Chapter 1657
Refining Treasures
Li Zhirui's reaction stunned him on the spot, and he quickly shouted, "Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
He now deeply regrets his actions. Given the current state of the street vendor area, he had finally encountered a customer who was interested in buying something, yet he dared to ask for an exorbitant price.
"I see that you are sincere in wanting it, and it is also a matter of fate between us. For just 250,000 spirit crystals, you can take it away directly!"
But Li Zhirui remained unmoved. Did he really think he didn't know the current prices of spiritual items in the Chaos Merchant Guild?
Previously, 250,000 spirit crystals would have been considered relatively normal, and people would have bought it without hesitation. But given the current situation, do you really want to sell it at the previous price? You might as well keep it for yourself!
"Two hundred and twenty thousand!" The stall owner gritted his teeth and lowered the price again.
"it is good."
Upon hearing the number, he stopped and turned back to the stall to finalize the transaction.
"Fellow Daoist, is there any other spiritual item that catches your eye? I'll definitely offer the most favorable price," the stall owner asked with a broad smile.
"Nothing."
Li Zhirui bought the section of the Xuanling Bishui Dao Peach tree trunk that looked completely rotten, with the aim of reviving it and getting the spiritual fruit it would bear.
As for other spiritual objects, they did not catch his eye.
The commotion had already attracted the attention of the other stall owners.
So when Li Zhirui left that stall and continued to wander around, they all started shouting enthusiastically, trying to attract him and sell the spiritual items they had.
However, he remained unmoved and maintained his own pace, not taking advantage of the Chaos Merchant Guild's current situation to buy spiritual items that he did not need or could not use.
So no matter how much the vendors advertised their items, saying how precious and cheap they were, he remained unmoved.
Gradually, everyone understood Li Zhirui's thoughts, and a bitter smile appeared on their faces.
Because it's difficult to earn many spirit crystals from customers who are knowledgeable and have a very firm mind.
After a while, he stopped at another stall, pointed to two spiritual items, and asked, "How much are these two spiritual items?"
The two spiritual items he had his eye on were both relatively rare water and wood spiritual items, which were perfect for strengthening his natal magic weapon and further enhancing it.
"Six hundred and fifty thousand spirit crystals will do in total." The stall owner thought for a moment and quoted a price.
The price was quite reasonable, so Li Zhirui didn't try to lower it further and quickly completed the transaction.
After wandering around for a while longer without seeing any more spiritual objects that would benefit his cultivation, he decided to leave.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
Suddenly, a shout came from behind.
"Ok?"
Li Zhirui turned around and saw a Xuanxian cultivator running rapidly towards him, seemingly intending to sell him some spiritual item.
"What spiritual items do you wish to sell?" he asked with some curiosity.
"You'll definitely be tempted!"
The man said confidently, "Because what I'm selling is a Xuanxian-grade water and wood spiritual item, the Azure Floating Wood Lotus!"
"Moreover, this is not only a spiritual object of water and wood, but also contains precious spatial laws. If it were not the laws I cultivate, which are unrelated to water and wood, I would definitely not put it out for sale."
After hearing these words, Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow. To be honest, he was genuinely tempted!
The Azure Floating Wood Lotus was a spiritual object he had seen in the "Chao Qi Ling Wu Bao Dian" (Compendium of Chaotic Spiritual Objects). Indeed, as the other party said, it contained the three laws of water, wood, and space.
He did have some understanding of the laws of space, after all, the "Records of Earthly Spirits" he cultivated back then involved the laws of space.
If he could refine this treasure into a flying magic weapon, he would not only be safer when traveling through the void, but he would also be able to travel faster.
Thinking of this, Li Zhirui asked directly, "How many spirit crystals do you intend to sell it for?"
"Two million three hundred million spirit crystals, no bargaining!" The man didn't mince words and quoted an extremely high price.
You should know that he had previously purchased so many spirit seeds, which only amounted to a little over two million spirit crystals, but this one spirit item alone cost two million three hundred thousand.
But in Li Zhirui's opinion, the price is not actually too expensive.
After all, its grade, the three laws it contains, and its help to one's own cultivation all determine that its price will not be low.
So after thinking it over, he finally nodded in agreement and said, "Let's trade directly."
His direct and straightforward attitude surprised the man, who said somewhat confusedly, "Okay."
The deal was completed very quickly.
The other party received 2.3 million spirit crystals, while Li Zhirui obtained the Azure Floating Wood Lotus.
Because there were few people in the street vendor area, many people have been paying attention to him.
Therefore, when he bought two water and wood spirit items, everyone understood that the laws he cultivated were related to them, and naturally, people would come with the corresponding spirit items to curry favor with him and try to sell them.
This person was simply the one who reacted the fastest.
"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist, I also have spiritual items based on the laws of water and wood. You will definitely be satisfied, and the price is reasonable."
"I also possess extremely precious spiritual items!"
……
Sure enough, when Li Zhirui took out more than two million spirit crystals to complete the transaction, and did so so decisively without any haggling, one stall owner after another couldn't wait to shout out.
Regardless of whether they possessed any spiritual items made of water or wood, they all joined in.
There's no way around it; the Chaos Merchant Guild is having a tough time right now, so it's even harder for individual investors like them.
Although they all believed that with the Chaos Merchant Guild's status and capabilities, it would be able to recover in time, they still needed to survive before that happened!
But Li Zhirui ignored what the stall owners said and left the stall area directly.
He had achieved his goal for this trip, and even exceeded his expectations. Although he still had a lot of spirit crystals, he could never forget the principle of not being greedy and not flaunting his wealth.
The stall owners' disappointment was palpable as they watched him leave, but they could only go back; none of them chose to chase after him.
After all, they couldn't be sure if the spiritual items they had could be sold. If they couldn't be sold, wouldn't that be a waste of time?
……
After leaving the street vendor area, Li Zhirui recalled the internal layout of the Chaos Chamber of Commerce and then walked in a certain direction.
He originally planned to leave after browsing the street stalls, but he didn't expect to gain the spiritual item, the Azure Floating Wood Lotus.
He wasn't a weapon refiner and couldn't fully utilize the power of this magical artifact, so he needed to hire a professional weapon refiner to help him forge a flying magic weapon.
The place he is going to now is the weapon-refining palace opened by the Chaos Merchant Guild.
Li Zhirui had never been there, but he knew something about it. It was said that there was a Taiyi Realm master craftsman in charge of crafting in the Refining Palace.
Of course, he couldn't persuade this grandmaster to forge a magic weapon for him. But hiring a Xuanxian realm weapon refiner wouldn't be a problem, and if he were willing to spend more spirit crystals, he could even hire a Jinxian realm weapon refiner.
Not long after, Li Zhirui arrived at the Weapon Refining Palace.
As soon as you get close, a wave of heat hits you, and the surrounding air becomes incredibly dry, making you feel quite uncomfortable.
"Is this distinguished guest here to have a magical artifact crafted?" The waiter standing at the door, responsible for receiving guests, quickly stepped forward upon seeing him and asked respectfully and eagerly.
"I would like to ask a weapon refiner to forge a flying magic weapon for me that can be used in the void. Do you have any recommendations?"
He knew nothing about the weapon refiners of the Chaos Merchant Guild and could only rely on asking others.
"A flying artifact?"
The shopkeeper noted down the request, checked the jade token, and said, "Among the weapon refiners who currently have free time, there are three who are skilled in flying magical artifacts."
"The first weapon refiner was named Xianyu Shanling, a five-star weapon refiner. The magical artifacts he refined could perfectly bring out the original characteristics of the spiritual objects, but the downside was that they were quite expensive."
This so-called five-star weapon-refining master is an evaluation level within the Chaos Merchant Guild. The standard is that the user can independently refine ten top-grade Xuanxian spiritual items from fifty materials, and the failure rate cannot exceed 10%.
Therefore, this level is highly valuable.
"The second one is named Chongye. He is a four-star weapon-refining master, but this master is already preparing to make an attempt to reach the five-star level. His skill in refining magical artifacts is also extremely high."
"The last one, Wei Guang, is also a four-star weapon-refining master, but his qualifications are slightly inferior. However, he has excellent talent and can occasionally perform exceptionally well, refining extraordinary magical treasures."
The advantage of these two weapon refiners is that they charge relatively low prices, but their crafting skills are slightly inferior.
After listening, Li Zhirui naturally leaned more towards Xianyu Shanling, so he said, "I wonder if we could contact that weapon refiner Xianyu? Let's exchange ideas."
He had no choice but to be so cautious, because the Azure Floating Wood Lotus was an extremely rare spiritual object. If it didn't meet his requirements, or was even destroyed during the refining process, it would be very difficult to find a second one.
“Okay.” The man immediately contacted Xianyu Shanling.
But to my surprise, there was no response from the other party after a long while.
Looking at the jade tablet, I discovered that Xianyu Shanling was already refining a magic weapon.
What a coincidence...
In less than a quarter of an hour, he received a task.
"I'm sorry, Master Xianyu is already crafting a magic weapon. You'll have to choose from the remaining two," the shopkeeper said apologetically.
Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow. If he didn't know his own identity, he wouldn't be targeted by the Chaos Chamber of Commerce. Otherwise, such a coincidence could easily lead to misunderstandings.
"Then let's ask the heavy metal smelter."
For cultivation techniques like these, one should naturally choose those with extensive experience.
"Ok."
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened this time, and Li Zhirui successfully contacted the weapon refiner Chong Ye.
"I want to use the Azure Floating Wood Lotus as the main material to refine a Xuanxian-level flying magic weapon. The requirement is that it can unleash the power of the spatial laws contained within it to increase flight speed. In addition, it also needs to have strong defense."
Without any pleasantries, he immediately began to state his various requirements for the magical artifact.
Faced with these requests, the weapon refiner Chongye did not give an immediate answer. Instead, after mentally considering the possibilities, he carefully replied:
"I can fulfill your request, but the price will not be low, as other spiritual materials are needed to assist in the refining process."
"Don't worry about the expenses, you definitely won't be shortchanged," Li Zhirui said generously, waving his hand.
"So, are you planning to provide the spirit item yourself, or use spirit crystals as collateral?"
"What kind of spiritual items are needed?"
"Swift Flying Flower, Wind-Generating Wood, Purple Rock Wood, Ever-Melting Root..."
The weapon refiner Chongye mentioned more than a dozen spiritual items, most of which were Heavenly Immortal level spiritual items, with only three being Profound Immortal level spiritual items, and even those were relatively common.
"The prices of these spiritual items are clearly marked in the Chamber of Commerce, totaling 2.58 million spirit crystals."
"Then I'll just use the spirit crystal."
Since everything is clearly priced, Li Zhirui decided not to go through the trouble of doing it himself.
"The cost for me to refine a magic weapon is 550,000 spirit crystals, ensuring that I can refine a high-grade Xuanxian flying magic weapon. As for whether it can go further and become a top-grade magic weapon, that depends on a bit of luck and cannot be guaranteed."
Is it worth spending 550,000 spirit crystals just to have a Xuanxian realm weapon-refining master craftsman forge a magic weapon? Of course it is!
If Xianyu Shanling hadn't been unavailable, Li Zhirui would have been willing to ask him for help, no matter how many spirit crystals it cost.
After all, a good, top-quality magic weapon can play an important role at certain crucial moments.
As for the fact that this person could not guarantee the creation of a top-grade magic weapon, but could only guarantee the creation of a high-grade magic weapon, he considered it and decided that it was best to confirm that it was him.
Because the remaining weapon refiner was less skilled in weapon refining.
As for that so-called surprise, he didn't think it would be a good thing; on the contrary, it might bring some unexpected changes.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, sir!" Li Zhirui said.
"I will do my best."
Chongye replied, then added, "You can talk to him from now on."
After saying that, he cut off contact with Li Zhirui.
Because he needed to design the restrictions on the magic weapon he was about to refine, as well as the refining steps.
"Honorable guest, you can now hand over the spirit item and the spirit crystals for purchasing other auxiliary spirit items to me. In addition, you will need to pay a deposit of 100,000 spirit crystals," the shopkeeper said respectfully.
Without the slightest hesitation, he directly gave the spiritual item and 2.68 million spirit crystals to this person.
"How long will it take to forge this magical artifact?"
This determines how long he will stay in the Chaos Merchant Guild.
The shopkeeper was quickly counting the number of spirit crystals when he heard the question. He replied, "Under normal circumstances, it takes about six months to refine a Xuanxian-level magic weapon. The exact time is currently unknown."
"I will give you a voucher in a moment. When you see the pick-up time on the voucher, you can come to the Refining Palace to take your magic weapon away."
Li Zhirui nodded. He was still somewhat curious about this method, but he didn't dare to ask any offensive questions.
"Next, I'll be working hard for you all."
"You're too kind, it's what we should do."
"Then I won't bother you any longer."
Having said that, he turned and left. (End of Chapter)