Chapter 1088
byYang Kai simply tidied up the cave and found a relatively good position, which could be regarded as his bedroom.
Immediately afterwards, he left the cave and circled around the Longxue Mountains within a radius of thousands of miles, with various great arrays used to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth echoing in his mind.
He had come into contact with many arrays of this type. Before, in the Tianxiao Sect on the Tongxuan Continent, in the Jiutian Holy Land, in the residence of the Ghost Ancestor on the Xuankong Continent, and in the territory of Ao of the Yupu Star Sect a few years ago, he had all seen such arrays.
Since he had decided to stay here, naturally he had to have a more comfortable cultivation environment for himself.
Yang Kai didn’t have much research on arrays. What he knew the most were the spirit arrays used for alchemy. However, in the way of arrays, there are thousands of great paths, and they all lead to the same destination. Through long-term exposure, he also knew how to arrange a spirit gathering array.
This required the cooperation of geographical advantages, supplemented by some materials, and arrange through various means to form a decent array.
Although the area of the Longxue Mountains was not large, Yang Kai found that the natural conditions here were very good. Near the cave that Wu Yi had found for himself, there were several mountain peaks. Those mountain peaks surrounded the cave. If they were used as the foundation, they could be very well arranged.
As he was walking in the mountains and fields, he kept thinking about some things that the Great Elder Xu Hui had once told him when he was the master of the Jiutian Holy Land. Among them was the mystery of the nine peaks of the Holy Land and the array.
Soon, he had some ideas.
He didn’t return to the cave but directly went to Tianyun City which was fifty miles away.
Tianyun City could be regarded as the territory of the Shadow Moon Palace. Even though the Hecker family was nearby, they didn’t have the right to control Tianyun City because the entire city was quite wealthy and simply couldn’t be occupied by a small peripheral family.
The Hecker family only ran several businesses in the city and earned some cultivation resources from passing martial artists.
After entering Tianyun City, Yang Kai found that there was a surging crowd and shops everywhere. In terms of prosperity, it was no less than the cities on Rainfall Star or Watermoon Star, and even surpassed them in some aspects.
Most of the shop owners were disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace, and there were also people from the affiliated forces of the Shadow Moon Palace. They had good connections everywhere here, made a lot of money every day, and earned a full pot. Every shop was a money tree.
There were no guards at the city gate collecting crystals. The Shadow Moon Palace allowed anyone to freely enter and exit this city.
Yang Kai walked all the way with great interest, his pace neither too fast nor too slow, wandering around in one shop after another.
Soon. He was surprised to find that in this city, or rather on the entire Dark Star, the value of Saint Crystals was much higher than that on other cultivation stars.
For example, a bottle of Warm Yuan Pills for cultivation required three hundred low-grade Saint Crystals on other cultivation stars, but here it only needed two hundred.
Something that is worth five hundred low-grade Saint Crystals only needs about four hundred here.
The isolation from the outside world makes the Dark Star have its own way of calculating value. The scarcity of Saint Crystals makes the value of Saint Crystals greater. With very few Saint Crystals, one can exchange for a lot of things.
Yang Kai is very excited.
Because in his Black Book Space, there are as many as forty-seven thousand plus high-grade Saint Crystals. The conversion ratio between Saint Crystals of different qualities is one to five. That is to say, one high-grade Saint Crystal can be exchanged for five middle-grade Saint Crystals, and one middle-grade Saint Crystal can be exchanged for five low-grade Saint Crystals.
Calculated in this way, he has as many as over one million low-grade Saint Crystals and can buy whatever he wants.
He only bought some ores and materials that he needed.
And then he went to a place called the Artifact Refining Pavilion with great interest.
In any city, there is such a place that specifically helps people refine artifacts. This is the case whether it is on the Tongxuan Continent in the Star Territory. As long as it is a city with a dense population of martial artists, such a place must exist.
Because not every martial artist can refine artifacts. When they need them, they often ask skilled artifact refiners for help. In this way, those artifacts refiners do not only have the opportunity to practice, but also can get the considerable remuneration.
The Artifact Refining Pavilion in Tianyun City was also a subordinate organization of the Shadow Moon Palace. Most of the dozens of artifact refiners sitting inside were from the Shadow Moon Palace, and there were also some who were hired. After these hired refiners received their remuneration, they would share the profits with the Shadow Moon Palace. Although a large part of the remuneration they received would be taken away by the Shadow Moon Palace, such people were relatively freer and could leave at any time without being under the jurisdiction of the Shadow Moon Palace.
When Yang Kai arrived here, he was suddenly shocked by the lively scene inside.
There were at least nearly two hundred warriors of different strengths queuing up, waiting for the artifact refiners in the Artifact Refining Pavilion to help them refine secret treasures.
As soon as Yang Kai appeared, or cold or hot gazes were cast towards him. Some people were even quite vigilant as if they were afraid that Yang Kai would cut in line.
This scene couldn’t help but remind him of the crowd outside the nine peaks when the Nine Heavens Holy Land helped people refine pills. At that time, many people were willing to wait outside the nine peaks for one or two months or even longer to ask the alchemists in the Holy Land to help them refine pills.
At this moment, in this situation, Yang Kai couldn’t help but have some experience of the helpless and anxious mood of those people back then.
Wouldn’t he also have to wait for a long time？ He couldn’t help but frown.
A person who looked like a fellow walked over from the side. He was not young but his strength was not high. It seemed that he had given up on his own cultivation and was only working here to earn some remuneration to maintain his livelihood.
He enthusiastically handed something to Yang Kai and smiled, “Look for yourself, choose by yourself. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.”
Yang Kai took it suspiciously and after looking for a while, he found that what was written on this piece of paper was actually the names of dozens of the refiner in the Pavilion, as well as their abilities, charging standards, and there was also a number at the back.
Yang Kai only found out after asking that those numbers indicated how many warriors were waiting for this alchemist to make a secret treasure.
He took a glance and found that for the most powerful person, there were already more than thirty warriors waiting, and the maximum ability of this person was to refine Saint King Grade top-quality secret treasures！
No wonder so many people asked for his help. Like alchemist, alchemist also had their own set of grading systems. The higher the grade the more capable they were of refining high-grade secret treasures or pills.
It was not easy for warriors to find materials. It was even more difficult to gather the materials for a secret treasure than for a pill. So when choosing an alchemist, they would be especially cautious preferring to choose the expensive one rather than the inferior one.
The charging standard of this refiner who could refine Saint King Grade top-quality secret treasures was not low but his grade was there, so naturally it would attract those warriors to flock to him.
Yang Kai’s gaze swept over the names of those alchemist one by one and soon stopped on the name of an alchemist named Yang Yan. He frowned looked carefully for a while and then beckoned to the fellow.
Has the guest chosen which refiner sterno be in charge of refining your secret treasure? The guy ran over with a smile.
“Is the information on this incorrect?” Yang Kai asked.
The fellow still smiled and said, The guest is overthinking. Our Pavilion is the property of the Shadow Moon Palace. Most of the masters here are disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace. Their methods and abilities have passed the assessment of the Shadow Moon Palace. The prices are fair, and there is no cheating for children or the elderly. There will never be any suspicion of fraud.”
Yang Kai looked at him deeply, handed the paper to him, and pointed to it, saying, “Look at this. This guy named Yang Yan charges so much, and he also said that he can refine Void-level secret treasures. Why is there no one patronizing him？”
The number behind Yang Yan was clearly a zero, which meant that no one was queuing up waiting for him to refine weapons. In contrast to his leisure, the other masters were simply bustling with activity and extremely lively.
The fellow smiled strangely and said, “Guest, it’s like this. The reputation guarantee of the Pavilion only applies to those masters who come from the Shadow Moon Palpalace. As for those externally hired forging masters we do not guarantee the accuracy of the information they provide. Well, we don’t have that much free time either. When this Master Yang Yan came to the forging Pavilion we also told him so. However, he insisted that he could refine a loft-level secret treasures If the guest feels that it is not credible then don’t choose him. If there are any losses, we will not compensate either. We still have many other masters to choose from.
After hearing the guy’s words Yang Kai immediately understood that this should be a way for the Shadow Moon Palace to suppress the external masters.
The Forger doesn’t guarantee the credibility of those hired. In this way, the warriors who come to refine the secret treasures will have concerns and basically won’t choose them.
“The other Forging Master…” Yang Kai frowned tightly and slowly shook his head. The schedules of the other refiner are all fully booked. The fastest one estimates that will take at least ten days or so.
“Is the guest in a hurry? If in a hurry, “The fellow put forward a suggestion.
Yang Kai didn’t answer but instead asked, “Has anyone ever asked this guy named Yang Yan to refine something？”
“Yes.”
“How was the result？”
The guy’s face suddenly twitched, and his expression was strange looking like something that could only be understood but not expressed in words. After holding it in for a long time, he said, “Guest, I still suggest that you go and find other masters to refine the secret treasures. Their charges are more reasonable and not as sky-high as this one.”
Even the guy doesn’t seem to be very optimistic about the alchemist named Yang Yan which makes Yang Kai very confused and doesn’t know how bad this Yang Yan’s skills are.
Just as they were talking, an extremely burly man walked out of a room cursing and murderous. He was carrying a big hammer shining with divine light in his hand, looking majestic. He was walking out while cursing, looking extremely angry.
Someone dares to scold the alchemist? Yang Kai was stunned.
Weapon refiners and alchemists are both a group of people with noble status and extremely rare. Warriors will not offend these two types of people no matter who they offend, because no matter which warrior needs secret treasures and elixirs. Offending them is equivalent to cutting off one’s own the fallback option.
However, the warriors waiting in the hall seem to be used to it, as if they have seen such a scene more than once. Not only does no one persuade, but they also look over there with great interest.
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