Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 55: Fifty Kingdoms Under His Command, Twelve Immortal Cities!
Storage artifacts are a highly profitable business in the artifact crafting industry, and everyone has a need for them. However, they are not as prominent due to the limitation of raw materials.

After successfully refining the weapon, Gu Qing rested for three days to fully recover before starting the new weapon refining task, the "Heaven-Defying Spear".

Thus, during the first month or so after arriving at Baiyue Mountain.

He practically lived in the Earth Fire Chamber of the Refining Hall. Apart from the monthly commissioned tasks, the profits from the other tasks belonged to him personally.

Each time, one can gain connections, contribution points, or rare and precious materials as rewards for refining weapons.

Or they might take on tasks from the temple, mostly involving updating and restocking Wanbaozhai's merchandise.

The reward will be less if you do tasks for your own people.

However, they can obtain access to the materials library and use it freely as long as they don't incur losses.

Gu Qing's accumulation of cultivation points was mainly due to the support from the palace.

He's a newcomer, so it's reasonable that his firepower consumption is relatively high.

A low-grade magic weapon is worth 50 magic weapon points. Each additional pattern adds 5 points, and a five-pattern magic weapon is worth 70 magic weapon points.

A mid-grade magic weapon is worth 100 magic weapon points. Each additional pattern adds 5 points, and a magic weapon with ten patterns is worth 120 magic weapon points.

In terms of time, Gu Qing made the most money by refining six-patterned magic artifacts.

On average, one piece is made every two and a half days, totaling 12 pieces per month, and 1200 artifact points.

Of course, you can't calculate it that way.

He needs time to recover, time to complete his daily basic training, and also to rest and relax his tense mind.

Therefore, it needs to be folded in half.

If this pace is maintained, after two months of accumulation, the main cultivation technique can be integrated, and a lifespan-burning simulation can be performed to make it perfect.

This speed is perfectly acceptable.

Cultivation and weapon crafting split Gu Qing's time in two, and his improvement in fundamental realm was never slow.

Almost every day, he could extract a wisp of spiritual energy and make it entirely his own.

This past month has been spent at Baiyue Mountain.

His cultivation level broke through again, accumulating 66 strands of spiritual energy. He then opened the fourth level of the spinal cord pathway. After more than half a month, when he had accumulated 86 strands, he was able to break through to the fifth level.

We're not far from Jiaji Pass.

His cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds without any pressure. Apart from the cultivation environment, the biggest help came from the [Purple Jade Dew], which provided an abundance of innate essence.

It takes half a day to digest each time.

This has left him with no time to refine the Yellow Sprout Pill, an eighth-grade pill that aids in cultivation. Its effects last for a month, and a bottle contains twelve pills, enough for a year's use.

This day.

It's time for our monthly Lecture at the Lecture Cliff.

Gu Qing put on his disciple's white robes and went there in high spirits, successfully meeting Chen Yin, whom he hadn't seen for over a month.

Her face was thin and angular, which diminished her feminine charm.

His skin had darkened several shades, likely from the scorching heat of the earth. This time, he no longer possessed the pride he had when he first joined Baiyue Mountain, and he even put his arm around Gu Qing's shoulder to complain.

They say the Sword Forging Pavilion doesn't treat him like a human being, making him smelt materials every day, leaving him with no opportunity to use his sword-forging skills, and he ends up handling raw materials for others.

This is actually the current situation for many ninth-rank Daoist disciples.

Their skills are insufficient to forge mid-grade spiritual materials.

They could only work as assistants, doing basic crafts. If they wanted to get promoted, they could only take on commissions from other disciples on their own.

After pondering for a moment, Gu Qing, remembering the favor done to Dean Chen by providing the Yuan Shuttle blueprints, spoke.

“Senior Brother Chen, many of the new recruits from the teleportation platform last time have contacted me recently, but they are all commissioning low-grade magic weapons. If you have time, I can transfer the sword-forging commission to you.”

Chen Yin's eyes lit up.

"really?"

"Really! Their payment will also be yours, but of course, you'll be responsible for any problems that arise." "No problem!"

Gu Qing's move was to outsource the work he had accumulated to other weapon refiners, which is also the practice of many famous weapon refiners.

Once the finished product is out of the oven, it only needs to be handled once, inspected, and finally stamped.

Delivering goods without any problems is a closely guarded secret within the weapon refiner circle, unknown to outsiders.

Gu Qing would always imprint his personal mark inside the magical artifacts he crafted.

Something like a personal seal.

The fact that it can be manifested by spiritual power means that this artifact was made by him.

For the sake of one's reputation, checking this step is essential.

The two sat on the stone prayer mats on the Lecture Cliff and chatted. Many people greeted Gu Qing, and news of his position in the Weapon Refining Hall had already spread.

These newcomers were in dire need of magical artifacts, and they all wanted to associate themselves with him, so it's no wonder he was so popular.

Furthermore, he discovered that almost all of those who came to listen to the lecture were new disciples, with fewer than five senior students, which puzzled him.

On the central dragon pillar platform, a supreme cultivator descended from one of the pillars.

The Preaching Cliff fell silent instantly.

The man wore a Taoist hat, looked to be in his thirties, and had a short beard.

"I am Lianfeng Daoist. You newcomers may address me as Lianfeng Master. As is customary, the first lecture for new disciples is to introduce the geographical location and information of this cultivation world."

So that's how it is. Gu Qing was indeed very curious about the situation of the human immortal sects, both in terms of external enemies and internal affairs.

Lian Feng, the esteemed teacher, spoke succinctly and immediately began his lecture.

His words were...

"The human race has twelve immortal sects, all of which are celestial immortal lineages that have been passed down for thousands of years."

"In addition, there are also some sects founded by independent cultivators, which are scattered throughout the Cangwu cultivation world."

“You all come from mortal countries, where true cultivators are hard to find.”

"It was sealed off by the ancestral masters of various sects using the Spirit-Binding and Meridian-Locking Formation."

"It is difficult for demons and spirits to form, and evil spirits cannot enter, so it is very safe."

"There are fifty territories of this size, also known as the fifty kingdoms under the Immortal Sect. As for the specific locations of these territories, regardless of the reasons, you should know that this is a top secret of the human race, and you should not investigate out of curiosity."

“My Baiyue Mountains contain the lands of five kingdoms.”

The disciples suddenly realized that Baiyue Mountain, one of the twelve immortal sects, had five kingdoms, which was enough to demonstrate its strength and that it was not a minor force among all the immortal sects.

"This is the essence of the mortal world, and the foundation of the human race."

"What truly manifests in the Cangwu cultivation world are the twelve cultivation kingdoms, each with a vast immortal city, known as the Twelve Immortal Cities."

“My Baiyue Mountain is located in the southern wilderness of Cangwu Realm. The Nanyue Kingdom under its jurisdiction is a country of cultivation. Every year, many aspiring cultivators come to Baiyue Mountain to study, which is different from your origins.”

There was another part of what Lian Feng didn't say.

Even cultivators like Gu Qing, who were born in mortal countries, are more worthy of Baiyue Mountain's attention and trust because of their impeccable background.

Unlike the outside world, which is filled with all sorts of demons and monsters, or old grudges, Gu Qing and his companions, who came from the sealed-off land, were not spies planted by the enemy.

One of their measures was to handle the disciples recruited in the Southern Yue Kingdom separately from those recruited there.

However, upon first hearing this, it was easy to misunderstand, and everyone felt somewhat uncomfortable.

They believed that because of their humble origins, they did hard and tiring jobs.

"Three years from now, you will have the opportunity to go out and see the world."

"The immortal city under the jurisdiction of Baiyue Mountain is called Nanli City. The city has a permanent population of five million, almost all of whom are cultivators. Such a place is far superior to ordinary towns and is one of the must-visit places."

(End of this chapter)