80: Consult the almanac to enter the Heavenly Ladder

At this moment.

Xing Tong was lying on a recliner, leisurely sipping tea. He had just closed a big deal.

"Teacher Xing, congratulations."

"Congratulations for what?"

"You made a huge profit."

Xing Tong crossed his legs. "Heh, it's hard-earned money, all hammered out one strike at a time."

"Why do you have time to come here? Shouldn't you be at Old Ghost Yan's place at this time?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "It's already over."

"I see."

Xing Tong straightened up. "Why? Do you need something?"

"Indeed, I do."

Xiao Weiqing took out the three crimson flame hairs given by Yan Zhao.

"Teacher Xing, can you fuse these three crimson flame hairs into the Crimson Dragon?"

Xing Tong jumped up. "crimson flame hairs!"

"Yan Zhao gave them to you?"

"Teacher Xing, do you know Senior Yan?" Xiao Weiqing asked curiously.

"Nonsense. Who in Luo Jiang Academy doesn't know? Back then, Old Ghost Yan stepped in dog shit and formed a contract with a Crimson Flame Spirit Monkey. He went around the Upper, Middle, and Lower Academies, wishing the whole world knew."

Xiao Weiqing: "..."

"Let's not talk about that."

"You want to fuse the crimson flame hairs into the Crimson Dragon?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "Yes, Teacher Yan said this could allow the Crimson Dragon to upgrade and advance to a Level 4 Spiritual Qi weapon."

Xing Tong said angrily, "What a waste! Don't listen to his nonsense. He's an alchemist; what does he know about Artifact Refining?"

"Let me ask you, how many points is the Crimson Dragon worth?"

Xiao Weiqing replied, "1100 points."

This was the price Wang Hai had sold it to him for.

"That's the selling price; the cost isn't that high."

"Let me ask you again, how many points are these three crimson flame hairs worth?"

Xiao Weiqing realized, "3000 points each. I understand, Teacher Xing, you mean it's a bit of a waste."

Xing Tong said, "It's too wasteful. 3000 each, they are priceless. If you don't want them, I can buy them for 3500 each."

"Then Teacher Xing, what should I do? Keep them for now?"

"Generally, I would advise someone to exchange them for points to increase their strength."

"But you are different."

Xing Tong added, "Although these three crimson flame hairs are not top-tier Heaven And Earth Treasures, they are rare because the Crimson Flame Spirit Monkey clan is not common in Daxia."

"For you, they are rare to come by, especially since you are also a fire-element Technique Cultivator. I advise you to keep them for now."

"These three hairs can be used to forge an awakening weapon in the future."

"awakening weapon? Teacher Xing, what is an awakening weapon?" Xiao Weiqing asked quickly.

"It's the weapon used after Awakening."

Xiao Weiqing: "..."

"Simply put, we generally divide weapons into five Ranks: Ordinary weapon, Spiritual Qi weapon, Elemental weapon, awakening weapon, and companion weapon."

Xing Tong continued, "The crimson flame hairs can serve as Materials for forging your awakening weapon in the future."

"What about a companion weapon?"

Xing Tong drank some tea. "Don't be overly ambitious."

"A companion weapon comes with the Supernatural Awakening. It will strengthen as the owner's strength increases. It exists between reality and illusion and cannot be forged."

"It even grows?" Xiao Weiqing was shocked.

"Exactly, just like a part of the body, otherwise why would it be called a companion weapon?"

"Then an awakening weapon is the best weapon I can have?"

"No, there are also Divine Artifacts."

"Divine Artifacts?"

Xing Tong nodded solemnly. "Yes, Divine Artifacts. Divine Artifacts are nurtured by heaven and earth, and each one possesses incredible abilities."

"Actually, you have seen one too," Xing Tong suddenly smiled.

"Ah?" Xiao Weiqing was stunned. "I have seen one?"

"Yes, but it was a replica."

Xiao Weiqing shook his head blankly.

"Stupid, the azure dragon stele."

"The azure dragon stele? That is a Divine Artifact?"

"The one at the academy is certainly not. Even a 6th-tier azure dragon stele is still a replica. The real azure dragon stele is a Divine Artifact."

"Have you seen it?"

Xing Tong rolled his eyes. "I would like to, but my strength is not enough."

"Your strength is not enough?"

As far as he knew, Xing Tong's strength was also the Sixth Realm. Although he didn't have a combat-type Extraordinary Talent, he must have learned combat-type Innate Skills, so his strength was definitely not weak.

"Is that strange?"

"Most teachers in the academy have not seen it. Ask Zhao Jia, has he seen it?"

"Among your teachers, only Qian Yi and Li Ding have comprehended it; the rest are not strong enough."

Xing Tong took another big gulp of tea. "Let's not talk about this; it's too far away from you."

"What are you going to do with these three crimson flame hairs?"

"I'll keep them for now. Thank you, Teacher Xing."

"It's fine."

"Go find Wang Hai, get a jade box, and keep them well. But if you are short on points and want to sell them one day, remember to find me."

Xiao Weiqing nodded.

After saying goodbye to Xing Tong, he returned to the Villa and put the jade box away.

"It's useless to think about those. I'm following the path of a Technique Cultivator, and the Crimson Dragon is also quite good."

After eating, Xiao Weiqing went to the Body Tempering Tower.

An hour later.

Refined Fire: (247 / 1000) strands.

"It's really slow."

Even though Xiao Weiqing had been going to the Body Tempering Chamber whenever he had time for over a week, the extraction speed of Refined Fire had not increased much.

Now, one extraction only yielded 21 to 23 strands.

You have to know that Qi Fire was refined to Perfection in about 10 days.

Xiao Weiqing now also felt a bit of sympathy for Martial Cultivators, especially Body Cultivators; it was hard to imagine the difficulty of their cultivation.

He had heard in the Upper Academy group these two days that Qin Tian was acting like a madman, going to the Body Tempering Chamber every day for two or three hours at a time.

Other Martial Cultivators were similar; they practically treated the Body Tempering Chamber as their home.

Late at night.

Xiao Weiqing entered the ladder system.

In two days, this month would be over. Having not played in the ladder system for a few days, Xiao Weiqing's ranking had dropped to 50th.

However, Xiao Weiqing didn't care too much. He mainly came to the ladder system to increase his actual combat experience.

Ladder rewards: 1st to 10th place, 3000 to 2100 points. 11th to 100th place are all 2000 points, which made no difference to him.

His ladder points were less than 6000, and 11th place was almost 20,000.

It was impossible to catch up in these two days, and he didn't want to catch up, because everyone's strength was growing every day, and Xiao Weiqing could no longer win so casually.

Every battle required some effort. Before, he basically finished them in a few moves, but now it took some time.

Of course, if he used his strength in the Second Realm, he believed that except for those 11 Rank 6 Trainees, no one could withstand his single-strike victory.

But there was no need. With so many free sparring partners, why not use them? His blade technique and blocking still had a lot of room for improvement.

Furthermore, the matching time was very long now, often starting at several minutes, and he didn't want to waste too much time in the ladder system.

"Match."

"Matching..."

"Match successful."

"Canglan Academy, Zhao Haizhu, Extraordinary Talent, Rank 5."

Xiao Weiqing was surprised, "Good luck, matched in two minutes."

"Huh? Zhao Haizhu?"

"Damn! Why is it you again, Xiao Weiqing?"

A person appeared opposite him, holding a long spear. It was Zhao Haizhu.

The two had fought 4 times, and Zhao Haizhu lost every time.

"Damn it! I didn't check the almanac before entering the ladder system today."