Today was Pu Shan Square's annual refiners' gathering. Generally, at this time, there would be refiners from Xuan Ling Sect, Iron Sword Gate, and Chiyang School to interact with each other.
Of course, the local refiners would also attend, but they would only participate in the discussion. This year was no exception.
The Great Armament Masters from the three sects were not so much Great Armament Masters, but rather ordinary Armament Masters. Although they had a title, the works that they could produce were pitifully few, but even so, they were still better than the Armament Masters in Pushan Square.
Xuan Ling Sect's Cao Fan, Iron Sword Gate's Ma Hongsheng, and Chiyang School's Ning Yuxuan.
The three of them sat in the main seats of the audience at the side of the square.
Around them were Pu Shan Dao and the only refiner in the family, Pu Suiyu, as well as the refiners from Pu Shan Square.
Everyone's seats were arranged according to their popularity. All the shopkeepers in Pu Shan Square who opened a refiner's shop had received an invitation.
There weren't many seats on the rostrum, so only a few important people, such as the visiting guests and the refiners recognized by the organizer, had the honor of sitting there.
The rest of the people who came to make up the numbers, oh, the refiners, sat in the audience seats on both sides of the rostrum.
Duan Yugang and Yi Tian from Pu Shan Square were arranged to sit in the rightmost corner of the audience seats.
Originally, Yi Tian didn't want to come, but he couldn't resist Shopkeeper Duan's eloquence and finally agreed to come and take a look.
In any case, he had stabilized his Qi Disciple Stage Four and had nothing to do at home, so he came out to take a look.
In Duan Yugang's words, it was to broaden his horizons. During this time, Yi Tian had been forging behind closed doors. When he was free, he would experiment with copper essence.
He forged one short sword after another. Fortunately, he only used a piece of copper essence to repeatedly forge, smelt, and forge again.
When he asked Yi Tian what he was doing, he received the answer that he was practicing casting. The reason was that he couldn't bear to watch the sword and staff that Yi Tian forged last time.
He found that the problem was that the inscriptions were carved very well, but the weapon's shape was too bad.
This was because he still used an iron hammer to shape the weapon, and not directly used his spiritual sense to control the fire to refine the material.
The main members of the Pu Family were all present. Pu Siyuan followed behind the family head and greeted everyone who came.
Since this was Xuan Ling Sect's territory, the Pu family naturally wanted to make use of this opportunity to get to know more young talents and outstanding talents.
After he was free, Pu Siyuan pointed at Yi Tian and Duan Yugang in front of Pushan Dao and whispered a few words to them.
Pu Shandao smiled and nodded at the two of them after hearing that.
The two of them were so frightened that they quickly stood up and greeted Pushan Dao with the courtesy of a junior. This caused the people around them to look at them strangely and deliberately keep their distance.
Not only could refiners attend the conference, even some ordinary cultivators could take a look at the event.
Seeing the glory of the sect or being lucky enough to get acquainted with the masters in the market was also a great benefit.
Yi Tian, who was in the audience, was not interested in these things. He was just observing the refiners of Chiyang School.
This was the sect that he planned to go to, so it would be best if he could get a better understanding of it.
Moreover, it seemed that this Ning Yuxuan was not simple. Although he was only at the ninth stage of Qi Refinement, he was calm and composed.
Every time he brought up a magic tool, he did not comment. Only when he was interested would he say a few words. It was as if he was completely observing and absent-minded.
He was not like Cao Yang and Ma Hongsheng, who pointed at the magic tools and commented.
While giving suggestions, he would also chat with the refiners from time to time, exchanging insights with each other.
In any case, in Yi Tian's eyes, the entire conference was just a bunch of noisy people discussing problems. He was not interested at all.
He only hoped that it would end early so that he could go home and continue cultivating.
In the end, the piece of copper essence from yesterday was not successfully molded into a short sword. In a fit of anger, Yi Tian simply melted it down and made a new kitchen knife.
He also engraved an inscription of sharpness. In the end, he sharpened it and gave it to the neighbor next door.
However, what Yi Tian did not know was that Duan Yugang had bought the kitchen knife with a spirit stone this morning. He could not give it away for free.
Last time, the staff sword was sold for seven spirit stones. This time, he had to sell it for at least ten spirit stones. Otherwise, he would suffer a huge loss. Now, the kitchen knife was still in his storage bag.
Every refining workshop would bring their own proud works. Juxing Workshop's work was a machete that Duan Yugang had recently forged using copper essence and iron essence.
Kitchen knife, wasn't this nonsense? How could a kitchen knife be elegant? This kind of thing could be sold to the chef of Dexing Restaurant.
In any case, Shopkeeper Duan went to the back door of Dexing Restaurant after the conference ended. He had discussed it with the chef, Zhou Dashao, and the price was five spirit stones.
In any case, Yi Tian sat for the whole day and yawned repeatedly. When the conference ended, he was ready to follow the crowd back to Juxing Workshop in a daze.
Shopkeeper Duan was very happy today. His work had been recognized by the two masters.
Moreover, he had gone up on stage to meet the two masters and was praised a few times. Pushan Dao also went up and said a few polite words, praising Duan Yugang for his talent.
After the matter was over, Duan Yugang let Yi Tian go back first. He had to go to Dexing Restaurant to deliver something. Yi Tian did not care. When he returned home, he began to cultivate. There was no time.
When he returned home, Yi Tian met a group of people from the workshop that had lived in the woodshed before. After greeting them a few times, Yi Tian followed behind this group of people.
Then, he heard that there was a rank two magic tool that had reached the rank three standard. It was called something like the Meteor Gilding File.
This thing was strange. It had shattered an entire piece of granite, but there was not a single scratch on it.
However, it was not taken out by a refiner. It was taken out by a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining. It was said that as long as one could enter the competition, they could get a bonus.
In the end, the Meteor Gilding File was bought by Ning Yuxuan from the Scarlet Flame Sect for a hundred spirit stones. The happy cultivator surnamed Shi took the money and went to Dexing Restaurant to have a big meal.
Yi Tian felt a burst of contempt. What Meteor Gilding File? Didn't it break when it met my kitchen knife?
That's right, it was a loss to give away that kitchen knife. He should find some time to spend two spirit stones to redeem it.
He would work on it and engrave a few more inscriptions. Then, he would have a chance to compete with that Meteor Gilding File.
Two days later, Yi Tian did not redeem his kitchen knife. Instead, he saw an ox cart parked in front of Juxing Restaurant.
However, it was not Pushan's cart. He walked over to take a look. It turned out that there were guests today.
After entering the back hall of Juxing Restaurant, he saw Ning Yuxuan from Chiyang School sitting in the middle. Next to him was his attendant. Duan Yugang was restless on the other side.
Seeing that Yi Tian had returned, Duan Yugang was relieved. After introducing him, he retreated to the side and began to silently count his toes.
Since he couldn't avoid it, Yi Tian could only bravely go forward. Besides, he was a guest. He couldn't be lacking in etiquette.
He went forward and cupped his hands. After looking at Ning Yuxuan, he said, "Grandmaster, how can I help you?" In front of a ninth stage Qi Disciple, Yi Tian didn't dare to be presumptuous, but he wasn't afraid either.
Seeing that Yi Tian was neither servile nor overbearing, Ning Yuxuan's face lit up. Then, his expression darkened and he transmitted a few words to his attendant.
The attendant called Shopkeeper Duan and went to the front hall. Only Yi Tian and Ning Yuxuan were left in the main hall.
After that, Ning Yuxuan first raised his hand and made a cover, wrapping the two of them inside. Then, he sized up Yi Tian, making Yi Tian's hair stand on end.
After a moment of awkwardness, Ning Yuxuan opened his mouth first, "I am Chiyang School's Ning Yuxuan. I don't know if little brother can tell me your name." After he finished speaking, he waited for Yi Tian.
"Junior Yi Tian greets Grandmaster Ning."
Ning Yuxuan smiled and said, "What Grandmaster or Grandmaster, it sounds awkward. Brother Yi can just call me Big Brother Ning. I'm just a few years older than you."
This time, it was Yi Tian's turn to have a headache. He had heard people say that Ning Yuxuan was the oldest among the three sects.
Don't look at how he looked like a thirty year old man. In reality, he was only around twenty five years old. It was just that he looked more mature.
It should be the result of staying in the refining room for a long time. Now, calling him Brother Yi was also appropriate.
Yi Tian's mouth was honest, and he politely called him Big Brother Ning.
After the two sat down, Ning Yuxuan asked Yi Tian if he had any calligraphy to look at. Fortunately, although Yi Tian was from the White Horse Gang, he had done a lot of debt.
However, he had done quite a lot of lending and borrowing, so his writing was still quite fair.
So he took out a brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone. He wrote down his name and presented it to Ning Yuxuan.
After Ning Yuxuan finished reading, he burned the paper to ashes with a wisp of flame in his right hand. Then he turned his head and said, "Then I didn't find the wrong person."
Yi Tian was puzzled. He hurriedly asked Ning Yuxuan what he wanted.
Ning Yuxuan asked Yi Tian if he wanted to participate in next year's Three Sects' general election. Seeing Yi Tian nod his head, his face revealed a happy expression. But then his happy expression turned to worry as he looked at Yi Tian.
For a moment, the atmosphere became awkward. This time, Yi Tian opened his mouth first. He said that he had a fire attribute spirit root. He didn't know what the differences between the three sects' techniques were, and whether or not they were suitable for him to cultivate.
Hearing this, Ning Yuxuan's eyes lit up. He thought, "This Yi Tian is quite meticulous. Since he asked such a question, he must have already made some inquiries. He should have made a decision in his heart. But he didn't say anything. It seems that he wants to raise the price. But he still has to go through another round."
Then he took out a broken staff. Yi Tian's sharp eyes saw that this was the staff sword he had refined. How could it be broken?
The cut was still so smooth. It must have been cut by an extremely sharp weapon.
After seeing this, Yi Tian didn't argue anymore. He said, "This was refined by me, but it's a pity that it's broken."
Ning Yuxuan didn't say much. He took out a sharp weapon from his storage bag. Yi Tian saw a flash of white light and cried out, "Isn't that my kitchen knife?"
Ning Yuxuan laughed. He stared at Yi Tian and said, "Brother Yi, are you interested in Chiyang School? Our sect's secret technique is most suitable for people with a fire attribute spirit root." After he finished speaking, he waited for Yi Tian to express his opinion.
Yi Tian really wanted to go to the bottom of the Ice Soul Cave to see if there was anything left behind. Even in his dreams, Yi Tian wanted to go to the bottom of the Ice Soul Cave.
If he wanted to enter the Ice Soul Cave, he had to enter Chiyang School first. Now that the opportunity had come to him, he would be letting himself down if he didn't agree.
So he nodded at Ning Yuxuan without thinking. The latter smiled in satisfaction and took out a token from his storage bag and gave it to Yi Tian.
After asking about Yi Tian's cultivation, he told him that he didn't need to participate in the three sects' general election next year.
When the time came, he could take the token directly to Chiyang School's encampment. There would be people from the sect waiting for him.
But new sect rules couldn't be broken. He still had to stay in the Ice Soul Cave trial. But no matter what the result was, he could directly become an outer sect disciple. When the time came, Ning Yuxuan would naturally come find Yi Tian.
After receiving the token, Yi Tian looked at it. The token was completely black. On the front were the words "Chiyang" and on the back was the word "Weapon".
After putting the token into his storage bag, Yi Tian turned to thank Ning Yuxuan. Then he asked about the things he needed to pay attention to in the three lower sects' selection and the Ice Soul Cave trial.
Ning Yuxuan impatiently explained everything one by one. In the end, he picked up the kitchen knife and returned the broken staff sword to Yi Tian. Then he got up and said goodbye.
When Yi Tian sent Ning Yuxuan to the entrance of Juxing Village, he suddenly saw Ning Yuxuan turn around and suggest that Yi Tian engrave his own Weapon Refining Seal. When it was time to engrave it, he just needed to engrave it in a conspicuous place.
Yi Tian remembered the mark he left on the two magic tools and couldn't help but blush. It seemed that Ning Yuxuan recognized the "Yi" mark on the magic tools through the signature. That was why he gave him the token that allowed him to pass the preliminary test.
It seemed that he had to take advantage of this time to properly cultivate his Weapon Refining Technique.
After sending Ning Yuxuan off, Shopkeeper Duan excitedly ran up to Yi Tian and asked him what was going on.
Yi Tian smiled and pointed at the staff sword and said the word "kitchen knife". Duan Yugang quickly said that he still had some work to do on the stove. He urged Yi Tian to quickly cultivate. Time waits for no man.
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