Cultivation begins with harvest.

Most of the spiritual items required for the secret technique Falling Butterfly are not particularly high-grade and are not difficult to obtain. The only key materials are the scale powder of the [Empty Wing Butterfly] and the [Vortex Mountain Stone], which are difficult to obtain. Chen Guang saw many of the other materials in the Yanmian Market, but he could not find these two.

Without a doubt, all the shops in the market should have this spiritual item. The Voidwing Butterfly Scale Powder has a wide range of uses and contains very faint traces of the universe. Any spiritual artifact with some scale powder can be greatly helped in terms of speed and sudden stops and starts. It is also a hot commodity. Even though the Qingheng Sect is not known for its artifact control, it still has a great demand for it.

Of all the shops outside, only the Cang family's Fanglin Hall might give him the face to provide some scale powder, but the quantity would probably not meet Chen Guang's needs unless they offered him a century-old elixir.

Woshan stone is even rarer, as it is formed in the swirling flow of lava rivers in volcanoes. Once it appears on the market, a large quantity will appear, but if it does not appear, one can only rely on the inventory of various shops.

Many spiritual objects have superior or inferior substitutes. The Woshan Stone is quite unique and not widely used, but it is difficult to replace for those who need it. Even the superior substitutes can only be considered as a compromise.

Just when Chen Guang thought he would gain nothing today, he suddenly saw a stall where many cultivators were gathered. The stall was filled with red flowerpots, each the size of a head, and next to them was an astonishing number of incredibly round, flat stones that seemed to be burning and slowly releasing a not-so-strong stench—like the smell of sulfur.

Full of inspiration and brimming with energy.

Woshan Stone.

Chen Guang was surprised to see Woshan stones here; such a quantity must be newly harvested cargo.

Of course, there was more than just this one item on the stall. The remaining spiritual items, like the Woshan Stone, were rare and irreplaceable once there was demand for them.

"Everyone, I'll say it again: if you want to buy Woshan Stone, Mangli Wood, and Jinhe River Sand, you must first buy my spirit pot. They are sold individually; I don't sell any of these three spirit items."

The stall owner concealed everything under a face mask and a straw hat, except that his voice was that of a rather young man, which did not seem like a disguise.

"I want half of the Golden River Sand you have here. It's 20% higher than the average price in previous years. I'm being very sincere. And these magical flowerpots... I'm also willing to buy a few. What do you say?"

Several cultivators surrounding the stall tried to persuade the owner with earnest words, but the stall owner's attitude was very firm. Only by buying a spiritual flowerpot could one buy a spiritual item, and the stall owner had already divided up the specific amount for each item.

Chen Guang didn't have a great need for Woshan Stone, but after calculating, he realized that he would need to buy at least ten spirit-grade flowerpots to get enough of it.

A premium isn't necessarily bad, but Chen Guang felt that the price-performance ratio was too low at this level, and he was extremely reluctant to pay it.

"What's the use of this magical flowerpot?" Chen Guang couldn't help but ask when he saw that the stall owner was unmoved by reason and that the other cultivators' verbal attacks had almost no effect.

The stall owner immediately leaned forward: "It allows spirit plants to grow smoothly in flowerpots without needing any supplementation like earth energy. They can survive just fine, and apart from watering, they don't need any extra care to grow well on their own."

To increase his persuasiveness, the stall owner also displayed two flowerpots behind him, containing two small, withered plants with yellowed leaves called "Red Scale Fruit." This is a strange spiritual plant that, when consumed over a long period, can form a layer of fine, hard red scales on the skin. This spiritual plant is very dependent on the earth's energy and cannot be easily moved. If it is moved, its vitality will be greatly damaged, and the entire tree will appear withered.

Upon hearing this, the cultivator next to him quickly said, "The advantage of potted spiritual plants is that they don't require much earth energy. I would believe you if you said that your Crimson Scale Fruit was transplanted before you came. Ordinary cultivators don't need this kind of Crimson Scale Fruit to grow potted plants. Your flowerpot spiritual artifact is really good to look at but useless."

"If you can't use it, then leave. I don't want you to buy my flowerpots!" the stall owner said angrily.

Other cultivators also made some slight noises, expressing their dissatisfaction with the stall owner's words. Obviously, this cultivator had put it very tactfully. This magical flowerpot was just trash, much like the idea of ​​creating mosquitoes that could survive in winter. It wasn't that it lacked technical skill, but rather that it was completely useless.

"May I take a look at this Red Scale Fruit?" Chen Guang asked.

The stall owner's voice was somewhat strained: "If you want to buy red-scaled fruit, go find it yourself, I don't sell it here! Go away, go away, if you're not buying, then all of you leave, don't interfere with my business."

Two cultivators snorted coldly and left.

Chen Guang opened his palm, and a wisp of plant essence emanated from it: "I need to verify whether your flowerpot really works, and whether this red-scaled fruit is due to transplanting."

"The essence of plants... You've cultivated the skills of a spirit plant master!" the stall owner exclaimed, his voice becoming somewhat triumphant. He glanced at the other cultivators and said, "See for yourself, you'll know whether my flowerpot is useful or not."

The stall owner's confidence piqued Chen Guang's curiosity. He took the flowerpot and used his connection with the earth to confirm that the Crimson Scale Fruit was not transplanted before using his magic to activate the flowerpot. His magic was quickly depleted, not because the flowerpot required a lot of magic, but because probing information about other people's items required a lot of magic.

To use this ability without consuming a lot of mana, certain conditions must be met, such as having all one's own items, having physical contact with the spirit itself, and the spirit itself having a limited level of complexity. The more conditions are met, the less mana is consumed; conversely, the more mana is consumed.

As Chen Guang expended his mana, he actively sensed the situation inside the magical artifact, where a hazy, illusory array was operating on its own.

"This is... the Void Array Style?" Chen Guang exclaimed in surprise.

The current mainstream of weapon crafting is the dense pattern style, which involves engraving dense patterns that interact with each other to unleash power. It is also easy to learn and repair, thus becoming the mainstream of weapon crafting today.

In addition, there are other schools such as the Azure Weapon School, the Gold Victory School, the Furnace School, and the Void Array School.

Each school has its own characteristics. For example, the Azure Weapon School is known for its ability to guide power but not for its ability to forge spiritual weapons independently; the Golden Victory School uses pure metal to create weapons with unparalleled offensive power but is not suitable for spiritual control and is more suitable for body-refining cultivators.

The Void Array style involves inscribing small arrays within a larger array. This requires the weapon refiner to be proficient in both weapon refining and array formation techniques. Even without using magic power, the small array can operate on its own and possess considerable power. This style's self-defense magical artifacts are highly sought after.

Its disadvantages are that the casting speed is slow, it is a small-scale workshop style, suitable for making exquisite spiritual artifacts, and the threshold is extremely high.

Chen Guang felt that his array formation skills might not be comparable to those of the flowerpot forger. How big is a flowerpot? Yet he could set up an array. Chen Guang was still at the lowest level, using scattered trigrams to set up arrays.

Just look at the Ice Essence Bottle and you'll know how exquisite the craftsmanship is, with three Ice Fiery Torrent Arrays constructed inside this palm-sized spiritual artifact.

The formation method of the virtual formation style is not mainstream and has great limitations, but that does not detract from the fact that its technical content is indeed high.

"You have a good eye for quality." The stall owner's voice lit up with delight upon hearing this. He was most afraid that his carefully crafted products would be mistakenly identified, thus obscuring the hard work behind their creation.

Chen Guang nodded. Finally, after consuming enough magic power, he finally obtained information about the flowerpot artifact.

Spiritual Artifact: [Fire Array Flower Pot]

Grade: Low-grade spiritual weapon

Attributes: Fire, Earth

School of thought: Virtual Array

Description: The spiritual artifact contains a "fire-power-substitute-earth formation," which allows spiritual plants planted within it to grow normally without the need for earth energy, requiring only slight care. However, this also results in strong fire energy, making fire-attribute spiritual plants prone to decay due to excessive fire energy. Non-fire-attribute spiritual plants are at risk of dying from severed roots and require frequent watering with abundant spiritual water to ensure normal growth.

Adding red sand or flowing fire soil can slightly improve the quality of spirit plants, but it is difficult to cultivate spirit plants of excellent or higher quality in this type of pot, and inferior spirit plants are more likely to appear.

"How is it?" The stall owner finally couldn't help but ask after seeing that Chen Guang had been examining it for a while.