Only after becoming emperor did he realize he was in a fantasy world of immortal cultivation.

Lin Yuan placed a cup of tea in front of Gong Xing, then smiled and said, "Senior brother is joking."

"Since we're talking about today, there's no reason to trouble you to come again tomorrow, Senior Brother."

After speaking, he raised his right hand slightly, and a ray of spiritual light flew from Lin Yuan's fingertip into the weapon-refining furnace not far away.

A moment later, Gong Xing saw a magical artifact wrapped in spiritual light fly between the two of them.

"Senior brother, this is the magic artifact—the Pisces." Lin Yuan said slowly, gazing at the floating magic artifact.

Upon hearing this, Gong Xing spread his five fingers wide, channeled his spiritual power, and the magical artifact slowly descended.

The gaze then shifted downwards, revealing the magical artifact in the hand to be a palm-sized disc. On the disc were two spirit fish, one black and one white, their scales engraved with intricate runes, their heads intertwined. The black fish's eyes were pure gold, while the white fish's eyes were solidified silver. A pale blue spiritual light flowed around them like water, as if they were leisurely swimming within the disc, endlessly cycling through the water.

Then Lin Yuan said, "Senior brother, as long as you put a spirit fruit on the black fish and then inject spiritual power into the magic weapon, you can get another spirit fruit of the same kind."

Gong Xing, being a weapon refiner himself, quickly grasped the key point and asked, "How much spiritual energy is needed?"

"Different grades of spiritual fruits require different amounts of spiritual energy. As for the specific amount needed..." Lin Yuan looked at Gong Xing and said softly, "Senior Brother will sense it when he puts the spiritual fruit into the magic artifact."

Gong Xing scoffed lightly, "A single spirit fruit is going to waste so much of my spiritual energy? I might as well just spend some spirit stones; wouldn't that save me time and effort?"

Even so, he really didn't expect that Lin Yuan could actually forge such a magical artifact.

"Senior brother, you are mistaken. You should know that there are countless spiritual fruits in the world, and there will always be spiritual fruits that cannot be bought with spirit stones."

"These spiritual fruits are either difficult to cultivate or are simply rare."

Lin Yuan spoke slowly and deliberately, each sentence steady and powerful. Then his gaze shifted to the magical artifact in Gong Xing's hand, and he continued, "But here at 'Pisces,' there is only one thing you need to consider, and that is whether your spiritual power is sufficient."

"Moreover," Lin Yuan picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then gracefully put it down, looking at Gong Xing, "ordinary spiritual fruits are just like yesterday..."

After a pause, Lin Yuan stopped there, then changed the subject and said casually, "Senior Brother, you can rest assured, it's not enough to make you worry about 'wasting spiritual energy'."

"Senior brother, just give it a try and you'll see."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, Gong Xing gave Lin Yuan a few deep looks, then forcefully finished the candy in his mouth and said, "Is that so?"

Then, gritting his teeth, he said, "Then I'll give it a good try."

As he spoke, he took out a spirit fruit from his storage bag.

Lin Yuan could tell at a glance that the spiritual fruit was of a higher grade than yesterday's.

If he remembered correctly, it would cost at least eight hundred spirit stones on the market.

Gong Xing then asked, "I wonder if this spiritual fruit counts as the 'ordinary spiritual fruit' you mentioned, Junior Brother?"

His eyes held a hint of provocation.

Lin Yuan's expression remained unchanged as he leisurely said, "Senior brother, you'll know once you try."

Upon hearing this, Gong Xing said no more.

He immediately released his grip, and the spirit fruit, accompanied by orange light, flew onto the Pisces plate.

Seeing this, Gong Xing then pointed with his fingers and channeled a stream of pure spiritual energy into the Pisces dish.

Driven by spiritual energy, the two fish on the plate instantly came to life, their swimming speed increasing dramatically, transforming into a phantom halo of light.

The spiritual fruit was enveloped by a halo of light, and the orange light was quickly drawn away, decomposed, and integrated into the Pisces cycle.

Just three breaths later, in the empty space beside the white fish, another identical spiritual fruit, accompanied by a vibrant orange light, materialized from the void and slowly solidified.