Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 278 The Century-Long Travel Plan
As it turns out, this vast Baiyue Mountain and the profound array hall should surely have the treasures that Gu Qing needs, it's just that their origins are a bit questionable.

Zhou Xizhi whispered.

"Brother Gu, it's not that I don't want to take care of you."

"This treasure was not crafted by the disciples in the mountains, but was brought back by the Fourteenth Ancestor during his travels and explorations. The entire treasure room over there is filled with treasures that the Ancestor gifted to the Array Hall."

"The temple has regulations prohibiting the sale of these array treasures that haven't been fully studied yet."

"But there are almost no array masters interested in this item, so it's a waste to leave it here. If you want it, I'll sell it to you."

Gu Qing glanced at the fat man thoughtfully.

The Fourteenth Ancestor was a hall master of the Weapon Refining Hall, and there has been at least two thousand years between him and the present. The reason why Zhou Xizhi is so bold is that he has become the disciple of the Fourteenth Ancestor.

Buying with real money won't cause any trouble.

"In that case, I'll buy it!"

"Good good."

The treasure that Gu Qing values ​​is called the "Twenty-Four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls". Each pearl is a low-grade sixth-rank magic treasure. They attract each other like a bracelet and can be worn on the body and played with at any time.

It possesses immense power from the four seas, likely refined from the waters of the Four Seas Abyss stolen by ancient cultivators during their bloody battle with the dragon race, combined with several treasures.

It's not just a weapon of mass destruction; it can also suppress and seal a cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit with the power of the four seas. It's exactly the kind of thing he wanted to control, but it's a bit too powerful. Using it for cultivation is somewhat dangerous.

It would be best to cultivate a new method of external incarnation.

Only then can we take care of it. The formation formed by the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls is the sixth-grade mid-level "Sea-Stabilizing Dragon Formation". The price is also quite high, with each Sea-Stabilizing Pearl costing 80,000 spirit stones. They cannot be bought individually.

The total cost was 1.92 million spirit stones, but due to the special nature of the array treasure, Zhou Xizhi asked for 2 million.

Gu Qing gasped in surprise. If he hadn't made some gains in the Jinyun Secret Realm, he wouldn't have been able to afford it, but the price was actually reasonable.

After all, it is an array composed of twenty-four magical treasures. From the perspective of the weapon refiner Gu Qing, the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl still has the potential for improvement.

The Jinyun Qizu method can achieve this.

However, Gu Qing didn't quite understand the principles behind the array patterns, so he spoke up.

“Brother Xizhi, this price is really beyond my purchasing power. Even if I sell everything I own, it will be difficult to pay.”

"How about less?"

Reasonable as it may be, it doesn't affect his bargaining. Nobody's money comes for free. It hurts to think that two million could buy a warship.

Zhou Xizhi thought about it and agreed. He had heard that Gu Qing hadn't gained much from the battle at Cangshan, only the pleasure of revenge and fame.

"That one hundred and ninety?"

"Less."

"No, no, I'll lose money selling this treasure. It would break my heart."

Gu Qing: "..."

"How about this, give me the universal refining method for array artifacts? Especially the blueprints and secret manuals for the Twenty-Four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls."

"This is an ancient treasure... secret manuals can't just appear out of thin air."

"Hehe, I actually do have some."

Gu Qing: "..."

Zhou Xizhi rolled his eyes and said.

"I heard that Brother Gu is a sixth-grade weapon refiner. This array weapon is a product of combining weapon refining and array formation. You will learn it with twice the result with half the effort. How about I give you a set of learning books for another 50,000 spirit stones?"

"I guarantee that after you complete your studies, you will be able to forge array artifacts."

"Ten thousand."

"forty thousand!"

"Twenty thousand."

"Thirty thousand!"

"make a deal."

The price met my expectations, I saved a little money, and there was also a set of study books recommended by a disciple of the Fourteenth Patriarch, which seemed alright.

"Would it be alright to pay with the spiritual liquid?" "Of course."

The price of spirit liquid is slightly lower than that of spirit stones, since the latter can be regenerated, and even ethereal spirit stones have great value.

The elixir is gone once it's used up, but it has its own special features. It's very suitable for baptizing future generations, and it also has irreplaceable functions in other aspects. The price is only slightly lower.

One pound of spiritual liquid is equivalent to the price of one spirit stone.

After doing the math, Gu Qing felt dizzy. 970 tons! That's ridiculously expensive! He wanted to bang his head against the ground. Fortunately, besides being used for breakthroughs, the Twenty-Four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls could also be used for daily combat and battles.

It's not a disposable item, so I can barely accept it.

A 970 m volume of spiritual fluid is considered a massive hemorrhage.

With a heavy heart, Gu Qing put the precious item on her wrist, then took a stack of jade slips from Zhou Xizhi's hand and examined them closely.

"One Hundred Explanations of Array Weapons", "Applicable Weapon Types and Reasons for Array Weapons", "On Array Patterns", "Complete Guide to Array Formations", "Insights into Array Formation Training (by Zhou Xizhi)"

There is only one method that can be considered a true method.

【The Hundred Treasures Formation Refinement Method (Nine)】

The number nine actually indicates that this method can produce a maximum of nine array-forming artifacts. The so-called array refining method involves fixing the central palace during the refining process and refining the artifact using an array.

The type of array used is indicated by the imprint on the array artifact.

For a mage, this step is relatively simple; the real challenge lies in crafting the artifact to perfectly support the magic array.

For Gu Qing, the situation was exactly the opposite; he didn't know many formations.

One, Two Forms, Three Powers, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, Nine Palaces, Ten Directions.

These ten are the basic principles of array formations that array masters first learn, and then they continue to expand upon them and comprehend the principles of array formations.

Gu Qing is proficient in the five elements above the five elements, but not in the others. He needs to study them for a long time to achieve results.

However, he has a large quantity of Enlightenment Tea leaves that have been soaked in spiritual liquid until they are transparent, and their effects are outstanding, which can greatly help him shorten the time cost in this regard.

After saying goodbye to the ever-smiling Zhou Xizhi.

Gu Qing returned to the Huosang Mountain Taoist temple, but had no interest in cultivation. He sat cross-legged on the desk, preparing to make a plan.

Given the situation in the Yan Kingdom, it would take hundreds of years for a single sixth-rank cultivator to emerge, so he had to be prepared to stay away from home for an extended period.

Let's start with a century.

After writing down the words "West Sea," Gu Qing felt somewhat disappointed. He realized that buying the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl was indeed the right decision, as the environment there was not suitable for fire-path cultivators to display their full power.

Using magical artifacts to commit violence is quite fitting, befitting his identity as a weapon refiner.

"A hundred years is enough time for me to break through to the sixth rank."

"The first priority is the cultivation of the celestial energy. A spacious and high place is the most suitable, and the spiritual energy must also keep up. This is the top priority."

"Then I will practice the technique of creating an external avatar. The Heavenly Heart Elixir can help me with that."

"Comprehension of formations and crafting of formation artifacts are third; take your time."

I wrote a few simple notes, feeling that these things wouldn't take a hundred years, and then burned the blank paper.

After being busy for so long, Gu Qing suddenly had some free time and couldn't sit still; her whole body was itchy.

"The method of cultivating the spiritual body is no longer usable; I need to go to the Scripture Pavilion to find a new method..."

As I was walking, a sudden inspiration struck me.

"What am I doing? The person is about to leave, but I've left a lot of trouble behind. What kind of method am I looking for? I'm just causing trouble for them!"

Gu Qing suddenly realized what was going on and plunged into the weapon-refining hall.

The sound was deep and calm, and the echoes reverberated throughout the hall.

"Situ Feng, come out."

After all, I'm leaving soon, and it's annoying to keep all this nonsense around.

at the same time.

Inside the Refining Hall, a fierce competition for power was also taking place.

(End of this chapter)