On one of the iron rafts, there were six or seven slightly rough swords. They were the kind of damaged sword blank. There was a faint heat emitting from the rough swords.
Why was it called a damaged sword blank? It was because irreversible damage had been done to the rough swords. For example, a hole had been knocked out, or a certain part had been used too much force, causing it to expand too widely. But overall, these rough swords were twenty to thirty percent wider than normal swords. They looked ugly, probably because they hadn't been forged yet.
"Shopkeeper, how do you deal with these rough swords?" Seeing the appearance of these sword blanks, Ling Dong's heart suddenly moved. He suddenly thought of a possibility, which should be a bold guess.
The shopkeeper, Ling Dong, revealed a smile and said, "Young Master, because these rough swords were first put into the furnace, the various materials weren't completely merged. Naturally, they have to be reforged before being handed over to the Weapon Refiner to complete the following steps."
"Won't it be another expense to reforge them? The crystal stones used to ignite the earth fire aren't cheap. "Ling Dong suddenly said. Ling Dong was also a Weapon Refiner in his previous life, so he naturally understood the knack of forging weapons.
For example, the materials used to forge Xiantian low-grade swords could be refined with ordinary fire as long as the furnace was well made and the furnace temperature was high enough.
But from Xiantian high-grade swords to Earth Fiend low-grade swords, ordinary fire wouldn't be able to refine even one or two percent of the materials even after two or three days. It would require the help of an extremely high temperature earth fire to be able to refine them.
Also, the worst of the rough swords on the iron rafts were materials used to forge Xiantian high-grade swords. Of course, Ling Dong speculated that most or all of these rough swords were used to forge Xiantian high-grade swords. There weren't many materials that could be used to forge Xiantian low-grade swords.
But this wasn't the main point. What was important was that Ling Dong suddenly had an idea. When his sword skill, Alkaid Powder, was used, it would extract the Five Elements Gold Essence from the swords to increase its power.
The Five Elements Gold Essence Qi mainly came from the metal of the sword.
Generally speaking, there were two factors that determined the grade of a sword. One was the metal ores that made up the sword. The better the metal ores, the sharper the sword would be, and the stronger the formation that could be refined on it. The second method was to directly refine an array on the sword. The more and more powerful the array was, the higher the grade of the sword would be.
For example, a low-grade Xiantian sword would have at least one formation that could amplify one's energy, and a middle-grade Xiantian sword would have at least two. As for Connate superior-grade ones, he would need to refine at least three Amplification Formations and one Sharpness Formation. As for low-grade Earth Emanations, it required even more array formations.
The upper limit of the array formations that a sword could carry was directly related to the material of the sword. The better the material, the more array formations the sword could carry. In other words, the better the material used to refine the sword, the higher the grade of the sword.
Correspondingly, the higher the grade of the sword, the better the material used to refine it. A piece of ordinary iron, even if it was refined by a Great Grandmaster who could refine Big Dipper Weapons, could only be a low-grade Xiantian weapon at most. It was absolutely impossible for it to be a middle-grade Xiantian weapon.
The material used to make the temporarily scrapped sword billets in front of him had definitely reached the level of refining. To put it simply, its material was the same as the material used to refine a high-grade Xiantian sword. It was just that there had been a mistake during the refining process.
Moreover, Ling Dong also knew that in all the processes of refining a sword, the forging of the sword billets was not very valuable. The most valuable part was the step of refining the sword.
The value of a sword billet that was originally worth a thousand gold would increase tenfold or even a hundredfold after being refined by a weapon refiner. In this way, a sword billet that was originally worth a thousand gold would be worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold. A brilliant weapon refiner who could maintain a high success rate was definitely a gold-making machine.
Ling Dong's focus was on this. He could not afford to buy a low-grade Xiantian or low-grade Xiantian or low-grade Xiantian sword. Even a high-grade Xiantian weapon would probably cost all of Ling Dong's wealth.
However, it would not be a problem to buy this kind of damaged sword billet that needed to be melted down. Most importantly, the five elements pure gold power contained in this kind of sword was no different from the five elements pure gold power contained in the finished upper grade sword or lower grade earth evil sword. Moreover, the five elements pure gold power contained in this kind of sword would only be more, not less.
As long as the Five Elements Gold Essence contained in the sword billet was the same, then whether it was a sword or a sword billet, it would not affect the power of Ling Dong's sword skill, Alkaid Powder.
To Ling Dong, there was no difference between using a finished sword that had been tempered with an array and using a rough sword. No, there was still a difference. A sword billet was much, much cheaper than a sword billet.
"That can't be helped. The materials used to forge this sword are worth a few thousand gold. There are even some that are worth tens of thousands of gold. It cannot be discarded. If you can forge it again successfully and send it to the weapon refiner of my humble shop, and if you are lucky enough to succeed, you can break even. " After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he realized that he had said too much. He hurriedly asked, "Young Master, do you want to take a look at high-grade Xiantian swords?"
"I won't look at high-grade Xiantian swords. However, I don't know if shopkeeper is selling these damaged sword billets. If you are selling them, I am willing to buy them. You won't have to spend another sum of money on melting them down!" Ling Dong said.
The shopkeeper was stunned. He then said in astonishment, "You want to buy a sword billet? You have no use for it, right? "
"Oh, it's basically useless. However, it is still possible to let the servants in the manor practice their skills. I can't afford a good one, and it can also be used for blacksmiths to practice their skills." Ling Dong said.
If he could buy these sword billets, it would be of great significance to Ling Dong. To Ling Dong, these failed sword billets were not inferior to true high-grade Xiantian swords. They would definitely allow Ling Dong to be on par with an expert in the initial stage of the Earth Emanations Realm for a period of time with his Xiantian Realm Level Three cultivation.
If there was a low-grade Earth Emanations sword billet among them, then Ling Dong would be able to compete with an expert in the initial stage of the Earth Emanations Realm. In this world, Ling Dong could go anywhere he wanted.
"Oh … I see. But I'm sorry, Young Master. My humble shop has never sold any of its sword blanks to the outside world, not to mention the various branches. Even if they become a pile of scrap in the end, they have to be kept in the shop. " After pausing for a moment, the shopkeeper solemnly rejected Ling Dong's request and turned to leave.
"Shopkeeper, please wait for a moment. Please listen to what I have to say before you leave!" Ling Dong said hurriedly. He definitely wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity. Furthermore, as an old monster who had lived for three hundred years, Ling Dong was very clear about the knack of this.
After all, rules were dead, but people were alive. In many situations, people could be flexible.
While holding onto the shopkeeper, a thick stack of banknotes appeared in Ling Dong's hands. Inadvertently, Ling Dong stuffed the stack of banknotes worth about three to four thousand taels of silver into the shopkeeper's hands.
"Shopkeeper, please do me a favor. I've been to the entire Flaming Cloud City, and only your Thousand Tempering Machine has something suitable. If you don't sell it to me, I'll have to go to the next city. Not only is it dangerous, but it will also cost a lot. Please do me a favor." Feeling the shopkeeper pinch the banknotes, Ling Dong was delighted.
Ling Dong's method wouldn't work in a small shop. In a small shop, most of the time, the shopkeeper was the owner. And in a large shop like the Thousand Tempering Machine, the shopkeeper was also working for the owner. It was normal to occasionally do things that benefited oneself and not others.
"This …" The shopkeeper muttered to himself, but his eyes secretly looked at the denomination of the banknotes in his hands. Good heavens, a banknote worth a hundred taels. With his experience, he immediately judged that this stack of banknotes was no less than three thousand taels.
Nodding his head in satisfaction, the shopkeeper put away the banknotes. He cleared his throat and said, "Our owner said that as a businessman, we can't only look at the benefits in front of us. We have to look further into the future. Since young master is so generous, I don't mind selling these scraps to young master.
However, young master should also be clear that although they are scraps, they still have to be given a certain amount of profit. If I directly give them to you, I won't be able to be the shopkeeper for long! "
"That's natural. Naturally, I can't let the shopkeeper eat a loss from above. I just have to trouble the shopkeeper to take care of them. Also, the more of these crude sword billets, the better. "Ling Dong said.
"The more, the better?" The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment. "Normally, when these things are damaged, they will be brought back and reforged every few days. Now, there aren't many left. Including today's batch, there are only ten of them. However, among these ten, there are nine High Rank Innate Sword billets and one Low Rank Earth Fiend Sword billets.
In terms of price, a High Rank Innate Sword billet costs at least forty thousand taels of silver. A Low Rank Earth Fiend Sword billet costs three hundred thousand taels of silver. Young master, what do you think? "Although this price wasn't very fair and was a little high, it was understandable. Although Ling Dong could forge them himself, whether it was buying the materials or refining them, it was very time-consuming.
Hearing that there were Low Rank Earth Fiend Sword billets, Ling Dong's heart suddenly jumped. Wasn't this what he wanted? As long as he had a Low Rank Earth Fiend Sword in his hands, he would be very confident.
Seeing Ling Dong readily agree, the shopkeeper, who had received the benefits, was naturally very straightforward. Not long later, the transaction was completed. Ling Dong spent over six hundred thousand taels of silver to buy nine High Rank Innate Sword billets and one Low Rank Earth Fiend Sword billet.
Before leaving, Ling Dong gave the shopkeeper another five to six thousand taels of silver, stating that he would be staying in Flaming Cloud City for a few more days. He hoped that the shopkeeper could leave the billets that were produced in these few days to him. After receiving the benefits, the shopkeeper naturally agreed happily.
Not long later, Ling Dong kept the sword billets and left. Ever since the appearance of the storage talisman, martial artists who used a mustard seed space to store items didn't attract as much attention as before.
"Shopkeeper, who is this person? Spending so much silver to buy the billets?" After Ling Dong left, a shop assistant asked in bewilderment.
"A rich fool. This profit is comparable to the profit we get from selling a High Rank Innate Sword! We even saved on the cost of reforging. We don't even have to pay those master blacksmiths! "As he said that, the shopkeeper revealed a proud smile.
If Ling Dong heard this, he would probably laugh his head off. He was willing to be such a fool!
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PS: This chapter is to make up for what I owed yesterday. There will be an update in the afternoon and evening. Yesterday, after moving from home to his wife's dormitory and settling everything, it was already past nine at night. Originally, it could be updated, but something even more tragic happened. The wireless network can be connected, but it can't be recognized. The router needs to be rebooted, but the computer room can't be entered …
In addition, I need to recruit one or two assistant moderators. I need brothers who are fully subscribed. Originally, Zhu San could also manage the comments.
But after moving to his wife's school, the internet speed … At home, I alone use 4M bandwidth. In her school, 15 computers use 2M bandwidth. It takes three to four minutes to enter the starting point. The progress bar is crazily reading, very tragic.
Speaking of which, the school is really quiet during lessons! Hopefully, there will be time to explode in the next few days! There was also the sweet smell of the soil and corn fields.
In addition, after being raped, Zhu San still had to find a way to explode and ask for votes! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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