Section 36 Expected Variables
The earliest Horcrux sold, called "Shuanglu Blood Python Ironwood Sword", from the hands of Feng Huang, hard and abnormal, infused with true yuan, released as a strange snake, the power is not bad, equivalent to sword qi.
The sword itself was mediocre, but the release of Zhenyuan as a strange snake reminded him of the year-end gambling game many years ago, when Wei XVII defeated Kou Yucheng with an iron rod. The "Shuanglu Blood Python Ironwood Sword" is a temptation, a signal, what is Wei Qiqi planning, he must prepare early.
Sure enough, following the "Shuanglu Blood Python Ironwood Sword", three new Horcruxes were placed on the shelves of "Yihu Beads", a sword, an axe, and a whip. The sword and the axe are not enough, but the whip is extraordinary, the head of the whip is half of the human bones, the hands are crossed in front of the chest, the skull's eyes are flashing with blue fire, the whip body is a complete python bone, the texture is excellent, one in a million, and the price is the most expensive.
This python bone whip has a lot of origins, collected from the bones of the heavenly demon beauty python Tong Grandma, one of the "ten sons of Pingyuan" Qi Du refined it into a magic weapon, and painstakingly opened three "voids", passed on to the beloved disciple Sun Ergou, and Sun Ergou was buried in Chixia Valley, possessed by the vine demon, the python bone whip fell into the hands of Lu Wei, and later Yu Yao begged to go, handed it over to Feng Huang, ingested the soul, and achieved the "Horcrux".
In the end, this whip was pocketed by the Poison Sword Sect, and the sword axe fell into the hands of the Imperial Sword Sect, Chu Ge gently let it go, and did not fight with them.
Four Horcruxes, all belong to Kunlun, the monks are envious, there is nothing to complain about, Kunlun is rich, with "flying money" to open the way, and there is no unsightly means, willing to buy and sell, it is reasonable.
Under the auspices of Chu Ge, the monks of Dongming City were summoned and a "tasting meeting" was held, and the four Horcruxes were demonstrated one by one, and all the joints were made public. Everyone looked carefully, the "Horcrux" has very low requirements for cultivation, but it can improve the combat power by one or two levels, comparable to the high-grade magic weapon, and the most important thing is that as long as the materials are abundant, the "Horcrux" can be "customized" and "mass-produced".
"Yi Hu Zhu" is just a façade, the force that is really hidden behind the scenes, is Xiaobai, who received the fallen bird stream from Tianling, the henchman of the city lord Wei XVII, and she has Feng, Wen, and Jin under her command, among which Feng Huang refines the weapon, Wen Shuanglu fights, and Jin Xiaodie collects materials, and they cooperate with each other tacitly.
In the past 20 years, Feng Huang has been immersed in smelting "Horcruxes", and found two more in addition to the known three spirit combinations of "Yang Huo", "Six Earths" and "Shuanglu Blood Python", one is the hook-nosed snake, the joint python, and the four-legged snake treading water, and the other is the red-bellied poisonous spider, the white star spider, the volcanic spider, and the heavenly brute spider.
The combination of these two spirits has extremely high requirements for the tire, Feng Huang has tried his best to refine each into one, the former is the hook bone four beautiful whips, and the latter is the Red Star Futian Sword. The hook bone four beautiful whips used the python bone whip left by Sun Ergou, and the Chixing Futian Sword used the four soul swords left by Deng Yuantong, all of which were not from Feng Huang's hands.
Relying on Feng Huang, Wen Shuanglu, and Jin Xiaodie, their strength is limited, and the scale and progress of refining "Horcruxes" have faced a bottleneck.
This idea, to put it simply, is to remove a few key difficulties and get more people involved. Wei Qiyi understands as soon as he hears it, isn't this "retaining the core technology and outsourcing the foundry"!
He asked Xiaobai to let go, so there was the appearance of "Yizhu Zhu".
In just a few months, the monks of Dongming City have formed a consensus, "Horcrux" will eventually replace the magic weapon, become a necessary means to enhance combat power, the business opportunities and benefits contained in it, is no matter how overestimated it is, "a bead" is likely to become the next "cabinet", missing the "cabinet" can also be said to be a mistake, missing the "bead" is a naked mistake.
Everything was expected, many forces coincidentally expressed their intention to invest, but Xiaobai properly refused, "Horcruxes" kept appearing on the shelves of "Yizhu Zhu", the price became more and more ruthless, everyone's appetite was hung high, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was "building momentum", but no one knew what the real purpose of "building momentum" was.
The Five Elements Sect and the "Cabinet Fang" were not involved, and Chu Ge knew in his heart that if "Yi Hu Zhu" might become the next "Cabinet Fang", then he must abide by his duty and never stretch out his hand to cross the line. The one who controls the "One Hu Pearl" on the bright side can be the Poison Sword Sect, the Imperial Sword Sect, the Immortal Capital Sect, or even an irrelevant loose cultivator, but it will never be the Five Elements Sect.
Just when "Yi Hu Zhu" attracted everyone's attention and its momentum reached its peak, the "Fire Raven Palace" of the fallen bird stream surfaced, Xiao Bai was the hall master, Feng Huang was worshipped, Wen Shuanglu was the deacon, Jin Xiaodie was the disciple, Jin Peiyu, Xia Yihu, and Qian Yuan were put into the Fire Raven Palace, starting from miscellaneous servants, learning to smelt "Horcruxes", and "Yi Hu Zhu" was held by another person from the Xiandu.
This incident sends two signals. 1. The immortals are all the agents of the Fire Raven Hall in Dongming City. Second, the Fire Raven Hall officially began to absorb fresh blood.
Contrary to Chu Ge's guess, from beginning to end, Wei Qiqi did not intervene in the "Yihu Pearl" and "Fire Raven Palace", nor did he give any opinions. Xiaobai has done a good job, interlocking, and not leaking, she has been accustomed to Wei Qiqi's actions over the years, and she has already learned his methods to the fullest, and even Chu Ge has not seen any flaws.
The reason why she chose Xiandu is also out of Qin Zhen's considerations, this city is destined to be left to her, "Yihu Zhu" will split shares in the future, Qin Zhen is bound to hold a considerable share, Xiaobai will play the role of the ghost king, hidden behind the scenes, and become her most solid backing.
Since she was very thoughtful, Wei Qiqi was happy to see it, he let it go, and let Xiao Bai manipulate it, and the Fire Raven Hall soon grew stronger, and the people were thriving, each performing its own duties, and the most critical secret of refining the "Horcrux" was only in the hands of Xiao Bai and Feng Huang from beginning to end, and even Wen Shuanglu knew very little.
As the days passed, under the instruction of Wei XVII, the Red Star Hall of Merit increased the remuneration of the commission, and the "Horcruxes" produced by the Fire Raven Hall were inclined to the low-end, and those high-priced boutiques were certainly monopolized by the wealthy forces, but the low-end "Horcruxes" at a low price also began to flow into the hands of the monks, gradually replacing the magic weapons and magic weapons, injecting new vitality into Dongming City.
This is an era of change, a great change that has not been encountered in tens of thousands of years, and even Wei XVII can't see clearly, where everything he promotes will lead the world. Giving a few commands, making some arrangements, and then waiting to see what a game it was, and if time permitted, he really wanted to play this game for a long time.
However, the unexpected, or should I say, the expected variable, finally appeared.
In the twenty-fourth year of Zhenhai, Lu Sheng came to Red Star City alone.