Cultivation begins with harvest.

In the noodle market, Chen Guang actually found what he wanted.

At one stall, the vendor had a jumble of spiritual items, mostly magical artifacts, with some unusual ones mixed in.

One of the light blue beads caught Chen Guang's attention. Centered on this light blue bead, all the moisture was absorbed, and the air became drier and cooler.

"Is this a magical artifact?" Chen Guang approached the stall.

Even concealing the magical artifacts couldn't hide the stall owner's obese figure. The stall owner glanced at Chen Guang and said, "All magical artifacts are 1,500 sui yuan each. Buy one more and you'll get a discount of 100 sui yuan per item, with a minimum price of 1,000 sui yuan."

"I'm asking about this. Is this the only one?" Chen Guang pointed to the Blue Pearl artifact.

"Can't you tell for yourself whether it's there or not?" The stall owner's attitude was very rude.

Chen Guang ignored the stall owner and searched around. He found that there was only one Blue Pearl Spiritual Artifact, which could absorb damp and cold energy and could be used for planting illusory flowers and trees. However, one was not enough. When he handed the array stall owner the improvement, Chen Guang had reserved this part of the operation space in advance. He had originally planned to use other spiritual objects, but now he thought that spiritual artifacts seemed to be easier to manage and reuse.

However, if there is only one, then it's a different story. This kind of spiritual weapon is only slightly better than a standard spiritual weapon. Buying one separately for 1,500 yuan is not worth it at all.

"Perhaps we could go to the Flame Hall and see if anyone there can accept custom-made spirit artifacts?"

Chen Guang silently calculated that his investment in this virtual flower tree might be greater than the direct benefits, and he might not be able to break even within four or five years.

Thinking of this, he turned and left.

"Not buying? If you're not buying, why are you asking all these questions?" the stall owner complained loudly. Many cultivators turned their heads and glanced at the stall owner with dissatisfaction, but Chen Guang didn't even bother to look at him. Paying attention to him would only worsen his mood.

After browsing around, Chen Guang returned to the array stall. The stall owner's actions seemed unchanged. When Chen Guang mentioned that he had come to pick up an array, the stall owner asked two questions to confirm his identity before taking out a book and handing it to Chen Guang.

Before coming here, Chen Guang had already drunk a cup of Xi Feng Spirit Tea. He was able to deduce its true effects after only a cursory glance. Although he could also deduce it in a short time using Xi Feng Spirit Tea, it was not as good as the improved effect of the array stall owner's deduction in all aspects, and he would have used more than just this one cup of Xi Feng Spirit Tea.

Specialization is key; entrusting tasks to professionals yields immediate and effective results.

"Fellow Daoist, do you recall mentioning a second-level wood-attribute Yanhuang formation agreement?"

The stall owner then looked up at Chen Guang: "The agreement is valid, but things are still unclear. We won't have any definitive clues for another two months."

Upon hearing this, the money and goods were exchanged, and Chen Guang said he understood and did not linger any longer.

The next morning, I rushed to Yantang and found that they really did offer the service of customizing spiritual artifacts. However, ordinary fire craftsmen could not take on the job. Only a late-stage Qi Refining apprentice could handle such an order. As soon as they heard that it was a custom spiritual artifact, many apprentices came over. But when they heard that it was a custom spiritual artifact with water or wind attributes, most of them left.

Many weapon-refining apprentices cannot necessarily handle water-attribute spiritual artifacts. Being able to forge a water-attribute spiritual artifact in excellent condition means that their weapon-refining skills are only one step away from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, so that they can handle higher-level spiritual materials and learn more profound techniques.

Water and fire are incompatible; this is a real challenge.

After a final discussion, Chen Guang made his choice: a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes who still looked somewhat immature was selected by Chen Guang, and the other apprentices had no objections.

"It really is Junior Brother Sun."

"After suffering some losses last time, I knew he wouldn't let go of this money-making opportunity this time."

Everyone was laughing and chatting, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

Sun Zhongqing smiled shyly, then looked at Chen Guang and offered his opinion: "My plan is to create a magical artifact in the shape of a lamp, which combines the functions of [catching wind], [dyeing dust], [circulating]... [accessibility]. It will take six lamps to set up an acre of land. It can be activated once every ten hours, and each activation requires three pots of mana. If the mana is insufficient, it can be activated more frequently to ensure that the acre of land is dry, cool, and well-ventilated."

"I will make additional arrangements inside the lamp to allow the absorbed cold and humid air to condense into ice, making it easier to handle."

Sun Zhongqing became more and more confident as he spoke, recounting all the details.

Chen Guang nodded; this was exactly what he had expected.

The same applies to the improved formations. They can be activated once every few hours to ensure they can be used for a period of time. To activate them continuously, spirit stones are required.

"The materials required for this set of plans will cost around 1800 Sui Yuan. If you are not comfortable with that, I can give you a list and you can buy them. However, our Yantang has a rule that since it is a custom order, I will charge you 20% more for each set of materials. So the actual price of each set of materials is 2160 Sui Yuan, to allow for some margin of error. At the same time, I will also charge a forging fee of 400 Sui Yuan for each spirit weapon that is successfully forged."

"Don't rush. Once you've paid the deposit and signed the spirit contract, I'll have to give you these six Wind-Catching Lamps when the time comes. Even if I can't do it, Yantang will compensate you as agreed and provide a sufficient number of custom-made spirit artifacts. Of course, you'll have to pay for the spirit contract."

"That's really expensive."

Despite thinking this to himself, Chen Guang honestly gave a deposit of 4600 yuan.

That's how custom-made spirit artifacts are; since they're not based on a mature spirit artifact formula, the price is naturally much higher. Although others are also improving on existing refining formulas, their skill is genuine.

Having signed the spirit contract, Chen Guang didn't linger in the Flame Hall Pavilion. As he walked out along the street, a fat, burly man with a full beard approached him. Seeing Chen Guang looking at him, the man glared at him rudely and said, "What are you looking at?"

"Let's see." Chen Guang stopped in his tracks and glared back.

"Hahaha," the fat man didn't get angry, but chuckled twice, glanced at Chen Guang, and then walked along the street into the living area of ​​the Yantang disciples.

It was somewhat inexplicable, but Chen Guang felt a lot like the guy he had met at the noodle shop before—the same rough and rude attitude.

……

The accommodation area of ​​Yantang.

Sun Zhongqing was enthusiastically polishing various materials. In Yantang, the fire workers and medicine apprentices lived in the same courtyard, but after becoming an apprentice, each person could have an independent area equivalent to three courtyards. Sun Zhongqing was polishing some materials in front of his own house.

Although there are better facilities in his own yard, Sun Zhongqing misses the feeling of sitting at his own doorstep handling various materials. It feels like he has returned to the time when he was just a child and lived with that old man.

"Hey, junior brother, you're such a leisurely Void Array Refiner, have you made enough money?" A fat, bearded man appeared at Sun Zhongqing's door, a forced smile on his face. "Have you sold all those old flowerpots, or are you planning to invent some new ones?"

"Senior Brother Nandan, you are my senior, and I call you Senior Brother. But I would never do what you did, shoddyly making some spiritual artifacts and then parading them around. My failure is my problem, but I did not hinder or borrow anything from you, so it is not your place to criticize me." Sun Zhongqing lowered his head, stopped what he was doing like an angry dog, and stared at the fat senior brother.

"Domestic pigs can't eat fine bran, and those cultivators, as long as they have a spiritual artifact, they're fine with it. How can they distinguish between good and bad? Hahaha, are you angry? Well then, Junior Brother Flowerpot, I'll go back to rest first." The fat senior brother took out a thick stack of tael spirits from his storage spiritual artifact, deliberately fanned himself, and slowly entered the courtyard next to Sun Zhongqing.

Sun Zhongqing silently watched his senior brother leave, glanced at the pile of spiritual artifact flowerpots in a corner of his courtyard, then looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, and immediately focused and worked hard on processing the materials again.