Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 169 Revealed
"Brother Yun, has the Chamber of Commerce received the compensation?"

A disciple from the Yiqi Hall looked at his fellow disciple who was walking towards them from a distance and asked.

The latter had a look of joy on his face:

"Of course I have come down. Senior Sister Shan has arranged for fellow disciples to distribute spiritual stones as compensation at Xiaotuo Peak. Junior brother, you have to hurry up, otherwise there will be no more for you after all the spiritual stones are distributed."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Yu Ziming walked over and the two of them immediately bowed to each other.

Added:

"Since the Chamber of Commerce has promised compensation, how could it be short of your little money?
"All compensation should be collected according to the amount previously registered. No less."

The younger of the two showed some joy on his face:

"Thank you, Senior Brother. I will go to Xiaotuo Peak to take a look now."

After saying this, he bowed and passed by the two of them. With a flash of spiritual light on his feet, he walked along the stone path in the mountains towards Xiaotuo Peak.

The disciple surnamed Yun came a little closer and asked softly:
"Brother, there is a rumor in the meeting that during this battle, the guest Wei took out a Dixuan Pill. I don't know if it is true or not."

Yu Ziming nodded:
"I have asked Senior Sister Shan, and it is true."

"Bah!"

The disciple surnamed Yun took a deep breath and said in a shocking voice:
"He is truly wealthy, to be able to come up with this fourth-tier precious pill."

His eyes were filled with disbelief:

"Is this foreign chamber of commerce so popular? Does it earn so many spirit stones?"

Yu Ziming's eyes also revealed a complicated look:
"It is said that although Wei Zhong is a casual cultivator, he is very extraordinary. Not only did he easily defeat Xun Yangzi in a fight, he also possesses many high-level skills."

The disciple in front of him couldn't help but nod his head. His victory over Xun Yangzi was witnessed by many people and it was undeniable, but these many high-level skills?
"I heard from Senior Sister Shan that she is not only an outstanding third-level alchemist who has refined third-level high-quality elixirs many times, but also a powerful weapon refiner who once refined a fourth-level magic sword a few years ago?"

The disciple surnamed Yun seemed to suspect that he had heard it wrong, and asked uncertainly:
"Level 4? Did Senior Brother Yu just mention Level 4?"

The latter nodded slowly with a dejected look on his face.

Disciple Yun seemed to be unaware of all this, and looked up in a daze:

"My weapon hall has produced another fourth-level weapon refiner?"

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At Xiaotuo Peak, Wei Zhong was drinking tea with Shan Qin who was sitting in the hall.

The tea is not an ordinary thing, but the famous Luo Feng tea in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. It is a well-deserved third-grade tea, somewhat similar to the black tea in the previous life.

Spiritual power flowed in Wei Zhong's palm, and black water spiritual power enveloped the white jade teapot.

Looking at this unique way of making tea, Shan Qin sat aside curiously, staring closely at Wei Zhong's movements.

"almost!"

Wei Zhong slapped the jade pot, and suddenly a black and red spherical object flew out of it as if he was refining an elixir. It was not an elixir, but tea dregs.

When you open the lid of the pot, you can see the red and transparent tea liquid inside.

Wei Zhong took out two strange green spiritual fruits and a white jade bottle.

The spiritual fruit was called Qingji Fruit, but it was just an ordinary first-level spiritual fruit, nothing special about it. It was just a little bit similar to the lemon that Wei Zhong remembered in his previous life.

After peeling off the skin and removing the seeds, Wei Zhong used his spiritual power to pinch the fruit and squeeze the juice into the teapot.

This was not the end yet. He picked up the white jade bottle beside him and poured it out. The milky yellow liquid in it immediately dripped into the teapot.

This is the Ghost Peak Spirit Honey from Wei Zhong's cave. It is worth mentioning that when Wei Zhong subdued the Soul Devouring Ghost Bee in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, its queen bee had been promoted to the third level several years ago, along with several worker bees.

This spiritual honey comes from his hands.

After placing all the prepared spiritual objects, Wei Zhong placed his palm close to the jade pot. A chill suddenly burst out from the palm of his hand, staining the edge of the pot with white frost.

The temperature of the tea suddenly dropped as Wei Zhong took action, emitting bursts of cold air.

"It's done!"

Wei Zhong pointed at the jade pot, and two streams of tea liquid immediately flowed into the jade cup in front of Wei Zhong.

Push the teacup in front of Shan Qin:
"Please use!"

Shan Qin looked at the brown-yellow tea in the cup, touched the wall of the cup with her fingers, and felt the coolness on it, and suddenly felt a little curious in her heart.

Holding the jade cup and taking a sip of ice-cold tea, Shan Qin let out a comfortable hum.

Wei Zhong also took a sip from the cup, feeling the taste on his tongue that was not much different from his previous life, and an inexplicable satisfaction suddenly emerged in his heart.

"Brother Wei has quite a few strange and bizarre things in his hands. Do you have a recipe for making this tea?"

A hint of interest appeared in Shan Qin's eyes. Although the tea did not have any spiritual energy, its icy and slightly sweet taste did make the young lady of the Chamber of Commerce feel the business opportunity.

'This spiritual tea is enough to conquer most monks.'

"Where did you get the recipe from? It's just something I came up with by accident."

Wei Zhong drank half of the tea in his cup and added:
"The reason why this tea has such a good taste is because of the sweet and sour Qingji fruit, the honey and the low temperature. Without these three ingredients, it would be no different from ordinary tea.

"If Miss Shan is interested, just let your men imitate my method. There is nothing mysterious about it."

Shan Qin nodded, then took a sip of tea and asked:
"Then why did you suddenly want to reveal your identity as a fourth-level weapon refiner after hiding for so long? This is not in line with your usual practice."

Wei Zhong chuckled and told the story of the conversation between Du Longfeng and himself:

"With the identity of a weapon refiner as a cover, I can conceal my identity as a fourth-level alchemist."

"Indeed, it is very difficult for a cultivator to improve one skill to the fourth level in a hundred years. Who would have thought that you could improve two skills at the same time?"

Shan Qin agreed with this, but somehow in her heart she still felt a little uncomfortable with this explanation, as if it was not enough to support Wei Zhong's decision to expose his identity as a weapon refiner.

"Besides, I am somewhat interested in puppet refining. I heard that the Chamber of Commerce is studying the fourth-level puppetry technique, and I also want to contribute my strength."

Shan Qin suddenly realized that contributing one's strength was fake, while participating in it and learning related puppetry skills was real.

Laughed awkwardly:

"If you are interested in this, just tell me. Will our Chamber of Commerce block you from entering?"

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"You always rely on the names of Miss Shan and Senior Shan to do things. After all, you are not worthy of your position. I still need to show some real skills."

Shan Qin sighed in her heart. Wei Zhong was already a fourth-level alchemist and a fourth-level weapon refiner. Now, did he want to become a fourth-level puppeteer?

If Wei Zhong knew what Shan Qin was thinking, he would definitely applaud her intelligence.

"Puppetry is not important, what is important is the Nascent Soul combat power of the fourth-level puppet."

Wei Zhong was always concerned about the thunder tribulation of his Nascent Soul transformation. If he had one or two fourth-level puppets in his hands, he would have more confidence in surviving the tribulation.

'During a thunderstorm, you cannot use the [Time Dao Fa] to increase your cultivation. Otherwise, as your cultivation increases, the thunderstorm will also intensify, and you may end up shooting yourself in the foot.

'But puppets are different. Their essence is similar to the magic tools used by monks. They will not cause thunder tribulation counterattacks. They are excellent treasures for overcoming tribulation.'

Wei Zhong had been thinking about participating in the research on the fourth-order puppet in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce when he was in Qingbo Island. I wonder how far it has progressed now? Suddenly, a figure flew over from outside the hall, revealing his tall figure. It was Miaoli Shan.

He raised his hand and threw out a jade plate, then grabbed the teapot on the table and began to drink. The icy cold tea made his body tremble.

“Good tea, good tea!”

He wiped the corner of his mouth without any mannerism, put the jade pot down, and then explained the origin of the jade token.

"This is the Jade Plate of the Weapon Hall granted by the Master himself. With it, your status is equal to that of the two fourth-rank weapon refiners, and you are only below the Chief of the Weapon Hall."

Wei Zhong looked at the brown jade plate in his hand, which was engraved with swords, knives and axes, which matched the style of the weapon hall very well.

'However, I just wanted to participate in the development of the puppet, and specifically asked Miaoli Shan to ask for an identity from the leader of the Shan Association on my behalf. How did it turn out like this?

Wei Zhong knew that the position of the general manager had been vacant in the Weapon Hall because of the lack of a fourth-level weapon refiner with Nascent Soul cultivation, and the two fourth-level weapon refiners under him were in charge of various matters.

'It means that after getting this token, I have almost made a leap forward and directly become the most powerful person in the Hall of Weapons. What is the plan of this leader? '

As if seeing the confusion on Wei Zhong's face, Miao Lishan sat cross-legged beside Shan Qin and explained:
“The leader knows that your puppetry skills have improved rapidly, and with the help of the fourth-level refining skills, he plans to let you lead the production of the fourth-level puppets.

"And I promise that if it succeeds, the opportunity behind this puppet will be shared equally with you."

"Opportunity?"

Wei Zhong couldn't help but think of his previous guess. Is it true that the secret realm has not been fully developed yet? Is there still an opportunity?

"I wonder if Senior Miao could tell me a little bit about what kind of opportunity this is?"

Wei Zhong was moved and had already shown great interest in this, but Miaoli Shan shook his head:
“I don’t know either, and it’s not just me in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, the other two forces don’t know much about this either.

"We only know that if we can create a puppet of a high enough level, it will be enough to open the final door. As for what is behind the door, we have no idea."

"The final door? I have already obtained the fifth-order puppet inheritance, what else can be found behind the door?"

Wei Zhong couldn't figure it out.

"Could it be the puppet inheritance that surpasses the incarnation of the spirit and is even higher in level? But what use is such inheritance in this small mortal world?"

It took so long to search for the raw materials for refining a fourth-order puppet. Wei Zhong couldn't even imagine what kind of spiritual materials were needed to make fifth-order or even sixth-order puppets.

"The inheritance is useless. What is behind that door that those major forces are seeking?"

"Don't think too much, it's definitely a good thing. For now, Brother Wei should just help those people in the Chamber of Commerce to study the art of puppetry.

"We will strive to produce a fourth-order puppet within ten years, and then continue to improve it and move towards a fifth-order puppet."

Wei Zhong smiled bitterly.

'This Miaoli Shan is really bold. He keeps talking about fourth and fifth level puppets. With such combat power, how can it be so worthless in this human world?'

Wei Zhong bowed, agreeing to the matter.

"Thank you, Senior Miao!"

"Haha, if you really want to thank me, please teach me how to make this spiritual tea. The taste is really good when I think about it."

Wei Zhong pointed at Shan Qin who was sitting cross-legged opposite him:

"Senior Miao, why don't you ask Miss Shan? When I was making the spiritual tea just now, Miss Shan was watching from the side."

The latter nodded to indicate that it was indeed the case.

Wei Zhong stood up:

"I will go to Yunduan Mountain to take a look and I won't bother you two fellow Taoists any more."

After saying this, Wei Zhong said goodbye and left.

Seeing Wei Zhong disappear from the hall, Shan Qin couldn't help but ask Miao Lishan:

"Why would Aunt Miao ask for a token for Wei Zhong?"

The latter poured out the last bit of tea and murmured:
"Qin girl, you are really slow-witted. Haven't you noticed Wei Zhong's talent for various skills?
“This person’s learning talent is top-notch. Any skill in his hands will reach an extremely high level in a short period of time.

"It's the same with alchemy and weapon refining, and puppetry is no exception."

"Aunt Miao said?"

"This person's puppetry has probably reached the pinnacle of the third level, and is not far from the fourth level."

"how is this possible?"

Shan Qin's face was full of disbelief.

"It has only been over thirty years since he inherited the Divine Induction Technique. How could he have made a breakthrough to the third level?"

Miaoli Shan shook his head:
“I don’t know, maybe the art of refining weapons is really very similar to the art of puppetry, just like Zhuge Zhao in our sect, who takes both into account and advances at the same pace.

"In short, Wei Zhong is indeed deeply versed in the art of puppetry.

“In the past few years, whenever I went to Qingbo Island, I could sense a threat from its island protection formation. It seemed to be the killing formation described in the Divine Attraction Technique.

"And this kind of killing formation, without a third-order upper-grade puppet as the formation base, is absolutely impossible to threaten a Nascent Soul cultivator like me."

There was a hint of emotion in Miaoli Shan's words.

"Perhaps it is precisely because Wei Zhong has such talent that Master will open the door to convenience for him."

He patted the absent-minded Shan Qin’s shoulder:

"How are the preparations for Condensing Infant going?"

Shan Qin came back to her senses:

"I am still waiting for the spiritual object sent back by Elder Yu. There is no room for improvement in my cultivation. I just need to wait for the spiritual object to be obtained and the precious elixir to be cast. Then I can start formally congealing the infant."

"If you can condense your baby soon, you can also help your Aunt Miao share some of the burden."

As the youngest Nascent Soul cultivator in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, Miaoli Shan is extremely busy. No matter whether it is a major internal or external event, he has to step forward and handle it on behalf of his master.

After years of being busy, even his progress in cultivation has slowed down a lot.

Shan Qin nodded slowly after hearing this.

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Wei Zhong, who was leaving the hall, would never have thought that the spiritual perception of a Nascent Soul cultivator was so strong.

Miaoli Shan deduced his own level of puppetry simply from the threat of the formation.

If he knew about this, Wei Zhong would definitely carve breath-suppressing runes all over the Spirit Island.

Walking along the mountain path, he met many disciples from the Qidian. When they saw Wei Zhong, their faces showed envy, admiration, jealousy, contempt, etc.

Wei Zhong ignored all of this and walked all the way to Yunduan Mountain and knocked on the door of the main hall.

The palace door slowly opened, revealing a Taoist in a white robe, who was none other than Zhuge Zhao.

When the other party was in doubt, Wei Zhong took the initiative and bowed:

"Hello, Fellow Daoist Zhuge."

(End of this chapter)