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Of course, for Gu Zong, passing the basic test was not a big problem. The main problem now was, he wanted to see how much potential Fang Chen had in the Dao of Refining.

"The first test will test the strength of the body." Gu Zong slowly said: "However, your physical body has long since reached the strength of a two star Dao Body, so you have directly passed this test."

"The second trial tests the control of the fire." As Gu Zong's voice fell, suddenly, a blazing flame appeared in front of him. This flame contained a boundless aura.

"You control this flame." Gu Zong said.

After Fang Chen heard this, he secretly activated his Concept of Fire and began to control the flames.

At the beginning, Gu Zong's expression was very calm, but as Fang Chen controlled the flames and unceasingly flickered, his expression finally became grave.

"Are you sure you haven't learned refining before?" Gu Zong looked at Fang Chen and asked.

Fang Chen shook his head slightly. Gu Zong couldn't come up with anything no matter how he thought about it.

"You've passed the second test." After Gu Zong finished speaking, he began the third trial.

The third exam was about the strength of a warrior's soul. Generally speaking, during the refining process, the process of nurturing the spirit needed a strong soul in order to succeed.

"Release your soul." Gu Zong said.

Fang Chen followed Gu Zong's instructions and immediately released his soul.

Suddenly, a red ball of air appeared around Fang Chen. This ball of air, was Fang Chen's soul.

"This... Red... "

When Gu Zong saw the red ball of air in front of Fang Chen, his face was filled with shock.

"It's actually a Red Rank soul." Gu Zong cried out involuntarily.

Fang Chen's first two exams had already caused him to be extremely shocked, but he did not expect the third exam to be even more so.

"Genius. He's absolutely a weapons crafting genius that's hard to come by in a hundred years." After a long while, Gu Zong laughed out loud. He felt that he had picked up a treasure this time.

To reach a 2-star Dao Body before the age of 20, one's control over fire had reached a level of perfection. Even their souls were at the red level.

Perfect, it was too perfect.

Looking at Fang Chen, Gu Zong's eyes released a gold light, he was pleasantly surprised.

"Master, did I pass the test?" Fang Chen looked at Gu Zong and asked.

Gu Zong really wanted to give Fang Chen a slap on the face. What do you want to show off, this is naked showing off.

"I originally thought that if you wanted to become a true refiner, you would need a period of time, but now it seems that at most a month would be enough for you to become a true refiner." Gu Zong grinned.

In the next moment, Fang Chen learned refining from Gu Zong, because Fang Chen had already memorized all of the knowledge contained in the [Blacksmith's Initiate Book], so in the next moment, Gu Zong asked Fang Chen to read his books.

In Gu Zong's artifact forging room, Fang Chen quietly stood at the side, while Gu Zong appeared on the platform, beginning to refine.

"Fang Chen, look carefully." Gu Zong said in a low voice.

In front of Gu Zong, there was an artifact forging stage, and atop this stage, a piece of profound iron that Gu Zong had prepared a long time ago was placed. Beside the profound iron was some water that Fang Chen did not recognize.

Just as Gu Zong was about to begin speaking, suddenly, a dense flame appeared on top of his palm. The instant this flame appeared, Gu Zong's hands directly pressed onto the profound iron.

Hiss, hiss, hiss …

The flames were extremely hot, and in the blink of an eye, the sound of sizzling could be heard from above the profound iron. Seeing this scene, Fang Chen could not help but exclaim in admiration.

Even if his Concept of Fire had reached the second small realm, he probably wouldn't even be able to produce such a flame.

The apprentice refiner was unable to condense the spiritual energy in his body into a flame, so they could only use the ordinary flames in nature.

To Gu Zong, a strong practitioner like him could condense spirit flames at will.

At that moment, Gu Zong was using spirit fire, spirit fire. It was many times stronger than normal flames.

Under Gu Zong's powerful flame refinement, Fang Chen soon discovered that the piece of black iron above the refining platform had already begun to melt.

When all of the profound iron had melted into molten iron, Gu Zong's other hand suddenly grabbed onto a bottle of water on the refining platform, and poured it into the black iron.

Hiss, hiss, hiss …

After this strand of water entered the profound iron, Gu Zong very quickly used the scorching flames to begin refining it.

Rumble …

After the black iron and water successfully merged together, the flames on Gu Zong's palm started to grow larger and larger. Under the scorching heat, the liquefied water started to solidify.

Time slowly passed, and the darksteel gradually solidified.

When the profound iron solidified into a crease, Fang Chen finally realized that the weapon Gu Zong refined was actually a long blade.

"What a miraculous refining technique." Fang Chen could not help but exclaim.

It was just an ordinary piece of black iron, but it was soon refined into a long blade.

Buzz …

A strange sound came out from the scrunch on the long blade. At this moment, Gu Zong suddenly waved his hand, and the flame in his palm immediately disappeared.

Immediately after, Gu Zong's powerful soul exploded out, enveloping the puckered long blade.

"This is Pei Ling." Fang Chen said in his heart.

However, what caused Fang Chen to be even more shocked was Gu Zong's soul, as there was a ball of yellow air around the wrinkled long blade.

Yellow, represented the strength of Gu Zong's soul, and reached a terrifying yellow level soul.

"What a powerful soul." Fang Chen exclaimed.

Not long later, Gu Zong withdrew his soul, and a brand-new long blade appeared in front of him.

"Take a look." Gu Zong said as he handed the blade to Fang Chen.

After Fang Chen received the long blade, he carefully examined it. He felt that this long blade was extremely heavy, and on the blade's body, there were some complex patterns.

At the very bottom of the patterns, there was a small ancient character, which signified that this long blade was Gu Zong's.

"How do you feel?" Gu Zong asked.

"It feels pretty deep …"

Fang Chen explained his feelings briefly, and then Gu Zong explained some of the things that he needed to pay attention to when refining.

Following that, a light suddenly flashed through Gu Zong's mind, and he actually asked Fang Chen to try refining a weapon.

Refiners, at the very least, were apprentice refiners, master refiners, Master Refiner, and so on …

Of course, to be able to be called an apprentice refiner meant that he had already gained a basic level of knowledge. At the very least, he would be able to forge ordinary weapons.

In fact, before being an apprentice refiner, there was another small realm, and that was the entrance.

Although Fang Chen was now under Gu Zong's tutelage, he had never even gained an entrance in the dao of artifact forging.

"Try refining a weapon." Gu Zong grinned.

Fang Chen nodded, and then walked over to the artifact forging stage. At this moment, Gu Zong had already placed an ordinary piece of brass back on the stage.

Because black iron was considered a medium grade iron among all the materials used to refine it, Gu Zong was afraid that Fang Chen would not be able to control it.

"You are still unable to condense the spiritual energy flame right now, so you should use the flame below the refining platform." Gu Zong said.

Just then, Fang Chen asked: "Master, can I use the flames condensed from Concept of Fire to forge a weapon?"

Hearing Fang Chen's words, Gu Zong's face changed, and immediately asked: "You can, but the consumption is too great, ordinary people might not be able to hold on."

"You comprehended Concept of Fire?" Gu Zong could not help but ask.

Fang Chen nodded his head, in that instant, a burst of scorching hot flame instantly appeared in his palm. Seeing that, Gu Zong's face was filled with surprise.

"The second small realm of Concept of Fire?"

When Fang Chen participated in the second exam, Gu Zong had guessed that Fang Chen must have comprehended Concept of Fire, otherwise it would be impossible for his control over the fire to be so good.

He had originally thought that Fang Chen had at most just comprehended Concept of Fire, but who would have thought that Fang Chen's Concept of Fire would actually have reached the second small realm.

Seeing this scene, Gu Zong was ecstatic. This disciple of his, was too monstrous.

"Good, good …" Gu Zong was extremely excited. Since Fang Chen's Concept of Fire had reached the second small realm, he was not worried at all about controlling the flames while he was refining.

"First, use the flames condensed from your Concept of Fire to forge artifacts. When you can't hold on any longer, trade them for ordinary flames." Gu Zong said.

He was now more and more satisfied with this disciple of his.

Fang Chen nodded, then controlled the flames and began to refine the copper plate.

The entire copper piece was a meter long, and Fang Chen refined it relatively slower.

Hiss, hiss, hiss …

After a quarter of an hour, hissing sounds came out from the brass. Fang Chen was pleasantly surprised to find out that the brass had started to melt.

At this time, Gu Zong's brows were tightly-knit, and the eyes he was looking at Fang Chen with, were filled with suspicion and doubt. Logically speaking, a quarter of an hour should have passed, and Fang Chen should not be able to hold on.

"Weird." Gu Zong shook his head slightly and said.

He could not understand his disciple.

Actually, Fang Chen was already at his limit before this, but every time he was unable to hold on any longer, his golden heart began to beat rapidly, and a clear stream appeared. When this clear flow spread into Fang Chen's limbs and bones, he immediately felt much more relaxed.

Just like this, Fang Chen continued to control the flames condensed by the Concept of Fire to forge artifacts.

An hour later, the brass had finally been completely refined, and at this time, Fang Chen was still holding on, surprised by what he saw.

"What kind of monster is he?" Gu Zong thought in his heart.

Even Gu Zong who had lived for over a hundred years, had never seen such a monstrous genius. At this moment, Gu Zong made a decision.

He wanted to spend his entire life's energy to nurture Fang Chen into an artificer that would shock the entire Ancient Sword Continent.