An Immortal King Realm expert controlling a medium King Grade Immortal Artifact is an extremely difficult task; anyway, that Artifact Refiner didn’t believe it.

Moreover, with that Artifact Refiner’s ability, he couldn’t craft the Immortal Artifact that the Female Immortal needed.

However, that Artifact Refiner was not a good person. Seeing the Female Immortal’s graceful figure, peerless beauty, and possessing an Innate Spiritual Root, alone and far weaker than him, he couldn’t help but have bad intentions. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Actually, helping you craft the Immortal Artifact isn’t impossible, but refining a medium King Grade Immortal Artifact is extremely difficult, and the success rate is low, so you need to provide at least four sets of materials, and I also can’t guarantee success!"

The Artifact Refiner’s eyes rolled before he solemnly spoke.

The materials for crafting a medium King Grade Immortal Artifact were extremely precious. The Artifact Refiner knew he couldn’t refine it, yet he still wanted to act, simply to swallow the Female Immortal’s crafting materials.

As long as the Female Immortal handed over the materials to him, he’d enter a temporarily built stone hut, pretend to refine for a while, steal the Female Immortal’s provided materials, then come out and tell her that the four sets of materials all failed in refining, having mentioned beforehand that he couldn’t guarantee success, leaving the Female Immortal speechless.

Furthermore, the Artifact Refiner had even more sordid plans.

With no crafting materials left, the Female Immortal would be greatly disappointed, and then the Artifact Refiner would use the bait of continuing to help craft the Immortal Artifact to lure the Female Immortal into dual cultivation with him. Even if the Female Immortal eventually realized she’d been deceived, she wasn’t his match and could do nothing about it.

"This... better forget it..."

The Female Immortal hesitated for a moment, decided to give up refining, and prepared to leave.

The Artifact Refiner saw her about to leave and didn’t want to end up with nothing. Hurriedly he said, "Alright, alright! Considering you sincerely came to me for crafting, I’ll only take three sets of materials and reduce the compensation by twenty percent. This way, even if it fails, you’ll still have a chance, right? Come on, give me the materials, I’ll craft the Immortal Artifact for you right now!"

Immortal Realm’s Alchemists and Artifact Refiners mostly had good conduct, rarely embezzling customers’ alchemy and crafting materials, but occasionally, there would be rotten apples tarnishing their reputation.

The Female Immortal didn’t know that she happened to meet such a disreputable Artifact Refiner.

Only three sets of materials needed, with compensation reduced by twenty percent; this condition was indeed sincere compared to other Refiners present. The Female Immortal couldn’t help but be tempted; she reached her right hand towards the Space Immortal Ring worn on her left hand.

"Junior Sister Qin!"

At that moment, another goose egg-faced Female Immortal appeared beside the one named "Junior Sister Qin," tugged at her sleeve, and whispered, "Aren’t you trying to craft an Immortal Artifact? Over there is an amazing Immortal, not only proficient in Alchemy Dao but also skilled in Artifact Refining, with a fifty percent success rate... Come, let me take you there!"

"A fifty percent success rate? Really?"

Hearing this, Junior Sister Qin couldn’t help but show a happy expression.

The goose egg-faced Female Immortal nodded vigorously and said, "Really! Oh, hurry up, hurry up, that Immortal’s business is so good, now Immortals waiting for his alchemy and crafting are lining up!"

Junior Sister Qin was pulled by the goose egg-faced Female Immortal, and her figure quickly disappeared.

"Which Artifact Refiner came to steal business! A fifty percent success rate? Does the Artifact Refining world really have such a freak Artifact Refiner? I don’t believe it at all! It’s mostly blown out of proportion!"

The Artifact Refiner watched helplessly as the Female Immortal he’d coveted was pulled away, his face darkened, and he cursed under his breath before hurriedly packing up his stand to follow the two Female Immortals to the outskirts of Treasured Lotus Holy Mountain.

Hundreds of miles from the Treasured Lotus Holy Mountain, on a low mound, there was a temporarily built stone hut where an ordinarily-looking white-robed Immortal sat cross-legged in front, with a stone stele engraved "Alchemy Artifact Refining" standing at his side.

The white-robed Immortal had just arrived today. Seeing that there was still some time before the Treasured Lotus Flower on the Holy Mountain would bloom, he temporarily built a stone hut and set up a stand here to earn cultivation resources by helping refine pills and artifacts.

The cultivation level of the white-robed Immortal was only third grade Immortal King Realm, and he was unknown in the Alchemy and Artifact Refining world, so other Immortals only viewed him and didn’t even come to inquire.

Later, the white-robed Immortal added the words "Regardless of requesting alchemy or artifact refinement, only two sets of materials are needed; if it fails, double compensation" to the stone stele, which attracted an Immortal lacking cultivation resources, who came with a trying mindset to ask the white-robed Immortal for alchemy assistance.

The white-robed Immortal took two sets of materials and only used two hours to successfully refine five lower King Grade Creation Pills as requested.

In the eyes of Alchemists, there is some randomness to the success rate, but the formation rate entirely depends on the Alchemist’s ability.

The white-robed Immortal succeeding in refining pills on the first attempt was something many Alchemists could achieve, but a fifty percent formation rate left them awed and unable to match.

Thus, some Immortals who observed became interested and began to gather at the white-robed Immortal’s stand to request alchemy and artifact refinement.

The first Immortal to obtain Immortal Pills left joyfully, voluntarily promoting the white-robed Immortal to some immortal friends.

Soon, numerous Immortals came upon hearing the news, making the white-robed Immortal’s business booming.

The Artifact Refiner who coveted "Junior Sister Qin" arrived and saw such a scene; though envious and jealous in his heart, he could only watch helplessly.

Though the white-robed Immortal was merely a third grade Immortal King Realm expert, his instant fame from this venture would earn him the respect of many Immortals and make him a honored guest of various Immortal Sects, providing him with numerous protections, leaving the Artifact Refiner unable to touch him.

"Where did this little Immortal come from, truly obnoxious!"

The Immortal saw the white-robed Immortal being able to produce a cauldron of Immortal Pills or a piece of Immortal Artifact every one or two hours, felt shocked by the high efficiency, and increasingly unhappy. Finally, he angrily flicked his sleeve and left in huff.

Returning to his own stall, he found the adjacent stalls of other Artifact Refiner and Pill Masters equally empty, knowing that all the customers had been drawn to the white-robed Immortal, so he gathered those nearby refiners and pill masters to discuss countermeasures.

"Originally wanted to seize the opportunity to make a profit in cultivation resources, but that kid messed up the business, and I can’t swallow this anger!"

"That kid’s business is booming; he’ll probably make a massive profit in cultivation resources this time!"

"In my opinion, we should find an opportunity, team up to snatch his Space Immortal Ring, and then divvy up his cultivation resources! How about it?"

"If we do this... our reputation will be ruined when word gets out!"

"What’s to fear? That kid’s cultivation level is just third grade Immortal King Realm; we can easily kill him and cover it up! As long as we keep our mouths shut, it won’t spread!"

"Let’s do it!"

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