Chapter 38 Reforging the Azure Dragon Spear
Ning Daoran's heart tightened. What was supposed to come finally came.
"I know you have a good relationship with your mother-in-law and Chen Weimo."
Lin Sheng said in a slightly low voice, “According to the information obtained by the inner sect, it was discovered that Grandma and Chen Weimo are descendants of the Chen family in the Baishajiang area.
The Chen family was originally a foundation-building family, but after the Chen family's foundation-building death, the Chen family's spiritual veins were occupied by the Zhao family, and they were hunted down by the Zhao family, leaving only this direct descendant.
The Zhao family has been wanting to wipe out the family for many years, so the mother-in-law took her eldest daughter Chen Weimo and hid in the Qiongbi Peak of the Chaos Sect to farm for more than ten years.
Now that the enemy has come again, the mother-in-law uses herself as bait and sets up a Five Elements Wandering Formation deep in the Huanglong Mountains, and eventually perishes together with the Zhao family's foundation building!"
“It’s pretty much what I guessed.”
Ning Daoran's eyes were cold: "This Zhao family... does it still have a foundation building?"
"have."
Lin Sheng said: "The Zhao family is a family with two foundation-building masters, and the head of the family is also a great foundation-building master."
"knew."
Ning Daoran nodded: "Brother Lin, thank you for sending me this news."
"Are you going to tell Chen Weimo?"
"No, it would do her no good to tell her the news."
"Okay, you decide."
Lin Sheng left immediately.
Ning Daoran looked towards the direction of Spiritual Field No. 79 and sighed, not knowing what to do for a moment.
…
A few days later, Ning Daoran decided to refine the Guyan Pill.
Although this Guyan Pill does not increase one’s cultivation level, it is a pill that can fix one’s appearance once and for all.
However, the refining requirements are very strict, requiring Yan Ling grass that is five hundred years old.
The five hundred year old Yan Ling grass is also one of the main ingredients of the Tianluo Pill, which can improve the initial stage of foundation building. The two conflict with each other, which makes the Guyan Pill even more luxurious.
This world of immortal cultivation is a world where great power belongs to oneself, everyone respects strength, and there are very few cultivators who are willing to give up the opportunity to improve their cultivation in order to keep their beauty forever.
Therefore, those extraordinary beings in the world of immortal cultivation, such as the foundation-building ancestors, the golden elixir masters, the Yuanying monsters, etc., are basically in the form of old men and old women.
As for those fairies, their flowering period is very short.
Things like the Guyan Pill are too luxurious, and require people to take them when they are young. Except for those women from famous families with connections, basically no one would spend spirit stones on it.
Ning Daoran didn't particularly want to refine the Guyan Pill, but he just had too many five hundred year old Yanling herbs.
Moreover, Guyan Pill is a first-grade intermediate-quality medicine pill. If one can successfully refine it and maintain the chance of producing a pill at more than 50%, then he will truly be promoted to a first-grade intermediate-quality alchemist!
When it comes to alchemy, his talent is average, but he has a lot of materials.
A month later, Ning Daoran refined three furnaces of Guyan Pills in succession, obtained seven pills, and was promoted to the first-level intermediate-grade alchemist! ...
He secretly fed one of these Guyan Pills to Junior Sister Han Bing.
Chen Weimo also asked for one pill, saying that she would wait until she was 18 years old and at her most beautiful to take it.
As for Liu Ruyan.
Ning Daoran did not exchange anything with Senior Sister Liu again. After all, it was a one-time or two-time thing, and he had already exchanged high-year spiritual medicines for talismans from Senior Sister Liu twice in a row.
If it happens a third time, it would be too much of a coincidence and Senior Sister Liu would definitely become suspicious.
In the world of cultivating immortals, the most frightening thing is that when you are weak, others will suspect that you have a great opportunity. The mortality rate of such people is quite high.
…
This day.
After Ning Daoran finished studying the formation, he took out the Big Green Dragon in the courtyard and performed the Silver Dragon Spear Technique.
It's not very satisfying. This big blue dragon was pulled out from the butt of a big stupid deer. The material is unknown, but it is quite easy to use. However, there is only half of it, so the true power of the Silver Dragon Spear cannot be brought out.
"Old deer."
He glanced at the Big Blue Dragon and said, "Let's go down the mountain so I can refine and repair the Big Blue Dragon?"
“Ah~~~”
The big stupid deer agreed, but he had a natural fear of the big blue dragon, and his butt hurt a little when he looked at the gun.
He immediately went down the mountain and found someone to recast the Big Blue Dragon.
Huanglongfang Market is bustling with people.
Ning Daoran no longer completely suppresses his aura, and his outward cultivation level is the seventh level of Qi Refining, which is the real late stage of Qi Refining. He has also become highly respected in Huanglongfang City.
"Um?"
He suddenly saw a familiar figure.
The man was also standing in the center of the street, slightly dazed, and seemed to have recognized Ning Daoran.
"Sir, is that you?"
"You... your name seems to be Zhou Qi, right?"
"Yes, it's the villain!"
This man was none other than the servant who led Ning Daoran to Qingxiefang when he first went there.
It is extremely difficult for such mortals without spiritual roots to make a living in the fairy market. Basically, they can only rely on their familiarity with the local area to barely make a living.
"Sir, long time no see, what are you doing?"
Zhou Qi walked forward, extremely respectful. When he looked at the big stupid deer, he also smiled respectfully and bowed his head and said, "Greetings, Senior Deer!"
“Ah~~~”
The big stupid deer barked, indicating that this person was not bad.
Ning Daoran smiled and said, "Zhou Qi, I want to forge a heavy weapon. Is there any forge in Huanglongfang City that can help forge weapons like spears and lances?"
"some."
Zhou Qi said, "There are a lot of shops that can refine weapons in the market, but there are only a handful of shops that can not only refine weapons but also forge weapons. I know one. The price is fair and the owner is honest. If you are willing, I can lead the way."
"Okay, lead the way."
"yes!"
After passing through an alley, we arrived at a street filled with smoke and dust.
There was a signboard with the words "Wen Family Refinery" hanging in front of a not-so-big weapon refining shop. The sound of "clang clang clang" of iron hammering could be heard from inside, and business seemed to be pretty good.
"Okay, go on."
Ning Daoran raised his hand and threw out a silver ingot.
The moment Zhou Qi caught it, he realized that the silver ingot weighed at least five taels, and his face was immediately filled with joy: "Thank you, young master. I wish you everlasting immortality in the future, breaking through the ranks is as easy as drinking water, building the foundation is as easy as eating, and the golden elixir is perfect, and the Nascent Soul is in sight!"
He is someone who can say auspicious words.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Ning Daoran smiled and waved to signal him that he could leave, then took the big stupid deer into the refinery.
"What's your name, fellow Taoist?"
A middle-aged man in a gray robe came forward to greet them. He was full of energy and was a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
"Ning Daoran, an outer disciple of the Chaos Sect."
"I am Wen Zichen, the owner of the Wen family's refinery."
Wen Zichen bowed respectfully and said, "Excuse me, what would you like to refine, Brother Ning?"
Ning Daoran tapped the storage bag lightly and took out half of the Great Azure Dragon, saying, "This was originally a complete Azure Dragon Spear, but I don't know why it broke. I got it by chance when I was young and used it quite well.
Now I want to recast it, and I have certain requirements for weight and killing power. I wonder if the owner is willing to take this order?"
“…”
Wen Zichen stared at Ning Daoran for a few seconds. The boy looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. When he said "when I was young", he was probably just bluffing.
"Can I take a look at this gun first?"
"Can."
Ning Daoran handed over the Qinglong Spear.
Wen Zichen looked solemn as he injected a strand of magic power into the Qinglong Spear. He then slowly touched it and felt the Qinglong pattern on the spear.
"This spear is extraordinary. It should have been a first-class magic weapon before it broke."
"oh?"
Ning Daoran was stunned: "Master Wen is really powerful, can you tell from this?"
"After being in contact with weapons for a long time, you can naturally see through them at a glance."
Wen Zichen asked, "I wonder to what extent you plan to recast and refine this gun?"
"Well..."
Ning Daoran said in a deep voice: "After recasting, I hope the weight can reach at least 200 kilograms. In addition, it needs to be inlaid with a weight-increasing formation. After injecting mana, the weight must reach more than 1,500 kilograms. Can you do it?"
"Micro-weight-increasing array rune stone. We do have this in our store, but..."
Wen Zichen frowned and said, "If you want to infuse this spear with magic power to make it weigh a thousand pounds, I'm afraid you'll need to add a lot of top-quality materials, such as copper, iron, and silver. You'll need some of these three materials.
In addition, after the recast, the quality of this gun should be able to reach the level of a second-grade lower-grade spiritual weapon or a middle-grade spiritual weapon. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Sure."
Ning Daoran had thought it through very clearly a long time ago. He had concluded from the previous battles that he should sneak attack whenever possible! A sneak attack would kill with one strike, which was definitely better than a back-and-forth fight! If the Great Azure Dragon could really swing with a weight of more than 1,000 jin, plus his own strength, a shot with all his strength would probably weigh more than 10,000 jin.
As long as the sneak attack is successful, it would be quite easy to kill a person in the middle stage of foundation building with one shot of such force.
As for the suspicion that a cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage using spiritual weapons would be like a small horse pulling a big cart, this is even less of a problem.
One or two shots at the moment of a sneak attack can end the battle. Besides, he has the tenth level of the Evergreen Art, so he doesn't lack that little magic power.
"good."
Wen Zichen said: "To recast this spear, we need 300 jin of wrought iron, 1 jin of copper essence, 5 liang of iron essence, and 2 liang of silver essence. In addition, we need to inlay four miniature weight-increasing formations from our store."
He looked at Ning Daoran and said, "We also have wrought iron in our store, but the prices of copper, iron and silver are quite expensive. Daoist, do you want to buy it in our store or collect it outside?"
"What exactly are these copper essence, iron essence, and silver essence?"
"Heh... the product of brass, wrought iron, and silver refined to the extreme. Copper essence and iron essence generally require great cultivators who have reached the perfection of Qi Refining to refine for several months or even years to obtain, while silver essence requires a great cultivator who has reached the perfection of Foundation Building to refine for at least a year."
Wen Zichen smiled slightly: "One ounce of copper essence is worth ten spirit stones, one ounce of iron essence is worth twenty spirit stones, and one ounce of silver essence is worth a hundred spirit stones. These are the market prices."
Ning Daoran nodded gently: "Master, feel free to use it, just tell me the final price."
"yes."
Wen Zichen calculated and said, "To completely recast this spear, it will cost nine hundred and forty low-grade spirit stones in the end."
“…”
Ning Daoran couldn't help but feel heartbroken. This was already equivalent to the price of a low-grade spiritual weapon!
Finally, he took out the spirit stone and said, "Master, I want to watch you recast this spear, is that okay?"
"Of course."
Wen Zichen smiled knowingly: "Don't feel embarrassed, fellow Daoist. Other customers are watching as well. This will help avoid the possibility of withholding materials. For the sake of the reputation of the refinery, I also hope that fellow Daoist can watch!"
"That's great!"
…
That night, Wen Zichen swung his hammer with clanging sounds and began to reforge the Qinglong Spear for Ning Daoran.
(End of this chapter)