Immortal Path Space - Chapter 283: Refining

The merchandise displayed by the caravan for sale, known as Spiritual Objects, had already sold seventy percent of its stock by the time they closed shop in the evening. Only a small amount of second-tier Spiritual Herbs and some first-tier spiritual fruits remained.

Wang Hong returned to his residence, and by the time he completed his cultivation tasks for the day, it was already the next day at dawn.

He had arranged for Luo Zhongjie and the others to set up a stall at the Wantong Market and instructed them to use the middle-grade Spirit Stones earned from the previous day’s sales to purchase as many second-tier refining tool materials as possible.

Additionally, they could also acquire some special products from Qianqiao City to bring back and sell in Azure Void City.

When Luo Zhongjie and his group arrived at the Wantong Market, many people were already waiting at their booth.

Most of these individuals were the heads of various shops in Qianqiao City.

Their purpose for coming here today was twofold. On one hand, they aimed to secure a good location in advance to buy more Spiritual Objects. On the other hand, they hoped to establish long-term cooperation and form stable business relationships.

Since they were prominent figures in Qianqiao City, working with them could be beneficial, but Luo Zhongjie didn’t dare to make decisions without consulting Wang Hong first.

Today, Wang Hong didn’t go out. He was at home researching how to refine Tungsten Spirit Iron Ore. Although he had read about it in the scriptures before, he lacked practical experience.

He began by igniting the second-tier spiritual charcoal he usually used for alchemy and then placed a fist-sized piece of Ore over the flame.

After half an hour, the Ore was still cool. He continued to burn it, and after another hour, the Ore finally began to heat up.

Three more hours passed, and the Ore turned red. It wasn’t until ten hours later that the Ore started to melt.

However, he stopped at this point. He only wanted to understand what the process was like when using second-tier spiritual charcoal for refining.

Now that he had a general idea, there was no need to waste more time on it.

At this moment, a flame slightly thicker than his thumb appeared in his hand, flickering.

This was the Spirit Fire cultivated from his “Wood Fire Incineration Technique.” Although it was small, its power was formidable, almost on par with a Golden Core cultivator’s true fire.

With a thought, he directed the flame to hover in front of him, and then he used his Divine Sense to control the fist-sized piece of Ore, which floated above the flame.

As soon as the Ore touched the flame, it quickly turned red. After a quarter of an hour, signs of melting appeared, and after half an hour, the Ore had completely melted into liquid.

Guiding the liquid with his Divine Sense, it continuously rolled and emitted blue smoke, which gradually grew fainter until no more smoke emerged.

He then manipulated the liquid to slowly move away from the flame. It cooled and solidified, with some fragments falling from its surface.

When there were no more fragments falling, a small metal sphere the size of a fingertip remained suspended in the air.

Wang Hong held it in his hand and examined it closely. The sphere was entirely black and shiny, weighing around a pound. This was the finished product of Tungsten Spirit Iron.

While using Spirit Fire for refining Tungsten Spirit Iron was faster than what ordinary Foundation Building cultivators could achieve, Wang Hong still wasn’t entirely satisfied.

He wanted to refine large quantities, and this method was still too time-consuming.

He had always wanted to cultivate talents among his subordinates in various fields, including alchemy, refining tools, talisman-making, and more.

However, the majority of his first batch of subordinates lacked Spiritual Roots, making their daily cultivation already challenging, leaving little time to learn other skills.

As a result, he had only cultivated three Alchemists: Zhang Chunfeng and the Ma Brothers.

Among the one hundred recruits this time, Wang Hong planned to train talents in various fields. Many tasks would no longer require his personal attention in the future.

With so many Foundation Building cultivators under his command, each requiring various resources, it was impossible for him to produce everything himself. Doing so would defeat the purpose of cultivating his subordinates, and if that were the case, the Nascent Soul ancestors of those sects would have long been exhausted.

To refine large quantities of raw ore and improve efficiency, he needed a refining tool furnace, preferably of Spiritual Weapon quality.

Wang Hong instructed Luo Zhongjie to purchase all the Tungsten Spirit Iron Ore from the stall he had visited. Even if he didn’t have time to refine it immediately, he could save it for later. Refining tool materials would be harder to come by once he returned to Azure Void City.

After spending two days searching throughout Qianqiao City, Wang Hong couldn’t find a Spiritual Weapon-level refining tool furnace. He had to settle for a high-grade Magical Weapon-level furnace for the time being.

However, he did hear some news: in half a year, there would be a large auction organized by the Thousand Crafts Pavilion. At that time, a Spiritual Weapon-level refining tool furnace would be up for sale, along with two Foundation Building stage Puppets.

It seemed he needed to stay in the city for a while longer.

A little over ten days later, the caravan had sold out of its merchandise.

Using the Spirit Stones earned, he purchased a large quantity of refining tool materials, various Magical Weapons, and a few Spiritual Weapons from the Wantong Market. He also had one hundred middle-grade Spirit Stones left, which he planned to use at the upcoming auction.

A month later, Wang Hong went to Thousand Refinement Pavilion in the western part of the city and collected the Spiritual Weapons he had commissioned.

Eight Spiritual Weapons, made from third-tier Purple Cloud Mulberry spirit wood refinement, consisted of seven high-grade ones and one top-grade Spiritual Weapon. They were accompanied by a total of one hundred Spiritual Weapon-grade arrows.

According to Wang Hong’s specifications, these bows were incredibly strong, requiring tens of thousands of pounds of strength to draw. The top-grade Spiritual Weapon needed a staggering one hundred thousand pounds of strength to draw, custom-made for Wang Hong himself.

These bows were beyond the capabilities of ordinary cultivators to draw, and even most body cultivators would struggle to handle them.

Thanks to the consumption of a large number of Essence Core Pills, Wang Hong’s physical strength had now reached half a million pounds, making it easy for him to draw the one-hundred-thousand-pound bow.

It was said that some powerful body cultivators could move mountains and fill seas with their physical strength alone. While he couldn’t do that, he could easily shatter a few large boulders at the foot of a mountain.

Luo Zhongjie and the others also had strength exceeding one hundred thousand pounds at this point, making them slightly stronger than cultivators of the same tier.

All the Demonic Beast corpses he had collected in the spatial storage had been absorbed by the demon-hunting tree, leaving him with a warehouse full of demon-hunting tree seeds.

It wasn’t that he was unwilling to share with his subordinates, but from the very first day he led troops, he never had the habit of giving away things for no reason.

One had to contribute or achieve something to earn corresponding benefits. Getting something for nothing would only undermine discipline and discourage everyone from striving for excellence.

Wang Hong kept the top-grade bow and twenty arrows for himself and entrusted Luo Zhongjie with distributing the rest.

One hundred high-grade Magical Weapon bows, each infused with a trace of third-tier Purple Cloud Mulberry, were considered to be of excellent quality even among high-grade Magical Weapons.

Each of his one hundred Qi Cultivation cultivators received one bow, along with a thousand arrows, ten for each person.

With one hundred Qi Cultivation cultivators simultaneously aiming at a single point and firing ten rounds, it was enough to turn a Foundation Building cultivator into a hornet’s nest.

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