Battling Records of the Chosen One Chapter 197
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Battling Records of the Chosen One Chapter 197: Sumeru Ring
As Chu Feng came in, Yunque was clever enough to get out of the room quietly.
Chu Feng was quite straightforward. He quickly explained to Lin Xun the whole story. There were many reasons why such a hot situation came into being.
Firstly, the Commune of Spiritual Tattooists was an influential organization. Everything happening here would draw much attention.
Secondly, the Snowfall Saber refined by Lin Xun was so unique that it couldn’t be bought in the market. It could be imagined that what a stir it would cause once such an unprecedentedly rare spiritual tool showed up.
Last but not least, the Province Test would be held in September, half a year later. Thus, more and more practitioners came to the Commune, hoping to get the best spiritual weapons.
After all, there was only one branch of Commune of Spiritual Tattooists in the entire Southwestern Province- Commune of Spiritual tattooists of Mist City. Many practitioners who were qualified to attend the test hoped to buy suitable weapons and equipment from the Commune and thereby got ready for the Province Test.
Under those circumstances, “Master Xun”, a newcomer who could refine the unique and extremely powerful spiritual weapons, naturally drew much attention.
Lin Xun secretly felt relieved upon knowing everything. He had worried that his identity might have been leaked. But now it turned out that he overthought.
“As to the earnings of selling the Snowfall Saber yesterday, the Commune extracts ten percent, and you get the rest.”
Chu Feng took out a Storage Ring and gave it to Lin Xun “This is a Small Sumeru Ring made by the Academy of Spiritual Implements of our empire. Now I give it to you.”
Lin Xun immediately stood transfixed with shock. The Small Sumeru Ring was quite famous. It was said that a master of spiritual tattoos of the Academy of Spiritual Implements in person spent three years finally refining 100 Small Sumeru Rings altogether at the cost of over ten kinds of extremely rare spiritual jades from void over a hundred years ago.
Not only could it store something, but also it could help the one who wore it purify his heart, nourish his soul, and regulate his internal Qi, which was greatly magic.
The moment the 100 Small Sumeru Rings were produced, they all were purchased by the big shots of the upper class in the empire. Thus, they were never traded in the market.
Furthermore, no similar rings had been refined again since then because some of the spiritual materials used to refine the ring had been extinct.
In other words, there were only 100 Small Sumeru Rings in the world!
As a result, wearing such a ring had already become a symbol of status and power for the big shots in the empire. This kind of ring had long been endowed with a different meaning.
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Based on the above information, one could imagine how surprised Lin Xu would feel on receiving such a precious present from Chu Feng.
However hard Lin Xun refused, Chu Feng insisted on giving him the ring, with kind of resolute tone, “If you don’t take it, I will destroy it in front of you now!”
Finally, Lin Xun was persuaded to accept the ring. However, he knew clearly that he would owe more to Chu Feng.
“Little brother, don’t think too much. I promise nothing is attached. You can take it as a welcome gift from me. I just want to prove that I treat you as one of my true friends,” said Chu Feng seriously and sincerely with a warm smile on his face.
“Senior, thanks a lot,” said Lin Xun with his hands cupped.
Che Feng pretended to be angry, “Don’t call me that. It sounds not so close. Age is not a problem for real bosom friends. Just call me elder brother from now on.”
“Then I’ll call you elder brother as you asked,” said Lin Xun with a smile.
Lin Xun had great admiration for Chu Feng from the bottom of his heart, who clearly knew how the world worked. At least, he didn’t feel a hint of repugnance for Chu Feng.
“Hahaha, I’m so glad. We are like old friends from the start, and that doesn't happen to many men.”
Chu Feng burst into laughter with a look of great joy.
Lin Xun laughed, too. However, Shue Jin’s words suddenly popped into his head- a person’s favor was the most difficult thing to pay back!
He instantly abandoned the thought. Since he had thought it through yesterday, he wouldn’t be bewildered by it anymore.
“Elder brother, please make an appraisal of the three spiritual weapons I refined yesterday. If proper, you can consign them in the spiritual treasure area for sale just like yesterday.”
Lin Xun took out the Snowfall Saber, Blood-bronzed Spear, and Gusty-wind Boots and gave them to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng’s eyes shined. He immediately started to appreciate them.
Chu Feng couldn’t help narrowing his eyes slightly and feeling shocked after making sure how powerful they were.
The Snowfall Saber was the same as the one yesterday, apparently more powerful than the ordinary ones, so were the other two!
“Little brother, you really broadened my outlook. You’re definitely unrivaled in the world only with your outstanding attainments in spiritual tattoos!”
Chu Feng didn’t hide his admiration for Lin Xun. And the way he looked at Lin Xun also changed, with kind of sincere respect.
“Elder brother, you overpraise me,” said Lin Xun with a forced smile.
“Haha,” Chu Feng laughed out loud again. “I’ll handle the three spiritual weapons. I wonder if you have other plans?”
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Lin Xun thought for a while and said, “At present, I just want to make as much money as I can to sustain my cultivation. Can you give me some advice?”
Chu Feng said without thinking, “That’s quite simple. Since you’ve seen the boisterousness in the spiritual treasure and mission areas, I suggest that you take on some tasks from the mission area while refining spiritual weapons.”
“Take on some tasks?” Lin Xun felt surprised.
“Yes, each time you accomplish a task, you will get not only a payback but also the credits rewarded by the Commune. The more credits you get, the more benefits and privileges you’ll enjoy.”
Chu Feng said quickly, “Those things may not be practical for you, of course. But, you can exchange the credits for various treasures, such as spiritual weapons, and spiritual materials, in the Commune.”
After a pause, he continued, “More importantly, the Commune possesses its own channels to supply spiritual tattooists with some spiritual materials that can’t be bought in the market. This is the most attractive point of the credits.”
Lin Xun couldn’t help feeling a little interested upon hearing of this. “How can I take on a task?”
Chu Feng stood up while smiling and said, “I’ll ask Yunque to assist you. You can choose the task you want to take on by then.”
Lin Xun nodded his head.
Later Yunque came. She led Lin Xun out of the room. Later they got into a secret chamber specially prepared for spiritual tattooists on the second the floor.
Decorated in a quaint style, the chamber was quite quiet.
“Childe, these are the tasks issued in the mission area. According to the degree of difficulty of the tasks, they’re divided into nine levels. One-star means the simplest task while nine-star means the most difficult one,” explained Yunque while pointing at a wall made of bronze behind the backroom.
A huge screen appeared on the wall inscribed with spiritual tattoos.
One could see all tasks flowing like water on the screen. Each task was followed with a different number of stars as a mark indicating the degree of difficulty.
“At present, there are altogether 371 tasks for you, most of which are two-star weapon refining tasks.”
Yunque said quickly, “Generally speaking, the two-star tasks are about refining spiritual weapons on the middle grade of Human-rank. You can choose whatever tasks you like.”
Lin Xun nodded and chose a two-star weapon-refining task after a random glance.
Rewarded with 1,000 imperial silver coins, the task was about refining a Rainbow Spiritual Sword with three portions of spiritual materials provided by its promulgator. After he accomplished the task, he would earn five credits from the Commune.
“I’ll take on this one,” said Lin Xun.
“Childe, please wait a moment,” Yunque nodded, then directly walked to the bronze wall and gently touched the spiritual screen.
With a buzz, the two-star task disappeared after turning into a light rain.
A few moments later, someone knocked on the door. A servant sent the needed spiritual materials and then left quietly.
Yunque placed them on the table and said, “Childe, do you want to start now?”
On seeing a pile of different kinds of inscribing pens prepared for him on the desk, he nodded and said, “Let’s get started now.”
He got down to work immediately. First he chose an inscribing pen, dipped it in the spiritual ink, and started to inscribe on a long sword.
As an ordinary weapon, the long sword was just a carrier, whose material quality was customized for refining the Rainbow Spiritual Sword.
Lin Xun needed to inscribe spiritual tattoos on it, finally transforming it into a middle-grade spiritual weapon of Human-rank.
Generally speaking, nine spiritual tattoos would be inscribed on a low-grade spiritual weapon of Human-rank at most.
Eighteen spiritual tattoos would be inscribed on a middle-grade spiritual weapon of Human-rank at most.
Thirty-six spiritual tattoos would be inscribed on a high-grade spiritual weapon of Human-rank at most.
No more than 108 spiritual tattoos would be inscribed on a top-grade spiritual weapon of Human-rank!
In other words, the grade of a spiritual weapon was closely related to the number of spiritual tattoo patterns inscribed on it.
The lower the grade, the less powerful the weapon was, and vice versa!
Lin Xun needed to inscribe thirty-three spiritual tattoo patterns of different kinds of magic on the sword in order to transform it into the Rainbow Spiritual Sword, an extremely outstanding spiritual weapon on the middle grade of Human-rank.
The moment Lin Xun started, he became as quiet and composed as a well without ripple. He looked so focused and serious with his hands smoothly and adroitly moving.
Yunque waited silently on the side, holding her breath in deep concentration for fear of disturbing Lin Xun.
However, when she occasionally looked at Lin Xun, her eyes were filled with worship.
It was far beyond her imagination that a teenager should possess the attainments of a primary spiritual tattooist.
So amazing!
Yunque sighed in her heart.
As Lin Xun was busy inscribing spiritual tattoos, an exciting cry arose suddenly in the mission area on the first floor.
“My Gosh! Master Xun has taken on my task! Hahaha, hahaha…”
Many practitioners waiting together in the mission area burst into an uproar. The mysterious Master Xun finally took on one task after they had waited for such a long time.
Most practitioners couldn’t help looking at this lucky dog chosen by Master Xun, with jealousy.
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