# Chapter 1623: Coordinating Artifact Refining
Mu Linxue changed into a clean, simple long dress that accentuated her beauty even more perfectly. Walking to the artifact refining room, she smiled gently at Lin Feng and said, "Let's go take a look."
As she spoke, both figures soared into the air and arrived beside the forged sword.
"Come here." Mu Linxue extended her hand and gave a soft command. Immediately, the sword broke through the air and returned to her palm, humming incessantly, as if it recognized that she had forged it.
"Hum, hum, hum!" The sword blade trembled, then broke free from Mu Linxue's hand, circling around Lin Feng's body with continuous sword cries. This made a hint of surprise appear in Lin Feng's eyes. Artifacts could become sentient. This sword had been forged by both Mu Linxue and him together, and it truly possessed spiritual nature. It seemed that when they used this Imperial Artifact sword, they could easily refine it without any resistance from the blade.
"Linxue, it seems your artifact refining skills have improved again." At this moment, a middle-aged man walked up beside Mu Linxue and said with a smile.
"Uncle." Mu Linxue nodded to the middle-aged man but said nothing else, seemingly not particularly fond of this uncle of hers.
"If you went all out and used the best refining materials, perhaps you could even forge a second-grade Imperial Artifact, Linxue. However, Yan Feng's refining strength is no less than yours, and his strange fire is stronger than yours. Add to that his assistant who excels in Array Dao, and he can easily forge a third-grade Imperial Artifact. You still won't be able to defeat him. If possible, your uncle still hopes you'll consider joining forces with Yan Feng to participate in the artifact refining competition. Such coordination would be more perfect."
The middle-aged man spoke slowly, but Mu Linxue furrowed her brow and said, "Am I not a member of the Mu Clan? You want me to compete alongside Yan Feng?"
"Yan Feng's conditions are worthy of you, Linxue."
"You want me to marry into the Yan Clan, with him as the lead and me assisting him, right?" Mu Linxue's expression turned cold. "Why don't you have your own daughter marry him instead?"
Hearing Mu Linxue's disrespectful words, the middle-aged man snorted coldly and said, "When this artifact refining competition ends, if you lose, marry or not, you will have to marry."
"After I marry out, your children can receive the best training in the Mu Clan, isn't that right!" Mu Linxue's voice also turned icy.
"Enough!" At this moment, an elderly man stepped forward, his stern gaze sweeping over the two of them. He then said to Mu Linxue, "Linxue, you also know the relationship between the Yan Clan and Sword Mountain. They have been forging swords for Sword Mountain for many years, their power is formidable, and they firmly suppress our Mu Clan. Yan Feng likes you, so he has put great pressure on the Mu Clan."
"I know, but Second Grandfather should also be clear about the Yan Clan's wolf-like ambitions." Mu Linxue replied.
"But if our Mu Clan doesn't give face to the Yan Clan, it will undoubtedly give them an excuse to crush and annex us. Of course, the clan hasn't failed to fight for you, which is why we have this agreement for the artifact refining competition. If you win, the matter is settled. This is the greatest effort the Mu Clan can make for you. Additionally, there are still a few months until the competition. Second Grandfather will do his best to find someone skilled in formations to assist you in refining. Second Grandfather also hopes you can win."
"I understand Second Grandfather's good intentions." Mu Linxue bowed slightly to the old man and said, "But there's no need to look for a formation master anymore. I can handle it alone."
"You're still so stubborn." The old man smiled bitterly. "Since you insist, then so be it."
The old man understood that this artifact refining competition was merely going through the motions. Mu Linxue was destined to lose. That genius from the Yan Clan was too monstrous. Even without finding a formation assistant to cooperate with him, he could easily forge a first-grade Imperial Artifact on his own. It was said that he had already stepped into the realm of a second-grade artifact refiner by himself.
Mu Linxue did not mention Lin Feng. She still didn't know if Lin Feng could help her defeat Yan Feng. After all, Yan Feng's formation coordination partner was also very powerful. She didn't know if Lin Feng could surpass that person. As for herself, she also had some gap with Yan Feng. She needed to train hard with Lin Feng to prepare for this artifact refining competition. Therefore, she didn't want Lin Feng to be exposed too early, to avoid unnecessary complications.
"Linxue, if you work hard, there will be a chance to win." Mu Qingying stepped over and said with a light laugh to Mu Linxue.
"Mm." Mu Linxue nodded. Meanwhile, Mu Qingying glanced at Lin Feng and said, "Linxue, has this person ever been disrespectful to you?"
"Don't worry." Mu Linxue shook her head. Then her figure flickered, and she returned to her artifact refining room with the Imperial Artifact sword. Handing the sword to Lin Feng, Mu Linxue smiled and said, "Keep this sword."
"No need. This Imperial Artifact isn't of much help to me." Lin Feng shook his head slightly. Both Sacred Artifacts and Imperial Artifacts were divided into many categories. For example, the Supreme Sacred Artifact Space Long Robe and Curse Scepter that Lin Feng had possessed were a type of Supreme Sacred Artifact that was very difficult to forge, with special functions. The difficulty of forging them was no less than forging an ordinary Imperial Artifact.
With the array talismans Lin Feng possessed, an ordinary Imperial Artifact really wouldn't be of much use to him.
"Alright then. I'll go find someone to repair this artifact refining room and take a rest." Mu Linxue smiled at Lin Feng. "Feel free to walk around, but don't go into other people's inner courtyards."
With that, Mu Linxue's figure soared into the air again to find someone to repair the refining room. Lin Feng, having nothing to do, walked out of the refining room and strolled casually around Mu Linxue's inner courtyard.
"Uncle Mu Yi, I'll do my best to help Linxue defeat that Yan Feng and fulfill one of your wishes." Lin Feng stood casually, looking at the sky. He had heard the conversation between Mu Linxue, her uncle, and her second grandfather, and had basically understood everything.
Light footsteps approached. Mu Linxue walked to Lin Feng's side and said softly, "I didn't expect you to be so skilled in formations. Why did you sneak into the Mu Mansion as an ordinary guard?"
Lin Feng looked at Mu Linxue's beautiful face and said casually with a smile, "What if I said it was because of you? Would you believe me?"
Mu Linxue was stunned for a moment by Lin Feng's words, then laughed and said, "It seems Qingying was right. You're really not a good person."
"Whatever. She thinks I entered the Mu Mansion because of her, but to me, she's just a passerby." Lin Feng chatted casually with Mu Linxue and then asked, "By the way, is Sword Mountain very close to this Flame Gold City?"
"Sword Mountain isn't far from Flame Gold City. It's a mountain range for sword cultivators with great power. The Yan Clan forges swords for them. Moreover, many disciples of the Yan Clan are also members of Sword Mountain. Not only that, many of the great artifact refining families in Flame Gold City have connections with powerful sects, mutually benefiting each other."
"Mm." Lin Feng nodded. "I do know a few people from Sword Mountain. One of them is a woman with the same name as you, but her surname isn't Mu. It's Lin. Her name is Lin Xue."
"What a coincidence." Mu Linxue was somewhat surprised. "How did you meet her?"
"One of my former senior brothers joined Sword Mountain and is a fellow disciple with Lin Xue. I saw them together last time." Lin Feng was naturally referring to Ruoxie and the innocent young girl who followed him, Lin Xue, who differed from Mu Linxue only by surname.
"If there's a chance, I'd like to meet her. By the way, here's a set of Earth Hammer Techniques. Since you're skilled in earth power, practicing this hammer technique can help me. It will save me from having to swing the hammer myself. Since you said you entered the Mu Mansion for me, I won't stand on ceremony with you." Mu Linxue handed a jade slip to Lin Feng, her smile gentle and warm.
"Of course." Lin Feng also smiled. It seemed his goal had been achieved. Next, he would help her with artifact refining.
Lin Feng only took three days to practice the Earth Hammer Techniques before he began coordinating with Mu Linxue in artifact refining.
A month later, in the artifact refining room, the power of inscribed formations danced in the air, swinging a large hammer. Every time the hammer fell, it produced a loud explosive sound, sparks flying everywhere. Lin Feng's arms would also feel slightly sore. This Earth Hammer Technique consumed a great deal of strength, but its power was fierce. Even if used for attack, it would definitely be extremely terrifying.
Mu Linxue continuously controlled the intensity of the flames while adding different materials and shaping the artifact embryo. Over the past month, the two had become increasingly tacit in their coordination, almost needing no verbal communication to know what the other wanted to do. Lin Feng had also gained a deeper understanding of artifact refining techniques.
"Fire, rise!" Mu Linxue gave a soft command. Immediately, flames surged from eight directions, as if about to burst out of the refining furnace. Moreover, the intensity of these eight flames was different.
Under Lin Feng's Earth Hammer Techniques, the artifact embryo became thinner and thinner, like a sheet of paper, yet it carried a sense of heaviness.
Finally, when the artifact was completed, a suit of Earth Armor floated before Lin Feng and Mu Linxue, with flowing fire light and a heavy defensive feel of the earth.
"A Supreme Sacred Artifact, infinitely close to an Imperial Artifact. And we used very ordinary refining materials." Mu Linxue's eyes revealed surprise and joy, her smile very sweet. She turned to look at Lin Feng beside her. Since their coordination had become more and more tacit, the two could easily forge the finest Supreme Sacred Artifacts. It could be said that as long as they were willing, they could easily forge an Imperial Artifact with ninety-nine percent certainty.
"Thank you, Lin Feng." Seeing the sweat on Lin Feng's face, Mu Linxue reached out and used her sleeve to wipe it clean for him, which made Lin Feng a bit embarrassed.
"I told you, I entered the Mu Mansion because of you." Lin Feng said with a nonchalant smile.
"Then I'll keep squeezing you dry." Mu Linxue smiled gently and beautifully. Over the past month of getting along, the two had gradually become familiar with each other and often joked casually.
"Whatever." Lin Feng shrugged.
"Come on, go out with me to buy some good refining materials. We need to get serious." Mu Linxue said with a smile. This period of time had been about allowing the two to perfectly coordinate their refining. Now, they could start forging Imperial Artifacts and see if they could gradually forge second-grade Imperial Artifacts!