Chapter 2478 — The Fight for the Blue Crystal (Part One)
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Yang Qiqi had never imagined the market would be so chaotic. The rules she had inquired about beforehand said that trade in the market was fair and just and that one could refuse an exchange. How was she to know such a thing would happen before she even entered?
"Then where is the thing you mean to trade me?" Seeing that not a single person would speak a word of justice on her behalf, and that at the beanpole's shout the crowd had scattered seven or eight parts, Yang Qiqi knew at once that she must swallow this loss, and could only settle for the next best thing.
"Oh, this is a second-grade pill, the Minor Qi-Gathering Pill. Seeing as you are a peak late-stage Mystic Rank expert, eating it will help you advance to Earth Rank!" The beanpole man fished a small box from his pocket and handed it to Yang Qiqi. "Well? Fair enough?"
"I..." Yang Qiqi felt stifled, yet had no recourse. She could only stiffen her neck and say, "Is my Blue Crystal worth no more than a single Minor Qi-Gathering Pill?"
In truth, a second-grade pill was valuable enough, but all those who had witnessed the whole affair knew that Yang Qiqi's item was worth far more! The Blue Crystal—never mind its high commercial value in itself; like certain top-grade jades, it was excellent material for reforging weapons!
In this day and age, artificers had long since vanished from the world. Fortunately, some divine weapons and keen blades had come down from ancient times, but even these were not necessarily the most suitable ones. Divine weapons too are divided among the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. One who practices a metal-attribute mental method is best served by a metal-attribute divine weapon; wield a water-attribute one, and naturally the effect will not be optimal.
Yet cultivators often cannot choose the attribute of the divine weapon in their hands. It is hard enough to get hold of one at all—who would be picky? Where would you find an attribute that suits you so perfectly?
Thus at such times the divine weapon must be reforged! The method is this: take the vital blood or some part of the body of a heaven-rank spirit beast of the corresponding attribute, place it together with the divine weapon into a furnace, and temper and reforge it—and the weapon's attribute can be changed!
For example, the blood of a metal-attribute heaven-rank spirit beast can reforge a divine weapon's attribute into metal! Of course, such reforging is not guaranteed; success also depends on the auxiliary materials used in the tempering. These auxiliary materials are fine jades—and pure yellow jade is one of them!
The purer and more abundant the jade added, the higher the chance of successfully tempering the divine weapon's attribute.
If pure jade is precious in the world of cultivation, then the Blue Crystal is all the more precious! The Blue Crystal's effect is even more heaven-defying—it can temper a divine weapon into one that an Earth Rank expert can wield!