Chapter 416: Level 9 Soldiers, Passing the Mysterious World
Chapter 416: Ninth Level Soldiers, Passing the Mysterious World
In the past two years, the Weapon Forging Shop has established a firm foothold in Daocheng. After several expansions, it now has more than 230 blacksmiths and 1,500 apprentices.
It’s certainly not as good as the old brands in the city, but the business is still better.
When Li Yuan arrived, there were quite a few customers buying weapons. Seeing him coming, Liu Zheng whispered something to those customers and quickly walked over to greet him.
"Business is good?"
Li Yuan took a quick glance and found that most of the items in the shop were sharp weapons. The only two famous weapons were the ones he left behind to maintain the shop. Compared with those shops in the city, the items in the shop were much less valuable.
"More than good?"
Taking out a booklet from his arms, Liu Zheng smiled bitterly: "I can't eat it, I really can't eat it."
Li Yuan flipped through it and found that the booklet contained at least a list of top-grade sharp blades, with at least two or three and at most six or seven, and even quite a few famous weapons.
"Big families in the city, such as the Liu family, the Yu family, and the Wang family, have also placed many orders."
Liu Zheng explained.
"If it's a normal order, just take it. Don't bother with anything else."
Li Yuan naturally understood what these families were thinking. Ever since he joined the sect, countless families and small sects in and outside the city had found various ways to invite him to banquets.
When he was in Zhelong Prefecture or Dechang Prefecture, he would naturally welcome everyone who came to him, make friends with each family, earn money, and expand his property.
But now it doesn’t work anymore.
As a quasi-true disciple of the Longhu Temple and a quasi-daist of the Dalongmen, he is now qualified to be a backer. And precisely because of this, he has to be careful about being used as an excuse to do evil.
"I see."
Liu Zheng nodded. He didn't have much talent in martial arts, but his business skills had improved greatly over the years.
The two of them talked and went to the backyard. After chatting for a while, Li Yuan put down the account book and went into the warehouse alone.
"Five thousand catties of gold, three thousand ounces of pure gold."
In the past, before the promotion of the Military Commander, the gold, silver and iron materials were piled high, but now, there was only a small pile. Li Yuan took a glance and counted them all.
Two and a half tons of gold really doesn't have much volume, and three hundred kilograms of pure gold seems even smaller.
"My money."
As usual, he put away the bottles and jars containing the beast's blood. Before he was promoted to the rank of Military Commander, Master Li Dao already began to feel heartbroken.
It's only in this life. In his previous life, he had never seen gold by the pound, let alone tons of it.
"Promotion!"
Taking a deep breath, Li Yuan stretched out his right hand, and saw a flash of light, and all the gold materials disappeared.
"go!"
Almost at the same time, Li Yuan fell to the ground, his body shook, and before the loud bang exploded, he jumped upwards and his soul left his body.
Boom!
Even though his spirit was out of his body, Li Yuan could still hear the roar, as if the sound really came from the depths of his soul. In just a moment, he felt as if he was shaken into pieces.
He was in a daze for a long time before he finally came to his senses. He saw the body sitting cross-legged on the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices, lying on its back, having been knocked over.
"Too fierce!"
Li Yuan was still in shock, and only returned to his body after he was sure that the loud noise had disappeared. The next moment, intense pain surged over him like a tide.
This loud noise was much louder than the previous ones. He felt a black flash in front of his eyes, as if someone had smashed his head into a pulp.
Fortunately, the medicinal power of the Dragon and Tiger Pill spread in time and the injury healed quickly.
"call!"
After sitting cross-legged and regulating his breathing for a while, Li Yuan finally let out a sigh, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and closed his eyes.
[Ninth-rank Weapon Master: Li Yuan]
[Number of weapons you can control: Nine]
[Already opened: Divine Fire Weapon Furnace (9th level), Divine Fire Weapon Forging Platform (9th level), Long Corridor (Already opened)]
hum~
Li Yuan looked around, and the military talisman was hanging like a galaxy, with nine big stars shining brightly in it.
Just like the previous promotion, the gray stone platform expanded exponentially and appeared extremely empty. The weapon furnace and forging platform were no longer on the edge.
On the contrary, the long corridor is still on the edge.
"Could that loud noise have come from this corridor?"
Li Yuan sensed his surroundings and his sight fell on the long corridor. Without hesitation, he took out the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer and walked towards the corridor.
Behind the arch, it was still dark, but unlike the previous darkness that was so pure that it had no color at all, this time, he could barely see something.
The black road under the corridor is vaguely visible.
"Is this considered to be opened?"
Li Yuan carefully touched the corridor, and then, he heard a humming sound, and a large piece of light and shadow flashed past his eyes.
Then, fragmented information flooded into my mind.
[The Mysterious Realm is Everywhere]
【A secluded place with everything】
[The mysterious land, only certain people or... can enter]
[Only the fire of the mind can illuminate the dark world]
then,
"Gone?"
Li Yuan frowned.
This information is less and more incomplete than the information obtained when the weapon combining furnace and weapon forging platform are opened. It doesn't even mention how to use it or what it is used for.
"It is everywhere, contains everything, and only certain people can enter?"
Li Yuan glanced at the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer. Is the master of the Heavenly Destiny Black Soldier a specific person?
He moved closer to the archway and concentrated his senses. The darkness was much lighter than before the corridor was opened, but he could only see the road two steps in front of him. Further ahead, it was darkness again.
"This……"
Li Yuan's mind moved, and a low-level weapon fell into the corridor. The next moment, it disappeared out of thin air under his gaze.
It was like a drop of water seeping into the ground.
"So weird?"
Li Yuan frowned inwardly, who would dare to come in?
He tried to throw a few more inferior weapons in, but with his intense concentration, he didn't see how they disappeared. This frightened him a little.
Next, he tried various items, including copper coins, broken silver, and broken bone ornaments. After various attempts, he found that only a wisp of incense did not disappear immediately after entering the corridor.
Instead, it flashed several times before going out.
"The fire of the mind refers to the incense?"
Li Yuan's mind became active, and he immediately took out several wisps of incense of different grades and threw them in along with various weapons and items.
hum~
The incense lit up the moment it entered the corridor, and under its light, the weapons and other items were safe and sound, but when the incense went out, they disappeared again.
"Want to walk this corridor? Do you need incense?"
After several attempts, Li Yuan came to the conclusion that walking in this corridor, or in the Nether Realm, required incense, and a lot of it.
Incense that is not of a certain level can only last for three or four seconds. Incense of the first level is slightly better, lasting no more than half a minute, and incense of the second level no more than a minute.
"How much incense will I get from this trip?"
After taking a look at the depths of the dark corridor, Li Yuan immediately gave up the idea of exploring. The incense couldn't be wasted like this.
Furthermore, he knew too little about this mysterious place, and he felt somewhat apprehensive.
"The master of the Black Whale Hammer can travel in the Netherworld. What about the masters of other Mysterious Weapons? If they can all, then the Dragon Seal and Pure Yang Patriarch should have been there too, right?"
Li Yuan thought to himself that he would never dare to enter this strange place unless he had a clear understanding of it.
"It's not right to put yourself in danger..."
Li Yuan took a long breath, opened his eyes, shook off the dust on his body, and pushed open the warehouse door.
……
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“What a heavy snow!”
In the banquet hall, Pei Xingkong opened the window and saw heavy snow blowing in the wind. The whole city was covered in white, and the Longhu Mountains in the distance were also covered in white.
"Brother Pei, today is the Dragon and Tiger Temple's sect assessment. Daoist Master Long has sent someone to invite Uncle and the others to watch the ceremony. Let's go too."
A handsome young man pushed open the door and walked in.
"Watch the ceremony?"
Pei Xingkong was slightly startled: "Is the sect assessment worth watching?"
"Not only the sect's assessment, there should also be Zen Master Fu Long's disciple-taking ceremony."
The young man said.
"Li Yuan?"
Pei Xingkong came back to his senses: "Isn't he a true disciple?"
"This person has only been a disciple for a short time. In addition, Zen Master Fulong has been seriously injured for many years. So the process should have been delayed, right?"
The young man pulled out a brand new "List of Heroes of Various Provinces" from his bosom:
"I heard that even though he hasn't refined his marrow yet, Yunshulou has already ranked him tenth among the younger generation of all sects."
"Since he was able to kill Yan Chunyang, it would be no problem for him to be ranked in the top ten. If he hadn't yet refined his marrow, I'm afraid he would be ranked higher than tenth."
Pei Xingkong waved his hand, and the long sword in the corner fell into his palm with a slight sound. Li Yuan was very famous, and he had heard of him more than once on the road.
"I heard that there are top-grade divine weapons to help..."
The young man shook his head.
His name is Jia Zhengxing, a true disciple of Yiqi Villa, and second only to Pei Xingkong in his generation.
"If he hadn't had the help of the divine weapon, he would have been number one."
Pei Xingkong shook his head inwardly and stepped out:
"Let's go and see this Dragon and Tiger Prodigy."
All the disciples of the villa followed suit.
The snow was blowing hard and the streets were deserted, but when we reached the gate of Longhu Temple, they became lively again.
"People from Samadhi Cave and Changhong Sword Sect are here too."
Jia Zhengxing said softly.
It was snowing hard at this time, but there were quite a few people in front of the gate of Longhu Temple. In addition to Samadhi Cave and Changhong Sword Sect, there were also many sects from other Daozhou.
He took a quick glance and recognized quite a few people.
Zhongli Luan, Yan Jiugong, Chu Tianzhu, Xie Tongzhi, Pei Jiu, etc.
"People from Qinglong Pavilion are here too."
Pei Xingkong seemed to sense something and looked back, only to see a group of people walking quickly towards him at the other end of the long street. Through the wind and snow, he spotted Shi Qingyi at a glance.
"Shi Qingyi."
Jia Zhengxing's eyes lit up.
She was an extremely outstanding woman, with an upright figure, wearing a green shirt, and carrying no other weapons except a spear. She looked quite dashing as she walked.
It was none other than the current Taoist master of Qinglong Pavilion, Shi Qingyi.
There was some commotion in front of the archway, and people from other families also looked at the people from Qinglong Pavilion. As the only woman among the five great Taoists, Shi Qingyi actually had a very great reputation.
"Master Nie, Brother Tianying."
Zhongli Luan bowed from afar. His attention was on Nie Xianshan and Qinglong Pavilion's deputy leader Tian Yingzi, who were chatting happily in front of the crowd.
"Brother Zhong, long time no see."
Tianyingzi was a handsome middle-aged man wearing a golden robe. He greeted from a distance and said, "Brother Xie, are you here too?"
"Brother Tianying."
Xie Tongzhi bowed in return.
Nie Xianshan looked around and his eyes fell on Pei Xingkong: "Where are your elders?"
"Replying to Sect Master Nie, our master is still on his way."
Pei Xingkong bowed and replied: "Uncle Yuan was invited by Taoist Master Yinglong and has gone to the mountain to watch the ceremony."
(End of this chapter)