Practice starts with skill points.

Chapter 295 Red Treasure Gold

"I've met Senior Brother Xu."

Gu Chen bowed to the fat Xu Youde in front of him.

"Gu Chen! How come you have time to come to my place today? Where is Elder Zhong?"

When Xu Youde saw Gu Chen coming, he quickly went to greet him. Although Gu Chen was only at the Xiantian realm, he still did not neglect him at all.

A smile instantly appeared on his face, and with his obese body, he looked like Maitreya Buddha, and his eyes were so narrow from laughing that only slits remained.

"Master is still refining the elixir in Huoyun Palace. I've been so quiet that I want to move around, so I came out for a walk."

Looking at Xu Youde's enthusiastic greeting, Gu Chen felt more and more that having a big boss was a good thing.

This is a big shot in the extraordinary realm, and I am just a small shrimp who has just broken through to the innate realm. If it weren't for my master, it would be difficult for me to even meet such a big shot, let alone be so polite to me.

"Alchemy?"

Xu Youde's breathing suddenly became faster, and his eyes seemed a little hot.

"Is Elder Zhong refining the Purple Mansion Pill?"

"good."

"Hiss! As expected of Elder Zhong, he is truly a genius. Such talent in alchemy is beyond the reach of others. If this Purple Mansion Pill is successfully refined, my Purple Cloud Sect... no, the entire Falling Star Islands will have a second sixth-grade alchemist."

Xu Youde's face flushed with excitement. This was a sixth-grade alchemist! There were only two such people in the entire Luxing Islands, and one of them was in the Seven Star Sect.

What a status does the Seven Star Sect have? It is the strongest sect in the Falling Star Islands. Even the only secret realm in the Falling Star Islands is named after the Seven Stars.

However, the Ziyun Sect is just an ordinary sect, ranking only in the upper middle among the 108 islands. It was only with the support of Elder Zhong that it was promoted. Before that, it was ranked at the bottom.

And now, the Ziyun Sect is about to produce the second sixth-grade alchemist in the entire Luoxing Islands. How can he not be excited?

You have to know that it was he who first discovered Elder Zhong and then invited him to the mountain. In the end, he was the one who received this huge wealth.

Looking at Xu Youde's expression, Gu Chen smiled secretly in his heart.

Sixth-grade alchemist?

Master has already been one.

Gu Chen still remembered the taste of the Purple Mansion Pill on the cliff behind the Spiritual Medicine Peak of the Jianding Sect. Now he was just showing off his strength.

"Oh! Look at me, come, come and sit down."

Xu Youde slapped his forehead, quickly pulled Gu Chen to sit down, and ordered the servants to bring tea.

"Gu Chen, what brings you here today?"

Gu Chen didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I've been practicing a sword technique recently and need some metal ores to sharpen my sword. I've almost found all the ores, but I'm missing a piece of red gold. I heard that Senior Brother Xu has one in the auction house, so I came here to ask for it."

"So that's how it is. Red Treasure Gold. Although it's a metal, it's actually grown in the bodies of sea beasts. They're called Red Treasure Whales, and they've been eating sea sand for a long time. This is a kind of stone that condenses in their bodies. It's just like the Bezoar and Dog Treasure, but it doesn't have any medicinal value. However, it's incredibly hard and, more importantly, incredibly tough, and can be used to forge weapons.

You've come by chance. Someone did give me a piece of red gold a few days ago, and I was planning to auction it off. Someone, bring the red gold to Curry."

Xu Youde shouted outside the door, and soon a steward came up with a wooden box. When the box was opened, a fist-sized piece of metal lay inside, which looked like gold but not gold, and like stone but not stone.

This red gold exudes a unique metallic glow all over, but there is also a bloody glow hidden within the metal. It feels warm in the hand and emits a faint fragrance, which is very strange.

Gu Chen was delighted to see the red gold. Now that he had gathered all eight types of metals, he could finally get started with the Taibai Jinyao Sword Technique.

During these days, in addition to cultivating his own "Fei Ling Sword Sutra" into innate true qi and transforming it into "Jin Kui Yi Tu" true qi every day, Gu Chen spent the rest of his time practicing "Taibai Jin Yao Sword Art".

The "Seven Stars Great Freedom Sword Sutra" is indeed a top-grade earth-level martial art. Even the gold-attributed "Taibai Golden Sword Technique" is extremely mysterious. No matter how much he thinks about it for many days, he cannot get started. In the end, he can only find another way and use these eight metal ores with different properties to "sharpen the sword."

The so-called sharpening of the sword is to sharpen the sword energy, using the "gold energy" in the ore to polish one's own sword energy, and then use it to comprehend the "Taibai Jinyao Sword Technique".

Gu Chen suppressed his inner excitement and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Xu. This piece of red treasure gold has helped me a lot. How many spirit stones are there?"

"What spiritual stone? It's just a piece of red gold. Take it as you please."

Xu Youde waved his hand in mock dissatisfaction.

Gu Chen shook his head and said, "That won't do. Ziyun Auction House belongs to the sect, and Senior Brother is just managing it on their behalf. If I take the red treasure gold, wouldn't it be Senior Brother Xu who will have to pay for it in the end? No, no."

Gu Chen knew that his master planned to rebuild the Jianding Sect in the Luoxing Islands, so he naturally did not want to have too many interests intertwined with the people of the Ziyun Sect.

Besides, red gold is just rare, not particularly precious, and it's not unaffordable. Why do you have to owe others favors? You must know that favors are the hardest to repay.

As he spoke, Gu Chen took out a piece of dead wood from his storage bracelet.

"Brother Xu, what do you think of the real thing? We can auction it off in place of the red treasure gold to make up for the loss."

Xu Youde glanced at it subconsciously, and then his entire attention was attracted.

I picked up the dead wood and looked at it carefully. It felt heavy in my hand, as if it were made of metal.

It is the size of a palm, twisted and shaped like a human, somewhat like ginseng, but without roots. The wood is purple-black, like rosewood, but it is not rosewood.

"This dead tree... is quite interesting. Junior brother, wait a moment. Someone, go get some Six Yang Water from the storehouse."

Soon the steward brought a jade bottle containing the Six Yang Water.

"Junior brother, this is the water of six yangs, condensed from the water essence gathered from six extremely yang places. It is the best at clearing away dirt.

You must know that divine objects naturally obscure themselves. Many treasures have lost their original luster due to improper care and the passage of time. This water of the six yangs can just wash away the filth."

As he spoke, Xu Youde took out a drop of Six Yang Water and dropped it on the dead tree.

Accompanied by bursts of explosions, the entire dead tree began to vibrate, and with each vibration, a bit of filth fell from it.

Xu Youde poured a few more drops, and after a while, the dead tree finally revealed its original appearance. It was a piece of dark green wood all over, and no longer as dry as before.

"Brother Xu, what is this?"

Gu Chen was also surprised when he saw the dead tree whose appearance had changed drastically. The most important thing was that he actually felt a strong wood-attributed aura from the green tree.

"It's actually the Heavenly Soul Wood. Junior Brother Gu, where did you get it from?"

(End of this chapter)