Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1055: Chapter 727: The Lu Family’s Announcement

Yang Zhenshan looked at the piece of Jade Wood Bronze, “I wonder how much it would cost to forge a spear with this Jade Wood Bronze?”

“Twenty-eight spirit stones! This piece of Jade Wood Bronze alone costs eighteen spirit stones, but it’s not enough to forge a spear; I need to add other materials!” the old man replied.

Twenty-eight spirit stones!

Low-grade spiritual weapon!

This price is quite expensive.

But Yang Zhenshan knew that the old man wasn’t asking for an unreasonable price; it was quite fair.

He had asked around in the city’s marketplace, and a low-grade spiritual weapon would cost at least thirty spirit stones, and that’s for swords and such. Spears and similar long weapons cost at least fifty spirit stones.

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment and took out his Mystical Iron heavy spear from the storage bag, “I wonder if my spear can be modified?”

The old man received the spear, hefted its weight, tapped its body, and then looked at Yang Zhenshan with surprise.

“Is this made of Mystic Gold Heavy Iron?”

Yang Zhenshan didn’t know what Mystic Gold Heavy Iron was, but he knew the spear was made of Mystical Iron; it seemed to be a different name for the ore.

“It should be!” he replied vaguely.

“Then it can’t be modified; Mystic Gold Heavy Iron is a Golden Spirit Ore, which is incompatible with Wood Spirit!”

The old man explained while continuing to examine the Mystical Iron heavy spear, “The quality of this Mystic Gold Heavy Iron is a bit poor, its spirituality is very low, but the forging technique is quite good, only why no rune inscription?”

“Without rune inscription, it’s just an ordinary weapon. Once inscribed, it becomes a spiritual weapon!”

The area west of the Stormy Sea Area is called the Spiritual Wilderness because there are very few spiritual objects there, not just spirit medicine and spiritual fruit, but spiritual ores with spirituality are also scarce.

Yang Zhenshan’s expression changed slightly, and he turned to Li Chang behind him and said, “Show your sword to the old gentleman!”

Li Chang immediately took out his long sword and handed it to the old man.

The old man did not refuse and took the long sword to examine it.

“What material is this made of?” he asked.

“I don’t know!” Yang Zhenshan replied.

Li Chang’s long sword was forged by the Zhu family on Earth Fire Island using Earthfire Steel, but Zhu’s Earthfire Steel is not a single material; it’s a blend of multiple materials tempered by volcanic lava.

So even if the old man were told it was made of Earthfire Steel, he probably wouldn’t know what Earthfire Steel is.

“The technique is the same; the material lacks any spirituality, yet it’s a decent ordinary weapon,” the old man remarked.

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly; it seemed the Zhu family’s weapon forging skills were quite good, but because they didn’t know the Rune Secret Skill and lacked enough spiritual ores, they could only forge ordinary weapons.

“Can you forge a wood attribute spiritual weapon that matches this spear’s style and weight?”

The old man pondered for a moment and said, “It’s possible; I have a Yellow Earth Spirit Crystal here that can increase the weight of the spear, and it can blend well with Jade Wood Bronze!”

“The price might increase a bit, to forty-three spirit stones!”

Yang Zhenshan didn’t mind the spirit stones; he had a hundred spirit stones exchanged for spirit fruits, enough to forge a suitable weapon.

“Then please forge one for me. How long will it take?”

“You can come and pick it up in half a month! The deposit is ten spirit stones!” the old man said with a smile.

Yang Zhenshan took out ten spirit stones and then put the Mystical Iron heavy spear back in his storage bag, “May I ask your name, old sir?”

“Haha, I am Qiu Jin, but you can call me Old Qiu. My family has been running this shop since my grandfather’s time, for over two hundred years now!” Qiu Jin replied warmly.

Yang Zhenshan bowed lightly, “Thank you very much, Mr. Qiu!”

Leaving the Spirit Flame Foundry, Yang Zhenshan then went next door to the Dharma Transmission Spirit Hall, the largest and most elegant shop in Nanxia County’s martial artist marketplace.

The city’s Ten Thousand Skill Pavilion is part of the Illusion Moon Sect, whereas the Dharma Transmission Spirit Hall here is owned by the Sun family, one of the Twelve Families, the same Sun family of Sun Qingrui.

A family’s cultivation technique is naturally better than those not part of the Three Sects, but for Yang Zhenshan, the Sun family’s cultivation technique was sufficient.

He could only purchase some ordinary cultivation techniques at the moment and wasn’t yet qualified to search for Divine Secret Techniques.

Upon entering Dharma Transmission Spirit Hall, a clerk immediately came up to greet him.

“Welcome, senior!” the clerk said enthusiastically.

This clerk looked about thirty years old, without having reached Innate cultivation, only a Postnatal Martial Artist.

Yang Zhenshan glanced around the shop, “I need some Wood Spirit cultivation techniques. Could you show me a few?”

The shop had a dozen or so antique bookshelves, seemingly more than the Ten Thousand Skill Pavilion, though the quality of these techniques naturally couldn’t compare to those in the Pavilion.

“Of course, senior, please follow me!” the clerk quickly responded.

Business is business, and a customer is a guest.

The Three Sects and Twelve Families might be high and mighty in the Sea of Spirit, but in business, they behaved properly at least, especially in welcoming guests, avoiding snobbish behavior.

The clerk led Yang Zhenshan into the shop and asked, “What kind of cultivation technique does senior want?”

“Wood Spirit cultivation techniques of Innate level and above; I’d like to see them!” Yang Zhenshan replied.

“Understood! Senior, this way, please look at these cultivation techniques,” the clerk guided Yang Zhenshan to a bookshelf and smiled, “We have plenty of Wood Spirit cultivation techniques here at Dharma Transmission Spirit Hall, including some advanced secret arts, no less impressive than those in the city’s Ten Thousand Skill Pavilion.”