bayedsolid Chapter 38 Guiyuan Sect Danfeng 4
Chapter 38 Guiyuan Sect Danfeng 4
The next day, Yingyue came to her courtyard early in the morning. Cheng Jiu had just woken up and finished washing up when she saw Yingyue under the peach tree. The young girl was so charming that she was even more dazzling than the peach blossoms.
When Cheng Jiu woke up in the morning and saw this picturesque scene, her mood improved. She took out a bottle of floral dew from her ring and said to Yingyue, "Why are you the only one here today? Where is Wen Sishu?"
"Him? He said he suddenly had an inspiration these past few days in Qingli City and is currently in seclusion refining elixirs," Yingyue explained. "But I really didn't expect you to be a 'sleeping person'."
Actually, you don't need to sleep after reaching the Golden Core stage, but Cheng Jiu managed to endure it, but she just couldn't stay awake any longer. In her previous life, she was the little princess who guarded the night!
I often spend days on my phone or computer without sleeping.
Upon arriving in the world of cultivation, things were not as good as before! She sighed, "I can't adapt, I can't endure it!"
Yingyue expressed her understanding, since everyone has their own cultivation routine, there's no need to force them to conform.
"Didn't we buy a lot of things on the black market before? That's why I came to find you to check if there are any treasures among them," Yingyue said. "Checking alone is too boring!"
"But Senior Sister Yingyue, I've already checked mine." Cheng Jiu said somewhat awkwardly, since the two of them had gone shopping together, and the other person had come to her, but she had already checked all the things she had bought.
"It's alright, everyone has their own preferences. So, have you found any treasures?" Yingyue asked with a curious expression, seemingly unconcerned.
Cheng Jiu took out the little turtle. After being treated with concentrated sulfuric acid, the little turtle had become extremely ugly, but it was still vaguely recognizable.
"It's that little turtle that came with the hair clip. How did it get like this?" Yingyue reached out and took it, examining it carefully.
"It's actually made of meteorite iron. Meteorite iron is an extraterrestrial object. It is immune to any spiritual energy attack and is also quite hard."
However, as long as some runes are engraved on its surface, it is just like an ordinary item if it is not damaged, and no one can detect anything unusual about it, so it is very popular among some powerful beings.
"I don't know how you did it, Junior Sister, how did this meteorite iron become so pitted and uneven?" As for what was inside, Yingyue didn't ask, and she wouldn't ask her.
Cheng Jiu finally understood why, despite all the effort yesterday, nothing had happened. The solution ultimately came from scientific methods, as it dealt with a different track.
For cultivators, this meteorite iron is truly unsolvable; its hardness is evident, and even her sword couldn't leave a mark on it.
"However, Junior Sister, if you could share your recipe for dissolving meteorite iron, it would definitely be popular in the cultivation world. You don't know that some ancestors have a rather perverse sense of humor."
They left behind many valuable treasures, but they were all locked with star meteorite iron. To open them, one would have to hack away with swords or have a key, but those ancestors didn't leave any keys.
Only in recent years has a master craftsman discovered that meteorite iron can fix the properties of weapons, which has made meteorite iron scarce and reduced the number of people using it to store things.
You can sell this meteorite iron to the Weapon Peak. I remember it's 5000 contribution points per tael. This meteorite iron is worth six or seven taels. Just from this meteorite iron alone, you've made a profit.
Upon hearing Yingyue's words, Cheng Jiu's lips curled up slightly.
"Alright, let's not talk about me anymore. Let's see how your haul is going." Cheng Jiu was also very curious about Yingyue's haul.
Yingyue bought so many things that they covered the entire table.
Although the two bought things together, they liked different things, so they would sometimes buy different items. Cheng Jiu didn't expect Yingyue to have bought so many things.
"Let's get started, let's get started." Yingyue stuffed a bunch of things into Cheng Jiu's arms.
Cheng Jiu sighed helplessly, reached out and picked up a small piece of paper. It was said to be a fragment of some secret manual, but it was really just a piece of paper.
There were so many things, it was like finding gold in trash, but I still managed to find some useful little gadgets.
For example, a hairpin that could store gas was unfortunately damaged and could only store 1/3 of its contents, rendering it useless. Even if an alchemist could concoct poison, how much gas could the hairpin store? Nevertheless, it was still barely useful.
For example, there are unknown iron pieces with small characters engraved on them, written in ancient Xianxia script.
When they discovered the iron piece, the two were incredibly excited, thinking it was a martial arts technique passed down from ancient times. However, after searching for and translating some of the information, they pieced it together and found that it turned out to be a text about fire prevention, and it even had a distinctly ancient feel to it.
The two looked embarrassed, but Yingyue comforted them, saying, "It's alright. This might provide some useful materials for studying the ancient cultivation world."
There were also fragments of an unknown sword. How should I put it? The material was very special, and the Green Wood Sword melted these fragments down like snacks.
It's barely useful, I suppose – Yingyue's assessment.
However, among all this trash, they still found a scroll that could be called a treasure, which recorded a previously undiscovered secret realm in the Qingli Mountains.
Although it is unknown whether there is any danger, the fact that a secret realm has never been discovered means that the unknown has not been explored.
Secret realms often present both risks and opportunities, and since they happen to be within the Guiyuan Sect's territory, Cheng Jiu and Ying Yue can both venture in and explore.
Although the information on the scroll is still questionable, there's no harm in checking it.
After discussing it, the two decided to go anyway.
"I'll call Wen Sishu, Junior Sister, you should also call a few more people so we can train together," Yingyue suggested.
"Then let me ask."
Cheng Jiu sent messages to several people he knew. There was still no news from Gong Cheng and Gong Yu; the two of them lost contact immediately after entering the formation peak. Li Weixin was still being trained by his master and hadn't returned. As for Mao Hongsheng, he was still unconscious. Senior Brother Qin and Senior Brother Huo had gone out on training together after their last return to the sect.
So Cheng Jiu knows quite a few people, but none of them seem to have time.
Senior Sister Yingyue was very understanding: "It's okay, it's fine for the three of us to team up!"
"Don't worry, senior sister. I am a sword cultivator, after all. I will definitely protect you." Cheng Jiu said earnestly.
"No need. We alchemists are, to say the least, first-rate at preserving our lives! But thank you anyway, junior sister."
"Once Wen Sishu comes out of seclusion, I'll discuss with him and arrange a date for the three of us to go find this secret realm together," Yingyue said with a smile.
After all, the training was about to begin, and Cheng Jiu felt it was necessary to stock up on more things. Coincidentally, Yingyue was waiting for Wen Sishu, so Cheng Jiu stayed in the sect's market for several days, buying things such as spiritual herbs, talismans, formations, and food.
Actually, the sect market is quite fun. Besides those strange and unusual talismans, there are also alchemy competitions. Alchemy competitions are a rather dangerous game. Usually, it's the senior brothers and sisters from the Pill Peak who compete to refine the highest grade of pills from the same materials.
You get 500 contribution points at once. If you win, you get all the contribution points. And the contribution points can be accumulated. As long as someone participates in the competition, the contribution point pool will continue to accumulate.
What's interesting about this is that not everyone is like Cheng Jiu, who can consistently refine top-grade pills. The process of refining pills is inherently unpredictable, and the competition may be affected by factors such as wind direction and medicinal herbs. Therefore, it's possible that someone who refined a high-grade pill last time might only refine a low-grade pill this time.
Because the uncertainty is so high, and there are other people opening bets nearby, it also tests one's eyesight. After all, you have to pay attention to their alchemy process at all times and then place bets based on what you observe.
The bet can be changed at any time at the moment the alchemy ends. There is also a situation where the house wins all the bets, which is that an explosion may occur during the alchemy competition. This explosion must be prevented before the alchemy begins.
Cheng Jiu was able to guess correctly seven out of ten times thanks to her keen eyesight. She earned a lot of contribution points, but because of her outstanding performance, her fellow disciples also started to follow her lead.
This is really boring. Cheng Jiu was also blacklisted by the senior brother who opened the betting platform. In just the three days she played, this senior brother lost a lot of money.
However, Cheng Jiu was quite satisfied that she was allowed to play for three days.
In addition, there are sword oils and maintenance kits for the Heavenly Wood Sword, which are really expensive. Cheng Jiu could only sigh and say, "It's just maintenance, why are there so many kinds?"
They'll stop at nothing to make money. There are corresponding maintenance kits for the sword blade, the blood groove, and the hilt. In addition, there are overall maintenance kits, such as beauty, sturdiness, sharpness, and even the ability to sense spiritual energy.
After a series of purchases, not wanting to shortchange the Azure Wood Sword, she spent a full 5 top-grade spirit stones to buy a ten-year supply. The set that the Dragon Abyss Sect had recommended to her before was supposedly outdated; how could they have released a new one in just a few days!
Both are usable, but the money spent was really painful for Cheng Jiu. She decided to learn weapon crafting and make her own in the future, which would not only save money but also be more reliable!
Besides that, the most eye-catching feature is the sword tassel. Cheng Jiu used to think that a sword tassel could last for at least ten years, but he didn't expect that the sword tassel would be like clothes. The Tianmu sword is very obedient, but when he sees those beautiful sword tassels, he will also have emotional fluctuations.
This is like your wife seeing a beautiful dress and being madly in love with it, but she's very well-behaved and doesn't mention it to you.
At this point, how could you bear not to buy it? Of course, Cheng Jiu couldn't bear it, and with a wave of his hand, he bought them all.
The sword tassel is expensive too! 15 top-grade spirit stones were spent in one go.
However, Cheng Jiu felt it was worth it. At least Tianmu Sword liked it very much and he was very happy. After all, spirit stones are meant to be spent, right?
There are also talismans, such as the Slippery Talisman, which can make a patch of ground incredibly slippery, causing anyone to slip and fall; or the Smooth Talisman, which can make a person completely naked, literally. There's also the Three-Day Farting Talisman, and surprisingly, this talisman sells quite well.
These talismans are useless to powerful beings, but junior disciples below the Nascent Soul stage are basically doomed to be tormented by these talismans.
There are also formations, illusions, attack, and defense. All of the ninth-grade high-level ones cost 10 top-grade spirit stones each. Cheng Jiu bought three in total: one defense, one illusion, and one teleportation/sending.
30 top-grade spirit stones were spent in one go. Fortunately, this was within the sect, placed here by the Array Peak Master. If it were outside, buying a ninth-grade high-level array for a mere 10 would be nothing but a pipe dream!
No wonder so many people want to join the Five Great Sects; aside from everything else, the benefits are truly amazing!
After preparing everything, Cheng Jiu prepared to return to the courtyard to wait for his senior sister so they could go to the secret realm together for training.
She also informed her master, and then the little black dragon pulled her to the rental office. Only then did she realize that she had also contracted a spirit beast. After all, the little black dragon usually just ate and slept. When it ate, it would voluntarily crawl into her storage ring, and it had no weight when it was hanging on her hand.
She had almost forgotten about her pet, and felt a pang of guilt at the sight of the little black dragon's aggrieved expression.
However, since the little black dragon wanted something, what could her master say? With a wave of her hand, she simply said, "Buy it!"