Chapter 1047: Chapter 1047: The Deal

“No need!”

Upon hearing Wang Chen’s words, True Person Shen immediately reacted like a big boy about to lose his treasured toy, hugging the Red Sky Sword tightly: “This flying sword is very good, I am very satisfied!”

As a Sword Cultivator, he naturally had a thorough understanding of flying swords.

True Person Shen’s original thought was, as long as Wang Chen could forge a fire aspect flying sword of acceptable quality for him, the deal would be considered a win.

Because he couldn’t expect more from the materials he had provided!

Magic artifacts of the same tier could be ranked into low, middle, and high grades, and there were also the rare top grades.

The same third-order magic treasure, depending on the grade, often had a huge disparity, and their values were incomparable.

True Person Shen’s requirements weren’t high to begin with.

But he never expected that the Red Sky Sword Wang Chen had forged for him would reach a level close to high grade from middle grade, far exceeding his expectations!

The form of the Red Sky Sword Wang Chen had refined was nearly perfect, with an abundance of fire aspect and a deeply hidden spirit; one could feel its extraordinariness upon grasping it.

If that didn’t satisfy him, True Person Shen felt he’d be inviting divine retribution!

He even felt a bit embarrassed: “True Person Wang, about the refining fee… shall I add some more?”

Normally, True Person Shen wouldn’t suggest paying more.

However, with Wang Chen being so young and already a high-order Golden Core, and with his artifact refining skills being exceptional, such a person was destined for greatness; condensing the Nascent Soul after breaking the Golden Core would be easy for him.

True Person Shen didn’t want to offend Wang Chen.

Wang Chen smiled and said: “Whatever is agreed upon is enough, we’ve signed a legal pact, as long as you’re satisfied, that’s good.”

“What great righteousness, Taoist Friend!”

True Person Shen couldn’t resist giving a thumbs-up and heaved a huge sigh of relief in his heart.

He gently caressed the flying sword in his hand and felt a tinge of regret.

Had he known Wang Chen was so capable, he should have tried every means to gather more Spirit Stones to improve the quality of the materials. Then, what he’d have in hand now could very likely be a true high-grade magical treasure flying sword!

Wang Chen saw what was going on in the other’s heart, chuckled, and said: “Taoist Friend Shen, this magical treasure flying sword has room for improvement. In the future, if you gather enough Spirit Stones, you can buy better materials and bring them to me for re-forging.”

“Then promoting it to high grade won’t be a problem!”

It can be upgraded?

True Person Shen was immediately overjoyed, and couldn’t help but bow to Wang Chen as a gesture of thanks: “Thank you, Taoist Friend!”

Wang Chen responded with a courtesy: “Taoist Friend, there’s no need to be so formal. If you truly want to thank me, just speak well of me in the future.”

As the saying goes, spending a fortune on buying a horse bones–it’s all about the advertising effect. He invested substantial resources and put forth all his effort in creating the Red Sky Sword for True Person Shen, all to establish a reputation for his custom-made services.

For a Loose Cultivator Artifact Refiner, reputation really matters!

“That’s easy to say.”

True Person Shen laughed heartily: “Even if Taoist Friend hadn’t mentioned it, I would definitely promote your good name!”

Both parties were very satisfied with this deal.

After paying the refining fee, True Person Shen left joyfully with his new flying sword.

Wang Chen pondered for a moment, and aside from purchasing the Fire Aspect Spiritual Fire from Upper Spirit, he only made a meager profit of five hundred Middle Spirit Stones from this deal, which was just enough for a tip for the Ding.

After half a month of hard work and the expenditure of three hundred Heavenly Merit points, he really didn’t earn much.

He just hoped this bit of advertising was worth it.

What Wang Chen didn’t expect was that within just three days, True Person Shen had brought him another piece of business.

“Huangfu Taoist Friend, what brings you here?”

Seeing Huangfu Yongchun, who had just come for a visit, Wang Chen was quite surprised.

This high-order Golden Core newlywed should be immersed in marital bliss; why would he suddenly come to me?

Huangfu Yongchun, with an air of spring breezes on his face, got straight to the point and said: “Taoist Friend Wang, I heard that you forged an Upper Spirit Flying Sword for True Person Shen?”

Wang Chen immediately understood and smiled: “It’s not exactly Upper Spirit; it’s just slightly better than Middle Spirit.”

“That’s still very impressive!”

Huangfu Yongchun exclaimed: “I have seen the materials formula for that Red Sky Sword. For you to be able to forge it to this level, it is already a Grandmaster’s skill, surpassing many Great Refiners.”

“Not to hide it from you, this time I come to also request that you forge a Flying Sword for me.”

With a wave of his sleeves, a dark and heavy sword embryo suddenly appeared on the desk in front of him!

Wang Chen was slightly startled.

He continued to hear Huangfu Yongchun say: “This sword embryo was found in an ancient Cave Mansion, and it has been several decades now. I have asked numerous Artifact Refiners, but none were confident in forging it into a Flying Sword.”

His eyes fixed on Wang Chen with a hint of intense eagerness: “Taoist Friend Wang, do you think you can do it?”

Wang Chen thought for a moment and then asked: “May I handle it?”

Huangfu Yongchun: “Of course.”

Wang Chen nodded, reached out his hand, and carefully examined the sword embryo.

The moment he touched it, he was even more surprised.

For the size of the sword embryo wasn’t very large, but its weight was unexpectedly heavy, likely twice that of an ordinary Third Order sword embryo.

That was quite formidable; generally speaking, the higher the quality and grade of the materials used for Artifact Refining, the heavier they are.

Of course, this isn’t absolute, as there are some top-quality rare materials light as a feather, suitable for forging various Flying Artifacts.

However, this was a sword embryo!

Wang Chen pondered for a moment and said: “I can give it a try.”

He could not immediately analyze the material formula of this sword embryo, or what kind of Flying Sword it could be turned into, but the Ding would certainly be able to provide the right answer.

But based on experience, Wang Chen could see the extraordinariness of this sword embryo; even forging it into an Upper Spirit Magical Treasure Flying Sword would be more than enough!

“Fantastic!”

Huangfu Yongchun’s joy was evident on his face when he suddenly changed the subject: “Taoist Friend Wang, could the fee for the forging be settled in goods instead?”

Wang Chen was stunned for a moment: “What?”

Huangfu Yongchun, unlike True Person Shen, seemed to be someone not lacking in Spirit Stones, yet he proposed to settle with goods?

Huangfu Yongchun smiled slightly, then took out a Jade Slip and placed it in front of Wang Chen.

Wang Chen recognized at a glance that it was a Cultivation Technique Jade Slip!

Huangfu Yongchun said: “I see you must be a lover of swords, Taoist Friend. This Jade Slip also came from an ancient Cave Mansion, sealed within it is a set of Leijue Swordsmanship, which can be cultivated from the Golden Core to the Nascent Soul level. I wonder if you would be willing to trade?”

A Swordsmanship that goes straight to the Nascent Soul!

Wang Chen’s heart skipped a beat.

He had put in a great deal of effort into Swordsmanship, having been personally taught by Chang Chun the Thunderbolt, Four Seasons, and Lovesickness Sword techniques, all of which he had already cultivated to an extremely high level.

But the most powerful of the three Swordsmanships, the Lovesickness Sword, was only a Golden Core tier technique.

Wang Chen, who was already at the seventh layer of his Golden Core cultivation, not far from the Nascent Soul Great Realm, found Huangfu Yongchun’s Leijue Swordsmanship to be exactly what he desired.

However, excited as he was inwardly, Wang Chen remained composed on the surface and asked: “May I take a look?”

Even the best Swordsmanship must suit oneself to be beneficial; otherwise, cultivation becomes doubly difficult and problematic.

Huangfu Yongchun chuckled softly: “Of course!”

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