Chapter 3219 — Journey to the Orphanage
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"Oh? Boss, you don't know about all this?" Han Xiaohu was utterly bewildered by Wei Zhao's question, unable to fathom why he would ask such a thing.
"What is it? Is this something everyone knows?" Wei Zhao was taken slightly aback, then smiled wryly. "Xiaopo, you of all people know I'm a lone cultivator. The things everyone else takes for granted are precisely the things I don't know..."
"Ah, right..." At his words, Han Xiaohu suddenly recalled Wei Zhao's background and hurriedly said, "Sorry, boss, I wasn't trying to make fun of you. I really did think you knew about this too!"
"It's fine, I know," Wei Zhao said indifferently. "Just tell me what this is all about."
"Actually, it's quite simple. It's true that long ago, all cultivators had divine weapons—Yellow-rank, Mystic-rank, Earth-rank alike. But the quality of those weapons was plainly inferior to Heaven-rank divine weapons, just like first-rank and second-rank pill cauldrons. These things have a service life!" Han Xiaohu explained. "And the profession of artificer has been gone for a long time now, and repairers have never reappeared either. The divine weapons used by Yellow-rank, Mystic-rank, even Earth-rank experts have basically all been damaged, buried in the long river of history. What remains now are only some Heaven-rank divine weapons of excellent quality—and most of those have been damaged too, which is precisely why Heaven-rank divine weapons are so treasured today! As for Earth-rank divine weapons, you might still find damaged remnants in some sect's treasure vault, but none of them are usable anymore."
"So that's how it is!" Wei Zhao was suddenly enlightened. So all cultivators could use divine weapons—it was just that the artificers were gone, and the repairers were gone, and with them the divine weapons used by Yellow-rank, Mystic-rank, and Earth-rank experts had vanished as well!
And the reason Heaven-rank divine weapons had survived to this day was their superior quality. Of course, only those of good quality had endured; the vast majority had been ruined.
"Xiaopo, then for instance, weapons like the ancient divine artifacts—what rank of divine weapon do they belong to? What level of cultivator uses them?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Ancient divine artifacts? Heaven-rank experts can use such divine weapons, but legend says even Heaven-rank cultivators of the Heavenly Dao can use them. As for imitation divine artifacts, they can only be used by Heaven-rank experts—they can't withstand the true qi intensity of Heavenly Dao experts. Of course, these are all legends; I've never seen them myself..." Han Xiaohu explained.
"I see, Xiaopo." Wei Zhao nodded. "How has the Han family been lately?"
"Quite well. The Zhao family is finished, and we've taken over their territory and foundations. The Zhao family didn't have much money, but they did have some rare treasures, and after merging those with our Han family's vault, we're now no weaker than any of the hidden families!" Han Xiaohu said happily. "Oh, right—Grandfather said that when you have time, you should come pick through them and see if anything's useful to you."
"The things useful to me are only those few, as you well know," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "I've no interest in the rest. You all keep them for now."
"That works too. Anyway, boss, whenever you need something, just say the word," Han Xiaohu said.
After hanging up on Han Xiaohu, Wei Zhao looked again at the Fragmentary Manual of the Artificer's Art in his hand and gave a faint sigh! According to the rank classifications in this book, a first-rank pill cauldron also fell within the category of first-rank divine weapons, a second-rank pill cauldron belonged to second-rank divine weapons, and so on. The Divine Farmer Cauldron was an ancient divine artifact—which meant even a Heaven-rank repairer would struggle to repair it. This thing should be a fifth-rank divine weapon, shouldn't it?