Chapter 773: Flying Cicada Chrysalis
"Hurry! Show me that miraculous pearl! "Huo Yutong anxiously said, an almost imperceptible craftiness flashing through her eyes.
Xia Fei's eyes were sharp, and this slight change did not escape his notice. Doubtfully, he took out the Beast Spirit Pearl and said, "I accidentally obtained this. I don't know if it's of a high or low grade."
"High! Simply too high! " Huo Yutong held the pearl in his hands and repeatedly praised it. "What a sparkling and translucent pearl. Alas, I obtained it a little too early. In a few decades or a century, it'll definitely be of perfect quality!"
Xia Fei pursed his lips and said nothing. He had stolen this pearl. Waiting another hundred years for it to become perfect? Xia Fei did not have that patience.
Huo Yutong gently stroked the pearl with her finger. She had a hesitant look on her face as she said, "My two benefactors asked you to bring this pearl to me. May I know what is the matter?"
Xia Fei whispered, "Celestial Zerohammer."
"What? Celestial Zerohammer?! "Huo Yutong exclaimed in shock.
Xia Fei nodded. "That's right. I came this time to ask the great master's help in constructing the legendary Celestial Zerohammer, using this Beast Spirit Pearl as a foundation to forge a divine weapon."
"Ah! That's a little difficult. " Huo Yutong sat up straight, one hand stroking his beard while the other reluctantly returned the Beast Spirit Pearl to Xia Fei.
"I won't hide it from you. Benefactors have given me a new lease on life, so I shouldn't refuse their request, but this Celestial Zerohammer isn't something any ordinary artificer can construct. I truly don't have the cultivation to do so," Huo Yutong regretfully said.
Xia Fei had already expected this refusal, so he smiled. "Great master, in all of White Horse Constellation, no one would dare to rank first if you're the second in cultivation. If even you can't construct the Celestial Zerohammer, I'm afraid that no one else can."
Huo Yutong craftily said, "That's not necessarily true. Your Skywing Clan's Honest Xia is an advanced artificer."
Xia Fei replied, "Old Xia specializes in energy forging, a completely different path from yours. In terms of pure forging skills, of course, you're a cut above me."
"Besides, from what I know, there's more than one type of Celestial Zerohammer. There are five types: primary, intermediate, advanced, transcendent, and divine. Even if you're not confident in constructing transcendent and divine arrays, wouldn't high-grade Zerohammer arrays be as easy as pie for you?"
Xia Fei spoke with sincerity. Xia Fei had learned the five levels of the Celestial Zerohammer from Hua Hei and Hua Bai. According to their descriptions, the forging array needed to create the Blood Crystal was a super-tier one, and it was extremely difficult. Xia Fei had only been lucky enough to stumble upon an ancient array in the White Horse Constellation. Under normal circumstances, finding a high-tier forging array was already extremely difficult.
Huo Yutong seemed to be somewhat tempted, and she boasted shamelessly, "That's true, Old Xia relies on the fact that he is an Energy Master, so he considers everyone beneath him. When it comes to pure forging cultivation, I am still a bit higher than him, and it is not completely impossible for me to build a high-grade forging array."
"Then I'll leave everything to you, elder!" Huo Yutong waved her hand.
"Don't be in such a hurry. I can try constructing a high-grade Zerohammer array, but I can't guarantee success. Besides, constructing a Celestial Zerohammer array requires a lot of resources."
As expected, the old demon lord was right. Huo Yutong appeared to be a proud and unyielding character, but she was actually asking Xia Fei for money.
Xia Fei loved money, but he would not hesitate to spend anything that could help him. After all, no matter how much money he had, he needed to be alive to spend it. Warriors had always been a profession built on money.
Smiling, Xia Fei said, "Master, please be at ease. I'll bear all the expenses without a second word."
Huo Yutong seemed to be a little angry. She disdainfully said, "What kind of person do you take me for? Why would I, Huo Yutong, care about something as vulgar as money?! "
Xia Fei was somewhat embarrassed. He had no idea what was going on. He was the one asking for money, but he was also the one turning around and not asking for money.
"Well, you'll have to provide the materials to construct the Celestial Zerohammer, right? I've been very poor my entire life, and I don't have that much savings. Moreover, though I don't care about money, I should at least leave behind some mementos for my descendants. Such a massive project will take at least several months to complete. The amount of effort required is enormous, "Huo Yutong rambled on.
Xia Fei completely understood. What noble character and unquestionable integrity? It seemed like Huo Yutong did not want money but wanted something!
This was the same logic as directly asking for money. If Xia Fei bought something for her, the cost might be even greater than what was stated in the accounts. In comparison, Xia Honestly was more open and straightforward. At the very least, he was greedy and had a clear price, unlike Huo Yutong, who had so many twists and turns in her mind.
'You're a whore, and you still want to maintain a chastity?!' Xia Fei softly cursed in his mind, but he still appeared very respectful on the surface, repeatedly praising Huo Yutong for having a pure heart and few desires.
Huo Yutong did not hesitate and immediately agreed. After all, Xia Fei had been recommended by the Black and White Gods, and he had even defeated her old enemy, Honest Xia. He was clever and knew how to flatter. With a face full of smiles, Huo Yutong was quite fond of Xia Fei.
"Follow this list. Time is of the essence. Don't take more than a month at the latest. With my cultivation, the only reason I'm willing to stay in White Horse Constellation is because there's some fate that hasn't been fulfilled yet, and I can't bear to leave, but the higher-ups aren't willing to let me go. In another half a year, I'll have to leave even if I don't want to. If you can find everything you need in a month, then we'll have nothing to say. If you can't, then I can only say that it's fate that hasn't arrived yet, and I'll have to continue waiting." Huo Yutong handed Xia Fei a list and earnestly said.
For people like him and Honest Xia to stay in White Horse Constellation was somewhat of a waste of their talents. The God Race was their final destination. Honest Xia had stayed behind because the Skywing Clan's old ancestor had forced him to stay behind out of concern for his juniors. Huo Yutong also seemed to have her own reasons for not going to the God Race.
Xia Fei took the list and glanced at it. There were more materials than he had imagined, but building the Celestial Zerohammer would always be wasteful, so there was no harm in preparing more. It was just that there was one more item at the end of the list: Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis!
"Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis!" The old demon lord was shocked. "He actually wants this thing, and he wants nine of them! I'm willing to bet that forging a divine weapon won't require that many! "
From what the old demon lord had said, this Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis was probably something incredible. Otherwise, Oro would not have been so shocked. The black-armored war god of the Demon Race had seen all sorts of things.
Xia Fei frowned. "Do I have to find everything on the list? Can I use other items to replace them? "
Xia Fei did not want to hurt Huo Yutong's reputation.
Huo Yutong sternly said, "Not a single item is missing. We're building the Celestial Zerohammer! We're building the highest grade of arrays! There can't be the slightest mistake, or else the consequences will be unthinkable. "
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Putting away the list, Xia Fei left Huo Yutong's residence. The old demon lord somewhat smugly said, "I was just saying that there's no artificer who doesn't love money. I'm just saying it in a different way. That's nine Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis. You're probably going to lose a lot of money this time."
Xia Fei curiously asked, "Just what are Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis? Are they very expensive? "
Oro nodded. "This isn't of much use to warriors, but it's a rare material for artificers. It's used to create objects with the law of attraction during forging, and it can be used to forge divine weapons. I'm afraid it'll cost at least ten thousand grade 5 Origin Crystals."
* Zing ~ *
Xia Fei felt his scalp go numb. It was common knowledge that grade 5 Origin Crystals were the highest grade in the White Horse Constellation, and Xia Fei only had eleven thousand or so grade 5 Origin Crystals on hand. Even if he added up all his assets, he would only be able to buy three at most! He would also need to sell off all the wealth in his spatial ring and bank!
"So expensive?!" Xia Fei paled.
The old demon lord shrugged. "Money isn't important. What's important is the number that Huo Yutong wants. I very much doubt that you'll be able to find nine Crimson Gold Flying Cicada Chrysalis in one go."
"Darkness, it's too dark!" Xia Fei muttered to himself. He suddenly realized that Xia Honest really was the most honest of all the artificers. People like Huo Yutong were greedy to the point of no bounds! Relying on their skills, they were merciless when it came to cutting down.
Unfortunately, Xia Fei and Xia Honest did not have a good relationship. Last time, Xia Fei had taken Furball and Peacock Blue to clear out Xia Honest's warehouse in one go, and Xia Fei had nearly fought him to the death. If he went to beg Xia Honest now, he would probably just be asking for trouble.
Besides, Xia Honest was an artificer, a dual energy element level 4 master. He specialized in energy forging and had a wide range of knowledge, while Huo Yutong was a single element level 6 master, specializing in law forging. As the saying went, everyone had their own specialties. Huo Yutong could build a high-grade Celestial Zerohammer, but Xia Honest could not. Of course, Xia Honest's energy forging skills were not something Huo Yutong could compare to.
The two had their own strengths, and in terms of Celestial Zerohammers, Huo Yutong was more reliable. Though it was a little more expensive, at least it would not be a waste of a precious Beast Spirit Pearl.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Xia Fei returned to Wind Garden with a gloomy face.
Xia Fei saw Xia Fei return and greeted him with a smile. Xia Fei recalled the gathering at the Wild Goose Constellation, so he asked, "Fifth Master, it's going to be the Sunnis' Wild Goose Constellation trading event in a while. Did we receive an invitation?"
Xia Fifth straightened his back and thought for a moment before furrowing his brows. "It seems that someone delivered a stack of invitations a while ago, but I threw them all away."
"Threw them away?!" Xia Fei was speechless. The Sunnis were an intellectual race that was even more powerful than humans in the Law Realm. The event they held was of an extremely high level, and many clans would flock to it, yet Skywings had just casually thrown them away?! What was he supposed to say?
"Indeed, we threw it away. We don't have many people at home, and everyone is outside. Even if someone wants to go, they can just go. There's no need for a long-winded invitation. Our Heavenly Winged Clan doesn't like those tedious formalities," Xia Wuye explained casually.
"But this time, I want to go and watch the show." Xia Fei was somewhat troubled.
Xia Fifth laughed heartily and mysteriously said, "Young master Fei, don't you have the Witchwings token? That's the real currency of our Skywings clan, more useful than any invitation."
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