novelapdf Chapter 8 The Dark Gold Rat Causes Trouble
Chapter 8 The Dark Gold Rat Causes Trouble
"The cost of this failure is truly heartbreaking."
"However, this time it was a small success; I reached the second stage of weapon refining in one go, which is not bad."
"continue."
Ye Xuan'an was quite satisfied with this weapon forging and was full of energy, so he forged the Fiery Flying Sword again.
Although he failed again this time, he barely made it through the second stage and made some progress in the final stage of inscribing the weapon patterns.
In addition, the process of refining weapons consumes a lot of spiritual energy.
In addition, Ye Xuan'an's cultivation level was average.
Therefore, after two consecutive weapon forging attempts, his spiritual energy was completely depleted.
He temporarily stopped refining the weapon and instead meditated for a while before continuing.
During this period, he also attempted to create several fiery arrays.
He continued to do so in the days that followed.
Aside from cultivation and eating, all they did was refine formations and forge weapons.
He temporarily abandoned the mining business, as refining formations and crafting weapons were more important.
Moreover, with the help of Kuiyi and Kuifang, his income from mining was still quite good, which was enough to cover his expenses for refining weapons and arrays.
……
In the blink of an eye.
A month has passed.
On this day, in a corner of a branch of a mine.
Ye Xuan'an continued to sit cross-legged and refine weapons as usual.
As time went by, the matter was finally resolved.
And it was a complete success.
A fiery red, three-foot-long sword appeared inside the weapon-refining furnace.
After failing more than ten times, I finally forged a blazing flying sword.
Ye Xuan'an was immediately delighted and quickly took it out to play with it for a while.
And because its quality is decent, Vaillant is particularly good.
"By the way, I already have two low-grade first-tier magic artifacts, so I don't need this kind of thing for the time being. Besides, it's not suitable for Kui Yi and his companion, who are both body cultivators."
"Furthermore, I've spent quite a bit on refining these weapons and arrays, so I can recoup some of my costs by selling them at the market later."
Ye Xuan'an secretly made his plans.
A few days later, after he had used up all the spiritual materials he had, he couldn't help but forge two more Fiery Flying Swords.
A total of three handles.
In addition, he also created a blazing fire array.
Upon closer examination, the success rate of weapon crafting and array formation was barely 10%.
In addition, the power of that raging fire array is particularly domineering. It can conjure a ball of precious fire that sweeps out, and its power is even stronger than that of an ordinary first-grade low-level magic weapon.
However, it also has its drawbacks, namely that it is relatively complicated to activate.
Ordinary cultivators need at least ten breaths to form an array.
Fortunately, Ye Xuan'an was an array master, which gave him an advantage in this regard; he could set up an array in just a few breaths.
Therefore, Ye Xuan'an took a great liking to it and deliberately kept it.
"With this, my ability to protect myself will be somewhat enhanced."
"By the way, I've used up all the spiritual materials I had, and Kui Yi and the other two have been mining quite a bit of ore lately, so it's time for me to go out for a bit."
After some deliberation, Ye Xuan'an went to the Wanbao Pavilion outside the city to sell magical artifacts and ores.
The purchase price of the ore remains the same: one spirit stone for every ten catties.
However, the purchase price of those three Fiery Flying Swords was rather ordinary, seven spirit stones each.
On the market, a new flying sword for a normal Innate Realm cultivator costs ten spirit stones.
The difference is three spirit stones.
According to Wanbaoge, magical artifacts are not like ores, which can be profitable. After acquiring them, they can only sell them directly.
Therefore, they can only seek profits from the purchase price, which results in a relatively low price.
Of course, if Ye Xuan'an is not satisfied with this price, he can also set up a stall in the market to sell it, but that would take more time.
But Ye Xuan'an had plenty of time, so he went and set up a stall to sell his wares.
It then took two days.
He eventually sold each flying sword for nine and a half spirit stones, a price that met Ye Xuan'an's expectations.
Immediately afterwards, he used this opportunity to purchase another batch of spiritual materials and returned to the mine to cultivate in seclusion, while also arranging for Kui Yi and Kui Fang to mine.
During this time, Ye Xuan'an couldn't help but notice that Kui Yi and Kui Fang's relationship had grown significantly due to their frequent mining trips together, and had even developed into a somewhat ambiguous one.
This made Ye Xuan'an a little envious, but he didn't have any objections to it.
After all, he didn't really like wild female cultivators like Kui Fang; he preferred gentle and dignified types.
Moreover, if this matter can be accomplished, it would be a good thing. According to his examination, they are both in excellent health and have the full opportunity to have children.
Furthermore, since they are all body cultivators, their offspring will likely have a good chance of becoming body cultivators as well.
This is enough to gradually increase the number of servants.
Hopefully, this will happen soon.
"Furthermore, if I ever summon those gentle and dignified female cultivator servants in the future, I must strike first."
Ye Xuan'an secretly made a plan.
……
Several months later.
During this period, Ye Xuan'an benefited from his good aptitude and the assistance of a large amount of spirit stones.
His success rate in crafting the Fiery Flying Sword and the Fiery Array increased to 15%, and he even crafted some more of those items, which he sold and recouped a considerable amount of spirit stones, greatly relieving his spirit stone pressure in this area.
In addition, Zhang Fu also subtly noticed his breakthrough in cultivation and very politely gave him a Gathering Yuan Pill as a congratulatory gift, which was quite generous.
Ye Xuan'an secretly kept this matter in mind.
This day.
night.
Ye Xuan'an had just finished eating at the canteen when Zhang Fu rushed over to his door in a panic.
"Brother Zhang, what's wrong...?"
Ye Xuan'an was extremely curious about this, so he asked.
"Brother Xuan'an, have you heard? Recently, a group of dark gold rats have appeared in the mine and are causing trouble, and several mining cultivators have already died as a result."
Zhang Fu said with some fear.
In addition, he used to mine alone like Ye Xuan'an, which made it easier to find places with more ore.
Therefore, he was extremely wary of this and planned to rejoin the main group.
This would also be safer, to avoid any accidents.
"By the way, Brother Xuan'an, you'd better stay with the main group, otherwise it won't be good if something happens."
Zhang Fu kindly advised.
"This matter certainly needs to be taken seriously."
Ye Xuan'an nodded solemnly, but he also felt a bit of a headache about it.
After all, following the main group to mine is not conducive to summoning Kui-ichi and Kwai-fang to help with mining.
Otherwise, if the mine discovers they are unregistered residents, things will get complicated.
Therefore, he plans to stay at home and cultivate himself for a while, and wait until the situation calms down before making any further moves.
In addition, the Dark Gold Rat is a solitary demon beast with a strong physique. It can temper its body with the power of spirit iron and can even produce special dark gold.
This gold can enhance the quality of ritual implements and is of considerable value.
Secondly, it is said that the Dark Gold Rat was originally the inhabitant of the mine, but the Zhao family drove it away in the early years and occupied the place.
However, they are extremely slippery and adept at burrowing underground; many of them hid in the dark corners of the mine back then.
Moreover, they frequently go out and cause trouble, making them very difficult to deal with.