteriorated, eventually unable to cultivate, and even became lame in one leg.
The cousin never suspected Baoting and even freely gave him the resources he had saved up, hoping that Baoting could lead the branch family to become stronger.
"Now... is that enough?"
He pinched Qi Yuan's waist forcefully, a smug smile on his face.
Then, his body stumbled backward and fell into the pond.
He had already planned his excuse.
The Concubine Husband Qi Yuan had come to cause trouble at night, and he dared not protest, allowing Qi Yuan to scold and push him into the pond.
Now, he only needed to shout and call others over.
A perfect victim act.
However, when he fell into the pond, he prepared to open his mouth to shout, but strangely, his mouth couldn't make a sound.
By the pond, the handsome man stared at him, speechless: "Your bullying is... too pathetic. This pinch... has no strength at all."
The Concubine Husband Qi Yuan stood with his hands on his hips, as if nothing had happened.
"I didn't expect you to be such a green tea bstard and also a member of the Radiant Order."
"Is it that all of you in the Radiant Order are skilled in palace intrigues?"
The hidden force pinched by Baoting revealed information to Qi Yuan's eyes, related to the Radiant Order, a unique light and dark force of the Order.
In the pond, Baoting's eyes widened, revealing disbelief.
"Are you... pretending to be crazy?"
He tried to speak, but his voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.
"Where am I crazy? Have you seen such a cool madman?" Qi Yuan stretched lazily.
"Who... are you!" Baoting's voice seemed to be leaking wind, as if his throat was gripped.
He vaguely felt that the person before him wasn't Qi Yuan, and he wanted to beg for mercy, planning to bring up the Radiant Order.
Unfortunately, Qi Yuan didn't give him a chance to speak.
"Today's visit wasn't for nothing. At least... you did bully me!"
Qi Yuan glanced at Baoting, who was silently struggling in the pond, his eyes calm.
"Do you think that with everyone on your side, you're in the right?"
"Sorry, but here, strength rules."
"A Qi Condensation Stage cultivator dares to slander the Purple Mansion, seeking death!"
"And I play the madman, killing is not a crime!"
Qi Yuan's figure disappeared.
He came quietly and left quietly, unnoticed by anyone.
In the pond, Baoting struggled continuously, but to no avail, not even able to make a splash.
In this 1619th chapter, not a single mistake!
In the end, he slowly sank to the bottom.
"30%, and he actually obtained the Artisan's Heart."
When the Concubine Husband Qi Yuan's progress reached 30%, Qi Yuan acquired one of the Concubine Husband Qi Yuan's abilities, the Artisan's Heart.
Qi Yuan had heard of the Artisan's Heart.
In this world, to become an Artisan, one needed talent.
The Artisan's Heart was a unique talent.
Anyone with the Artisan's Heart would increase their success rates by half when crafting any artifact.
It sounded ordinary, but it was quite terrifying.
In this world, the success rates for crafting were not high. Even an Earthly Artisan would have less than a 50% success rate when crafting Profound Rank artifacts.
Increasing by half was very powerful.
"So, I now have the qualifications to learn the ways of crafting?" Qi Yuan pondered, "Looks like I need to craft an Aerial Servant. If I can craft Shen Lingxuan into an Aerial Servant, then I can ride her into battle, and others will think I'm a Sacred Artifact!"
Qi Yuan's thoughts ran wild.
After being bullied that night, Qi Yuan ate an extra steamed bun from Chen Kangbao, who grumbled and complained non-stop.
However, that night, Qi Yuan didn't go out again, nor did he spy on his mother-in-law while she bathed.
After reaching 30%, he needed to take it slow.
A mother-in-law like that was a major task, and he needed to save his strength for her.
The next day, shortly after Qi Yuan got out of bed, an uninvited guest arrived in the courtyard.
"Brother-in-law, come quickly! Your parents have found you a teacher!"
Shen Lingfeng rushed over, followed by a middle-aged man with a stern appearance. His hair was neatly combed, his clothes were immaculate, and even his small mustache was perfectly aligned.
He seemed like a very orderly person.
Qi Yuan and Chen Kangbao emerged, confusion evident in their eyes.
"This is Chen Xianwei, our Shen family's Mystic Rank Artisan!" Shen Lingfeng introduced, "My father wants you to do something, don't let down your father's reputation."
"Oh... alright." Qi Yuan hesitated but did not refuse.
He was playing the role of a concubine's husband, and learning Artisanry might increase his immersion in the game.
Moreover, he was also interested in Artisans and wanted to explore this mysterious system.
Chen Xianwei glanced at Qi Yuan, his gaze calm. But when he looked at Chen Kangbao, his eyebrows furrowed upon seeing Chen Kangbao's disheveled appearance.
He couldn't help but reach out and adjust the position of the bun in Chen Kangbao's mouth, "When eating, you should chew on both sides. Why do you always chew on the left?"
Chen Kangbao was stunned.
Shen Lingfeng leaned closer to Qi Yuan, "Brother-in-law, Chen Artisan is... a bit rigid. He likes things to be neat and orderly."
Oh, so he had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Qi Yuan understood.
Various thoughts flooded his mind, and he couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Chen, when you pee, do you make sure it's symmetrical? Do you ensure both sides are equally full?"
Even on Bluestar, Qi Yuan knew many people had OCD.
In fact, he had always wanted to ask people with OCD many questions.
Today was his chance, so he asked without hesitation.
Chen Xianwei's mustache twitched at Qi Yuan's question.
"Teacher Chen, don't twitch! Your mustache is misaligned!"
"Oh..." Chen Xianwei quickly adjusted his mustache, then gave Qi Yuan a disapproving look, feeling deep sorrow in his heart.
The Shen family had so many Artisans, why did they ask him to teach a madman how to refine Artifacts?
Wasn't this torture?
Half an hour later, Chen Xianwei took out a pile of strange and unusual items.
He sat in a pearwood chair, his expression solemn, "In ancient times, when chaos first opened, our ancestors emerged from the mountains, crafting stone and iron tools, and establishing a brilliant civilization."
To learn the way of Artisans, one must understand its origins.
Usually, Chen Xianwei wouldn't mention these things when teaching others.
But when teaching a madman, there was no need to teach the abstruse and difficult parts; he might as well teach the mythical stories of Artisans.
"How do ordinary stone and iron tools transform into magical ones?" Qi Yuan asked.
Ordinary stone and iron tools existed on Bluestar as well.
But the tools in this world possessed extraordinary factors.
Chen Xianwei nodded and continued, "Then... the Demonic Spirits descended, corrupting the world. How did our ancestors fight the Demonic Spirits with mere iron tools?
At that moment, Artifact techniques fell from the heavens, landing in the Grand Realm. From then on, we relied on various Artifacts to battle the Demonic Spirits! Artisans refine and forge with the essence of mountains and rivers, and the radiance of the sun and moon, creating supreme Artifacts to change the heavens and earth, and move mountains and fill seas!"
As he spoke, Chen Xianwei sighed with emotion.
"According to the 'Origin Secrets', before Artifacts existed, our world was almost conquered by Demonic Spirits, becoming their playground!"
Qi Yuan listened intently to the game's background story.
The origin of Artifacts involved the heavens.
"Do we have any contact with the heavens now?" Qi Yuan asked curiously.
Chen Xianwei shook his head, "This kind of information is not something a mere Mystic Rank Battle Master like me can know.
If, one day, you reach the Divine Mage Battle Master realm and enter the Grand Realm from the Chaos Star Domain, perhaps you will find out."
This realm was called the Chaos Star Domain, located in the Grand Realm, and it was a small realm.
Above the small realms were the Grand Realms.
"It's a bit early to tell you these things. If you can become an Artisan, I might even be considered a famous teacher!" Chen Xianwei sighed, finding solace in humor.
"Let's continue with the history of Artisans..."
Indeed, he planned to teach some history first.
After all, who knew what might happen when a madman started learning Artisanry?
"Teacher Chen, do we need Uncommon Flames to refine Artifacts?" Qi Yuan asked.
On TV, Uncommon Flames were needed for pill refining. What about Artifact refining?
Chen Xianwei glanced at Qi Yuan in surprise, "Artisans need Heartfire.
The stronger your will and talent, the more vigorous your Heartfire.
Today's lesson is almost over. Here's a beginner's manual for Artifact refining. Take a good look at it, and I'll explain more tomorrow."
After speaking, Chen Xianwei handed Qi Yuan the beginner's manual, titled 'Artisanry Basics Manual', and left in a hurry.
In the room, Qi Yuan took the manual and carefully flipped through it.
"This..." Qi Yuan was surprised, "This is similar to the Sky Clan's Artifact refining techniques... Could they have the same origin?"
(End of Chapter)
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