The Belle Pavilion was destined to be out of reach for the current Yu'an.
As for whether the two would cross paths in the future, Yulou was highly skeptical.
The kid Yu'an seed to have a bit of an aggressive streak in him, perhaps due to his gold and earth spirit roots?
It was hard to say.
Stepping into the refining room of the Hundred Treasures Workshop, Yulou was stunned by the layout inside.
A counter made of rank-nine spiritual wood?
The Huang Clan was truly extravagant.
An attendant in the refining room noticed Wang Xianmao, a Foundation Establishnt senior with a striking appearance, and hurried forward to greet him.
"Senior, are you looking to custom-order a spiritual artifact for a young prodigy of your clan?
Since the Qingxi Grand Assembly is currently underway, our Hundred Treasures Workshop refining room is running a special promotion: thirty percent off all refining fees.
We have four artificers in the shop who are highly proficient in the Fire lting thod, Earth Nurturing thod, and tal lting thod.
They can refine spiritual artifacts using various spiritual materials, such as tal, stone, wood, vine, woven silk, and spiritual bone.
If you refine two artifacts of the sa type, the design fee for both will be forty percent off!"
This was the true capability of a Purple Palace immortal clan!
Just a single refining room within the Hundred Treasures Workshop had multiple artificers stationed inside, capable of refining all sorts of spiritual artifacts.
Compared to the techniques mastered by the artificers here, Hongi's Fire thod tal-Stone Artificing Way lineage felt like re child's play.
One had to rember that the Huang Clan maintained several similar Hundred Treasures Workshops, which were constantly traveling through other regions of the Wunan Basin.
This wasn't just a workshop; it was practically a nuclear-powered money-printing machine.
"No need. I ca to rent one of your Spirit Fire Rooms," Wang Xianmao waved his hand and replied calmly.
He was proficient in the Wood Generation thod and the tal lting thod himself, and he possessed considerable skill in refining wood, vine, and spiritual bone artifacts.
The attendant was sowhat surprised to hear Wang Xianmao's request, but quickly replied.
"Please wait a mont, senior. I will inform the manager. He has the authority to approve spirit fire rentals."
anwhile, Yulou's attention was drawn to the display wall in the refining room. It was densely packed with dozens of spiritual artifacts of various materials, grades, and shapes.
Most importantly, these artifacts were mid-grade at the very least!
Among them was a beautiful flying sword. It appeared to have a base of Cold Refined Iron, complented by a hilt of spiritual bone. A vibrant glow rippled across its entire length, indicating it was at least high-grade.
"Do you like flying swords?" Wang Xianmao asked with a smile.
"Yulou is just seeing a high-grade flying sword for the first ti. Master ntioned that he hasn't refined a high-grade flying sword in half a year."
"Hahaha, flying swords are indeed useful, but any decent one is incredibly expensive, far beyond what ordinary cultivators can afford. The one you're looking at uses a rank-seven spiritual bone but is paired with rank-nine Cold Refined Iron. It was actually a botched refinent," Wang Xianmao evaluated.
Just then, the manager of the refining room walked out and happened to overhear his critique. He asked with pleasant surprise, "Oh? Fellow Daoist knows how to refine flying swords?"
The patriarch paused for a mont before replying, "A little, just a little."
The manager pondered for a mont. Judging by Wang Xianmao's faint green aura, he was clearly a cultivator of extraordinary strength. The manager inquired, "Would Fellow Daoist be interested in helping us refine a spiritual weapon jade sword with a Water Jade base? We will reward you handsoly, and renting the spirit fire won't be an issue."
Wang Xianmao waved his hand, politely declining the manager's proposal.
"Forget it, I'm pressed for ti."
"A pity, a truly great pity. In that case, we can rent the Spirit Fire Room to you at a twenty percent discount off the market price. The standard rate is twenty spirit stones per day, so it will be sixteen after the discount. What do you think, senior?"
"What kinds of spirit fires do you have available?"
Wang Xianmao naturally wouldn't turn down a discount, though the price wasn't the main point. The crucial factor was whether the type and characteristics of the spirit fire suited his control.
He didn't possess a fire spirit root. Although the artifacts he was refining for his clan's junior and the Immortal Alliance female cultivator were only mid-grade—aning the difficulty wasn't high—finding a compatible spirit fire would still make the process much easier for him.
"We have two types of special beast spirit fires. The Sky Serpent Sect's Golden Snake Spirit Fire has the most suitable tallic nature and is relatively simple to control.
The Moon Splendor Sect's Cold Toad Yin Fire isn't well-suited for fire-attribute spiritual materials, but it works for all other materials. It's slightly harder to control, so we don't recomnd it if you lack experience.
We also have three types of ordinary spirit fires. The Huang Clan's Salt Altar Fire, kindled by burning fire-salt, possesses a balanced and upright nature, making it the easiest to control. However, the cost of the fire-salt is calculated separately.
The Red Lantern Illumination Sect's Red Candle Fire is ignited using red candles, though I probably don't need to introduce that one.
The Great Skymount Mountain's Spiritual Cedar Fire is kindled by burning spiritual cedar..."
Wang Xianmao listened patiently until the manager finished listing the nas, then made his decision.
"Alright, no need to say more. I'll use the Red Lantern Illumination Sect's Red Candle Fire. Give half a day first."
"Half a day?" The manager never expected a Foundation Establishnt cultivator to be so stingy.
"What, you won't rent it?"
Wang Xianmao didn't think he was being stingy at all.
This was what people called riding a shared bike to a bar—save where you can, spend where you must.
The manager looked conflicted.
The daily rent was twenty spirit stones, and after a twenty percent discount, it was further cut down to just half a day.
That ant they were letting a Foundation Establishnt cultivator use their spirit fire for a re eight spirit stones!
How was this any different from giving it away for free?
"We'll rent it! Senior, please co this way!"
Since they were open for business, there was no reason to drive custors away. The manager gritted his teeth and led Wang Xianmao and the others into the Spirit Fire Room.
"Senior, how many red candles will you require?"
The Red Candle Fire of the Red Lantern Illumination Sect required red candles as a catalyst, and the consumption rate varied depending on the intensity of use.
This was where the value-added services ca in.
The reason the manager had agreed to the eight spirit stones for half a day just now was because he expected a Foundation Establishnt cultivator like Wang Xianmao to consu the spirit fire aggressively.
Even if the rent was low, they could make a tidy profit on the consumables!
The other four spirit fires operated under a similar logic. Even the two beast spirit fires required a feeding fee, and the food for those kinds of spiritual beasts was by no ans cheap.
Unfortunately, the manager was only in the late Qi Refining stage. How many years had he actually lived?
"No need, I brought my own!" As Wang Xianmao spoke, he produced a large bundle of red candles—a specialty of the Red Lantern Illumination Sect—from his storage bag!
Lest anyone forget, the old patriarch had once served as an outer disciple deacon within the Red Lantern Illumination Sect!
"Senior..." The manager's face filled with utter astonishnt as he muttered, "Senior, if you need anything at all, just call for !"
With that, he departed with a bitter expression.
If you're bringing everything yourself, why didn't you just bring your own Spirit Fire Room and refining furnace too!
How bizarre. I didn't manage to earn even half a spirit stone in commission!
Once the manager left, the patriarch sat before the refining furnace and took out the Black Jade Oil Bead that Hongi had bestowed upon Yulou.
"Patriarch, Uncle Rongyuan ntioned that he could use the Earth Nurturing thod to refine this bead for in the future. There's no need to trouble you to do it personally, right?"
Yulou wasn't worried that the patriarch would ruin the refinent; he simply considered that he had no imdiate use for the artifact anyway, so there was no need to trouble the elder.
"True, it would be best to have Rongyuan refine the Black Jade Oil Bead for you. However, it's uncertain when he will return. It could be ten years, and I doubt you can afford to wait that long."
Yulou was about to say that he could wait, but the patriarch's next words cut him off.
"I might as well use the Wood Generation thod to attach a spiritual wood shell to this bead. I'll help you refine another six layers of restrictions into it, bringing it straight to seventeen layers. It will beco the absolute peak among mid-grade spiritual artifacts!"
Fine, fine. The patriarch was magnificent; no further words were needed!
"What about , Patriarch? Can my Golden Horn Mud Turtle Shell have a shell attached to be refined into a high-grade spiritual artifact?" Hearing the patriarch's words, Yu'an's eyes lit up beside him.
The patriarch was highly proficient in refining spiritual bone artifacts, and his Golden Horn Mud Turtle Shell happened to possess both tallic and bone properties.
Yulou's Black Jade Oil Bead was getting spiritual wood attached, raising it from eleven layers of restrictions to seventeen layers—a full jump of six layers!
Didn't that an his Golden Horn Mud Turtle Shell had a chance to reach high-grade directly?
"No need. The foundation of this turtle shell is too poor. At most, I can only refine it to seventeen layers for you. Anything higher would be a waste of materials.
Besides, the number of restriction layers doesn't dictate everything. As long as it's useful, that's what matters, right?"
Wang Xianmao was no fool.
You, Wang Yu'an, are only at the second layer of the Qi Drawing realm right now. Why on earth would you need a high-grade spiritual artifact?
Moreover, you have a reckless personality. If you carry a high-grade spiritual artifact around, what happens if soone targets you in the future?
"Oh," Yu'an muttered with a pouting face.
"Hahaha, don't be upset. Once you achieve success in your Qi Refining, you can refine high-grade spiritual artifacts for yourselves."
Wang Xianmao expertly ignited a red candle, and the red candle spirit fire surged upward.
Tossing the Black Jade Oil Bead into the refining furnace, the patriarch focused his gaze. He channeled the divine sense of a Foundation Establishnt cultivator to control the spirit fire and began the refinent.
"Watch closely. The Wood Generation thod is the most complete and profound inheritance among the various artificing paths mastered by our Wang Clan.
It's a pity neither of you possesses a wood spirit root; otherwise, you could learn the Wood Generation thod in the future.
Though in my opinion, the Wood Generation thod has flaws almost everywhere.
But its single redeeming quality is that it easily achieves the maximum refining effect when it cos to purification and refinent."
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