Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 32 The Theory of Contribution

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"May I ask Master Fang, what is the purpose of the contribution points from the Sword Forging Manor?"

"I'll explain everything to you when I have time."

"The Sword Forging Manor does not support idlers; this is your first lesson upon entering. The so-called contribution points are the benefits that disciples bring to the manor."

"The returns it brings are also very considerable."

"The Martial Stele Scripture is the source of all cultivation knowledge in the Yan Kingdom. You can exchange it for contribution points in the library. It is a very private matter and cannot be given to others. No one is allowed to coerce you into knowing it."

"You'll understand once you experience it for yourself."

"In addition, contribution points can also be used to ask teachers to help you resolve your doubts on the path of cultivation. Whether it is a senior brother or an elder, as long as their cultivation is above yours, they can answer your questions."

"Unless you can't find the right person, you are not allowed to refuse to answer questions for your junior brothers and students."

"Of course, this special treatment costs more contribution points, at least 5 points each time. If you have any requests, it's best to prepare more questions."

Master Fang rattled off a whole bunch of things.

The information provided is very important.

In short, contribution points have replaced silver coins, and with them, you can get anything at the Sword Forging Manor.

And as far as he knew.

The new disciples in the same batch as him worked in the mine for a month and only received one Fetal Breathing Pill as a reward, without any contribution points at all.

Gu Qing already had a significant head start.

Based on his digestion rate, he can consume a maximum of three per month, leaving nine for trading. After all, they are high-quality cultivation resources with considerable value.

It only takes six days to refine three magical artifacts in a month.

Actually, at the speed at which this magical artifact is being crafted, one day would be enough.

However, due to insufficient cultivation, the expended fetal breath is easy to recover, but the depleted spiritual energy recovers much more slowly.

Let's consider this.

If you want to continue accumulating Qi Dao Points, you can increase your Heavenly Lifespan to the limit.

At least half of the month is spent on weapon crafting and recovery.

The other half was devoted to spiritual practice.

Furthermore, as a beginner, I am not yet familiar with the crafting of many magical artifacts, which may take more time. This is a process that a master craftsman must go through.

With resources like the Fetal Breathing Pill, the final step of the Ninth-Rank Foundation Establishment, the cultivation of [Innate Fetal Breathing], is not slow at all, not to mention that Gu Qing also has auxiliary cultivation techniques like [Morning Glow Purple Qi Strategy].

Even if you spend all your time on weapon crafting, it's still worthwhile.

After understanding the function of contribution points from Master Fang, Gu Qing took his leave.

Who knew it would take almost two days just to check in?

Outside.

As soon as Gu Qing came out, he saw Chen Yin leaning against a pillar of the covered bridge, a thin wooden stick in his mouth, clearly extremely bored.

"Oh, Junior Brother Gu is not bad. He is already an entry-level weapon refiner at such a young age, not much different from that girl from the Yan Kingdom's royal family."

"A Rank-2 Weapon Refiner?"

Gu Qing was puzzled for a moment, then remembered the person in front of him. He hadn't expected that the person in front of him was also a genius who could refine magical artifacts.

"Yes, weapon refiners are also classified into ranks."

"A ninth-grade weapon refiner is one who refines magical artifacts, above which are eighth-grade spiritual artifacts and seventh-grade magical treasures."

"Within the Sword Forging Manor, there are no fewer than three hundred weapon refiners who have reached the highest level, and most of them can only refine low-grade magic weapons with five patterns or less."

"I wonder what number of lines Junior Brother Gu has?"

After thinking for a moment, Gu Qing decided to tell the truth. Although Chen Yin was guarding the gate for Master Fang, his background was definitely not simple, which could be sensed from his tone of voice.

"Three patterns".

"Wow! That's good. Has Master Fang accepted you as his disciple?"

"No, I only said that I could resolve your doubts, but I couldn't pass on the teachings." "I see. Then let's go. I'll take you to the General Affairs Hall of the Weapon Refining Pavilion. Those who can issue weapon refining tasks are basically eighth-grade true cultivators who have entered the realm of refining essence into qi."

"Those people have quite a few good things."

"Even a little knowledge can save you from taking many detours."

"Then I'll have to trouble Senior Brother Chen Yin."

"You're welcome."

On the way, Gu Qing asked about the monthly salary again and learned that the weapon refining pavilion actually received the salary a month in advance. According to the higher-ups, giving the salary first would motivate the people below to work harder.

Gu Qing expressed her strong agreement.

He then went to the Merit Hall on the way, showed the new token given to him by the Master, and successfully received his monthly salary.

The Fetal Breathing Pills are packaged in a white jade bottle, with twelve pills in each bottle.

Contribution points are marked on the token, a small three-layer rotating mechanism with a ring of numbers marked on it. Counting from the inside out, the number the pointer points to indicates the number of points.

The highest is 999.

Gu Qing was still worried that this method might be easy to mess up, since you could just toss it by hand and make as many as you wanted.
But this thing is also recorded in the Gonglu Hall.

If you don't match up, you're doomed; you basically can't escape it.

When Gu Qing arrived at the General Affairs Hall, he discovered that half of the weapon-forging tasks came from the Sword Forging Manor, and a quarter came from the prestigious families of the twelve states of Yan.

A quarter of them actually came from Baiyue Mountain.

This shows that the connection between Sword Casting Manor and Baiyue Mountain is very close, and they are not even too far apart, otherwise just going back and forth would be a troublesome matter.

"Golden Light Shield, Crimson Serpent Sword, Boundless Flying Ring, Demon-Slaying Sword, Cloud and Mist Robe, Flying Bamboo Leaves, Spirit Purification Pot..."

The sheer variety of species astonished Gu Qing.

Sword Forging Manor, including Gu Qing, specializes in metal and stone artifacts, which involves refining magical artifacts from iron, stone, and other metals.

However, there is more than one school of weapon crafting.

There are also the Way of Herbs and Wood, the Way of Blood and Bone, the Way of Innate Artifacts, and so on... The Way of Metal and Stone Artifacts is the most common and widespread school, and it has the most practitioners.

It can be further divided into the common fire-refining method.

The less common water-based refining method, and the even more unorthodox lightning-based refining method, are all part of the profound art of weapon crafting. Together with alchemy, formation, and talisman crafting, they are known as the four supreme arts of the Dao.

These are four of the most well-known among hundreds of types, and they are used in every aspect of spiritual practice.

Some highly skilled individuals may even be proficient in four different Daoist arts simultaneously.

Gu Qing can take on three weapon crafting tasks a month.

The materials were provided by the Refining Pavilion, and he provided the technology. According to Master Fang, as long as there were no losses, the supply of raw materials would be absolutely sufficient.

That's one way to put it, but since they paid him, he still has to make a profit. Otherwise, why would they hire him to do it? It's just that he's losing money, which is going too far.

"Junior Brother Gu, do you have a preferred option?"

"This time, I'll accompany you through the process; next time, you'll have to come by yourself."

"Gu Qing understands, thank you very much, Senior Brother."

"These will do."

"The Crimson Serpent Sword, the Wind-Riding Sword, the Sky-Piercing Sword... are all swords?"

"I am quite skilled at sword forging, with the highest success rate. However, as a newcomer, it is best to play it safe."

Chen Yin praised.

“Junior brother is quite methodical in his work, and I suppose he is as accomplished in his cultivation as well. Let’s go find Steward Yan and take down these three notices.”

"Trouble."

After dealing with a bunch of miscellaneous tasks, another day has passed.

Time always slips away unnoticed, and by the time you realize it, it's too late.

(End of this chapter)