"Indeed," Xiao Jin said. "Anyway, in the end, Master will surely make them eat their words."
"Right. Master is here, and the way this artifact refining competition is set up is very favorable to her," Hun Bing said, full of confidence in Feng Yuqin.
The artifact refining competition was completely different from the pill refining one.
Since artifact refining materials were much harder to find, the competition was divided into three rounds.
The first round tested the contestants' ability to match materials.
There could be no mistakes in the material combinations for artifact refining, or the semi - finished products couldn't be refined.
The second round was to start refining semi - finished products using the materials that had been matched and purified in the first round.
Those who failed the first round would hardly be able to advance to the second round.
The third round was to shape and polish the semi - finished products refined in the second round.
The meticulousness, endurance, and skills required in the third round also placed demands on a person's spiritual power.
The spiritual pets had full confidence in Feng Yuqin.
However, the people outside looked at Feng Yuqin as if she were a joke.
But they also refrained from openly ridiculing Feng Yuqin due to her status as a pill refiner.
After all, a pill refiner who could trigger a pill tribulation would be coveted by many major forces.
They wouldn't easily provoke someone if they didn't have the ability to defeat them in one fell swoop.
Feng Yuqin didn't bother to pay attention to these people.
She was sitting in a corner, thinking about the competition.
There would be a night's rest between each round, which was extremely beneficial to her.
She could use this night to enter her space and improve her artifact - refining skills.
One night outside meant half a year in her space.
Just as Feng Yuqin was deep in thought, the Divine Sword Sect disciples who had gone to place their bets returned.
"Sister Qin..." The Divine Sword Sect disciples saw Feng Yuqin and immediately rushed towards her.
"Have you all placed your bets?" Feng Yuqin looked up at them and asked.
"Sister Qin, I've bet all my savings. If you don't win, I'll lose my cultivation resources for the next six months," Yi Wantang said with a long face.
"I've also bet most of my savings. Sister Qin, you're really going to win, right?" Another disciple, Hua Zhiyuan, asked nervously.
"Me too," Sha Man'er raised her right hand and said timidly, "I've bet most of my money, leaving only a little for basic living expenses."
The other disciples also spoke up one by one.
Even the one who bet the least had wagered half of their money, all betting on Feng Yuqin to win.
The people from other forces nearby were stunned.
"What? Are these Divine Sword Sect disciples crazy? They're betting on Feng Yuqin to win?" a man exclaimed in disbelief.
His voice was so loud that the Divine Sword Sect disciples heard it.
"I'm betting on our Sister Qin to win. So what?" Sha Man'er was like a timid rabbit in front of Feng Yuqin, but when facing others, she was like a roaring lioness.
Feng Yuqin was speechless at Sha Man'er's sudden change.
"Sha Man'er is so funny," Hun Bing said cheerfully when she saw this scene.
"She's performed quite well on this journey," Xiao Ying commented.
"Of course. I've read her mind. She's a die - hard fan of Master. There's no doubt about it," Hun Bing said. Her mind - reading ability was quite useful.
If there was any problem, she would remind Master.
But she found that her mind - reading ability seemed a bit useless for such a powerful Master.
Most of the time, Master could keenly sense whether a person was worth befriending without her reminder.
"Although it won't be too bad, you're going to lose," another man kindly reminded.
"We won't lose," Sha Man'er said blindly worshiping Feng Yuqin. "If you want to win, bet on our Sister Qin. Otherwise, you'll be the ones who lose."
"Sha Man'er, are you joking?" Someone here recognized the Divine Sword Sect people and knew Sha Man'er's name. "We've bet on Xie Hongkai from the Purple Light Pavilion."
"I've bet on Duan Zhou from the Starfall Hall," another person said.
Most of the people present had bet on these two.
In every artifact - refining competition, these two had always been the most intense competitors.
Their artifact - refining skills were on par.
Seeing that these people had so much faith in Xie Hongkai and Duan Zhou, Sha Man'er sneered and ignored them.
Anyway, they just needed to bet on Sister Qin.
The other Divine Sword Sect disciples had the same thought, so they all gathered around Feng Yuqin.
It wasn't until the competition officially started that the contestants of the artifact - refining competition gradually entered the competition venue.
Some people who had come to watch the competition had already taken their seats.
Those who couldn't find seats at the back also found the best spots to watch the competition.
Among these people, many had watched the pill - refining competition. So when those who had seen Feng Yuqin saw her among the artifact - refining contestants, they were stunned.
"Isn't that Feng Yuqin? Why is she among the artifact - refining contestants?"
"That means she's here to participate in the artifact - refining competition."
"She's so good at pill refining. Can she also refine artifacts?"
"Maybe she can do both."
"That would be too amazing."
"Not really. Maybe the Divine Sword Sect just dragged her here to make up the numbers since she's better at pill refining."
Soon, the news that someone had bet on Feng Yuqin to win with five million spiritual crystals reached these people's ears.
"I just heard that someone bet on Feng Yuqin to win, and the amount is quite large."
"Me too..."
Everyone was even more confused.
"Now, the artifact - refining competition officially begins. Please go to the competition stage to collect your artifact - refining materials," said the right protector of the World Alliance, who was hosting this artifact - refining competition.
Each force and family had their own designated area.
Upon hearing this, the contestants looked at the signs of their sects or families and then went to collect their artifact - refining materials.
It was more like a selection than a collection.
Artifact refining was different from pill refining.
In pill refining, all the medicinal herbs were prepared.
But in artifact refining, a large number of materials were mixed together, and the contestants had to match the materials according to the items they were required to refine based on the number on the lottery tickets they had drawn.
There were also some requirements and specifications on the tickets.
Many contestants didn't know what they were going to refine until this moment.
Only then could they accurately know what to refine and what materials to prepare.
They had to match these materials on their own.
This kind of assessment was to test the basic skills of the artifact refiners.