After returning from the teaching building, Fang Ze continued to practice and purchased a batch of large items.
It includes a complete set of small refining equipment, including ground furnaces, smelting furnaces, quenching cold pools, and other supporting facilities that need to be constructed.
At the same time, he bought 80 more Yellow Turban Warriors and spent 8 medium-grade spiritual stones, which together with the existing 20 made up a total of 100 Yellow Turban Warriors.
Fang Ze marked out an area of 30 meters in diameter on the east side of the cave sky, surrounded it with stone walls, and divided it into a forging area. He sent all the Yellow Turban warriors to rush to build it, and moved it directly after the things arrived.
Then, a full 100 tons of preliminarily refined pig iron and some necessary materials for steelmaking were purchased.
Pig iron is not expensive, one low-grade spiritual stone can buy 1 ton.
The materials were ready, but the forging area had not yet been built. After completing his daily practice, he left the cave, opened the campus network, and began to check the blacksmiths that could be recruited in the practitioner schools affiliated to Qingcang Academy.
Are you kidding me? How could the majestic Lord of the Immortal Realm Cave Heaven squat beside the stove and forge iron every day? Of course he was recruiting professional talents.
The next big class will be in a month, and he is going to build a high-grade magic weapon-level heavy armor for Fang Yuan.
Qingcang Academy is a place that specializes in cultivating masters of the Immortal Cave Heaven, but there are many lower houses in the academy that specialize in training ordinary practitioners who have not been able to open up the Cave Heaven.
These cultivators from good family backgrounds can concentrate on practicing, while those from ordinary backgrounds will be able to practice one or two immortal arts. No matter what kind of cultivators they are, they are willing to accept the recruitment or employment of the Lord of the Immortal Domain.
The Fairyland Cave has its own spiritual veins. If you are hired by the Lord of the Cave, you can use the spiritual land in the Cave to practice.
It would be even better if you were favored by the Lord of the Immortal Cave Heaven and formally recruited. Not only would you have the spiritual land to practice, but you would also be supported by other resources in the Cave Heaven, which would be equivalent to having a force to support your practice.
It’s just that the general resources in the hands of the Lord of the Cave Heaven in the Immortal Domain are limited. After supplying the Lord of the Cave Heaven, the Protector God General, and the Taoist soldiers, there is not much left over. Some of them have little capital or even no surplus, so the number of practitioners who can be recruited is limited, and they are not extremely talented. It is difficult to be favored.
Opening the employment website of the affiliated college, Fang Ze felt like a boss opening a talent network.
The students' photos, names, talents, cultivation levels, specialties and other information were all presented in front of him.
Many girls, in particular, post artistic photos showing their looks and figures.
To be honest, there are quite a lot of beauties inside, and it’s not just vases, they all have skills.
If you choose non-combat type subordinates, beauties will have a greater advantage under the same circumstances.
But it's a pity that what Fang Ze wants is a blacksmith and a blacksmith. There are not many women among them, and some of them are big and strong.
He opened the Forger column and filtered the cultivation level to the late stage of Qi refining, the official Blacksmith, and the number of people instantly changed from dozens of pages to two pages.
A formal blacksmith is a blacksmith who can independently create medium-grade or above magic weapon-level Taoist equipment, and has a high success rate.
Fang Ze spent almost an hour reading the information of these people one by one, then checked five of them that he liked, and then sent an appointment message to the one with the highest evaluation first.
Turn off the tablet and go out. There is a commercial city at the junction of the college and the lower courtyard. It is quite large and is full of entertainment and leisure services, specifically serving students.
Fang Ze found a roadside restaurant that he had made an appointment with, booked a seat by the side window, ordered some food, and waited while eating.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, a bald and muscular man who was probably over two meters tall came over and said in a buzzing voice:
"I am Meng Tianye, are you Mr. Fang Ze?"
Fang Ze looked up, tapped his left wrist wheel with his finger, a photo popped up, he looked at it, and said with a smile:
"Brother, your figure is amazing!"
Pointing to the chair opposite:
"Sit down and eat something first."
The bald muscular man sat down and said:
"No, I ate it when I came here."
"Well, that's okay, let's talk while we eat."
Fang Ze took a sip of water and asked:
"I see that the information shows that you are only twenty-two years old now. You were already an official blacksmith three years ago, and you are also a swordsmith. Now you are able to forge high-grade magic weapons and high-grade flying swords, and you are practicing yourself. Eighth level of Qi?"
One thing to note is that he looks very anxious. He looks like he is in his third year of life rather than in his early twenties.
The bald man nodded:
"Yes."
Fang Ze raised his big finger:
"As expected of the instructor's S-level evaluation, far surpassing others."
In fact, there was this information in the information, but when he actually saw it with his own eyes, Fang Ze felt that he was better than he thought.
You can't see it with the naked eye, but you can feel it from his demeanor and confidence.
I previously looked at the information of many outstanding blacksmiths in the Qi refining period. Meng Tianye is the only blacksmith who has been given an S-level rating by many blacksmithing teachers, and he is also one of the best among them.
Although Fang Ze picked five, he had a priority in his mind. The first one to make an appointment would be the most promising one. If the negotiation goes well, there would be no need to see the next ones.
"I read your information. In the introduction column, it says that you accept customization, employment and recruitment, but there are no recruitment conditions. Can you tell me what conditions you want?"
Meng Tianye said in a buzzing voice:
"As long as you can meet my conditions, I can make an oath to be loyal to you forever."
"Of course, I want to know what the conditions are."
"I need a Phoenix Blood Immortal Flame Fruit, or Immortal Fruit, or Nine Yang Holy Water, or a Yang attribute spiritual object of the same level. If it is a third-level top-grade Pure Yang Heart-Protect Pill, I need one pill every year."
"???"
Fang Ze was stunned for a moment and said incredulously:
"If I heard correctly, the worst ones here are all fourth-level high-grade spiritual objects, and the strongest ones have reached fifth-level elixirs. What do you want these things for?"
"My sister has Taiyin's terminal pulse and needs these Yang things to continue her life."
Fang Ze's eyebrows suddenly furrowed into the character "Chuan".
Taiyin Juemai...
It is a variant of Taiyin Holy Body.
The Taiyin Holy Body is a top-level physique, one of the sixty-seven holy bodies known to mankind. It has a cultivation speed that is not inferior to that of the sixth-level spiritual root. It is easy to advance to the Nascent Soul without falling midway, and it is possible to transform into a fifth-level god. .
But that was the Taiyin Holy Body, not the Taiyin Absolute Meridian.
It is possible to transform into a god at the fifth level of Taiyin Holy Body, but death is inevitable if Taiyin's pulse is cut off.
Because the pure yin energy is stagnant, the incomplete holy body cannot carry this pure yin energy and will undoubtedly die.
but...
"I remember that Taiyin Jumai generally does not live past the age of one year. How old is your sister now?"
"Fifteen."
"Hasn't it been said that many top-level pure Yang spiritual objects have been used?"
"Yes, I have taken a drop of phoenix blood and fifteen third-level top-grade Pure Yang Heart-Protect Pills."
Fang Ze......
No wonder someone with talent far beyond Tongji has not been recruited yet, this requirement is too outrageous.
Not to mention other level 4 or above spiritual elixirs, even the lowest standard level 3 pure Yang heart-protecting pill is not something he can afford. Two pills are fine, but one pill a year. Look at him. I want my sister to live forever, which means that I will have to provide dozens or hundreds of pills in total in the future. Who can afford this?
Even Zhang Zhengyan couldn't afford it, or if he could afford it, he wouldn't choose him.
The resources that can be exchanged for a pure Yang heart-protecting pill every year can easily recruit a lot of talents.
"I can't afford it, I can't afford it!"
Fang Ze was heartbroken, cleared his throat and said:
"Forget it, I can't afford it, but I can hire you to make me a high-grade magic weapon-level heavy armor, and a set of high-grade magic weapon-level heavy armor, a total of three items, according to the information you filled in on the campus website. , I will provide the place and materials, a set of first-grade high-grade magical instruments and 500 low-grade spiritual stones for crafting fees."
"how?"
His labor costs are more expensive than other blacksmiths, but his skills are good, his success rate is high and he can save materials, so overall it is the best value.
Meng Tianye nodded expressionlessly:
"Okay, should I go to your cave, or should I go to my studio to build it?"
"You opened your own studio?"
"A small studio."
"Is it far?"
"On the commercial street."
"Then go take a look first."
After checking out and going out, Meng Tianye took out something like a skateboard and jumped on it, sliding less than two meters above the ground.
Fang Ze didn't have such a thing. He was too poor before and had no spare money to buy it.
I can afford it now, but I don’t have the time to buy it.
Fortunately, the place is not far, so you can walk.
Turning around along the commercial district, he came to a branch of the main commercial street. The flow of people here was much less, and there were many shops on the roadside. Meng Tianye took him to a shop with the sign of 'Amano Studio (Forging Swords)' In front of the shop, a front desk opens, and a person seems to be lying behind it.
Meng Tianye stepped forward and knocked on the counter. A delicate but extremely pale little face was raised, and he shouted with joy:
"Brother, you're back!"
A petite and exquisite girl ran out from behind the counter, stepped forward and took off Meng Tianye's coat, seemingly with some difficulty, and hung it on the wall. She came to Fang Ze and asked softly:
"Hello, welcome to Amano Studio. Would you like tea or a drink?"
When the girl came over, Fang Ze clearly felt that the temperature in the air had dropped a bit, as if she was a source of coldness.
"Drinks."
"OK, wait!"
The girl's voice is soft and pleasant to the ears, and she looks soft and frail, which can arouse a man's desire for protection. No one can tell that he will die at any time if there is no elixir to protect his life.
At this time Meng Tianye said:
"I'll take you to my studio."
After walking through the corridor to the back, my eyes suddenly opened up. There was a courtyard in the back, which was quite spacious.
There are a lot of materials piled up in the center of the yard, including spiritual wood charcoal, pig iron ingots, and steel ingots. There are warehouses and forging places on the side.
Meng Tianye took him around the studio and said:
"I can even forge spiritual weapons here, and the tools are easy to use. If you forge them here, you can save the effort of getting familiar with them and the speed will be faster."
Fang Ze nodded:
"Okay, right here, you can calculate for me, how many materials are needed in total?"
“What do you need to use as the main material?”
"Steel mixed with spiritual materials, or black iron? Or other spiritual materials?"
"What's the difference?"
"Of course, if you use steel mixed with spiritual materials, you can't upgrade it to a top-grade weapon after it's made. If it's black iron or other spiritual materials, you can blend it with other spiritual materials to upgrade it to a top-grade magic weapon or even a spiritual weapon."
"Is there a price difference?"
"Yes, if it is steel mixed with spiritual materials, it will cost 2,500 low-grade spiritual stones. If it is pure spiritual material, it will cost 5,000 low-grade spiritual stones."
"So expensive..."
Fang Ze took stock of his net worth and found that he now had less than 90 mid-grade spiritual stones, which was not enough to build two.
But it wasn't a big problem. He took out his storage bag and walked to an iron plate to pour it down. A dark egg-sized object fell down, and there was a loud "clang" sound, and a dent was made in the thick iron plate:
"Do you recognize what this is?"
Meng Zhengye stretched out his hand and pressed the thing, raised his eyebrows, picked up the hammer on the side and knocked it, listening to the sound, there was a hint of surprise on his face:
"Why do you have this thing? This is the Star Divine Iron. It is the essence of the meteorite iron in the stars that has been smelted at ultra-high temperatures. It is a third-level mid-grade material."
"Third-level materials?"
This level was higher than Fang Ze imagined. He thought it was only second-level top-grade or top-quality materials.
"Is this thing worth anything?"
"Raw materials that can forge third-level and fourth-level magic weapons are certainly valuable."
"How much is it worth approximately?"
"It's hard to say, but your piece is not big. It is worth about 1,000 mid-grade spiritual stones."
"So valuable?"
"The market value of a third-order and first-grade magic weapon is more than 10,000 mid-grade spiritual stones. Your piece of material is not big enough and can only be worth so much."
"Um...do you accept it or not?"
"No."
"Ah? Aren't you a blacksmith?"
Meng Tianye spread his hands:
"I can't even forge a second-level spiritual weapon, so why spend so much money on a piece of third-level material?"
"But I can introduce you to a store to buy. Do you want to sell it?"
"sold."
We are short of money now.
It's a pity that this piece of Star Divine Iron cost him three Chaos Energy, which feels like a big loss.
I had no experience before, so I randomly took a piece of black iron and tried it. If I tried it with a piece of black iron weighing tens of thousands kilograms, I could produce a piece of star iron as big as a human head and sell it for tens of thousands of medium-grade spiritual stones in minutes. Get rich suddenly.
Meng Tianye quickly contacted an acquaintance, and not long after, an old man in black robes and several big men in suits came over.
The old man just glanced at the Star Divine Iron, and then weighed the tens of thousands of kilograms of Divine Iron back and forth like pebbles in his hands to confirm its authenticity.
Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. One minute later, you get a thousand middle-grade spiritual stones and a business card.
Now that he had money in hand, Fang Chen directly ordered ten sets at the price of 50 yuan for each mid-grade spirit stone for materials and labor. He spent 500 yuan for mid-grade spirit stones, all using black iron as the base material for future upgrades.
After signing the contract, uploading it, and filing it in the academy, Ze took out 500 pieces of mid-grade spiritual stones that had not yet been warmed up and handed them to Meng Tianye.
This cost is really quite high, but it is necessary.
These ten sets of high-grade magic weapon-level equipment can be used by Qingjiao Taoist soldiers. The ten sets of low-grade magic weapon-level Taoist equipment given by the instructor can be used by ten Qingjiao Taoist soldiers. 20 Taoist soldiers are barely enough at this stage.
It’s the first big class in a month. I don’t expect to be in the front row, but I don’t have to worry about being at the bottom for now.
Then he stayed at Meng Tianye's place for a while, watching him warm up by building a set of low-grade magic weapons.
At the same time, he also saw how powerful her sister Meng Xianfeng's Taiyin Juemai was. There were obviously several large furnaces in the forging place, which should have been unbearably hot. But when she came over, the temperature in the entire studio instantly became extremely low, and the high temperature in the furnace was extremely hot. He was suppressed by the yin energy she naturally exuded.
Fang Ze was amazed at this scene.
It can only be said that she is worthy of the Taiyin Jumai, and this is still the case after being suppressed by the Pure Yang Heart Protection Pill. If it were not suppressed by the Pure Yang Qi, she would turn into a big lump of ice and die in minutes.