According to the agreement between Yang Junshan and the Blacksmith Zhang, the Yang family would provide all kinds of necessary ingredients for Zhang Huzi to refine magic tools, and the first magic tool that Zhang Huzi refined would belong to him too. However, from today onwards, Zhang Huzi could only be considered as an artificer in the Yang family, being controlled by the Yang family.
Zhang Huzi had successfully refined a magical equipment, and proudly found Yang Junshan, wanting to ask for more spirit materials to improve his refining techniques.
Unexpectedly, Yang Junshan actually splashed a bucket of cold water on his face, saying that he would probably not be able to transfer more spirit materials for his use in the near future.
âWhy?â Zhang Huzi was evidently a little unhappy. Perhaps he thought that after becoming an artificer, he should be valued highly by the father and son of the Madame Yang, but this kind of indifferent attitude from Yang Junshan in front of him made the originally tiny sense of superiority that he felt disappear.
Yang Junshan naturally noticed the disappointment on Zhang Huziâs face, but Yang Junshan didnât want him to think that he was so amazing in the Yang Family just because he refined a grimoire.
Yang Junshan chuckled as he wrapped his arm around Zhang Huziâs shoulder and walked to a quiet place. Only then did he say, âBrother Hu Zi, I wonât hide this from you.
Zhang Huziâs eyes stared wide, and said unhappily: What is more important to me than smithing?
Yang Junshan turned his wrist, and a palm-sized stone that was filled with honeycomb holes appeared in his hand, and he said: âBrother Hu Zi, do you know what this is?â
âThis,â Zhang Huzi frowned, a look of thought appeared on his face, and after a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, his face revealed a look of surprise, but he said uncertainly: âThis, this made me think of a high grade spirit material, this, could it be?â
Seeing that, Yang Junshan knew that he had recognized the stone, it was just that he could not confirm, so he laughed: âThatâs right, this is the top quality spirit material, the Cang Yu Stoneâs ore!â
Zhang Huzi took the stone from Yang Junshanâs hands and sized it up, then said: âIt really is a Blue Universe Stone, high grade spirit material raw ore, I have never seen it before, but according to the inheritance I received from my teacher, this oreâs quality seems somewhat poor!â
This time, it was Yang Junshanâs turn to bitterly smile, âItâs not that itâs slightly barren, but very barren. Thatâs why I wanted to ask you, Brother Hu Zi, are you confident you can refine the Firmament Stone out of the ore?â
Zhang Huziâs face revealed a hint of excitement, and without saying a word, he agreed. âDonât worry, when it comes to refining spirit materials, Iâm much more confident and interested in it than refining.â
When Yang Tiangang heard that Yang Junshan had already told Zhang Huzi about the Firmament Stone, he only nodded, and said right away: âEven though I am not a Refiner, I have heard of some things regarding refining. If I do not refine for such a long period of time, Iâm afraid that his skills will be wasted.â
After pausing for a moment, Yang Tiangang continued, âMoreover, it isnât too difficult for the clan to provide for an artificer now. All they need to do is cut down some of the cultivation resources that I have accumulated for a few years, â¦â
âFather,â Yang Junshan directly planned out Yang Tiangangâs words and said, âYour share cannot be cut!â
Perhaps because he had directly interrupted his fatherâs words earlier, Yang Junshan felt that it was too impolite to do so. Aesult, he explained in a slow voice, âEven though Zhang Huzi has talent in artifact forging, his talent isnât that great.
But that is only because he iefiner, âYang Tiangang was dissatisfied with Yang Junshanâs negligence and said:â Although he only succeeded on the third try, refiners, array masters, alchemists, puppeteers, talisman craftsmen, rune masters, Spiritual Seeker and so on, the number of these people is extremely small in the cultivation world.
Yang Junshan was stunned, to be fair, Lao Yangâs words were reasonable, it was just that Yang Junshanâs gaze was too high, and did not seem to be accurate.
However, he had to do this because of a reason. At the very least, he could not affect Yang Tiangangâs cultivation in the slightest because he had to yield to an artificer.
âFather, you have also seen the low rank magical equipment that Zhang Huzi mastered. How do you feel?â
âHmm?â Yang Tiangang looked at him and asked: âWhat do you want to say?â
âThat magic tool is very crude. Even amongst low-grade magic tools, it can only be considered to be mediocre!â
âThis is nothing. Itâs just his first time refining, so when heâs proficient in the future, these problems will naturally not exist.â
âIâm not talking about that. What Iâm talking about is that the artifact forging legacy that he obtained is extremely crude, and Iâm not saying that the legacy can only be used to refine low-rank magic tools. Iâm talking about the refining process!â
Seeing that Yang Tiangang was still a little confused, Yang Junshan continued to explain, âThis child has also seen the process of refining a magic tool for the first time. That Zhang Huzi, compared to others, has lost many exquisite steps in the processing of spirit materials, and after entering the furnace, no matter if it is the Firebending technique or the Rune Art, they are all clearly incomplete. So if he wants to succeed in refining, he needs to rely more on luck!â
Yang Tiangang nodded, as though he was convinced by Yang Junshanâs reasoning. However, he then said: âYou should also know, the reason why Iâm telling you all these is actually not because Iâm supporting Zhang Huzi to continue refining.â
Yang Junshan nodded, and said: âI understand, father. What you want to say is that you have the majority of the familyâs cultivation resources.â
Yang Tiangang sighed, and said: âEven though the majority of the clan members are not aware of this, but for the past three years, everyone has known that the clanâs income is increasing, and they have thought that the clanâs resources are abundant, but the real situation is that the clanâs treasury does not even have a little bit of it. The spiritual valley that you have saved up over these years, the spirit materials you excavated, the various cultivation resources you have exchanged have all been used by your father to support his cultivation, and the amount of spirit pills and jade crystals that the clan has distributed over the past three years is merely to maintain the clanâs most basic level of cultivation.
However, Yang Junshan disapprovingly said: âFather, you have filtered it out. Although the familyâs cultivation allowance has not increased in the past three years, but what about three years ago? The clan membersâ training allowance would increase every year, but at the very least, it would increase every two years, right? The family had just been promoted to the Prominent Class, so all sorts of complicated matters had occurred. Everyone in the family understands this principle! â
Furthermore, the eldest uncleâs way of doing things in the clan was based on the premise that he could take in the clan and weaken the clanâs benefits. Father did not allow the clan members to worship you, but rather, he used the resources that the clan had saved up.
âFurthermore, you are preparing to advance into the realms of life. Once you become a Adept Realm Cultivator, the entire Xishan Village would be willing to go bankrupt!â
Yang Tiangang shook his head and laughed bitterly: âHow could it be that easy to advance to the realms of life? Itâs just that Father has never understood why you are in sucurry to get Father to advance to the realms of life. If this is leaked, or if father fails to advance to the realms of life, then we will have no chance to turn the situation around, and the clanâs people will probably disperse! â
Yang Junshan was quiet for a moment, but in the end, he still nodded his head resolutely: âI know.â
Seeing Yang Junshanâs resolute expression, Yang Tiangang could not help but say: âXiaoshan, you are betting using the strength of your entire clan. Father can also see that all these years, you have been arranging some things, and they have already become more and more urgent. What exactly is it that can force you to such a state?â
Yang Junshan muttered to himself slightly and said: âFather, if I say that there might buge change in the next one or two years, and that even such a huge monster as the Heaven-Shaken Sect could be affected, hmm, an extremely serious consequence, would you believe me?â
Yang Tiangangâs expression became serious as he asked, âWhat big change would it be?â
Yang Junshan shook his head: âThis child does not know, and is not sure either, but I can feel that whether it is Heaven-Shaken Sect, Sirius Gate, or even, whether it is Chenyu Countyâs Wang Qian, Jinyu Countyâs Spiritual Master Cang Wu, or Mengyu Countyâs Adept Chen, they all seem to be preparing for something. Furthermore, Adept Chen has been suppressing Xiong and Yu and Yu Clanâs tyrants for the past few years, but father, have you ever heard of these two formidable cultivators? , Wu Shuo, Bao Yuer and the other so-called Shaman Cultivators and Ghost Cultivatorave appeared out of nowhere, and that who died in our hands, the so-called Demon King Taize of the Nanxuan swamp, has suddenly appeared in large amounts of lands. There are also the appearance of the border mines, the Sirius Gate and the Opening Spirit School that were strangely unmoving, and so on, all of this makes your childâs heart unsettled. â
Some of the things Yang Junshan had said were directly related to what he was truly worried about, while the others were just random incidents that he had added in order to increase his persuasive power. However, it was precisely because they were mysterious and unpredictable, that caused even Yang Tiangang to reveal a cautious expression on his face when he heard that Yang Junshan had mixed all of these things together.
Yang Junshan continued: âAll these strange people, events and actions, I believe that the only way to resolve them is to continuously increase my own strength. If Father can successfully advance to realms of life, when the true danger arrives, at least my Yang family will have the power to protect himself!â
Yang Tiangang sighed, âActually, Xiaoshan, you are more confident than Dad in being able to advance to the realms of life. These training resources should have been used on you instead!â
Yang Junshan laughed: âBut father, you are closer to the realms of life than me, and I have only advanced to the late stage of the martial arts realm two years ago, so fatherâs cultivation has already reached the great perfection stage of the fifth realm for more than three years, not to mention the fact that you are cultivating theã Earth Shrouding Treasure Artã and I am still training in spirit arts. If we were to truly discuss the possibility of advancing to the realms of life, fatherâs grasp of it would probably be above your sonâs.â
Yang Tiangang laughed, and said: It seems that Xiaoshan has taken everything into consideration, then what are your plans after this?
âYour son is preparing to makrip to the County City!â