Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 30 Arrangement
Life at the Xiantian Academy was peaceful and worry-free. Although there were no servants to attend to them, meals were delivered on time.

All of them are medicinal dishes, and there are many of them.

It's unclear what kind of medicinal herbs were used inside, but the effect is no less than Gu Qing's Five Spirits Profound Essence Nourishment. Just this one benefit alone must have cost countless resources.

For the general public, however, it is free.

The Xiantian Academy has a large number of disciples. This year alone, Gu Qing's class has two thousand students. If we count the previous graduates, there are twenty thousand students in ten years. If we take twenty years as a timeframe, the Xiantian Academy at full capacity will have at least forty to fifty thousand students.

But once you actually live here, you realize that the other disciples are either practicing or out working, and the turnover rate is very high.

The positions are also diverse.

There are various positions in mining, smelting, medicine garden, alchemy room, kitchen, warehouse, coordination, and transportation, mainly responsible for providing labor for the operation of the middle and lower levels.

Two-thirds of them are miners and porters.

The reason why the Sword Forging Manor was located in the Great Snow Mountain was not only because it was a vast eighth-grade spiritual land, but also because its rich mineral resources were favored by the patriarch.

I enjoyed my days off quite a bit.

Gu Qing began to study the [Fire Refining Method] obtained from the Martial Stele Scripture. This technique was preserved in the library of the Sword Casting Manor and, in theory, was a Daoist art of the same rank as the Hundred Refining Technique.

However, the content incorporates a special technique.

The technique, called "Fire Control Method," is a high-end weapon-refining technique that can only be used by those who have advanced to the eighth-grade True Cultivation realm and possess spiritual power. It is independent of the use of a forging hammer.

The entire process involved purifying and shaping the material using spiritual flames...

It has the feel of a fantasy novel, but unfortunately it can't be used for the time being. Gu Qing is more focused on studying the art of weapon patterns, and has also included some unorthodox weapon patterns from the evil alchemy method in his schedule.

Day three after arriving at Sword Casting Manor.

The positions of the others were basically assigned, and unsurprisingly, the Yun family members showed great resistance when they learned that they were to go to the mine to work.

The Yun family is a local power in Fengming Prefecture, having controlled the prefecture for generations for over a hundred years, and has even produced disciples from Baiyue Mountain.

Some have even grown up and taken up sought-after positions in the Baiyue Mountains.

The networks cultivated by predecessors will indeed benefit their descendants.

The problem is that even the best relationships can't withstand a large number of people.

Arranging positions for one or two direct descendants is one thing, but what's the point of putting over thirty people in comfortable positions? The Sword Forging Manor isn't owned by the Yun family.

Therefore, only Yun Jiuge benefited from it.

I took on the job of distributing medicine to people in the alchemy room. It was a busy day, only one day a month, which was considered an excellent position.

In contrast, the Zhao family members...

Although it's a short-lived business, it has a small number of members!

He was a famous genius more than a decade ago, a very popular figure who received the favor of a big shot in Baiyue Mountain, and his popularity has not faded to this day.

Regardless of whether you've cultivated connections or not, people are eager to do you a favor.

Zhao Yuyang and the other two were assigned to the position of warehouse manager at the mine. Their job was simply to count the quantity of ore entering and leaving the warehouse. They had a very leisurely job and plenty of time to cultivate.

This year, most of the more than two thousand disciples went to the mine, where they only needed to mine ten catties a day, which would take at least three hours.

The Sword Casting Manor's mines are located within the Great Snow Mountain range.

There are fifteen sites in total, nine of which are of superior grade. Fourteen of them contain Phoenix Flame Gold, a mid-grade spiritual material. The mining requirements vary, but the difficulty is uniformly difficult.

Gu Qing's approach to relationships is not the orthodox one.

Therefore, I waited two more days.

It wasn't until the fifth day that Master Yan Lin arrived.

"Young friend Gu? Young friend Gu?"

"I'm coming."

Pushing open the courtyard gate, he found himself alone in the four separate houses for the time being. Zhao Yuyang and the others had all gone to work. In reality, this was just a change of scenery for cultivation.

At such a young age, he didn't take any detours.

He reached the pinnacle of his life directly.

"Immortal Master Yan, is there news?" "Yes, from now on, don't call me Immortal Master anymore, just call me Senior Brother Yan. I'm only thirty years older than you."

“If we were in Baiyue Mountain, we would be of the same generation.”

"..."

Gu Qing was speechless. She sensed that Yan Lin had become a different person since arriving here. He had become much more slick and cunning, unlike when he was in Qishan County, where he was very tough.

His speech was ethereal, like that of a hermit untouched by worldly concerns.

"A position in metallurgy?"

"clever!"

"Many outstanding juniors of the royal family have asked me for this smelting boy position, but I haven't given it to them."

“Senior Brother Yan, if you find this difficult, I can find a way out myself.”

"Hey, don't rush, I'm here to find you, so please listen to what I have to say."

Gu Qing naturally refused to do him another favor.

His relationship with Yan Lin was different from that with Zhao Shi. Although their relationship appeared to be a collaboration, he actually made all the necessary contributions.

The collaborations and returns with Yanlin can be considered transactions, mutually agreeable.

The collaborations and returns with the Zhao family were purely based on favors; that's what it means to owe someone a favor.

Just like a company and its employees.

I work and get paid; you don't owe me anything, and I don't owe you anything. There's no such thing as appreciation or training.

He was promoted to a leadership position right away! That's called being appreciated, but it puts me in a debt of gratitude.

This isn't about being petty; it's about dealing with different people in different ways. In this world, there will always be people you're close to and distant from.

There are plenty of people in the world who side with their relatives and ignore what is right.

Living life with clarity and understanding is enough.

Yan Lin then explained.

"This weapon-refining apprentice starts as an apprentice."

"As I have said several times before, the founder of the Sword Forging Manor was famous for his outstanding sword forging skills. Our manor is also good at weapon crafting."

"Therefore, the number of people who want to learn is increasing every year."

"The person I've secured for you this time is the top weapon refiner in the manor, a disciple of Master Fang."

"It will be a bit busy, but the status is extremely high. You can receive three Fetal Breathing Pills every month, which can be used once every ten days, and your strength will improve very quickly."

"This is the disciple token of Master Fang. Please keep it safe."

"Report to the Casting Pavilion in Snow Mountain Workshop tomorrow."

After saying that, Yan Lin patted Gu Qing on the shoulder, looking at him with a "I think highly of you" expression.

After closing the door, Gu Qing felt troubled.

The person left, but the arrangements made did not go as Gu Qing wished.

"Big shots always attract a lot of trouble."

"I figured you'd witnessed my weapon-forging skills, so you should have been given a job for forging magical artifacts, but instead you've become someone else's apprentice..."

"Not only do they lack autonomy, but they also have to be careful if they want reasonable firepower."

"What kind of gift is this? It's clearly just trouble."

Now that the tokens had been obtained, how could Gu Qing refuse? He could only hope that Master Fang was an easy person to get along with, otherwise things would not be easy for him for some time to come.

"Annoying, annoying, annoying!"

"Go take a break, go take a break!"

Anyway, what's done is done, let's talk about it later. I'm going to sleep now!

(End of this chapter)