40 Immortal Mansions!

  Wang Fangzhou didn't urge him either, and after finishing speaking, he savored his spiritual tea.

  Ye Chen picked up his teacup and took a sip of the spiritual tea, feeling refreshed and invigorated as soon as it entered his mouth, with a clear and distinct spiritual energy that was several times stronger than ordinary fragrant tea.

  Ye Chen carefully considered the two methods proposed by Wang Fangzhu for a while.

  "I have no foundation in this Foggy Fairyland City, and the only people I know are Yan Han and Wei Xunyu, two warriors who came from Beishan Academy. The only other cultivator I know is this Wang Fangzhong. Having just entered the world of cultivation, I still need someone to take care of me."

  "To earn spirit stones and live in the Immortal City, I must find a job. The treatment and conditions are probably the same everywhere else. I'll work here for a while first to get familiar with the environment of the Immortal City."

  "It's just that it might not be very suitable for a long stay in this workshop."

  Ye Chen was deep in thought.

  "Wang Fangzhu, I think I'll sign a contract for refining equipment after all. For every piece of spiritual equipment I refine, you give me that many spirit stones as payment!"

  Yè Chén thought for a moment before speaking up.

  "Alright!"

  Wang Fangzhou smiled and said, "You are a cultivator who came out of my workshop, so we can be considered to have a fate. I'm not wealthy either, so I'll give you a copy of 'Equipment Refining Basics' and a copy of 'Mystic Iron Knife Forging Diagrams' as a gift for your successful cultivation of the Yuan Shen. Additionally, I'll lend you ten pieces of Mystic Iron ore materials, which you can take back and try to refine according to the equipment refining basics. The Mystic Iron knife is the lowest-grade spiritual artifact, and newly-minted Qi-refining cultivators all like to use this kind of knife; on the market, it's five spirit stones per piece."

  "Thank you, Master Wang!"

  Ye Chen hastily bowed his hands in gratitude.

  "Generally speaking, ten pieces of Xuan Tie ore can be refined into two Xuan Tie knives, which is enough to recover the cost of the Xuan Tie ore. However, the refining workshop also has various labor costs, as well as the Ling Shi tax in Xian City, and the workshop needs to make a profit from it. Only when ten pieces of Xuan Tie ore are refined into four Xuan Tie knives can all the costs be fully recovered."

  "But since you're just starting out with refining equipment, your technique is definitely not proficient. This time, I'll lower the requirements for you; as long as you can refine two of them, that's enough."

  The shopkeeper Wang smiled and said, "As long as you can refine two Xuan Iron knives for me, we'll consider the goods settled. For every additional knife you refine, I'll give you a piece of Lingshi as refining workmanship fee... Let's be clear about the accounts between us, I have to say something ugly beforehand. If all ten portions of Xuan Iron ore raw materials are used up and you still can't refine even one Xuan Iron knife for me, you'll have to compensate me for the material cost of the Xuan Iron ore that I lent you, which is a total of ten pieces of Lingshi! You don't need to worry about not being able to pay it back, this is a small amount of money for cultivators. In the city, just find any place and work for two months, and you can earn back these Lingshi."

  "Let me try first."

  Ye Chen thought for a moment and agreed.

  Wang Fang took out a piece of animal skin, and the two signed a contract detailing the terms and conditions. Then Wang Fang handed over the basic equipment, Xuan Tie knife drawings, and ten portions of Xuan Tie ore fine sand raw materials to Ye Chen.

  Wang Fangzhu was not worried that Ye Chen would break his promise.

  Violating the contract will result in detention by the guards of Xiancheng.

  Within Yunzhou's borders, this Tianyun Xianyuan City is the only place suitable for scattered cultivators to cultivate. Moreover, these low-grade materials aren't worth many spirit stones; cultivators won't stir up trouble over such a small fortune.

  The king is quite looking forward to it.

  No matter which plan Ye Chen chooses, it is beneficial to him. If Ye Chen fails in refining equipment and owes a debt that needs to be repaid, he will naturally choose to rely on his small shop for a long time. If Ye Chen succeeds, it means that Ye Chen has a good talent for refining equipment, and even if there is a contract for refining equipment orders between the two parties, it can bring him considerable benefits.

  Ye Chen took with him the equipment manual, drawings, ten sets of Xuan Tie ore raw materials, and this month's three pieces of Ling Stone wages, and left the side hall.

  The bare-chested big Han and his two brothers had been anxiously waiting outside, feeling uneasy. As soon as Ye Chen came out, they hurriedly came up to apologize, "Ye senior, we were wrong earlier, we didn't recognize a superior!" "My brothers want to set up a table of wine and dishes to apologize to you, senior!"

  "Don't have to!"

  Ye Chen shook his head expressionlessly and left the small workshop. If they weren't allowed to be frightened, they wouldn't learn a lesson.

  A bare-armed big Han and two other middle-aged martial artists stared at each other, wondering if they still remembered their grudge or didn't want to bother with them.

  Ye Chen returned to the inn when it was still morning, before noon. After collecting his wages from the small workshop and having a detailed conversation with Wang Fangzhong, he spent almost an hour.

  Ye Chen returned to his own room and began to flip through "The Fundamentals of Refining".

  "Refining equipment foundation, primary chapter, simple spiritual equipment refining method: Cultivators use their magical powers to ignite the true fire, tempering and melting the mineral raw materials, following the style diagram of the spiritual equipment, refining it into a spiritual equipment."

  Ye Chen pondered for a moment, and when he saw the two words 'Fa Li', his eyes lit up.

  "Magic?!"

  "Right, now that I'm a cultivator, I should already have magical powers! Qi and blood correspond to internal energy, while the primordial spirit corresponds to magical powers."

  Ye Chen sat cross-legged on the bed, meditating quietly.

  His body's meridians, originally gave birth to a vigorous and powerful energy with the essence of Qi and blood. However, now he found that this energy had transformed into another kind of gentle and warm airflow, which emitted from his palms, appearing as a faint white glow.

  "Magic power is the foundation of casting all spells. To ignite the true fire, magic power is needed. But I have never learned any immortal arts, how can I ignite the true fire? ...It seems that this path to immortality, without a master's guidance, and exploring it on my own, everything ahead is shrouded in mist."

  Ye Chen was in a difficult situation.

  Ye Chen suddenly touched the ancient painting scroll in his arms and became excited.

  "Right, this ancient painting scroll of 'Xianfu' is a magical tool used by my predecessors who cultivated immortality. With my current magical power, I wonder if I can use this magical tool? Inside the Xianfu painting, there are medicine fields, alchemy pavilions, and equipment pavilions; perhaps I can also use them!"

  Ye Chen unrolled the ancient painting scroll from his waist and spread it out in front of him.

  He stretched out his palm and patted it on the ancient painting, and the law force flowed into the ancient scroll. Let's see if there's any change.

  As the infused mana gradually increased, the brilliance of the ancient painting scroll of Xianfu also became brighter and more dazzling, shining in all directions like a treasure! Inside the painting, every scene on the immortal island, every building, the glazed tiles on the buildings, and even the small foxes on the island became more vivid and lifelike.

  This ancient painting, originally one foot wide and two feet long, could suddenly grow larger or smaller, and finally floated up shaking. A beautiful and resplendent fairy mansion scroll unfolded in front of Ye Chen.

  "Haha, I can control this 'Xianfu' ancient painting scroll artifact now! I obtained this Xianfu ancient painting at the Beishan Academy, but I never thought I'd be able to control it!"

  Ye Chen's face suddenly lit up with joy.

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  The fairy mansion is about to open!