In the following days, Bai Ying did not look for Wang Daoyuan to refine weapons.
He did not idle around and trained Bai Sheng every day.
Because the clone's soul had been severely injured, its original consciousness was erased and the soul had taken over.
After all, the soul was not the same as the clone's original soul. No matter how brilliant the secret art was, it could not allow them to merge perfectly.
The clone was weaker in anything related to the soul, especially in terms of comprehension.
Alchemy, smithing, and talisman arrays required a high level of comprehension. Bai Sheng's soul was problematic and his comprehension was poor. That was why he could not make a breakthrough in smithing.
Wang Daoyuan gave him dozens of Black Jade Lotus seeds, but there was no change.
If his comprehension was not good, then he could use numbers to make up for it.
Bai Sheng's biggest shortcoming now was inscribing weapon patterns.
Wang Daoyuan continued to forge weapon embryos and gave them to Bai Sheng to inscribe.
Of course, these weapon embryos were made of metal. Even if the inscription failed, they could be reforged and there would not be too much loss.
Through Fu Cheng's connections, Wang Daoyuan contacted a few shops that provided spirit charcoal and smithing materials. There were many second-grade smithing materials in the smithing workshop.
After three months of high-intensity training, Bai Sheng's success rate of inscribing weapon patterns finally reached 40%.
His standard of refining materials and forging had long reached the standard of an upper-grade rank-2 smithing master.
Now that he had made up for his shortcoming of inscribing weapon patterns, he naturally became a true upper-grade rank-2 smithing master.
Bai Sheng's smithing skills were good enough, so Wang Daoyuan did not need to keep an eye on him. He could focus on Wu Yi's clone.
Wu Yi was now the steward and knew more about Blood Shadow. He knew that Yin Yang Purple Jade could not be exchanged with spirit stones.
Apart from spirit stones, one also needed the corresponding contribution points.
Spirit stones were not a problem. Wang Daoyuan opened a smithing workshop and secretly sold some elixirs and talismans. It was not a problem for him to earn hundreds of thousands of spirit stones a year.
Even if he bought two pieces of Yin Yang Purple Jade, it would take him more than ten years to earn enough spirit stones. However, it was difficult to obtain contribution points.
According to Blood Shadow's rules, there was a set of rules for obtaining contribution points. One could not directly use spirit stones to exchange for contribution points.
Bloodshadow was an external affairs cultivator. Half of the bounty obtained from killing a bounty target belonged to Bloodshadow, while the other half belonged to the cultivator himself.
The number of spirit stones one handed over was the number of contribution points one would receive.
Wu Yi had worked hard for decades, but he only had around 100,000 contribution points.
The cultivators of the branch needed 700,000 spirit stones and 350,000 contribution points to exchange for the Yin Yang Purple Jade or the Purple Cloud Wood Core.
In other words, he had to complete the mission and obtain a reward of 700,000 spiritual stones in order to obtain 350,000 contribution points.
Apart from that, the Hall Master's approval was required to exchange for the Yin Yang Purple Jade.
As a trusted aide that Crimsonfox had nurtured, it wasn't a problem for Wu Yi's clone to obtain the hall master's acknowledgement.
However, it was too difficult to obtain 350,000 contribution points, which was equivalent to 700,000 contribution points.
If he personally went out to do bounty missions, it would take him at least twenty to thirty years to gather enough contribution points.
Other than that, there was another shortcut.
This shortcut could only be taken by a steward.
After the external affairs cultivators under the steward completed a bounty mission, the steward would receive a 5% commission from the contribution points obtained.
It didn't mean much to have few cultivators under one's command. However, if there were many cultivators under one's command, the total number would be considerable.
Apart from that, every time a cultivator was recruited into Bloodshadow, the steward would also receive a certain amount of contribution points.
Recruiting Qi Refinement cultivators would give him 100 to 500 contribution points.
Recruiting Foundation Establishment cultivators would give him 2,000 to 5,000 contribution points.
Therefore, if he wanted to obtain the Yin Yang Purple Jade as soon as possible, he had to do his best to be a steward.
Only by recruiting more subordinates could he obtain contribution points faster.
Wang Daoyuan was speechless. He had made his clone Wu Yi go undercover in order to obtain the Yin Yang Purple Jade from Bloodshadow.
Initially, he was going to take advantage of the situation. However, not only did he not take advantage of the situation, he even recruited cultivators to strengthen Bloodshadow.
It was truly touching for him to be a spy to this extent.
Bloodshadow could not recruit people openly like ordinary factions. They had to hide their secrets.
As such, the difficulty was very high.
If he wanted to recruit people without revealing Bloodshadow's secrets, he had to ensure that the people Wu Yi recruited were either willing to join Bloodshadow or die.
Killing people would cause a huge commotion, so he had to ensure the success rate of roping them in.
This required a deep understanding of itinerant cultivators to know which ones were willing to join Bloodshadow.
There was one person who could be used to determine whether a disbanded cultivator was willing to join Bloodshadow, and that was Fu Cheng.
This kid had grown up in Guiyan Market. Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, he had been dealing with itinerant cultivators and knew them very well.
He could quickly determine which cultivators were willing to join Bloodshadow.
Most of the brokers in Guiyan Market did not have any backing.
They only had two sources of income. One was to maintain a cooperative relationship with various shops to attract business for them and receive some commission.
The other was to run errands for cultivators who came to Guiyan Market for the first time. These cultivators could more or less give them some remuneration.
These two businesses were not easy to do. It was fine when the situation was stable. However, once the situation was unstable and itinerant cultivators did not dare to enter the market easily, these brokers could only starve.
Therefore, the success rate of roping Fu Cheng into Bloodshadow was still very high.
Wang Daoyuan was determined to get Fu Cheng. It would be best if he agreed to join Bloodshadow.
However, if he did not agree, he could only refine him into a clone.
Before making a move, he had to understand Fu Cheng's situation first.
If this kid was one of the very few brokers with backing and he rashly tried to rope him in, it would be troublesome.
In the next few days, Wang Daoyuan no longer stayed in the weapon workshop. Instead, he disguised himself as an itinerant cultivator and watched Fu Cheng from behind.
After three days of investigation, he found out that Fu Cheng indeed did not have any backing.
Moreover, Fu Cheng was not alone. He had two sons.
His sons were not old and were only in their teens. One was a mortal while the other had a spirit root, but his talent was similar to his.
With family, there would be worries, and with worries, there would be weaknesses.
After figuring out Fu Cheng's situation, Wang Daoyuan returned to the weapon workshop.
The task of roping Fu Cheng into Bloodshadow was handed over to Wu Yi, the manager.
In the evening, Wu Yi left the Immortals' Welcome House and went to Fu Cheng's house to wait for him.
After dark, Fu Cheng returned home and shouted, "Eldest, Second, come out and eat."
After saying that, he took out two bowls of spiritual grains from the storage bag at his waist and placed them on the table in the courtyard.
The two half-grown children ran out of the house and each picked up a bowl to eat.
Wu Yi threw a spirit stone, which happened to land on the table.
Fu Cheng protected his sons behind him and cupped his hands. "Senior, may I know which one of you is here? Please give me your orders."
Wu Yi's clone walked out of the shadows and said, "I need your help with something. Help me find a place where we can talk."
Fu Cheng brought Wu Yi to the Taurus Inn. Wu Yi booked a superior room and set up a soundproof formation. He said, "I'm here because I have a great fortune to give you."
Upon hearing this, Fu Cheng turned pale with fright. He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. "Senior, please spare my life. Junior's cultivation level is low, so I can only make some money by introducing businesses. I can't earn any great fortune."
Wu Yi was half persuading and half threatening him. "Even if you don't think for yourself, you have to think for that cultivator son of yours.
Don't tell me you want him to be like you and waste his whole life?
Your cultivation path is hopeless, but your son is still young.
If you agree to help me, your son will have better cultivation techniques and sufficient cultivation resources. It won't be impossible for him to build his foundation in the future.
You're a smart person. If you don't agree, you know the consequences. "
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