It had already been a month since the auction had ended. During this month, Ye Chen's story had spread out in the Fire Bird Planet. Everyone was guessing which life star this young man had come from. They did not think that Ye Chen was from the Fire Bird Planet. Otherwise, how could they not have heard of such a genius in all these years?
However, ever since that day, Ye Chen had suddenly disappeared without a trace, just like how he had suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.
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Elysium, the king grade forbidden place, the Desolate Mountain …
"I did not expect that a super earthquake would happen in the Desolate Mountain, and the whole mountain had sunk in. It should be dozens of miles deep. But, the Desolate Qi down there is so rich. There must be some Desolate Stones."
Although it had been almost two years since the disaster of the foreign races had ended, no one had relaxed. They were very clear that if their own power was not enough, and the overall power of Elysium was not enough, it would still be invaded by the Demons and the Evil Spirit Race. Only by continuously increasing their own power could they protect Elysium and the billions of creatures in Elysium. And the key to the Desolate Star, the Desolate Stone, was without a doubt the easiest thing for them to increase their power.
Right then, there were a lot of Life and Death Realm warriors in the Desolate Mountain looking for the Desolate Stone. They did not immediately go down to explore, but instead left the Desolate Mountain and spread the news to the others.
The disaster of the foreign races had made them extremely united, throwing away their old grudges and selfishness.
One week later …
"Haha, I got a Desolate Stone!"
"I got one too!"
"So many Desolate Stones! There is no need to worry about not having enough. Everyone can get one."
The number of Desolate Stones under the Desolate Mountain was beyond everyone's imagination.
"Finally found the Desolate Stone!"
Murong Qingcheng was holding a complete Desolate Stone in her hand, a smile appearing on her face.
Not far away, Xu Jing was also holding a piece.
Shoo! Shoo!
Two figures flashed past. Dugu Jue and Snow Sword Of Gojoseon landed on a strange rock, each holding a Desolate Stone.
Obtaining the Desolate Stone meant that they were one step closer to Ye Chen. One day, they would enter the universe and embark on their own journey.
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This was a weapon shop on Fire City's west street. This weapon shop only had three floors, and compared to the other weapon shops on four or five floors, it was much smaller. The shop was also a bit 'shabby'. The signboard was new, and there were four large golden words on it – Falling Dust Sword Pavilion. There was also a sword and a leaf symbol on the bottom right corner.
There was a shopkeeper and dozens of employees in the shop.
"Shopkeeper, what kind of person do you think our owner is? Other weapon shops usually have low grade weapons on the first floor, mid grade weapons on the second floor, upper grade weapons on the third floor, and only semi extreme grade weapons on the fourth floor. Although our weapon shop is just a normal weapon shop with only three floors, we can't possibly have semi extreme grade weapons on the first floor."
One of the shop assistants on the first floor was puzzled.
The shopkeeper explained, "Perhaps the owner is trying to attract customers!"
"Attract customers? I don't think so. " The shop assistant shook his head, "Although my eyesight is not as good as yours, I can still tell that the half step extreme grade swords on the first floor are not much better than the other half step extreme grade swords. However, the price is two times, or even three times higher. I think the owner doesn't plan to sell these half step extreme grade swords at all."
The shopkeeper was an elder with a clean look. He touched his beard and said mysteriously, "You only see the surface, but not the essence. The semi extreme grade swords on the first floor are two times, or even three times more than the others, but the pseudo extreme grade swords on the second floor are two times more than the others. As for the extreme grade swords on the third floor, the owner only put them out, but did not mark the price. He said that he would not sell them for now. Although I do not know what the owner's goal is, I am sure he has his own plans."
"Listening to you, it does make sense. No wonder the owner would ask you to be the shopkeeper." This shop assistant was very impressed by the shopkeeper, but was also very curious about the owner.
"Alright, asking so much is not good for you. Go and clean the first floor again."
As he said that, the shopkeeper let out a sigh. After so many days, there were quite a lot of customers, but not a single sword had been sold. To be honest, he could not figure out the owner's plan either.
Right at that moment, two customers walked in.
"Sir, please come in."
The shopkeeper came to greet them personally.
"Eh? All the swords on the first floor are semi extreme grade swords. Your weapon shop seems to be different from the others." One of the customers looked over and saw that the first floor was filled with colorful swords. With a rough look, there were hundreds of them. Although they were not out of their scabbards, they still gave off a cold and sharp feeling.
The other customer nodded. But soon, he touched his chin and said, "Something is not right. The semi extreme grade swords here are so expensive. They are at least two times more expensive than the others."
"Shopkeeper, what is going on? Is this some random price?"
The shopkeeper forced a smile, "Dear customers, this is the price that our owner has set. I don't know what his intention is, but I, Zhang Fengyi, can guarantee that these semi extreme rank swords are all genuine. As for the second floor, there are also pseudo extreme rank swords, and some of them are even better than the ones from other shops."
"Oh, really?"
"Let's go and have a look."
The two followed the shopkeeper to the second floor.
The swords on the second floor were seventy percent less than the first floor, only about seventy to eighty. Just as the shopkeeper had said, the second floor was full of pseudo extreme grade swords. The moment they entered, they could feel the cold sword qi in their faces. Anyone below the Sea of Souls Realm would not be able to handle it. Therefore, the most basic requirement for a shop assistant was Sea of Souls Realm cultivation.
"The other pseudo extreme grade swords are normal, but these dozens of pseudo extreme grade swords are definitely top of the line. But, the price seems to be twice as expensive, more than a hundred yuan stones. Spending more than a hundred yuan stones to buy a pseudo extreme grade sword, I might as well spend a little bit more to buy a low extreme grade sword. Shopkeeper, who is your owner? Don't tell me he is making fun of customers?"
To be honest, the two were quite interested in these dozens of swords. The sword intent contained within them was actually attributed sword intent, which was extremely powerful. Its power was at least several times that of normal pseudo extreme grade swords. However, they were too expensive, and not worth it at all. After all, a normal pseudo extreme grade sword would only cost a dozen yuan stones, and a high grade one would cost no more than fifty yuan stones. As for the top grade ones, they would cost at most eight to ten yuan stones.
The shopkeeper remembered the owner's words, telling him to bring the customers to the third floor no matter what. He smiled, "It is indeed a bit expensive, but I think the price will be lowered in the future. You two, there are still some extreme grade swords on the third floor. Although they are not for sale, you two can go take a look. When they are sold in the future, you can buy them before others."
"Alright! I am convinced by your owner. Bring us to the third floor. I want to see how many extreme grade swords there are. " The two had already given up on buying swords in this shop. If it were not for the fact that the extreme grade swords were too attractive, they would not even want to go to the third floor.
There were only five extreme grade swords on the third floor.
"Cutting Star, low extreme grade!"
"Horizontal Flow, low extreme grade!"
"Blue Sea, mid extreme grade!"
"Crack Gold, mid extreme grade!"
"Cold Moon, high extreme grade!"
"F * ck! There are even high extreme grade swords here! The sword intent contained on them has actually reached the sixth step!" The two were dumbfounded.
Their cultivation bases were not low, being at the first layer of Life and Death realm. They happened to be lacking an extreme grade sword. After visiting so many weapon shops, most of them did not have any extreme grade swords. Occasionally, they would come across one, but the quality was ordinary. Therefore, they planned to get a pseudo extreme grade sword for now, and then buy it when they came across an extreme grade sword that they liked.
"I'm comprehending metal profound and wind profound. These two metal attribute swords are suitable for me. The metal and water attribute Cold Moon is even better."
"I'm comprehending water profound and wood profound. Horizontal Flow and Blue Sea are also suitable for me. Cold Moon is indeed good, but with my wealth, I can't afford it even if I sell my entire family's fortune."
Upon reaching Life and Death realm, one would usually train two profounds. As long as the weapon's attribute matched one of them, it would be fine. Of course, there were also people who, in order to match their own profounds, would spend a lot of money to hire peak extreme grade blacksmiths to forge weapons for them. These weapons were usually compound attributed weapons, which meant that they contained more than two attributes.
"Gentlemen, my boss said that every week or so, there will be a new supreme-grade treasure sword here. When the number of supreme-grade treasured swords reaches a certain number, he will start to sell them."
The shopkeeper repeated his master's words.
"What a pity, he's not selling now. Fine, I'll remember this weapon shop. Falling Dust Sword Pavilion, right?" The two of them stared fixedly at the five top-grade treasured swords, wanting nothing more than to snatch them away. Naturally, this was only what they thought in their hearts. Any weapon shop would have countless formations and restrictions set up. Once these restrictions were activated, not only would they be trapped, they would also attract the attention of the city guards of Lifire City. At that time, they wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
After a week, a blue-robed youngster walked out from the back yard of the weapon shop.
"Boss!"
"Greetings, boss!"
The shopkeeper and the staff bowed toward Ye Chen.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Ye Chen nodded and walked toward the third floor.
On the third floor …
"Right now, my success rate of forging swords below the Heavenly King Realm has reached one hundred percent. In three months, I should be able to open for business." Taking out two extreme grade swords from his storage ring, Ye Chen hung them on the wall.
If someone were here, they would definitely be shocked. One hundred percent success rate … this was already a Heavenly King Realm swordsmith. Only Heavenly King Realm swordsmiths could achieve one hundred percent success rate when forging swords below the Heavenly King Realm. And, which of those Heavenly King Realm swordsmiths hadn't lived for thousands or even tens of thousands of years?
However, in comparison, Ye Chen's speed was even more terrifying. A week ago, the shopkeeper had said that there would be one more extreme grade sword on the third floor every week. But this week, Ye Chen had actually taken out two extreme grade swords. This was simply unheard of.
Even for a Heavenly King Realm swordsmith, when forging swords below the Heavenly King Realm, it would take about a month to forge one. The slower ones might even take two months. If it was too fast, it would be easy to fail, or waste the quality of the materials. Two swords a week, this speed was more than eight times that of other Heavenly King Realm swordsmiths.
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