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The next day.

Fang Xiu went to the outer city.

A part of the city wall near the west was damaged, and the law enforcement team repaired it.

When Fang Xiu arrived at the casual cultivator area, the casual cultivators who set up stalls were nearly half gone.

The shantytown suffered heavy losses yesterday.

Fang Xiu did not see Wang Fugui and Master Chen Fu setting up stalls, and his heart sank slightly.

He asked the casual cultivators who set up stalls and learned that Wang Fugui went to the outer city to rent a house.

Fang Xiu came to the dentistry and saw a group of casual cultivators who were talking to the dentist, among whom was Wang Fugui.

No matter how expensive the rent in the outer city is, it is not as precious as life. The foundation-building monster beast attacked the shantytown, resulting in the death of a large number of casual cultivators.

As long as the conditions allowed, the surviving casual cultivators basically flocked to the outer city.

The rent in the outer city is three spirit stones a month, and it must be rented annually.

There are only eleven months left before the next auction is held and the flying boat carries people back to the hinterland of the Gan Kingdom's cultivation world.

The casual cultivators only want to rent for eleven months.

For the other month, they planned to rent the house to other independent cultivators for a short term.

Some independent cultivators also planned to share the house, hoping to find reliable independent cultivators through the broker.

"Don't crowd! Don't make a mess! There are still many houses in the outer city, everyone line up! Come one by one!"

The broker was a middle-aged woman in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and she was a little annoyed by the noise of independent cultivators.

"Old Wang!" Fang Xiu shouted at Wang Fugui who was squeezed in the crowd.

Wang Fugui looked back and quickly squeezed out of the crowd.

"Fang Daoyou, you are okay too! That's great!"

Ever since Fang Xiu started selling talismans exclusively to the Treasure Pavilion, Wang Fugui no longer called him Xiao Fang.

"I have been hiding in the inner city and didn't go out." Fang Xiu nodded.

"It's really terrible! I shouldn't have lived in the shantytown to save a few spirit stones." Wang Fugui looked scared.

"No one knew that this would happen." Fang Xiu sighed.

"By the way, Fang Daoyou, did you see Lao Chen today?"

Wang Fugui asked.

Fang Xiu shook his head: "No, shouldn't Master Chen Fu be in Yuanyang Pavilion at this time?"

"I went to Yuanyang Pavilion this morning to look for him, but he wasn't there. Oh no! Didn't he leave the market yesterday to hunt monsters?" Wang Fugui's face changed.

"Doesn't Master Chen Fu usually buy monster skins? It's rare to see him go out to hunt monsters by himself." Fang Xiu frowned slightly.

"He said that his talisman making skills have improved recently, and the demand for talisman skins has greatly increased. He wants to hunt fire wolf beasts by himself. This old Chen! Usually he was told to go to Yuanyang Pavilion less, but he insisted on going! Now he doesn't go when he should go!"

Wang Fugui was anxious.

"It shouldn't be a problem." Fang Xiu's tone was uncertain. If Master Chen Fu was in the wild yesterday,

I'm afraid he would be in danger now.

And he went to hunt fire wolf beasts.

A lone fire wolf beast can summon several fire wolf beasts with a roar, which is not something a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining can deal with.

Unless Master Chen Fu hides his strength, has the cultivation of the late stage of Qi Refining, or has some powerful trump card.

Master Chen Fu is a low-grade fire spirit root, and is best at making fire attribute talismans.

However, the Fire Wolf Beast is a fire attribute monster. If you encounter multiple Fire Wolf Beasts, I am afraid that only the first-grade upper-grade Explosive Flame Talisman can effectively kill the Fire Wolf Beast.

If you encounter the Fire Wolf King...,

"I hope he will be lucky." Wang Fugui sighed, "I hope I won't encounter a second-grade monster on the way back next year, otherwise the cost will definitely increase greatly."

"By the way!" Wang Fugui suddenly clapped his hands, "Fang Daoyou, I'll go rent a house first!"

"Okay." Fang Xiu responded and left the tooth shop.

He just hoped that he would not encounter a second-grade monster on the way home.

However, for safety reasons, it is better to go around from the outside.

Half a year passed quietly.

Master Chen Fu still did not appear.

Ding Ding Ding!

In the underground fire room of the inner city, Fang Xiu hit the red star iron embryo with all his strength.

He was sweating all over, his hands and feet were weak, and his muscles were sore, but he persisted until the last moment.

Clang! !

"Hu~Hu~"

Fang Xiu put down the hammer and panted heavily, his breathing was as loud as a bellows.

"Xiao Fang, take a break."

Wei Jiang, who was tempering materials on the side, smiled and threw a bottle of blood-melting pill to Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu used all his strength to beat the red star iron embryo from the first day of helping, and gradually gained Wei Jiang's recognition.

Under the instruction of Wei Jiang, the shopkeeper, Fang Xiu bought all items at the Treasure Pavilion at a 15% discount.

Not only that, the blood-melting pills that were given priority to the disciples of the Taiqing Sword Sect were also given priority to Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu also bought a large number of blood-melting pills from the Treasure Pavilion at a lower price.

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Wei." Fang Xiu took the Blood Melting Pill, "I can continue after a rest."

"Don't be so anxious, let's rest for a few days and recover our blood." Wei Jiang admired it. If every body refiner could work as hard as Fang Xiu, Chi Xing Tie would have absorbed enough blood long ago.

"Yes, I'll come back in a few days." Fang Xiu bowed.

"Well, go." Wei Jiang nodded, "By the way, this is for you."

As he said that, Wei Jiang took out a jade slip from his storage bag and threw it to Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu took the jade slip, "Shopkeeper Wei, what is this?"

Wei Jiang smiled and said, "Your cultivation is not enough. If you learn the traditional weapon refining technique, you can only barely lay the foundation.

However, I see that you seem to have learned the weapon refining method of mortals, and your skills are quite proficient.

This jade slip was obtained by me in my early years. It records the fragments of ancient weapon refining techniques, involving a special magic weapon called "spiritual tool".

This magic weapon does not require mana, only a little innate true essence can be activated.

It can also strengthen the innate true essence of the warrior, allowing the warrior to gain power comparable to that of the immortal cultivator."

"Ancient weapon refining techniques?" Fang Xiu was surprised, and immediately bowed to Wei Jiang to thank him.

"If you are interested, you can comprehend it. If you don't understand anything, feel free to ask me." Wei Jiang smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, Manager Wei." Fang Xiu put away the jade slip and left the earth fire room.

Back to the rented yard, Fang Xiu felt sore muscles and weak body.

[Divine Ape Hammer Method: Grandmaster (73%)]

[Three Absolute Dan Jin: Perfect (68%)]

However, looking at the rapidly improving Divine Ape Hammer Method and Three Absolute Dan Jin, Fang Xiu felt that everything was worth it.

According to the current progress of cultivation, the external skills are expected to break through within three months.

Fang Xiu took the Blood Melting Pill, refined the medicinal power, and restored some of his blood and qi. Then he took out the jade slip and put it on his forehead to check.

"Spirit Tool Refining Technique..."

After checking the contents of the jade slip, Fang Xiu couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

He felt that the predecessor who created this refining method was really amazing.

The so-called spiritual tool is a special magic tool.

With the help of earth fire or innate true fire to soften the spiritual material, and then use the ordinary forging method to hammer and refine the magic tool suitable for the warrior.

The grade of the spiritual tool corresponds to the normal magic tool.

However, the biggest difference is that the core of the spiritual tool needs to be inlaid with spiritual stones to replace the magic power of the immortal cultivator.

Although the martial arts innate can awaken the spiritual root, it is the worst pseudo spiritual root.

Not to mention now, even in the ancient times when the spiritual energy was rich, it was the worst spiritual root and it was difficult to go far on the immortal path.

The biggest difference between martial arts and body refiners is that the latter still refines the body through spiritual energy.

If the spiritual root is lower than the lower grade, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy is too slow, and the efficiency of spiritual energy conversion is extremely low. Even if it is physical training, it is difficult to achieve anything.

Therefore, many warriors still focus on martial arts after breaking through the innate realm, and continue to impact the Grandmaster and Martial Saint realm.

As long as a warrior cultivates to the Martial Saint realm, at worst, his spiritual root can be improved to the lower grade. Most of the physical cultivators in the ancient times were warriors who cultivated to the Martial Saint realm, and their spiritual roots would not be too much of a drag, so they turned to physical training.

However, the rich resources and rich spiritual energy in the ancient times did not mean that there was no competition and struggle.

The innate true essence of a warrior is too weak in the early stage. Even if the realm corresponds to that of a cultivator, the combat power is completely incomparable.

As for the physical cultivator, it is almost the same. He can only use spiritual energy to strengthen his body, but he can't accumulate much mana in his body,

not to mention using magic tools to fight.

The first-stage late-stage body cultivators, whose realm is comparable to that of the ninth-stage Qi Refining Immortal Cultivators, have a physical strength comparable to that of low-grade magic weapons. Some who practice special body-refining techniques can even fight against medium-grade magic weapons.

However, the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators can use high-grade magic weapons, and the body cultivators of the same level cannot withstand the attack of high-grade magic weapons.

Therefore, warriors and body cultivators have always been branches of immortal cultivation, and can even be said to be vassals, helpless actions with no choice.

However, in ancient times, there was such a brilliant warrior named Qin Tianyuan.

This person practiced to the Grandmaster level as a mortal, and then created his own martial arts until he entered the unprecedented realm of the God of War, with strength comparable to that of the immortal cultivators in the Foundation Establishment period.

In order to commemorate him, later warriors called the realm of the God of War "Tianyuan Realm".

Tianyuan Realm warriors can upgrade all five elements of spiritual roots to the middle level in one breath.

After Qin Tianyuan achieved the God of War, he found that there was no way forward, so he turned to practice physical skills.

He went through many hardships to become a fourth-level body cultivator. With the dual cultivation of magic and body, he was able to rival a great cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul with his cultivation in the early stage of the Nascent Soul.

From a martial arts myth to a legend in the immortal way.

Qin Tianyuan felt deeply the difficulties of warriors and body cultivators in the early stage, so he spent hundreds of years studying magic tools suitable for warriors and low-level body cultivators.

In the end, he created the art of refining spiritual tools.

Low-grade, medium-grade, and high-grade spiritual tools can be activated by inlaying medium-grade spiritual stones.

Medium-grade spiritual stones with different attributes can also play different effects.

Spirit tools made of materials with the property of extinction, paired with medium-grade fire spiritual stones, release sword energy with fire attribute spell effects, and are even more powerful than magic tools of the same level.

Warriors and body cultivators only need to use a small amount of true essence or blood essence to activate the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone.

Warriors and body cultivators have strong bodies and faster reaction speeds, and having spiritual tools can be said to be like adding wings to a tiger.

So much so that many low-level immortal cultivators would later prepare a few spiritual tools.

Because using spiritual tools not only does not consume mana, but also does not consume spiritual power.

Although spiritual tools need to consume spiritual stones, and each swing costs money, but having an extra spiritual tool in battle can save your life at a critical moment.

Spiritual tools are all the rage among low-level cultivators.

Many cultivators with good spiritual roots will practice martial arts and body refining techniques.