The road is vague

Chapter 76 The best magic weapon
After leaving the pharmacy, Li Mo came to Jinbao Pavilion.

This is the magic weapon shop directly operated by the Lingmu Sect's Weapon Refining Hall. He once bought the Thunder Sword here, which he found quite easy to use.

As for other magic weapon shops, they have to face quality issues, price issues, and supply issues, which require careful identification. Moreover, they are often one-time transactions and cannot be returned or exchanged afterwards.

The magic tools of Jinbao Pavilion are really worth your money.

The magic tools purchased here can be upgraded later, and the original price of the previously unused magic tools can be converted into spirit stones to purchase higher-level magic tools.

The display cabinets on the first floor are filled with low-grade and medium-grade magic tools of various kinds. The prices range from eighty spirit stones to two or three hundred spirit stones. There are four or five people here screening and selecting.

Li Mo's Thunder Sword was originally purchased here.

He didn't stay in the lobby on the first floor for too long. After taking a quick look, he walked up the stairs to the second floor.

There was only one person here who was selecting in the high-quality magic tools area, with his head down, looking like he was in deep thought. After Li Mo glanced at him briefly, he came to the display cabinet area where the best magic tools were sold.

Compared with the dazzling array of low-grade and mid-grade magical instruments downstairs, the number of high-grade and top-grade magical instruments in the display cabinets on the second floor is obviously much smaller.

Especially the top-grade magic weapons, there are only a dozen or so of them.

In addition, these top-grade magic weapons are divided into offensive, defensive, functional and auxiliary types, so there are not many for Li Mo to choose from.

The spirit stones he had were barely enough to buy a good quality magic weapon.

That's it.

Li Mo stood in front of the counter, hesitating for a long time in front of the five top-grade magic weapons.

The price of a top-grade magic weapon is generally above one thousand spirit stones. The highest price Li Mo has seen here is one thousand eight hundred spirit stones. It is a cloak-shaped defensive magic weapon, and its ability is unknown.

Among the five offensive-type top-grade magic weapons that he was paying attention to at the moment, three were priced below 1,200 spirit stones, and the other two were priced at 1,400 and 1,500 spirit stones respectively.

Originally, according to Li Mo's idea, he would naturally exclude the three cheaper top-grade magic weapons and focus on the two more expensive top-grade magic weapons.

But these two top-grade magic weapons, one is a sickle and the other is a flying needle, but there is no flying sword that he likes.

This made him quite hesitant, so he hesitated for a long time, frequently looking at the top-grade flying sword magic weapon worth a thousand spirit stones.

"Now that I'm a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, my lifespan has been greatly extended. Perhaps... I can study the art of refining weapons in the future. The "Spiritual Illumination Sword Manual" is still in my storage bag. I can collect materials and refine the necessary magical weapons on my own. This way, I won't be controlled by others."

The "Lingzhao Sword Manual" records hundreds of methods of forging flying swords.

Although some sword-making methods are too abstract and beyond his understanding at this stage, many magic weapon-level sword-making methods are worth referring to. Although these magic weapon-level sword-making methods seem to be different from the popular sword-making methods today, they are still quite feasible.

Thinking like this.

Li Mo's thinking also began to change.

"First, buy a functional, top-grade magical weapon as a precaution, and then refine a top-grade flying sword yourself!"

So Li Mo looked at the four functional magic weapons again, and finally his eyes fell on the most expensive teapot-shaped magic weapon.

"Shopkeeper, please take out this magical weapon and let me take a look."

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a square face and an honest look. He walked over with a smile after hearing what Li Mo said and took out the teapot-shaped magic weapon as Li Mo requested.

"Sir, you have excellent taste. This top-grade magical artifact, the Mysterious Ice Pot, can activate the Yin Water within the pot, which has some Gui Water properties. It combines the functions of killing enemies, confining them, and protecting them. It can also defile magical instruments, dissolve blood and bones, and extinguish hundreds of fires. It also has a certain growth potential and can absorb Yin and cold impurities to improve itself. The price is only 1,600 spirit stones."

Li Mo took it in his hand and tested it a little, and had a preliminary understanding of the top-grade magic weapon.

The so-called top-grade magic weapon can indeed be called an imitation magic weapon.

However, its actual effect is only 30% to 40% more powerful than that of top-grade magic weapons, and it is naturally not comparable to real magic weapons.

But its price is at least double that of the top-grade magic tools.

This is quite similar to the process of going from minor success to major success in martial arts. The time and energy required increase exponentially, but the changes brought about are simply incomparable to the effects of the initial improvements.

For example, the power of a mid-grade magic weapon of the same type is at least 70% to 80% higher than that of a low-grade magic weapon, and the power of a high-grade magic weapon is 50% to 60% higher than that of a mid-grade magic weapon.

But when it comes to the level of top-grade magic weapons, the power is only increased by 30% to 40% compared to the same type of high-grade magic weapons.

In other words.

For cultivators who are building their foundation, top-grade magic tools are also an option, commonly known as making do.

Because Li Mo's promotion speed was too fast, he did not experience the stage of large-scale use of high-grade magic tools, so he lacked relevant knowledge.

Especially the best of the top-grade magic weapons, such as the green steel shield in Li Mo's hand, are theoretically enough to compete with the secondary top-grade magic weapons, such as the flying sword worth one thousand spirit stones.

Li Mo looked at the shopkeeper with a puzzled look on his face.

"Since this magical weapon uses Yin water to fight the enemy, why isn't it called the Yin Water Pot?"

"This one……"

The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly.

"The Xuanbing Sect of our Daqian Nation has always been famous for its cold and vicious magic. This name for this magical instrument is meant to leverage the power of the Xuanbing Sect. If you don't like it, you can naturally change the name."

Li Mo nodded, played with it for a while, and then made a decision.

"That's it."

Then Li Mo almost took out all his wealth, took out 1,600 spirit stones, lifted them up with his spiritual power, and floated them in the air.

When the shopkeeper saw this, he immediately smiled.

He carefully counted the spirit stones and after confirming that they were correct, the two parties reached a deal.

Li Mo left Jinbao Pavilion with this top-grade magic weapon.

"Let's just call it Yinshuihu from now on."

Li Mo prefers names that are closer to reality.

With this top-grade magic weapon, Li Mo's strength has increased greatly. It will be enough for Li Mo to exert all his magic power and become a true foundation-building cultivator.

He bought this magical weapon in order to use it when he becomes an inspector of the Ministry of Destiny in the future.

As for this final exam, he wouldn't need it at all. According to past practice, the vast majority of third-year disciples in the Advanced Training Hall were only at the fourth, fifth, or sixth levels of Qi training. Upon graduation, they would be assigned to various branches by their master. About 10% to 20% of the disciples, or about 30 people, would reach the seventh level of Qi training and above. Upon graduation, they could choose their own branch.

There is also a small number of disciples whose cultivation cannot even reach the fourth level of Qi training. They will most likely be arranged to Sanye Hall, and from then on they will be almost the same as casual cultivators, left to fend for themselves.

With Li Mo's current magical power at the Foundation Establishment stage, even using the mid-grade magic weapon Thunder Sword is enough to sweep away everything.

The more likely possibility is that in a one-on-one situation, Li Mo doesn't need to take it seriously and can just get rid of it casually.

Next.

Li Mo came to an uninhabited place in the back mountain and familiarized himself with the abilities of the Yin Shui Hu. Then he returned to his master with satisfaction and came to the training hall.

As in previous years, almost everyone is talking about the upcoming year-end review.

"Senior Brother Li!"

"Senior Brother Li..."

Many third-year disciples whom Li Mo was not familiar with, and even second-year disciples whom he did not know, took the initiative to greet him.

Li Mo was used to this and nodded frequently in response.

The first-year students obviously didn't know him and no one paid any attention to him.

When Li Mo arrived at the hall, he noticed that a first-year disciple held up a sign, indicating that he was willing to spend spirit stones to learn spells.

Seeing this, Li Mo couldn't help but think of his past self.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Mo closed the doors and windows, entered the light-proof secret room, and summoned a humanoid puppet to guard it.

Then he sat cross-legged on the cushion and slowly closed his eyes.

It was still early, so he planned to take some time to condense a thunder crystal to verify whether this Leiwuhuaji secret technique was really as he thought, a growth-oriented secret technique that could benefit him for a lifetime.

After all, according to Li Mo's idea.

As the nature of the magic power in the Foundation Establishment Period changes, the purity of the condensed thunder crystal will naturally increase, allowing the caster to exert greater power after being promoted to the Foundation Establishment Period, meeting the needs of Foundation Establishment cultivators and even cultivators at higher levels.

Condensing thunder crystals is not the same as running the Great Circulation. Although it is taboo to be disturbed during this process, there is no need to worry about dying from the backlash of magic power in the early stages.

At this moment, the thunder crystal has not yet begun to condense in Li Mo's body. If he just wants to verify his guess, it would not be considered rash in the dormitory.

……

at the same time.

In a private cave of Lingmu Sect.

There were nearly ten people gathered together at this moment, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

If Li Mo were here, he would definitely be shocked.

Almost all the Jindan-stage hall masters of Lingmu Sect who were originally independent disciples have arrived, including Qian Jing, the hall master of the Talisman Making Hall, Kang Lie and Chu Xin, the deputy hall masters of the Law Enforcement Hall, Wang Tienan, the deputy hall master of the Weapon Refining Hall, Qin Yue, the deputy hall master of the Treasure Gathering Hall, Zhou Yi, the deputy hall master of the Four Seas Hall, and Han Mu, the deputy hall master of the Advanced Studies Hall.

Among these Jindan Hall Masters, there was an old man with a gentle and amiable smile.

This person is Sima Fu, one of the two acting leaders of Lingmu Sect.

Sima Fu looked at the people in the secret room of the cave.

"It's almost time. Junior Brother Lu Qi enjoys traveling, so I guess he'll be late for this gathering again. Junior Brother Xu Chen has important matters to attend to. And Junior Brother Wang Wenhai, have you seen him recently?"

Qin Yue snorted lightly.

"I think he's really just planning to retire in the Alchemy Hall. He's using the excuse of seclusion to avoid us."

"How ignorant of the times!"

"He thinks that just because Chen Huiling tolerates him, those noble families will be able to tolerate him in the future. This is no different from waiting to be killed. How ridiculous."

Everyone snorted coldly and was very angry.

"That's all."

Sima Fu was not upset when he saw this, but still looked kind.

"Junior Brother Wang is different from the rest of us. Firstly, he is a disciple of the Lingcao Sect in Korea. He came to our Daqian Kingdom to seek refuge and was forced to join the Lingmu Sect. Secondly, he is the oldest among us independent disciples and his life span is probably not much left. After accepting the disciple with the Divine Wood Body, he seems to be preparing to pass on his legacy. It is normal for him to lose his ambition. We can just communicate with him normally from now on. There is no need to blame him."

When everyone heard the words, they were thoughtful.

Those who were angry before also sighed and said no more about the matter.

Zhou Yi, the deputy head of Sihaitang, was the first to speak.

"I've received clear intelligence. The Ye family offered a younger disciple a marriage in exchange for a 3,000-year-old spiritual herb from the home of a high-ranking official in Yuancheng. Chen Shouyi is one step closer to gathering all the ingredients needed for the True Yuan Pill."

Everyone looked solemn.

Qin Yue, the deputy head of Jubao Hall, snorted coldly.

"I've heard about this as well. The Ye family is truly a lean camel that's bigger than a horse. They traded a mere, unappreciated female disciple from the Supervisor's Hall in the Qi Training Stage for a three-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine. This deal... is truly worth it!"

She deliberately prolonged her voice, her tone full of sarcasm.

"Ugh."

Sima Fu's smile gradually faded when he heard this.

"To be honest, I've been stuck in the late Jindan stage for several years, trying many secret techniques but still failing. From this, it seems Chen Shouyi is indeed one step ahead, having reached the late Great Perfection stage ahead of time. And considering that furnace of True Essence Pills, given his personality, he's probably going to be preparing to break through the bottleneck in the next two years."

Speaking of this, Sima Fu looked thoughtful.

He looked deeply at everyone.

"I don't know how likely he is to achieve a fetus, but with the secret technique bestowed by the imperial court and this so-called True Essence Pill, it shouldn't be too small. Why don't we take the initiative to sue for peace before he completes that final step?"

Sima Fu's words were like cold water dropped into a boiling oil pot, causing an uproar among the crowd.

(End of this chapter)