Chapter five hundred and eighty first: the price of conscience
Mo Rong raised the gourd in front of him and said while looking at it: "This gourd is of the wind attribute. It has inherent advantages in refining wind attribute spiritual weapons. After this gourd is taken back, it should be refined properly, and then some light bodies can be carved inside.
By accelerating the formation and adding some spiritual control methods, the gourd itself will not be damaged, and there is no need to add too many auxiliary materials, so it is not difficult to refine it."
After Mo Rong finished speaking, Qingyang said: "Senior Brother Mo Rong, please help estimate how much it will cost to refine this gourd into a high-grade spiritual weapon?"
Maybe Mo Rong had his eye on this gourd, or maybe it was really easy to refine. Mo Rong pondered for a moment and said, "I like this gourd of yours very much. It doesn't take much trouble to make it, even with work and materials."
I will only charge you a thousand spiritual stones. What I just said will count. If the final refined spiritual weapon is lower than the top grade, I will not take any money from you."
The price of a high-grade spiritual weapon is about four to five thousand spirit stones. Qingyang only provided the main material, and the other items were all the responsibility of the weapon refiner. The price quoted for the forged iron spirit before was 40%. Normally, you would have to pay about one thousand sixty to six thousand.
For the custom-made fee of two thousand spiritual stones, Mo Rong only charged him one thousand spiritual stones, which was indeed a conscientious price. As for the price that was lower than the top grade, he did not charge a penny, which was even more admirable.
Qingyang nodded and said: "Then please take care of Senior Brother Mo."
After some discussion, the custom-made fee was settled based on one thousand spirit stones. Qingyang handed the gourd to Mo Rong, and the store issued a certificate to Qingyang as the middleman. With the gourd as pledge, the custom-made fee did not need to be paid in advance, etc.
After three months, the spiritual weapon can be refined and then traded.
Qingyang paid Tie Forging Ling six hundred and twenty spiritual stones, received the two spiritual swords he had chosen before, and left the shop with the respectful gifts of Tie Forging Ling and Mo Rong.
After going out, Qingyang did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked around the market. In order to improve his alchemy skills, he bought materials to refine the foundation-building elixir. Qingyang's spiritual stones were almost consumed. If it hadn't been some time ago,
I killed the one-eyed dragon Leng Yu at Yehoupo and got some supplements from him. I almost couldn't get the 620 spiritual stones just now.
Qingyang got rid of some uncommon sundries on his body at a cheap price, and even sold some unused low-level elixirs and spiritual herbs. He even sold the five high-level magic weapons.
In addition to the thousand spiritual stones that will be paid in three months, I also bought a set of protective formations.
This formation was made by an outer court disciple who was good at refining weapons. It consisted of several high-grade magic weapon-level formation flags and formation disks. Since it was a temporary stall, the price was not very high, only a few dozen spirit stones in total.
This formation can also protect against the prying eyes and intrusions of monks below the late stage of Qi refining, but Qingyang doesn't care. Inside the Qingfeng Palace, no one should break into other people's caves without permission, and Qingyang has brought all his important things with him.
You are not afraid of others stealing it when you wear it.
After buying the things, Qingyang returned to his new cave all the way. The entire Qingfeng Palace was still very large, and ordinary disciples were not allowed to fly with swords within the sect. It took a lot of time to travel. By the time he returned to the cave, he had already
It's the next day.
From a distance, Qingyang saw a figure looking around by the lake. Qingyang rushed over, only to find that it was Senior Brother Cai whom he had not seen for a long time. Qingyang and Senior Brother Cai had worked together in the Farming and Planting Institute for many years, and later competed in the inner courtyard.
When we were young, we had a competition with Senior Brother Cai. After getting the Foundation Establishment Pill, Senior Brother Cai quit his job at the Farming Institute and started to retreat, and the two of them haven't seen each other since.
Qingyang greeted him and said, "Senior Brother Cai, I haven't seen you for a long time. What do you want from me?"
Seeing Qingyang, Senior Brother Cai was also stunned and said: "Why is it Junior Brother Qingyang? You have also broken through the foundation building stage? Is this your new cave?"
Qingyang said: "Yes, I made a lucky breakthrough half a month ago, and recently entered the Zhenzhuan Academy. I chose the cave here. I just went to the market to buy protective formations."
Senior Brother Cai smiled and said: "I didn't expect it to be you. I broke through the foundation building period a year ago. After entering the Zhenzhuan Academy, I have been in retreat to consolidate my cultivation for the past year. My cave is on the mountain next to me. The retreat ends today.
, I was passing by and found that this abandoned cave had been cleaned up, so I came over to recognize the neighbor, but I didn’t expect it to be you."
The mountain peak next to what Senior Brother Cai mentioned is only seven or eight miles away from here. It is almost the closest monk cave to Qingyang. Seven or eight miles away is very close to the foundation-building monks. If
Yu Jian flies at extremely high speed, which means it only takes dozens of breaths. He is almost like a neighbor across the wall in the world. It will be convenient to meet him in the future.
Qingyang and Senior Brother Cai can be regarded as old friends. Although they are not as close as Lu Dingshan and Chen Biwang, their twenty-year friendship is much closer than other classmates. It is not bad for acquaintances to be neighbors.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a few words, and Qingyang asked: "Senior Brother Cai, hasn't he been to the Farming Yard recently?"
Senior Brother Cai said: "I have resigned from the affairs of the Farming Institute. After breaking through the foundation building, it has become more and more difficult to improve the cultivation level. However, the affairs of the Farming Institute are relatively trivial and waste too much time. My age itself does not have an advantage. I will have to do it in the future.
I put all my energy into cultivation."
After finishing speaking, Brother Cai looked at Qingyang with emotion in his heart. He was more than 20 years older than Qingyang. When he first met Qingyang, he was just a disciple of the Pulse Opening Realm, and his own cultivation level
They were already at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the two of them were worlds apart. As a result, twenty years later, the two of them broke through the foundation building stage at about the same time. Now he is over sixty years old. If he doesn't seize the time, he will probably be in trouble for the rest of his life.
I can't even touch the edges in the later stages of foundation building.
"If you don't complete the task, what will happen to the resources needed for cultivation?" Qingyang asked.
Senior Brother Cai said: "You don't have to worry about this. The treatment of Zhenzhuan Academy is much higher than before, and although the foundation disciples are relatively free in other aspects, they have stricter requirements on tasks. The superiors will assign them every once in a while.
Some tasks that are not too time-consuming have relatively generous rewards, which should be able to support your cultivation."
This point was also introduced by Qingping Sanren before. After breaking through the foundation building, the Xianmen disciples suddenly had a sense of urgency and were unwilling to waste time for trivial tasks. For monks, cultivation is everything.
, spend a lot of time on tasks, no matter how many spiritual stones you earn, what's the use?
Of course, there are exceptions. Some monks are older and feel that there is no hope of breakthrough in this life, or they have a huge family and a large number of relatives and descendants to support, so they must choose between improving their cultivation and earning spiritual stones. Of course, there are also people who are willing to spend
They spend a lot of time earning spiritual stones, such as Uncle Du in the inner courtyard and Qingping Sanren in the Chuan Gong Academy, but such people are in the minority after all.