The Eternal White Works Slowly Cultivating Immortality Slowly Cultivating Immortality Volume 1 Chapter 55 Fifty-Fifth, Choosing the Furnace

  Two hundred thousand?! A middle-aged man standing beside him swallowed his saliva in disbelief and widened his eyes. Is this thing really a top-quality item?!

  Indeed, "Bi You" is just a bronze-grade magic tool. Even if it's an extreme-quality one, it can't be considered precious. After all, higher-grade magic tools are better, but they're not something that low-ranking cultivators can use. Some mid-to-low grade magic tools of superior quality are still quite popular among lower-ranking cultivators. Is this the reason why the elder offered such a price?

  Lian Xiao Yao was also quite perplexed. The "Bi You" she had forged was indeed of good quality, but she wasn't so self-satisfied as to think it was the best in the world. This sword was far from being worth this price. Sure enough, the next moment the old man continued, "Of course, I have another impolite request. I hope young friend can tell me which master forged this 'Bi You'."

  Were you thinking of this all along? Xiao Yao was taken aback, but didn't answer directly. Instead, she smiled and said: "Senior hasn't even said whether this device is genuine or not, and yet you're already discussing the sale before resolving what happened earlier, isn't that a bit premature?"

  The old man's white eyebrows flashed with a hint of cleverness, and then he burst out laughing: "But I was careless, young friend. This 'Biyu' is a rare treasure, and it was my courtyard's apprentice who didn't learn well and wronged you." As he spoke, his demeanor suddenly changed, and he coldly scolded the middle-aged man: "Relying on having learned some superficial skills to come here and show off, truly disgracing Wind Elegance Courtyard. Don't you quickly apologize to the guest! From today on, you'll go down there, no need to sit in the main hall again!"

  The middle-aged man's face turned pale, like an eggplant that had been frostbitten. He immediately fell to the ground, but didn't dare to show any grievance. Instead, he hastily kowtowed to Xiao Yao and said: "Senior, please calm your anger. I was blind to your greatness and insulted you. Please forgive me, senior, don't bother with a lowly dog like me."

  Xiao Yao looked at the man who had just been arrogant, and suddenly became like a dog, where was his dignity? He had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. If this "Bi You" were just ordinary goods, it would probably be two completely different results. Suddenly, he looked at the old man's eyes with more complexity.

  "Eighty thousand middle-grade yuan crystals," Xiao Yao's gaze didn't waver, "I'm afraid I won't reveal the name of the master craftsman. If you agree to this price, then take it; if not, I'll look for another buyer."

  The old man did not expect that the little girl would be so persistent, and even doubling the price could not move her. He hesitated for a moment and said: "Little friend, won't you consider it? Or is there something difficult to say that this master can't reveal his identity? Little friend, just give me a rough idea of the appearance or a single word."

  Xiao Yao didn't want to make the relationship too awkward, so she tactfully said: "Senior, please don't make things difficult for me. Why are you persistently asking? Is there something wrong with this device?"

  "This is not the case, this instrument is indeed a high-quality product, and I just want to know which master's hand it comes from, so that I can admire his name." The old man's face was expressionless, but in his heart he secretly scolded: Little fox! You actually turned the tables on me. Earlier when he was in the inner room, he could feel the flowing aura of "Biyu" through the door curtain, full and rich, and had been wanting to take it in hand to study, but hearing that they were going to lower the price to 20,000 mid-grade yuan crystal, regardless of the purpose, would still be taking advantage of Fengyayuan. So he didn't intervene, thinking that after getting it, he could carefully study it. Who would have thought that this person was incompetent and provoked the other party, causing himself to have to come out and lose all his gains."

  After re-examining this artifact, although its surface doesn't show any color, he couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship that went into forging it. As a connoisseur of artifacts for thousands of years, although he didn't have the ability to forge himself, he had deeply researched the art of refining instruments. To forge a good artifact, one needs extremely high requirements in terms of the refiner's power, spiritual awareness, control, and proficiency. Control and proficiency, in turn, determine that a refiner needs to spend a lot of time and energy constantly forging to improve, and the dispersion of energy leads most refiners with high attainments to not have very high cultivation levels, mostly at the Nascent Soul or Core Formation stages. Even in the entire Jundao Star Region, there was only one refiner who had reached the Void Refining stage - Wanjiangling Jun! Low cultivation level coincidentally also determines the limitations of spiritual awareness. It must be known that high-grade artifacts require condensation, and whether the spiritual awareness is strong or not during condensation is crucial. How many refiners in the world have both powerful strength and spiritual awareness?

  As the top appraiser of "Feng Ya Garden", he had once been fortunate enough to see a copper-yellow ranked artifact forged by Wan Jia Ling Jun in his early days. The luster reflected on the surface of the artifact and the flowing aura around it were almost identical to what he saw now. According to his knowledge, there was no master in Mei Shan Floating Island who could forge an artifact of this quality. If this "artifact" wasn't brought from outside the island, then it must have been forged by a certain hidden master within the island. As the appraiser of "Feng Ya Garden", if it was the latter, he would definitely want to recruit him, with the mindset of "it's better to wrongly kill one hundred than to let one go". He opened up a high price, not just buying the artifact but also a piece of information. Unfortunately, the girl refused to sell. However, from her words, some information could still be gathered - this artifact was indeed forged by a person, and she should know that person, otherwise she wouldn't have said "it's hard".

  The old man thought for a moment, then smiled slightly and said: "I'll take this thing. Twenty million mid-grade yuan crystals. Since I've already quoted a price, it's not right to lower the price and take advantage of my young friend. My name is Fu Chun, and I'm the appraiser of this building, known as Old Man Fu. If you don't mind, we can be friends. In the future, if you have any more artifacts like this to sell, feel free to come to my 'Feng Ya Garden' anytime. The price and everything else will be easy to discuss, and I'll definitely make sure you're satisfied."

  They say the old are cunning, and this Fu elder is indeed a shrewd businessman. Anyway, no business is done without deceit, so she didn't bother to dwell on his previous rudeness. Smiling, she accepted: "Within the four seas, all know each other; junior is humble, Elder Fu is too polite. To be able to make friends with Senior is an honor for Junior. If there are any more good items, Junior will definitely give priority consideration to 'Fengya Garden'."

  Finally, after some haggling, the "Biyu" was sold, and after the money and goods were exchanged, Xiao Yao tossed the crystal stone bag in her hand and asked: "Young one still wants to buy a tripod furnace, I wonder if Master Fu has anything suitable here?"

  In an instant, Fu Chun's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness: "Furnace? Could it be that the furnace master wants it?" Immediately, he smiled and said: "I don't know what kind of friend you want, 'Wind Elegant Garden' has nearly 10,000 furnaces of various qualities, and also has the best furnaces on Meishan Floating Island. You can personally pick one out, please follow me."

  Xiao Yao knew that the old man must have misunderstood something, but this was exactly what she wanted. She smiled and followed him calmly, while the middle-aged man remained kneeling on the ground, not daring to get up until they left.

  The building has five floors. Xiao Yao followed Fu Chun up to the third floor, where he saw Fu Chun pointing to a shelf on the left side and saying: "From this floor onwards, we sell medium-grade or higher furnaces. If fellow Taoists want even better ones, they can go to the fourth or fifth floor to choose."

  He figured it out, this girl first sold the method and then bought the stove, she definitely wouldn't choose those expensive top-notch ones, but she probably wouldn't look down on those that were too bad either, so this level of stove was just right.

  Can't help but say, Fu Chun's eyes are very old-fashioned. Xiao Yao's thoughts were indeed guessed by him, and when she saw the furnace on the shelf, she couldn't help but secretly praise the old man for his good taste.

  Two people were picking and choosing on one side of the furnace, and there were still many guests inside this layer, most of whom were regular customers. Seeing Fu Zhang Lao accompany a simple and unadorned female cultivator to select treasures, they couldn't help but speculate about Xiao Yao's identity. Even the shopkeeper on this floor would occasionally sneak glances at the two people.

  However, the attention of the crowd did not last for long and was soon diverted by a couple who came down from the upper floor.

  This man and woman, both with exceptional looks, the woman radiant and captivating, the man handsome and extraordinary. The two of them were followed by six attendants, making a grand display that drew people's attention.

  The shopkeeper saw the two walking down the stairs and hurriedly came forward, bowing respectfully: "Young master, young lady." Even Fu Chun also came forward to greet them: "Have you young master and young lady already chosen your treasure?"

  The man smiled and replied: "I've already made my choice, I'm just about to leave. Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Fu."

  Fu Chun stroked his white eyebrows and smiled with great joy, "Oh no, oh no, being able to help the young master and miss is proof that this old bone still has some use."

  Fu Shu is really too humble, in the White Jade City's theory of artifact appraisal, if you count to two, no one dares to be the first," the man said with a few polite words, and then shifted his gaze to Xiao Yao, who was selecting a furnace not far away, and asked: "Fu Shu, who is that guest..." He had noticed her when he came down earlier, in White Jade City, there were not many guests who could get Fu Shu to personally accompany them, basically he knew them all, but this female cultivator was unfamiliar.

  "Oh, this guest wants to buy a Ding tripod furnace, so I'll take her up to have a look." Fu Chun only said it lightly and didn't explain much.

  If it were usual, Fu Shu would have introduced some young master or miss from a certain family or sect. This was the first time. Suddenly, the man's gaze at Xiao Yao increased by several points of inquiry and curiosity. He took two steps forward and introduced himself: "I am Bai Yu Bie Yuan Xuan Wu, I don't know how to address you?"

  Xiao Yao had been so focused on selecting the equipment that she hadn't noticed the two people, and was startled when someone suddenly came up to chat with her. She was taken aback for a moment, but then saw that this person was quite affable and straightforward, with an open attitude, and only then did he introduce himself: "I am Chong Rou."

  Seeing that the other party had only reported their name, but had not spoken clearly about their origin, Qingwu asked again: "I don't know which sect's cultivator Fellow Chong Rou is?"

  Xiao Yao furrowed her brow. They were just casual acquaintances, so why was he suddenly interrogating her? She didn't answer and instead asked: "Does Brother Jing have something on his mind?"

  "Huh?", Yuwen had not yet responded, when the woman beside him suddenly burst out laughing, "Brother Yuwen, where did you learn to ask questions like that? Others will think you're a fool!" Just as the woman was looking at Xiao Yao's appearance, she wondered and blurted out, "This Taoist friend, have we met somewhere before?"