Chapter 488

"Profound Fire Sword, mass-produced low-grade magic treasure flying sword, array patterns damaged, internal cracks... 5,000 spirit stones, come pick it up in three days."

In the quiet reception hall.

Two Daoists, one old and one young, were commenting on a broadsword.

Hearing Huyan Zhuo's quote, Luo Chen opened his mouth and finally shook his head helplessly.

The Profound Fire Sword is worth at most 30,000 to 40,000 spirit stones, and it actually costs 5,000 to repair it!

This feeling is like buying a mobile phone for 3,000 or 4,000 in a previous life, and changing the screen costs him 800 or 900.

If it were someone with a slightly more affluent budget, they would just not repair it and buy a new phone directly.

But magic treasures cannot be treated like that.

In order to refine the Profound Fire Sword, Luo Chen spent a lot of time and energy; it's not something you can just change if you want to.

Repair it then!

Luo Chen smacked his lips and took out another round plate.

"Master, take a look at this magic treasure too, can it be repaired?"

Huyan Zhuo's gaze fell on the round plate, "Activate it a bit."

"Hmm."

Luo Chen gave a hum and injected magic power; immediately, the round plate clicked and clattered, and crescent-shaped flying wheels flew out from the plate, the sharpness of which seemed to be able to cut through the void.

"It's refined quite well!"

Huyan Zhuo praised it casually and then took a few small flying wheels.

"You've fought with Tier 3 demon beasts, right!"

"Hmm."

"There are signs of demon power erosion... oh, and it has been corroded by the Dark Turbid Liquid; it doesn't look very serious, but if not handled properly, this magic treasure of yours will be scrapped after two or three more uses."

Luo Chen was stunned, "Is it that serious? I already used an antidote to remove the influence of the Dark Turbid Liquid before."

Huyan Zhuo sneered and threw it casually.

A large, dark, and deep stone fell to the ground; there were deep and shallow marks on the stone, as if carved by knives and axes.

"Come!"

"Control this flying wheel with all your strength and attack the sword-testing stone."

Luo Chen didn't hesitate and followed his instructions.

Under the control of magic power, the flying wheel suddenly slashed at the sword-testing stone.

Unexpectedly, when the two collided, a burst of sparks erupted.

After the sparks dissipated, only a white mark was left.

"It's a good magic treasure; even among low-grade magic treasures, it counts as a boutique item. It can be seen that it was crafted by a famous master."

Huyan Zhuo praised it and then said: "How did it feel when you controlled it with all your strength just now?"

"I didn't feel anything big, it was the same as before..." As Luo Chen spoke, his brows furrowed, "There was a tiny bit of an unusual feeling."

Huyan Zhuo stroked his beard, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and savored the tea.

"Unusual is right!"

"This is a set-type magic treasure of yours; one sub-wheel feeling a bit uncomfortable is one thing, but you have more than one sub-flying wheel damaged. If controlled with full strength, with hundreds of flying wheels, this feeling will be infinitely magnified."

"Tsk tsk, think about it, during combat, what would be the consequence of a little bit of lack of control?"

"Savor it!"

Luo Chen's face changed.

Only then did he realize that Jiang Yu seemed ordinary, but the other party's methods were indeed extraordinary.

The raindrops in that Rain-Calling Banner were composed of a large amount of Dark Turbid Liquid.

In short-term combat, the lethality is not obvious.

But the subsequent harm is actually this great!

If Huyan Zhuo hadn't pointed it out, his Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel being scrapped after two uses would be a small matter; if he were caught and severely injured by someone because of lack of control during combat, that would be the big matter!

"I wonder if Jiang Yu knows about this harm; if he doesn't know, that's fine, but if he knows and deliberately concealed it..."

Luo Chen's heart sank.

Huyan Zhuo's voice came to his ears, "Do you want to repair it?"

"Can it be repaired?"

"Hehe, simple, give me five days, it's just an easy matter."

"As for the price?"

"This won't be cheap."

Huyan Zhuo held up three fingers.

Luo Chen's eyes widened, "30,000? That's enough to buy an entry-level magic treasure!"

Huyan Zhuo smiled and didn't haggle with Luo Chen, looking like "take it or leave it."

Luo Chen hesitated for a moment and finally chose to repair it.

There might be more battles in the future.

It's only reassuring to solve the weapon issue early.

It's only a few tens of thousands of spirit stones; he could actually take them out without any heartache.

The reason he hesitated was just that he was used to being frugal in his spending.

For an item, he doesn't care about the price, only whether it's worth it.

He could take out the million-spirit-stone rent for the cave dwelling without changing his expression.

But if it were an elixir worth only 500 spirit stones and they sold it to him for 700, he would feel he had been ripped off.

Obviously!

Now Huyan Zhuo is raising the price on the spot and doesn't even consider letting him haggle.

It just depends on whether you are willing to accept being ripped off!

No way, in order to maintain his own strength, Luo Chen was willing to be ripped off.

After Luo Chen paid the deposit, Huyan Zhuo smiled and said a few more words.

"Fellow Daoist, don't feel heartache; these few spirit stones are nothing to a Tier 3 alchemist like you."

"Moreover, these two magic treasures are only low-grade magic treasures. If they were medium-grade magic treasures, or the life-bound magic treasures of our peers, the price would be even higher."

"Like a while ago, Fellow Daoist Jiang Yu from your alliance paid a great price to repair his life-bound magic treasure."

These words seemed to be spoken to make Luo Chen feel better.

But it was only a little better.

After handing both the Profound Fire Sword and the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel to Huyan Zhuo and agreeing on the time to pick up the treasures, Luo Chen didn't want to stay for even a moment and stood up to say goodbye.

He went down to the reception hall on the third floor.

Luo Chen's gaze paused for a moment on the bustling scene on the first floor.

Of course, this is not the place for forging and repairing magic treasures.

This is the Wanbao Building, a new shop opened by Tianfan City in Po Yue Immortal City; the storefront is huge and is mainly used to sell new weapons and accept commission tasks for customizing and repairing weapons.

But such a large storefront was still crowded with bustling cultivators at this moment.

From time to time, the complaints of those cultivators could be heard in his ears.

"This is too expensive!"

"It's just a broken sword tip; can't you just use some materials to patch it up? Do you have to charge me 900 spirit stones?"

"Look clearly, this is just a high-grade magic tool; it only cost 3,500 spirit stones when I bought it, and now you tell me it costs 1,000 to repair it!"

"Back when the Yan Alliance repaired magic tools, they didn't rip people off like you!"

Facing these complaints and haggling, the disciples of Tianfan City wore smiling faces, but there was almost no sign of them giving in.

Most of them used similar rhetoric to refute them.

"You get what you pay for; it's really not expensive!"

"In your eyes, it's just patching a sword tip, but in reality, the array has to be deconstructed and then rearranged; 900 is a friendly price. You know, most of those proficient in the Armor-Breaking Array are array masters. It's very cheap to hire an array master to serve you for a mere 900!"

"Fellow Daoist, don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish; now is the time of the opening war, and there are countless opportunities. Instead of haggling over 1,000 spirit stones here, you'd better repair it early and hurry up to earn a few thousand more spirit stones!"

"Yan Alliance? That's already yesterday's news; now, the only one in Po Yue Immortal City that can repair top-grade magic tools is our Tianfan City."

"Where is it expensive? It's been this price for so many years; don't talk nonsense with your eyes open. It's also very difficult for our Tianfan City's weapon smiths to repair magic tools; if it really doesn't work, just buy a new one!"

"Fellow Daoist, why not take a look at this Qinggang Sword? Although it's only a high-grade magic tool, its power is no less than a top-grade one..."

After stepping out of the noisy Wanbao Building, Luo Chen shook his head violently.

It was as if he had shaken those noisy sounds out of his ears.

Looking back at the Wanbao Building belonging to Tianfan City, Luo Chen smacked his lips, and his eyes almost turned red.

How many spirit stones do they earn every day!

Magic tools and magic treasures are different from other consumables.

They are refined by cultivators with great effort so that they can be used with ease.

Even if there is slight damage, 99% of people will not change them directly but choose to repair them.

Even if someone took a new Profound Fire Sword to exchange with Luo Chen for his old one, he certainly wouldn't change it.

Obviously, Tianfan City is seizing this psychology, which is why they dare to quote prices unscrupulously.

If there were competitors, it would be fine; at least they could drive the price down.

Obviously, there are almost no decent weapon-forging sects in the Xiaoyue Mountain Range besides Tianfan City now.

If the Yan Alliance were still there, they would inevitably snatch away a small half of the business, and the profit...

No!

Not just a small half!

One must also consider the premium that appears under monopoly conditions.

"Looking at it this way, Tianfan City's painstaking efforts to deal with the Yan Alliance really have their reasons!"

"It's no wonder that when Po Yue Immortal City was being built, that True Person Tian Yezi personally took action to help."

"Forget it, one can't be jealous of this kind of business."

"It's actually not bad that the branch shop our Luotian Sect set up in Liuguang Workshop can drink some soup."

There are always poor cultivators who are reluctant to pay high prices to repair magic tools.

For this reason, they don't hesitate to bypass Po Yue Immortal City and go to the rear to find people to repair their weapons.

This is the business Duan Feng and the others are doing now.

Drinking a little bit of the leftovers leaking through Tianfan City's fingers.

Even this little bit earns much more than in peacetime!

One must know how to be satisfied!

Luo Chen turned and went to the Luotian Alliance's No. 8 shop.

Upon learning of his arrival, Xu Huanzhen, who was in charge of this place, personally received him and reported the recent general earnings of this shop to him.

This shop has a very good geographical location.

Currently, the Luotian Sect mainly operates business related to demon beasts.

Various materials from demon beasts, meat from dead demon beasts, live young beasts, etc.

Overall, the earnings are average.

Regarding this, Luo Chen also had no good solution.

Although the shop's location is very good and it is a good time to make money, this shop is operated by the three families of the Luotian Alliance together.

As a result, the types of business are very mixed.

In peacetime, it might attract many potential customers.

But now in wartime, those cultivators prefer to go to professional shops and don't think much of their "general store."

Occasionally, some people come to hunt for treasures and pick up leaks.

Luo Chen also took the opportunity to learn about the business done by the Fengyu Villa and the Cen family, and after learning that they also frequently sent people to the front lines to collect resources and then brought them back to resell, he had a rough idea in his heart.

The Luotian Alliance is now temporarily settled.

Everyone is trying their best to make money!

"Recently, many large Core Formation sects have sent people to inquire, asking if we have any intention to transfer the No. 8 shop; Supreme Elder, what do you think..."

Luo Chen waved his hand: "Politely decline them all! This shop's earnings don't look high right now, but its potential is great; after the situation stabilizes, I will let Gu Caiyi come to manage it personally and change the business strategy."

"Hmm, I understand." Xu Huanzhen nodded.

Before leaving, Luo Chen took away a live Tier 2 demon wolf from the shop.

He plans to cultivate in seclusion in the Immortal City for these few days while waiting for the magic treasures to be repaired.

This time naturally cannot be wasted.

The cultivation of Mirror Flower, Water Moon is still a bit short of reaching the master level and requires live objects as subjects for spell casting.

"Finally, master level!"

In the Tier 3 cave dwelling in the Immortal City, Luo Chen looked at the attribute panel and let out a long breath.

It is worthy of being the top water-type illusion among Tier 3 spells.

Cultivation is actually this difficult!

You must know that he had already practiced the prerequisite spells, Water Mirror Technique, Flower Fairy, and Bewitching Spirit Technique, to the Great Perfection level.

It can be said that the foundation was solid to the point of no addition!

Under these circumstances, it still took him more than half a year to just barely brush the perfect-level Mirror Flower, Water Moon to the master level.

For this, the number of Tier 1 and Tier 2 demon beasts he drove crazy was close to a hundred.

Fortunately, it was during the opening war, and demon beasts were easy to find.

Otherwise, who knows when he would have been able to brush up the proficiency.

Through this incident, Luo Chen also deeply understood that for things like spells, techniques, alchemy, and body techniques, the higher the grade itself, the more proficiency is needed to improve a small level.

Looking at the upper limit marked on the panel, it is still 100/200/300/500/1000, but in reality, it is not.

During the Qi Refining stage, casting a Fireball Technique once could increase one proficiency point.

But after the Core Formation stage, one has to cast Mirror Flower, Water Moon four or five times to increase one proficiency point.

"Actually, I should have discovered it long ago."

"Back in the Foundation Establishment stage, the 'Yi Wood Medicine King Sutra' needed twenty times to increase one proficiency point, and the 'Qingyuan Wonderful Alchemy Method' needed even more times!"

"No wonder high-level cultivators with long lifespans often only dabble in other skills they have no talent for."

"They cannot see the specific progress like I can; they only feel that every investment is like a clay ox entering the sea, and they cannot see obvious improvement effects. Or rather, even if they see some effects, compared to the investment, it is a huge loss, so they only dabble."

After some emotion, Luo Chen no longer struggled with this matter.

Being able to see actual returns from hard work is his happiness.

Even if he is used to this kind of happiness, every time he experiences it, it still makes him very happy.

His attention is now on the master-level Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

"I wonder what the effect will be after the master level?"

He stared at the Tier 2 demon wolf in the cage, which was two zhang tall.

Unlike other Tier 2 wolf clans, this one is actually thin and small, but it also has its characteristics; its intelligence is very high!

It is the Xuanjin Wolf, the most intelligent among the countless wolf clans in the cultivation world.

Its overall fur is like gold, extremely gorgeous.

The Xuanjin Wolf is also the most valuable kind among the wolf clans.

Because its intelligence is high, it is very suitable for being tamed as a mount or a mountain-guarding spirit beast, and its fur, skin, bones, and blood are also useful.

Even if it were not during the opening war, there would often be demon hunters taking the initiative to enter the mountains to hunt Xuanjin Wolves.

This also led to the Xuanjin Wolf clan becoming increasingly scarce.

The Luotian Sect spent a large amount of spirit stones to buy such one from someone else's hands.

"It's a pity it's going to be wasted in my hands."

Luo Chen pursed his lips and cast Mirror Flower, Water Moon on the demon wolf that was baring its fangs at him.

When pinching the seal, he vaguely sensed something was wrong.

"Two hundred and seventy-one magic seals, it seems too complex; if I simplify it a bit, can I improve the spell-casting speed?"

As if inspired, Luo Chen deliberately simplified the magic seals.

Finally, he succeeded!

Looking at the Xuanjin Wolf squatting on the ground with confusion in its eyes, Luo Chen was thoughtful.

"The power of the master-level Mirror Flower, Water Moon, it's hard to say how much it has improved, but in terms of spell-casting speed, it has improved by a full 30%!"

"If I cast this technique according to the simplified magic seals I just made, after becoming proficient, I feel it can be improved further."

"Does that mean that if this technique reaches the Great Perfection level, there is a chance to achieve instant casting?"

Instant-cast illusion!

Thinking of this realm, Luo Chen's breathing couldn't help but quicken!

If this is really the case, then he will have a huge advantage in same-level combat!

First-move advantage, surprise advantage, breakthrough advantage, and even a blow that settles the battle!

After all, even a great cultivator in the late Core Formation stage, if not careful and confused by an illusion, will reveal flaws.

He only needs to add a blow.

And the "frail" body of a cultivator...

Shaking his head violently, Luo Chen took a deep breath and suppressed this beautiful fantasy in his heart.

The road ahead is long and arduous!

He doesn't know how much energy and resources he spent to cultivate this technique to the master level.

Great Perfection?

It's still early!

"Calculating the time, my magic treasures should also be repaired."

Luo Chen sat in meditation to adjust his breath for a while, and then released the illusion on the Xuanjin Wolf.

After being released, the demon wolf's aura was significantly weaker, its ferocity greatly reduced, and it lay trembling in front of Luo Chen, like a puppy.

"Is its intelligence damaged?"

"Looking at it this way, the power of the master-level Mirror Flower, Water Moon has also increased; it's not just as simple as being confused."

"After all, this illusion itself carries a slight effect of soul attack; when cultivated to a profound level, the main effect also begins to turn toward soul attack."

Luo Chen judged it and then carried the Xuanjin Wolf out of the cave dwelling.

First return it to Xu Huanzhen to see if it can still be sold for a high price.

It can be considered waste utilization.

Then, he turned and went to the Wanbao Building not far away.

Sure enough!

In just ten days, Huyan Zhuo had already repaired the two magic treasures for him.

In front of the other party, Luo Chen drove them a little, and sure enough, the previous unusual feeling was gone.

"After all, they have been repaired and some materials have been added; you still need to refine them carefully after you take them back."

"Thank you, Master, for the reminder."

Luo Chen put away the two magic treasures with satisfaction.

Then he didn't stay long and flew toward the Luotian Alliance.

When the escape light rose, it attracted the attention of some low-level cultivators, but only some.

In the current Xiaoyue Mountain Range, Core Formation cultivators are no longer as mysterious as before; most low-level cultivators have come into contact with them.

When Luo Chen had just returned to the Luotian Alliance, Chu Kui took the initiative to seek him out.

"You don't close-door cultivate to remove the foreign Core Formation magic power in your body, why do you have time to come out and look for me?"

Luo Chen asked with a smile.

The magic treasures were repaired, and he was in a very good mood at the moment!

So he also took the opportunity to care about the situation of his former comrade-in-arms.

The Tier 3 cave dwelling that appeared on Xuelangping now is being used by Chu Kui.

One can imagine that as long as he completely clears the residual poison in his body, he will inevitably try to impact the Core Formation stage again.

Chu Kui's age is not small either!

Facing Luo Chen's question, Chu Kui did not answer directly, but looked solemn.

"The Luoyun Sect has sent people!"

The smile on Luo Chen's face disappeared in an instant.