Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Her eyes look like yours
The disciples of Qifeng lived in rows of houses. Although not as spacious as Yunmiao's private courtyard, they were still well-equipped, with bedrooms, a quiet room, a reception room, a weapon refining room, and a utility room.
However, the specific arrangements still depend on the specific wishes of the disciples, and it is obvious that Pi Xixi has not considered the needs of entertaining guests at all.
As soon as she opened the door, Yun Miao and the other two saw that the room was almost filled with all kinds of cabinets and shelves, and these cabinets, shelves, walls and even beams were filled with all kinds of magic weapons of different sizes.
Pi Xixi hung her sparrow feather coat on the wall.
"I've connected the reception room and utility room. These are some of the magic weapons I refined earlier. It looks a bit messy, please don't mind."
"By the way, I tested these magic weapons immediately after they were forged. Some of the magic weapons that can store spiritual energy may still have a small amount of spiritual energy inside, ready to be used at any time. Be careful when you come in, otherwise it would be very bad if you accidentally trigger one of them."
Tan Xiaobai originally wanted to use his feet to push away the messy things and make way for the boss, but upon hearing this, his body immediately stiffened. He tiptoed through the gaps between the debris and walked in like a thief, whispering instructions stealthily to the back as he walked.
"Boss, Huo Xin, follow my steps and don't make any mistakes. Remember, our goal today is to get back alive!"
Yun Miao nodded seriously: "Xiaobai, thank you for your hard work."
Tan Xiaobai said seriously, "Working for the boss isn't hard." Huo Xin: ...
With a cold expression, she grabbed the two men by the back of their collars and lifted them up like chickens. Then, with a few light steps, she easily jumped into the center of this "reception room". There was a crooked table and four chairs with broken arms and legs.
Yun Miao calmly patted Huo Xin's shoulder and said, "Huo Xin, you've worked hard."
Tan Xiaobai muttered dissatisfiedly: "Huo Xin, why are you stealing my job again?"
Could it be that he wants to compete with him for the position of the number one younger brother?
He suddenly felt a sense of crisis and hurriedly brought one of the chairs behind Yun Miao and asked the boss to sit down.
"etc."
Huo Xin pointed speechlessly at the gleaming futon on the chair: "There are nails on this futon."
Pixixi put the futon away. "This isn't a futon, it's a needle felt. Sorry, I made this for fun when I was bored. No one's been here lately, so I forgot to put it away."
Yun Miao touched his butt and said with lingering fear, "I almost turned into a spray bottle."
Huo Xin pointed to the cushion on another chair. Although the cushion woven from cattails didn't look wrong, Pi Xixi didn't look like someone who would equip a chair with a cushion specifically for entertaining guests.
"What is this?"
"That's called giving you a scare."
Pixixi proudly began to demonstrate. As she pressed her hand against the futon and then quickly moved it away, a large iron fist suddenly shot out from under it and then swiftly retracted. The movement was so swift and fierce that one could only imagine the disastrous fate that would await anyone who accidentally sat on it.
"Isn't it interesting? Are you interested in buying one to take home and play with?"
Huo Xin: "...No need."
Tan Xiaobai: "I'm not interested."
Yun Miao: "Okay, okay!"
Um?
Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai looked at Yun Miao together, and saw her slapping the table with admiration in her eyes: "How much is it? I'll buy it!"
"readily!"
Pi Xixi also slammed the table and held up five fingers. "Originally, it was fifty-five contribution points. Today, I'm making friends with you, so I'll give you a zero and make it fifty contribution points."
Yun Miao calculated his contribution points and said gravely, "Can I get another zero?"
Pixixi:???
"It's already fifty, how can I round it off to zero?"
Yun Miao blinked and offered an honest price: "I only have five contribution points."
Pixixi: ...
Huo Xin: ...
Tan Xiaobai was shocked: "No way? Boss, how much did you say?"
Huo Xin held his forehead with his hand in a headache. "You said before that you could earn contribution points for your daily work, and that you were going to Weapon Peak to find someone to help you forge swords. I thought you had saved up a lot, but now you tell me you only have five contribution points?"
Sometimes I really wish Yun Miao could share some of his confidence with her.
Yun Miao frowned and told them not to look down on her five contribution points. These were the ones she had accumulated after battling wits and courage with Tian Laokou every day for a long time!
After Pi Xixi realized what was happening, she was not angry. She sat down on the chair with a smile.
"Haha, Junior Sister, you're really humorous. I'm always the one who scares others, but this is the first time someone has managed to scare me the first time we meet. If I were a bit richer, I'd give you the cushion. Unfortunately, I'm a pauper just like you, and I just spent all my contribution points yesterday."
"I haven't paid last year's contribution points yet, and in half a year, it will be time to pay this year's contribution points. I don't want to be kicked out of the sect by the Deacons' Hall, and I've been worrying about these two thousand points these days. So there's really no other way."
She spread out her hands, indicating that the door was over there and welcoming her to come again next time.
Yun Miao poured the storage bag onto the lame table, and a pile of spirit stones rolled out, instantly making the messy and dilapidated hut shine with jewels.
"Although I don't have many contribution points, I have spirit stones."
Although contribution points are the hard currency of the sect, spirit stones are the universal currency of the entire cultivation world.
Poor guy Pi Xixi was stunned, then quickly stood up and politely gave his seat to Yun Miao, and poured a cup of tea for each of the three of them.
"So this is the legendary "Pomegranate Blossoms"? Junior Sister, please take a seat. I've recently been researching a method of forging swords with blood, utilizing the properties of the Mysterious Heart Ore. Let me explain!"
Tan Xiaobai almost fell down when he sat on the three-legged chair. When he turned his head, he found a sharp axe hanging on the wall behind him. His eyes swept over the axe blade that was flashing coldly at him. He silently grabbed the chair under him and tried to move to the left, but was blocked by a heavy and thorny meteor hammer at his left foot.
He tried to move to the right again, but when he turned his head, he saw a noose hanging from the beam above his right shoulder like a rope. The noose woven into the steel wire formed a perfect oval, as if waiting for him to stick his head in.
Tan Xiaobai: ...The interrogation room in the Law Enforcement Hall is just like this, right? He confessed, he confessed everything!
Huo Xin and Yun Miao were in the same situation as Tan Xiaobai, but Huo Xin was more reserved and composed than Tan Xiaobai. Yun Miao, on the other hand, was simply fearless, so he sat very still.
Pi Xixi sat on the most tattered chair, facing Yun Miao. On the wall behind her hung a yellowed painting. The painting showed a woman forging a sword blank on a cliff by the sea. There were cranes circling in the sky, and foxes and longevity deer poking their heads out in the woods.
The waves beat against the cliffs, and a huge old turtle was vaguely seen poking its head out of the sea, its carapace exposed above the water like an island covered with lush trees.
The woman was the first Master of the Qi Peak of the Xuantian Sect tens of thousands of years ago, and a master weapon refiner still admired by the cultivation world. The painting depicted the legendary scene of her forging the divine sword Zixiao. This painting was also the only ordinary object in this messy room that was not a magic weapon.
Sitting in front of the painting, Pi Xixi chattered with Yun Miao like a chirping sparrow. She frankly stated that no matter how a weapon refiner communicated with a client, they could never fully understand their client's intentions. The misunderstanding she had previously had with her senior sister was a case in point. This was why she had been trying to resolve this issue for years.
The ability of Xuanxin Ore to change itself and blend into the surrounding environment creates its terrifying plasticity, which is also the main reason why it can create artifacts.
As the saying goes, "Qi is the commander of blood, and blood is the mother of Qi." What many cultivators call refining their own magic weapon is to choose a magic weapon that must be at least a low-grade spiritual weapon. First, use the blood from your heart to make the spirit in the magic weapon recognize its master, and then take it into your Dantian, and nourish it with blood every day, so that it can become one with your thoughts and the treasure over time.
Pi Xixi wanted to emulate this method, using blood instead of fire to refine the Xuanxin Ore, harnessing its inherent properties to create a sword embryo that would best suit its master and best suit his desires. Simply put, it was using blood to nourish the unforged raw material for refining. This would naturally resolve the communication issue.
Because this method is completely different from the ordinary smelting of sword embryos, she calls it gestation. She wants to use Yun Miao's blood to gestate a sword embryo that belongs to Yun Miao alone, and then forge it into the sword that suits her best!
"I've experimented with many low- and mid-grade Xuanxin ores. Aside from the initial few failures, the dozen or so subsequent experiments have all been successful. For example, my Sparrow Raincoat is the most successful experiment. It perfectly meets all of my requirements for creating it. It even exceeds the material's limitations; it's a low-grade spiritual treasure right out of the gate."
"Precisely because it was nurtured by my blood, it recognized me as its master from birth and cannot be used by others. Therefore, it also has the ability to grow as a life-long magic weapon. As long as I continue to 'feed' it with more Xuanxin ore and other materials, it will continue to grow. Maybe one day it will even give birth to a spirit weapon!"
After saying this, Pi Xixi glanced at Yun Miao. Seeing that she was unmoved, she felt a little disappointed, but she smiled and continued to say that if Yun Miao didn't like this method, she could of course use traditional methods to make a sword for her. However, in this case, Yun Miao would have to state all her requirements, the more detailed the better.
Yun Miao's eyes grew increasingly bewildered: What were material properties? What was a Blood Qi Mother Commander? What were trials and restrictions?
Wasn't she in a game? Wasn't forging weapons supposed to involve throwing the ingredients into a pot, and then a cool, colorful lightsaber would automatically appear in her hand?
What was Pi Xixi mumbling? It sounded like a press conference for some emerging scientific research achievement. Or perhaps it was the murmur of some graduate student, their eyes glazed over after a long day in the lab.
Yun Miao felt as if the theoretical knowledge slipped through her mind like the whispers of an ancient god, leaving no trace. She even felt a little sick after hearing it too much. So she decisively stopped Master Pi and told him to stop reading.
Pi Xixi noticed Yun Miao's frown and immediately shut her mouth. However, just as she was lamenting in her heart that the deal was about to fall through again, she heard Yun Miao speak in a domineering tone.
"Stop talking nonsense, Senior Sister, just tell me how much you want to give me a seven-colored dazzling sword."
"I didn't give birth to the child, you did. No, you didn't give birth to the child either, you conceived the child..."
Pixixi was confused by her straightforwardness and asked tentatively: "Are you really willing to believe me?"
Yun Miao was a little impatient: "If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have come to find you specifically."
Pi Xixi began to feel less confident. She scratched her face with her fingers. "The method I mentioned has only been tested with low- and medium-grade Xuanxin Minerals. Although the test was successful, the quality difference between medium-grade and top-grade is too great. If there is any mistake in the process, your top-grade Xuanxin Minerals will be ruined. Have you really thought it through?"
Yun Miao said coldly, "You said you're honest and fair, and you'll compensate me ten times if you're dishonest. So if you destroy my Seven-Colored Supreme Xuanxin Ore, then you have to compensate me ten Seven-Colored Supreme Xuanxin Ore."
She emphasized the word "colorful." "Don't even think about denying it. I'm the Sect Leader's direct disciple and the strongest candidate for the next Sect Leader. You know Lu Dajiao, right? He offended me before, and he's still hanging on the Sky-supporting Ancient Tree. He won't come down even if he's been hung for three months. You know Mo Aotian, right? He offended me and was punished to farm on Danfeng for three years."
Tan Xiaobai sneered at the side: "So it's you, Senior Sister, who needs to think carefully. If my boss makes a move, you'll have at least three months to start!"
Pi Xixi recalled the "sausage" she had seen by the towering ancient tree a few days ago and fell silent. It seemed she was indeed in greater danger. A single misstep could wipe out everything, and she'd have to pay it back to Junior Sister Yun for the rest of her life.
But this was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After all, not everyone was as brave as Junior Sister Yun, who would offer top-grade Xuanxin Ore to a little-known weapon refiner like her in the world of cultivation...
Pixixi gritted her teeth and said, "Let's do it!"
Then he told Yun Miao the price.
This was Yun Miao's familiar territory. She raised her hand, gestured a number, and started bargaining.
"It's too expensive. I'll only give you this amount."
Pi Qianqian's pupils shrank. "Rounding off the balance again? Junior Sister, you're too cruel, aren't you? If this little money is used up, won't I have to pay you to do the work? No, no, at least this amount."
Yun Miao: "Then I'll add a little more to this number."
Pi Xixi: "Absolutely impossible, Junior Sister, please be kind, I'm really so poor that I can't even make ends meet. QAQ"
Yun Miao: "It's okay. When you're hungry, you can come to Danfeng to find me. I'll steal my uncle's buns to feed you."
Pixixizi held her heart and said, "What if the money is not enough and the baby has a difficult birth?"
Yun Miao smiled maliciously: "If you destroy one, you will be compensated ten times."
Pixixi's eyes were filled with tears: "It's your child. Have you forgotten how much you looked forward to its birth?"
Yun Miao sneered: "Before it was born, it wasn't really a child, just a piece of rotten iron. Only the strong are worthy of being born and becoming my child!"
Pi Xixi choked and said, "You heartless woman! It turns out that what you just said about loving it forever, protecting it, and taking care of it were all lies. You don't love it at all, you only love yourself!"
Tan Xiaobai said weakly, "Wait, when did the boss ever say to love it and protect it..."
Yun Miao continued to sneer, "Whether it's a person or a sword, they must first learn to love themselves before they can love others. If it can't understand this and begins to crave love before it's even born, then no matter how hard it appears, its interior is nothing but rotten iron that shatters at the slightest touch. Such a weak sword is better left alone!"
Pi Xixi was confused. On the one hand, she felt that Yun Miao was doing everything he could to bargain, but on the other hand, she inexplicably felt that what Yun Miao said made sense.
“Is… is that so?”
Huo Xin held her forehead with her hand again, feeling a headache. She originally wanted to persuade Yun Miao, but... she was so tired that she couldn't speak.
*
Half an hour later, Pi Xixi stood at the door with a gloomy face, waving goodbye to Yun Miao and the other two.
"The longer the gestation period, the better. This way, we can better absorb the spiritual energy in your blood. Furthermore, after the sword embryo is born, it will need to undergo a long period of forging to create the most perfect spiritual treasure. So, this period could be as short as a year or as long as ten years. Anyway, I'll let you know as soon as it's ready."
"Junior sisters and brothers, take care. Be careful on the road. Welcome next time... No, you better not come."
The other disciples of Qifeng who passed by looked over suspiciously. It was strange. Pi Xixi usually had a cheerful smile on her face, so why did she look so bitter today?
Yun Miao happily stuffed the gift mousetrap into her storage bag, her steps brisk.
Not only did I successfully bargain, but I also got a mid-level magic weapon for free. I’m so happy!
Tan Xiaobai, who finally walked out of the "interrogation room" alive, breathed a sigh of relief, quickened his pace and left, swearing that he never wanted to deal with this weird senior sister again in his life.
Huo Xin looked at Yun Miao helplessly: "You really don't regret it?"
Sometimes she really couldn't understand what this idiot Yun Miao was thinking. Sometimes he was so stingy that it made people feel distressed, and sometimes he was so generous that it gave people a headache.
That was the top-grade Xuanxin ore. It was a rare treasure that could be sold at a high price of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones if it was put up for auction. It was an essential material for making divine artifacts, but Yun Miao gave it away so easily.
Yun Miao said nonchalantly, "There's nothing to regret. Although the amount of top-grade Xuanxin ore mined is very small, the total amount mined throughout history is actually quite considerable. And basically, those who obtain top-grade Xuanxin ore seek out weapon masters to refine artifacts, but there are only about thirty artifacts listed on the artifact list in the airspace."
"This shows that the top-grade Xuanxin Ore is only a necessary material for a divine weapon. It doesn't mean that having the top-grade Xuanxin Ore will definitely allow you to forge a divine weapon."
The probability of making money right away is frighteningly low.
"If I spent decades or even centuries accumulating precious refining materials, then emptied my savings to find a renowned master refiner to help me refine it, and the final result wasn't a divine weapon, I would be so angry that I would want to blow the world apart with one punch."
Based on her many years of experience in playing games, it is impossible for the planners of single-player games to give players golden artifacts at the beginning in order to extend the life of the game.
Players must go through numerous hardships and dangers, fight monsters and upgrade all the way to constantly collect the precious materials they need, and then go through a series of "input materials, forging fails, input materials, forging fails, input materials, forging fails" that makes players hate it, before they can obtain the supreme artifact.
To sum up, Yun Miao felt that rather than letting the Seven-Colored Mysterious Heart Ore gather dust in her storage bag, she might as well use it first. After all, as long as she worked hard enough, no matter how precious the item was in the early stages, it would still fill up her storage bag in the later stages. She could talk about the artifact later.
Huo Xin pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement with Yun Miao's idea: "You're right. I was too ambitious this time."
But there was one thing she couldn't figure out: "Why did it have to be Pixixi?"
"Because she not only won first place in the last weapon refining competition, but also charged a low price. Moreover, she is the only one who dared to accept my order for the top-grade Xuanxin ore. No other disciples at the weapon peak had the courage to accept the order. But the most important thing is..."
Yun Miao blinked: "There is something very special in her eyes."
Huo Xin looked over suspiciously: "How special is she? Don't tell me she's particularly beautiful."
In her opinion, Yun Miao was definitely the kind of person who could say such things.
Yun Miao didn't answer immediately. Instead, she stopped and stared into Huo Xin's eyes for a long time, until Huo Xin was completely bewildered. Then she smiled and said, "Don't you think the way she looked when she was talking about that conception method just now was very similar to you?"
Huo Xin was confused: "Like me?"
Yun Miao nodded proudly. "The look in her eyes at that time was very similar to the look you gave me when you stood on the suspension bridge that day and said I was very strong, but you might not be weaker than me in the future. It was very beautiful, just like my Seven-Colored Mysterious Heart Mine."
She raised her hand and pinched Huo Xin's cheek with a smile: "I like this kind of eyes, and I am willing to believe that people with such eyes will succeed."
The player's radar told her that Pi Xixi and Huo Xin were the kind of inspirational NPCs who were designed to go all out for their dreams. The planners would place large rocks on their way to pursue their dreams, and the player's task was to help them move these rocks and then watch them reach the summit of their dreams.
Huo Xin stood there in a daze, his eyes filled with smiles and determination. He was completely unaware that his cold face had been twisted into a ridiculous straight line, with his eyes and mouth pinched into straight lines.
In the past, she always felt that Tan Xiaobai’s epiphany, Mo Aotian’s epiphany, and even the senior brother’s thanks and advice just now were a bit too exaggerated.
But now she seemed to understand a little... because she hadn't been in the same situation as Tan Xiaobai and the others, and hadn't experienced what they had gone through. So Yun Miao's words at that time were like playing the lute to a cow to her. It wasn't that Yun Miao's words were wrong, but that she couldn't understand the deeper meaning behind them.
It turns out... a few simple words from one person can really bring strange power to another person.
Huo Xin suddenly felt very happy. Her heart was bubbling with joy when she thought that Yun Miao was her friend. She became even happier when she saw the red headband on Yun Miao's head.
So she couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips and raised her hand to hold Yun Miao's other hand.
"Yun Miao."
Yun Miao thought Huo Xin had noticed her little action, and nodded guiltily.
But Huo Xin's face was as bright as the clear sky, and he smiled brightly and said, "I plan to go back to Luohua Town in a few days to visit Granny Hua and buy some things. You can come with me."
Yun Miao became interested: "Okay!"
Tan Xiaobai, who had been eavesdropping for a long time, immediately squeezed over and said, "I want to go play too! I want to go too!"
Yun Miao raised his chin proudly. "If you've been obedient these few days, I'll take you there. Granny Hua promised me she would prepare the most fragrant roast chicken, the most tender roast suckling pig, and the most mellow wine. If you follow me, you'll be in for a treat!"
Huo Xin was speechless: "Grandma Hua never said that. I told you not to make any strange promises to her casually."
Tan Xiaobai patted his chest and said, "It's okay. I have money. I'll prepare roast chicken, roast suckling pig, and fine wine for everyone!"
The three of them talked and laughed as they walked away and soon left the Tiandi Ding.
Pi Xixi, who had been standing at the door, finally looked away. She raised her hand and touched the corner of her eyes curiously, then picked up the disciple order at her waist with a smile.
[Senior sister, I just met three very interesting junior brothers and sisters. It's a pity that you didn't stay. Let me tell you...]
*
Because the sword embryo was nurtured with blood, Pi Xixi had to come to Danfeng every few days to get some of Yun Miao's blood. Although Yun Miao tried to conceal it, her trick was soon seen through by the cunning Tian Laokou.
Tian Laokou, who was cheated by Yun Miao again the day before yesterday, immediately exaggerated the matter and told it to Master Chang and Qi Shubai, trying to get back at Yun Miao for the hundredth time.
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The author has something to say: Pixixi was moved: She said she believed in me, I will try my best to make the best sword for her!
Senior Sister: Huh? But she's bargaining directly into your aorta.
Pixixi: But she said she believed me!
Senior Sister: But she bargained directly against your aorta.
Pixixi: But she said she believed me!
Senior Sister: But she bargained... Forget it, you bastard, give me back all those contribution points I gave you! (Strongly pinching her neck and shaking her)
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