"Alright, if you insist on this, then I'll show you my talent and skill in artifact refining!"
Ye Fei shook his slightly stiff neck and said.
Then he changed the subject and said again,
"However, I need to declare in advance that this is my first time refining an artifact."
"But it's more than enough to defeat you!"
Ye Fei's confident words stunned everyone present.
"Haha!"
"Are you a joke?"
"We started learning artifact refining from childhood, and after countless trials as we grew up, we joined the Artifact Sect."
"You, who have never touched artifact refining before, dare to boast that you can defeat us?"
"This is the greatest insult to us artifact refiners!"
"You must apologize for your previous remarks now!"
"Otherwise, we will never forgive you lightly!"
The short, fat man was truly enraged, saying angrily.
Even Elder Qi, who had a very good impression of Ye Fei, did not speak.
As for the rest, they all looked at Ye Fei unpleasantly.
As for Li Qingqing, she looked worried.
However, she remembered that Ye Fei was not one to speak without cause, so she still stood by Ye Fei's side.
"Alright!"
"It seems you don't believe what I said!"
"In that case, I must take concrete action!"
Ye Fei finally came to his senses and said directly to Bai Feng.
"How do you want to compete?"
"I'll listen to you!"
Bai Feng was still convinced that Ye Fei was all talk and no action, stubbornly refusing to turn back.
"Good, you said it!"
"Then I won't bully you!"
"How about this, within two hours, we'll each refine a weapon using the same materials."
"If you can refine a mortal-grade weapon, then you win, how about it?"
"If I win, then I need to refine a heavenly-grade weapon."
"What do you say, I'm not taking advantage of you, am I?"
Bai Feng said confidently.
Ye Fei looked deeply at Bai Feng and said cryptically.
"You said it, I hope you don't regret it!"
Then Ye Fei spoke again.
"Since it's a competition, there should be some stakes, right?"
"What do you think?"
Bai Feng immediately took out a flame stone from his Qiankun bag and placed it on the table.
"If I lose, this flame stone will be yours!"
Ye Fei knew that this flame stone was a very precious item. If a weapon could be enhanced by this flame stone, its grade could very likely be increased by one level.
However, this was only for weapons below divine grade.
"Not bad, not bad, then I'll also put up a piece of red gold as a stake."
Then Ye Fei turned his gaze to Elder Qi.
"Elder Qi, would you be the judge for this spar?"
As things stood, Elder Qi had no choice but to agree.
"Alright, I will be the judge for this spar."
"As for the refining materials, I will prepare them for you."
"Half an hour later, the competition will officially begin."
Since he needed to prepare the materials, Elder Qi walked out of the artifact refining room and went to the nearby material storehouse to select suitable materials.
As soon as Elder Qi left, the short, fat man took the lead and came to Ye Fei's side, whispering.
"Someone like you dares to compete with Young Master Bai in artifact refining?"
"I think you've lost your mind and don't know the immensity of heaven and earth!"
"You'll be the one to make a fool of yourself!"
"Of course, if you're willing to apologize to us now and give us the red gold you have, we can let you off the hook!"
The short, fat man proudly circled Ye Fei a few times.
"Not interested!"
"I don't have many strengths, but my greatest strength is that I never go back on my word. I do what I say!"
"You frogs in a well!"
"Later, I'll teach you to be more low-key!"
The short, fat man was stunned by Ye Fei's boastful and shameless words.
He really didn't expect Ye Fei's skin to be so thick!
"It seems you've made up your mind to compete with our Young Master Bai!"
"Don't regret it!"
"Hmph!"
The short, fat man flicked his sleeve and ignored Ye Fei.
As for the others, they were all shocked by Ye Fei's shameless remarks.
Half an hour passed in a flash.
Elder Qi had already instructed his disciples to divide the required materials into two portions and place them on the table.
"Alright, the materials are all prepared, you can start now."
Elder Qi stood by the artifact refining furnace and said.
A moment later, the two stood on either side of the artifact refining furnace.
"Alright, you can begin!"
"Countdown: two hours!"
As Elder Qi gave the order, Bai Feng moved first.
Seeing the materials, he had already decided to refine a meteor hammer.
So, with a loud roar, he ignited the fire marrow.
The blazing fire marrow intensely roasted the artifact refining furnace.
The originally dark artifact refining furnace slowly revealed a hint of red.
As for Ye Fei, who was on Bai Feng's left, he was still unhurriedly practicing the steps of the hidden weapon he was going to refine several times in his mind.
But his performance was seen by the watching disciples as Ye Fei not understanding artifact refining at all, but merely stalling for time.
Even Li Qingqing couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
Could it be that Ye Fei was really lying to her?
However, at this moment, Ye Fei finally moved!
He quickly ignited the fire marrow with his yuan force, then threw it violently under the artifact refining furnace.
Then he continued to urge his yuan force to increase the heat, continuously roasting the artifact refining furnace.
When the artifact refining furnace reached the temperature Ye Fei required, he immediately threw several materials into the artifact refining furnace.
Then he closed the furnace lid, increased the heat again, and began to melt the metal materials.
As time passed, Bai Feng clearly took the lead in melting the metal materials into liquid.
Next, the metal materials were directly poured into the adjacent cold water pool.
With a clang.
They were immediately fished out.
The subsequent steps were also the most crucial part of the artifact refining process.
That was to forge them into shape through hammering.
Bai Feng smugly glanced at Ye Fei first. Seeing that his progress was far behind him, he was convinced that Ye Fei had merely peeked at his steps and only then knew what to do.
However, Elder Qi did not think so.
From Ye Fei's fluid steps, it was evident that this was not something a novice could achieve.
However, at this time, no one showed any surprise.