Chapter 2942 — Xiao Shu's Betrothal
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Following the section on how the Primal Essence Necklace was to be condensed came an appendix: the mental incantation of a Yellow Rank artificer.
Wei Zhao read on with curiosity, but after only a few glances his expression turned odd and helpless. At that moment there were just three words he wanted to say: this is **hard**!
The artificer's mental incantation was complexity itself—far, far more convoluted than even the most intricate alchemist's method for condensing pill fire he had ever seen. Not only was it unbelievably long, the way it circulated through the body was utterly bizarre.
And that was not all. The control methods for the force and temperature of the three-attribute forging flame were entirely separate—three methods, or rather six, since force and temperature each required a different set of controls!
Wei Zhao's mouth twitched twice. He could just picture it: an artificer forging a weapon, muttering under his breath like a man chanting a spell, ceaselessly reciting all manner of incantations, and one slip undoing everything.
His own Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, by contrast, was just one art. True, it split his attention many ways, but changing the flame's force and temperature was accomplished purely by his will—no need to circulate those tangled incantations at all. The instant his intent shifted, the forging flame shifted with it.
Compared side by side, his Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art really was absurdly easy. If artificers knew such a simple way existed, they would surely die of envy and rage!
Reading this, Wei Zhao felt profoundly fortunate—he had been sitting in bliss without knowing it!
"Elder Jiao, you really were right. Mine counts as the simple kind!" Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile. This time he had not a shred of temper left.
"Heh, see? Lin boy, you're too impatient. Wanting to become an artificer in a day or two—you underestimate the profession. Many of the famous artificers in history only began studying and groping their way through artificing after their lifespans were endlessly extended at the Heaven Rank!" Jiao Yazi said.
"All right, I was too impatient." Wei Zhao nodded. His martial cultivation had always gone smoothly, so this came as something of a surprise—but once he understood, he naturally calmed down, peacefully restoring his physical and true qi and preparing to keep practicing the condensation of the forging flame...
During class, Shen Yushu received a text message. Her expression shifted slightly, but she recovered her composure at once! It lasted only an instant, and Gu Mengyao beside her noticed nothing amiss.
"Yao Yao, I need to go to the bathroom!" Shen Yushu turned to Gu Mengyao with a woebegone look.
"We're still in class? You're sure you want to go now?" Gu Mengyao had been listening to the lecture, and Shen Yushu's words made her blink in surprise.
"I can't hold it, Xiao Shu's about to wet her pants..." Shen Yushu said, her face the color of wilted vegetables.
"Fine, go on then. I won't come with you." Gu Mengyao stood up to let Shen Yushu out from the inner seat.
Shen Yushu rose and darted out of the lecture hall. The instructor merely glanced over and asked nothing further! University courses were large lectures, two hours at a stretch, and students slipping out to the restroom midway was normal—besides, girls had their monthly cycles and needed the washroom more often. The instructor could not be bothered to ask.
But once out of the classroom, Shen Yushu did not head toward the restrooms. Instead she went to the balcony at the end of the teaching building's corridor, took out her phone, and quickly dialed a number!
The call connected almost at once, and a voice came through—one Shen Yushu hated to the bone yet dared not show it. It was the voice of Yu Yi of the Hidden Yu Family!
"Shen Yushu, you answered quickly this time!" Yu Yi sounded surprised at her speed.