Chapter 169: Revealed

"Brother Yun, has the Chamber of Commerce compensated you?"

A disciple of Yiqi Palace asked as he looked at his fellow disciples walking from a distance.

There was a bit of joy on the latter's face:

"Now that we've come down, Senior Sister Shan has arranged for fellow disciples to distribute spirit stones at Xiaotuo Peak as compensation. Junior brother, you have to hurry up, otherwise there will be no more junior brothers after the distribution."

"No nonsense!"

Yu Ziming came over, and the two of them immediately bowed.

Added:

“Since the Chamber of Commerce has promised compensation, how can it be that you are short of these three melons and two dates?

"As long as the compensation is due, you can take it according to the previously registered amount, it is indispensable."

The younger of the two had a little joy on his face:

"Thank you, senior brother. Junior brother will go to Xiaotuo Peak to have a look."

After saying this, he gave a salute and passed by the two of them. His feet flashed with the spirit of escape, and he followed the stone road in the mountain towards Xiaotuo Peak.

Disciple surnamed Yun came closer and asked softly:

"Senior brother, there was a rumor during the meeting that Wei Keqing took out an Earth Mysterious Pill during this fight. I don't know if it's true or not."

Yu Ziming nodded:

"I asked Senior Sister Shan, and it is true."

"Bah!"

The disciple surnamed Yun took a breath of air and said in a loud voice:

"You are really rich, and you can even produce these fourth-level treasure pills."

His eyes were filled with disbelief:

"Is this foreign chamber of commerce so popular? Has it earned so many spiritual stones?"

Yu Ziming also showed a complicated look in his eyes:

"It is said that although Wei Zhong is a casual cultivator, he is not simple. Not only can he easily defeat Xunyangzi in battle, but he also possesses many high-level skills."

The disciples in front of him couldn't help but nod. His defeat of Xunyangzi was witnessed by many people, and it was undeniable, but these high-level skills?

"I heard that Senior Sister Shan revealed that he is not only an outstanding third-level alchemy master, who has repeatedly refined third-level high-quality elixirs. He is also a powerful weapon refiner. He once refined a four-level weapon a few years ago. A magic sword?"

The disciple surnamed Yun seemed to suspect that he had heard wrongly and asked uncertainly:

"Fourth level? What Senior Brother Yu just said was fourth level?"

The latter looked lonely and nodded slowly.

The disciple surnamed Yun seemed not to notice all this, he raised his head and was lost in thought:

"Our Weapon Palace actually has another fourth-level weapon refiner?"

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At Xiaotuo Peak, Wei Zhongzheng was drinking tea with Dan Qin who was sitting in the palace.

The tea is not a mortal thing, but Luofeng tea, which is famous among the merchant guilds. It is a well-deserved third-grade tea, somewhat similar to the black tea in the previous life.

Wei Zhong's spiritual power flowed from his palm, and the black water spiritual power enveloped the white jade teapot.

Looking at this unique tea-making technique, Shan Qin sat aside curiously and watched Wei Zhong's movements closely.

"Almost!"

Wei Zhong patted the jade pot, and a black-red spherical thing flew out of it like an elixir. It was not an elixir, but tea residue.

Opening the lid of the pot, you can see the red and translucent tea liquid inside.

Wei Zhong took out two more strange green spiritual fruits and a white jade bottle.

The spirit fruit is called Qingji Fruit, and it is just an ordinary first-level spirit fruit, with nothing mysterious about it. It's just somewhat similar to the lemon in Wei Zhong's impression of his previous life.

Peeling off the skin and clearing out the seeds, Wei Zhong squeezed the juice with his hands covered with spiritual power and squeezed the juice into the teapot.

It wasn't over yet. He picked up the white jade bottle on the side and poured it over. The milky yellow liquid immediately dripped into the teapot.

This is the ghost peak spiritual honey taken from the Wei Zhong Cave. It is worth mentioning that when Wei Zhong conquered the soul-devouring ghost bees in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains, his queen bee had been promoted to the third level a few years ago, along with several worker bees.

This spiritual honey was taken from his hand.

After putting all the spiritual objects he had prepared, Wei Zhong put his palm close to the jade pot. A cold air suddenly burst out from his palm, staining the edge of the pot with white frost.

The temperature of the tea liquid also dropped sharply following Wei Zhong's actions, exuding bursts of cold air.

"It's done!"

Wei Zhong pointed at the jade pot, and two water columns of tea liquid immediately entered the jade cup in front of Wei Zhong.

Push the tea cup in front of Dan Qin:

"Please use it!"

Shan Qin looked at the brownish-yellow tea in the cup, touched the wall of the cup with her fingers, and felt the coolness on it, and suddenly felt a bit novel in her heart.

Holding the jade cup and taking a sip of the ice-cold tea, Shan Qin let out a pleasant hum.

Wei Zhong also held a cup and drank lightly, feeling the taste on his tongue that was not much different from the previous life, and an inexplicable satisfaction suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist Wei has a lot of strange things in his hands. Is there any recipe for making this tea?"

A look of interest appeared in Shan Qin's eyes. Although the tea was not very spiritual, the cold and slightly sweet taste did make this chamber of commerce lady feel a business opportunity.

‘This spiritual tea is enough to conquer most monks. ’

"Where did the recipe come from? It's just something that a poor man came up with unintentionally."

Wei Zhong drank half of the tea in his cup and added:

"The taste of this tea is all due to the sweet and sour Qingji fruit, spiritual honey and the low-temperature taste. Without these three things, it is not much different from ordinary tea.

"If Miss Shan is interested, just ask her subordinates to follow my method. There is nothing mysterious about it."

Shan Qin nodded, then took a sip of tea and asked:

"Then why does Fellow Taoist suddenly want to reveal his identity as a fourth-level weapon refiner after hiding so far? This is not in line with Fellow Daoist's habits."

Wei Zhong chuckled and told about the conversation between Du Longfeng and himself:

"With the identity of a weapon refiner as a cover, I can hide my identity as a fourth-level alchemist."

"Indeed, it is very difficult for a cultivator to improve one skill to the fourth level in a hundred years. Who would have thought that fellow Taoist would improve two skills at the same time."

Shan Qin agreed with this, but for some reason, he still felt a little uncomfortable with this explanation, as if this was not enough to support Wei Zhong's decision to expose his identity as a weapon refiner.

"Moreover, I am somewhat interested in puppet refining. I heard that the Chamber of Commerce is studying the fourth-level puppet technique, and I also want to contribute my strength."

Shan Qin suddenly realized that contributing strength is fake, and participating in it and learning related puppet skills is real.

He smiled awkwardly:

"If you are interested in this, just tell me. Will our Chamber of Commerce block you from entering?"

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"You always rely on the reputation of Miss Shan and Senior Shan. After all, you are not worthy of your position. I still need to show some real skills."

Shan Qin sighed in her heart. Wei Zhong is already a fourth-level alchemist and a fourth-level weapon refiner. Now, does he want to become a fourth-level puppeteer?

If Wei Zhong knew what Shan Qin was thinking, he would definitely applaud his intelligence.

'Puppetry is not important. What is important is the combat power of the fourth-level puppet. '

Wei Zhong always worried about the Yuanying mutation thunder tribulation. If he had one or two fourth-level puppets in his hand, he would have more confidence in passing the tribulation.

'During the thunder tribulation, you cannot use [Time Dao Fa] to increase your cultivation. Otherwise, as your cultivation increases, the thunder tribulation will also increase. If you are not careful, you may end up shooting yourself in the foot.

‘But puppets are different. Their essence is similar to the magic tools used by cultivators. They will not cause thunder tribulation counterattacks, but are excellent treasures for overcoming tribulation.’

As early as when he was in Qingbo Island, Wei Zhong had been thinking about participating in the research of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce on the fourth-level puppets. I wonder what stage it has reached now?

Suddenly, a figure flew over from outside the hall, revealing his tall figure. It was Miaoli Shan.

He raised his hand and threw a jade card, grabbed the teapot on the table and began to drink. The cold tea made his body tremble.

“Good tea, good tea!”

He wiped the corner of his mouth without any image, put down the jade pot, and then explained the origin of the jade card.

“This is the jade card of the Qidian Hall granted by the master of the association. With it, your status is equal to those two fourth-level refiners, only below the general manager of the Qidian Hall.”

Wei Zhong looked at the brown jade card in his hand, which was engraved with swords, knives and axes, which matched the style of the Qidian Hall.

‘But I just wanted to participate in the development of puppets, and I asked Miao Lishan to ask for an identity from Master Shan on my behalf. How could it become like this?

‘Wei Zhong knows that the position of the general manager has been vacant in the current weapon hall because of the lack of fourth-level weapon refiners with Yuanying cultivation, and the two fourth-level weapon refiners under him are in charge of everything.

‘It means that after getting this token, I have almost made a leap and directly become the most powerful person in the weapon hall. What is Master Shan’s plan? ’

Seeing the confusion on Wei Zhong’s face, Miao Lishan sat cross-legged beside Shan Qin and explained:

“The master knows that your puppetry skills are improving rapidly, and with the blessing of the fourth-level weapon refining skills, he plans to let you lead the production of this fourth-level puppet.

“And promised that if it succeeds, the opportunity behind this puppet will be shared by you. ”

“Opportunity? ”

Wei Zhong couldn’t help but think of his previous conjecture. Was the secret realm really not yet fully developed? Was there still an opportunity?

“I wonder if Senior Miao could reveal something about what kind of opportunity it was?”

Wei Zhong was moved and had already developed a strong interest in this, but Miao Lishan shook his head:

“I don’t know either, and it’s not just me in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. The other two forces don’t know much about this either.”

“We only know that making a sufficiently high-level puppet will be enough to open the final door. As for what is behind the door, we don’t know.”

‘The final door? The fifth-level puppet inheritance has been obtained, what else can be behind the door? ’

Wei Zhong couldn’t figure it out.

‘Could it be the puppet inheritance that surpasses the incarnation and is even higher? But what use is such an inheritance in this small mortal world? ’

It took so long to find the raw materials for refining a fourth-level puppet. Wei Zhong didn’t even dare to think about what kind of spiritual materials were needed to make a fifth-level or even sixth-level puppet.

‘The inheritance is useless, useless. What is behind the door that those major forces are looking for? ’

“Don’t think too much, it’s definitely a good thing. For now, Fellow Daoist Wei should help those people in the Chamber of Commerce to study the art of puppets.

“Strive to make a fourth-level puppet within ten years, and then continue to improve it and move towards a fifth-level puppet.”

Wei Zhong smiled bitterly.

‘This Miao Lishan is really bold. He keeps talking about fourth- and fifth-level puppets. With such combat power, how can it be so worthless in this human world.’

Wei Zhong bowed his hands and agreed to this matter.

“Thank you, Senior Miao!”

“Haha, if you really thank me, please teach me how to make this spiritual tea. This taste is really good when you think about it.”

Wei Zhong pointed to Shan Qin who was sitting cross-legged opposite:

“Senior Miao, why don’t you ask Miss Shan? When I was making spiritual tea just now, Miss Shan was watching from the side. "

The latter nodded, indicating that it was true.

Wei Zhong stood up:

"I will go to Yunduan Mountain to take a look, and I will not nag you two fellow Taoists any more."

After saying that, Wei Zhong said goodbye and left.

Seeing Wei Zhong's figure disappearing from the palace, Shan Qin couldn't help but ask Miaoli Shan:

"How could Aunt Miao ask for a token for Wei Zhong?"

The latter poured out the last bit of tea and murmured:

"Girl Qin, you are really slow. Haven't you seen the clues about Wei Zhong's talent for various arts?

"This person's learning talent is top-notch. Any skill in his hands will reach an extremely advanced level in no time.

"It's like refining elixirs, it's like refining weapons, and the art of puppetry is no exception."

"Aunt Miao is saying?"

"This person's puppetry technique has probably reached the peak of the third level, and is not that far away from the fourth level."

"How is that possible?"

Shan Qin's face was full of disbelief.

"It has only been more than thirty years since he inherited this "Shen Yin Jue". How could he break through to the third level all the way?"

Miaoli Shan shook his head:

“I don’t know, maybe the art of weapon refining really has a lot in common with the art of puppetry, just like Zhuge Zhao in the door, he takes care of both and goes hand in hand.

"All in all, Wei Zhong is indeed deeply immersed in the art of puppetry.

"In the past few years, every time I went to Qingbo Island, I could detect threats from its island-protecting formation. It seemed to be the killing formation described in "Shen Yin Jue".

"And such a killing formation, without a third-level high-grade puppet as the formation base, is absolutely impossible to threaten a Nascent Soul monk like me."

There was a hint of emotion in Miaolishan's words.

‘Perhaps it is precisely because of Wei Zhong’s talent that Master opened the door for him. ’

He patted the stunned Shan Qin on the shoulder:

"How are you preparing for the baby condensation?"

Shan Qin came back to her senses:

"We are still waiting for the spiritual object sent back by Elder Yu. There is no room for improvement in terms of cultivation. We only need to wait for the spiritual object to be obtained and the treasure pill to be cast, and then we can officially start to condense the baby."

"Ning Ying as soon as possible can help you share some of the burden for Aunt Miao."

As the youngest Nascent Soul cultivator in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, Miaoli Shan is very busy. No matter the major internal or external issues, it is indispensable for him to come forward and handle them on his behalf.

After so many years of busy work, even the advancement of cultivation has been much slower.

Shan Qin nodded slowly after hearing this.

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Wei Zhong, who left the palace, would not have thought that the spiritual sense of the Yuanying monk was so strong.

Miaoli Shan deduced the level of his puppetry just from the threat of the formation.

If he knew about this, Wei Zhong would definitely carve breath gathering runes on the spiritual island.

Walking along the mountain path, I met many disciples of the Qi Palace. He saw Wei Zhong's face, which contained expressions of envy, admiration, jealousy, contempt, etc.

Wei Zhong ignored everything and walked all the way to Yunduan Mountain and knocked on the door of the hall.

The door of the palace slowly opened, revealing a white-robed Taoist, it was Zhuge Zhao.

When the other party was confused, Wei Zhong took the lead and saluted:

"I've met fellow Taoist Zhuge."