Chapter 170 What I've Seen

"Fellow Daoist Wei?"

Zhuge Zhao also recognized Wei Zhong's somewhat unfamiliar face, and was surprised and wondered what Wei Zhong was doing here.

Wei Zhong took out the token handed over by Miaoli Shan and said:

"I am a fourth-level weapon refiner, here to assist you in refining the fourth-level puppet."

Zhuge Zhao was shocked when he saw the token:

"Order of Hundreds of Soldiers?"

Wei Zhong turned the brown token in front of him and took a closer look. Sure enough, he found that there were various weapons carved on it. It seemed right to call it the Hundred Soldiers Order.

"It seems that fellow Taoist Zhuge knows this token, so there is no need to explain too much."

At the same time, the sound of the two people talking also attracted Huang Yunqi from the palace.

"What happened?"

He looked at Zhuge Zhao with a puzzled expression, and was surprised when he turned around and saw the token in Wei Zhong's hand.

"The Hundred Soldiers Order, where did fellow Taoist get it?"

"Where did it come from? Of course it was given by the guild master."

After hearing Wei Zhong's words, Huang Yunqi's face looked uncertain and he seemed to be hesitant.

"Fellow Daoist Wei is a fourth-level weapon refiner?"

"Exactly," Wei Zhong then pointed at the half-broken puppet in the palace and said, "I am not very talented, but I also know a little bit about puppetry."

The two of them had no idea that the guest surnamed Wei had such abilities, and they both had doubts on their faces.

But the token in his hand cannot be faked. It is a token that both of them have in their hands and cannot be owned by anyone but a fourth-level weapon refiner.

'It's just that the guest surnamed Wei came here strangely. He was an outsider. How could the leader hastily insert him into the fourth-level puppet refining team? ’

When the two were suspicious, a cloud suddenly rose in the sky above Yunduan Mountain, and the voice of Miaoli Shan came from within:

"The leader of the association has an order to send the fourth-level weapon refiner Wei Zhong to assist you and the others in developing this fourth-level puppet..."

After hearing the message from the leader's disciple, the two of them had no doubt that he was there, and the hesitation on their faces gradually disappeared.

At the same time, he gave up his position and invited Wei Zhong in.

Just when Wei Zhong stepped into the palace, Miaoli Shan's words suddenly came to his ears:

"Stop hiding it and show off all your puppet skills. This level 4 puppet is of great importance and the guild leader attaches great importance to it."

After saying this, the clouds in the mountains disappeared, and the Miaoli fir had already driven away in the clouds.

Wei Zhong stepped into the hall under the leadership of the two men, with a change of expression on his face:

‘What did you see in this Miaoli fir? ’

But in the blink of an eye, this moment of thinking was interrupted by the two people around him.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, let me introduce to you," Zhuge Zhao pointed to the people in front of him, "These ten fellow Taoists are outstanding third-level weapon refiners in this temple, and they are all the people who will assist us in refining the fourth-level puppets this time."

Wei Zhong followed its guidance and looked at the people in front of him. They were men, women, old and young, and their appearance was quite mixed.

However, for cultivators, youth or youth is just a matter of thought, and there is no standard for judging a monk's age.

"Wei Zhong, a poor fellow, has met all of you!"

Wei Zhong bowed his hands in greeting, and the ten people's eyes were attracted by Zhuge Zhao, looking curiously at Wei Zhong with an unfamiliar face.

"Fellow Daoist Wei is the newly promoted fourth-level weapon refiner in the palace. Since he has lived outside the palace for a long time, it is normal that everyone is not familiar with him."

"Fourth level weapon refiner? How come we have never heard of it..."

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Voices of doubt rang out one after another, and Huang Yunqi coughed lightly:

"As evidenced by the Guild Master's Order of Hundred Soldiers, it cannot be false. Fellow Taoist Wei is a well-deserved fourth-level weapon refiner in our Weapon Palace. His status is similar to that of fellow Daoist Zhuge and I..."

While Huang Yunqi was talking, Wei Zhong had already displayed his token again.

Sure enough, the doubts dispersed at this time, and everyone looked at Wei Zhong with a little more envy and respect in their eyes.

After the exchange, Wei Zhong pointed to the half-broken puppet in the center of the crowd and asked curiously:

"Is this puppet made by all of you?"

The six people in front of him looked at each other, and Zhuge Zhao also explained embarrassedly:

"This puppet was obtained by the Chamber of Commerce from the secret realm. When Nascent Soul was fighting with it, it couldn't hold back, so it was destroyed."

Wei Zhong understood and continued to ask:

"Then how far has your puppet refining reached?"

Although I had previously learned from Miaolishan that the Yunji Chamber of Commerce could only refine third-level high-grade puppets, but it had been several years. Maybe there was progress now?

"Fellow Taoist, come with me."

As Zhuge Zhao spoke, he led Wei Zhong to several other side halls...

Seeing Wei Zhong leave, the remaining ten weapon refiners asked Huang Yunqi for news about Wei Zhong.

"Fellow Daoist Huang, I wonder where this Wei Zhong came from?"

The rest looked at Huang Yunqi curiously, waiting quietly for the other party's answer.

Unexpectedly, Huang Yunqi did not carefully check the origin of Wei Zhong, and just said:

"This person seems to be a first-rate foreign guest, and he has only recently returned to Yunzhou City..."

"In addition, he is very powerful. He could easily injure him in a duel with the visitor from Puyang. Even the formations in our Qi Palace Doufu Field could not block the aftermath."

"This, is it the huge tremor a few days ago?"

"Exactly."

"this······"

All ten people were surprised and doubtful, their faces full of disbelief.

"If I remember correctly, the visitors from Puyang are only in the early stage of forming pills. How can this fellow Daoist Wei, who is at the same level as them, create such a huge momentum?"

Let the early-stage Dan-formation monks present, not to mention the formations, even if they are allowed to fight on the outside of Lingshan, they will never achieve such an effect.

"Who knows? In short, this person is very powerful, so don't mess with him. The leader of the meeting gave him the token this time and commissioned the puppet refining. He must be a really capable person."

At this time, a woman asked with a puzzled face:

"I heard that this person paid hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones to the Qi Palace because of his martial arts fight. Is this true?"

The person beside him turned his head and asked doubtfully:

"Is there anything else going on?"

"It's normal for you to bury your heads in this palace and not ask about worldly affairs. I just heard about it from my disciple."

"true."

Huang Yunqi made the final decision:

"For a fourth-level weapon refiner, what's so mysterious about these 100,000 spirit stones?"

Everyone who heard this could only smile bitterly in their hearts:

‘You are a fourth-level weapon refiner, so it is easy to earn spiritual stones, but for us, a third-level weapon refiner, one hundred thousand spiritual stones is not a small amount. ’

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Wei Zhong followed Zhuge Zhao and walked around the side halls, and saw many surprising sights.

"So, you haven't started refining the fourth-level puppet yet?"

Zhuge Zhao was a little embarrassed:

"Indeed."

"In addition to refining the missing spiritual materials of the divine box, we also have disputes over the refining of its main body, and we have never been able to come up with a reliable solution."

Zhuge Zhao looked at Wei Zhong seriously. After the guidance and conversation just now, he already understood that Wei Zhong was indeed very accomplished in puppetry, and his level even vaguely surpassed his own.

‘It makes sense for the guild leader to send him here. ’

Wei Zhong rubbed his hands and looked at the busy Qi Palace disciples in front of him, who were refining the puppets on the "assembly line".

Pointing to the puppet fragments in the basket in the distance, Wei Zhong asked casually:

"There seem to be only fragments of first- and second-order puppets here?"

"My fellow Taoists don't know that the level of these disciples of the Weapon Hall is not high enough. They can only refine low-level puppets. We still need to make third-level puppets.

"But recently, for the sake of the fourth-order puppet, we put this aside and concentrated on studying the fourth-order puppet."

Wei Zhong nodded. The products coming out of these assembly lines were indeed of average quality, and from Wei Zhong's point of view, the quality was not good either.

‘The level is not reliable enough. I just don’t know what the level of those third-level weapon refiners is? ’

Wei Zhong and Zhuge Zhao returned to the main hall and saw everyone arguing again about the method of the fourth-level puppet.

"The spine is the core of the puppet. How can we burn the attack spirit method on it, for the sake of the puppet's stability..."

"For the sake of stability, the puppet's feet can also be abandoned like human feet, and bird claws can also be used..."

Wei Zhong looked at this lively scene and stretched out his hands to clap, attracting everyone's attention:

"I'm sorry to disturb you, but I wonder if you can refine a puppet independently. What is the specific grade?"

After hearing this, not only the ten third-level weapon refiners, but also Huang Yunqi showed hesitation.

Wei Zhong was surprised for a moment, and then heard Zhuge Zhao next to him say:

"Fellow Daoist Wei, most of these fellow daoists are recruited from the Instrument Palace and are not proficient in the art of puppetry."

"What does this mean? Is it a puppet that you can't refine independently?"

It seemed that Wei Zhong was speaking too loudly, and many people in front of him turned red, as if they were insulted, but relying on Wei Zhong's power, they dared not speak out if they were angry.

"No. Although fellow Taoist Wei is very skilled in this way, don't underestimate other fellow Taoists."

He pointed to an old man and a young woman among the ten people and said:

"These two fellow Daoists Yang and Liu are members of the Puppet Hall. Although they can independently refine third-level low-grade puppets, there are still many flaws in them.

“For example, the runes are drawn on the puppet’s limbs, and the puppet’s spine and even torso are not strong enough.

"And these problems can be made up for by the help of other fellow Taoists. For example, this fellow Taoist Fang is particularly proficient in the art of drawing runes. He is only inferior to me and fellow Taoist Huang. Another example is..."

Zhuge Zhao seemed to be worried that Wei Zhong would underestimate the ten third-level weapon refiners in front of him, and pointed out their advantages one by one.

After listening, Wei Zhong immediately understood that most of these people had their own unique advantages in puppet refining or magic weapon production.

Just like the previous assembly line, each is responsible for a certain part of the puppet refining work.

With the two puppet masters Yang and Liu as the backbone, and others assisting them in refining, the level of the puppets can be upgraded from the third level of low-grade to mid-grade or even high-grade.

This model is different from Wei Zhong's overarching and independent refining. But it is indeed similar to the refining method imagined by Wei Zhong for big forces.

‘It is very rare for ordinary people to master a hundred arts. There are differences within this path, and each practice has its own strengths. If they can be combined, they can break through their original levels. ’

The few people in front of me fit this assumption.

After talking about the ten people, Zhuge Zhao talked about himself and Huang Yunqi:

"Although I can independently refine the third-level high-grade puppet, the finished product is also ordinary. I have to rely on the help of fellow Taoists to upgrade it to a high-quality one.

"And Huang Daoyougui is a senior fourth-level weapon refiner who has been involved in puppetry for only twenty or thirty years. He can use his own understanding to provide us with all kinds of fantastic ideas..."

After saying this, Wei Zhong also understood the meaning of Zhuge Zhao's words.

The reason why the Yunji Chamber of Commerce was able to advance the art of puppetry so quickly was because of the cooperation of everyone, rather than individual efforts alone.

It's just that Wei Zhong is used to studying alone and is somewhat uncomfortable with this model.

Feeling the Hundred Soldiers Order in his arms, Wei Zhong thought:

‘Perhaps it would be a good choice to use the power of these people in front of me to develop the fourth-level puppetry technique. I just want to get along with everyone, but it is not easy. ’

“I have some misunderstandings about you, and I would like to apologize to you...

"From now on, as colleagues, we still need to work together..."

Wei Zhong broke the deadlock with his words of apology, and then he threw himself into the planning of refining the fourth-order puppet with everyone.

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Refining a fourth-level puppet is extremely difficult. It cannot be refined without the main spiritual material. And just the planning plan is enough to make everyone blush.

Some people advocate striving for excellence and refining it to perfection.

Some people think that they can settle for the next best thing and just refine it to the fourth level. It doesn't matter if all its powers are compromised.

Wei Zhong was caught up in the various waves of thought, absorbing and learning everyone's unique skills, and his weapon refining methods increased rapidly.

After half a year, the puppet and magic weapon refining have made significant progress.

But at this time, Wei Zhong had to break away from this learning state.

Because the Wang family’s banquet will start soon.

Wei Zhong cupped his hands and bid farewell to everyone, who all paid farewell to Wei Zhong.

In these short few months, Wei Zhong has deeply impressed everyone with his puppetry and weapon refining skills.

Even Zhuge Zhao said:

"When it comes to puppet making, I'm not as good as Brother Wei."

Leaving the palace, Wei Zhong saw Miaoli fir.

The latter had already arranged the team to go to the Wang family and took the lead.

"How have you been getting along with your colleagues in the Qi Palace for half a year?"

Wei Zhong nodded and said concisely:

“It’s been a great benefit.”

Wei Zhong had to admit that under the nourishment of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, the art of weapon refining had been greatly derived and developed.

Among them, the weapon refiners, no matter whether they were third or fourth level, all had their own unique skills, and their unique methods amazed Wei Zhongdu.

What is even more commendable is that the exchanges and discussions with those twelve people were purely technical exchanges, without any personal emotions or even class superiority.

When the quarrel reached the top, Wei Zhong had seen several times when the third-level weapon refiner pointed at Huang Yunqi and even Zhuge Zhao.

The latter two are not annoyed, they can carefully consider each other's suggestions, and will confess their understanding no matter whether they are correct or not.

Such a scene can be said to make Wei Zhong marvel.

‘In the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, at least in the Artifact Palace, the hierarchical hierarchy among craftsmen has been abandoned and equal exchanges have been achieved. ’

This kind of scene is something Wei Zhong has never seen in the outside world of cultivation.

"Fellow Taoist said this, then I can rest assured."

Wei Zhong looked back at the men and horses gathered below and the other monks gathering in the distance, and asked curiously:

"I'm just gathering at the Chamber of Commerce for a banquet, so why do I need such a big fanfare?"

Looking at this huge crowd of monks, those who didn't know it thought they were setting out to attack the Wang family.