Supreme Star Card Master

"I wonder what kind of Star Device Su Xing Lord wants?"

Hearing Duan Tianzhi's inquiry, Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Naturally, it should be a Space Star Device, but both the Copy of Mountains and Rivers and the Four Seas Bottle are not quite suitable for me. The former leans towards functionality, while the latter should actually belong to the Water Series Star Devices.

What I want is a Space Star Device that can be used for direct combat, attacking, defending, and controlling."

Su Yuan knew that Space Star Devices were rare, so he had no special requirements for the category.

"A Space Star Device for direct combat..." Duan Tianzhi looked at Su Yuan, thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Please follow me, Star Lord."

Su Yuan's eyes flickered slightly but didn't ask much. He followed Duan Tianzhi out of the Artifact Refining Hall and headed towards a certain place in the Miracle Workshop.

"Grandmaster Duan."

"Hello, Grandmaster Duan!"

"..."

Along the way, many Artifact Refiners greeted Duan Tianzhi and curiously observed Su Yuan, who was wearing a Star Robe.

Su Yuan looked calm, while Duan Tianzhi responded casually as he began to explain things to Su Yuan.

"Epic Grade Space Star Devices are rarer due to the preciousness of the materials and the difficulty of refining. Normally, if it's not a custom order, we don't specifically refine special series Star Devices. In the past few decades, only two Epic Grade Space Star Devices have been produced in the Miracle Workshop."

Su Yuan remained silent, waiting quietly for Duan to continue.

"However, to ensure we can quickly refine the needed Star Devices when required, we do keep some 'Artifact Embryos' that are already shaped and waiting for further refining."

Su Yuan, not knowing much about artifact refining, asked in confusion, "Artifact Embryos?"

"Yes, Star Lord Su, think of them as semi-finished products."

"Got it," Su Yuan nodded.

As they talked, they arrived at a blackish building. From the outside, it didn't look like anything important. But as soon as he stepped inside, Su Yuan saw two older Artifact Refining Masters in purple artifact refining robes, heatedly discussing something.

The surrounding walls were covered with various diagrams, runes, and formulas.

"We should definitely add Flowing Wave Stone to balance the fire element and enhance toughness."

"Flowing Wave Stone is too average. We must add Nine Yin Fire Sand, which balances the fire with yin fire and further enhances fire element strengthening!"

"If you add Nine Yin Fire Sand, its ferocity will be too strong, and it might self-destruct after a few uses!"

"That's why I said before, you need to add some auxiliary materials to smooth out the ferocity."

"What kind of auxiliary materials could smooth out such strong ferocity? That's a joke!"

...

"Master Yang, Master Wei," Duan Tianzhi spoke up, interrupting their conversation.

"Duan Tianzhi, how come you have time to visit No.4 Artifact Research Institute?"

Su Yuan silently remarked to himself, So this is the Artifact Research Institute? It's so chaotic, and without even a sign outside. Truly, they act at their whim...

Besides personal Artifact Refiners, the Miracle Workshop also had multiple Artifact Research Institutes, gathering groups of Artifact Refiners to research topics related to the Artifact Path.

Duan Tianzhi asked, "Is Elder Wei here?"

Master Yang replied, "He's in the Hidden Artifact Room, doing some research. Do you need him?"

"Yes, I remember you have some Space Artifact Embryos here, so I came to have a look."

"Space Artifact Embryos...," Master Yang and Master Wei looked at Su Yuan behind them. "Is this the new Star Lord?"

Duan Tianzhi said, "Yes, this is the new Yu Heng Star Lord."

"Vermilion Bird Imperial, Su Yuan." Su Yuan greeted the two with a bow.

After glancing at Su Yuan, the two masters nodded and casually said, "Do as you please."

"Alright."

Duan Tianzhi led Su Yuan further in. They saw quite a few Master level refiners, including three to four at the Grandmaster level.

When they arrived at a "Hidden Artifact Room," an old man was sitting inside, appearing to be dozing off while holding some documents.

"Cough, cough!"

Duan Tianzhi lightly coughed.

"Duan Tianzhi, why are you here?" The old man quickly woke up and rubbed his eyes. "And you brought someone from the Sky Patrol Department... a Star Lord?"

"Elder Wei," Duan Tianzhi stepped forward and bowed.

Su Yuan followed suit and then directly explained their purpose.

Elder Wei said, "Space Artifact Embryos... we do have a few."

Before Elder Wei could continue, Su Yuan had already sensed a faint space fluctuation from somewhere in the room and turned to look.

"Hel, you have sharp senses. Wanting a Space Artifact Embryo... could it be you're a Space Star Card Master, a rarity seen in many years?"

Elder Wei studied Su Yuan for a few moments, then got up and led Su Yuan and Duan to a display platform.

"Here, these three are the current Space Artifact Embryos. They have been shaped based on the properties of existing materials. Once we finalize them with specific Level 4 materials and refine them, they might elevate to Epic Star Artifacts if their spiritual power greatly increases."

"Not bad," Duan Tianzhi nodded slightly and said to Su Yuan, "Star Lord Su, take a look."

"Alright."

Su Yuan stepped forward to examine them closely.

One was a black umbrella, another a long box filled with silver needles, and the last one a yellow cloth bag.

Elder Wei introduced, "This umbrella is intended to be refined into a defensive star device. When opened, it can disrupt the space it covers, preventing enemy attacks. But caution, attacking can only be done from a distance.

The needle box is an offensive concealed weapon, an enhanced version of the Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle. The silver needles inside are made from Void Silver Gold, invisible and hard to defend against during an attack, and can be retrieved with just a thought.

This cloth bag has an internal space already defined. Once Void Silver Stone is added to induce space turbulence, in battle, you can capture an opponent inside, and the internal space turbulence can wear down and destroy the enemy! However, it can only capture one enemy at a time."

Unlike a finished Star Device, a semi-finished Artifact Embryo couldn't reveal its information, and only the Artifact Refiner knew its potential powers.

So at this moment, Elder Wei's explanations were detailed, with no hidden flaws.

"Do any of these catch your interest?" Elder Wei asked Su Yuan casually.

Su Yuan carefully examined each Artifact Embryo but eventually put them all down.

Bowing respectfully, Su Yuan asked, "Elder Wei, are there any other Artifact Embryos?"

Although these three were good, they didn't truly resonate with Su Yuan.

Seeing this, Elder Wei understood that Su Yuan wasn't interested in these three Artifact Embryos.

However, these were the only Artifact Embryos created in recent years.

Creating a new one wouldn't only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but they also didn't have more space-related materials at the moment.

Elder Wei pondered for a while, then suddenly seemed to recall something. He looked at Su Yuan for a moment and laughed, "Seeing you're quite polite, come with me."

The few of them headed to a passageway leading downwards.

Elder Wei took out a talisman and broke the barrier seal on the passage and led Su Yuan and Duan Tianzhi down.

As soon as they descended, Su Yuan saw various Star Devices displayed before them, nine in total.

However, these Star Devices were mostly dim and lacked luster. They didn't look as impressive as the Copy of Mountains and Rivers and Divine Bird's Woe he had seen earlier with Duan Tianzhi.

Moreover, these Star Devices all had something in common... they were all damaged and broken!

Seeing these Star Devices, Duan Tianzhi's expression slightly changed.

Su Yuan's gaze fell on a simple black axe, whose blade was mostly chopped off.

"Elder Wei, what are these...?" Su Yuan asked.

"They are some damaged Epic Star Artifacts," Elder Wei explained slowly. "Typically, damaged Epic Star Artifacts are either repaired or decomposed to extract raw materials.

But some extremely precious Epic Star Artifacts are too valuable to dismantle, so they are kept here until we can reforge and repair them.

Over time, a few have been successfully repaired and put to use.

Occasionally, new ones are added, bringing us to the nine you see here now!

For example, this axe is an Epic Star Artifact from ancient times, called the Bright Gold Divine Axe. It's purely physical, and its sharpness might even break through defenses of all Epic Star Artifacts!"

"Oh? That powerful?"

Su Yuan narrowed his eyes, not expecting such power from the seemingly unremarkable broken axe before him!

"It's because the damage made it lose almost all its spiritual essence. Now it appears ordinary, but its previous power was unimaginable.

This Bright Gold Divine Axe was damaged in a direct collision with another powerful weapon, with both being destroyed."

Su Yuan nodded, his gaze scanning the remaining Star Artifacts.

Although these broken ancient Star Artifacts were challenging to repair, Elder Wei must have had his reasons for bringing him to this basement.

At this moment, Elder Wei walked to a black box, taking out a foot-long segment of a silver chain.

The chain had a sharp end and a rounded end.

Though rusted and seemingly damaged, it still transmitted a faint space fluctuation. Weak but with an inherently strong pressure!

Suddenly, Su Yuan felt an intuition and, with a thought, released twelve silver chains from his body.

It was the Sky Lock!

Elder Wei was about to explain when the foot-long silver chain trembled, glowed faintly, and flew from his hand to Su Yuan's, resting in his palm.

"Oh?!"

Elder Wei hadn't expected this, staring in surprise at the twelve Sky Locks spiraling around Su Yuan.

Rubbing the rusted chain, Su Yuan could faintly sense its weak consciousness.

This is the one!

Gripping the silver chain, Su Yuan felt it was his destined weapon!

"I didn't expect you to have a connection with this item," Elder Wei said.

Su Yuan asked, "Elder Wei, what is this Star Artifact?"

"Heavenly Lock," Elder Wei slowly revealed. "This Star Artifact is called Heavenly Lock, exceedingly tough. It excels in control and has significant offensive power."