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Chapter 33: The life of a casual cultivator is hard...bullshit!

"Success!"

When the Qinggang Sword took shape, Zhang Wei's face immediately showed joy. He reached out to grab the hilt and input spiritual power into it.

In an instant, a cold light emanated from the sword blade, and a sharp aura extended from the sword blade, turning into a sharp air blade.

"Sure enough, spiritual power training is not necessary. It's just that ordinary people can't work as hard as immortal cultivators."

Zhang Wei was very excited. The success of this experiment showed that in the matter of refining magic weapons, at least in some steps, it was not necessary for the cultivators to do it themselves. Ordinary people could also complete part of the work for the cultivators if they mastered the method.

Since ordinary people can do it, what about metals smelted by modern industrial means?

"In addition to materials science, do I still have to learn mechanics?" Zhang Wei showed a bitter smile, the road to becoming Duobao Taoist was indeed not easy, and he didn't know if his hair could withstand it.

Then Zhang Wei took out an iron ingot and threw it into the air. With a wave of the Qinggang Sword and a flash of the Qi Blade, the iron block was cut into two pieces and fell to the ground.

Zhang Wei picked up the two iron ingots and carefully observed the cross-section of them. He found that although there were some burrs on them, they were generally smooth.

"The power of the spiritual power is comparable to the normal attack power of the first-class upper-grade magic weapon I brought back from Master Luoxia, so... should it be considered a first-class middle-grade magic weapon?"

"It's just these few common materials. By melting and refining them into magic weapons, they can exert a power comparable to the sword in the hands of the host in the live broadcast room, and they can also be controlled remotely. It's incredible."

Zhang Wei loosened his hand holding the Qingguang sword, and saw that the Qingguang sword did not fall to the ground, but was just floating quietly in the air.

Then Zhang Wei's mind moved, and the Qinggang sword flew around him like a spirit fish, following his thoughts.

The art of refining equipment is magical, isn’t it?

He took back the Qingguang Sword and put it together with the magic weapons he got from Master Luoxia's tomb. A first-level medium-quality magic weapon placed among a pile of first-level high-quality magic weapons would be very eye-catching.

But this should be the lowest-level magic weapon in his inventory, right?

But Zhang Wei did not feel discouraged.

You have to know that this is the first magic weapon refined by the young man. For a novice refiner, the first magic weapon he refines is a first-level intermediate grade instead of a first-level primary grade, which already shows that this refiner is gifted. It is very memorable.

What he lacks now is just a lack of proficiency, and the recipes for the magic weapons are just two of the most common items.

This really restricts his progress.

Zhang Wei really wants to improve.

After thinking about it, Zhang Wei took the Qingguang Sword in his hand again. After completing the check-out procedures, he went to the market of independent cultivators in Izumofang City and found the biggest local boss he knew.

"Brother Yunshan!"

Xiao Yunshan looked up and saw that it was an acquaintance, so he smiled and asked, "Xiao Fan, is there anything you need? Would you like to see the talisman I just drew yesterday?"

Zhang Wei did not look at the talisman, but walked to the back of the stall and sat opposite Xiao Yunshan, and asked in a low voice: "You are an old man in the market, I want to ask, do you have any way to get the formula of the magic weapon?"

"Magic weapon formula? What do you want that for? That's all for refining equipment..." Xiao Yunshan stopped talking halfway, looking at Zhang Wei, who looked calm, with disbelief on his face. He also asked in a low voice.

"You have become a weapon refiner?!"

"Yes, I just succeeded in refining it."

Zhang Wei nodded, and to prove that what he said was true, he placed the Qingguang sword he had just refined in front of Xiao Yunshan.

Xiao Yunshan quickly took it and observed it carefully.

"A first-grade, mid-level Qingguang Sword!" Xiao Yunshan's eyes lit up and he said, "You just made it? Xiaofan, you are extremely talented!"

After receiving the affirmation, Xiao Yunshan praised again and again: "Great! Among the people I know, there is another genius refiner of the first-level middle grade.

We'll have something to brag about after we get out! Your sister-in-law, I and you, together account for three of the four arts of alchemy, weapons, talismans and formations. If we get to know a formation master from a big sect, we can arrange everything from the cultivation of immortals to their burial, just like ordinary weddings and funerals! Hahaha..."

"Haha..." Zhang Wei also laughed twice. In fact, Xiao Yunshan's idea had already been successful. After all, Zhang Wei, who had inherited the formation from Master Luoxia, was now considered a half-baked formation master.

Then Xiao Yunshan returned the Qingguang Sword to Zhang Wei and said in a tone of an experienced person: "But to be honest, magic weapons are something that most casual cultivators can only dream of but cannot obtain.

After all, most of the independent cultivators are poor. If you ask them to spend one or two spirit stones to buy a talisman, they will have to do it very stingily, let alone spending hundreds of spirit stones to buy a magic weapon.

Therefore, there is no market for low-level magic weapons. The children of the sects and aristocratic families do not need to buy them outside, and the independent cultivators have no money to buy them. Only the magic weapons of the first-level upper grade, which are used by cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, can be sold to independent cultivators at a price lower than that of shops.

“Low price?”

Zhang Wei's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if he had heard some extraordinary words just now.

At this time, Xiao Yunshan had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, and continued to explain: "Yes, the price is low. Otherwise, they can go to a store with a good reputation and quality, and they also provide regular maintenance services. Why would they come to us, these unconventional people?"

Zhang Wei said dimly, "That is to say, it is actually cheaper to buy talismans from you than from a store. Then why is the price at other stores one or two spirit stones for a first-grade middle-grade talisman, and the price of your unofficial talisman is the same?"

"Of course... ahem, I was in Luoxia Mountain because the mountain was high and the road was long, so I had to earn some money for the journey, right?" Xiao Yunshan finally came to his senses and quickly changed his words to defend himself.

He was also depressed when talking about this matter. Originally, he wanted to make a fortune by taking advantage of the Luoxia Corpse Chaos and raising the price before the cultivators entered the mountain.

Unexpectedly, he met a fool who came from nowhere and ruined the market! He traveled thousands of miles to make a few dozen taels of spiritual stones!

It’s a loss to grandma’s house!

Xiao Yunshan coughed twice and changed the subject, "Let's get back to the topic. I do know a few independent cultivators whose ancestors were wealthy. They also have magic weapon formulas. But even if they are not weapon refiners, they will not easily sell these things."

"Anything can be bought and sold. If it fails, it can only be because the price offered is not high enough," said Zhang Wei.

Xiao Yunshan nodded and said, "That's right. I have asked them before why they didn't sell the formula to those shops in exchange for cultivation resources. Guess what? They all said that the price offered by the shops was too low."

Zhang Wei frowned and asked, "What do they want?"

Xiao Yunshan held up three fingers and said, "One recipe and three first-class magic weapons."

Zhang Wei's eyes widened, and he subconsciously said, "Three first-grade superior items, and it's just a recipe? This is a robbery! This will cost thousands of spirit stones. It's safer for me to try my luck in a shop than to go to these people."

Xiao Yunshan spread his hands and said helplessly: "I said that at the beginning, but that person said that the price of his formula was too cheap. He would not sell it if there was one less than three first-grade top-grade ones."

Zhang Wei calmed down after hearing this and asked, "What magic weapon can be refined with their formula?"

Xiao Yunshan chuckled, leaned over, and said mysteriously: "One of them is a flying magic weapon, the first-grade superior Moyun Shuttle!"

Flying magic weapon!

Zhang Wei widened his eyes and thought that this was no wonder.

Although cultivators can also move through the air by stepping on weapons and magic tools with the help of the Art of Controlling Objects, these magic tools are only used for combat after all. If they are used to carry people, it will consume a lot of spiritual energy and is not suitable for long-distance travel.

But flying magic weapons are different. After all, they are specially used for this purpose. Not only do they consume less spiritual power of the cultivator, but they are also fast.

Even when reaching the foundation-building stage, cultivators can fly in the air by themselves, and a flying magic weapon can greatly increase their speed, which is truly a powerful weapon for killing people and robbing, and escaping from enemy pursuit.

However, flying magic weapons are also recognized as the most difficult to make besides space magic weapons, and the price is also the highest among magic weapons of the same level. In addition to the limitation of the formula, many second-level refiners cannot refine first-level flying magic weapons.

This can be seen from the fact that none of the magic weapons he obtained from Master Luoxia's tomb could fly.

Maybe there were some among his burial objects, but they were definitely carried by the Corpse King, and then all became the spoils of the Yunhai people.

"Flying magic weapon! No wonder..." Zhang Wei sighed.

"But three first-grade, top-quality magic weapons are still too expensive..."

Xiao Yunshan also understood, and while pouring a cup of tea for Zhang Wei, he comforted him, "Xiao Fan, you have to take one step at a time on this road, and eat one bite at a time.

Don't be too ambitious. First, practice the skills you have and stabilize your refining skills before thinking about obtaining the formula for new magic weapons."

However, Zhang Wei shook his head violently and said firmly: "No, if it is an ordinary attack or defense type magic weapon, then I will miss it, but this is a flying magic weapon, it will be of great use to me!"

If he had a magic flying weapon, not to mention that his ability to survive would be greatly improved, he would save an unknown amount of time just traveling between Yundu and Izumo Market.

In the past, it took three days of leave to row a boat back and forth to do business. But once he had a flying magic weapon, Zhang Wei could run back and forth between Yundu and Chuyunfang City by just staying up all night.

This is so useful!

Zhang Wei can't give up no matter what!
So Zhang Wei asked, "Brother Yunshan, can you please help me contact them? I don't have a first-grade high-quality magic weapon. Can I buy it directly with money?" Xiao Yunshan said in shock, "No, Xiaofan, are you serious? Three first-grade high-quality magic weapons are worth at least one thousand and two spirit stones. Where do you get so much money?"

Zhang Wei sighed and said, "I don't have that many spirit stones, but before I entered the world of immortal cultivation, I had some wealth in the mortal world. It should be okay to convert it into silver and gold, right?"

"This……"

Xiao Yunshan touched his beard, his expression somewhat solemn.

But looking at Zhang Wei's determined eyes, he felt embarrassed to reject this new friend.

And what if Zhang Wei really succeeded in refining the Moyun Shuttle?

As a friend who acts as a go-between, it is not impossible for him to shamelessly ask Zhang Wei for a discount.

Besides, it’s not your own money.

So after a brief thought, Xiao Yunshan couldn't think of any harm to himself and agreed. "Okay, since you insist so much, I'll be the middleman."

Zhang Wei stood up immediately. "Then I'll go back and get some money."

Xiao Yunshan shouted at Zhang Wei's back: "Come back to the west of the market to find me. I'll be waiting for you there."

After leaving the market, Zhang Wei found a deserted place, took out some gold bars from the mustard bag and put them in the package. After waiting for a while, he walked towards the west side of the market that Xiao Yunshan mentioned.

As soon as he arrived there, Zhang Wei saw Xiao Yunshan standing under an archway waiting for him.

Behind the archway is a concave building of mixed civil and wooden structure. It has five floors and each floor has doors and windows, making it easy to tell at a glance that this is a residential area.

And these specifications and styles gave Zhang Wei an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

It feels like the Pig Cage Village in Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu movies!

However, the environment here is much better than that of Pig Cage City. It is clean and bright, with a small recessed square and a garden. The overall facilities are more like modern apartment buildings.

Xiao Yunshan and his friends' homes are here.

Xiao Yunshan smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't think this place is as luxurious as the mansion you lived in when you were a local landlord. But there is a different world inside."

Then Xiao Yunshan led Zhang Wei to a door, took out a jade talisman and gently swept it across the door, and the door opened with a click.

Zhang Wei: "..."

"come in."

Xiao Yunshan led Zhang Wei into the house. As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Wei felt a warmth that completely isolated him from the moisture from the outside.

You have to know that Chuyunfang City is located on a small island in the middle of Yunmengze, where the air is humid and cold. If a mortal were to live here, he would probably get rheumatism in just a few months.

But the house was dry and warm, in stark contrast to the outside world.

Snap————

Xiao Yunshan pressed the side wall, and then the whole room became bright. Zhang Wei then saw that there was a facility similar to a light strip on the ceiling of the room.

Zhang Wei felt a little numb.

And then...

"That's a refrigerator, right? It has to be a refrigerator, right?"

Zhang Wei watched Xiao Yunshan open a cabinet, from which a cool air wafted out. Then he took out two bottles of juice-like drinks and handed them to him.

"The juice brewed from Luoxiayun fruit is quite sweet. Try it." Xiao Yunshan opened a bottle and drank most of it in one breath.

Zhang Wei held the icy cold glass bottle in his hand blankly, his brain went into a state of shutdown, and he couldn't help but ask a question.

"It must cost a lot of money to live here, right?"

"It's not bad. It's really a burden for a small casual cultivator in the early stage of Qi Refining. Just renting a three-bedroom and one-living room house here costs three or two spirit stones every month.

The remaining four seasons spring array that controls the temperature, the realgar array that repels snakes, insects, rats and ants, the bright fluorescent stone light belt that provides light, and the whole set of furniture I bought all require the spiritual energy provided by the spiritual veins of Izumofang City. So I have to pay two taels of spiritual stones for spiritual energy every month.

Five taels of spirit stones a month, how much does a casual cultivator in the early stage of Qi Refining earn a month? So they all rent with others, and only those at my level have the financial resources to buy a house on their own. "

As Xiao Yunshan said this, he showed a proud expression.

"Besides, there is a private school that teaches children knowledge and cultivation methods, a branch of Baicao Pavilion that treats difficult and complicated diseases, and even places to relieve boredom such as light and shadow operas shot by those big sects. How about it? The five taels of spirit stones I spend every month are not a loss, right?"

Zhang Wei was completely numb.

There are hospitals, schools and various entertainment venues nearby! This configuration would have been a good school district house in his previous life!

He finally understood why the vast majority of immortal cultivators would rather continue to live a hard life in Izumo City than return to the secular dynasty to become local landlords.

Apart from the lack of Internet and mobile phones, the living standard of the immortal cultivator is in no way inferior to his modern life in his previous life.

Zhang Wei took a sip of Xiayun juice with an extremely complicated mood and found that the juice was sweet and contained a faint spiritual energy, but the taste was just so-so.

"Will carbonated drinks and the like have any potential in the world of immortal cultivation?" This thought suddenly popped up in Zhang Wei's mind.

After finishing their drinks and resting, Xiao Yunshan got up and took Zhang Wei to their destination.

In fact, the place where the casual cultivator lived was not far from Xiao Yunshan's home, just half of the distance of the Chuyun community. So the two families were still neighbors.

"Old Wu! Open the door!"

Xiao Yunshan shouted loudly and rudely, knocking on the door at the same time, and the surface of the door was shone with bangs.

People who don’t know might think that Xiao Yunshan and Zhang Wei are gangsters who came to collect debts.

But thanks to this, it wasn't long before movement was heard in the house.

"Here it comes! Why are you rushing me?"

The door opened, and a little old man with a slightly wretched face poked his head out, giving people the visual feeling of a turtle poking its head out.

"Oh, it's Old Xiao. You actually have the time to come to my little temple? What are you doing? Do you remember to pay back the money?" When Old Wu saw that it was Xiao Yunshan, he had no intention of inviting him into the room. Instead, he just stood at the door and flirted with him.

"What the hell! Are you still thinking about the money for a simple meal? How many Calming Talismans have you taken from me over the years?"

"hey-hey……"

Xiao Yunshan cursed without any hesitation, but judging from Old Wu's still smiling face, this was a daily routine for this pair of bad friends.

Old Wu then noticed that there was a strange young man following Xiao Yunshan, so he asked, "Who is this young man..."

Xiao Yunshan stepped aside and introduced, "This is a friend I met two years ago, Zhang Xiaofan, he wants to buy the magic formula of the Moyunsuo in your hand.

Xiaofan, this is Wu Gui, you can just call him Old Turtle, he is the one I told you about before who used silver powder instead of gold powder to mix into the spiritual ink to draw talismans, so don’t buy his talismans in the future.”

Of course, Zhang Wei couldn't really call someone he just met by a nickname like Xiao Yunshan did, so he just bowed and saluted. "It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Wu. I'm Zhang Xiaofan, nice to meet you, Fellow Daoist Wu."

"Well, you are more polite than Old Xiao. Come in." Wu Gui nodded, then stepped aside to welcome Xiao Yunshan and Zhang Wei in.

Xiao Yunshan took a step behind, holding Wu Gui's arm and whispering, "Fellow Daoist Xiaofan is already a first-class mid-grade weapon refiner. And he came with sincerity, don't go too far!"

"I know what's going on!" Wu Gui rolled his eyes at Xiao Yunshan.

The layout of Wu Gui's house is similar to that of Xiao Yunshan's family. However, the sanitation inside the house is...

Zhang Wei moved his feet carefully to avoid stepping on any clothes that he shouldn't touch.

Zhang Wei and Wu Gui sat opposite each other, and then Wu Gui said, "I already understand why you came here, but I have to be frank. The price of my Moyun Shuttle formula is not low, Fellow Daoist Zhang."

"I understand. Three first-grade top-quality magic weapons." Zhang Wei nodded and was about to pay.

However, at this moment, Wu Gui shook his head and corrected him: "No, it's not three pieces, it's four pieces! And I have to be responsible for ten years of maintenance!"

(End of this chapter)