I use my future dreams to prove immortality.

Chapter 52 The Craftsmanship of Heaven

Zhou Qiuyuan was familiar with this object. He subconsciously looked at the Thunder Listening Sword at his waist. There was a similar jade in the center of the Thunder Listening Sword, but this purple rhombus-shaped jade was a bit darker in color.

"What type of weapon would you like to use? You can choose from a variety of containers, with prices ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 coins depending on their quality."

Zhou Qiuyuan looked surprised, making no attempt to hide his ignorance. "These things can be used in combination?"

The masked man looked at the Thunder-Listening Sword at Zhou Qiuyuan's waist, slightly puzzled, and asked, "Since you possess a Heavenly Crafted Artifact, why are you unaware of this matter?"

He generously explained, "Spiritual tools are extremely easy to damage when fighting against high-grade spiritual tools and powerful monsters such as demons, which will render the precious spiritual tools useless."

"The immortal masters of the Heavenly Crafts Academy are most skilled at crafting artifacts. They have improved spiritual tools into Heavenly Crafts Spiritual Tools, and have separately crafted spiritual tool cores to assist in matching different types of containers."

"In this way, as long as the core of the spirit tool is not destroyed, there is no major problem, and different types of containers can be freely replaced."

The divine artifacts are far more versatile than the ordinary artifacts of Black Swamp City.

The core of a spirit tool, when combined with different types of containers, can adapt to the needs of cultivation and various battles, making it far more practical than ordinary spirit tools that are single and easily damaged.

As expected of a celestial sect skilled in crafting artifacts.

Even so, the Heavenly Crafts Academy was still defeated by the Blackwater Sect.

Zhou Qiuyuan looked at the purple Thunder Spirit Jade and smiled, "May I test the quality of this Thunder Spirit Jade?"

The vendor selling the blue demon mask smiled, a blue light flashing in his eyes, and said, "It's alright!"

The stall owner had somehow activated some kind of secret technique, and he would definitely retaliate whenever Zhou Qiuyuan tried to abscond with the treasure.

The moment Zhou Qiuyuan's palm touched the Thunder Spirit Jade, he immediately sensed it, and strands of Thunder Spirit roots appeared.

One hundred and ninety-seven Thunder Spirit Roots.

Although it's not the full value of 200, it's still an extremely good Thunder Spirit Tool.

Zhou Qiuyuan only had a little over fifty taels of gold on him, so he could only return the Thunder Spirit Jade and said with a smile, "I don't have enough money with me today. I'll come back tomorrow when I've raised the money."

The blue ghost mask vendor accepted the Thunder Spirit Jade, and the blue light in his eyes slowly faded.

"Your Excellency should raise the money as soon as possible. I will not deliberately hold back the Thunder Spirit Jade for you. If you miss this opportunity, you will surely regret it for the rest of your life."

Zhou Qiuyuan didn't care; it wouldn't matter if someone else bought it.

After the dream ends, anyone who arrives within this timeframe will be the first to arrive.

Zhou Qiuyuan left the stall and browsed more than a dozen spirit tool stalls. The vast majority of them were stalls selling Heavenly Crafted Spirit Tools, and the number of Thunder Spirit Jade was far greater than he had imagined.

There were seven or eight stalls selling inferior Thunder Spirit Jade, which cost only 300,000 coins, while only one stall sold the lowest grade Thunder Spirit Jade.

Tianqiao City is more skilled at crafting artifacts, and its spiritual tools are not easily damaged. Without the monopoly of forces like the Wang family, it is easier to buy thunder spiritual tools.

The price of the Heavenly Crafted Spiritual Tools is similar to that of ordinary spiritual tools, and they also have the wonderful features of being difficult to damage and having their outer shells replaced at will. It is foreseeable that ordinary spiritual tools will be completely replaced by the Heavenly Crafted Spiritual Tools.

Zhou Qiuyuan found a stall selling secret techniques. The number and variety of secret techniques were enormous, but unfortunately, his memory was limited, and he could only memorize one book of secret techniques at a time.

After careful selection, he chose a secret technique called Listening to the Wind.

"How much does this secret technique cost?"

"Fifteen taels of gold, no bargaining."

Zhou Qiuyuan carefully confirmed that there was no problem with the secret technique before taking out fifty taels of gold ingots from his pocket and throwing them back. The stall owner returned thirty-five taels of gold in change.

He put the Listening to the Wind Manual into his pocket, not intending to linger in the black market, and was about to hurry home.

Just then, a man dressed in black robes came to the stall of the masked man and took out a gold note to buy the low-grade Thunder Spirit Jade.

Who is this person?

The man seemed to sense Zhou Qiuyuan's gaze and turned his head to look over.

The other person's face was hidden in the darkness of the black robe, making it difficult to see clearly, except for the purple vertical mark between their eyebrows that was extremely conspicuous.

Wang Sichen!

Zhou Qiuyuan had met Wang Sichen at the Fang family's residence. The purple vertical mark between Wang's eyebrows was quite unique, suggesting that he was a body refiner at the Vajra Realm.

He dared not meet his gaze, quickly averted his eyes, and hurriedly left.

Wang Sichen frowned, then casually went to other stalls to inquire about Thunder Spirit Tools, and bought all the Thunder Spirit Jade from each stall.

Zhou Qiuyuan glanced at it from afar, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

This guy is shameless!

Wang Sichen and Lu Chengping had a grudge against each other, so Wang Sichen didn't give Lu Chengping a chance to buy the Thunder Spirit Tool.

Given the Wang family's power, they should already know that Lu Chengping possesses a Thunder Spirit Tool, so why would they do this?

Could it be that they've tasted the sweetness of monopoly and are now determined to make all the lightning-type body cultivators in Black Swamp City serve as dogs for the Wang family?

This is not good news for him; he must buy the Thunder Spirit Jade as soon as possible tomorrow.

Zhou Qiuyuan hadn't taken more than a few steps when he sensed someone following him.

Judging from the footsteps behind him, it was clear that there was more than one person following him.

Zhou Qiuyuan had no intention of fighting him, so he decisively threw away all the gold he had on him and fled.

Just as the pursuers were about to accelerate their pursuit, they saw golden streaks of light flying in all directions. They were clearly pieces of gold. The two men abandoned their pursuit and picked up the gold from the ground.

Zhou Qiuyuan carefully confirmed that no one was following him before returning home to light an oil lamp and begin reciting the secret technique.

After the dream ended, he recorded the secret technique he had just acquired, Listening to the Wind.

Listening to the wind is a special secret art that requires the ears to be tempered with special drugs to greatly enhance hearing.

This secret technique is an excellent choice for gathering intelligence, gaining early insight into enemy situations, and tracking the enemy.

Unfortunately, in addition to refining spiritual energy, the secret technique of Listening to the Wind also requires several special medicinal herbs to be made into a secret medicine, which the cultivator can use to complete the technique.

Zhou Qiuyuan carefully stored away the Listening Wind Secret Technique, knowing that he might have another chance to collect all the necessary medicinal materials and master this technique in the future.

After he finished everything, he thought about the most important thing for the day.

Low-grade Thunder Spirit Jade!

After Wang Sichen monopolized the Thunder Spirit Tool, the situation of Black Swamp City lacking Thunder Spirit Tools was repeated. Even after Zhou Qiuyuan accumulated a lot of money, he had no way to buy a Thunder Spirit Tool.

He possessed only one of the following: the Thunder-Raising Pill, the Golden Essence, the Fire-Feathered Chicken, and the 100 shi of grain. Only by selling one of these items could he raise 80 or 90 taels of gold.

Things are different now. He had just found fifty taels of gold belonging to the Jiang family, and the information provided by Gong Lei could earn him a little money. In addition, the two gold leaves he left for his father were enough to barely meet his needs.

If all else fails, they sell the land deeds on the black market at a discounted price.

Zhou Qiuyuan didn't believe that the land deed was being sold at a drastically reduced price, and it still wouldn't fetch a hundred or eighty taels of gold.

This low-grade Thunder Spirit Jade is his for the taking; no one can take it from him!