Longzang

Chapter 886 Big Plan

Hunter Sanyi and True Steel were constantly striving to improve their forging skills, and the two rough blanks they produced were already quite outstanding in appearance, wild and unrestrained, saving Wei Yuan a lot of effort.

Wei Yuan first spent five thousand strands of azure energy to upgrade the quality to rough steel, then spent another two thousand strands to further improve the quality at the rough steel stage. Finally, he cast in the luck of Hunter Nine and Hunter Three Five, and with one hammer blow, celestial music lingered.

The market owner, who was waiting in the outer courtyard, froze on his face with a smile. He subconsciously stood up and listened intently to the lingering celestial music. Just as he was lost in thought, the door to the main hall opened, and Wei Yuan came out carrying a tray, saying, "See if it meets your requirements."

The market vendor looked at the tray, his hands trembling, and he could no longer maintain his composure.

The arrow points to a spirit fish, which swims continuously, leaving sparks in its tail.

The dagger's blade is divided into three sections, resembling giant saw teeth, with a particularly ferocious shape. Inside, there is a web-weaving spider, peacefully residing within its web.

The market owner's gaze fell on the trail of the spirit fish and he couldn't look away. He said, "How can there be a fish here?"

“May you have abundance every year…” Wei Yuan said half of the sentence subconsciously, then stopped and changed his words to: “There are all living beings in the world with spirits. As long as I have seen them, they may appear under the hammer. Of course, this is inseparable from the power of sacrifice.”

"Fish, fish..." the market owner muttered repeatedly before finally coming to his senses. He immediately said, "This fish is worth two thousand catties! Although insect spirits are common among daggers, spiders are considered top-grade insect spirits. This dagger can be valued at five thousand catties, totaling seven thousand catties of Nether Iron. What do you think?"

“Sure.” Wei Yuan didn’t actually incur any costs; the luck all came from the witch, so there was no reason for him to refuse.

"Send it over right away!"

In just a short while, several powerful shamans carried over several boxes of rough iron. The seven thousand catties of rough iron actually amounted to only three or four small boxes.

But the porters continued to arrive one after another. The market owner said, "I took the liberty of gifting the master a complete set of tools for enhancing the power of the ritual, a total of ninety-nine pieces."

The market owner's eyes held a hint of ambiguity, as if everyone understood.

But Wei Yuan didn't actually understand; he could only pretend to, and he and the market owner exchanged knowing laughs.

The market owner carefully put away the two pieces of equipment and then hurriedly left.

The installation and testing of the new tool took several hours of noisy work to complete. The entire right courtyard had been transformed into a place for enhancing sacrificial power, and a small altar had been built in the center for offering sacrifices to obtain sacrificial power.

After the external witches were gone, Wei Yuan called over Lie Sanyi and Zhen Gang and asked, "Tell me, what are your thoughts?"

These two guys genuinely didn't understand what Wei Yuan was asking. What were they thinking? The two witches' minds were completely blank; what thoughts could they possibly have?
These two guys have very simple and realistic ideas: now that they've finally managed to latch onto a powerful ally, they don't need to have their own ideas, and it's best if they don't.

Wei Yuan was truly disappointed in Zhen Gang, so he patiently and gently guided him several times before Zhen Gang finally said, "I never expected that you were a priestess!"

Wei Yuan remained calm and asked, "What's wrong with being a priestess? I didn't reveal any skills, so how can you be sure I'm a priestess?"

"Among us shamans, there are very few who can wield the power of sacrifice. That scoundrel in the shop is lazy and cunning, and has a terrible temper, yet he's still been doing this for decades. Although he's the worst of the shamans, he's still a shaman, and we haven't found a second one in all these years. A real shaman wouldn't want to come here."

Wei Yuan asked further questions and, drawing on his past experience, finally understood what had happened.

The priests are a clan of sorcerers who specialize in handling sacrificial power; the higher-ranking priests can preside over the rituals. Casting powerful spells with sacrificial power is easy; any dharma form will suffice. However, worshipping heaven and earth and obtaining sacrificial power is extremely difficult and must be presided over by a priest. Otherwise, not only will the sacrificial power not be obtained, but there is also the possibility of incurring heavenly calamity.

The number of priestly shamans varies among the different tribes of the Wu tribe. Among the Daoist shamans, almost anyone with a little talent can become a priestly shaman. There are also some among the Netherworld shamans and Spirit shamans, but priestly shamans are extremely rare among the Wilderness shamans.

Seeing how skillfully Wei Yuan handled the sacrificial power, the market owner assumed that Wei Yuan was a shaman who had hidden his identity and wandered here, which is why he gave that knowing look.

Having understood the situation, Wei Yuan stopped delaying and continued his research on the power of sacrifice to avoid being exposed.

Now that there are four sets of sacrificial power for comparison, the research process has accelerated significantly. The market owner also brought a complete set of tools, and studying these tools will also provide insights into the sacrificial power.

More than a hundred more Wei Yuans appeared in Wei Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness, conducting a comprehensive study of these tools. From then on, the research on sacrificial power progressed rapidly, and initial breakthroughs were soon achieved.

The power of sacrifice is a mixture of fortune, resentment, karma, and the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Compared to the four portions of pure sacrificial power, the portion that Lie Jiu offered contained a significant amount of resentment and karma, accounting for half. The power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth comprised only 20%, with the remainder being fortune.

The power of pure sacrifice contains very little resentment and hatred, only 10% of karma, 50% of the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and the remaining 40% is fortune.

With this conclusion, the source of the sacrificial power in Lie Jiu's possession becomes immediately clear. It must have been obtained through a private ritual performed by a shaman. As for the offering, it was likely forced upon him, hence the heavy resentment and karma associated with it.

Having determined the composition of the sacrificial power, Wei Yuan could use it to replace destiny in the forging process. Therefore, Wei Yuan selected four high-quality arrowheads and expended a full ten thousand units of azure energy to improve the quality of the raw steel. Only when it could be improved no further did he finally bring it down with his hammer!

The music was melodious and enchanting, and one of the pieces was divided into two parts.

At this moment, among the four arrows were a spirit rabbit, a cricket, a green spirit bird, and a desert scorpion with a fiery tail hook. The four pieces of divine iron were all different, and the desert scorpion was an advanced spiritual being, only slightly inferior to the lizard whose entire body was engulfed in flames.

This scorpion arrowhead is worth at least three thousand catties of raw iron, while the other three arrows are standard goods made of one thousand catties of raw iron each.

Wei Yuan stared at the four arrows, deep in thought, as his idea gradually came together. He then summoned Lie Sanyi and Zhen Gang and instructed them to forge standard iron boxes, each one foot square, with identical exteriors. He then sprayed the arrows with a wild howl that could seal spiritual energy, placed them in the iron boxes, and sealed and welded them shut.

The next morning, the market bell rang, marking the start of a new day for the shamans. Even before the bell rang, many shamans were already waiting at the gate of Wei Yuan's courtyard, hoping it would open.

To the surprise of the shamans, this time when the door opened, there was only one shelf in the courtyard, with four identical iron boxes on it. Wei Yuan then appeared and said, "Each of these four boxes contains an arrowhead made of Great Wilderness Divine Iron, but each one is different. I don't know which one is inside. Now, each box contains 1,500 pieces of Great Wilderness Iron. Choose for yourselves and leave the rest to fate!"

The shamans exchanged bewildered glances. 1,500 pieces of wild iron was indeed expensive, but equipment made of Great Wilderness Divine Iron was rare and hard to come by. Immediately, a desperate war shaman, like Lie Jiu, rushed forward, put down a bag of wild iron, and took an iron box.

The shaman was impatient. After receiving the goods, he immediately opened the package and took out an arrow containing a spirit rabbit. The shaman hesitated for a moment and said, "It suits me quite well, so it's not a loss."

Seeing that they had indeed taken out equipment made of Great Wilderness Divine Iron, the remaining shamans immediately became eager to act. One extremely strong shaman took the lead, throwing over a box and then taking all three remaining iron boxes.

Without saying much, he activated all the spells in front of the shamans, each taking out an arrow.

The moment the shaman saw the fiery sand scorpion, he froze, then burst into wild laughter: "Hahaha! It's actually the Great Wilderness Flame Divine Iron! With my luck, I'm sure I'll be able to slaughter everyone in the world!"

(End of this chapter)