In the second round, there were more tasks, and more points to earn.
The hope of accumulating 100 points was now greater.
Just as everyone had finished discussing a general plan, Senior Brother Lin, who had previously guided Li Shuang, arrived again.
Unlike Lin An, this Senior Brother Lin had completely forgotten about the events of the first round. He simply said with a smile, "To already be a junior artificer right after joining the sect, Li Shuang, you are a rare talent. Come with me, I will personally take you to help with the Ascension Array."
Among them, Yan Lie was also a junior artificer, but his points were too low, and Senior Brother Lin didn't even spare him a glance.
Li Shuang activated her Rebirth Technique and gently asked, "Senior Brother Lin, will I also be staying at the Ascension Array at night?"
Senior Brother Lin smiled, "You are still a new disciple. Working day and night would be too much for you. At night, you will still return to the disciple dormitory as normal."
At these words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Shuang would still return at night.
That meant they could continue with the task of returning demonic beasts to the Demonic Beast Pavilion at night.
This way, everyone's points could see a significant increase.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Lin." Li Shuang agreed and left with Senior Brother Lin.
Once again, she arrived at Langya Palace.
Li Shuang went through the process and once again showed a look of shock.
Senior Brother Lin was quite pleased with this. "Work hard. Langya Palace holds countless treasures, and there will be plenty of benefits for you."
This time, Senior Brother Lin still led her to the mountain of ores.
Senior Brother Lin said with a smile, "You are now a junior artificer. Your main task is to process these Flowing Flame Crystals."
"The formation at the bottom requires a lot of spiritual marrow. You and your senior brothers and sisters will need to go all out."
"To ensure your efficiency, we have a reward system."
"Currently, including you, there are 352 artificers busy at the bottom. At the end of the day, if the spiritual marrow you extract ranks within the top 50% among them, you will receive 50 points."
"If you can rank within the top 30%, you will receive 80 points."
"If you can rank within the top 10%, you will receive 100 points."
"If you can rank in the top ten..." Senior Brother Lin smiled, "You can receive 200 points. The top-ranked person can receive 1,000 points!"
"Of course. If you don't make it into the top 50%, you will only receive the basic 20 points reward."
"When you accumulate 1,000 points, you can advance to a intermediate artificer and proceed to the second floor of Langya Palace."
Li Shuang's pupils constricted involuntarily.
As long as she ranked within the top 50%, that was 50 points.
If she could rank first, she would instantly get 1,000 points, which would directly allow her to enter the second floor!
1,000 points!
The difficulty of entering the second floor was a bit terrifyingly high.
"You can start now..."
Senior Brother Lin's words were not yet finished when Li Shuang had already hurriedly gotten to work.
Senior Brother Lin looked at her skillful movements and couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
This new disciple was quite good; her movements seemed like she had tried them many times before.
But...
Compared to other artificers, she was still a bit lacking.
These artificers were alchemical geniuses gathered from all over the continent.
Moreover, they hadn't just started refining Flowing Flame Crystals today; in fact, these artificers had been working hard here for over a year.
One year.
These artificers had been taking turns refining the same type of material.
Their talent, combined with a year of accumulated experience, meant their speed was far beyond what Li Shuang could imagine.
However, new recruits usually had more drive, which was good.
Senior Brother Lin smiled and left Langya Palace.
He wouldn't stay in Langya Palace until the day of ascension. For the next two days, he still had to find suitable artificers for the sect.
Li Shuang was no longer concerned about Senior Brother Lin.
At first, she was focused solely on extracting spiritual marrow.
But later, she discovered that her speed was quite a bit slower than others.
The speed of these people mostly stemmed from their incredibly rich experience.
This time was different from the last.
Last time, she had no tasks, simply refining ores.
This time, not only did she have tasks, but the amount of spiritual marrow extracted by each person was being recorded. In front of her hung a golden榜, which was now showing everyone's progress in real-time.
Li Shuang quickly looked for her name.
Among the more than 300 people refining this batch, her name was currently ranked 300!
Li Shuang's heart trembled.
She was quite confident in her artificing skills. Yet she was ranked only 300th!
This was not to say that everyone else's artificing talent surpassed Li Shuang's.
It was just that their experience with Flowing Flame Crystals was definitely far superior to Li Shuang's.
Li Shuang quickly observed the small techniques these people used for refining. She tried to absorb their experience to further accelerate her refining speed.
This had some effect.
If given enough time, she would be able to learn all the experienced techniques!
However, what she lacked now was time.
While she was learning, her rank actually started to drop again.
If this continued, she would only get the basic 20 points. How could that be acceptable?
Li Shuang gritted her teeth and began to communicate with the Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace.
"Exchange for the most perfect method of extracting spiritual marrow from Flowing Flame Crystals that I am capable of!"
The Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace slowly rotated.
Then, it offered a天文數字 of ten thousand value points.
Li Shuang's eyes changed slightly.
Yesterday, she had worked herself to death, constantly refining Flowing Flame Crystals, and finally earned thirteen thousand value points.
Now, the Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace wanted to take away ten thousand at once!
Li Shuang felt a pang of heartache, but time waited for no one. She unhesitatingly agreed, "Exchange!"
The next moment, Li Shuang's body seemed to be controlled by a strange force. In her hand, she picked up another hammer.
This was...
multitasking!
Li Shuang had tried multitasking before.
However, this method consumed a great deal of mental energy, and she couldn't sustain it for too long.
But now, under the control of this strange power, a flash of realization flickered in Li Shuang's mind.
So that's how it is!
Even compared to these peerless geniuses from 50,000 years ago, her soul strength still had a huge advantage.
The reason these geniuses extracted spiritual marrow so quickly was that many of them used methods only they could achieve.
For example, some had exceptionally strong bodies.
Some possessed innate spiritual fire.
Some possessed exotic treasures.
These were their unique advantages.
These advantages, combined with the extreme control over Flowing Flame Crystals gained through continuous refining day and night, allowed these individuals to achieve such terrifying refining speeds.
As for Li Shuang, her advantage was her soul!