Chapter 40: The Devil's Compromise

  The Fu Bing's Fa Xiang is not made of paper or mud, but a magical door formed by the combined power of hundreds of Fu Bing. This Fa Xiang can be expanded and contracted at will, with the heart moving freely.

  Wang Guang swung his copper hammer, but the cavalry law enforcer did not dodge, instead using his spear to block it. Not only did he successfully deflect the hammer, but with a swift flick of his spear, he struck Wang Guang's waist with great force.

  Although it was the first time fighting against this law body, the law body in front of him was similar to hand-to-hand combat in the military, so it wasn't difficult to deal with. For a moment, one held a long spear and the other held a copper hammer, killing each other. Meanwhile, hundreds of cavalrymen sat on their horses, transporting the symbols of the law door, making it convenient to maintain the law body.

  Not to mention the struggle between Wang Guang and the Fu Bing's law, let alone the female practitioner who was fighting with Wang Guang. After hiding from the dark thunder, she somehow managed to find a black veil to wear on her body, and then scattered black smoke in front of everyone, revealing her true identity.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, this time due to my younger sister's fault, the Imperial City was damaged, which made my younger sister extremely anxious. Here are 100 crystal stones, I'd like to give them to you all, hoping that you can forgive my younger sister this time." The female cultivator's voice also changed from sharp and delicate to a pleasant sound at this moment.

  "This is fine! After all, this is your first offense. If there's a next time, don't blame us for following the rules. You'd best leave quickly and not linger here, lest another fight breaks out." The imperial court attendants exchanged a glance, then the practitioner holding the iron umbrella stepped forward to collect the crystal stone, which was also a way of acquiescing to the female practitioner's request.

  The female practitioner suppressed the pain of lacking crystal stones, nodded in gratitude to the crowd, and then glared fiercely at Wang Guang. She swirled her black cloak, and a wisp of black smoke rose up, enveloping her body as she slowly disappeared into the dense houses within the imperial city, leaving no trace behind.

  Wang Guang was fighting with Fu Bingfa on the side, and his words were extremely fierce, but he still left a part of his mind to pay attention to that female Qi practitioner. As soon as he saw the female Qi practitioner turn around and leave, he suddenly became anxious.

  He didn't even bother to fight with the cavalry monk in front of him, and the copper hammer hit dozens of times, smashing the Dharma body into a crimson glow all over his body. After turning around, Baoguang wanted to chase after him.

  Who would have thought that just as he turned around, a huge boulder came crashing down towards him. The boulder was about three to five zhang in size, with holes of varying sizes on its surface. As it crashed down, all that could be heard was the deafening whirring sound.

  "Don't stop me!" Wang Guangda roared! The copper hammer swung down, heavily smashing onto the giant stone. With a loud crack, the giant stone shattered, and large pieces of debris fell to the ground, no one knew how many unlucky souls were crushed to death.

  "Evil path! You dare to destroy my treasure?" The emperor's servant saw the giant stone being smashed by Wang Guang and immediately let out a loud cry. Just now, that giant stone was what this guy had painstakingly refined for three to five years, but unexpectedly, today it was just put into use, and the treasure was destroyed by someone.

  At the thought of three to five years of hard work going down the drain, this arrogant guy let out a loud shout and swung an autumn wind stick at Wang Guang, while secretly throwing three or five darts to launch a sneak attack on Wang Guang. He wanted to take Wang Guang down with one blow.

  "Wow! This broken stone is also a treasure?" Wang Guang was taken aback by the other's words. In his opinion, treasures shouldn't be so shabby. Actually, he knew that the person in front of him was just a Qi-refining disciple from a small sect, who had entered the sect with good luck but had poor innate talent. Even after taking spiritual medicine, there wasn't much improvement, and therefore didn't receive the true transmission of the sect's teachings, only memorizing incomplete Daoist techniques before being driven out to wander the mountains. It was no wonder that he hadn't grasped any high-level treasure-refining methods.

  "Isn't it a treasure, or is it just a stone?" The eunuch who was holding an iron umbrella on the side had a funeral face and glared at Wang Guang fiercely. The stone treasure that Wang Guang had smashed was one he had helped to refine, and thinking about how his friend would ask him to go and refine another three to five years' worth of treasures after losing this one made his scalp tingle, and he almost turned around and ran away.

  The copper hammer blocked the autumn wind rod, and a mouthful of green smoke spewed out to block three or five needles. With a flick of his left hand, the golden light flashed and grabbed towards the offering.

  Moreover, this guy didn't want to show his face, and directly opened his mouth to continue the conversation: "Isn't this just a broken stone? A treasure like this, I wouldn't even give it a glance if I lost it. If you insist, you can provide the materials, and I'll help you refine a treasure, how about that?"

  "Is this for real?" As soon as Wang Guang spoke, the shrine maiden who was holding the autumn wind rod and had a crazed expression froze, withdrew her hand, and anxiously felt around the autumn wind rod with both hands.

  "Are you kidding me? You're not going to let the people below put away the law talismans, do you want to see me get pierced by these talismans? Where are you going to find someone to refine a treasure for you?" Although the offering retreated, the law talismans controlled by the symbol soldiers below continued to mechanically attack Wang Guang. Fearing that several Qi-refining warriors would come up and surround him, Wang Guang had no choice but to compromise reluctantly.

  "You all quickly put away your magical symbols, the offerings before us are from our own family, don't spoil the harmony, why not leave quickly?" The offering whose magic treasure was destroyed saw that his family might obtain a good magic treasure again, and immediately became overjoyed, picked up the Autumn Wind Stick and loudly shouted and drove away the symbolic soldiers below.

  After the dispute was over, several attendants also didn't want to stay in this empty space for a long time. After discussing with each other, they followed Wang Guang to his attendant pavilion.

  Returned to the room and dismissed the maidservants, several attendants sat down cross-legged, beginning to discuss the matter of the treasure.

  " Fellow Taoist, are you really capable of refining a treasure?" The young attendant who had been carrying the iron umbrella took a deep breath and asked uncertainly.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! I, a humble monk from a renowned sect, may not dare say that my knowledge spans from the heavens to the earth, but I can still manage to refine and create some decent magical artifacts. Like this copper pellet I used today, it's actually something I refined myself." Wang Guang saw that he didn't need to mention the matter of the fight to his most trusted followers anymore, so he put his mind at ease. It was just a pity that the female Qi-refining cultivator had escaped.

  "Oh? Fellow Taoist, if possible, can you simply tell us about the power of your treasure?" A middle-aged man with a hint of golden light in his eyes spoke up in a hoarse voice.

  "Haha! This treasure of mine is called: Red Copper Sand. This treasure should have been forged from red copper, but I was a bit strapped for cash, so I used ordinary copper ingots to temper it instead. However, even so, the power of my Red Copper Sand is extremely formidable. It can transform into all sorts of weapons, advancing and retreating at will. Its quality is already at the mid-grade of no-quality, and if I were to further temper it, although it wouldn't reach the top grade of no-quality in a short amount of time, it would still be able to reach the fourth grade of no-quality."

  As he spoke, he generally manipulated the copper ball in his hand. The copper ball shrank to the size of a grain of rice and transformed into knives, guns, swords, spears, axes, hooks, and other small animals with strange shapes, attracting the attention of several people who were offering sacrifices.

  "Friend, if this treasure were to be sold, how much would it be worth?" The man who had destroyed the stone treasure looked at the red copper sand in Wang Guang's hand, then touched the autumn wind stick and the bright silver dart at his waist, and suddenly threw them on the ground, humbly asking Wang Guang to refine a piece of red copper sand for him.

  "This treasure is not for sale." King Guang shook his head and said, "I spent 36 years collecting the materials for this treasure, absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for 72 years to refine it, and after creating the embryo, I threw it into a volcanic mountain to nurture it for 108 years. It took me half my life's blood and sweat, so would I sell such a treasure?"

  "Alright! Fellow Taoist, don't bother us anymore. You destroyed my brother's treasure, and you said you'd refine a replacement to compensate for it, which we agreed to. Now, have you thought of what kind of treasure to refine as compensation?" A young servant who was carrying an iron umbrella on his back spoke up in a low voice from the side.

  "It depends on what materials the fellow provides and what type of treasure he needs." Wang Guang waved his hand, putting away the red copper sand into his waist pouch. This guy's mind wasn't on the treasure at all, but rather pondering why these offerings couldn't even refine a single decent treasure.

  "Stone, bring a stone-like treasure that can attack, I don't need defense, just an attacking type."

  As soon as these words came out, the other companions including Wang Guang couldn't help but roll their eyes. They all looked at him with extreme disdain, despising his lack of aesthetic sense.

  "Haha! Others may fight with me, but once they see that I'm a rock, they'll absolutely despise me. But when the time comes, my rock will smash into their heads, leaving them nowhere to despise." The monk seemed to know what Wang Guang and the others were thinking, and he explained with a gloomy smile.

  "How wonderful!" Wang Guang couldn't help but applaud in support. Upon hearing this, Wang Guang's mind once again had vague thoughts about refining his family's treasure, but he didn't have time to think about it now, so he put it aside for the moment and began thinking about what kind of treasure to refine for this offering.

  "I have 100,000 catties of Wannian Heishan stone and three grains of dust. I don't know if fellow daoist can rely on these materials to refine something. If other materials are needed, please tell me, whether it's gold, silver, copper, iron, or pearls and agate, I will definitely find them for you." Wang Guang said with a hopeful face.

  After hearing the other party's report, Wang Guang suddenly had a refining intention in his heart. However, he now wanted to make things difficult for these people and use this opportunity to vent his resentment towards them for blocking him from pursuing the female Qi Refining Cultivator.

  In fact, this guy is also a muddle-headed master. He didn't think that if he didn't compromise at that time, he would be surrounded by 7 or 8 practitioners at the same time, and even if he could escape with his life, it wouldn't be a pleasant experience. Moreover, it may affect the task assigned to him by the Lidi Dao people.

  "I'll need three more grains of dust, and if there's a large amount of Western Qing gold energy, I can further increase the power of the refined treasure." Wang Guang pretended to think for a moment, then opened his mouth and said it.