She had long had her eye on Liu Yunqing's natal magic weapon.
With the ability to refine various materials and the cheat code of having a room to enter, all she needs to do is refine suitable materials into parts, then fuse them together, and add appropriate formations or the like.
This is the part of refining a natal magic weapon that demands the highest level of crafting skills, and it's also the part where Liu Yunqing needs the most help.
When Daoist Mingzhao asked for his thoughts, Liu Yunqing replied directly:
"This junior wishes to forge a bow. Senior, please take a look at these materials."
As Liu Yunqing spoke, he placed some of the materials that had already been refined in the space on the table for Mingzhao Daojun to examine.
"Such perfect quality!"
Daoist Mingzhao casually opened a jade bottle. Before even examining the contents, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration at the perfect state of the refined item.
When I finally saw what was inside, I almost dropped the jade bottle because my hand trembled.
With a strange look in his eyes, Daoist Mingzhao glanced at Liu Yunqing, whose expression remained indifferent, and said in a peculiar tone:
"I don't know whether you trust me or are testing me."
After saying that, a hint of arrogance appeared on his rugged and handsome face:
"It's only because I ran into you that I survived; otherwise, I don't even know if I could have kept my life."
Liu Yunqing, however, did not have much worry in her heart.
Besides trusting Chunyu Changfeng, it was also because they were certain that a sect elder wouldn't be so short-sighted, even if what she presented was indeed tempting.
Besides, there's an unwritten rule in the cultivation world.
Whether you're hiring someone to refine pills or craft weapons, you need to prepare double the amount of materials.
One copy is used for refining, while the other, barring the possibility of it being scrapped, is given to the alchemist or weapon refiner by default.
Although she had her own plans, it didn't stop Liu Yunqing from saying nice things.
"What good things hasn't Senior Mingzhao seen? Why would he be interested in such a trivial thing?"
"Moreover, birds of a feather flock together. In my heart, Senior Chunyu is the most upright and noble person. Those who can become friends with Senior Chunyu are naturally the same kind of people."
With that, Liu Yunqing sincerely bowed to Daoist Mingzhao and said:
"I haven't thanked Senior Mingzhao for his protection of Zhenru today."
Upon hearing Liu Yunqing's words, the slight sourness that Mingzhao Daojun had felt for being able to produce so many rare and precious materials at such a young age vanished without a trace.
Of course he knew that Liu Yunqing was saying nice things on purpose, but who doesn't like to hear nice things?
Moreover, Liu Yunqing's words unexpectedly shattered her previous image of a cold and aloof demeanor.
Mingzhao Daojun snorted twice through his nostrils and continued to examine the remaining items.
"Alright, let me see what else you can offer besides the Vermilion Bird Gold Stone."
"Crimson Fire Dragon Tendon, hmm, not bad as a bowstring."
"What is this? Crimson Fire Dragon Tooth? Good stuff! Well made."
"Hmm, this is good, it's a nice stuff!"
As Mingzhao Daojun looked around, he praised the treasures and asked Liu Yunqing what functions she wanted. Then, he rummaged through the pile of rare and precious materials and picked out the usable ones.
When most of the choices were made, Mingzhao Daojun stopped, frowned, and asked Liu Yunqing:
"You didn't prepare the materials for Gongyuan?"
Without thinking, Liu Yunqing said:
"Oh, the material I prepared for Yuan is a type of wood, but it's not ready yet."
Daoist Mingzhao glanced at Liu Yunqing, and seeing that she was unwilling to produce it on the spot, he did not press the matter further.
Liu Yunqing smiled, showing no sign of panic about lying.
There's no way around it; although the other items are also rare and precious materials, any one of them could cause a frenzy of buying, but compared to the Fusang Divine Tree, they are still far inferior.
The extraordinary Fusang Sacred Tree was something Liu Yunqing herself didn't intend to let anyone else know about.
Fortunately, the piece of sacred wood she was going to use was the charred piece of sacred wood that was enshrined in the collapsed temple in Jihunjian.
With a little disguise, as long as such a master craftsman doesn't get his hands on it to study it, no one will be able to tell anything amiss.
After confirming that Daoist Mingzhao had finished selecting the items, Liu Yunqing put away the rest and took out a rough blueprint, discussing with Daoist Mingzhao how to delete and revise it.
After all the communication was completed, Daoist Mingzhao put away the blueprints and said to Liu Yunqing:
"The items you provided are all of a very high grade. It would take me about six months to a year to refine all the parts."
"You will stay at Mingzhao Peak for the time being. If you need anything, contact Jianxing."
Just as Liu Yunqing was about to say that since it would take a year, they should come to the Tai Xuan Sect again in a year, he heard Daoist Mingzhao continue:
"Don't even think about leaving to do something else. Those things are definitely not something you can refine. You shouldn't be familiar with their structure and characteristics."
So for the next year, besides consolidating your cultivation, you should find a way to familiarize yourself with the properties of those materials; they will be very useful when you fuse them later.
Since Daoist Mingzhao had said so, Liu Yunqing naturally wouldn't be ungrateful. He quickly bowed and thanked him, then prepared to go to his guest cave.
Just as Liu Yunqing reached the entrance of the stone chamber, he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his head. Without thinking, he stepped aside and caught a jade bottle that flew towards him.
"The raw lacquer in the bottle can make the wood more flexible. You should be able to use it. Consider it a gift for your advancement."
"If you don't know how to do it, go ask Jianxing."
Liu Yunqing thanked Daoist Mingzhao again.
Back in his guest cave, Liu Yunqing opened the jade bottle given to him by Daoist Mingzhao, intending to use his divine sense to examine it, but found that his divine sense was useless.
Liu Yunqing was taken aback and had no choice but to pour out a little of the raw lacquer to examine it.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yunqing wanted to thank Daoist Mingzhao again.
Liu Yunqing knew that given the other party's status, it was impossible for them to give her any substandard products, but she still couldn't help but be surprised after recognizing the item.
That bottle of raw lacquer wasn't ordinary raw lacquer; it was the liquid from the evergreen bamboo.
This evergreen bamboo is almost the highest quality lacquer tree that can be found in the lower realm of cultivation.
The green bamboo sap produced is extremely precious. If a wooden ritual implement can use green bamboo sap that has been used for tens of thousands of years, the value of the entire implement can increase several times.
Because the Evergreen Bamboo Liquid is not just a lacquer liquid, but also has the effect of making it imperceptible to spiritual senses. At the same time, wooden ritual implements coated with the Evergreen Bamboo Liquid can greatly increase the flexibility of the implements and infinitely reduce the consumption of the implements.
These two effects, when applied to the Fusang Divine Tree, are exactly the benefits that Liu Yunqing desired.
She had originally planned to have Zhuo Ying set up a concealment formation after she finished carving the bow, but now that she had this unexpected gain, she no longer needed to do so.
Speaking of the Fusang Divine Tree, Liu Yunqing temporarily put away the lacquer liquid, activated the cave formation, and then flashed into the Golden Crow Space.
Don't misunderstand, the reason why the Fusang Divine Tree wasn't thrown into the lava lake for refining was simply because Liu Yunqing felt it was safer to work in the Golden Crow Space.
As for carving the bow abyss with the Fusang sacred wood, that task was naturally entrusted to Little Fusang.
All she had to do was immerse the carved bow in the boundless water.
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