Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Zhu Wuyao returned to the courtyard. Tonight, she would use the Yue Su Gong to refine the Wufeng Sword.

Since entering the Dao, this unassuming and simple greatsword has always been by his side. Zhu Wuyao has disliked it, admired it, and almost lost it.

But Wufeng Sword remained steadfastly by her side.

It seems they'll be together for quite some time.

In this sect competition, the Wufeng Sword paled in comparison to the weapons of others.

When the Immortal Cultivation Conference arrives in Zhongling City, the opponents will only be stronger and more deadly, making it imperative to upgrade the Wufeng Sword.

The moon is bright and the wind is cold.

Zhu Wuyao sat on the rock, placed the Wufeng Sword across his lap, and slowly guided the spiritual energy in his dantian to his body until he used the Yue Su Gong to refine it.

A faint outline of spiritual energy, seemingly nonexistent, slowly covered it, as if it would melt into the sword in the next instant.

Zhu Wuyao suddenly frowned.

Something's not quite right.

There seems to be an insurmountable chasm between the refined spiritual energy and the bladeless sword, which means that the two are destined to be incompatible.

This is different from the feeling of integrating spiritual power into a spirit stone.

It's not "difficult," it's "impossible."

Zhu Wuyao sighed softly, "Just as I thought—Yue Sugong was right."

Some materials possess unique properties that may not be compatible with the spiritual power used in refining. Therefore, it is necessary to use spiritual ores that match the properties of the materials.

The refined spiritual energy is allowed to pass through the spiritual ore before being introduced into the material to be refined.

When Zhu Wuyao first saw this passage, his heart skipped a beat.

Given her constitution and the things she's been through, this kind of bad luck is very likely to happen to her.

Just as expected...

So the question is, what exactly are the attributes of the Unsharp Sword?

Based on its material properties, it can exert icy power, and after walking around Nanli City, the cold power became even stronger.

It is very likely to correspond to the ice attribute.

But with the title "Sword of Escape from Fate," it might also be a hidden version, such as having no attributes?

Looking at it this way, the bladeless sword actually seems quite high-end.

She decided to wait until dawn to go and ask Sect Leader Fang.

Unexpectedly, when Sect Leader Fang heard Zhu Wuyao's question, he looked at her with a complicated expression and said:

"Ice attribute, no attribute? What a pipe dream!"

"Hmm? Neither of those are it, then it is..."

"Weapons follow the master."

……

Is it a mixed element of the Five Elements?

Zhu Wuyao almost choked on his breath. What a useless piece of trash.

After bidding farewell to Sect Leader Fang, Zhu Wuyao walked out of the Enlightenment Hall with a complicated expression.

The five elements mean she needs to prepare five different types of ores.

Rounding up or down, what's the difference between that and going bankrupt?

Zhu Wuyao rallied her forces, and this time she didn't go to the underground market, but instead went to a legitimate trading venue—the Treasure Pavilion.

I did attend the school for a few months and learned a lot.

She could distinguish the basic properties of the minerals, and if not, she could ask the elders.

This time, Zhu Wuyao was prepared to spend a lot of money.

Being stingy and trying to save money at a time like this is playing with your life.

She couldn't afford the five types of spiritual ores for the Golden Core stage, but she could afford those for the Foundation Establishment stage. She originally wanted to use the remaining contribution points to exchange for some concealment techniques or escape methods to facilitate her escape.

It seems we need to change our approach.

Use contribution points to exchange for spirit ores with the five elements attributes, and use spirit stones to secretly trade cultivation techniques.

To everyone's surprise, as soon as Zhu Wuyao reached the first piece of water-attribute spirit ore, he felt like cursing. Why was it so expensive?

With the little contribution points she had left, she could exchange them for at most two spirit ores.

After hesitating for a while, she took one piece of water-attribute spirit ore and one piece of wood-attribute spirit ore, and then wandered around in front of the fire-attribute spirit ore for a long time. Unfortunately, she was short of money and had to say goodbye to the spirit ore that was shining with a charming light.

Approaching the elder of the Treasure Pavilion, the elder glanced at her disciple token, crossed out her contribution points, and said:

"Buy two get one free, go grab another one."

Huh? There's actually an event like this?

Zhu Wuyao looked at the elder with some doubt, but finally bowed respectfully and took the fire-attribute ore.

Inside the treasure pavilion behind them.

The elder took out his token, and with a light swipe of his slender fingers, filled in the missing contribution points for the fire attribute ore.

Each disciple who is to represent the Star-Picking Tower at the Immortal Cultivation Conference will have a unique mark on their token, which can be seen by the elders in various places.

Without even looking at her name, just a glance at her cultivation level is enough to know that this person is the recently famous "Fallen Leaves Inviting Autumn".

The leaders of each faction must stand at the forefront of the storm.

As a prodigy of my Star-Picking Pavilion, how could she, an elder, be so stingy with even a small amount of contribution points, when all she's given is a fire-attribute spirit stone?

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We will set off for Zhongling City in three days.

Zhu Wuyao didn't waste any time. After leaving the treasure pavilion, he went to the hidden stalls.

The underground market was much quieter today, no longer as bustling as before the sect competition, but there were still quite a few fellow disciples trading.

In particular, items that were purchased but not used in the sect competition can be resold.

Zhu Wuyao wandered around and came to a stall that specialized in selling spirit ore.

The stall owners here covered their faces, but they had a full range of goods.

She picked and chose for a while, then asked:

"Are there higher-grade spirit ores with metal and earth attributes?"

Without saying much, the stall owner took out a piece of spirit ore that gleamed with golden light from his storage bag and said, "A metallic ore for the Golden Core stage, selling cheap, eight thousand spirit stones."

"There's no need to reach such a high level..."

The stall owner nodded, seemingly a little regretful. This piece was indeed valuable, but unfortunately it had been sitting unsold for too long. He put away the spirit ore and took out two more pieces.

This time, it just so happens to be a spirit ore that can be used by those in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"A thousand each."

The price is really not cheap...

Although the stall owner at the gambling den gave her half a spirit stone, it's really hard to spend so quickly.

Most spiritual herbs and minerals in the Qi Refining stage can be measured in worldly gold and silver, while those in the Foundation Establishment stage can be worth hundreds of spirit stones. These two pieces of spiritual ore are truly at the top of the price list.

"Five hundred spirit stones each."

Following his old haggling tactics, Zhu Wuyao offered to halve the price. To his surprise, the stall owner put the spirit stones into his storage bag without saying a word and then remained silent.

……

"The price is negotiable, seven hundred per piece?"

Seeing that the stall owner remained unmoved, she gritted her teeth and added some more, saying, "Eight hundred!"

The stall owner spoke up this time, saying, "Eight hundred and fifty."

"make a deal."

Zhu Wuyao took out spirit stones, and the less than 13,000 spirit stones in his storage bag instantly shrank to about 8,500, falling below the 10,000 mark.

She looked at the spirit stones with a hint of worry.

Can we find a better escape technique or concealment method?