I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 186: Chapter 158: New Magic Artifact

With three storage bags, Jiang Yuebai followed her master’s instructions, donned the Faceless Mask to hide her face, and stepped into the moonlight, leaving the camp.

The camp was dimly lit and bustling with people. The Secret Realm of the Land of Azure Flame had stabilized, and news had spread across the Nine Domains overnight. It was now the time when a large number of cultivators were arriving in search of treasure.

Jiang Yuebai summoned the Flying Core Boat in a secluded spot outside the camp, sat at the bow, and gazed at the bright moon on the horizon, feeling lost and unsure of where to go.

Having stepped into the Immortal Sect for nine years, the Heavenly Interence Sect had become her only home.

”A home... then I should first return to Qingzhou Lin’an County to have a look. I wonder if the lady teacher in Yong’an City and the madam in the brothel are still there, whether Jiang Family Village has been rebuilt. After so many years, it’s time to go back and build a cenotaph for my parents and brother.”

”Earlier, I asked the Inner Affairs Hall to help locate Moh Baichun. I think they said she appeared in the Chaotian Domain, which isn’t far from Qingzhou.”

Having made up her mind, the Flying Core Boat turned into a stream of light, speeding under the moon.

The path is winding, the spring breeze is intoxicating; sleepless through the night, listening to the morning bell.

The bright moon and the gentle breeze accompany me, through mountains and rivers, lighting the way for another journey.

”Tao Nian, this time we must work harder to save enough Spirit Stones to buy elixirs and break through to the Late-Stage Qi Cultivation.”

”After all, the secret realm is a place of danger. We’d better be cautious in everything. Let’s go quickly; it’s not safe at night.”

The two Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation girls held each other’s hands as they ran under the moon, full of hope for the future.

Jiang Yuebai’s adventure here had concluded, whereas for others, it was just beginning.

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Traveling was monotonous, so Jiang Yuebai used a Concealing Array to hide the aura of the Flying Core Boat, allowing it to move naturally forward, while she sat at the bow, inspecting the contents of the three storage bags.

”Zhao Tiezui is not only tight-lipped but also a penny-pinching miser! I thought I was being repaid and there were only jade scrolls and array plates? There’s a letter too?”

Jiang Yuebai took out the letter from the storage bag and found it was written by Tang Weimian.

[To Junior Sister Jiang,

I write this letter to you due to no other choice, hoping for your understanding and forgiveness.

The senior brothers and sisters are not in the Sect, and Master has ordered me to manage the finances at Heavenly Gang Peak, which she is unaware of. Heavenly Gang Peak has been in deficit for a long time.

Master is dedicated to Array Dao, not good at management, and lacks proficiency in miscellaneous skills, relying entirely on the Sect Master’s support all through her cultivation.

Master, with her proud demeanor and formidable reputation, doesn’t bend for wealth, and we disciples are unwilling for her to compromise. The senior brothers and sisters have always been out earning a living, fortunately, Master’s fame is quite beneficial, and their income is enough to get by.

However, unforeseen events occurred, and two years ago, Heavenly Gang Peak’s Great Array was destroyed and needed repair, worsening the situation. The debt owed to the sect requires Master’s salary of one hundred and seventy-seven years to repay.

Master specifically instructed me to repay your debt doubly, but unfortunately, our resources are limited, making it impossible. I hope you will grant an extension.

I have informed Senior Brother Li Shen Zhi, and you can find him at the Kong Family in the Baishui Domain. He will find a way to repay your debt.

The jade scroll in the storage bag is entrusted by Master to you, and the array plate was made by myself and is a gift to you.

Please forgive any inconvenience this may cause you.

Sincerely, Tang Weimian]

After reading the letter, Jiang Yuebai’s mind went blank.

After a while, only one thought lingered in her mind.

A debt of one hundred and seventy-seven years is too terrifying!

How in the world did Zhao Fuyi manage to be so poor yet so arrogant? Not bending for money? It’s all because of the Sect Master and her obedient disciples spoiling her!

If it were me, I would have revealed these deficits to Zhao Fuyi directly, never accommodating her bad habits.

However, Heavenly Gang Peak’s restoration is because my master broke the array, causing severe damage to the peak...

”Indeed, it’s the cycle of cause and effect. I’ll consider this debt as compensation from me, the disciple, to Heavenly Gang Peak on behalf of my master, and won’t collect it. Although funds are tight now, Huaxi Valley sends income to the Mountain and Sea Building every six months, which I can access anytime, so I’ll endure for now.”

Jiang Yuebai quickly browsed through the jade scrolls given by Zhao Fuyi, finding many, mostly insights into Array Dao, and detailed expositions on the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array.

Among them was a jade scroll containing the Small Transposition Array, which Jiang Yuebai was very eager for.

It was the array Zhao Fuyi mentioned in the Secret Realm, allowing mining puppets to transport mined ores directly to her side using the array, saving the time of running back and forth.

”I’ll learn it slowly. There’s no rush.”

The remaining array plates were all Foundation Establishment Stage usable, and all were superb, covering Illusion Arrays, Killing Arrays, Illusion Arrays, Stealth Arrays, and so on.

Currently, she can’t create array plates outside of the fire attribute herself, but she can activate other pre-made attributes with her Divine Sense.

Jiang Yuebai also examined the storage bag given by Lii Jiuchuan, containing the usual elixirs, talismans, maps, travelogues, and so on.

Most notably, there were five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, two Jade Pivot Thunder Pearls, and a token from Hongyan Building.

”Master is indeed the best, directly giving Spirit Stones.”

The Jade Pivot Thunder Pearl might be difficult to make; there are only two this time, but they are definitely enough.

In the past, the Earth Spiritual Realm had many methods for long-distance communication and object transmission, but none were as reliable and insured as Hongyan Building, which would compensate for any lost messages or items.

It is said that Hongyan Building developed only in the last twenty years and has now blossomed everywhere, specializing in delivering messages and collecting and selling information.

However, the further the communication distance, the higher the cost, which is generally unaffordable for most cultivators.

There is a character ’Chuan’ on the token, showing that Master has handled all the paperwork, allowing her to send and receive messages directly at Hongyan Building.

”Let me see what magical artifacts True Monarch Cang Huo refined for me.”

Jiang Yuebai poured out all the contents of the storage bag at once.

Two jade scrolls, a spear, and two straight knives.

A ring, a scale armor, and a red silk.

At that time, she only kept the Talisman Treasure Fire Crow Map, the attributeless Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades, Condensing Light Mirror, and the flute on her, and handed all other magic artifacts to True Monarch Cang Huo.

After quickly checking, Jiang Yuebai was filled with joy, as they were all Seventh-Grade Upper-Level Magical Artifacts.

The difference between a Seventh-Grade Magical Artifact and a Sixth-Grade Magic Treasure seems slight, but it is actually the difference between runes and micro array formations.

Runes have a single function, whereas micro talisman arrays can have endless variations, enabling the magic treasure to have continuous power, several times stronger than magical artifacts.

Some artifact refiners craft exquisite magical artifacts but struggle their entire lives to refine even a single magic treasure, illustrating the difficulty involved in entering the Sixth-Grade Artifact Refiner ranks.

Seventh-Grade Magical Artifacts are sufficient for use during the Foundation Establishment Stage; magic treasures consume too much spiritual energy and divine sense, making them cumbersome to use and perhaps not as flexible as Seventh-Grade Magical Artifacts.

Magic treasures are more suitable for Golden Core cultivators; the strongest for the Foundation Establishment Stage are still talisman treasures.

The modifications True Monarch Cang Huo made to these items maximized their power without reaching the level of magic treasures, so she can use them effortlessly and perfectly.

One of the jade scrolls contains descriptions of these magical artifacts.

The spear is a modified Thunder Shock Spear called the Fire Thunder Spear, with a fiery spearhead, and the body of the spear conceals thunder, feeling scorching to the touch, with a familiar weight.

Jiang Yuebai experienced the power of the collision between fire and thunder when she created Flame Thunder Burst, and the effect of the Fire Thunder Spear is just that, exploding with each thrust.

The blade is the modified Absolute Wind Saber called the Evil Wind Saber, with a dark red blade that slashes silently, yet stirs up an evil wind upon impact.

It carries powerful tearing and burning effects, allowing the power of Fire Evil to invade the enemy’s meridians, burning the heart and corroding the bones.

The ring is also dark red, originally being the Water Attribute Tailang Whip, but now it lashes out fire waves instead of water waves, able to withstand thirty percent of Fire Evil Power.

The strange vest-like scale armor was supposed to be the Eighth-Grade Red Scale Armor, with fire scales interwoven with black feathers, seemingly integrating the Black Feather Cloak.

Jiang Yuebai tried it on and couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

This Feather Scale Armor perfectly combines the defensive counterattack of the Red Scale Armor with the Sky-Breaking Flash of the Black Feather Cloak.

”True Monarch Cang Huo truly lives up to the reputation of Elixir and Artifact Dual Excellence, the artifact refining is amazing! Though it cannot make one fly, it enhances the body’s levitation ability, and the Sky-Breaking Flash is retained, making it very useful in combat and escape.”

Jiang Yuebai picked up the extra piece, the red silk, thin as cicada wings, soft in texture, piled like a burning flame.

”Is this woven from top-grade purple fire crystal after refining and purifying into silk threads?”

The jade scroll explained it so, and Jiang Yuebai immediately envisioned a scene in her mind of the plump True Monarch Cang Huo working on weaving the red silk, with messy red hair, squinting eyes, buried in his task.

Shaking off distractions, Jiang Yuebai continued examining the red silk called Fire Silk.

Fire Crystal is hard in texture, affinity with fire spiritual energy, a common primary material for refining fire attribute magical artifacts.

Top-grade purple fire crystal, nurtured over millennia, has strength sufficient to resist Sixth-Grade Magic Treasures.

After reading the jade scroll’s explanation, Jiang Yuebai performed slight sacrificial refining, then the Fire Silk floated around her body. She directly slashed with the Evil Wind Saber, sparking a chain of sparks, and the Fire Silk remained unharmed.

Moreover, the inherent strength of the Fire Silk can perfectly integrate with her current spiritual energy, transforming into an Earth Evil Fire Silk to control and defeat enemies.

These magical artifacts became Jiang Yuebai’s favorites, and she tried them one by one, familiarizing herself with them for most of the day, then stored them all in her storage bracelet.

While she is not lacking in magical artifacts now, she still needs spirit stones, cultivation techniques, and spells. Currently, she only has the Five-Layer Red Flame Technique to use, which isn’t very impactful for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Fire can generate wind, which makes using a Wind Net plausible - the evil energy could seep through, causing unrest and perhaps achieving unexpected results.

Blade Flow Wind Kill is a gold attribute technique, borrowing some wind characteristics; she is contemplating if there’s a way to backtrack the fire into it.

The ”Five Thunders Righteous Method” exchanged from the sect might have a Fire Thunder Method worth trying.

Besides these, she has no combat spells available.

With a change in physique, everything must be relearned from scratch.

In terms of martial arts, she needs to ponder fire attribute martial force, while her movement technique significantly lags behind her cultivation, relying heavily on the Earth Escape Talisman. She must find ways to improve.

”Better first look at the cultivation technique True Monarch Cang Huo gave me.”