Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 117 Real Weapon
Su You sat in the private room, quietly waiting for the auction of the Tianbao Token.

Occasionally, he would also make a purchase and bid on some rare medicinal herb seeds.

After all, with the talent of sweet rain, even the rarest and most peculiar spiritual herbs are very easy to grow.

Although it hasn't been growing for very long, its rarity still makes it very valuable.

Moreover, there are many methods for cultivating spiritual herbs. In addition to some formations, there are also spiritual plant masters, and even special talents such as the herb spirit body, all of which are helpful for cultivating spiritual herbs.

"As expected of a top-ranking immortal city in Molten Fire State, even the auction items from the previous days were of a higher quality than those from Void Heaven Immortal City," Su You couldn't help but think to himself.

Possessing such power is truly a way to make a fortune every day.

Su You could only look on with envy. Luoxia Island was already quite valuable, and he estimated that he could stop investing after another tens of millions of spirit stones, and then he could just sit back and collect rent.

Although the results are slower, it is a long-term business.

Moreover, Su You's current power is relatively weak. He cannot yet achieve the same dominant position in business as other immortal city powers in Luoxia Immortal City because he has too few talented people under his command. He even has to recruit talent from independent cultivators.

This shows that he is indeed in a bit of a predicament right now.

Even if we have the ability to build an even larger immortal city, it would be better to slow down a bit if we were to take the majority of the profits.

However, the Mingkong Islands are indeed a place of great fortune.

There are quite a few independent cultivators here, but that's only because of the restrictions imposed by the major families. If they were allowed to operate more freely, the number of independent cultivators would probably be even greater.

After all, the Mingkong Islands are mainly dominated by the power of cultivation families, so many mortal islands rarely seek out children with spiritual roots to cultivate.

This is precisely where his opportunity lies.

Once the Book of Souls is successfully crafted, he can send people to various islands to find children with spiritual roots for him to nurture.

It would take about 30 to 50 years to cultivate a group of basic cultivators.

Of course, these cultivators serve two purposes: firstly, they can select disciples with low potential and incorporate them into the bloodline cultivation system; secondly, they can cultivate talents in various cultivation arts.

In areas like alchemy, the inheritance he possesses is top-notch even in the cultivation world. If he were to gain control of the Qionghua Cauldron, the inheritance he holds would become even more powerful.

This auction will last for a month, and Su You is waiting very patiently.

Although most of the items auctioned in the previous few dozen days were low-priced treasures that were of little use to him, it was still good to broaden his horizons here.

Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of basic knowledge, especially within the weapon alliance of Molten Continent.

Although it can't significantly improve their status, the Alliance is still very generous in offering exchanges for basic knowledge.

It can be said that the amount of knowledge he exchanged within the Artifact Alliance has already surpassed all the knowledge he collected in Qingzhou.

Although both are located in the same state, Qingzhou and Ronghuozhou are indeed incomparable.

Qingzhou doesn't even have a single Nascent Soul cultivator, while in Ronghuozhou, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators is unknown.

On the surface, the sixteen Supreme Elders within the Artifact Alliance are all Nascent Soul Venerables.

It's hard to say whether there are any hidden Nascent Soul cultivators among the various families, since some families have such profound foundations, with a history of hundreds of thousands of years.

Just like the Zhao family that controls Yun'an Immortal City, their ancestor is a Venerable in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and there is also a Venerable in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. As for whether they have any hidden strength, it is hard to say.

……

Over the course of more than ten days of auctions, people came and went in the venue, changing countless times, and the Nascent Soul experts also entered the private rooms one after another.

The real highlight is the auction that follows.

The auction for Nascent Soul level started with a Nascent Soul Transformation Pill; that's quite a generous offer.

These three treasures, if placed within the Void Heaven Immortal City, could even be considered the grand finale.

The Nascent Soul Pill is something that is extremely scarce in any power.

Even in a sect like the Void Heaven Sect, which already has dozens of Nascent Soul experts, there are still quite a few elders lingering at the peak of the Golden Core stage, all waiting for the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill.

Therefore, only during major auctions, which last for a century, will a single piece be released to the outside world, which also serves to enhance the reputation of the auction.

However, the situation is different in Molten Fire Continent. While Nascent Soul Ancestors are not ubiquitous here, their numbers are not small. Therefore, although Nascent Soul Pills are equally precious, they are not as rare as they are in Qing Continent.

The moment the Nascent Soul Pill was released, the atmosphere became incredibly heated. Starting from a base price of two million, the price steadily climbed, breaking through five million and reaching a sky-high price of six million two hundred thousand before no one dared to compete anymore.

For those powerful forces, the price of the Nascent Soul Pill is roughly five million, and at most it will not exceed five and a half million, otherwise it would be too expensive. They have plenty of channels to purchase it, so there is no need to compete for it at the auction.

The high prices were only achieved by the bidding wars among mid-level forces and even some independent cultivators.

After the Nascent Soul Pill was used, four pieces of material were brought to the auction stage one by one, each of them being quite valuable.

Fortunately, Su You advanced to the Golden Core stage and then obtained the status of a true disciple, which allowed him to acquire more advanced knowledge. In addition, he also had a lot of relevant knowledge in the Weapon Alliance, but unlike before, he could not recognize many of the items.

"They're really rolling in money!" Su You couldn't help but sigh as he watched the auction unfold.

The auctions for these fourth-tier materials often cost millions, or even tens of millions of dollars, and only experts at the Nascent Soul stage can afford to pay such prices.

Even ordinary Nascent Soul experts might not be able to afford the bid.

Moreover, even if you could afford it, you couldn't buy many things.

After waiting all day, it was finally his turn to buy the Heavenly Treasure Token.

"The Heavenly Treasure Token is the key to the Land of Inheritance. Entering it gives you the chance to obtain high-level weapon-refining inheritance, top-tier magic treasures, or even true artifacts. Fellow Daoists, don't miss this opportunity! Starting bid: three million." The Nascent Soul elder on the stage kept hyping up the atmosphere, trying to raise the price.

After all, Yunbaoge also takes a cut of the auctioned items, so the higher the price of the auctioned items, the better.

four million!
five million!
Five million five hundred thousand!
……

Prices have gone up a little bit.

There weren't as many bidders as Su You had imagined; after all, only powerful entities with considerable resources would buy such items.

Someone with that kind of power would have obtained the Heavenly Treasure Token long ago.

Furthermore, the vast majority of the inheritances in the Land of Inheritance have been taken by the Artifact Alliance, with only a few insurmountable illusions remaining. These trials have been in place for over 30,000 years without anyone being able to break through them.

Otherwise, if there were various weapon-refining traditions left inside, not only the forces of Molten Fire State, but also forces from other states would probably flock in, just like the Pill Spirit Secret Realm, which would not be controlled by a single force.

Unfortunately, after it appeared in the Land of Inheritance, the Weapon Alliance took all the inheritance within a short period of time.

It is because of the inheritance within that the Weapon Alliance has been able to grow strong and even become one of the top forces on the entire continent.

Now, those who enter the Land of Inheritance, except for a very few who will try it out, will all immediately go to other levels to obtain the magical treasures inside.

Besides being of excellent quality, the magical treasures inside have another very important function: they can be directly refined into one's own natal magical treasure.

Even if you cultivate different techniques, as long as you choose the right magic weapon with the appropriate attributes, you can easily refine it into your natal magic weapon.

Compared to searching for materials to forge one's own natal magic weapon, the natal magic weapons inside are more powerful and also have the potential to be upgraded.

This is what makes the magical artifacts inside so special; otherwise, these powerful forces wouldn't have spent so many spirit stones just for a elusive and ethereal artifact.

These magical treasures can be used to cultivate disciples with great potential, even if it costs some spirit stones.

Seeing the price slowly rising, Su You snapped out of his thoughts and made a direct offer.

Eight million!
The price was raised directly from the original six million to eight million.

As soon as this price was announced, everyone who was bidding stopped.

The price of eight million was indeed beyond their limit.

Although they wanted to get an extra token so they could compete for another magical artifact later.

However, once inside the Land of Inheritance, both strength and luck are equally important. If there is no gain, it would be a huge loss, so in the end, the bidding was stopped.

Seeing that he had the Heavenly Treasure Token in his possession, Su You slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

With this token, he could simply wait for the Land of Inheritance to open a few years later.

Once the blood oath is completed, the Heavenly Treasure Token will automatically teleport the owner to the Land of Inheritance after it is activated.

After handing over the spirit stones, Su You immediately performed a blood oath ceremony and then stored them in his storage ring.

Instead of leaving immediately, he waited for the next auction to see if any treasures that interested him would appear.

He was particularly curious about the object of suppression this time.

As each treasure was sold, the auction gradually came to an end.

Although many treasures that interested Su You appeared during this period were not things he absolutely needed to obtain, so he didn't have any regrets.

After all, he currently has very few spirit stones, so even if a treasure appears, he can't afford it.

When the maid below the stage took out the final item, Su You's face showed a slight surprise.

The grand finale item turned out to be a genuine artifact, and according to the auctioneer, it was crafted by a fifth-tier master craftsman.

Such treasures are indeed rare. Perhaps only in a sacred place for weapon forging like the Molten Fire Continent would treasures of this caliber appear at auctions.

The competition for this genuine artifact was fierce. Although it was only a low-grade genuine artifact, the final transaction price still reached more than 50 million.

This is equivalent to the income of a large organization over decades, or even hundreds of years.

"I never imagined that high-level weapon refiners could earn so much money," Su You thought with a touch of emotion.

However, a fifth-tier Grandmaster of weapon crafting is already considered to be at the pinnacle of the human realm, so such a price is still normal.

Moreover, refining this level of magic weapon is definitely not something that can be done with ordinary materials, so the profit is definitely not as high as you might imagine, but you can still earn tens of millions.

If weapon refiners earn so much, alchemists won't be too bad off either. If Su You goes all out and has enough alchemy materials, earning over a million spirit stones a year shouldn't be a problem.

Of course, such a thing is basically impossible, since spiritual herbs of the third rank or above are extremely rare, and only those major powers have large reserves of them.

If Su You were to take on alchemy tasks within the sect, he definitely wouldn't earn this much; he'd probably only make around a few hundred thousand.

Even so, it's clear that the alchemist is very wealthy; otherwise, how could his master have so much money to use so many Nascent Soul Pills in succession?

The sect wouldn't lend it to him temporarily, since his lifespan was almost at its limit. If he failed and didn't break through, it would be a huge loss. At most, they would sell the materials at cost and let him refine them himself.

After the auction ended, Su You did not linger and returned to Qinggang City directly through the teleportation array.

For the next few years, he did not plan to go out. Although he trusted Yunbaoge's reputation, he still needed to be cautious.

If the Heavenly Treasure Token weren't only effective in Molten Fire State, he would have definitely teleported directly back to Qing State and returned to his own base camp for the safest option.

In the time that followed, Su You devoted himself to refining weapons.

Anyway, I have plenty of merit points to spend, especially second-tier materials, which can be exchanged almost without any restrictions.

With ample materials to experiment with, his weapon-forging skills improved quite quickly.

However, once your weapon crafting skill reaches the third tier, you probably won't be able to do that anymore.

Third-tier refining materials are just as precious as third-tier spiritual herbs, or even more valuable.

After all, spiritual herbs can be cultivated slowly. Some powerful forces have been passed down for tens or hundreds of thousands of years, so they have no shortage of high-quality spiritual herbs.

However, various spirit ores are different. These things are produced very slowly by nature and cannot be artificially cultivated like spirit herbs.

Once a magic weapon reaches the third tier, its price increases exponentially, while the prices of first-tier magic weapons and second-tier spiritual weapons are not very high.

After all, they are just ordinary refining materials, so even if a large quantity is consumed, the production rate is naturally not slow.

However, the materials for the third tier are different; they require a very long time to be regenerated, so the price of magic items changes drastically once they reach the third tier.

This is why many people focus on cultivating their own natal magic weapon; the price of a normal magic weapon is simply too high.

Even if some poorer Golden Core cultivators cannot refine a third-tier quality natal magic weapon, they can slowly nurture it using their own internal energy. After several hundred years of cultivation, its power will not be too low.

(End of this chapter)