Evil Immortal!

However, in this world, there are gains and losses. Qianjizi's excessive obsession with weapon crafting caused his cultivation to progress slowly. Even after his three hundred years of lifespan were exhausted, he still failed to form a core and stopped before reaching the Golden Core stage.

In the message, Qianjizi was filled with regret, every word and sentence conveying a deep sense of remorse!

"Qianjizi's Miscellaneous Talks on Weapon Refining" is a set of weapon refining techniques he specially compiled by combining his family's traditions and his own fortuitous encounters, hoping that future generations could inherit it and carry it forward.

As for the Purple Cloud Sword Pill, it was Qianjizi's masterpiece.

Unfortunately, his lifespan was nearing its end, and he was no longer able to complete the refinement. He could only leave it to his successor to continue refining it until it became a magical artifact!

[System Notification: You have learned "Qianjizi's Miscellaneous Talks on Weapon Forging"!]

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[Qianjizi's Miscellaneous Notes on Weapon Forging, Level 1 (0/1000)]

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"Qianjizi's Miscellaneous Talks on Weapon Refining" has nine levels, and the first level requires 1000 experience points. Given the nature of weapon refiners as a secondary profession, the experience required for each subsequent level will increase by at least two or three times!

However, Meng Yuan was already mentally prepared for this.

[Would you like to spend 1000 experience points to become a secondary profession, Weapon Refiner?]

"yes!"

Just as Meng Yuan agreed, a familiar yet strange feeling arose, and his vision blurred.

In a daze, he memorized the characteristics of many kinds of spiritual materials and rare metals, and also learned to distinguish the properties of various refining materials, firmly memorizing many basic knowledge of refining.

I have gained some understanding of the characteristics and refining techniques of various magical artifacts and weapons, but I still lack experience in refining them.

Simply put, they've learned a lot of theoretical knowledge, but haven't actually practiced refining magical artifacts and lack hands-on experience.

Ding!

You have successfully become a weapon-refining apprentice!

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[Meng Yuan]: Grayish-white - Ordinary (NPC)

[Race]: Human

[Level]: Second Tier (Minor Completion of Innate Martial Master)

【Occupation】: Main occupation (none), secondary occupation (Weapon Refining Apprentice).

【HP】: 550/550

[Status]: Normal (contaminated by demonic energy).

[Techniques]: Black Pig Gluttony Technique (Perfect), Yin Wind Ghost-Slaying Blade (Perfect) (0/10000), Thousand Machines' Miscellaneous Notes on Weapon Forging, Second Level (0/2800), Black Tiger Fist... Serpent Breath Technique... Willow Catkin Sword Technique...

[Equipment]: Azure Dragon Blade (Medium-grade weapon), Purple Cloud Sword Pellet (Superior-grade magic weapon, not equipped)

[Experience]: 68

[Public Beta Countdown]: 154 days

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Having acquired "Qianjizi's Miscellaneous Talks on Weapon Forging," I became a secondary profession weapon refiner, and also unexpectedly obtained the Purple Cloud Sword Pill.

Meng Yuan's trip was quite fruitful.

Now that he had achieved his goal, he was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he began hunting down various demons and evil spirits on the outskirts of the Red Mud Swamp.

With the ghost skin of the Painted Skin Demon in hand, he can disguise himself as an evil spirit and be invincible, helping him avoid more than 90% of troubles.

He stayed there for about three days, accumulating some experience, before returning to Black Sand City.

However, Meng Yuan did not stay in Black Sand City for long.

Because he had something more important to do—to go to Linjiang City and join the Demon Suppression Division!

Meng Yuan was quite mysterious about his younger sister, Meng Yu, and he also had doubts, suspecting that his sister might have awakened some special ability or obtained some kind of opportunity.

After all, the world of the Evil Immortals is vast and boundless, full of wonders, and teeming with extraordinary powers. From ancient times to the present, it has buried far too many secrets.

Meng Yu's various abnormalities, though somewhat strange, were nothing to brag about.

Leaving aside the distant past, let's just talk about the arrival of the Fourth Calamity not long after. Each of them has the ability to resurrect after death and can travel between the two worlds at any time. Each of them is also equipped with a game panel. These three abilities alone are exceptionally exaggerated and heaven-defying!

In comparison, the younger sister's ability to control evil spirits is obviously nothing special.

In any case, Meng Yu's ability to control evil spirits means that she can protect herself even if she encounters any danger, which puts Meng Yuan at ease.

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Linjiang City, one of the seven prefectures of Yunzhou, is located in a somewhat remote area and is not a particularly prosperous or bustling place.

However, Linjiang City happens to be the capital of the entire Yunzhou. The reason is simple: Linjiang City has a special location, situated at the confluence of the Longyuan River and the Heishui River. It has well-developed water transportation, and with Linjiang City as the center, it is very convenient to travel to the other six prefectures by water and land.

Moreover, the claim of being less prosperous is only relative to other states in the Central Plains. In reality, for the vast majority of ordinary people in Yunzhou, Linjiang City remains a wealthy and thriving metropolis!

Black Sand City is a thousand miles away from Linjiang City.

This distance is nothing to cultivators with advanced cultivation; they can reach it in just one or two hours by riding flying swords or magical artifacts.

If it were a Golden Core cultivator, they could arrive in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea or even less.

However, for ordinary people, not to mention the hardships and dangers along the way, just getting there is a big problem!

Unlike Meng Yuan's previous life, where he could use his phone for navigation and the roads were convenient with various road signs, the world of "Evil Immortal" is set in a feudal dynasty. Transportation is inconvenient, consisting mainly of dirt roads and mountain paths. People can only walk on their own two legs, and there are no road signs, making it easy to get lost.

When ordinary people travel far away, even if they don't consider encountering bandits who rob and kill them, or wandering evil spirits, they still have to consider the issue of food and drink along the way.

Fortunately, Meng Yuan didn't need to think about so many things.

In order to reach Linjiang City as soon as possible, he decisively chose the waterway.

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The Longyuan River, located in the northwest of Central China, is a huge river that runs across six northwestern states. It is hundreds of thousands of miles long and flows through the Yunmeng Mountains, Tianmu Mountains, and Heishui Mountains.

Countless tributaries have nourished and nurtured countless creatures on both banks.

Yinliu River is a tributary of Longyuan River.

Strictly speaking, the Yinliu River is just a tributary of the Longyuan River, and is negligible compared to the entire Longyuan River!

At this time, Meng Yuan was traveling on a long, narrow, covered boat.

He stood at the bow of the boat, a cool river breeze carrying water vapor rushed towards him, causing his clothes to flutter and his hair to fly.

At the stern behind, a boatman wearing a straw hat rowed to control the direction, and with the help of the river's current, the boat moved very fast.

The wide river stretches as far as the eye can see, its waves rippling gently.

The boat cut through the river and moved forward with the current, while the grass, trees, fields, and houses on both banks quickly receded behind.

The distant mountains stretch endlessly, their shadows looming, covered in layers of lush green vegetation. The surroundings are quite quiet, save for the sounds of flowing water and the occasional calls of unknown birds and animals, which only accentuate the serene tranquility of the place.

Gazing at the wide river and the setting sun on the distant horizon, Meng Yuan felt quite relaxed. In an instant, all the distracting thoughts and trivial matters weighing on his mind were cast aside, and he emptied his mind to wholeheartedly appreciate the natural scenery before him.

At the bow of the ship beneath his feet hung a palm-sized scale, bluish-black in color, with a slightly metallic, cold texture, emanating a faint aura that permeated the surroundings.

Meng Yuan knew that these were the scales of a large fish, or perhaps the scales of some kind of python or dragon. He didn't know where the boatman had found them and hung them on the bow of the boat. They were believed to scare away fish monsters and evil spirits in the water and have the effect of warding off evil and ensuring safety.

This is an old tradition among boatmen on the Longyuan River.

As for the exact effect of this scale, only the boatman himself knows.