Right, how does one go about refining the gemstones…?” Qing Shui rubbed his nose as he smiled and said. He realized that he really did seem like a kid who was keen on learning.
“My dear Divine grade Smelting Master, Sir Qing Shui, please listen well…”
Canghai Mingyue seemed to feel as if her words were a bit inappropriate as she hurried to continue. “The process of refining gemstones is a skill which can be done by anyone. Of course, it would still require the person to know some simple techniques. Actually, most people would think that it relies mostly on one’s luck. Those who are lucky would be able to succeed in one try, but those who aren’t lucky may not be able to succeed even once out of one hundred tries. Once the creator fails, the two consumed gemstones used for refinement would be destroyed.”
“Isn’t the penalty too harsh? To think that they’d be completely destroyed. The price to pay is really too high.” Qing Shui could not help but mumbled.
“Haha, the penalty is not only harsh, but even the success rate is extremely low. The success rate of raising the grade of 3rd grade gemstones is only 1%. Haha, the higher the grade, the lower the success rate.” Canghai Mingyue laughed and said, as if she was very pleased to see how stunned Qing Shui was.
“Have you seen the process of refining gemstones before?” The three of them continued to walked slowly. There were many people who passed by them and quite a number who were focused on them. After all, there were two ladies whose beauties were sufficient to bring trouble and sufferings to a country and its people.
“I’ve seen it a few times, but they were all attempts to refine 2nd grade gemstones into 3rd grade ones. All of them ended as failures. While the process itself seemed very simple, the refining cauldron requires the same flame as when one does alchemy. It’s even better if one can cultivate their own cultivating flames before refining the gemstones. Most people would say that it all goes down to one’s luck as no one was ever able to grasp the method to increase the success rate of refining gemstones.” Canghai Mingyue explained.
Once channeling of Qi was mentioned, everything seemed incredulous. It was just like the memories from Qing Shui’s past life. If one did not pick up gemstone workmanship, the success rate would be extremely low. However, once one picked up the relevant skills, the success rate would be amazingly high and could even reach 100%.
However, it was a pity that amongst Qing Shui’s supporting techniques, gemstone workmanship was not one of them. Qing Shui did not know if there would be a day when he could acquire such amazing skills. Even if there was such a day, he was not sure if the success rate would be high. He had never thought that gemstone workmanship could be so strong that it was perverse.
He suddenly recalled the moonstone given to him by his goddess-like master and took it off. Holding it in his hands, he could see that it was full of cracks. He could not help but think of Skysword Sect’s Yiye Jiange.
“Is this 1st grade or 2nd grade?” Qing Shui asked Canghai Mingyue. Based on its glow, it did not seem like a 3rd grade gemstone and its effects were not at 10%. That was why he asked this.
“This is a 2nd grade moonstone.” Canghai Mingyue did not think much before she said after she took a glance.
“Are there a lot of these mysterious gemstones in the world of the nine continents?” Qing Shui thought that these should all be ores, but he was not sure if there were a lot of them.
“There’s no need to care about how many there are, as long as you are willing to pay the high price for them. You’d be able to get as many as you wish. If a 1st grade gemstone costs 100 taels of silver, 1000 taels of silver would not even be able to fetch you a 2nd grade gemstone. Even if you have a million taels of silver, it would also be hard for you to buy a 3rd grade gemstone. This is because to create a gemstone of a grade higher, there would be thousands or even ten thousand gemstones of lower grades that were put to waste. So how would you measure the worth of this item? Actually, 1st grade gemstones are actually quite cheap.” Canghai Mingyue smiled and continued walking as she said this. One of her hands was holding onto Huoyun Liu-Li’s.
“Aren’t there better Smelting Masters? For example, those who have a higher success rate at refining the gemstones? Who can I look for if I wish to find someone to help me refine gemstones?” The first thing Qing Shui thought of was the blacksmith shop. However, he was not sure if it was the same here.