Chapter 115: Five Upper-Grade Artifacts, Wang Ping's Plan

As soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, Wang Ye and the others also realized it at the same time.

Their faces all changed, and their protective spirit light surged upward!

Seeing everyone's nervous appearance, Zhang Zuo was startled, then gave a wry smile.

"Fellow Daoists, don't be nervous. For the Gold Jade Dew to take effect, it needs a substance to draw out the poison. Even if you swallow it now, nothing will happen!"

Compared to Wang Ye and the others, Tie Lanshan and Wang Ping were not too nervous, because both the Qingdi Changsheng Gong and the Crimson Flame Heart Tribulation have detoxifying functions, especially the Qingdi Changsheng Gong, whose detox effect is extremely strong.

So he calmly asked, "Daoist Zhang, you took out the Gold Jade Dew; do you think this poison can fell a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Zhang Zuo nodded and said, "What Daoist Wang said is correct. The Gold Jade Dew's effect is extremely domineering; I once used a single drop to fell a violent bear equivalent to an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator."

Hiss!

Upon hearing this, including Wang Ping, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.

A violent bear equivalent to an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is at least three zhang tall, with a strong and sturdy body, and its qi and blood are ten times that of a human cultivator of the same rank.

Yet it was felled by a single drop of poison; this effect is too overbearing, and even Wang Ping felt a hint of doubt.

Tie Lanshan looked at everyone's expressions, smiled and said, "Everyone, with this poison in hand, even if we face late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, we can still give it a fight! Yunluo Mountain has forty-two peaks, ten of which are completely situated at the center of second-rank spirit veins. When the spirit qi erupts, the number of spirit fields will surge again, possibly reaching three thousand mu."

Wang Ping nodded, glanced around at everyone, and said:

"Everyone, you surely understand the gap between mid- and late-stage Foundation Establishment. None of you here probably have heavenly spirit roots. The significance of a good cultivation blessed land for us needs no further explanation; I have decided to choose Yunluo Mountain!"

Among the six, Tie Lanshan and Wang Ping both chose Tie Lanshan; Zhang Zuo the Alchemist produced the Gold Jade Dew, his purpose obvious; Wang Ye and the others, seeing the Gold Jade Dew, felt a bit of reassurance and immediately agreed.

Seeing this, Tie Lanshan was extremely pleased, laughing as he said, "Since that's the case, we will choose this Yunluo Mountain Range! According to my estimate with Master Liaoru, the Yunluo Mountain Range will likely erupt with spirit qi in about a year, so we still have a year to prepare!"

Wang Ping thought for a moment and asked, "How are the preparations for the mountain-guarding grand formation?"

Tie Lanshan said confidently, "Don't worry, this time I am setting up a third-rank Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire Formation, though we are still missing a core formation material. However, we already have a lead on this material; I will go with Master Liaoru, Daoist Wang Ye, and others to find it. Moreover, I have refined ten second-rank top-tier offensive formations, which are also one of our trump cards!"

Hearing that Tie Lanshan could actually set up a third-rank formation, Wang Ping asked in surprise, "Daoist Tie, you can actually set up a third-rank formation?"

Tie Lanshan shook his head and said, "A few years ago I happened to obtain a third-rank formation diagram and a semi-finished third-rank formation. This time, having sufficient spirit stones, I gained further insight into formations from the ruins; thus, following the diagram, I can barely manage to set it up!"

Wang Ping suddenly realized, "So-called diagram is probably a leftover from the family's treasure trove!"

"Over this year, we'll have to trouble Daoist Lan to refine artifacts for everyone!"

Wang Ping nodded and said, "No problem, but you all need to tell me what kind of artifacts you want to refine!"

Three days later!

Wang Ping looked at the five storage bags in front of him, turned around, and entered the artifact refining room!

This seclusion of his lasted about half a year.

Over eight full months, Wang Ping refined a Seven Star Sword,

this was specially requested by Tie Lanshan; this sword can well communicate with the power of the stars.

A Nine Dragon Alchemy Furnace! This was made for Alchemist Zhang Zuo according to the Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique; his payment is this incomplete Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique, and if Wang Ping is unwilling, he can also exchange it for spirit stones.

A golden bowl, needless to say this is the artifact requested by Master Liaoru.

A black staff as tall as Wang Ping, entirely forged from Black Flame Steel, this is Wang Ye's artifact.

The last one is a strange formation disk, its name also very strange, the Ji Luo Pan!

These five artifacts all have at least seven patterns, and the black one is even an eight-pattern artifact.

Satisfiedly gazing at the five artifacts before him, Wang Ping was somewhat surprised; his success rate in refining upper-grade artifacts seems rather frightening.

He thought it over repeatedly, feeling the source might lie in the Spirit Guidance Technique, but he was not certain.

After putting these things away and pushing open the door of the artifact refining room, Tie Lanshan and the others had already returned a month earlier.

At this moment they were all in the courtyard discussing the various possible situations they might encounter in the battle for the Yunluo Mountain Range.

At this moment, seeing Wang Ping come out, each one excitedly stood up, their eyes fervently fixed on Wang Ping.

Wang Ping knew their thoughts, he threw the storage bags in his hand, and they each fell into their respective hands.

"Seven patterns!"

"Seven patterns!"

"Mine too!"

"Hahaha! Mine is eight patterns!"

Tie Lanshan and the five others, upon seeing their own artifacts, all looked at Wang Ping with incredulous eyes.

In their hearts they were shocked; this talent for artifact refining is truly terrifying.

But soon, a hint of worry rose in their hearts.

Upper-grade artifacts with seven patterns— they couldn't come up with that price right away!

The artifact refiners' fee schedule: if the customer provides the materials, the price is three tenths lower than market price, but that is for medium-low grade artifacts; upper-grade artifacts are always calculated at market price, especially upper-grade artifacts that can be refined into life-bound artifacts, whose price must be raised two tiers upward!

In the world of cultivation, upper-grade artifacts never go below a price of five hundred thousand!

Moreover, aside from Wang Ye's eight-pattern artifact, their artifacts are clearly top-notch among seven-pattern ones.

Among them, only Zhang Zuo is relatively leisurely; his Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique, though an incomplete auxiliary alchemy method, can also manifest seven fire dragons, and its value in no way belongs to upper-grade artifacts.

Compared to Tie Lanshan and the others, Wang Ye is even more distressed; an eight-pattern artifact will cost at least six hundred fifty thousand, while he himself has only over two hundred thousand altogether.

Wang Ping looked at their state, smiled slightly, and said, "I know a few fellow Daoists are short on funds; I have a good idea— I don't know whether you'd be willing or not!"

"Please speak, Daoist Wang!"

"If we succeed in occupying the Yunluo Mountain Range, everyone could use their spirit fields as collateral, right? I've calculated that one mu of first-rank spirit fields yields about one hundred spirit stones per year, ten thousand per century; the lacking spirit stones could be covered by mortgaging the spirit fields for a hundred years, how about that?"

Wang Ping did not mention the requirement to purchase spirit fields; he knew they would not agree, for spirit fields and spirit veins are an inexhaustible gold mine, and they are not yet at the point of exhausting mountains and waters, so they would never sell the spirit fields they haven't even obtained to Wang Ping.

Even without future generations, Tie Lanshan and Master Liaoru probably wouldn't do that either!

Tie Lanshan pondered for a while and said, "I think it's feasible; the Yunluo Mountain Range's spirit fields must be at least three thousand mu, and according to my estimate, when the time comes, distributing by labor, we will at least get three hundred mu of spirit fields! Moreover, Daoist Wang is renting rather than buying, just a hundred years— this deal is very worthwhile!"

Seeing this, Wang Ye immediately said to Wang Ping, "Daoist Lan, may I mortgage all of it with spirit fields? I value this Black Flame Shocking Heaven Staff at seventy thousand spirit stones; can I mortgage seventy mu of first-rank spirit fields?"

Wang Ping readily agreed; with Wang Ye taking the lead, Tie Lanshan and Master Liaoru each mortgaged fifty-four mu of spirit fields.

However, Wang Ping only took fifty mu from them, while Ouyang Hua gave fifty-eight mu of spirit fields.

By then, Wang Ping had an additional 220 mu of first-tier spirit fields in his possession; they made oaths to each other, signed and sealed the agreement, and Wang Ping promised to return each person's one-hundred mu of first-tier spirit fields after a hundred years.

After taking these documents, Wang Ping felt pleased; his Qingdi Changsheng Gong could nurture spirit wood, spirit herbs, and spirit medicines, and he also needed the wood energy from these extremely fast spirit plants, so spirit fields were, of course, the more the better for him.

Moreover, ordinary spirit fields can can produce a hundred spirit stones per year, but in his hands it's not just that—when the time comes, even tripling them wouldn't be enough!

After eight months of forging magic treasures, Wang Ping already had the confidence to forge the Heaven-Overturning Seal and the Vajra Pestle.

But this is obviously inappropriate; although it's estimated to be a year later, these are merely estimates—what if he reaches a crucial point in forging the Heaven-Overturning Seal? Would he stop or not?

Moreover, in a month they will advance to the Cloud Net Mountain Range to seize the field, there they will set up a great formation, occupy the advantageous terrain, and will have greater confidence.

Returning to his room, Wang Ping slapped his storage bag, and a three-foot azure blade with seven patterns, emanating a faint azure light, appeared in his hand.

Before forging the Vajra Pestle into his personal magic treasure, only the Azure Light Sword Technique could serve as his powerful attack method; as long as he fuses the eighteen sword lights into a light ring, who could recognize that this is the Azure Moon Sect's Azure Light Sword Technique?

Therefore, over the next month he must devote all his effort to merging the azure sword light into an azure light ring.

He does not know whether the light ring formed by fusing the eighteen sword lights can smooth out the difference of a hundred thousand strands of spiritual power.

Wang Ping thought uncertainly.