Volume 1 Chapter 30 Buying Ore

Chapter 30 Buying Ore

The two said goodbye, and Zhang Pa went to the market alone. Anyone can set up a stall in the market, except for the disciples of the three major sects. No matter what they sell or how much it is worth, they only need to pay one spirit stone every day. At this time, about half of the stalls in the market are buying and selling items.

Zhang Pa walked and stopped, and visited the entire market in less than half a day. Most of them were low-level magic tools. He only saw a small number of low-level Qi-replenishing pills. The medicinal effects were very different from those given by Lin Sen, but the price was frighteningly expensive, one costing ten spirit stones. As for magic tools, none of them caught Zhang Pa's eye. Those magic tools were better than the flying sword given by Senior Brother Hongyuan, but they were really incomparable to the broadsword and flying sword refined by Lin Sen.

In fact, it is no wonder. Lin Sen is a top-level master in the Jindan stage, and he is proficient in refining techniques. The refining cauldron is made of top-grade materials and embedded with exquisite formations. The materials used for refining swords and knives are not only black iron but also the bones of Jindan stage monsters. It relies on fire spirit essence to refine, and other spirit essences are added for melting. With these many conditions combined, it is difficult to refine it badly.

Refining magic tools is similar to smelting weapons. There are hundreds of millions of weapons in the world, but few magic weapons are sharp. If you want to refine a precious blade, you must have precious materials that are different from ordinary ones, and you must have a master to carefully forge it, so that it is possible to become a peerless magic weapon. The same is true for magic tools. From material selection to workmanship, there are many harsh conditions to refine magic tools into magic treasures. Magic treasures are the supreme existence among magic tools, just like the status of Yitian Sword among weapons, so most cultivators who do not have the conditions use ordinary magic tools.

Of course, a master can kill people with a pair of chopsticks, but what if he is given Yitian Sword? Is it more convenient to kill people?

Zhang Pa had four magic weapons, so naturally he was not interested in low-level magic tools. After wandering around the market for a long time, he was only interested in talismans. Talismans are also called talisman tools. They are based on jade and have spells embedded in them. When used, you just need to throw out the jade talisman, which is extremely powerful. According to the difference in jade materials, good talisman tools can store multiple spells. As talismans gradually became popular, jade became increasingly in short supply. Later, some people discovered that monster skins could also be used to make talismans. They were not restricted by level or material, as long as they were monster skins, so now talismans are basically made of monster skins. And the cost is low. The skin of a low-level herbivorous monster rat the size of a palm is enough to make ten talismans, not to mention the skin of large monsters. This is one of the reasons why many people want to hunt monsters as soon as they appear.

After understanding the process of making talismans, Zhang Pa did not think of hunting monsters. He thought of the top-grade white jade used to pave the road in the Nitian Cave. If so many top-grade white jades were used to make talismans, what kind of power would they have? If I had known that white jade was so useful, I should have taken some when I came out.

It can only be said that Zhang Pa is very thoughtful. Top-grade white jade is very rare and is usually used to make tools, such as the jade box for storing items, the pill bottle, and the preservation box, which are all made of top-grade white jade; or added when refining magic weapons, which have multiple functions; Zhang Pa actually wants to use it to refine consumer talismans. Even if it can store ten spells, it can only be used ten times, which is a waste anyway.

Low-level talismans are just as expensive, and the worst fireball spells cost five to ten spirit stones. Zhang Pa couldn't help but sigh and wanted to say to these vendors: "You are robbing money!"

He walked out angrily, and suddenly remembered that Lin Sen seemed to have given him a storage bag a few days before leaving the cave. At that time, he was counting the jade boxes, and then drinking, and he put it away and never looked at it again. Now he is curious about what is inside.

He walked out, trying to find a place to check the storage bag, but was blocked by Wang Miao. Wang Miao and two men and one woman stood at the entrance of the market, looking around. When they saw Zhang Pa, they ran over with a happy face, pointing at the people around them and introducing them: "This is my cousin Wang Yuan, my cousin Wang Ying, and my senior brother Sun Ziqi." He also introduced Zhang Pa to them: "A good friend I met on the way, Zhang Pa, a disciple of Tianlei Mountain Ziguang Pavilion."

Zhang Pa looked at the few people. Wang Ying and Wang Miao were both at the top level of Qi Refining Stage, Wang Yuan was at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment Stage, and Sun Ziqi was the highest, reaching the middle stage of Foundation Establishment Stage. Seeing that they were still young, they must have very good qualifications to have such a cultivation level, so he greeted them one by one. In particular, he looked at Wang Ying a few more times. Although he couldn't tell the reason, he just felt that she was pretty. After all, he was young and ignorant, and he had never seen many women.

Wang Yuan and Wang Ying returned the greetings seriously, only Sun Ziqi was a little arrogant, and returned the greetings casually. By the way, he used his spiritual sense to check Zhang Pa's cultivation level. After checking, his face changed slightly, and he looked at Zhang Pa as if he couldn't believe it. He thought that the person Wang Miao knew must have the same cultivation level as Wang Miao, but he didn't expect that after a quick investigation, the other party was actually unfathomable.

Wang Ying saw that he was stunned and called him softly: "Senior Brother, Senior Brother." Sun Ziqi ignored him and asked Zhang Pa: "Are you a high-level foundation-building cultivator?" Zhang Pa said vaguely: "I guess so." Sun Ziqi's expression was a little gloomy. He had been a genius in the eyes of others since he was a child. He cultivated until he was in his thirties and almost forty to reach the middle level of the foundation-building stage. He was already the first genius in Xianyun Valley. He didn't expect that the boy in front of him, who looked younger than Wang Miao, had already cultivated to a high level. It was really incredible.

Wang Miao was also stunned: "Senior Brother Zhang, you are so powerful? I thought you were only one level higher than me, but I didn't expect... You are so powerful, how did you cultivate?"

Zhang Pa didn't know how to answer. Counting the years in the Nitian Cave, he should be in his forties. If you only count the time of cultivation, it has been more than twenty years or nearly thirty years. In addition, he took a lot of elixirs to cultivate to the top level of the foundation-building stage. He can't be considered a genius. He said vaguely: "It's nothing."

Wang Miao thought he was being modest. The difference of one level didn't sound big, but it was actually very different. He blinked and approached Zhang Pa and asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, have you ever eaten the advanced pill? Do you have any more? I'll buy it at a high price." Sun Ziqi and others beside him heard this question and couldn't help but get nervous and listened carefully to what the two said.

Zhang Pa scratched his head: "This guy has so many questions." He continued to answer vaguely: "If I had the advanced pill casually, would it be so expensive?" Wang Miao and others thought about it and it was right. Zhang Pa was a disciple of Tianlei Mountain in the foundation-building stage. If even a disciple could take out the advanced pill casually, then what would his uncles and uncles do? Wang Miao changed the subject and asked, "Brother Zhang, did you buy anything good just now? Are there any advanced pills for sale in the market?"

Before Zhang Pa could answer, Sun Ziqi interrupted, "Are you crazy? Can advanced pills be put out for sale casually? Lingshan Sect doesn't have the courage to do that." Zhang Pa nodded and said, "Brother Sun is right. There are only low-level pills in there, and the magic tools are not very good." Wang Miao didn't care: "Never mind, let's go and have a look. Brother Zhang, is there anyone from your sect?" Zhang Pa replied, "Not sure." Wang Miao was very enthusiastic: "If no one is coming, you can live with me. We have a tent." Zhang Pa refused: "Let's talk about it later." Wang Miao didn't care: "Brother Zhang, are you free? Come to the market with us."

Zhang Pa agreed. He just took a quick look just now. Maybe he would find something new if he went around with them again.

After wandering around for a long time, Wang Miao was interested in everything. He wanted to buy low-level Qi-boosting pills and low-level magic tools, and was laughed at by Sun Ziqi and others. Zhang Pa did make a new discovery. A middle-aged man was selling ores. Some were roughly refined, and some were not refined at all. They were placed in small piles on the stall. Zhang Pa had learned many methods of refining instruments, but he had no materials to refine. Seeing iron ore, of course he was tempted, so he went forward to ask the price.

The middle-aged man replied in a rough voice: "Refined black iron ore is five spirit stones per pile, refined iron ore is ten spirit stones per pile, and the price of unrefined ore is half." Zhang Pa took out the only thirteen spirit stones he had and gave them to the stall owner, and took back the unrefined low-level ore of the same value.

Wang Ying asked curiously: "Why buy low-level ores? It is true that materials such as iron and gold are hard to find, but black iron stone and yellow iron stone can always be found with some effort. To refine magic instruments, yellow iron is the worst."

Zhang Pa said lightly: "I bought it for fun."

"Play, and you just threw away more than a dozen spirit stones? Senior brother is really rich." Wang Ying spoke without hesitation.