Chapter 527

Chapter 527: The terrifying refining efficiency, Master Qiu is furious

Crash!

Another nine pieces of spirit jade were successfully refined into talismans, landing in Lu Qing’s hands.

However, this time, he wasn’t refining the [Thunderbolt Talisman] anymore, but a wood-attributed Foundation Establishment-level talisman.

Named the [Life Force Talisman], it replenishes a cultivator’s vitality and is a very effective healing talisman.

After all, Ziyuan had said that Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment-level talismans are in the highest demand in the talisman market.

Refining Qi Refining-level talismans would be a waste of Lu Qing’s talent.

So, in addition to the Golden Core-level talismans, he also refined a batch of Foundation Establishment-level talismans.

After examining the newly refined talisman, he found it flawless and casually set it aside.

The talisman fell with a few crisp sounds.

Beside Lu Qing, there was already a small pile of talismans.

A cursory glance suggested at least several hundred.

If the owner of the Treasure Tower witnessed this, he would undoubtedly be shocked.

After all, Lu Qing’s refining efficiency was incredibly high. It had only been a short time, and he had already refined so many talismans.

This was all thanks to the abundant spiritual energy within the cave; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to sustain Lu Qing’s refining efforts at such a high intensity.

Looking at the pile of talismans beside him, Lu Qing paused in thought.

The owner of the Treasure House had asked him to refine a batch of talismans first; the ones here should be enough for now.

After all, there was no telling how these talismans would sell.

If they didn’t sell well, the materials would be wasted.

After some thought, Lu Qing decided to hold off for now.

After all, Foundation Establishment and Early Golden Core talismans were easy for him to refine.

If he ran out of them later, he could just refine more.

After thinking it over, Lu Qing put the pile of talismans away,

closed his eyes, and prepared to cultivate his breathing.

Refining talismans was merely a means to accumulate spirit stones.

His ultimate goal, after all, was to enhance his cultivation.

Therefore, Lu Qing planned to devote only two or three hours each day to refining talismans.

The rest of the time would be spent in seclusion and cultivation.

After all, he was not far from a breakthrough.

As Lu Qing cultivated, he devoured the spiritual energy within the cave abode in large quantities, which was then refined and refined by the Five Elements Gourd, transforming into his own pure mana.

Fortunately, the cave abode prepared for him by the Treasure House was indeed powerful.

Even if two top-grade demon elixir beasts, plus Lu Qing’s exceptionally perfect golden elixir, were to absorb the spiritual energy for cultivation, it could still provide enough.

However, Lu Qing was not surprised.

According to the Treasure House, the chief talisman maker’s cave abode was originally prepared for Yuanshen realm masters.

It could even support the cultivation of Yuanshen masters.

No matter how much spiritual energy the three of them absorbed, they could not yet compare to Yuanshen masters, so naturally there would be no problem.

Time in cultivation always passed quickly.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Qing was suddenly awakened by the vibrations of a formation.

He slowly concluded his practice and noticed someone calling him from outside the cave.

However, he ignored the call for the time being, checking his internal state first.

This sensation instantly filled him with joy.

His cultivation had advanced significantly during this period of deep practice. He

was getting closer and closer to a breakthrough.

At this rate of progress, he should be able to officially break through and enter the fourth stage of the Golden Core stage in less than ten days.

At that point, his strength would surely experience another surge.

The transition from the third to the fourth stage of the Golden Core stage is a significant hurdle,

the transition from the early to the middle stages of the Golden Core stage.

For those in the Golden Core stage, simply crossing this threshold is a transformation.

Given Lu Qing’s perfect Golden Core foundation, a transformation would be a terrifying improvement.

He was already anticipating the day of his breakthrough.

At that moment, the vibrations of the formation outside the cave could be heard again.

Lu Qing calmed himself, activated the defensive formation, and stepped out.

“Senior Lu, am I disturbing your practice?”

It was Ziyuan who called out from outside the cave.

“That’s all right, but the Master has something to summon me for?” Lu Qing asked.

“The Master would like Senior Lu to come to the quiet room to discuss something important.”

“I’ll be there now.”

Lu Qing nodded. After closing the cave, he followed Ziyuan to the quiet room where the Master of Treasures stayed.

On the way, Lu Qing realized that his retreat, refining talismans and practicing cultivation, had only taken a single day.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, please take a seat.”

In the quiet room, the Master of Treasures smiled upon seeing Lu

Qing approach. “I wonder why the Master has summoned me?” Lu Qing asked.

“Well, I thought about it yesterday and have a rough plan in mind, so I wanted to ask Fellow Daoist Lu to discuss it.”

“The Master has a plan so quickly?”

“It’s actually very simple. I plan to compete with several other major trading houses on talisman prices.”

“A talisman price war?” Lu Qing raised an eyebrow.

“Indeed, our greatest advantage right now is that the talismans you refine, Fellow Daoist Lu, are inexpensive yet powerful.”

Even if we set the price of the talismans lower, we’ll still make a considerable profit.

So we should maximize this advantage, roll out low-priced talismans across the board, and compete for the talisman market.”

“Master, that’s a brilliant idea.”

This plan from the Treasure House owner didn’t surprise Lu Qing.

In fact, the reason he approached the Treasure House in the first place was to collaborate with them, hoping to sell talismans in large quantities.

Leveraging the cost advantage, he could quickly accumulate spirit stones.

He hadn’t anticipated how things would pan out much better than he anticipated.

“However, this method requires a large number of talismans as a foundation to be feasible.

The pressure on you, Fellow Daoist Lu, is immense. I wonder how long it will take you to refine and prepare the talismans?”

“A large number of talismans…”

Lu Qing pondered for a moment, then pulled out a storage bag from his bosom.

“Master, I went back yesterday and tried to refine some talismans. Take a look and see if it’s enough for the time being.”

“Oh, you’ve already refined some talismans?” Fellow Daoist Lu is indeed diligent. I wonder how many talismans you have refined?”

The owner of the Treasure House was a little surprised. She took the storage bag and looked inside with her mind.

The next moment, she was stunned.

At this time, Lu Qing’s words also reached her ears.

“It’s not that many. There are about one hundred Jindan-level talismans and more than three hundred foundation-building talismans.

Each talisman can be used at least ten times. There is no need to worry about the power.”

“One, one hundred Jindan-level talismans, and more than three hundred foundation-building talismans?”

The owner of the Treasure House was full of disbelief.

Reason told her that this was an impossible thing.

However, what she sensed with her mind, the situation of the storage bag in her hand, told her that this was absolutely true.

Because those hundreds of talismans were in her hands.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, these hundreds of talismans were all refined after you went back yesterday? “

The owner of the Treasure Tower stared at Lu Qing with wide eyes.

“Yes, the owner asked Lu Qing to go back and make preparations early yesterday, so Lu Qing refined a batch of talismans in advance.”

“It only took one day to refine hundreds of talismans, including one hundred Jindan-level talismans…”

The owner of the Treasure Tower was extremely shocked, and the look he gave Lu Qing was as if he was looking at a monster.

Ziyuan, standing nearby, also gaped in astonishment.

She hadn’t heard correctly. Senior Lu had refined hundreds of talismans in just one day!

Master Qiu and his team used to take days to refine a single talisman.

The difference was simply indescribable.

No wonder Senior Lu, when he gave her the Thunder Talisman yesterday, had said it was just a small, casual gadget he’d crafted.

At the time, Ziyuan had assumed Senior Lu was just trying to reassure her.

Now, it seemed Senior Lu was being honest.

A Jindan-grade talisman was truly something he could easily refine!

The Treasure House owner stared at Lu Qing in a daze for a moment. When she came to her senses, a wave of ecstasy welled up in her heart.

“Excellent! Excellent! I didn’t expect Fellow Daoist Lu to be so efficient at refining talismans. Even a true talisman master wouldn’t be able to match yours!”

The Treasure House owner wasn’t just being respectful.

Although there was no talisman master in their Treasure House,

that didn’t mean she hadn’t seen a true master.

Back when she was still in the Tianyuan World, her family had a talisman master serving as a worshiper.

She knew full well that even a true master wouldn’t be as efficient as Lu Qing in refining talismans.

“I don’t deserve that. My cultivation method is quite unique, and I have a bit of natural talent, so I can refine talismans quite quickly,” Lu Qing said modestly.

His speed was due to the perfect golden elixir he had condensed.

His spiritual power far surpassed that of ordinary golden elixir realm cultivators.

Even a child of destiny, born with a high-grade golden elixir, couldn’t match his.

The perfect golden elixir allowed Lu Qing to perfectly control all of his power, making his engraving and refining of talismans virtually error-free.

Furthermore, he had cultivated the Puppet Sect’s mind-splitting technique to the highest level, allowing him to simultaneously focus on nine different tasks.

These factors combined to make his talisman-refining efficiency so extraordinary.

“Master, do we have enough talismans here? If not, I can go back and continue refining,” Lu Qing asked.

“Yes, yes, we have more than enough here for the first phase of our plan!” the Treasure Tower Master said quickly.

She had originally asked Lu Qing to prepare a batch of talismans in advance, estimating only a few dozen.

Even so, she planned to give Lu Qing half a month to prepare. After all

, refining talismans requires concentration and energy.

Even though Lu Qing was incredibly fast, the number he could produce in a single day wouldn’t be very high.

Who would have thought that this chief talisman maker she had hired would be so exceptionally skilled, able to refine hundreds of high-quality talismans in a single day?

It was unknown how his concentration could sustain

such a high level of energy. If Lu Qing didn’t possess the unique aura of a powerful Yuanshen, and

if his own secret techniques and magical powers weren’t present,

the Treasure Tower Master would have suspected that Lu Qing was some veteran Yuanshen master in disguise.

But…

the Treasure House owner tightened his grip around the storage bag.

Lu Qing had truly given her a huge surprise this time.

With these hundreds of talismans, her plan could not only be carried out perfectly, but it wouldn’t have to take so long.

Sure enough, there was a reason for the unusual changes in her numerology abilities.

This young Jindan before her truly was the one who could change her destiny!

“That’s good. If you’re short on talismans, just give the owner a word, and Lu Qing will be ready to refine them.

I’m not good at business, but I’m only marginally skilled in refining talismans.

That’s all I can offer you.”

“That’s not right. We at Treasure House are completely relying on you, Fellow Daoist Lu.”

After handing the refined talismans to the Treasure House owner, Lu Qing took his leave.

While he valued spirit stones, he left professional matters to the professionals.

When it came to selling talismans, Treasure House was far more adept than he was.

He only needed to ensure a sufficient supply of goods and didn’t want to get involved in other matters.

Furthermore, after practicing in the cave all night last night and feeling his cultivation improving,

Lu Qing now wanted to continue his retreat.

He wanted to quickly break through his bottleneck and enter the fourth stage of the Golden Core stage.

After returning to the cave, Lu Qing hung a sign refusing visitors.

He then activated the cave’s defensive formation and entered a state of retreat.

This time, unless there was something extremely urgent, he planned

to remain in retreat until he achieved a breakthrough.

While Lu Qing was in retreat, the Treasure House also began to take action.

First, they removed all the talismans originally sold in the building and replaced them with talismans refined by Lu Qing.

They also sent some talismans to branch buildings in other districts for trial sales.

Next, they just had to wait for customers to come.

However, when the talismans originally for sale were removed from the building, a small incident occurred.

The talisman makers whose talismans had been removed from the shelves all went to inquire about what was going on.

Among them, Master Qiu’s reaction was the most intense.

“Ziyuan, what the hell is going on? Why did the front hall remove all the talismans I made?!”

Master Qiu immediately approached Ziyuan, who had been promoted by the Treasure Tower’s owner to oversee front hall affairs, and confronted her angrily.

“Master Qiu, please be patient. This is the Tower’s owner’s order. We’re going to be shipping a new batch of talismans soon.

The talismans currently on sale will be temporarily suspended.

Once the new talismans become popular and sales stabilize, the original talismans will be put back on sale.”

Ziyuan patiently explained with a smile.

“A new batch of talismans! Are they made by the chief talisman maker?” Master Qiu’s face changed.

“They are indeed made by Senior Lu,” Ziyuan nodded.

Master Qiu fell silent.

But soon, his arrogance returned. “Even if you want to take Fellow Daoist Lu’s talisman, there’s no reason to give up ours!

You know, the talismans I refine are among the highest quality and best-selling in the building!”

“This is the building owner’s personal order, and Ziyuan is simply following orders.”

Despite Master Qiu’s overbearing tone, Ziyuan patiently replied with a smile.

But inwardly, she couldn’t help but feel a surge of disdain.

How dare this old man say that?

Every time he refines a talisman, he always requests the most and the most precious materials.

This naturally ensures the talismans are of high quality.

However, with such high costs, even if the building sells them, it wouldn’t make much profit.

Instead, this old man, with his share of the profits, enjoys a well-deserved meal.

Even worse, not only does he practice this himself, but his disciples and apprentices do the same.

He prefers to use the finest materials when refining his creations, often wasting them and even pocketing the extra cash.

In the past, the owner of the building only tolerated his lineage because the building was indeed short of excellent talisman makers.

Now with Senior Lu, the old guy’s life is going to be difficult.

Ziyuan knew the inside story very well, and of course she would not be so kind as to remind Master Qiu. She

just made excuses and attributed all the reasons to the order of the owner of the building.

In a word, it is inevitable that the talismans refined by Master Qiu and his team will be temporarily removed from the shelves.

As for when they will be put on the shelves for sale again, the time is still to be determined.

Then, Master Qiu, who was fooled by Ziyuan in various ways and whose appeals were fruitless, really became impatient.

He flicked his sleeves and said, “I can’t convince you, I’m going to find the owner of the building now!”

(End of this chapter)