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Sun Wukong was able to quickly dispel the impatience in his heart, a feat that somewhat surprised Taishang Laojun, and also pleased him. He immediately began to teach.
"Since you wish to learn the path of artifact refining, let me first ask you, how much do you understand about magical treasures?" he asked.
"Disciple knows not much," Sun Wukong scratched his head, "I only know about spiritual treasures and ultimate treasures, innate, and acquired. My Ruyi Jingu Bang should be considered an acquired spiritual treasure."
"That staff of yours was originally crafted for the human Da Yu to control the waters," Taishang Laojun said with a smile, "It was an extremely high-grade innate spiritual treasure, albeit damaged, which I then refined into an acquired spiritual treasure,
and later, it gained significant power from the merit of controlling the waters, enough to match its original state as an extremely high-grade innate spiritual treasure.
