bookbashuk Chapter 69 Forming a Team, Superior Flying Needles
Chapter 69 Forming a Team, Superior Flying Needles
Outside the Three Pillars Mountain Formation.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, what a coincidence! You're also here to have Fellow Daoist Ouyang refine magical artifacts?"
Zi Shuang, dressed in a purple dress, saw Liu Ya flying over and bowed.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Zishuang."
"Ugh."
"It's embarrassing to admit."
"I am not skilled in combat. I previously entrusted Fellow Daoist Ouyang to forge a defensive magic artifact, and now that the deadline has arrived, I have come to collect it."
Lin Li shook his head and sighed.
"Fellow Daoist Liu's wind-based escape technique is much faster than other escape techniques of the same level. Coupled with a defensive magic artifact, even if you are outmatched, you can still escape safely from a battle between cultivators of the same level."
Zi Shuang said in a tone that seemed to offer some comfort.
However, Lin Li knew very well that it was uncertain how much Fellow Daoist Zishuang could believe.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, Fellow Daoist Zishuang, I didn't expect you two to come together."
"Come, please enter the mountain."
At this moment, a swift, fiery red streak of light flew up from the mountain, revealing a ten-foot-long spirit snake-like figure within it. The Fire Cloud Daoist hurriedly opened an entrance to the formation.
Three streaks of light flew together into a stone building below.
"Please wait a moment, fellow Daoists. The master will be here as soon as he is ready."
After Huo Yun finished speaking, he took out a pot of spiritual tea from his storage bag to serve the tea.
Lin Li and Zi Shuang each sat on a futon, and the spiritual tea on the table emitted a light fragrance.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, would you be interested in attending the auction at Shadow Gate Market?"
Zi Shuang looked at Lin Li and asked.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Lin Li nodded in response.
"Why don't we go together? There are many fellow foundation builders, and the tribulation cultivators on the road will have to weigh themselves."
"Besides myself, Fellow Daoist Guan Che and Fellow Daoist Gu Song also intend to go together."
"I wonder which of you, Fellow Daoist Gu and Fellow Daoist Qin, still goes to Yingmen Market?"
Zi Shuang then asked with great interest.
"Both Fellow Daoist Gu and Fellow Daoist Qin were delayed by other matters this time, so they will be next."
"I had originally planned to find a few fellow Daoists to go with me."
"That's perfect, then I'll trouble you fellow cultivators."
Lin Li spoke up.
Having more fellow cultivators to deter those who might try to provoke them on the road is certainly a good thing. Moreover, since they are all cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, even if their companions have ulterior motives, they can still escape smoothly.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, let's meet at the location on the jade slip at noon three days from now, and then head to Shadow Gate Market together."
After Zi Shuang finished speaking, she took out a jade slip and handed it to Lin Li.
"it is good."
Lin Li nodded in response and put the jade slip away.
At the same time, a wisp of divine sense probed into the jade slip, which marked a location more than ten miles outside Bianyue Lake.
Bianyue Lake is also a gathering place of Hundred Springs Lake, and it is a spiritual spring oasis on the far east side.
"What a pity."
"My master isn't going to Shadow Gate Market this time either, so I'll just have to stay on this mountain."
"I really want to taste the divine wine from the Drunken Immortal Wine Shop again!"
Huo Yun, standing to the side, said with a rather regretful tone.
"Fellow Daoist Huoyun, it's the same if we go again next time."
"This time, I brought you back a jar of peach blossom wine from the Drunken Immortal Wine Shop."
Zi Shuang said with a smile.
For Zi Shuang, being able to do Huo Yun a favor would definitely be a win-win situation.
"Then I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Zishuang."
"Next time, Fellow Daoist Zishuang, I will ask my master to give you a discount."
Huo Yun's eyes lit up with joy, and he spoke to Zi Shuang with a hint of excitement.
After waiting a while longer.
Ouyang Jue, radiating an aura of intense spiritual energy, arrived late.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, Fellow Daoist Zishuang, we've kept you waiting!"
"Fellow Daoist Zishuang, this storage bag contains your share. The process went smoothly."
Ouyang Jue took out a storage bag, used his spiritual power to lift it and send it to Zi Shuang's front, and said.
As for what kind of magical artifact Zishuang entrusted, with Ouyang Jue, the weapon refiner standing by, he naturally wouldn't say a word.
Unless Zishuang says it herself.
"Alright, thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Ouyang."
"Then I won't stay any longer, farewell."
"Fellow Daoist Huoyun, when I return, I will definitely bring you some spirit wine."
"Fellow Daoist Liu, see you in three days!"
After responding to each of them, Zi Shuang walked out of the stone building and transformed into a pale purple stream of light, leaving Sanzhu Mountain.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I have not failed your trust."
"After fusing with the fragments of the magic weapon, the flying needle has been promoted to the second-tier upper grade, which is also among the top in the second-tier upper grade."
"However, this refining process has been quite fruitful for me."
"Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Liu."
After Ouyang Jue finished speaking, he took out the set of flying needles.
Nine two-inch-long flying needles hovered in front of Lin Li.
The flying needles still carried the familiar aura, and Lin Li could still easily control them after infusing them with his own magic power.
However, unlike before, the restrictive aura emanating from these nine flying needles was several times stronger than before.
When you take control of it, your spiritual energy is consumed several times more. You can clearly sense that your spiritual energy is being rapidly depleted when you control the flying needles.
Using a second-tier superior magic weapon with the cultivation level of early Foundation Establishment will definitely consume more spiritual energy than a mid-tier magic weapon.
Immediately, Lin Li absorbed all nine flying needles into his sea of consciousness, wrapped them with his own spiritual power, and began to slowly nurture them.
"Fellow Daoist Ouyang, you're too kind. With such a magical artifact, our trip to Shadow Gate Market will be much safer!"
Lin Li sensed the powerful aura contained within the flying needle and was quite satisfied.
"Oh?"
"If Fellow Daoist Liu is going to Shadow Gate Market, you can take this with you. This item is part of an exchange event that Foundation Establishment cultivators can participate in at Shadow Gate Market."
"The organizer was an old human cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage."
"Many Foundation Establishment cultivators attend the auction, and perhaps you can obtain what you need at the exchange event during this time."
At this moment, Ouyang Jue took out a dusty wooden token from his storage bag. The token was engraved with a pattern of a two-headed spirit bird and contained a faint fluctuation of magical power.
"Then thank you very much, fellow Daoist."
Lin Li scanned the wooden plaque with his divine sense and found that the magical power contained within it should be illusionary spiritual power.
The restrictions inside the wooden plaque were very simple and not very complicated.
After scanning with divine sense, all the various restrictive structures within were exposed, seemingly without any hidden restrictions.
After Lin Li put away the wooden plaque, Ouyang Jue gave him a simple array. The flying needles could be used in conjunction with the array, and their power could be increased slightly.
After thanking him, Lin Li didn't stay at Sanzhu Mountain any longer and hurriedly left to study the flying needle formation.
Watching Lin Li's departing figure leave behind a trail of light, Ouyang Jue returned to the stone building where he was refining artifacts. Because he had refined and fused a fragment of a magic weapon once, he felt that he could refine a few more second-tier high-grade magic weapons to consolidate his gains.
Although the fragments of the magical artifacts refined this time were devoid of spiritual energy and the spiritual materials were somewhat damaged, they were refined using the author's own natal spiritual fire and a secret technique. It only took ten days to melt a significant portion of the fragments.
According to the notes on superior weapon refiners that I obtained before, it generally takes more than thirty days.
Even so, it was already extremely rare for Ouyang Jue.