System's Super Sect Chapter 1184 - 1055: The Ten Great Divine Arts of the Thousand Crafts Sect Revealed!

Celestial String gave everyone a reminder, and only then did they withdraw their gazes from Qing Qian, Wen Ping and the others.

On the Vortex Dueling Platform, they saw Luan Wen take out from his Storage Ring a "Stone Slab" that was milky-white and thin as a cicada’s wing. Then, as his Meridian Gate trembled, flames began to dance upon the "Stone Slab," slowly wrapping the entire "Stone Slab" within.

Li Changhai spoke again, "This item is called Thousand Plate, something unique to the Thousand Crafts Sect. Generally speaking, when a Vortex Divine Artisan refines Celestial Materials and Treasures, they’ll place the essence of those Celestial Materials and Treasures into a vessel to slowly Fusion, and in the end condense it into a Vortex Diagram. But usually, those vessels themselves don’t have any function. Thousand Plate is different. As the vessel that holds the essence of the Celestial Materials and Treasures, during the process of refining them into a Vortex Diagram, it can make the energy of the Celestial Materials and Treasures become gentler, allowing them to better Fusion together into a Vortex Diagram."

"Using this kind of auxiliary method, doesn’t that count as cheating?" Long Ye questioned from the side, and pointed at the table in front of Luan Wen. "The Vortex Dueling Platform clearly provides vessels!"

Li Changhai swept a glance over the crowd, who shared the same confusion, then said, "In truth, all top-tier Vortex Divine Artisans have their own set of refining methods, and they all have their own auxiliary means and vessels to restrain the violent energies within Celestial Materials and Treasures. So even if he doesn’t use the vessels provided by the Vortex Dueling Platform and instead uses his own Thousand Plate, strictly speaking, that doesn’t count as violating the rules."

"Then Master Zi Ran..." Long Ye was astonished to find that Zi Ran was actually using the ordinary vessel provided by the Vortex Dueling Platform, with no auxiliary function at all. "Why doesn’t Master Zi Ran use this kind of auxiliary vessel? Isn’t he just letting Luan Wen get a free advantage?"

As Long Ye’s voice rang out, the others all turned to Li Changhai with the same question in their eyes. Left with no choice, Li Changhai pondered for a moment before saying, "There are only two possibilities. Either Master Zi Ran has such things but disdains to use them, or Master Zi Ran simply doesn’t possess any auxiliary vessels. As to which it is, we’d have to ask Sect Leader Wen."

As Li Changhai’s words fell, everyone again looked toward Wen Ping.

Wen Ping answered casually, "Elder Zi Ran never uses this sort of thing."

Hearing Wen Ping’s reply, Li Changhai sighed in emotion, "So Master Zi Ran actually never uses such auxiliary vessels. Then Luan Wen really has taken a huge advantage this time."

As his words faded, Luan Wen had already opened the first Jade Box. Using his Vein Qi as a cord, he hooked out the Celestial Materials and Treasures within the Jade Box, and then swiftly opened the second, third, fourth... all the way to the fifteenth Jade Box.

Fifteen Celestial Materials and Treasures of all different forms were wrapped in Luan Wen’s Vein Qi, quietly floating in midair. Then Luan Wen slowly stretched out his right hand, pointing straight at the first Celestial Material and Treasure—Black Phoenix Stone. Right after, all the fingers of his right hand except the index curled inward, hiding in his palm. With a tremor of his Meridian Gate, Luan Wen’s arm was instantly ignited by flame.

But after just a few breaths, the burning flames turned into black-red lava, wrapping Luan Wen’s entire arm.

Next, Luan Wen pointed his finger at the Black Phoenix Stone!

In that instant, three streaks of black-red flame surged out from his shoulder, roaming along his arm like swimming dragons, rushing straight toward the tip of Luan Wen’s index finger.

The black flame at his fingertip suddenly stabbed into the Black Phoenix Stone!

The black shell on the surface of the Black Phoenix Stone instantly split open!

Its core had already begun to melt!

Before people even had time to clearly see that shell shatter, Luan Wen’s index finger had already tapped in succession on all fifteen Celestial Materials and Treasures.

The black-red flame spread out from the first Black Phoenix Stone, then as if stringing the remaining fourteen Celestial Materials and Treasures together, formed a circle.

The most breathtaking scene appeared—Luan Wen’s single finger kept hopping among the fifteen Celestial Materials and Treasures in front of him. With each tap, he could make one Celestial Material and Treasure shudder, shedding some black, white, and even multicolored powder.

Those were the dregs within the Celestial Materials and Treasures!

"This is one of the Ten Great Divine Arts of the Thousand Crafts Sect—Black Finger. At Minor Success, you can simultaneously refine five Celestial Materials and Treasures; at Great Success, you can refine fifteen at once; at Perfection, you can handle thirty at the same time. The most terrifying part is that after cultivating Black Finger, you can use the power at your fingertips to strip away the dregs within Celestial Materials and Treasures. At Perfection, you can unleash a hundred taps in a short span, clearing over ninety percent of the dregs in the Celestial Materials and Treasures!" Seeing this scene, Qing Qian’s expression grew grim as he let out an exclamation.

"Luan Wen can refine fifteen Celestial Materials and Treasures simultaneously; clearly he has already reached the Great Success Realm, so he can unleash at least fifty taps. Fifty taps are more than enough to remove seventy percent of the dregs in a Celestial Material and Treasure like Black Phoenix Stone!" Although it wasn’t his first time seeing Black Finger, every time he saw it, Qing Qian couldn’t help but knit his brows.

He finally understood now why Lin Yehong had him compete in refining techniques against Zi Ran.

Judging by refining techniques alone, even if he had only cultivated Black Finger to Great Success and at most could unleash fifty taps on a single Celestial Material and Treasure, such a level, even looking across the entire You Country, was something few Four Vortex Vortex Divine Artisans could compare with.

At the very least, before he broke into the Five Vortex Realm, he had never achieved this level—at most, he could only remove sixty percent of the dregs.

Following Qing Qian’s exclamation, Li Changhai also couldn’t help but sigh, "You all probably don’t understand what it means to remove seventy percent of the dregs. In fact, the vast majority, like me and Elder Qing Qian, could only strip away around fifty to sixty percent of the dregs in Celestial Materials and Treasures while in the Four Vortex Realm. Only after reaching the Five Vortex Realm and then going back to work on Four-Vortex Vortex Map can we reach seventy to ninety percent. To be able, while still in the Four Vortex Realm, to remove seventy percent or even more of the dregs in a Celestial Material and Treasure such as Black Phoenix Stone requires a powerful refining technique like Black Finger."

"This is the terrifying aspect of the Ten Great Divine Arts of the Thousand Crafts Sect." As Qing Qian sighed, he once again looked toward Wen Ping.

But after hearing his words, Wen Ping still wore that same indifferent expression.

As if he hadn’t taken any of it in.

As if he simply didn’t care about Black Finger at all.

Qing Qian’s brows furrowed; he only felt that Wen Ping was too hard to fathom, so his gaze fell onto Zi Ran.

Black Finger has already been unleashed!

How was Zi Ran going to claim victory?

In what way was the refining method of the Vortex New Dao different?

(My condition isn’t too good today.

I won’t promise a second Chapter for now.

I’m just afraid I might not manage to write it later even if I’ve promised, and that would be really awkward.)