Xie Qianhe's heart suddenly palpitated.
In order to maintain the fairness of the magical equipment evaluation meeting, except for the convener, the other refiners did not know the content of the meeting beforehand.
Xie Qianhe had long known that Master Xue Yuanxin was crafting a brand-new Ares Extension. He also knew that Sand Scorpion was involved, too.
However, as an outsider, he did not know whether Sand Scorpion was simply providing funds or whether he had truly melded into the team and made significant contributions.
But he did not think too much about it. As a seasoned refiner, he forgot all his troubles the moment he entered the working state.
He was half an hour late. The evaluation meeting had long begun. The enormous anti-gravity floating magical equipment was placed on the table. An Ares Extension was floating in midair. More than half of it had been dismantled, leaving only the basic framework, which looked like a dinosaur fossil that had just been excavated.
Even so, one could still see the natural design and the awe-inspiring aura of the Ares Extension.
A few top experts of the trade took out their unique secret treasures and tested the performance parameters of the Unparalleled Extension with their ultimate skills. They disassembled and studied the Unparalleled Extension while they commented on it.
"As expected of Master Xue Yuanxin's masterpiece after three years of polishing. I've seen a lot of crystal suits and Unparalleled Extensions in the shape of shells based on bionics, but Master Xue is the only one who has combined bionics with aerodynamics and achieved a perfect balance between defense and speed!"
"The Super Bendable Steel is a brand new alloy with a unique honeycomb-like microstructure inside. When spiritual energy is poured into it, it will crystallize briefly. The loss of spiritual energy after the crystallization is minimal. Together with the special buffer rune arrays, it will be able to absorb, store, and release the spiritual energy again!
"Although the material does not have a long lifespan and cannot be applied to regular magical equipment such as the Crystal Suit, it is an explosive material that can be used for explosive purposes. However, as a one-time explosive material, it is very suitable to be used on the Ares Set! "
The top experts of the trade all gave high praises for the Unparalleled Extension.
Xie Qianhe walked around the framework of the Unparalleled Extension and tested the storage ability of one breastplate in person. He was convinced, too. He nodded quickly.
Master Huangpu, on the other hand, had been testing the crystallized spine of the Unparalleled Extension in a corner of the test field. He walked to everyone and smiled. "This Old Xue has been staying in Flying Star University for years without doing anything. I thought that he had admitted his defeat because of his age. I didn't know that he would keep silent. What a big surprise for the entire cultivation world! "
"Fortunately, Silver Heart School hasn't launched any major Ares Set projects in the past few years. Otherwise, we would have been slapped in the face if we competed on the same stage!"
The experienced refiner from the Red Line School, however, said with a bitter face, "The Red Line School was supposed to present an Ares Extension in the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting this time. Great. Now, we're in the same boat!
For a moment, everyone burst into laughter. They all knew that this Red Line School artificer was joking.
Before Master Xue Yuanxin entered Flying Star University … He had been the chief Armadominus of the Red Line School for several decades, and the Red Line School was half his family. Now that Master Xue had presented such a great achievement, the Red Line School felt proud, too.
Even if the Ares Extension that the Red Line School presented this time was not as good as' Unparalleled ', it was needless to say that there would be many benefits as long as they could cooperate with Master Xue Yuanxin.
Therefore, although the refiner from the Red Line School was frustrated, he was smiling. However, his face was full of smiles, and he felt proud of it.
Master Huangpu smiled. "Come on, everyone. Old Xue said in person that the crystallized spine of the Unparalleled Extension was the most exquisite part of the Unparalleled Extension. I've tasted it carefully just now. It is indeed extraordinary. Come on, let's have a taste of it together. "
The most important part of both the Crystal Suit and the Ares Extension was the support shaft on the back.
The support shaft was connected to the crystal processor at the top, the crystal reactor at the middle, and the active force rune arrays at the waist.
It was like the backbone of a human being was of paramount importance.
If the backbone was broken, the person would be completely crippled.
Therefore, the support shaft on the back was known as the 'crystallized spine'. It was one of the core units of the Crystal Suit and the Ares Extension.
Master Huangpu Bo took a deep breath. He rubbed his hands. A mist that was as dense as water slowly floated out of his palms and divided into several streams.
A complete crystallized spine was divided into dozens of the most fundamental components after a few cracking sounds.
Most of the components were scattered outside. But seven of them were gathered by Master Huangpu. They were quite eye-catching.
It appeared that they were the core components of the crystallized spine.
The seven seasoned refiners were all observing the seven special-shaped components carefully.
The seven components were all in an irregular shape. They were raging and had sharp horns, which were very similar to the spine of a dragon.
When they were pointed at the light source, colorful brilliance was flowing out of them. The brilliance spread out like a hazy mist.
"These are …"
Xie Qianhe tried to explore one of the components with his telepathic thoughts and identify the materials that made up the component.
But the slight shiver in his soul made his face change color greatly.
"This component is made of Heavenly Fire Tungsten, Moon Tear Germanium, and Electric Mother Copper, which are three very aggressive materials, together with dozens of other trace metals!
"How is it possible?"
Xie Qianhe was well-versed in the study of materials. "Heavenly Fire Tungsten, Moon Tear Germanium, and Electric Mother Copper are the best materials of the fire class, the water class, and the electric class, respectively. They can't be more violent!
"As the saying goes, two tigers cannot live on one mountain. The three materials are like the 'dominators' of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. They can only be used as the main material of one type of magical equipment. The other materials are all ancillary to them.
"It's already extremely difficult to combine two of the materials, not to mention combining three of them perfectly and maintaining the characteristics of each of them in such a stable and natural manner!"
"Master Xue Yuanxin is indeed a wise man!
"And this …"
Xie Qianhe's astonishment was not over yet. When he activated the component with his spiritual energy, a deep sigh seemed to be echoing from inside the component. Then, three mini rune arrays popped up on the previously smooth surface of the component.
"Stealth Rune Art!"
Xie Qianhe's eyes bulged even wider.
Stealth Rune Art. As the name suggested, it was a special technique to hide the rune arrays carved on the surface of the magical equipment into the interior of the magical equipment.
There were many advantages to such a technique. It could reduce the wear of the rune arrays and prevent them from being damaged by external forces. It would also be less likely to be disturbed by the spiritual waves of the outside world, and the flow of spiritual energy would be smoother.
But it was extremely difficult to produce, too. Even Xie Qianhe himself was not confident that he could perform Stealth Rune Art on any material.
Not to mention that it was on such a weird synthetic material!
However …
Xie Qianhe gasped.
Something weird happened!
When he increased the spiritual energy that he inputted into the special-shaped components again, the three hidden runes on the surface of the components underwent subtle changes and turned into three entirely different rune arrays!
"Transformation Rune Art!"
Xie Qianhe was dumbfounded by Master Xue Yuanxin's expertise in refining.
"Transformation Rune Art". It was also a very mysterious technique in refining. As the name suggested, different rune arrays could be overlapped on the same place with different rune inks and techniques.
As the user's telepathic thoughts and spiritual energy changed, the rune arrays would change, too.
However large the surface area of a piece of magical equipment was, there was only a limited space on which runes could be carved.
With the regular carving method, only five rune arrays could be carved. But with the 'Transformation Rune Art', fifteen or more rune arrays could be carved.
Which of the two techniques had more advantages? It was needless to say.
Take the unusual component right before his eyes for example. Although the two groups of rune arrays that flashed before his eyes focused on 'firmness', 'strengthening', and 'durability', Xie Qianhe sensed that the first group of rune arrays was more for attack, and the second group of rune arrays was more for defense.
It meant that … With such a design, the Unparalleled Extension could be switched into two different forms, namely attack and defense!
"The Heavenly Fire Tungsten, the Moon Tear Germanium, and the Electric Mother Copper have been perfectly melted together and performed the stealth rune arts and the Transformation Rune Art in a small space. It accommodates six different rune array groups and hundreds of rune arrays. They do not interfere with each other, and they are running very smoothly!
"The hardness and performance of the component alone are more than 30% higher than that of the components of the same type.
"Immeasurable. Truly immeasurable!"
"As expected of Master Xue Yuanxin, the former chief Armadominus of the Red Line School!"
Xie Qianhe was sincerely convinced. He was afraid that he would never reach Master Xue's level in refining for the rest of his life!
However, on second thought, it was possible that his daughter could be apprenticed to Master Huangpu, who was as famous as Master Xue, and learn the same marvelous arts of refining.
Xie Qianhe was delighted again. He couldn't help but grin.
The other senior refiners were all amazed by the seven special-shaped components and gave the highest comments.
"The seven core components of the crystallized spine must have been crafted by Master Xue in person. They are truly marvelous!"
"With the seven core components, an excellent Unparalleled Extension can still be refined without the Super Bendable Steel!"
"It's not just the Unparalleled Extension! The seven core components are of a very high level in terms of flexibility, hardness, and smoothness of spiritual energy. They can be applied to some high-end Crystal Suits! "
"Let's take the flagship model of the Red Line School's Super High-Speed Crystal Suit, 'Vermillion Bird', for example. It is designed for high-speed reconnaissance and is very light. But in order to reduce the weight, the performance of the crystallized spine is not satisfactory.
"If the seven components can be strengthened with the same techniques, the performance of the Crystal Suit will be greatly improved!"
The other refiners all nodded their heads.
The magnificent performance of the seven components could be applied to the core components of all kinds of magical equipment. They could turn something rotten into something marvelous and bring about a qualitative improvement for a piece of magical equipment.
They couldn't help but whisper to each other, hoping to discuss the cooperation with Master Xue and whether or not the techniques could be transferred.
But Master Huangpu's smile was rather subtle. He sighed and said, "I suggest that you give up on Old Xue." "Why?
Is Master Xue unwilling to transfer the techniques? "
The experienced refiner from the Red Line School said confidently, "As long as Master Xue is willing to transfer the techniques, we are willing to pay whatever the price is!"
The Red Line School was half a family to Xue Yuanxin. The two parties were very close. If the techniques could not be transferred, it was always possible to invite Master Xue back and provide technical support.
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