Although Li Yao did not know the complete composition of the two lumps of materials, he sensed the subtle reaction between them. Once the two lumps of materials melted and mixed together, they would certainly cause an even more intense explosion, and even lethal venomous gas would be spurted out!
The moment Li Yao dashed into the furnace, the two lumps of materials were almost melded into one!
The refiners nearby were dumbfounded. They had no idea that they had just taken a trip to hell.
Hardly had Li Yao taken a breath in relief when a high-pitched and hoarse shriek echoed from the depths of the smoke, as if a hen had been grabbed by its neck. "Run! The combination of the marrow of the venomous dragon and the Heavenly Fire Crystals that have been cooled to 1,400 degrees is very likely to result in an explosion. Run!"
A small old man with grizzled hair rushed out of the smoke. His entire body was blackened by the smoke, and only his head of grizzled hair stuck to his large forehead. He was short and thin, and his limbs were like four sticks of reeds. However, his head was exceptionally large, and his head took up almost half of his body.
The veins on the little old man's forehead bulged out one after another. He wished that he could spurt out blood from the depths of his eyes to extinguish the fire. Without caring about anything else, he tried to drill into the furnace, only to be caught by Li Yao in time.
"Master Xue, I've separated the Heavenly Fire Crystals from the marrow of the venomous dragon. They have been cooled to below five hundred degrees."
Li Yao had seen Xue Yuanxin's photos on the Spiritual Nexus and watched a few videos of his lectures. He knew that the ordinary-looking old man in front of him was one of the best Crystal Suit Designers of the Flying Star Sector.
In the meantime, he also realized what materials he had separated just now.
He did not know much about the marrow of the venomous dragon because there were too many dragon-type demon beasts. Almost a hundred of them were highly toxic and could be called 'venomous dragons'.
Li Yao did not know what kind of dragon Xue Yuanxin was experimenting with. Naturally, he did not know the features of the marrow.
However, Li Yao was very familiar with the Heavenly Fire Crystals, which were a marrow crystal of the fire class with special characteristics.
As a marrow crystal of the fire class, it boasted a high resistance to heat. Furthermore, the higher the temperature, the more stable its properties would be, even at a temperature of more than two thousand degrees. There would be no explosion.
However, the Heavenly Flame Crystal would undergo a miraculous change if the temperature was between one thousand three hundred and fifty to one thousand four hundred and fifty degrees. During the process, ninety percent of the spiritual energy contained in the marrow crystals would be released instantly, resulting in a severe explosion!
Although Li Yao didn't know what kind of material the "Poison Dragon Bone Marrow" was, since it was called "Poison Dragon", it must contain a deadly poison. The explosion of the Heavenly Flame Crystal. It was extremely likely that the poison dragon's bone marrow would vaporize and turn into a deadly poison gas!
Li Yao estimated that the Gold Ball Refining Furnace would have raised the temperature from several hundred degrees to more than one thousand and eight hundred degrees in the blink of an eye, leaving no time for the Heavenly Flame Crystals to react at all. It would have maintained a very stable property throughout the entire refining process.
Who would have thought that the experiment would go awry. First, a small explosion occurred in the crafting furnace, causing cracks to appear on the surface. Naturally, it was unable to maintain a high temperature.
The steam shot out. The temperature in the furnace gradually dropped, too. It was exactly around 1,400 degrees, which caused the Heavenly Flame Crystals to mutate and almost caused a disaster.
"Separated? That's good. That's good! "
Two streaks of blood flowed out of Xue Yuanxin's ears. His head was dizzy because of the shock. He glanced at Li Yao in confusion, but his attention was not on him. He staggered to a corner and sat on the ground. Holding his head, he mumbled, "How could it be? I've checked all the formulas again and again. There can't have been any mistakes. Why was so much gas generated that the crafting furnace was blown up? Where did the gas come from exactly? "
Li Yao's curiosity was greatly aroused. He leaned close to the old man and took a look. An enormous light beam appeared in front of Xue Yuanxin, on which calculations and reaction formulas were written in tiny words. There were also several structural designs and reaction flowcharts behind them.
It appeared that he was refining a brand-new material.
Material science was not Li Yao's specialty. The reaction formulas written by Xue Yuanxin were extremely complicated, too. Li Yao's head was dizzy when he read them. Finally, he managed to distinguish the six main materials and the thirty-seven auxiliary materials that Xue Yuanxin had used when he was fusing the new material.
However, although Li Yao was not good at material science, he had refined countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures thousands of times in Ou Yezi's memory pieces. Therefore, he was quite familiar with the smell and the color of the flames when the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were refined.
Li Yao recalled for a moment and was not quite sure. He pondered for a moment and said, "Master Xue, I smelled something like the ashes of eucalyptus leaves in the furnace just now. Logically speaking, the forty or so materials you used shouldn't have produced such a smell no matter how they react.
"As far as I know, the materials that can produce such a smell under high temperature include Heavenly Abundant Ganoderma, Sea Tiger Tooth, Green Cloud Vine, Green Spirit Stone, and a few others.
"The Green Spirit Stone is an associated mineral of the Green Hellish Ancient Bronze. It is very easy for it to be mixed into the Green Hellish Ancient Bronze.
"It is very difficult to completely remove the Green Spirit Stone with the usual purification methods.
"I noticed that you used a lot of Green Hellish Ancient Bronze as the base material when you were refining. Is it possible that some of the Green Spirit Stone was mixed into it, which was released under the high temperature and reacted with the other materials and released a lot of gas that exceeded the pressure limit of the furnace?"
Xue Yuanxin was dazed for a moment. "You can understand my reaction formulas?"
Then, his eyes widened, and he slapped his thigh in ecstasy. "Yes. It's possible. It's very possible! When the Green Spirit Stone is above two thousand degrees, it will react with the Fiery Phoenix Liu and generate the gas of the Green Fire Coloured Glaze, which will expand its volume by ten thousand times!
"My calculation is correct. There must be something wrong with the purification of the Green Hellish Ancient Bronze. Otherwise, the 'Super Bendable Steel' would've been produced! Cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough, cough! "
"Super Bendable Steel?"
Li Yao's interest was piqued. It sounded like a new material.
Since Master Xue Yuanxin was working on it in person, and the more than forty Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were all invaluable, the new material seemed very interesting.
Xue Yuanxin eyed Li Yao up and down and blurted out, "Who are you? Are you my student?"
Li Yao coughed. He had read the introduction on the Spiritual Nexus a long time ago and knew that the best master of refining of the Flying Star Sector was devoted to the arts of refining. He was a very muddle-headed man. It was even said that he could not remember the names of some of his students even after they had studied with him for years. Or rather, he was too lazy to remember their names.
Li Yao scratched his nose and said, "I was just passing by and happened to sense that something was wrong inside your furnace. That's why I crawled in and separated the two materials. That's all."
"Are your senses so keen? You can sense the anomaly of the two materials? You can even tell where the problem is from a simple aura? "
Xue Yuanxin was intrigued. He eyed Li Yao up and down carefully for a moment. Then, like a kid showing off a treasure, he pointed at the light beam and said, "I'm refining a new material named 'Super Bendable Steel'. As the name suggests, it is a material that is very soft but as sturdy as iron!
"But the greatest feature of the material is that it can absorb and store energy!
"If my calculations are correct, the material can absorb seventy percent of the enemy's attack and store all the energy inside. When the energy is accumulated to the maximum, the user will be able to unleash the energy with a telepathic thought and return the enemy's attack to the enemy!
"If the material can be successfully refined and applied to the 'Unparalleled Extension' that I've developed recently, 'Unparalleled' will certainly be the most awesome Ares Extension in the history of the Flying Star Sector!
"Absorbing seventy percent of the attack, storing the energy inside the material, and using it to attack the enemy?"
Li Yao gasped. If the material was successfully refined, it would be an invaluable treasure even if it could only be used once.
An Ares Extension refined with such a material would indeed be unparalleled in the sea of stars!
Xue Yuanxin chuckled in satisfaction. He tapped the light beam softly and displayed a few sketches. "This is the Unparalleled Extension!"
Li Yao was deeply attracted by it after only one glance. Although it was just a crude sketch that looked like the scribbles of a child in the eyes of a layman, in the eyes of an expert like Li Yao, he instantly understood the essence of it!
"Tortoise Snake Locking Mountain Structure!"
Li Yao blurted out. "It's been a long time since such an ancient structure was used on the Crystal Suit and the strengthening components. Such a structure is top-notch in both speed and agility. Its only shortcoming is that its defense is too weak.
"However, if the 'Super Bendable Steel' can be successfully refined and covered on the Tortoise Snake Locking Mountain Structure like flesh and blood, the shortcoming of its defense will be resolved perfectly!
"As expected of Master Xue. You're truly impressive. While you were refining the Super Bendable Steel, you immediately came up with a structure that could make the most of the material!"
It was Xue Yuanxin's turn to be surprised.
The structure 'Tortoise Snake Locking Mountain Structure' originated from an ancient array named 'Tortoise Snake River Array' forty thousand years ago. It had been adopted by many Crystal Suits in the Star Ocean Imperium.
However, because of its weak defense, it had never been the mainstream structure for the Crystal Suit and the strengthening components.
To this day, few people knew about it.
Even the few experienced refiners that Xue Yuanxin had taught had never heard of such a structure. When Xue Yuanxin was planning to design a new Ares Extension with such a structure, everybody was confused and had to wait for him to explain it to them so that they could understand the subtleties of the structure.
But as it turned out, the young man had seen through it so quickly!
"Who are you exactly?"
Xue Yuanxin narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Yao's face carefully for a while, but he was still somewhat confused. He scratched his white hair in embarrassment and asked, "Are you a new lecturer or a researcher of the Refining Department? Whose laboratory are you working in? "
Li Yao grinned and replied, "Master Xue, my name is Sand Scorpion. I'm a visiting scholar. I just arrived today and haven't chosen a refining workshop yet."
"Sand Scorpion?"
Xue Yuanxin frowned. Scratching his sparse white hair, he thought for a long time. Then, his eyes suddenly shone. "Are you the rich guy from Iron Plateau who knows nothing?"
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