The invitation of the 39th Master, Refiner!

  "It's daytime!"

  Ye Chen opened his eyes and looked out of the guest room window, feeling that the outside light was slightly dazzling.

  He has just given birth to his primordial spirit and is learning to use his spiritual consciousness to explore the outside world, but there are still many things he hasn't had time to comprehend. He originally wanted to ponder the wonders of the Xianfu ancient painting artifact, but thinking that today was the day the small workshop distributed wages, he should hurry over early instead.

  "The old painting is in no hurry to reveal itself at once, and only when it has taken the spiritual stone's craftsmanship back into its own pocket does it feel solid!"

  Ye Chen left the small inn and came to the bustling streets of Xian City, feeling that everything outside had changed. He was no longer simply using his ears and eyes to look at the world outside, but rather using his spiritual awareness to see everything outside with extraordinary clarity.

  He now possesses a Yuan Shen, and his divine sense's perception of the outside world is very strong. He can extend his divine sense to explore the outside, and more clearly feel the Yuan Shen of other cultivators on the street.

  "What a powerful primordial spirit!"

  Ye Chen's divine sense inadvertently swept across the street, discovering a dazzling primordial spirit in front of him, which pained his divine sense. He was shocked and suddenly withdrew, not daring to easily probe again. He still didn't know that using one's divine sense to randomly investigate others is a taboo. Especially for low-level cultivators, they cannot casually investigate high-level cultivators, as it can easily provoke hostility.

  Ye Chen soon felt a very strong divine sense sweeping over himself, then paused for a moment before retreating.

  Ye Chen was shocked and suddenly realized that it was the divine soul of the scorching yuan that had just probed him with its divine sense.

  Ye Chen sneered at himself, his primordial spirit was extremely weak and small, probably couldn't even attract the attention of a cultivator.

  Ye Chen didn't use his divine sense to search around randomly, and quickly passed by several streets to arrive at the small workshop where he worked.

  Today is the day when this small workshop pays wages, all the martial artists arrive early in the morning at the workshop, asking for their wages from the boss. Their faces are filled with joy, laughing loudly and discussing where to go to drink and have fun. Today, the workshop not only pays wages but also gives a one-day holiday, so the martial artists don't need to go and pound the ore.

  Ye Chen stood among the crowd of martial artists, waiting for the boss to appear.

  "Little brother, you must remember what was said a month ago! Now that the month is up, after receiving this month's wages, I'll tell the boss I'm leaving! If you dare to stay behind, don't blame us brothers for turning against you!"

  A bare-armed man suddenly squeezed over and came to Ye Chen's side, saying in a cold voice.

  "Don't worry!"

  Ye Chen didn't even give that man another glance.

  After a while, the boss finally appeared, holding a bag of spiritual stones and distributing them to the warriors one by one. Some got two or three pieces, while others didn't even get one piece. Soon it was Ye Chen's turn.

  "Ye Chen!"

  The boss casually grabbed three pieces of spiritual stone and handed them to Ye Chen, "Young man, you've done a good job this month. These are your wages for the three pieces of spiritual stone! Do well next month, our shop won't treat you unfairly!"

  "Agreed!"

  Ye Chen took the spirit stone with a hint of joy. Next month's rent was finally settled, and there were two extra spirit stones left over, maybe he could buy something in the city. "However, boss, after I finish this job, I plan to go find other work."

  "Are you leaving?!"

  The monk finally looked at Ye Chen with his proper eyes.

  The workshop owner suddenly felt something was wrong, raised his head and took a closer look at Ye Chen. A flash of law power light passed through his eyes, and he was stunned, with a face full of astonishment.

  "Huh? You!!"

  Very soon, the workshop owner seemed to understand something, and with great enthusiasm, he stuffed the spirit stone into Ye Chen's hand, laughing loudly, saying: "Ye brother, congratulations! A few days ago I saw you were a martial artist, but today you have already broken through the Refining Body stage and achieved your Yuan Shen! You became a cultivator in my small shop, this is our fate! Let's go to the side hall to drink a couple of cups of tea and have a good chat."

  "Zhang Gongtou, you've paid out the remaining wages."

  The monk handed the spirit stone bag to Zhang Gongtou on the side and warmly invited Ye Chen to go to the side hall of the workshop.

  Zhang Gong took over the Ling Stone bag and was still stunned by Zhang's big mouth.

  "Ye Chen broke through the 9th layer of the Refining Body Period?! Became a Cultivator?!"

  "When was this?"

  Inside the small workshop, more than a dozen martial artists were shocked and stunned, their eyes wide with incredulity as they stared at Ye Chen. Martial artists without spiritual power could not investigate whether someone was a cultivator or not. So they had never discovered anything unusual.

  However, they all knew that the master of Ben Jian Lian Qi Fang was a cultivator in the Refining Qi stage, and his eyesight was not wrong. The master would never be so enthusiastic about a warrior either. A small workshop giving birth to a cultivator, this is absolutely true.

  "Leap to become an immortal cultivator, and we are no longer the same mundane martial artists!" "I don't know when we can become immortal cultivators like him!"

  The eyes of envy from all the martial artists followed Boss and Ye Chen as they left.

  "He... broke through his Yuan Shen!"

  That bare-chested big man's hands and feet were already icy cold, and his eyes showed a hint of fear. He had just been spouting arrogant words, threatening to drive Ye Chen away, without knowing how Ye Chen would deal with him later. Not only him, but also the two veteran martial artists who were his accomplices, were also secretly terrified.

  The side room of a small workshop.

  The monk and Ye Chen sat in the hall on Ba Xian chairs, divided into host and guest. A maid brought up a tray of spiritual tea.

  "My surname is Wang, and I'm at the third layer of body refinement. This workshop has been passed down through generations in my family, for several decades now, and it's always been a small-scale operation. To be honest, I've been busy with the shop's business, and haven't had much time to chat with my younger brother lately, so please forgive me for any neglect!"

  The monk took a sip of hot tea and smiled.

  "Master Wang was being polite! Thanks to Master's employment, I found a job in the workshop. I also just broke through yesterday evening and refined my yuan spirit. Today I received my wages and was thinking of telling Master Wang that I plan to find another job."

  Ye Chen smiled and said.

  "This is natural, since Ye has already become a cultivator, he will definitely not be willing to do these rough and tiring jobs that martial artists do. I wonder, brother, what kind of job are you planning to find?"

  Wang Fangzhu smiled and nodded, asking.

  "I'm still unclear about this cultivation business. I plan to familiarize myself with the various industries in the city before making a decision on what to do. Does the shopkeeper have any good suggestions?"

  Ye Chen said.

  "On this day in Foggy Fate City, you and I are both loose cultivators with little foundation. Unlike those sect disciples or cultivation family heirs who have the full support of their sects or families, they can focus on cultivating without worrying about expenses. We need to rely on ourselves to earn spirit stones to buy the spiritual pills, spiritual tools, magical artifacts, secret techniques, and spiritual mounts we need for our cultivation. Therefore, finding a job in the city is very important. Without spirit stones, it's hard to take even a step."

  Wang Fangzhu hesitated and looked at Ye Chen, saying, "I actually have an idea, but I don't know if you'd be willing to go along with it, brother?"

  "Master Wang, please go ahead! As a native of Xian City for generations, you must be more familiar with the various industries in the city than I am."

  Ye Chen said immediately.

  "It's like this, my small shop has been passed down for several generations, but it hasn't grown much in scale. Nowadays, there is only one alchemy master left to maintain it, and the number of alchemy orders received is not many. So I thought of hiring you, little brother, as an alchemy master for the shop. This way, you've found a job to do, and my small shop has gained another source of strength."

  Wang Fangzhou smiled and said.

  "But I don't know how to refine equipment!"

  Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise.

  "It doesn't matter, having just become a cultivator, no one would know anyway. Besides, with me here, after practicing a few more times, you'll naturally understand."

  Wang Fangzhu shook his head and said.

  "How is the labor cost calculated?"

  Ye Chen thought for a moment, he must find something to do in this immortal city. It didn't matter what specific job he did, as long as the pay was enough to support his daily cultivation.

  "I have two options here. One is that you become the exclusive equipment refiner for our small shop, sign a long-term contract of five years, ten years or even longer, and exclusively refine equipment in our shop for a long time. I will give you a stable and high amount of spiritual stone treatment. The equipment refining decision, spirit device drawings, raw materials and so on required for refining equipment are all provided by our shop, eliminating your worries."

  "Another method is for us to sign a refining equipment order. I will provide the ore raw materials, spiritual device blueprints and refining decisions, and you will turn them into spiritual devices. However, the amount of spiritual devices you refine will determine how much labor costs I can give you. If you fail to refine any, there will be no labor costs. And if you suffer losses, you will have to compensate for them. You should know that at the beginning, a refiner's success rate is usually very low, so your starting point will be low and you will earn fewer spiritual stones, and work harder."