The city of rogue cultivators in the Ten Thousand Mountains has its eight gates wide open, welcoming guests from all directions. As long as you have cultivation and spirit stones, no one is asked about your name or background; please feel free to do as you please.
After entering the city, Tong Su first went to the market and bought a lot of herbs and ores. She then rented an inn to stay in and locked herself away for half a month. She then summoned her little firebird and began refining weapons and pills with great enthusiasm.
The process of forging weapons using a cauldron is relatively simple. All you need to do is melt the ore with a different kind of fire and cast it out. Even if you don't know how to inscribe formations, as long as the quality of the different kind of fire is high enough, you can still forge several sharp swords.
Refining pills was a bit difficult, and Tong Su even blew up the alchemy furnace several times. Fortunately, she was wealthy and had chosen low-grade pills, so she didn't feel bad about wasting them. After carefully studying for a few days, she successfully refined several batches of excellent pills.
The reason she was described as sharp or of superior quality is because Tong Su had only recently begun practicing alchemy and weapon crafting. Even with her talent card, she certainly couldn't compare to a master who had cultivated diligently for many years.
But the things she refined were not ordinary either—those pills and magical artifacts were pure in quality and without any impurities!
The reason why strange fires are sought after by weapon and alchemy cultivators is that the higher the grade of the fire, the more impurities can be removed from the pills and magical artifacts during the refining process, making the herbal essence and mineral solution more refined.
With the help of the talent card, the pills and magical artifacts that Tong Su refined may not be of very high quality.
However, in terms of its purity, it far surpasses even the level that a Nascent Soul or Divine Transformation stage cultivator can achieve!
Tong Su spread out the pills and magical artifacts she had successfully refined, carefully selected the ones she was most satisfied with, packed them in jade bottles or boxes, then changed into a cloak to conceal her appearance and discreetly delivered them to the alchemy pavilion and artifact refining workshop in the city of rogue cultivators.
This is a training ground established by the alchemy and weapon-forging masters of the Ten Thousand Mountains to select talented individuals.
Pill cultivators and artifact crafters would bring their creations to the high-level cultivators stationed there to assess their quality. If someone had talent, they might be noticed by a senior and directly recruited into the pavilion or workshop.
Even if they weren't recruited, as long as they obtained the appraisal certificate for the quality of pills and magical artifacts, even if they went to the territories of hundreds of sects and wanted to open a stall or shop, cultivators would feel at ease.
In Tong Su's view, it was like registering for a CET-4 or CET-6 certificate without having to take a standardized exam.
She went to both places and saw long queues at the entrances. She waited for a long time before it was her turn.
Tong Su reluctantly paid a hefty registration fee, leaving behind elixirs, magical artifacts, and a communication talisman for receiving the results.
She especially suspected that this appraisal was not just a matter of alchemy and artifact cultivation experts caring about the aptitude of their juniors, but also had the idea of making a fortune along the way.
If Tian Xuanzi hadn't given her two extra Qiankun bags of spirit stones before she came, the appraisal fees alone would have cost her almost half of her fortune!
After preparing everything, Tongsu didn't stay at the inn. She asked around about the locations of secluded cultivation caves for rent in the loose cultivator city, chose a spot with abundant spiritual energy, and rented it for half a year.
It's time for her to break through to the Golden Core stage!
Tong Su closed the door and secluded herself in meditation to cultivate, but far away in the far north, in the Purple Star Heavenly Palace, Feng Yin Yue was having a hard time.
She was on the Cliff of Contemplation, and after finally waiting until no one was around, she prepared to cultivate, only to find that she could hardly refine the wood spirit root that she had just devoured from Bai Tong!
The forceful attempt to melt away the blood caused a sharp pain in his meridians, and he opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood!
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