Five hours later, the curtain of night fell.
Chaoyang New Village, next to Special Garbage Disposal Plant No. 23.
Although the name was pleasant to hear, Chaoyang New Village was actually the most dilapidated low-rent housing district in Floating Spear City.
Because it was close to the Artifact Graveyard, the environment here was very bad. The air was filled with a pungent smell all year round. Even though the main city had blue skies and white clouds, this place was still gray. Among the nineteen low-rent housing districts in Floating Spear City, it was the lowest ranked one. Naturally, the rent was also the lowest.
No matter how low the rent was, not many people liked to live next to a garbage dump. Many residential buildings were completely empty. Coupled with the fact that they had been in disrepair for a long time, the exterior was full of cracks, and the corridors were full of spider webs. It was simply a ghost town.
Li Yao was precisely a resident of this "ghost town".
He liked the quietness of this place. If he carried out magical equipment repairs and modifications at home, he would not disturb others. It was close to the Artifact Graveyard, and the rent was cheap. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.
His home was a suite of more than fifty square meters. There were two rooms inside and outside. The outer room was for eating and drinking, while the inner room had been transformed into a magical equipment repair workshop.
As soon as he entered the room, the first thing that entered his eyes were hundreds of crystal processors hanging from the ceiling with ropes. They were like hundreds of small skulls.
Most of these crystal processors were antiques from several hundred years ago. They had already lost their computing power and were picked up by Li Yao as part of his collection. He was a crystal processor fanatic and was very interested in this type of magical equipment that could imitate a cultivator's brain to calculate thousands of thoughts.
The small living room was filled with rare physical books of this era. From < Essentials of Magical Equipment Repair >, < Concise Course of Elementary Flying Sword Refining >, < A Refiner's Self-Cultivation > to < Old Demon Black Mountain Level Crystal Battleship Repair Manual >, < 99 Ways to Blow Up a Planet >, many of them were ancient books from several hundred years ago. They were gray, yellow, and unbearably rotten.
Surrounded by the books and crystal processors, there was an old straw mat. This was Li Yao's dining table, chair, and bed.
And inside the magical equipment repair workshop, there was a pile of rare treasures that he had picked up from the garbage dump. Flying swords glittering with cold light, talismans with calligraphy like dragons and snakes, medicinal pills with exotic fragrances...
Most of the magical equipment had been dismantled into the most fundamental components and piled in the corner randomly, turning into a few mini garbage mountains.
At this moment, Li Yao was holding a silver-white box-shaped magical equipment. His eyes were sparkling, like a big bad wolf that had seen a little white rabbit. A line of saliva was almost dripping from the corner of his mouth.
The flying sword with black wings stuck its head out from behind him like a curious fat snake.
"It's actually the latest generation of the Thousand Fantasy Sect's' 3D Hologram Projector '! The market price is over 20,000! If we can fix it, we can sell it for at least eight to ten thousand. Little Black, we're rich this time! "Li Yao couldn't help but whistle.
The black flying sword was squeaking, and its two wings were flying up and down. It was waving its arms and legs, showing the same "greed" as its master.
Li Yao's hand shook, and seven or eight oddly shaped maintenance tools appeared between his fingers. Some looked like screwdrivers, some looked like small tweezers, and there were also long thin silver needles and some curved tools that he couldn't name.
"Little Black, guess how many seconds?"
The black flying sword sneered twice and used the tip of the sword to draw a "50" in the air.
"50 seconds? Don't look down on me! "
Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and calmed down for three seconds. When he opened his eyes again, the greed and excitement in his eyes had disappeared without a trace. All that was left was an ancient well without ripples and overflowing confidence.
Li Yao's hands suddenly moved, and his ten fingers turned into ten streams of light, completely enveloping the silver-white magical equipment. At the beginning, one could still vaguely see the trajectory of his fingertips, but later on, only a dazzling white light could be seen, and within the white light came a rustling sound.
Half a minute later, the white light trembled, and the rustling sound disappeared. Over a hundred afterimages returned to the main body one by one. Li Yao's hands were still in their original positions, not even moving an inch.
As for the silver-white magical equipment "3D Hologram Projector", it had already been dismantled by him into 425 components.
"39 seconds, done!"
Li Yao cheered. He proudly winked at the black flying sword and concentrated on studying it.
"Tsk tsk, it really is worthy of being called the latest model of the Thousand Fantasy Sect's hologram projector. Its structure is exquisite, and the balance between the spiritual energy is as if it were made by nature. The most amazing part is this main crystal chip. The fingernail-sized main crystal chip is actually engraved with over 300 spirit glyphs. They are connected to each other, forming over 20 array glyphs. It's simply a work of art!"
Li Yao held a magnifying glass in his hand and carefully observed the dismantled main crystal chip. His face was brimming with an intoxicated look as if he was on a pilgrimage. As he looked, his expression became more and more solemn.
"No … it's not just 300 spirit glyphs. This main crystal chip seems to have used a crystal folding technique. It stacks three crystal chips together, storing over a thousand spirit glyphs in total, forming over a hundred array glyphs. It's too inconceivable!"
The more he studied, the more he felt that it was extensive and profound. Li Yao was completely engrossed in it, forgetting the passage of time. After studying for over three hours, he was still unable to decipher even a single array glyphs. Instead, he was dizzy from looking at it, and his vision was going black.
Right now, he was at most at the level of a "Beginner Magical Equipment Technician". Compared to the level of a "Thousand Fantasy Sect's" Master Refiner, he was far, far, far away.
If there was a problem with this "main crystal chip", then he would have no other choice but to sell the 3D Hologram Projector as scrap.
Fortunately, after using the "Spirit Storage Tool" to input spiritual energy, Li Yao discovered that the main crystal chip's spiritual energy was flowing smoothly. The spiritual path was clear, and the array glyphs were stable. There were no abnormalities.
After careful inspection, he discovered that the problem was with the lowest level of crystal circuit tube. It was due to abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations that caused the crystal circuit tube to burn out.
This kind of crystal circuit tube was a standard part, and it was very convenient to replace it. Li Yao quickly found a replacement from the inventory at home.
Closing his eyes, he silently recalled the process of disassembly from a moment ago. A large and detailed structural diagram floated into his mind. His hands naturally moved, and like a gust of wind, the 3D Hologram Projector was reassembled!
Using the Spirit Storage Tool to input spiritual energy, the pure white outer shell was suffused with a faint blue radiance. It was like a sparkling and translucent piece of jade, and it also seemed to possess a life of its own.
As the blue radiance swept across his forehead, dozens of control glyphs naturally appeared in the depths of Li Yao's mind.
"Hologram Projector, turn on!" Li Yao silently said in his mind, and a control glyph immediately lit up in his mind.
The blue radiance on the hologram projector converged into a "return" glyph. Like a whirlpool, it rapidly rotated twice. From the center of the whirlpool, a blue beam of light shot out, condensing into a huge hologram in midair. The hologram flickered, revealing the image of a middle-aged cultivator wearing a Daoist robe. It was detailed down to the smallest detail, and it was vivid and lifelike.
Behind this cultivator was an even bigger hologram. On the hologram, red and green glyphs, numbers, and arrows were intertwined, constantly pulsing and changing.
The middle-aged cultivator was expressionless. Without a ripple, he said, "Next, I will continue to broadcast the financial news for everyone. The following is a summary of the stock market. Today's biggest news is, without a doubt, the 'Shadowless Sword Sect' has announced the emergence of the newest generation of flying sword driving glyph array, 'Violet Lightning'. It is said that after using 'Violet Lightning', the highest speed of a flying sword can be increased by 9%, and the instantaneous destructive power can be increased by 11%. Furthermore, the consumption of spiritual energy can be reduced by 5%. The overall performance of the flying sword has been greatly improved."
"Under the influence of this good news, the Shadowless Sword Sect's stock price rose all the way. Before 10 o 'clock, it approached the upper limit and maintained it all the way until the close."
"As for the entire Sword Cultivator section, including the Giant Sword Sect, the Extreme North Sword Sect, and the South Sea Sword Sect, the stock price rose all the way. By the close of business, the Sword Cultivator section as a whole rose by 5.42%."
"On the other hand, the stock price of the defense-leaning Golden Armor Sect and other sects fell all the way. Analysts generally believe that following the emergence of new glyph arrays such as' Violet Lightning ', flying sword technology will undergo a revolutionary leap. The current mainstream battle armor is simply unable to defend against the attacks of the newest models of flying sword. By the close of business, the Golden Armor Sect's stock price fell by more than 8%."
"After the close of business, the Golden Armor Sect held an impromptu press conference. The Golden Armor Sect's spokesperson, Elder Hei Yan, announced that the research and development of the newest generation of battle armor, 'Star Strike Shield', has already achieved a breakthrough. The prototype will be released within the year, and it will absolutely be able to defend against all flying sword attacks."
"And in the northern grassland area of the Federation, the Black Thread Worm plague continues to spread. It has already spread to the spirit beast breeding bases of many Beast Taming Sects. The number of spirit beasts affected by the plague exceeds 500,000. The rare disaster has caused the stock price of the Beast Taming Sect to continue to drop. The stock price of many Beast Taming Sects has fallen below the lowest level in three years."
"Alright. Next, let us invite the famous stock critic, Tian Xingzi, to give everyone a stock review."
"..."
Li Yao looked at it for a long time. He discovered that the picture was stable, the sound was clear, and there were no snowflakes or spots. Especially, the three-dimensional feeling was extremely strong. It gave people a feeling of immersion. It should have been fixed.
Thinking about it, his brain once again meditated: "Switch to the entertainment channel."
A blue light flashed. The middle-aged cultivator and the red and green light screen disappeared in a flash. What replaced them was a stadium in full swing.
The stadium that could hold 100,000 people was filled to the brim. It was noisy and boiling. Under the dazzling light of the rainbow, 100,000 hot-blooded young men and women raised their hands high and shouted a name together:
"Lu Yinxi!"
"Lu Yinxi!"
"Lu Yinxi!"
On the main stage that was three stories high, dozens of sharp crystals stood in a crisscross pattern. When the cheers of the young men and women converged to the peak, the thickest crystal suddenly burst open. A white-clothed young girl with a face as cold as snow and a gaze as scorching as magma jumped out from the crystal. On her waist was a guqin that seemed to be piled up from crystals. Her slender white hands swept across the strings of the guqin, and what exploded out was the clanging sound of a powerful army!
"If there is a dream in your heart, then you must arrogantly fly. The other side of the river of stars is our direction! This belongs to us, Xiu! True! New! World! Era! "
Just like all the young men and women, Li Yao's blood also began to boil.
On the stage, the young girl "Lu Yinxi" radiated heat in all directions. She was a female singer of the idol school who had just risen in the past two years. When she debuted, she used her ice-cold appearance and explosive singing style to attract a large number of young men. Her famous song "Cultivation 40000 Years" swept through the entire Federation in a short half year. Countless young men and women were inspired by this song to walk on the road of cultivation.
Li Yao was also her fan, but the reason was different from others. He liked Lu Yinxi because they had the same background.
They were both orphans.
Li Yao was born in Special Garbage Disposal Plant No. 23. As far as he could remember, the sky had always been grayish-yellow.
He ate the rotten meat in the garbage dump and drank the polluted stinky water. He relied on his beast-like instincts as well as a little "secret" in the depths of his memory to struggle for survival. From the very beginning, he was bullied and humiliated. Ten years later, he became the most dangerous "vulture" in the Artifact Graveyard.
If it weren't for the appearance of his "old man", Li Yao might have been fooling around in the garbage dump, becoming another "Fat Dragon" or "Wild Wolf".
However, one day six years ago, a garbage ship threw his father into the sea along with dozens of tons of garbage. Out of compassion, Li Yao dragged his father, who was riddled with scars, back home.
From then on, his fate completely changed.
His old man never talked about his origins. Li Yao only knew that he was definitely an extremely powerful artifact modification expert. In a short five years, his old man taught Li Yao tens of thousands of bizarre artifact modification techniques. He also taught him all kinds of basic knowledge. He even spent money to send him to a private high school in the city, allowing him to blend into normal society.
A year ago, his old man's old injury flared up and he passed away. He left Li Yao a mysterious flying sword called "Black Wing". It was said that he had studied it for most of his life, but he couldn't figure out anything about it. There was also a passage:
"Little Yao, your old man has been to dozens of boundless worlds in his life. I have seen tens of thousands of artifact modification experts and refiners. But your talent is the highest!"
"With the hands of an insignificant mortal, you can repair low-level artifacts. You are really amazing."
"But talent alone is not enough! If you only rely on talent alone, you will forever be able to repair low-level artifacts, civilian artifacts! "
"Promise your old man that you will study hard and strive to enter a university and become a cultivator! Only by becoming a cultivator will you be able to take a step forward in artifact maintenance, and even one day … "
"Become a true master refiner!"
When his old man said these words, his eyes were wide open. The scene of his eyes blossoming with a boundless aura was still fresh in Li Yao's memory.
Master refiner … that was one of the most respected professions in the circle of cultivators.
He didn't know whether or not he would disappoint his old man.
The Black Wing sword silently accompanied him by his side. It listened to the young girl's volcanic eruption-like singing from the hologram projector. Its two protective wings continued to twist and turn along with the vigorous singing and dancing.
After a long time, the youth's eyes brightened. The corner of his mouth once again hooked into an unconcerned smile.
"What's the point of thinking so much? I don't care about anything else. I'll just stake it all! "
"Lu Yinxi, from a little orphan girl, can become the Federation's hottest female singer. Why can't I, from a little scavenger, become a true master refiner?"
The youth remembered a long, long time ago, in a very, very distant place, he heard a sentence:
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