Chapter 582: Chapter 523: Hype and the Advanced Artifact Refining Prodigy (8/8)
"Hahaha."
Feeling amused, Jin Jun burst out laughing.
At his current level, it was impossible for him to really consider Zhang Yu in front of him as a competitor.
But after laughing, he also realized he couldn’t just walk away as if nothing had happened.
After all, Zhang Yu publicly announced his intentions, which was equivalent to issuing a direct challenge to him, competing in the artifact refining project.
If he left without a word, it might have a negative impact on his artifact refining reputation.
Especially with Zhang Yu in front of him, and Zi Yunzhen and other assistants beside him... Jin Jun did not understand their personalities.
What if they were all big mouths like Feng Tingting?
If rumors spread that Zhang Yu openly provoked him, and Jin Jun hurriedly left without saying a word, wouldn’t that tarnish his name for no reason?
So Jin Jun smiled faintly and extended a finger.
The light at his fingertip flashed, projecting numbers that gradually grew larger.
"This is the funding I have currently raised for the project of the Heavenly Sun Divine."
As Jin Jun spoke, the numbers at his fingertip continued to grow, quickly jumping to 300 spirit coins, and then skyrocketing further.
And with this display of spirit coin numbers, the Spirit Realm vibrated continuously, lights flickered, and murmuring seemed to sound between heaven and earth.
It is said in ancient times, when immortals descended to the world, there would be the sound of conch horns, heavenly flowers falling, radiant glows stretching for miles, and auspicious beasts galloping—such phenomena.
In modern times, a display of large amounts of spirit coins would trigger various phenomena.
When the numbers at Jin Jun’s fingertip surged to 300, light and shadow changes around him formed various financial advertisements, magic treasure advertisements, gambling advertisements... as if trying hard to attract spirit coin investments.
When Jin Jun’s numbers rose to 600, calls came from deep within the Spirit Realm, countless Soul Cultivators softly calling his name, wanting to recommend funds, Cave Mansions, and all sorts of luxury items to him.
In the air around, there was a faint surge of Divine Power, representing that the large display of spirit coins had already caught the attention of the divine power network, being meticulously recorded.
At the same time, the bank’s high-end customer features activated, and verification effects for authenticity of funds unfolded.
Auspicious lights and air descended, transforming into spirit coin numbers appearing in every corner of the air, verifying the authenticity of the account balance.
As funds increased, verification methods gradually upgraded, with layers of emotionless voices murmuring Jin Jun’s name and balance, reaffirming the authenticity of the funds.
User Jin Jun, account balance 642 spirit coins!
Watching this scene, Zi Yunzhen felt as if the entire world was chanting this number.
Her purple irises shimmering with the glow of spirit coins slightly enlarged, and she was left with only one thought: "Worthy of aiming for the Heavenly Sun Divine’s prodigy... he’s so rich! He’s so strong!"
The two assistants beside her were also inexplicably shocked, with only one thought surging in their minds: "With such hefty funds, such ample research budget, how can Zhang Yu compete with him? How could he ever match him?"
Jin Jun looked at the numbers on his fingertip with satisfaction, and the phenomena caused by the large display of spirit coins.
To increase the project’s success rate, he had prepared thoroughly for the Heavenly Sun Divine; these 642 spirit coins comprised savings, loans, investments... Jin Jun had used all sorts of methods to raise funds.
Withdrawing his finger, as the spirit coin balance disappeared, all phenomena in the world also dissipated one by one.
Then Jin Jun spread his five fingers and waved through the air in front of him.
Instantly, strings of magic treasure data were projected in the air, like stacks of documents, directly appearing before everyone’s eyes.
Magic treasures are results of the artifact refining cultivator, and magic treasure parameters are the best way to showcase artifact refining results.
As the top student of the Artifact Refining Department, Jin Jun naturally always had his magic treasure parameters ready to be sent out at any time.
When encountering other artifact refining cultivators, they can see his magic treasures and their parameters, understanding Jin Jun’s level and area of expertise.
But what if he encountered artifact refining cultivators who couldn’t understand?
Such as Zi Yunzhen and the other two assistants at the moment, who found it incredibly challenging looking at the lines of magic treasure parameters appearing in the air, needing to look up information to understand the meaning of each number.
This was because these magic treasures were either templates learned in higher grades or not within the university’s syllabus, and Zi Yunzhen and others hadn’t studied these magic treasure templates yet.
Zhang Yu could only infer from the names of these magic treasures that the technology within them was related to the Heavenly Sun Divine since he had already had Fu Ji conduct a similar analysis earlier.
And soon, Zi Yunzhen learned the level through the comments below these magic treasure parameters.
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Additionally, Zi Yunzhen also saw the evaluations from Thunder Extreme True Monarch, Master Jiu Duan, Yan Qianji, and other teachers and students.
However, at this moment, Jin Jun frowned slightly upon seeing the comment from Thunder Extreme True Monarch and deleted it with a swipe of his hand.
As for Zi Yunzhen and others looking at these praises, it seemed as if they saw endorsements one after another for Jin Jun, illustrating his artifact refining skills.
At the same time, Jin Jun said lightly, "To complete the Heavenly Sun Divine, I have not only prepared ample research funds but also accumulated enough technology over the past few years."
"Each of these magic treasures represents my journey, encompassing all the techniques I will need when refining the prototype machine of the Heavenly Sun Divine."
"And to validate my level, I invited many teachers and top students to appraise the magic treasures and provide comments, hoping to identify any gaps and improve further."
Jin Jun didn’t say much more, but everyone present felt his absolute confidence.
Zi Yunzhen thought to himself, "With money, technology, and connections, Senior Jin Jun has everything ready and secure this time; what’s the point of Zhang Yu competing?"
Ye Xingli thought, "Jin Jun’s preparations are more thorough than I expected. It seems that another Heavenly Sun Divine will appear in the Artifact Refining Department next year."
After saying all this and demonstrating his artifact refining skills, Jin Jun didn’t intend to stay any longer.
He believed Zhang Yu must be regretting his decision just now and would soon come to ask to join his project.
"By then, the conditions won’t be as good as they are now."
Thinking this, Jin Jun bid farewell to Ye Xingli and turned to leave.
However, before leaving the lab, Jin Jun paused and told everyone, "Regarding what I just said, feel free to disclose it; you don’t need to keep it a secret for me."
"My project still welcomes anyone interested to submit their resumes."
With Jin Jun’s departure, the lab fell silent once more.
Zhang Yu acted as if nothing had happened, returning to his workbench to continue practicing his artifact refining techniques.
Zi Yunzhen, while cleaning materials, occasionally glanced at Zhang Yu, thinking, "His heart is probably not at peace right now? He’ll likely go seek out Senior Jin Jun and admit defeat in a few days."
Following this, the events of today in the lab gradually began to spread within the Artifact Refining Department.
Upon learning of it, Su Yuni’s first reaction was that it was all a publicity stunt.
In a small group, Su Yuni said: There’s absolutely no one so foolish, who just transferred to the department and wants to directly compete with Jin Jun, who has been preparing for years and has mastered the "Illusory Divine Artifact Technique?"
Su Yuni: It’s all about showing off the funds and the technology... I think there’s an eighty percent chance Jin Jun is staging a hype, using Zhang Yu as a foil to promote his own project.
Su Yuni: In all likelihood, it won’t be long before Zhang Yu voluntarily concedes and joins Jin Jun’s project, providing another chance for promotion.
Zi Yunzhen had an epiphany: "I see, it’s a coordinated effort between the two. After such a hype, probably quite a few people will send their resumes to Jin Jun, and some might even invest or loan him money."
...
No matter how turbulent the outside world became, after announcing his plan to refine the prototype machine, Zhang Yu continued to follow his own pace and plan.
In the following days, he wasn’t in a hurry; he continued as before, quietly practicing his artifact refining techniques every day, seizing the time to accumulate as an artifact refining genius.
Jin Jun’s display of strength indeed put pressure on Zhang Yu but also stirred more fighting spirit in him.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and the time came to the end of June.
On this day, Zhang Yu finally completed the cultivation of the eighth artifact refining technique.
Advanced - Artifact Refining Genius (8/8): Artifact quality, artifact success rate sharply rise
Looking at the second level effect of Artifact Refining Genius, Zhang Yu’s gaze focused, and after some exploration, he understood how these effects worked.
The so-called artifact quality refers to the quality of refined magic treasures, magic remains, and other products.
Even if the same person refines the same magic treasure, the quality of each refinement will inevitably differ, with variations in strength, power, etc.
And the so-called sharp rise in artifact quality means that each refined magic treasure will approach the limits of one’s abilities and design, achieving the best effects in terms of strength, power, mana storage, response speed, and range of influence.
The so-called artifact success rate refers to reducing errors during the artifact refining process.
Every error in the refining process represents material waste.
A sharp rise in artifact success rate represents an improvement in material utilization rate, effectively saving refining costs.
The effects of the second layer of the entire Artifact Refining Genius greatly enhance Zhang Yu’s cost-effectiveness in artifact refining.
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly, thinking that his efforts were not in vain.
With this second layer of effect, his advantages in the upcoming competition for the Heavenly Sun Divine would undoubtedly increase significantly.