Chapter 156 Shortage
There were many jade slips in the storage bag. Lin Mu searched for a while and suddenly his face was happy.
A light blue jade slip appeared in his palm.
Lin Mu hurriedly input spiritual power into it, and a piece of text suddenly appeared in his mind. He hurriedly checked it carefully.
After a while, Lin Mu put down the jade slip, and there was a burst of joy in his eyes.
After reading this jade slip, he had a clear understanding of the origin of the blood sword, and all doubts in his heart were gone.
It turned out that the blood sword was not a magic weapon. It was just an ordinary top-grade magic weapon at the beginning.
But its power now is far better than that of ordinary top-grade magic weapons, and it is almost the same as the best magic weapons.
The reason is all because of this jade slip!
This jade slip records a special method of refining magic weapons, called "Sword Planting Technique".
The refining of magic weapons is no different from that of magic tools. They are all made of rare materials, but magic weapons are more rare. Compared with magic tools, they are not only ten times more powerful, but also have a spirituality that can be easily absorbed into the body.
It takes years for natural materials and treasures to be formed. After all, the number is limited, which also makes magic weapons rare. Even Jindan cultivators may not have a magic weapon.
In the world of cultivation, it is not uncommon for Jindan cultivators to fight with people with top-grade magic tools.
In this case, some master-level figures of refining tools also come up with some countermeasures.
This idea can be said to be wild and unrestrained, bold and feasible.
This idea is "Sword Planting Technique"!
"Sword Planting Technique" is very different from the general method of refining magic weapons. This method emphasizes the combination of power and warmth. First, let the cultivator force a flying sword into the body, and according to the description in the secret, let the flying sword take root in the cultivator's body and connect with the blood. Then, the cultivator's body is used as a cauldron, and the blood and flesh spiritual power is used as nutrients, just like planting spiritual medicine, allowing the flying sword to slowly absorb it. Over the years, the power of the flying sword will gradually increase.
When the cultivator reaches the Golden Core stage, this flying sword can automatically advance to the life magic weapon, blending with the cultivator's blood, and receiving and sending as the heart wishes.
The power of the life magic weapon is much stronger than that of ordinary magic weapons. Magic weapons are rare, and life magic weapons are even rarer.
"The Art of Planting Swords" can make a magic weapon advance to the level of life magic weapons, which is extremely precious.
Lin Mu was also excited. The blood sword is just an unformed magic weapon, but its power is so huge. If it really advances to the level of life magic weapons, how powerful it will become is simply unimaginable.
However, although this "Art of Planting Swords" is good, it also has disadvantages, which are briefly mentioned at the end of the jade slip.
First of all, not everyone can use the "Sword Planting Technique" to force a magic weapon into the body and blend it with the blood. The pain in it is simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Many people give up at this step because they can't bear the huge pain.
At the same time, the quality of the magic weapon determines the power of the life magic weapon in the future.
But it is not the case that the higher the quality of the magic weapon, the better. The higher the quality of the magic weapon, the more difficult it is to fit with the body of the cultivator, and the deeper the pain to be endured.
The key is all controlled by the cultivator himself.
In addition, after the flying sword is taken into the body, it uses the cultivator's own flesh and blood spiritual power as nutrients to grow slowly, which will affect the cultivator's advancement speed. Many people, because of the sword planting, delay the progress of their practice, and cannot form a golden elixir for life, and finally die in depression, leaving regrets.
The most important point is that after the magic weapon is taken into the body, it must not be taken out before it is fully developed. This is a taboo.
The magic weapon is integrated into the body, blending with the cultivator's blood, and is related to the cultivator's life. It is as important as the cultivator's internal organs.
Imagine taking out a person's heart, can this person still survive?
Although the importance of the magic weapon cannot be compared with the heart, it is almost the same.
Once it is taken out, not only will the sword planting fail this time, but the power of the flying sword will never be improved. The cultivator's vitality will also be greatly damaged. Under the loss of essence and blood, the cultivator's cultivation will also regress, or even die directly.
These disadvantages make many people stay away and dare not take risks easily.
But there are also more people who, because of the temptation of their own magic weapon, plant swords in their bodies like moths to a flame.
Lin Mu thought about it and felt that this kind of sword was feasible, but it was too early for him.
He had not learned any sword techniques, even for flying swords, he did not have a good quality flying sword now.
The quality of the Jinwu Sword is good, but it has been taken by Shitou for sacrifice.
Although this blood sword is now of top quality, it has been planted by someone before, so there is no hope.
Moreover, this blood sword was previously integrated with the blood of the blue-robed sword cultivator. If someone else were to sacrifice it again, the difficulty would be at least three times that of an ordinary flying sword.
Lin Mu does not intend to use this blood sword himself, so selling it may be a good choice.
He now has a set of magic tools, and the Five Elements Ring is considered top-level among the top-grade magic tools. He does not need to learn sword techniques or sacrifice flying swords, at least not now.
His parents and Shitou also have top-grade flying swords, but they do not need them either.
However, his parents only have flying swords and no defensive magic tools, which makes Lin Mu worried.
Lin Mu plans to sell this blood sword and buy two top-level defensive magic tools for his parents to sacrifice.
With the current strength of Lin's father and mother, they have a chance of winning more than 90% against ordinary foundation-building cultivators. But if they encounter spiritual silence cultivators, their chance of winning is less than 20%, and even self-protection becomes a problem because they have no defensive magic weapon.
Lin Mu and his four companions now live on this lake island. This third-grade cave paradise will sooner or later be discovered by others, and come to explore, and there is no guarantee that there will not be another fight.
Lin Mu is not sure that his parents will be as lucky as this time and remain unscathed.
But if he has a top-notch defensive magic weapon, he can be much more at ease.
This time, a sect of the other party attacked, and Lin Mu was caught off guard and almost doomed.
The other party came too suddenly. If he did not have 600 "Explosive Flame Talismans", this battle would have had a different result.
Lin Mu reflected for a moment and had an epiphany in his heart.
Take precautions before it happens!
Since we don't know when the robbery and fighting will happen, we should prepare in advance.
Lin Mu did not take good care of this third-grade cave paradise, which was his mistake.
When outsiders attacked, he had no effective defense measures and was very passive.
He thought of the Lingfu Sect's mountain protection formation. The place where the Lingfu Sect was located was a fourth-grade cave paradise, and there were many coveters, including big sects like the Blue Sea Sword Sect.
But no matter what, Qian Fuzi could always guard the cave paradise where the Lingfu Sect was located.
The talisman was one aspect, but the more important reason was that the Lingfu Sect had a mountain protection formation!
The mountain protection formation was complex and powerful, and it was not something that ordinary cultivators could break through.
The Lingfu Sect's mountain protection formation was a fourth-grade formation that could withstand the attacks of Jindan-stage cultivators.
If others wanted to attack, even with the help of formation masters, they would need strong strength to have a hope of breaking through the defense.
This was just hope!
Array masters usually specialize in array formations, and their own strength is not strong. If they rashly enter the mountain protection array of other sects, they will die the fastest.
Array masters usually depend on large sects, and they arrange for them to resist external enemies.
In terms of enemies, they are too bad and their attack power is not good.
The mountain protection array of Lingfu Sect only needs a few Lingji period cultivators to activate it, and it can keep out Jindan period cultivators.
In the reverse level battle, it is not only about talismans, but also array formations.
Lin Mu has not learned the art of array formation, but he still plans to set up a large array on this lake island just in case.
But this requires finding a array master to achieve it.
Lin Mu is not too worried about this.
These days, as long as there are enough spirit stones, there is nothing that cannot be done!
Although he does not have many spirit stones now, the wealth he has is definitely far more than most Lingji period cultivators.
Killing 100 people from this sect, Lin Mu got 63 storage bags. After sorting them out, he got 8,000 low-grade spirit stones and 100 medium-grade spirit stones.
These spirit stones added up to only 18,000 low-grade spirit stones.
The entire sect had only so many spirit stones, which was not as much as Lin Mu alone. The poverty of this sect really made Lin Mu feel ashamed.
Lin Mu took inventory and found that the magic tools and storage bags of the entire sect were only worth about 70,000 low-grade spirit stones.
70,000 low-grade spirit stones!
This is not a small amount, but it is still far from enough for Lin Mu.
He needs to buy too many magic tools now, and these spirit stones can't satisfy him at all.
Lin Mu plans to buy the top-grade magic tools for his parents' two defensive magic tools, which cost about 20,000 low-grade spirit stones.
He has given the bronze furnace to Shitou. If he wants to make pills in the future, he must buy another furnace.
The price of the alchemy furnace is not cheap. Even the bronze furnace cost more than 3,000 low-grade spirit stones to buy at Qianyu Sword Gate.
If Lin Mu wants to refine a large number of elixirs in the future, ordinary bronze furnaces will obviously not meet his needs. If possible, he even wants to buy an alchemy furnace of the best-grade magic tool level!
The price of the best-grade magic tool is generally more than ten times that of the upper-grade magic tool!
Especially the alchemy furnace, which is even more scarce. The price of a top-grade alchemy furnace is about 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.
In addition, Lin Mu also wants to set up a large formation on the island. He needs to hire a formation master and buy some formation tools such as formation plates and formation talismans.
A third-grade formation can resist the attacks of spiritual solitude cultivators. A fourth-grade formation can resist the attacks of golden elixir cultivators.
If possible, Lin Mu plans to set up a fourth-grade formation, but he also knows that the arrangement of the fourth-grade formation is extremely complicated and ordinary formation masters cannot complete it at all.
Especially in the Tianxiao Realm where swordsmen are the main force, formation masters are even rarer, and high-level formation masters are hard to find.
But no matter what, at least a third-grade formation must be set up, which is the minimum requirement.
Lin Mu is not sure about the cost of a third-grade formation, but after a rough estimate, it is estimated that it will not be less than 30,000 low-grade spirit stones.
Two defensive magic tools, an alchemy furnace, and a mountain protection formation, these three together will cost 100,000 low-grade spirit stones.
100,000!
This number is simply unimaginable.
Even if all the flying swords of Wuyou Sword Sect are sold, there is still a shortfall of 30,000.
Lin Mu sighed inwardly, wondering how many talismans would be needed to earn it back.