Chapter Ten Refining Equipment

  Ishikawa was keenly aware that to walk further on the path of cultivation, he would need a large amount of spirit stones and elixirs as assistance. Given Ishikawa's current situation, he wasn't worried about spirit stones and elixirs. This was because Ishikawa had heard that among the inner disciples of the Water Spirit Sect, there were often some clandestine transactions, and in a small town not far from the Water Spirit Sect, there was also a cultivation town where the cultivation items were even more abundant.

  As long as he can decompose the waste spiritual instruments, Ishikawa doesn't have to worry about the source of spiritual stones. What worries him is how to participate in the private transactions among the inner door disciples. Moreover, Ishikawa now dares not to rashly leave that cultivation town, because he is still uncertain whether Yun Lao has completely given up monitoring him. What Ishikawa needs now is patience.

  Through the matter of Zhang surname woman, Ishikawa also realized that the law of Xiuzhen world is only strength, as long as the strength is strong, can have the ability to protect oneself. In addition to cultivation, talismans and spiritual instruments are also very important.

  Although it's not far from the town of Xiuzhen, I still need to prepare some defensive items on my body, in case I get ambushed. Because Shi Chuan can't possibly go with those inner disciples together.

  Being in the Water Spirit Gate, Ishikawa didn't even consider the matter of Gong Fa and Fu Zhu, because these were things that couldn't be obtained. The Gong Fa of the Water Spirit Gate was something that Ishikawa couldn't cultivate, and as for Fu Zhu, it wasn't something that could be easily bought.

  "Treasures!" At this moment, Ishikawa's body was not lacking in various refining materials, and they were all very complete.

  The key to refining equipment lies within the Refining Workshop. Ishikawa couldn't help but come up with this idea, if he could get his hands on a basic refining technique manual, then he would be able to refine equipment himself.

  Among the outer disciples, if Hong Piaozi, the outer sect's steward, can be ranked first, then Cui San, the chief steward of Lian Qi Fang, will naturally not let him be second, whether in terms of status or greedy nature.

  As the head of Lian Qi Fang, Cui San also had a considerable amount of oil to scoop up. Moreover, with his cultivation at the third layer of the Refining Stage, he was enough to make him proud among the outer door disciples.

  On this day, Cui San was drinking a good mountain tea, but his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something very important.

  This waste spirit vessel attendant has been on duty for two months, but he hasn't come to report here yet. Both emotionally and politely, it makes Cui San a bit unhappy. Cui San specially inquired about the newly appointed Shi Chuan, who comes out every morning to take a stroll around, then returns to the waste warehouse and stays there all day.

  "This kid is interesting." Cui San tapped his hand lightly on the table, thinking about how to get some benefits from Ishikawa.

  A nobody suddenly became the manager of a junk warehouse, he must have given Hong Baozi many benefits.

  Choi Sam-jung was thinking when a disciple suddenly ran in, "Director Choi, the director of the waste warehouse, Ishikawa, requests to see you."

  "Hmm, let him in." Cui San stroked his eight-character beard, thinking to himself: This kid has woken up.

  "Nice to meet you, Director Choi!" Ishikawa bowed after entering.

  "No need for formalities. Sit down, young master can just relax here." Although Cui San said so, his body was still stiff and unmoving.

  "Thank you, Officer Choi." Ishikawa looked a bit flustered and his hands were also somewhat awkward, not knowing where to put them.

  Choi Sam looked at Ishikawa's uneasy appearance and secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that Ishikawa was a rookie and might really have something to ask him, but found it hard to say.

  "Looking at his younger brother's appearance, it seems like he has something on his mind."

  Ishikawa exclaimed in surprise: "Chui, can you see it?"

  "Is there anything you'd like to talk about? Let's see if I can help in any way." Cui San thought to himself with a sly smile, Shi Chuan was so easy to deceive.

  Ishikawa cried and said with a sad face: "Chui, I was born foolish and didn't have much hope on the path of cultivating immortality. The other day, I asked Hong to transfer me to the Alchemy Workshop, hoping to learn some alchemy skills so that I can gain some face in my family. Who would have thought that after staying in this junk warehouse for two months, not only did I not learn any alchemy, but I also don't know how to ignite a fire..."

  "Family?" Choi San sized up Ishikawa once more. The outer sect receives a large number of disciples every month, and he wouldn't be able to know the origin of just one disciple.

  Of course, there are many outer disciples from those small families. Although the spiritual stones and elixirs in the hands of these small family disciples are not many, they are still much stronger than those outer disciples who have nothing.

  Listening to Ishikawa's tone, it seems that he was deceived by Hong Baozi. Cui San thought to himself: "That's because you didn't give enough gifts to Hong Baozi, if you had given more, I'm afraid this position would have been yours."

  "So that's how it is." Cui San said in a cold voice: "However, this matter, Shidi should go find Hong Zhi Shi, why come to me?"

  "Hong Zhi Shi took my..." Ishikawa suddenly realized he had misspoken and hastily added: "Now Hong Zhi Shi doesn't care about me at all. I heard from the disciples of Lian Qi Fang that within Lian Qi Fang, only Cui Zhi Shi has the final say, so I came here specifically to beg Cui Zhi Shi to let me enter the Lian Qi room and learn the art of refining equipment."

  Cui San smiled coldly, already understanding seven or eight parts of it in his heart. Since he came to him for help, he wasn't the kind of person who did good deeds, and said: "Shi Shidi, you also know that now in the Lian Qi Fang, one radish one pit, how can there be so many empty positions, especially in the Lian Qi Shi, they are all crowded, I'm also having a hard time doing it."

  "This is a token of respect for Director Choi." Ishikawa pulled out two spirit stones from his chest, with a painful expression.

  Choi Sam saw the two pieces of Ling Stone, then looked at Ishikawa's expression and was convinced that Ishikawa's family was a small one, otherwise Ishikawa wouldn't be so heartbroken over just these two pieces of Ling Stone.

  However, these two pieces of spiritual stones were indeed not pleasing to Cui San's eyes. His was not so easily satisfied.

  "Junior brother, you're making things difficult for me. After all, the personnel in the Alchemy Room are already full, and they're all... So, you'll have to wait, until the right moment, I'll arrange it for you." Cui San said calmly after taking a sip of tea.

  "Choi Je-sa, I can't wait any longer. I have to give the family an explanation, otherwise we won't be able to get spiritual stones and elixirs from them again." Ishikawa said with a tense face: "Even if there's no position, I'll go in and take a look, it's okay if I can see how to refine equipment."

  Cui San knew that the fire timing was almost done, and he put two pieces of Ling Stone into his pocket. He said in a low voice, "Younger brother, I'll tell you clearly, all the disciples inside the alchemy room have at least this amount." Cui San flipped his palm, meaning ten pieces of Ling Stone.

  "However, since my junior brother is having a hard time, I'll give you the basic principles of our sect's equipment refinement. You can study it slowly on your own. Then, I'll allow you to enter the equipment refinement room once a month to observe and learn. But if you want to truly refine equipment, that will have to wait until you become a formal disciple of the equipment refinement room."

  Chui San's consideration was very thorough. He first gave Ishikawa a little sweetness, letting him learn to refine the device, but he couldn't touch the refining device. Without the materials of the sect, he believed that Ishikawa didn't even have the opportunity to refine an ordinary flying sword, and even if he could refine it, he wouldn't be able to withstand the loss brought by countless failures.

  "Then thank you, Director Cui." Ishikawa carefully tucked the basic refining techniques into his bosom and exchanged a few more pleasantries with Cui before bidding farewell.

  "What a waste!" Watching Ishikawa leave, Cui San sneered: "Take your time to gather ten pieces of spiritual stone, it seems I can still make a small profit this time."

  Ishikawa had a victorious smile on his face after he went out.

  If it weren't for this basic alchemy manual in his possession, Shi Chuan wouldn't have bothered to spend so much effort on Crui San.

  A few days ago, Ishikawa had secretly inquired about the art of refining equipment and found out that among the inner disciples, very few had refined equipment. Even if there were a few who did, it was not easy to obtain their refined equipment techniques. It seemed that even such low-level basic refining equipment techniques were not for sale, and even if Ishikawa Yi Rong participated in the transactions of the inner disciples, he would not be able to get them.

  Ishikawa had set his sights on the basic techniques of the Refining Department, but the disciples in the Practicing Qi Chamber regarded them as precious treasures. Not to mention borrowing, even asking about it made them reluctant to speak.

  Because everyone has recorded their own insights on their own notes, no one wants to share them with others. Moreover, Ishikawa's probing questions have already caught the attention of some people in the refining room.

  Helpless, Ishikawa had no choice but to take the road of Cui San.

  After some deliberation, Ishikawa had already anticipated today's words, and Cui San indeed took the bait. Although it cost Ishikawa two spirit stones, it was worth it.

  Adding the two pieces of spiritual stones that were previously given to Hong Baozi, as well as those used by Shi Chuan for his cultivation, Shi Chuan's pouch was now completely empty.

  The basic refining technique was now in hand, and Ishikawa couldn't wait to start refining. After arranging the warehouse matters properly, Ishikawa returned to his own room, closed the door tightly, and then entered the illusory realm of the Earth Mother Stone.

  At this time, in the illusion of Tumu Stone, more than a hundred small balls were suspended, emitting various crystal colors. The larger ones were as big as millstones, and the smaller ones were like grains of rice.

  This was Ishikawa's greatest gain when he came to the scrap spirit warehouse.

  Ishikawa sat down, flipped open the basic alchemy manual, and began to study it page by page. The first chapter of alchemy was about igniting fire, and how to control the source of fire was a very important matter. For Fire Spirit Root cultivators, this was relatively simple, but for other cultivators, it was just a matter of consuming some spiritual energy.

  At Ishikawa's current level of cultivation, he can barely refine a low-grade spiritual artifact. Those disciples in the refining room, on the other hand, need to rely on the strength of several people to complete one low-grade spiritual artifact.

  Ishikawa secretly manipulated the spiritual energy, condensed it into a spiritual flame, and casually took a piece of Xuan iron to start refining. If other cultivators saw this, they would definitely scold Ishikawa for being a wasteful spendthrift.

  Ordinary people practicing alchemy usually start by experimenting with ordinary iron, and only after they have a good grasp of the firing schedule do they use precious xuan-tie, otherwise if the refining fails, this piece of xuan-tie will be ruined.

  For Ishikawa, it's not an issue at all.

  In Ishikawa's earth mother stone, there are a large number of various refining materials. Secondly, even if the refining fails, it will not be too much to decompose and re-fuse, and the unformed materials can re-condense into a mysterious iron ball within an hour.

  So Ishikawa had enough capital to practice alchemy without worrying about consumption.