Chapter 1032: Chapter 1032: Competing for Favors

Leng Qionghua is at the seventh level of Qi Refinement, while Huang Fu Wuxia is at the ninth level, nearly a whole major realm apart.

Chairman Huang Fu indeed has a Golden Core Ancestor backing him, but Leng Qionghua has the support of the Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family.

In terms of family influence alone, the Yan Family far surpasses the Huang Fu Family.

However, strictly speaking, Huang Fu Wuxia is not afraid of the opposition. In the Cultivation World, the strong are revered, but it’s the kind where “some order is better than no order” prevails.

She smiled and responded, “The origin of this mirror is quite peculiar, in my opinion, it really needs a Golden Core Master to handle it… Does Master Qionghua not see it that way?”

Leng Qionghua remained silent; she was well aware that in some aspects her perception might not actually surpass this young girl’s.

Besides being a highly agile cultivator, she enjoys Artifact Refining in her spare time, her skills surpassing others though not quite reaching master level.

At Pine Cypress Peak, she apprenticed under an Artifact Refiner, a true master who is now seeking to advance to Refining Grandmaster status.

The design of this Demon-Sealing Pagoda is extremely ingenious; she had no confidence in repairing it, but her master surely could. The structure of the pagoda should help resolve several questions her master has about Artifact Refining, and she could also gain from it.

Thus, she had openly expressed her willingness to repair this item for free.

As for the three damaged Magic Artifacts she disdained, the Soul Capturing Bead among them, she didn’t even know how to repair; the Ice Silk Robe, she knew how to repair, but couldn’t do it herself, hence she quoted one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.

After taking the job, she would ask someone else to repair it; after all, fixing the old one would be cheaper than buying a new one.

Only the Yin-Yang Mirror, she didn’t know if her master could repair it, so she promised to do it for free.

Now that Huang Fu Wuxia jumped out to say that it requires a Golden Core Master to step in, her heart sank.

But she wouldn’t be intimidated by a junior like that and asked quite pointedly, “Must it be a Golden Core level that takes action?”

Huang Fu Wuxia thought for a moment before replying, “It’s not necessary, but… at least!”

Leng Qionghua’s expression turned unnatural, yet she still asked coldly, “How can you be sure? You better not be deceiving me!”

When a Qi Refining Practitioner is told by a higher realm “You better not deceive me,” if they cannot show significant sincerity, the higher realm has grounds to accuse them of “disrespect.”

But Huang Fu Wuxia was not intimidated; pointing to her own eye, she said, “Master, I do have the Treasure-Appraising Eye.”

This involved her own Cultivation Technique, and she was justified not to provide a detailed answer.

Leng Qionghua was a bit indecisive about whether she should get angry; it was a bit of a stretch for her to do so, but if she troubled the other party, the respected elder behind them might accuse her of “bullying the young,” which would be quite justifiable.

Though she wasn’t a blood relative of the Yan Family, although the Yan Family was very protective, if it came down to it, Pine Cypress Peak might not want to forcefully engage the Tiantong Commercial Alliance–indeed, in her eyes, the identity of “Eastern Sub-rudder Master” of Huang Fu Wuxia was truly concerning.

Different standings and identities lead to different perspectives on issues.

Just then, Feng Jun reached out, took away the Yin-Yang Mirror, and said with a smile, “Then forget about it… don’t fix this for now.”

Luo Shuchen couldn’t help but speak up, “Fellow Daoist Feng, you could ask Master Busheng to take action.”

A person nearby, Master Xu, appeared somewhat puzzled, “Fellow Daoist Shuchen, is Master Busheng also skilled in Artifact Refining?”

This kind of question was merely casual talk and didn’t count as probing the secrets of the Tianxin Platform.

“Not really,” Luo Shuchen replied with a smile, then glanced at Huang Fu Wuxia, “Chairman Huang Fu mentioned needing a true master, not a Golden Core stage Artifact Refiner… My understanding is correct, right?”

Huang Fu Wuxia squeezed out a smile and nodded silently, thinking to herself that, indeed, someone from Wutai grasped the essence immediately.

Feng Jun also confirmed his own guess, and sure enough, the Yin-Yang Mirror bore the essence of a true master, or perhaps Golden Core karma. He couldn’t help but feel quietly fortunate: good thing I put it away.

Then he looked at Huang Fu Wuxia, “I’ll entrust the Demon-Sealing Pagoda to Fellow Daoist Leng for repairs, but can Chairman Huang repair all three of these damaged Magic Artifacts?”

Huang Fu Wuxia actually knew very well; the structure of the Demon-Sealing Pagoda was quite complex, to put it bluntly, many Artifact Crafters needed this inspiration, but for a large commercial organization like Tiantong Commercial Alliance, this kind of structure wasn’t lacking in samples, having been thoroughly researched.

What to do after mastering it? Simple–charge a high maintenance fee, as commercial organizations always aim for high profits.

So, she wasn’t at all opposed to Feng Jun handing the Demon-Sealing Pagoda to Leng Qionghua; if it were up to her… she would have to quote a high price.

But those three broken magic artifacts might not be as certain.

Huang Fu Flawless is not an Artifact Refiner, but her eyesight is exceptional, at least able to judge the difficulty of repairing most magic artifacts–true, she is not an Artifact Refiner, but even better at analyzing prices than others.

Repairing that Ice Silk Robe, by her estimate, the cost would not exceed two hundred Spirit Stones. Setting a price at six hundred Spirit Stones, an easy profit of two hundred percent–dare you offer fifteen hundred Spirit Stones?

Thus, in her eyes, Leng Qionghua is merely mediocre. As Feng Jun’s friend, she naturally needs to ensure everything is right for him.

In fact, she really wanted to take on the repair of the Yin-Yang Mirror, thus she couldn’t help but question–can you properly repair the Yin-Yang Mirror?

Now Feng Jun has put away the Yin-Yang Mirror and asked about the repair prices for those three artifacts, she hesitated for a moment.

“Three magic artifacts, leave them to me,” suddenly a voice sounded, it was Luo Shuchen speaking, “free of charge for repairs.”

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, and they all turned their heads to look at him. Leng Qionghua couldn’t help frowning, “What do you mean?”

“Nothing much, just free repairs,” Luo Shuchen said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile as he looked at her, “I didn’t compete with you for the Demon-Sealing Pagoda, of course… if you regret it, I can repair that tower too.”

“Stop joking,” Bai Jiuzhou, who had been silent, finally spoke, “You can’t craft artifacts.”

He didn’t elaborate on the reason, simply stated the outcome, but his tone was filled with an indescribable strong confidence.

But this is not surprising, Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family can control such a great power with just their family, possessing an execution ability hard to imagine for outsiders, anything they want to know, they will know.

Luo Shuchen did not speak, but Leng Qionghua was a bit curious, “Free repair of four artifacts for Feng Superior… Why? Is it because of that Yin-Yang Mirror?”

“Haha, the Yin-Yang Mirror is trivial,” Luo Shuchen laughed heartily and replied nonchalantly, “As for why, Feng Superior has my Heavenly Heart Sect’s Talented Scholars Plaque, such a young and promising figure… shouldn’t I invest a little?”

This explanation sounds correct; the reason the Four Sects and Wutai issue “Talented Scholars Plaque” instead of “Recruitment Plaque” is because talents are varied and unusual, and forcefully recruiting could not only become a joke but may also lead to tragedy.

Forcibly recruiting is the practice in lower martial worlds, it would not work in a fantasy cultivation world.

It must be admitted, playing the sentiment card, is often very effective.

However, just at this moment, a light chuckle came from the door, “Luo Shuchen you miser, you’re investing too?”

It was Master Yan from Wuyou Platform who had arrived, well acquainted with Luo Shuchen.

Master Yan has been on Mount Zhige for over half a year already, having absolutely no interest in returning to the Cultivation World; instead, he pondered over formations day and night, and when encountering problems, he would discuss them with Feng Jun.

Actually, the ascetics from Wuyou Platform also have a designated mission amount every year, but his discoveries on Mount Zhige have been reported, more than enough to offset his mission quota, he even has time to discuss various mechanical devices with Wang Botai.

Of course, he is not in a Worldly Trials state, so he does have cultivation needs, but he doesn’t need to cultivate all the time.

So, occasionally cultivating in the Spirit Gathering Array on Mount Zhige is enough for him, ensuring his cultivation level is steadily increasing.

Now that he shows up, he had been cultivating in Mount Zhige for three days, leaving two Spirit Stones there, passing by Tiantong, he noticed the bright lights and decided to take a look around.

Seeing it was him, Luo Shuchen could not help frowning, “Why can’t I invest?”

“Haha,” Master Yan chuckled dryly, too lazy to expose the guy, but he was very clear inside that Luo Shuchen had a significant burden, almost no chance to invest outside–this fellow’s own family hardly has enough Spirit Stones.

This isn’t underestimating Luo Shuchen, it is just the reality. Luo Shuchen is located at the Heavenly Heart Platform, but the Luo Family is just a small-family attached around Heavenly Heart Platform, aside from him being in the Ascension phase, only his mother is in the Ascension phase.

But oddly enough, his mother is like… in terms used on Earth Realm, a “brother-assisting demon,” any good thing in the family goes to her younger brother from her maiden home, Luo Shuchen’s earned a fair amount of Spirit Stones, needs to subsidize family expenses, and sometimes even has to be used by his mother, he’s got huge pressures.

Luo Shuchen was embarrassed by his teasing, “I really do see potential in Feng Superior, Old Yan if you are unconvinced, why don’t you get a Wuyou Platform’s Talented Scholars Plaque too?”

“Alright,” at this time, as the host, Huang Fu Flawless spoke, “My esteemed guests, I have prepared a delicious late-night snack, let’s have a bit together?”

It truly was several esteemed guests, Bai Jiuzhou, Leng Qionghua, Luo Shuchen, Xu Superior, Yan Superior… along with Feng Jun, making a total of six Ascension-phase superiors, this didn’t even count Elder Liao imprisoned by Feng Jun in the Lingzhi Sect Cave.

Thus, the late-night snack prepared by Huang Fu Flawless was quite lavish–when a business encounters six major clients, expenses aren’t a problem, the term ‘public relations costs’ isn’t only prevalent in Earth Realm, at most… it’s just not called the same in the Mobile Phone Realm.

Drinking and feasting for a while, Yan Superior spoke up, “Feng Superior, I’ve noticed you’re quite exceptional in many areas.”

Hmm? Feng Jun, hearing this, couldn’t help but turn his head to look at him, then ferociously bit into some Spirit Qi meat, took a gulp of wine, and mumbled unclearly, “Master Yan, just speak your mind.”

Master Yan, actually quite a straightforward person, hesitated briefly before speaking, “My task for accepting disciples this year is not yet completed, I wonder if that Yun Buyao… might you be willing to part with her?”