Shangyuque

Chapter 105: A Big Dream, Just a Small Green Tomb (1.17W monthly ticket requested!)

After the headmaster made the harsh words, the monks' long-lasting alarm came to an end.

"Senior Sister, do you also have any connection with Fellow Daoist Cui?" Yulou asked in a serious tone.

When Ji Yuan reminded him, he had not yet revealed his true colors to Lao Cui, so he did not delve into the connection between Ji Yuan and Lao Cui.

Now, Lin Ying, who has nothing to do with him, also reminds Lao Cui that he is not simple. This is a bit too creepy.

After all, Lao Cui is only at the third level of Qi training. Why did he make such a big fuss?

Could it be true, as the ancestor Xian Zhou guessed, that there is a big secret behind the surname Cui?

"Fellow Daoist Yulou, why are you more interested in the old man than the girl?"

Senior Sister Lin was not in a hurry, and even had the mind to tease Xiao Wang.

"Senior Sister Lin, please stop mocking me. I'm already very nervous about my position as a guardian cultivator, and today is really difficult."

Wang Yulou laughed bitterly at himself.

"Sometimes I think it's better to go home. Although the Dripping Water Cave is nice, it's obviously in trouble now."

In these troubled times, Lin Ying and Yu Lou were actually talking about this just now. They didn't know how Yuan Si ended up dying in one go.

After the head of the sect introduced the charges, the two men realized that Yuan Si had been singled out by Hongli as an example.

"Go home? Why don't you just go to the red light station? Your Wang Group should be able to arrange for you to go in, right?"

The two walked side by side, but half a meter apart. They were considered to be in the same industry and chatted as they walked.

"Senior sister, didn't you go to the red light photo either?"

Who doesn’t want to join the Ten Sects directly?

Lin Ying rolled her eyes and was about to say something when Yulou took out a fat spirit crane from the spirit beast bag.

It was He Lao San. He was agile and with a light kick, he jumped onto the back of the spiritual crane.

He Lao San ran a few steps and Yu Lou turned around and said.

"Senior Sister Lin, Yulou is leaving first. Next time you come to Hewan Fishing Village, I will continue to treat you to a drink."

Seeing Wang Yulou leave so abruptly, Lin Ying was a little surprised.

No, Xiao Wang, don’t you want to know Cui Dingyi’s secret?
Of course Wang Yulou wanted to know, but Wang's education also made him understand that he should not reveal his intentions easily.

If we act too hastily, many things will become a handle in Lin Ying's hands when they really happen.

It's a hassle, but it has to be taken into consideration.

However, half an hour later, Wang Yulou, who had already left, sneaked into the Hall of Merit again.

Yulou's move is called looking back and making an exchange in a staggered manner, so as to avoid being too conspicuous in the crowd.

But as soon as he entered the door, he found that Lin Ying was there too.

The two of them bumped into each other again, and Lin Ying seemed to be having a very happy conversation with Wu Faxian.

He wanted to turn around and avoid Lin Ying, the cunning witch and his old sister-in-law, but both Lin Ying and Wu Faxian noticed him.

"Junior Brother Yuque."

Wu Faxian, who is sunny, cheerful and sociable, realized that he spoke too quickly when he found that Wang Yulou wanted to run away.

The two turned around and looked at him, so Yulou could only smile and enter the Hall of Merit.

"You guys chat, I'm leaving first. Senior Brother Wu, I hope you can take care of that matter."

Lin Ying bowed to Wu Faxian and said goodbye. As she passed by the Jade Tower, she glared at him again.

Yulou chuckled and didn't explain why he avoided her and came here.

Big goblin!
Little Fox!
"Brother Wu, I want to exchange two spiritual materials. Do you have black steel this time?"

The last time Yu Lou came, several eighth-grade spiritual materials were out of stock, so he had to return home disappointed.

The Three Palaces Merit Exchange System of the Dripping Cave is a small internal cycle. Since the overall scale of the sect is not too large, the efficiency of the cycle is naturally not very high.

Not to mention, those big families can also lock in certain scarce resources in advance through approval procedures.

Out of stock has become a common occurrence.

What Lin Ying and Wu Faxian had just done was probably just "making a note" - no specific note was needed, just the fruit below would do.

For the deacons of the Hall of Merit, it doesn't matter who they replace it with, so they might as well do a favor.

"This..." Wu Faxian thought for a moment and said.

"Of course I have black steel, but I can only give you two pieces at most. I'm afraid I can't give you more than that."

Yulou frowned. Refining a top-grade magic weapon often requires eighth-grade spiritual materials as the basis. If one can only exchange it for two pieces of eighth-grade black steel, the tolerance for refining will be much lower.

Even if you have the Jade Ruyi, you can't rely solely on the Ruyi's golden light. It is necessary to prepare more eighth-grade spiritual materials.

"What other metal and stone materials are there?"

Wu Faxian had a warm smile on his face, but he was a little shocked in his heart.

Wang Yulou has only practiced Qi at the first level, but he is already trying to refine high-quality magical instruments. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be more Taoist masters in the Dripping Cave.

"Three pieces of eighth-grade water jade, more than a dozen pieces of eighth-grade agate spiritual materials, and a lot of gold and stone spiritual materials produced by spiritual objects."

"Water jade? There is water jade now?" Wang Yulou confirmed with some disbelief.

It's no wonder he was surprised, because water jade is too precious in the Red Light Zhao's sphere of influence.

Let me put it this way, before Mangxiang increased his favor, Shuiyu was the most expensive eighth-grade spiritual material in the Red Lantern Zhao's sphere of influence.

After Mangxiang increased his favor, Shuiyu was still the most expensive eighth-grade spiritual material.

"Water jade is a specialty of our Dripping Water Cave, so of course we have it. However, each disciple of the Green Water Palace can only exchange for one piece within ten years." Wu Faxian explained considerately.

Okay, okay, purchase limit, right?

“Moreover, the water jade supplied by the sect to the disciples of the Bishui Palace is specially approved.

Even if you exchange it, you cannot sell it to others and can only trade it among fellow disciples.

Even if you refine magical instruments or elixirs, you can still only trade them among fellow disciples."

Yulou didn't care. If it was really refined, how could the sect control whether it was traded or not?

"Brother Wu, I'll take two!"

He looked at Old Wu expectantly. Yulou believed that the deacons of the Hall of Merit must have a way.

Old Wu naturally understood what Yulou meant, but he shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"Um, no."

"That's fine, I'll add some spirit stones!"

"This is really not possible. Yulou, the dripping grass, the water jade, and the green blood frog's green marrow are the only three things in the Merit Hall of the Green Water Palace that you cannot touch without permission.

The day before yesterday I sent you a letter, in which I told you about the new things that could be redeemed, but these three were never mentioned in the letter.

Not to mention tipping off in the letter, we won't take the initiative to introduce these things unless anyone asks.

It’s not that I have any problem with you, brother, but this is the rule.

After all, even we cannot eat alone and leave others unable to eat, as that would offend others.

In the past, there had been too many disturbances caused by these three spiritual creatures, and even a foundation-building elder had died.

Hey, you are always smart, you should understand what I mean.

One piece of water jade is worth 370 merit points. Yulou, you still want black steel, so buying one piece will be enough."

Of course Wang Yulou understood. This was a special supply above the approved amount, but because everyone had cultivation and the special supply was too rare, they could only use such strange rules to restrict it.

"When were these water jades stored in the warehouse?"

Yulou's eyes were bright, and he actually had the answer in his heart.

"Fifteen minutes ago, seven pieces were added. Fellow Daoist Lin didn't ask. Well, she would ask every time she came in the past few years."

Wu Faxian laughed happily and became more determined to make friends with Wang Yulou.

At noon, a beheading had just taken place in front of the palace gate, and special resources were immediately delivered.

It was stuck tightly, for fear that the disciples of the Bishui Palace who were watching the ceremony would take the water jade away when they visited the Hall of Merit.

He was also afraid that he would come too late and his money would be taken away by the disciples of the Bishui Palace who came in the afternoon.

"How many deacons are on duty today?" Yulou continued to ask.

Wu Faxian was almost clapping his hands. Wang Yulou's insight was simply terrifying.

"Two people, but there are also two people escorting the spiritual creature here."

"You won't notify others?"

"Well, it's enough to just change it yourself. If you inform others, they will hate you.

Brother, I just want to live a few more years in peace and not be dissatisfied with my long life.

The headmaster just said that the disciples of the Bishui Palace should be vigilant and require us to abide by the rules."

"This is a spiritual stone, Senior Brother Wu, thank you!"

"You're being too formal. There's no need for ten to eleven. Twelve to thirteen is just right. We're brothers, and we have a close relationship!"

"Hahaha, come to Hewan Fishing Village to eat fish someday. The Jade Tower will always be prepared for you, Senior Brother Wu."

Carrying three eighth-grade spiritual objects, Yulou lowered his head and left the Hall of Merit.

Black steel is a superior gold material. Apart from being expensive, it has no other disadvantages and is suitable for both attack and defense.

As long as it is slightly combined with other ninth-grade spiritual objects, it can be refined into a very good top-grade magic weapon. Although it cannot be said to be perfect to use, it has a high lower limit.

One of the reasons why Ji Yuan was able to serve as the main output position when the three of them fought against the Iron Crocodile Dragon was that the magic weapon he controlled was a top-grade black steel flying sword.

Water jade, needless to say, this thing can be ranked alongside the dripping grass and the green marrow of the green-blooded frog. It is the most expensive eighth-grade spiritual material.

Dripping grass is an excellent elixir for water-law practitioners, and is also a specialty of the Dripping Cave.

The Green Blood Frog's Green Marrow is even more outrageous. As long as the water-based cultivators need it, it can often be used. Foundation-building cultivators also like to use it as an auxiliary material when refining weapons and pills.

After much deliberation, Yulou decided to start with the black steel and save the water jade for the time being. When his cultivation level improved in the future, he would refine it into a handy magic weapon.

"Wang Yulou!" A big demon jumped out from behind the wall and stood in front of Yulou.

"Senior Sister, you..." Looking at Lin Ying who suddenly appeared, Yulou was speechless.

Can you be funnier than Yu'an?

You must be pretending with me!
Seeing that the boy still looked like an old man, Lin Ying waved her hand in boredom and transmitted her message.

'Mr. Cui secretly runs a small shop and comes to our Fairy Mushroom Cave to buy all kinds of spiritual mushrooms and spiritual herbs. He trades them in spiritual stones or essence and blood pills.

His shop sells a lot of things. He has everything that the spiritual materials producing areas near Hewan Fishing Village should have. I guess this is why Ji Yuan reminded you to be careful of him.'

Yulou's pupils shrank. He was right in his guess. The spirit fish had special properties and was not easy to preserve for a long time.

The fact that Cui Dingyi was able to receive it shows that there was an underground trading network behind him that was independent of the circulation system in the Dripping Cave.

Ji Yuan reminded him to be careful of Cui, which means that Ji Yuan was actually also in this underground trading network.

"Why did you remind me, Senior Sister?" Yulou was very alert.

Perhaps ordinary women would have inexplicable kindness towards the men they admire, but in the world of immortal cultivation, what Lin Ying did at this time was already too much.

She is not a fool, but a smart person who knows everything.

Therefore, it must have a purpose, but Yulou has not seen it clearly yet.

"That night I just couldn't stand Ji Yuan. I didn't mean to be angry with you. Ji Yuan has already reached the tenth level of Qi training, but he couldn't even stop a Iron Crocodile Dragon. Isn't this a joke!"

Thinking of that night, Lin Ying was still angry. She was angry at Ji Yuan’s asshole behavior.

From beginning to end, he did nothing except slashing with his flying sword!

What Ji Yuan released was not water, but an entire Xiushui Lake!

"Okay, it's just that, Senior Sister, isn't Lao Cui's underground transactions and shadow shops violating the sect's rules?"

"Of course, I sold him a lot of spiritual mushrooms. Yulou, you have to be decisive when dealing with him.

Now the headmaster seems to have taken a drug and threatened to cause trouble to our guarding monks. "

Yulou suddenly realized, so that's how it is.

Now the leader has made it clear that he is going to launch a severe crackdown and find an unlucky guy to be buried with Yuan Si.

Lin Ying was afraid that something might happen to Lao Cui and implicate her, so she reminded herself.

If the two had not met in front of the Hall of Merit, perhaps he would have visited him directly in Hewan Fishing Village.

"Sister, Yulou will be careful, but Yulou also has some news to tell you."

"What else do you want? Don't use Lao Cui as a handle, Junior Brother Wang. This kind of thing won't get me killed, it's just a little troublesome!"

Lin Ying glanced at Wang Yulou and thought that Wang Yulou, the hidden Lao Liu, wanted to use Lao Cui's affairs to control her.

But since she dared to say it openly, she was naturally not really afraid.

The law does not punish everyone. If someone really has to die, it will be enough to kill Lao Cui alone.

Yulou didn't say anything, but took out a piece of water jade from the storage bag.

Lift it with one hand and hold it in the sunlight. Clear water ripples on the jade-white skin, reflecting changing shadows.

The shadow fell on Lin Ying's face, who was unable to react, making her already elegant appearance even brighter and more dreamy.

However, there wasn't much love between men and women in Yulou's eyes when he looked at his senior sister; he was simply looking at her as a fool.

After all, it had been three breaths and this sister still hadn’t reacted.

Yulou curled her lips, thinking that this shouldn't be considered as tipping off.

No matter how strict the sect's rules are, they can't say something like 'Disciples of the Bishui Palace who have exchanged for the water jade are not allowed to stay in front of the Merit Hall and look at the water jade' - that's ridiculous.

After a long time, Lin Ying's eyebrows moved, her eyes looked at Yulou's chin, creating a feeling of affectionate gaze, and then she spoke gently.

"Yulou, you are still young, there are so many beautiful girls, and my sister is devoted to Taoism and has no intention of looking for a Taoist partner.

When I interact with you, it is out of friendship between us. I hope you don't misunderstand me.

Of course, I also like this piece of water jade. How about this? I will offer 1,800 spirit stones to take it. What do you think, Junior Brother Wang?"

At the end of her words, Lin Ying began to bite her lips with her teeth again.

But in Yulou's eyes, this is more abstract than chewing a lighter without doing anything.

After looking at her with a look that seemed to be a sign of shame, Yulou put away the water jade and left without looking back.

Senior Sister Lin, I really admire you. At least you are a smart person.

Look now.

The third crane flew away while cursing, leaving the ordinary girl Lin Ying standing there, disheveled in the wind raised by the spiritual crane.

What did his eyes mean just now? It didn't seem very affectionate?
He is definitely not affectionate. He ran away. Is it because he is too ashamed of being rejected by me?

Young man, you still need to hone your skills more.

Lin Ying thought about it and even felt a little funny.

Just as she was about to leave, she saw a monk wearing the robes of the Cave Heaven Patrol rushing towards the Hall of Merit in a flying boat. In a flash, Lin Ying recognized that it was Wang Yaohai.

Why are you in such a hurry? Anything rare in the Hall of Merit has to wait. There is no point in grabbing it.
grab?
She stood there in a daze, her face turning from snow-white to red in one second, just like a red monkey's butt.

I'm such a idiot!
How can I see him in the future?

Without any hesitation, Lin Ying turned around and rushed straight into the Hall of Merit.
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Flying back to Hewan Fishing Village, Yulou rode on the spirit crane and circled around the fishing village for dozens of miles.

After discovering that there were no ignorant little monsters coming out to cause trouble, he felt a little disappointed.

After returning to the mansion, he immediately communicated with the ancestor about the latest news about Lao Cui.

"Is it similar to a public insight?" Wang Xianzhou said.

"No, I tend to think he's even better than Gao Jian.

It's just that the stage at Hewan Fishing Village is too small, otherwise, he might have been able to make a bigger splash."

"This stage is not small, it is equivalent to the size of a Qi training family, and you are only in your twenties now, Yulou."

"It's very stressful. There are so many talented people in this small river fishing village, and there are even two people with dual spiritual roots."

"You feel pressured. Then I'll take action tonight?" The old ancestor's gentleness was rather special.

"Wait, wait, it's too hasty. We should wait at least three months. We can get rid of him after the competition in Hewan Fishing Village. The impact will be smaller then!"

"Okay, I'll keep watching him, Yulou, there must be some secrets about this guy, how can the five spiritual roots break through the Qi Induction?

The Dishui Cave is semi-connected to the outside world, and the Qi-inducing here can only be practiced step by step."

"Don't be impatient, Old Ancestor. Time is on our side. Wait until I have completely taken control of the Hewan Fishing Village before taking action."

Mastery is achieved step by step, and one cannot be impatient. Wang Yulou can afford to wait for three months.

Back in the quiet room, Yulou considered the various materials and magical instruments at hand, wondering whether he should start refining top-grade magical instruments now.

But the golden light of wish-fulfilling in his mind has only been accumulated to three quarters so far, and there is still some shortfall.

Taking out the spirit fish skin, Yulou began to draw water magic talismans in the quiet room.

The water techniques he has mastered now are relatively basic, consisting of the rapids technique, the water ring technique, and the Guishui hidden sharp needle technique.

Riptide, the most powerful offensive spell.

Water Ring, a fairly useful spell that combines defense and amplification.

Guishui Cangfengzhen, well, let’s put it this way, its attack power is not as good as the Torrent.

"I hope the remaining few layers of Trace Pulse Guishui Qi will bring out more powerful spells."

Yulou looked forward to the bright future when the water energy in his veins suddenly rose, and then he started to draw the water ring talisman down to earth.

Spirit fish skin is the best base material for water-based talismans. Water-based talismans made from spirit fish skin are naturally better than talismans made from other non-aqueous base materials.

However, there are difficulties in drawing talismans on the skin of a spirit fish.

Spirit fish and spirit donkeys are different. Wang's spirit donkey was once born in the ninth-grade wild donkey plain, and later was born in the eighth-grade stupid donkey plain - stupid, without intelligence.

That's why it is said that Patriarch Xianhe has infinite merits. If the spiritual donkey bred after the wild donkey is upgraded has wisdom, then the Wang family will be in big trouble.

The spirit donkey is delicious and useful, but it is not good at fighting and cannot be used as a spirit pet.

It's at best a mount, and the crappiest kind at that.

So, it’s better to be a stupid donkey.

The special thing about spirit fish is that every spirit fish is different, and there is no unified type or characteristics.

Looking at the fire spirit fish skin in his hand, Yulou had a strange expression on his face.

Is this fish considered an alien form of spiritual fish or a supreme bone?

However, as a supreme bone, it is difficult for the evil upper realm cultivator Wang Yulou to use it.

So, Yulou put it away and kept it for later.

Water Ring Technique, as the name suggests, is to gather a water ring around the cultivator. It has a certain degree of defensiveness, but not much.

Depending on the type of spiritual energy, the water ring it maintains will have different effects. At the same time, the water in the water ring can assist the water method.

The threshold for casting this spell is low, but the difficulty of practicing it is high. Yulou can only be considered to have just entered the door.

To be honest, with his current level of water ring technique, it is actually a waste to use spirit fish skin to draw.

But considering that drawing talismans can accumulate golden light, which can help him refine high-quality magic tools, Yulou naturally doesn't care about this waste.

As a weapon refiner, Yulou studied weapon refining techniques with Hongmei for ten years. From the age of thirteen to twenty-three, he spent the most passionate and energetic time of his life on practicing weapon refining.

A top-grade magical weapon is the touchstone for testing the refiner's level of refinement.

There are layers of restrictions, and the more layers there are, the more difficult it is to refine.

The combination of different spiritual materials adds a dimension of difficulty.

With the expectation of refining a top-grade magic weapon, Yulou drew more than twenty different talismans in a row and used up all the spirit fish skins he had saved.

But the golden light in my mind was still a little short of that, only one tenth.

As he became more proficient in using the golden light, Yulou had already figured out its effects.

In refining instruments, making talismans and even refining pills, the golden light can improve Yulou's level of refining, but this improvement will vary depending on the level of Yulou's own attainments, experience with specific refining objects, and the difficulty of refining objects.

As for how to accumulate golden light, it mainly depends on the effort Yulou puts into the refining process, and this investment itself is related to the previous three.

But if it was only one tenth of the difference, you could actually give it a try. Because he was itching to do it, and because drawing the talisman consumed about half of his spiritual energy, Yulou took a spiritual pill and then took out the refining furnace.

Putting aside the eighth-grade black steel, ninth-grade mirror silver, purple copper, blood wood, and the skin of the human-faced snake demon's tail, Yulou closed his eyes and began to conceive of his first top-grade magic weapon.

A knife? It's flashy and useless, not as good as a flying sword.

Flying sword? It's useful, but difficult.

Awesome? A bit overkill, but very stable and good in combat.

How about making a black steel ruler?
The difficulty of refining the rod and ruler is extremely low. Yulou is very confident in refining them, but maybe no one will buy them.

Well, there are actually lower ones, such as black steel balls.
But since everyone can afford high-quality magic tools, no one would settle for a bead-shaped magic tool.

After all, magic weapons are treasures that protect the way. People who have the ability to consume high-quality magic weapons will naturally not make do with them easily.

Suddenly, Yulou looked at the mirror silver and black steel, froze in place, and then smiled with relief.

He thought of Hongmei's signature defensive weapon, the Mirror Silver Gold Shield. As Hongmei's apprentice, Yulou naturally knew how to refine this shield.

But when he laughed, he was only laughing at himself.

He just thought about it over and over again, and all he could think of was offensive magic weapons. Even though he had thought of the bead shape, he was still worried that no one would buy a large, high-quality black steel bead to use as a killing move in a fight.

This idea is actually very interesting.

Yulou realized that even though she usually liked to play it safe and not make enemies, deep down in her heart, she still had the desire to show off her skills and become the champion in battle.

Be careful!
Then make a small shield.

The shield is similar in shape to the purple copper magic mirror he once refined, and its structure has excellent conditions for stacking restrictions.

Moreover, defensive magic weapons are life-saving items and will never have trouble selling them.

It's nothing more than the difference between making more or less profit, or between barely breaking even, making a small loss, or making a big loss.

After thinking of a plan, Yulou first activated the formation of the mansion to prevent anyone from disturbing him.

Then, the red lantern was taken out, and under the stimulation of spiritual energy, the red light jumped up vigorously.

As the representative spiritual weapon of the Red Lantern, this top-grade spiritual weapon, the Red Lantern with eighty-eight restrictions, has two magical powers. But in Yulou's hands, its greatest function is to make fire - which can be regarded as making the best use of it.

Since it is used to make a shield, the purple copper used to enhance the spiritual sensitivity of the magic weapon is naturally not needed, and the leftover blood wood and the skin of the human-faced snake demon's tail have no room for use.

Recalling the method of refining the Mirror Silver and Gold Thread Shield taught by Hongmei, Yulou took out another piece of Mirror Silver.

One piece of eighth-grade black steel and two pieces of ninth-grade mirror silver were all the materials Yulou needed to refine the weapon today. He already had the spiritual gold needed for the Mirror Silver Gold Thread Shield, but Yulou was not confident that he could reach Hongmei's level in his first attempt at refining the weapon.

Therefore, he directly gave up the two points of the Mirror Silver self-repair restriction and the spiritual gold turning into threads to connect different spiritual materials and the amplification restriction. In fact, these two are the soul of the Mirror Silver Gold Thread Shield - Hongmei is still very capable.

It has to be done step by step. Yulou knows his own limitations. He is very satisfied that this black steel mirror and silver shield can withstand twenty layers of restrictions without exploding.

"You want to refine a top-grade magical weapon?"

The old ancestor had noticed Yulou's actions a long time ago. He stood by the door, quietly watching Yulou fiddling with those spiritual materials and refining tools for a long time.

"Well, I'm itching to try it today."

Yulou didn't look back. Of course, the ancestor would definitely not care.

"Okay, I'll protect you, haha."

Wang Xianzhou sat on the doorstep with a smile. Yulou felt a little amused but didn't say much.

Patriarch Xian Zhou has always been like this, never caring about other people's opinions and having a very free and easy temperament.

First throw the black steel into the refining furnace. Under the stimulation of the spiritual fire, its spirituality will gradually begin to become active.

The power of the eighth-grade spiritual material lies in the fact that its status is much higher than that of the ninth-grade one.

Taking the time required for spiritual fire to stimulate the spirituality of a material as an example, it only takes about half a minute for purple copper to be roasted by the spiritual fire, while black steel needs a full hour and a half.

This powerful stability represents the extraordinary nature of the material itself, which is why top-grade magic weapons can crush most mid- and low-grade magic weapons.

An hour passed quickly, and noticing the sweat on Yulou's forehead, Wang Xianzhou asked.

"Do you need a pill to restore your spiritual power?"

For a weapon refiner like Wang Yulou, who has practiced Qi training for ten years, this kind of question will not affect his weapon refining operation at all.

If refining a weapon is so easily interrupted, how can one refine a spiritual weapon that takes more than ten days to refine, or even a magic weapon that takes several years or even more than ten years?

"No need, I have the elixir of enlightenment." Yulou replied calmly.

"Forget it, why don't you give those bottles of broken elixirs to the young monks below.

You are alone, even if you use them every day, when will you stop using them?
Come on, open your mouth!"

"Forced Love", but the grandfather and his obedient grandson version.

Kailingdan is a very good elixir for restoring spiritual energy, but the upper limit of this thing is not very good, Wang Xianzhou is quite dissatisfied with it.

I am a master of alchemy. You make elixirs in front of me every day, which makes me lose face.

Yulou opened his mouth helplessly, and Wang Xianzhou immediately fed him a Liangyi Yongling Pill.

Liang Yi refers to the combination of water and fire. The combination of water and fire perfectly meets the needs of Yulou.

Yongling refers to the spiritual energy that flows continuously like water gushing out of a spring. The difference between it and Kailingdan is probably the difference between whipping a donkey frantically and stepping on the accelerator in a sports car.

With the Liangyi Yongling Pill, Yulou can control the black steel in the refining furnace more easily.

When the spirituality of the black steel was about to reach its maximum, Yulou threw two pieces of mirror silver into the furnace. In this way, both of them could reach their maximum spirituality at the same time, allowing for further refining.

Yu Lou added the other auxiliary materials one by one smoothly and began to combine mirror silver and black steel.

"You have quite a good accomplishment, how confident are you?"

Seeing that Yulou was so familiar, Wang Xianzhou's originally casual heart actually became a little expectant.

You ask why the ancestor doesn’t look forward to it?
How strange! He had been in the world of immortal cultivation for so many years, but he had never heard of anyone in the early stage of Qi training being able to refine a top-grade magical weapon.

Not to mention the early stages of Qi training, even for a refiner in the middle stage of Qi training and who has made great progress in the Dao, the first time he refines a top-grade magic weapon, he will be doomed to shatter it.

Therefore, Patriarch Xian Zhou has always been in a state of encouragement, affirmation, and readiness.

what to prepare?
Prepare to comfort the failed Xiao Yulou and give him appropriate encouragement and guidance.

However, Wang Yulou wanted to use his strength to tell the ancestor that he didn't need to prepare.

"Ten points!" Yulou replied briefly and forcefully, his voice full of determination and confidence.

Wang Xianzhou was startled at first, but did not say anything. He just watched silently.

Well done, kid. You just have to have this kind of spirit. It doesn’t matter whether you succeed or not. As long as you keep this spirit, you will succeed!
In the refining furnace, the black steel began to be interlocked with the mirror silver, and this interlocking was very particular.

On the one hand, the size of each piece of spiritual material is limited. If only one piece of black steel is used, it will be difficult to add too many restrictions to the magic weapon formed by it. Therefore, multiple pieces of spiritual materials are needed to refine a top-grade magic weapon.

On the other hand, since the properties of spiritual materials are different and the number of prohibitions that can be engraved is limited, it is necessary to arrange the shapes and positions of different spiritual materials on the magic weapon according to the combination of properties, so as to better play the effect of the prohibition.

For example, Yulou hid two pieces of mirror silver behind the black steel, and combined the two on the back of the shield with one small mosaic structure after another as the core.

The black steel on the front of the shield only engraves restrictions that increase defense, while the mirror silver on the back of the shield only engraves restrictions that increase control.

Theoretically, if the three spiritual materials are combined together, and each piece can engrave at least a dozen layers of restrictions, this black steel mirror and silver shield can actually engrave more than forty layers of restrictions.

However, in actual refining, different spiritual materials are combined and their spirituality influences each other, which greatly increases the difficulty of engraving the restrictions.

On the monkey version of the purple copper demon-subduing pestle, Yulou can easily make the restriction smaller without affecting its function under the manipulation of spiritual energy.

But on the black steel mirror and silver shield made of different spiritual materials, Yulou had to be careful and cautious when refining every restriction.

When engraving, one must not only arrange the location of the restriction according to the type of restriction, but also arrange different small changes for the restriction according to the way the two spiritual materials are interwoven.

Of course, Yulou was not confident that he could grasp those small changes in the details, so he chose to leave more space when burning.

In this way, the upper limit of the burning ban is low.

Yulou estimated that with his attainments in the Dao, he could only engrave twenty layers at most. If he engraved more, he could only do so in some less stable places, and the possibility of the magic weapon exploding would increase dramatically.

We can’t delay any longer, burn the Ruyi Golden Light for me!

Under the influence of the Ruyi Golden Light, the level of the Jade Tower's engraving restrictions was temporarily strengthened, and the spiritual grasp of the prototype of the magic weapon in the furnace was also improved.

However, it was only at this time that Yulou noticed that the twenty floors he had just estimated was actually wrong.

If his level of cultivation just now was, he would see mountains as mountains.

With the help of the golden light, Yulou finally saw the mountain clearly and discovered that it was not a mountain, but a high platform built with large stone bricks.

Yulou frowned slightly and increased the speed of stimulating the Ruyi golden light, further improving his attainments in refining the Tao.

Now, I can reach the level of twenty levels of restrictions.

Seventh level, all manipulation restrictions have been resolved.

Tenth layer, the black steel shield and mirror silver are perfectly combined.

Eighteen levels, now eight different types of defensive restrictions have been refined in.

Add two more layers. It can’t be too hard either. It needs some toughness.

Nineteenth floor, huh? The golden light has been consumed.

A look of regret flashed across Yulou's eyes.

It's a pity that I am only one level away from reaching the upper limit of this shield.

Seeing Yulou sighing deeply, Wang Xianzhou felt a little worried.

Is it a failure?
Why was there no explosion?

"It's done!" Yulou said with a smile.

"It worked?" Wang Xianzhou was a little unbelievable.

Child, you are only at the first level of Qi training, and you can refine a top-grade magic weapon?
A shield glowing red flew out from the refining furnace. Yulou used spiritual water to cool it down, and soon the shield revealed its true appearance.

The dark black steel shield surface was shining with a spiritual light, and the shield surface was semi-enclosed by mirror silver. The mirror silver extended to the back of the shield, forming an ingenious card-type structure, which stuck the black steel shield surface in front.

Between the two, Yulou also refined more than forty connection points, each of which is also a key node of the restriction.

Seven layers of control restrictions and twelve layers of defense restrictions are closely combined with each other to form this black steel mirror silver shield which is derived from the mirror silver gold thread shield.

It is possible that the black jade oil bead can possess thirty-six layers of restrictions by connecting four or five more legs, becoming an extremely abstract high-grade magic weapon, but the price of five black jade oil beads is not as much as the price of this shield.

"Yulou." Wang Xianzhou smiled and shook his head.

"Heroes emerge from youth. From the age of thirteen to twenty-three, you have achieved this in just ten years. You are indeed gifted in the Dao."
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What’s the point of having talent in the Dao of Refining? Without cultivation, Wang Yulou can only refine a high-quality ox and horse shield with nineteen levels of restrictions in his life.

It seemed that a top-grade shield had been refined, but it was not perfect, which gave Yulou a sense of pressure and urgency.

In the three months that followed after that day of refining, Yulou devoted himself to practicing.

The only communication with the outside world was to listen to reports from Zhang Xuewu, Qin Churan and others.

Oh, and there are small fish.

This girl started working in civil engineering at a young age. Perhaps she knew that she had a lifetime opportunity and was afraid that she would not do well and disappoint Senior Wang's trust, so she came to Yulou to report every now and then.

In the quiet room, Yulou, who was sitting on the cushion, opened his eyes.

The three incense sticks in the incense burner had already burned out. Under the gaze of the Immortal Venerable, he successfully broke through to the second level of Qi training.

Reaching the second level of Qi training in five months is about seven times the speed of an ordinary dual-spiritual-root Qi training cultivator.

In fact, this speed is not fast.

Because the so-called minimum cultivation speed only exists in theory, for Qi-cultivating practitioners with dual spiritual roots, they often take drugs.

If you can’t afford the elixir, there are still spiritual powders.

Standing up, he left the quiet room and walked out of the mansion. Yulou came to the edge of the Golden Terrace and looked down. The buildings below had already taken shape.

The main hall, mansions, gardens, and martial arts arena protect the Golden Stage like guards.

In the distance, you can still see the huge sluice gate.

A month ago, two monsters attacked the Hewan Fishing Port together. The response mechanism established by Yulou showed its power for the first time. Without any cultivator being injured, the Qi-inducing cultivators easily dealt with the two monsters.

In order to test the effectiveness of the response mechanism, Yulou did not let Zhang Xuewu and Lao Cui take action.

Because it affected his chances of gaining merit by beating weak opponents, Lao Cui had some complaints, but not much. Now that he was facing Wang Yulou, he dared to say that it was too risky, which was already the limit.

"Chu Ran, how many days does Xiaobi have left?"

Retracting his gaze, Yulou asked Qin Churan who was following beside him.

"Two days, Senior Wang."

Nodding slightly, Yulou looked towards the north.

Wang Rongzhou, who was at the sixth level of Qi training, came back in his broken flying boat, and he didn't look too happy.

Yulou knew that this meant that the ancestor had gained a lot outside.

Although this old man is old, he has no intention of recuperating at home. Instead, he goes out to hunt in the wild every few days.

There are a wide variety of spiritual objects, elixirs, etc. in Dripping Cave. Every time Wang Xianzhou goes out to hunt, he can get some gains.

If he was unlucky, he would secretly go to the resource point guarded by the monks in the Dripping Cave and take some money.

"Make good preparations." Yulou gave Qin Churan another instruction and turned back to the mansion.

He took the position of leader of the Hewan Fishing Village in order to free up more time for practice.

Wang Yulou now doesn't care about the affairs of the village at all, and is only focused on pursuing the right path.

"Yulou, hahahaha, I pulled out two spiritual tree seedlings in Demuao, one is white elm and the other is bitter bamboo. They haven't been discovered yet."

"Ancestor, we don't need these things. It's too dangerous for you to do this. What if we get caught by the Cave Heaven Patrol?"

"Okay, I know what's going on. The patrol team of the Dripping Cave are all good-for-nothings. They chased me twice but failed to catch up. Why should I be afraid of them?"

"What if a foundation-building cultivator comes?"

"Then I'll just run. Besides, Yulou, you don't understand. I only take a little bit each time.

Those monks who guard the place don't want others to know that the resources they are guarding have been taken away, so they often choose not to report it and just settle the account themselves.

Take the Hewan fishing village as an example. If I give you ten spiritual fish, will you tell the sect that you didn't keep a close eye on them and that there are ten less spiritual fish caught?"

"No." Yulou answered helplessly.

You think that the reason for showing off Zhou Laozu's power is perverse, but if you think about it carefully, it does make some sense.

Wang Xianzhou: I will steal the spirit stones from anyone who has them. I will never bully the poor!

The old man is already 170 years old, and his current behavior seems to be "doing whatever he wants and breaking the rules", and Wang Yulou can't do anything about him.

“Come to think of it, now you have reached the second level of Qi training, but your speed is only seven times that of normal.

It's time to make a choice about whether to continue tracing the pulse. Tell us what you think."

With the help of the Resting Pill and many other elixirs that aid in spiritual practice, Yulou can practice at the fastest speed day and night.

However, because one has to circulate Guishui spiritual energy to trace the meridians from time to time, the speed of cultivation is actually delayed.

If he didn't trace his pulse, Yulou's cultivation speed might be more than ten times that of an ordinary dual-spiritual root cultivator.

Without having to sleep, you can spend more time on spiritual practice every day.

The amplification elixir will never stop, and it will be replenished immediately after the effect wears off.

It looks great, but this feeling comes with a huge price.

Seven times the speed means that, without considering the market price of the elixir, Yulou has to consume thirteen spirit stones every day in terms of the cost of refining the elixir.

The cost of the elixir that Patriarch Zhou customized for Yulou is not taken into account here.

If the elixir is evaluated according to the market price and the cost of the ancestor is added, Yulou's cultivation speed corresponds to an expenditure of at least forty spirit stones per day!
“I don’t want to trace my pulse anymore, ancestor. Every time I do, my meridians get hurt.

A magic pill is needed to relieve pain by tracing the pulse, and a magic pill is also needed to treat injuries to the meridians.

"If we exchange these elixirs for elixirs that increase cultivation speed, we can save a lot of spirit stones," Yulou said respectfully.

Wang Xianzhou sneered and asked back.

"Are you saving spirit stones for me?"

Yes, all the elixirs that Yulou used for his practice in the past few months were provided to him for free by the ancestor.

Yulou expressed her intention to pay, but she almost suffered domestic violence for the first time in her life.

Seeing that Wang Yulou didn't say anything, Wang Xianzhou thought for a while and said.

“If you trace your pulse, you can only practice at a speed of about seven times in the long run. If there is no bottleneck, you will have to be around fifty-five years old to reach the tenth level of Qi training.

If you don't trace your pulse, you have the opportunity to achieve twelve times the speed of cultivation. Yulou, you can reach the tenth level of Qi training in less than fifty years old.

You know, what does that mean? "

Without letting Yulou answer, Wang Xianzhou walked around excitedly and analyzed excitedly.

“If you are under fifty and at the tenth level of Qi training, you have a good chance of building a foundation before the age of seventy.

In this way, after building the foundation, you will have three hundred years to improve the foundation!"

After building the foundation, there are three hundred years to improve the foundation, which means that in the future, Wang Yulou will have more possibilities to touch the Purple Mansion Pass.

It sounded so beautiful, so beautiful that Wang Xianzhou's tone was filled with excitement.

Yulou understood, not only understood the ancestor's expectations, but also understood that such expectations were just like the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror.

He didn't want to break the ancestor's happy fantasy, so he just said in the end.

"Grandmaster, our Wang family doesn't have that many spirit stones, and Yulou doesn't want to..."

The Anbei Wang family is not small, but as Yulou's cultivation level increases, the elixir he needs will become more expensive.

At present, the cost for him to maintain the seven-fold speed is thirteen spirit stones per day, which is nearly five thousand per year. It seems that Wang Yulou can earn it if he works harder.

But this cost will continue to increase. The resources consumed by taking drugs all the way to the tenth level of Qi training can at least buy two sets of foundation-building supplies.

“There are spirit stones, don’t worry, there are spirit stones.

I will prepare the corresponding pills for you before you kick your legs. You just need to practice well here and don't worry about anything else. Just practice.

Yulou, I stopped at the tenth level of Qi training and can’t go any further.

You need to go further away, and take a look at the scenery in the distance, and see what the Qunxiantai looks like, for me, the ancestor."

At the end, Wang Xianzhou became a little emotional.

He avoided Yulou's sight, turned around, and silently gazed at the Dishuitian and Xianzun Palace in the sky.

He was once a famous member of the Immortal Alliance, and that was also the time when he was most ambitious and vigorous.

Wang Xianzhou's greatest wish in this life is to move up step by step in the Immortal Alliance and enter the Platform of Immortals.

Unfortunately, he has no chance.

"Ancestor, aren't you going to buy the longevity elixir?" Yulou's voice was a little trembling.

He did not feel touched, nor honored, but only sad and reluctant.

Wang Xianzhou saved up some spirit stones and planned to buy himself a longevity elixir. Many people in the clan knew about this.

The cheapest longevity pill costs 250,000 spirit stones and can extend life by ten years.

Each cultivator can extend his life by up to fifty years by relying on the longevity pill alone.

Wang Xianzhou lost the means to prolong his life through cultivation, so naturally he could only look for various spiritual objects and elixirs to prolong his life.

"Hahaha, it was just a big dream, but a small green tomb."

Wang Xianzhou chuckled and turned around.

“I had this dream for a long time, and even from knowing nothing about elixirs, I gradually taught myself and became a master of alchemy.

It’s time to wake up from this dream, Yulou.

Prolonging my life will not solve my problem, but it will keep me alive.

According to legend, there is a law of reincarnation in heaven and earth, and people can be reincarnated after death.

I only hope to be reincarnated as a human being and cultivate again."

Next time, I will never fight against opponents of a higher level—Ancestor Xian Zhou added silently in his heart.

Seeing the ancestor like this, Yulou felt mixed emotions and his thoughts were extremely complicated.

He wanted to save spirit stones, but the old ancestor, who was obsessed with the idea, wanted him to reach the foundation-building threshold as soon as possible.

The two did not mention it much, but tacitly gave up discussing the matter of pulse tracing.

The guidance of the next day is crucial, but if the foundation can be established before the age of seventy or even earlier,
Whether to trace the pulse or not doesn’t seem to be that important anymore.

(End of this chapter)