Chapter 619 - A Refining Workshop Is Rented
Chapter 619: A Refining Workshop Is Rented
The whole session of refining lasted no more than an hour.
Without staying, Han Fei simply followed the shopping guide to the next destination, which was a one-star refining workshop.
The refining workshop was almost as large as that of the apprentice refiner’s. The refiner in this workshop looked a few years older and slightly more proud than the first one.
However, since the visitor had paid for the ticket, the refiner didn’t refuse to show his trick.
After all, the difference between one star and apprenticeship wasn’t too huge.
The man looked at Han Fei. “I know you just visited an apprentice refiner. In fact, my way of refining is exactly the same as his, except that I’m more familiar with the Spirit Polishing Technique, the Spirit Fusing Technique and the Spirit Forging Technique. I’ll save you the details. You can just watch.”
This one-star refiner slapped the table, and all the eight materials on it were covered in a bright mass of spiritual energy. They were completely melted by the one-star refiner in only a hundred seconds.
Then, it was the Spirit Polishing Technique. Han Fei clearly sensed the difference this time. When the materials were polished, the spiritual energy seemed to have certain chemical reactions with them, which added an obvious color to the previously colorless spiritual energy.
In terms of polishing, this one-star refiner was much better than the apprentice refiner. He polished the materials for about five hundred seconds, and Han Fei could tell that the final materials were very pure and their features were activated.
When the Spirit Forging Technique was used, which was the last step, the eight masses of materials were put together and kneaded for about three hundred seconds. Then, a low-quality spiritual saber appeared.
For the whole time, Han Fei hadn’t said a word. He simply expressed his gratitude after the man’s work was done, and then he left.
After the two observations, Han Fei put on a smile, as refining with spiritual energy was pretty easy.
It was the second time that Han Fei drew this conclusion. When he entered the workshop of the two-star refiner, the shopping guide said, “The two-star refiners are the main workforces in the Refining Hall. They have a huge workload, so their temper might not be very good.”
Han Fei grinned. “That’s fine. I won’t talk to him anyway.”
After entering the workshop, Han Fei found that the room was bigger than the previous ones and had a coverage of about fifty square meters.
There were few mid-quality and low-quality spiritual weapons in this workshop. Most were high-quality and ultra-quality ones.
This two-star refiner seemed to be only in his twenties, yet he had a five-star badge, which was a level much higher than the one-star refiner’s.
When Han Fei came in, the refiner was polishing the spirit. He simply glanced at Han Fei and said, “Just watch. Don’t disrupt me.”
Han Fei didn’t talk. It was only natural that the more skilled a specialist was, the prouder he would be. That rule applied almost in every profession.
This refiner was apparently better at the Spirit Polishing Technique than the one-star refiner was. His spiritual energy seemed to be burning, and all the impurities were discharged from it like sweat.
Also, the materials he polished had a vague sheen of light. Han Fei sensed the aura of gold from a mystic crystal he processed, and flexibility from one of the fish bones.
In Han Fei’s eyes, the rampant spiritual energy wasn’t dispersed but surrounded the materials helically as if it were in a magnetic field.
The spirit polishing seemed to have reached the final phase. After only a hundred seconds, it was time for spirit forging.
The show this time was different from the previous two.
This refiner was making an axe whose body, grip and edge were well-designed. It looked classier than the previous weapons in terms of structure, and the materials weren’t just melted, but embraced each other interactively.
Han Fei was intrigued, as the two-star refiner dealt with the details much better than the one-star refiner did. No wonder his ticket was ten times more expensive. The price was definitely worth it.
If the three-star refiners were willing to receive visitors, Han Fei would’ve continued his observation. He believed that he would be more enlightened this way.
Eventually, this refiner crafted a high-quality spiritual weapon.
After the man was done with his work, Han Fei said, “Thanks! I have two questions. How much spiritual energy did you spend? How many high-quality spiritual weapons can you make in a day?”
The refiner said impatiently, “Eighty thousand points of spiritual energy, and seven.”
Watching the man sit down on his cushion, Han Fei curled his lips and left the workshop.
Han Fei thought that it cost about fifty thousand points of spiritual energy for the Demon Purification Pot to make a high-quality spiritual weapon, and eighty thousand for this man to do the same.
Then, theoretically speaking, a three-star refiner should be able to reduce the cost significantly.
After leaving the workshop, Han Fei grew even more confident and said to the shopping guide, “Let’s go. Next.”
The shopping guide said, “The three-star refiner hasn’t started working yet. You may have to wait another two hours.”
Han Fei paused for a moment and suddenly asked, “There aren’t many refiners in the Refining Hall, are there?”
The shopping guide said, “Yes, there are. So far, we have more than 100,000 certified refiners. Among them, 40,000 are one-star refiners and another 40,000 are two-star ones. There are 18,000 three-star refiners and 1,900 four-star refiners…”
“Wait a minute…”
Han Fei was stunned. “Are you saying that there are only about 100 five-star refiners?”
“To be more exact, there are 82 of them! Every five-star refiner has their own special workshop, which is not open to anyone else even if they’re not working in it.”
Han Fei was surprised. “They have such a privilege? 82 people, 1,082 refining workshops… Have you been building a new workshop every time a five-star refiner emerges?”
The shopping guide nodded. “Of course. Five-star refiners are extremely rare. To become a five-star refiner, you need to do more than just build ultra-quality spiritual weapons and seal souls. Almost all the five-star refiners are studying how to craft divine weapons with ultra-quality materials. Many of them have even made quasi-divine weapons.”
“Divine weapons?”
Han Fei exclaimed, and many passers-by looked at him weirdly.
Han Fei swallowed and asked, “What exactly is a quasi-divine weapon?”
The shopping guide shrugged. “I don’t know and I’ve never seen one. Few people in the entire Scattered Stars Island are qualified to use a weapon of that level. I only know that it’s much more powerful than ultra-quality spiritual weapons.”
Han Fei didn’t think that it was too hard to build a divine weapon. He believed that it was easy for the Demon Purification Pot to make a divine weapon as long as the materials were good enough.
The problem was how long it would take for him to improve his level as a refiner, and how many stars he should get in the end.
From what he had seen, the three-star refiners were the pillars of the Refining Hall. The four-star and five-star ones were generally unwilling to craft weapons for random customers.
Seeing that he had to wait for a long time before the three-star refiner got to work, Han Fei asked again, “Are the refining workshops reserved for the refiners? Do you have to become an apprentice refiner to use one?”
The shopping guide replied, “Of course not. The Refining Hall is open, or we couldn’t have had 100,000 registered refiners. You can rent a workshop by paying some money. Every workshop has soundproof arrays.”
Han Fei was interested. “How much is the rent for an apprentice refiner’s workshop?”
The shopping guide said with a smile, “That’s cheap. It’s only five hundred points or high-quality pearls a day. If you don’t want to pay that, you can also apply to become an apprentice. Many apprentices only rent a workshop when they need it, and they usually follow and study after the one-star and two-star refiners.”
Han Fei instantly said, “I’d like to rent one for a day.”
The shopping guide grinned as she would earn a lot from the one percent commission today. It would be much more than a scavenging trip on the beach.
As he talked with the shopping guide, a badge to a room was delivered to them.
The shopping guide said, “It’s the No. 198 workshop. Someone will inform you when the time is up. If you want to renew the lease, just pay more rent. If you leave early, give the badge back to the counter. However, your rent won’t be refundable even if you don’t use it for a whole day.”
Han Fei didn’t really care, as he had plenty of money.
There were also a lot of stores in the Refining Hall where the refiners sold the weapons they made. According to the shopping guide, their prices were similar to those in the Logistics Division.
However, some refiners often sold the weapons they made during their exercises at a low price, so there were plenty of customers in the Refining Hall.
Han Fei wandered among the stores and didn’t see anything usual, and the shopping guide received a message that the three-star refiner was starting to work, so she led Han Fei away.