On the edge of a steep cliff, a teenager sat cross-legged, his eyes closed and his brow furrowed.

After a moment, the young man opened his eyes, "Hey, how can I reach the ninth level of the foundation in half a year with my snail-crawling cultivation?" Ye Chen looked at the sky and muttered.

"Hey, little doll, looks like you need help?"

Just as Ye Chen was meditating, an old strange laugh suddenly came into his ears.

As soon as his little face changed, Ye Chen suddenly turned around, and his eagle-like sharp gaze glanced behind him for a while, but he didn't find half a figure...

"Hehe, don't look for it, it's on your finger. ”

Just when Ye Chen thought it was just an illusion, the strange laughter came out again without boundaries. The pupils shrank, and Ye Chen's gaze suddenly stopped on his right hand... The black quaint ring that I picked up three years ago.

"Are you talking?" Ye Chenqiang held back the horror in his heart and tried to calm his voice.

"The little doll's concentration is not bad, and she was not scared to jump down. In the midst of the ring, there was a joking laugh.

"Who are you?Why are you in my ring?What do you want to do?" After a slight silence, Ye Chen asked the key question clearly.

"Don't worry who I am, anyway, it won't hurt you, and besides, I was in this ring, you suddenly went to the river to pick it up, and I have been observing you day and night in the past three years, and your character and heart are good. And it's really a waste for you to cultivate like this, but your soul strength is also qualified, so I'll force it. ”

"I'm a waste?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

Hearing the strange answer, Ye Chen, who had always prided himself on being calm and calm, suddenly jumped up like a madman at this moment, as if he wanted to vent all the suffering he had suffered for so many years, his little face was full of hideousness, and he didn't care if it was something he liked or not, without thinking, Lima ripped off the ring on his finger, and then threw it out against the steepness

As soon as the ring left his hand, Ye Chen's heart cleared violently, and he hurriedly reached out to grab it, but the ring that left his hand had already fallen straight off the cliff... Looking at the ring that disappeared into the mist in a daze, Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, his little face slowly calmed down, and he patted his forehead in annoyance: "Idiot, it's too reckless, it's too reckless! With my cultivation speed, it's not a waste, what else can it be! I don't know if the strange sound ring fell off the cliff, I thought I was used to it, but when I heard it, I ...... Hey!" After sitting on the edge of the cliff for a long time, Ye Chen shook his head helplessly, got up, turned around, his eyes glared fiercely, and his fingers pointed to the thing in front of him tremblingly

In front of Ye Chen, there was a pitch-black ancient ring suspended at this time, and what shocked Ye Chen the most was that there was a transparent old man figure floating in the sky above the ring

"Hey, little doll, don't you need to be so angry, don't you just mention your sadness, and you won't throw me off the cliff. The transparent old man stared at the stunned Ye Chen with a smile and spoke.

"Hehe, after my observation in the past three years, although I have been scolded and coldly scolded, this has raised your forbearance and mind to a very high level, so!" Little doll, do you want to become stronger, do you want to be respected by others?" the old man said solemnly.

Although he didn't know anything about the old man in front of him, Ye Chen's heart couldn't help beating in the old man's words. "I've given up now, and with my cultivation speed, I'm ready to go back and learn the way of business with my father. Taking a slow breath, Ye Chen said lightly, he knew in his heart that there was no free lunch in the world, and it was not a wise decision to accept the favor of a mysterious person for some reason.

"Oh, yes, but I don't look like someone who wants to give up on your expression and observation of you?" said the old man curiously.

Listening to the old man's words, Ye Chen languished again, and sighed in frustration, Ye Chen's eyes glanced at the transparent old man who pretended to be unfathomable, his heart moved, and he pouted: "You also know my situation, do you have a way?"

"Perhaps. The old man smiled vaguely.

"You helped me reach the eighth level of foundation in one year, and I can also help you do some things, but I can't do anything that harms my family, what do you think?. Ye Chen asked tentatively.

"Hehe, the little doll is so calculating. ”

"If you're not doing me any good, then why should I take you with me? And you said you've been observing me for three years, so why don't you show up sooner so I don't have to suffer for another three years. Ye Chen sneered, chatted for a while, and he also saw that this transparent old man didn't seem to be able to do anything, otherwise he would be threatened by his family and father, and Ye Chen would not be able to resist anything.

"You don't look like a sixteen-year-old boy at all, it's not that I didn't want to show up sooner, but it took many years of replies before I could barely get out of the ring. Looking at the slippery Ye Chen, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with some tears and laughter.

Ye Chen spread his hands and said lightly, "If you want me to help you do things, you should always show some sincerity, and with my current strength, I can go anywhere." ”

"What a sharp-toothed little doll, good, good, who let the old man and I still beg you, little fellow. Nodding helplessly, the old man's figure lowered to the ground, his eyes looked at Ye Chen a few times, and a strange smile that succeeded quickly appeared on his face, and then dissipated, hesitated for a while, and seemed to speak extremely reluctantly: "Do you want to become a refiner?"

"Refiner?" Hearing this, Ye Chen was stunned, and then frowned: "In the Spirit Continent, I have only heard of alchemists, what is this refiner?"

"To put it bluntly, the refiner is a craftsman who forges weapons and armor......"

"Ahh You'd better hurry up and give me a way to improve your spiritual power. Ye Chen interrupted.

"Don't interject, listen to me, in fact, there are four types of special people in this world who are respectable, namely alchemists, refiners, spirit array masters, and beast tamers. You must know that the power of spiritual skills caused by a person's spiritual power is unchanged, only to improve the level of spiritual power or spiritual power exercises, but the level of spiritual power is the higher it is, the more difficult it is to break through, and the law of spiritual power is difficult to change, and people slowly have these four professions in order to improve their strength. Alchemists, use all kinds of rare medicinal materials to refine all kinds of pills, among which there are many kinds of medicines to improve the level of spiritual power, you must have heard of it, this is also the simplest and fastest one, but you have to remember that it is a medicine with three poisons, and the level raised with drugs will lead to a vain and unstable realm, and it takes energy to consolidate, otherwise it will be difficult to go further. Spirit Array Master, using a variety of spirit stones to pose in a variety of strange shapes to achieve their own goals, this kind of profession is good at winning more with less, with one enemy, and can often play a strange effect on the battlefield, but due to the strange formation, too complex to cause fewer and fewer such people. However, the beast tamer is like the meaning of letters, catch a powerful demon beast, make it his own half-life beast through secret methods, and the growth of his own strength The demon beast will also grow, and when the master moves back, it will often make itself invincible, and the endurance of the demon beast is incomparable to people, and running away is often not something that the general same level can chase, because the secret method is not passed on to the outside world, and it is said that only those Manchus living in the north can bear it, so that there are not many such people. Finally, there is the refiner, you must know that a good weapon can not only sharpen iron like clay, but also add the crystal nucleus of the demon beast to achieve the effect of amplification. A good set of armor will resist most damage. Most Alchemists can only do 20% amplification and 20% more damage to their armor, with a very small number of people doing 40% and those legendary Alchemists able to do 60%. However, due to the low threshold of refiners, even an ordinary person can forge weapons, although it can't do the effect of sharpening iron like clay and amplification, but it is much better than bare hands, with the passage of time, people have belittled this kind of person, and it is not as important as before, but there are very few who can really be called refiners. However, nowadays people value their own strength more, so it's normal that you haven't heard of it. ”

"Since you said that a refiner is the same as an alchemist, the conditions for becoming a real refiner must be very harsh?" Ye Chen asked.

"Of course. The old man smiled proudly.

"But I see that the iron strikers on the street are not noble, where is it?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

"Of course, only high-level refiners are revered. ”

"So I've reached it?" Ye Chen asked tremblingly.

Often admiring Ye Chen's shocked look mixed with anticipation and ecstasy, the old man stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then looked up and down again, and then sighed with some embarrassment: "It's just barely qualified." ”

Glancing at the reluctant old man, Ye Chen's heart always felt that what this old guy said was a bit false, but at this time, he didn't bother to ask deeply, but in addition to being happy, he also had a little doubt: "Even if I meet the conditions, you can say that the refiner is the same as the alchemist, but the alchemist is generally taught by the teacher himself, are you also a refiner?"

Looking at Ye Chen's little face full of suspicion, the old man smiled, his chest straightened slightly, and there was a faint pride in his voice: "That's right, I'm a refiner!"

"Old gentleman, may I ask, what level of refiner were you before?" Ye Chen licked his lips, and there was a little more politeness in his immature voice.

"What level? hehe, I can't remember... Hey, even if I remember you, you don't necessarily know. Little one, do you want to learn or not?" Shaking his head, the old man suddenly asked a little impatiently.

"Learn, learn" Ye Chen no longer hesitated, his little head hurriedly clicked, even if the refiner was useless, only if he could solve the current situation, even if it was miscellaneous, Ye Chen would be able to accept it.

"Hehe, willing, willing, then apprentice. The old man crossed his legs on a piece of bluestone and smiled treacherously.

"Do you still want to apprentice?"

"Nonsense, you want me to teach me without apprenticeship, what about dreams?" the old man rolled his eyes

Pursed his lips helplessly, in order to be able to reach the ninth level of spiritual power foundation, Ye Chen had no choice but to respectfully bow to the old man.