Am I the only one who didn't get reborn?

Chapter 21 Help!

The various alchemy halls were all built with spirit wood, while this weapon-refining hall was constructed entirely of stone covered with strange runes.

Although it is made of stone, it is forged with exquisite craftsmanship and is adorned with gold, stone and jade artifacts.

Disciples of the sect carried various materials and magical artifacts, entering and exiting the different stone chambers.

However, some people came to the center carrying what appeared to be forged magical artifacts.

Incantations appeared and floated on the huge pillar of light in the very center, and the disciples presented their magical treasures to the pillar of light.

Su Buxing noticed that a spell character on the pillar of light suddenly flashed, and the disciple immediately cheered.

However, other disciples also offered up their refined magical treasures, but not only did they not react, the treasures also suddenly lost their luster.

Perhaps noticing Su Buxing and Zhi Luyao looking over there with curiosity, Ruoyun spoke up to explain: "That is a magic weapon forged by a Supreme Elder of the Refining Peak hundreds of years ago. It has the function of appraising magic weapons. When the disciples send their refined magic weapons over, if the incantations on them light up, it means that the magic weapon has been successfully refined. Otherwise, if there is no movement, it means that the refinement has failed."

Zhi Luyao, curious, pressed further, "I saw that senior sister's magic weapon light up with two incantations..."

Ruoyun smiled and explained, "One incantation means that the magic weapon has entered the mortal realm and can be called a magic weapon. Two incantations make it a second-level magic weapon. Magic weapons, like pills, also have grades. Grades one to nine are magic weapons, and above that are spiritual treasures. Spiritual treasures are usually only possessed by Golden Core cultivators. As for anything above that, there are ancient treasures. I have never seen one, but I have heard that even Nascent Soul cultivators rarely possess ancient treasures."

At this point, Ruoyun looked at the pillar of light in the center of the main hall: "That magic weapon is a third-grade spiritual treasure. However, we still call it a magic weapon, since we are most familiar with magic weapons. Many disciples have never even heard of spiritual treasures. They may only be able to come into contact with one when they reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

Su Buxing and Zhi Luyao both nodded.

However, Su Buxing seemed to remember something and looked at Ruoyun with a puzzled expression: "Senior Sister, is the treasure pavilion we're going to full of magical treasures?"

Ruoyun nodded: "Yes, there are items from the first to the ninth grade, but what grade you get depends on your luck and fortune. However, as far as I know, there are very few magic treasures of the sixth grade or above. Most of them are kept in the treasure pavilions of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. So, after you go in, remember not to pick randomly, but to look carefully."

Upon hearing this, Su Buxing began to make plans in his mind.

After all, if you're going to sell it for money, the higher the grade, the better. And according to what Senior Sister Ruoyun said, Foundation Establishment cultivators all want those high-grade magic treasures.

At least they're in the Foundation Establishment stage, those people are definitely rich!

But the problem is...

It's a matter of luck.

"Senior brother, you are truly skilled! You have successfully integrated Senior Brother Kunlu's wisp of spiritual fire into your precious fan!"

"That's right, that's right! From now on, Senior Brother, the power of your fan will greatly increase. Any magic weapon below the third rank will have to give way to your flames unless they have special methods!"

……

As Su Buxing followed Ruoyun toward one side of the main hall, he saw several people surrounding a male cultivator holding a crimson fan, on which fiery red threads constantly drifted.

Perhaps sensing Su Buxing's gaze, the man also looked over.

However, upon seeing Ruoyun, they immediately greeted her and dared not say anything more, as did the others around them.

Ruoyun smiled and returned the greeting without saying anything more, and continued to lead Su Buxing and Zhi Luyao toward the treasure pavilion.

This is a side hall.

The words "Treasure Trove" are prominently displayed on the plaque above the main gate of the hall.

Ruoyun explained from the side that the treasure pavilion has five floors in total. The outermost floor is the treasure pavilion for those in the Qi Refining stage, while the innermost floor contains the sect's most valuable treasures.

Su Buxing nodded, but before he could speak, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared in front of him without anyone noticing.

The moment the man appeared, Su Buxing noticed him immediately and took two steps back.

Ruoyun, standing to the side, immediately clasped her hands in a respectful bow and said, "Greetings, Uncle Qi."

The man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, barefoot, with his shirt open and a small hammer hanging from his waist. He had short hair, but a belt around his forehead. His resolute face was somewhat unkempt, and he had a stubble beard. "Hahaha, brat, your senses are pretty good. You sensed me before Ruoyun and Zhiya."

Uncle Qi placed a hand on Su Buxing's shoulder, a smile on his face, full of satisfaction: "Good physique! You were able to comprehend the path of body cultivation on your own. Once you reach Foundation Establishment, I'll personally test this body cultivation technique you gleaned from the farmland!"

Su Buxing immediately clasped his hands in thanks: "Thank you for your kindness, Uncle-Master."

Uncle Qi smiled and then looked at Zhi Luyao.

Knowing that Lu Yao clearly recognized Uncle Qi, he immediately said, "Uncle Qi."

Uncle Qi waved his hand: "Girl, don't be so polite with me. I'm quite familiar with the route I took to pick you up from the capital of Great Xia."

After saying that, he looked at Zhi Luyao and shook his head: "Originally, you chose the unscrupulous senior brother's Little Farm Peak, which made me furious. But you are a lucky girl. As soon as you went there, your senior brother returned to the Golden Core stage, and you also benefited and entered the seventh level. Not bad! But remember, I still say the same thing: if you want to come to the Weapon Refining Peak, the door is always open for you."

Zhi Luyao bowed again. This Uncle Qi was one of the three Golden Core cultivators who had taken her to the Fengling Sect. Along the way, he had talked to her about choosing the Refining Peak, but just like before, Zhi Luyao said, "Thank you, Uncle Qi, but Luyao is already a disciple of the Xiaonong Peak."

Uncle Qi laughed heartily, not caring at all. He took a step back and gently waved his hand, and the treasure pavilion door swung open with a roar.

Uncle Qi laughed and said, "What are you two here for? Senior Brother Sect Leader has already told me. Go in and choose for yourselves. But I can tell you, in the Qi Refining stage warehouse, there is currently one item of grade eight, one item of grade seven, eight items of grade six, and a lot more, about four or five hundred miscellaneous items. Whether you can get these items of grade six or above depends on your luck."

Before he finished speaking, Uncle Qi slapped his forehead: "I forgot, there's a bunch of materials. I remember throwing a piece of gilded metal in there. If you can find it, it's yours. I think it was thrown there because it had too many impurities."

Su Buxing looked at Uncle Qi: "Uncle Qi, is it okay to choose whatever you want?"

Uncle Qi's lips curled up: "Hahahaha, if you have the ability to tell the grade, then use whatever means you want."

Ruoyun glanced at Su Buxing, and had a feeling that this junior brother Su was going to do something.

But upon closer reflection, Junior Brother Su was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining and had no foundation in weapon crafting. How could he possibly discern the grade of a magic weapon? Moreover, to discern the grade of a sixth-grade magic weapon, one would need at least the Great Perfection of Qi Refining cultivation. As for seventh-grade and higher, one would need to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Su Buxing stopped arguing and bowed to Uncle Qi before heading towards the gate.

Zhi Luyao naturally greeted him and hurriedly followed behind his senior brother.

In her past life, Lu Yao would have been able to identify high-grade magic weapons, but now... she can only rely on luck and her past life's experience.

But Lu Yao's heart wasn't in this matter, because she knew that this was just the sect leader sending things, but the real fortune lay elsewhere, which she just couldn't go to yet.

"This kid looks effeminate, but he's not effeminate at all. Why did Junior Brother Liu tell me that this kid is like a woman?" Uncle Qi muttered as he watched Su Buxing and the other person step into the main hall.

After muttering this, he turned to look at Ruoyun and saw that Ruoyun was eating something in her hand. He immediately stepped forward and said, "You brat, you haven't changed your gluttonous habit since you were a child. What are you eating? Give your uncle one."

Ruoyun turned around, stuffed the snacks into her bosom, and shook her head at Uncle Qi.

……

Inside the treasure vault, there was no exaggerated divine light or river of spiritual energy.

Stepping inside, Su Buxing saw that the place was no different from an ordinary warehouse.

It's just much bigger!

Moreover, many things were placed haphazardly on the ground, thrown into bamboo baskets, or placed on shelves.

Some were packaged in brocade boxes.

Swords, spears, clubs, furnaces, immortal rafts, precious armor, boots, wings, ropes, and so on, all in various shapes and sizes, are available.

After glancing inside the treasure vault, Zhi Luyao looked at Su Buxing and asked, "Senior brother, what should we do..."

But before she could speak, Zhi Luyao noticed Su Buxing's signal for her to stop talking, so she immediately shut up.

Su Buxing looked at Zhi Luyao with a serious expression and lowered his voice: "Junior sister, I have a way for us to choose a high-level magic weapon."

Zhi Luyao looked at Su Buxing with a puzzled expression.

Su Buxing said, "Let's go."

Having said that, he walked to a bamboo basket and casually picked up a sword from inside.

Meanwhile, the fingers of the other hand twitched slightly.

Wow!

Suddenly, a wisp of crimson flame appeared at Su Buxing's fingertip.

Zhi Luyao's expression froze for a moment. "Spiritual Fire!"

Furthermore, there was astonishment in her eyes. Even though she knew that her senior brother would become the abbot of Baiyujing Temple in the future, the spiritual fire was so pure and simple in color, which showed how pure her senior brother's spiritual power was.

But now my senior brother only seems to be at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Su Buxing touched the hilt of the sword in his hand with his fingertips.

Unexpectedly, the moment the sword hilt touched the crimson flame, the hilt not only changed color instantly, but also seemed to melt.

Su Buxing reacted quickly, immediately throwing the longsword in his hand aside.

Then Su Buxing looked at Zhi Luyao, didn't say anything, but had a look on his face that said, "Let's search like this!"

Upon seeing this, Zhi Luyao raised an eyebrow and looked at his senior brother with a strange expression. Especially when he saw Su Buxing's expression, Zhi Luyao didn't know what to say.

This is Lu Yao's second life; in her previous life, her highest achievement was only the Golden Core stage.

She naturally knew that spiritual fire could destroy magical artifacts.

After all, spiritual fire is no ordinary flame; it is formed from the spiritual energy within a person's body when it reaches a certain level of purity.

Moreover, not everyone can possess a spiritual fire; it is either determined by talent or cultivated later in life.

The power of the spiritual fire depends on the person's cultivation level and the purity of their spiritual energy.

In his previous life, Lu Yao's Nascent Soul stage master possessed a spiritual fire called "Moonlight Fire," whose power was such that even Nascent Soul stage monsters would avoid it. Not to mention magical treasures, even ordinary spiritual treasures would be melted instantly upon contact with it.

but...

Using the spirit fire to choose a magical artifact?

Zhi Luyao looked at his senior brother, unsure of what to say.

But he still clasped his hands and bowed to Su Buxing.

As expected of my senior brother!

As expected of the Abbot of Baiyujing Temple!

To think of such a solution!

Most people wouldn't think of that!

Su Buxing could sense Zhi Luyao's admiration and said seriously, "Junior sister, don't rush to admire me. Let's find one slowly. When the time comes, you can take the eighth-rank one, and the seventh-rank one will be sold by senior brother to make money."

Zhi Luyao immediately nodded, but his gaze also swept over the sword on the ground.

Su Buxing noticed this and said, "It's alright. Didn't that Uncle Qi outside say that any method will do? So even if this is broken, it should be fine. Besides, it's just slightly damaged, not broken."

Zhi Luyao looked at Su Buxing. So, his senior brother had specifically asked about this because...

Thinking of this, he immediately nodded and said, "I'll go and move it over for my senior brother."

After saying that, he went to fetch the magic weapon without looking back.

Su Buxing looked at his junior sister and thought, "Oh, what a wonderful junior sister! She thinks the same way I do everything!"

My dream girl.

In fact, Su Buxing was wondering if his junior sister would dare not do it.

But that put his mind at ease!

Without thinking too much, he turned to look at the magical artifacts placed in front of him.

Just as Su Buxing was about to pick up a small shield and heat it with fire...

[Use the Spirit Fire]

The prompt appears at this time.

Along with this, there is another point: [spiritual fire plays an important role in calamities].

Ignoring what was behind him, Su Buxing looked down at the spirit fire.

"It's not like I'll use it once, and then my spiritual power will surge, and suddenly the flame will turn into a huge torch."

After thinking for a moment, Su Buxing looked at the magical artifact in front of him.

You can't do without baking these treasures, otherwise how can you tell which ones are good just by looking at them?

I can't find it with spiritual power or divine sense.

So Su Buxing started controlling the spiritual energy in his body while planning to roast it.

Having learned from Danfeng's experience, Su Buxing was confident that he couldn't possibly make a mistake!

How could I possibly make a mistake!

Control the spirit fire at your fingertips and send it under the shield.

[Spirit Fire is fun]

The hint appeared as expected.

Upon receiving this prompt, Su Buxing immediately controlled his spiritual energy.

but...

There was no sign of any increase in spiritual power.

Can...

The crimson spirit fire that was originally at Su Buxing's fingertips turned purple in that instant.

The shield, which had only been slightly scorched by the crimson spirit fire and turned black...

It's burning directly!

Just like fire igniting wood, purple flames danced on it.

"Um?"

Su Buxing was stunned for a moment.

But the next moment, a corner of the shield was burned off and fell into the magic item basket below, stained with purple flames.

Wow!

The moment it landed, the entire bamboo basket burst into a raging purple fire!

Su Buxing instinctively stepped back, staring at the purple flames before him: "Huh!?"

……

Meanwhile, outside the treasure vault...

Ruoyun puffed out her cheeks, tears welling in her eyes, and glared angrily at Uncle Qi.

Uncle Qi, holding the cloth wrapped around the pastries, glanced wistfully at his empty palm before turning to Ruoyun: "That's all?"

But seeing Ruoyun's expression, Uncle Qi curled his lips and said, "Why is this girl so stingy? Uncle Qi doesn't eat for nothing. I'll refurbish those sword pellets for you later. With your current cultivation, even if you add fifty more, you should be able to handle them with ease."

Ruoyun was still fuming; she hadn't eaten much!

Uncle Qi spoke up: "Young lady, eat less. Have you forgotten how chubby you were when you were a child?"

After saying that, perhaps feeling guilty, she stopped looking at Ruoyun and instead changed the subject, looking towards the treasure vault door: "I wonder how those two did. If I had known that Su kid had this skill of making ordinary pastries, I should have given him a hint."

As soon as he finished speaking, Uncle Qi was taken aback, then immediately turned around and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Senior Brother Lan."

It was an old man, wearing only a vest, his strong arms exposed. The old man glared at Uncle Qi and said, "You've bullied Ruoyun again! If the sect leader finds out, you'll be assigned more extra work!"

Uncle Qi gave an awkward smile, but looked at his senior brother and said, "Senior brother, what brings you here?"

Senior Brother Lan said, "What's the name of that eldest disciple of Junior Brother Zhao who came to see him?"

Uncle Qi nodded: "Su Buxing."

Senior Brother Lan nodded, then looked at the treasure vault door: "Take whatever you choose, but if that child chooses a first-grade item, change it to a fourth-grade one. After all, he's Junior Brother Zhao's disciple. It's not a high grade, and no one else can say anything about it."

After chuckling, Uncle Qi looked towards the treasure vault door.

"what?"

But when he looked over, Uncle Qi's expression froze.

At this moment, Senior Brother Lan frowned.

Boom!

A loud crash came from the gate.

It looks like someone is banging on the door.

The three senior brothers were all taken aback.

boom!

At that moment, the door was smashed open!

Thick purple smoke billowed out of the gate in an instant.

The purple flames burning throughout the entire treasure vault filled the pupils of the three people.

The three people: "Huh?"

"Help!"

The next moment, the three of them saw Su Buxing rush out of the smoke carrying Zhi Luyao, accompanied by screams.