Chapter 768: Chapter 475: 7th Rank! Divine Weapon! [Thanks to the grand patron ’Endless Path’ for the 5000 reward!]

As for creating a ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Secret Method’ based on the weapon, don’t even think about it. It’s difficult for even the refiner themselves to create a fifth-rank secret method from the successful foundation of the fourth-rank Purple Gold Shuttle. Perhaps the ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Shuttle’ was wrong from the start.

Not to mention whether it’s possible to create a corresponding secret method from the ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Shuttle’, even if someone could, they would at least need to be at the sixth rank or even War God level.

But at that level, the demand for fifth-rank odd weapons is almost nil.

"Chicken ribs!"

Yan Chuan completely understood why such an apparently powerful treasure is overlooked, indeed tasteless when utilized.

But he is different—

"I have ’Treasure Rock,’ the ’Purple Gold Shuttle’ is now at the fifth rank, only usable by third-rank, fourth-rank at most fifth-rank Divine Generals, but I can upgrade it anytime. Sixth rank, seventh rank is not a dream, it can always be used."

"I also have ’Derivation Skill’, the fourth level of ’Derivation Skill’ allows me to gain relevant inspiration from certain traces, items, or environments—"

"Items."

"Does the ’Purple Gold Shuttle’ count?"

"Combine the ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Shuttle’ with the ’Fourth Rank Purple Gold Secret Method’, and even integrate the five forms of the ’Purple Gold Shuttle’ with the martial arts I’ve cultivated like ’Dugu Nine Swords’, ’Six Meridian Divine Sword’, ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’, and using ’Derivation Skill’ to extrapolate, there is complete hope to create a stronger, more special secret method and martial arts that fully unleash all the power of the ’Purple Gold Shuttle’!"

With ’Derivation Skill’ in hand, the world is mine!

Purple Gold Shuttle!

Purchased!

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[Miracle Item·Purple Gold Shuttle (Level 50): Entirely purple-golden in color, with very dense patterns, rod-shaped, sharp at both ends, slightly thicker in the middle. Composed of 365 palm-sized small shuttles. There are five forms, each form is divided into three layers, the first form is called ’Purple Gold Sword’, composed of 365 small shuttles forming a great sword, sharp, heavy, and indestructible. The second form is called ’Mountain Drilling Cone’, which can rapidly drill underground and inside mountains. The third form is called ’Heavy Mountain Shield’, small shuttles form a shield, indestructible. The fourth form is called ’Heavy Mountain Armor’, small shuttles form armor, indestructible. The fifth form is called ’Purple Gold Battle Boots’, which can at least double the speed of a third-rank Divine General to a maximum of tripling it.]

(Upgradable with ten times Spiritual.)

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"Level 50."

"Fifth-Rank Limit."

Holding the newly acquired ’Purple Gold Shuttle’, Yan Chuan immediately broke apart the ’Second Rank·Sky Collapse Earth Sinking Purple Gold Hammer’, impatiently infusing spiritual energy to check its level, unexpectedly reaching Level 50.

"Fifth-rank limit odd weapon, even regular weapons like knives, swords, and spears sell for no less than 180 or 200. With odd weapons like ’Purple Gold Shuttle’, they can at least double that, easily selling for 400 Primordial Pills, approaching the price of sixth-rank odd weapons."

But the problem lies in that the ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Shuttle’ lacks a corresponding secret method to activate and use, which greatly devalues this odd weapon, allowing Yan Chuan to snag it as an overlooked gem.

"Indeed, I need to be out more."

If I didn’t come out.

If I didn’t come to Five Blessings City.

If I didn’t come to Feiyu Trading Company.

How would such an opportunity fall into Yan Chuan’s hands?

"The ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Shuttle’ only has the ’Fourth Rank Purple Gold Secret Method’, allowing only the most basic first layer of the Purple Gold Shuttle’s five forms to be used, and it’s very slow, requiring at least a few minutes of careful assembly."

A few minutes?

Usually, it’d be very short, but in intense combat, it’s basically a no-go.

This secret method—

First, it cannot change to a new form during battle.

Second, even the complete power of the first layer of the five forms is hard to fully realize, not even unleashing the power of a fifth-rank odd weapon, only equivalent to an ordinary fourth-rank odd weapon.

In summary, it cannot sell at a high price, even with Feiyu Trading Company listing it for 60 Primordial Pills, many inquiring but none buying.

Only Yan Chuan.

Bought it on the spot.

"The treasure is good, it’s worth the 60 Primordial Pills, but still pricey!" Yan Chuan was delighted with his bargain but helpless when paying.

Last month on the twenty-fifth, when Tan Yunqing first returned after a withdrawal, Yan Chuan had a cash flow of up to 38 Primordial Pills on him. At that time, he was very wealthy, spending 30 Primordial Pills in one go on resources for cultivation at Innate Third Layer, not batting an eye, shocking Situ Fei.

Afterwards, payments for wages to Situ Fei and other innates cost 2 Primordial Pills, leaving only 6 Primordial Pills.

On the first of April, within five or six days, ’Star Transformation Original Stone Shop’ brought Yan Chuan another 6 Primordial Pills of income, plus Yan Chuan’s own gambling stone gains, the funds increased to 15 Primordial Pills once again.

Then, the ’Divine General List’ was released by Wanxiang Pavilion, scaring Yan Chuan away, temporarily closing down ’Star Transformation Original Stone Shop’, cutting off Yan Chuan’s biggest cash flow source, and temporarily halting his gambling stone earnings in Golden Talisman City, leading to a state of living on savings.

A few days ago, Tan Yunqing went to the Northern Continent for a second withdrawal. This time, including Zhang Tao’s 20 Primordial Pills and eight new monthly subscribers, and some scattered remittances, Tan Yunqing fetched back a total of 30 Primordial Pills for Yan Chuan.

15+30.

Yan Chuan arrived in Five Blessings City with over 40 Primordial Pills in funds.

But it still wasn’t enough.

Leaving aside the needs for cultivation in the coming days, he was nearly twenty short.

Fortunately, Tan Yunqing did not only withdraw money this trip but also helped sell some of the ’Third-Rank Gold Talisman Stones’ that Yan Chuan had figured out but hadn’t yet sold over the past month—

"Third-Rank Gold Earth Dual Attribute Gold Talisman Stone, 4,850 catties of Essence Stone."

"Third-Rank Earth Attribute, 9,520 catties of Essence Stone."

"Third-Rank Gold Attribute, 1 Primordial Pill."

"Third-Rank Mutated Thunder Attribute, 2 Primordial Pills."

Over ten Third-Rank Gold Talisman Stones, some forty Second-Rank Gold Talisman Stones were sold by Tan Yunqing in the Northern Continent, fetching 34 Primordial Pills, surprisingly about ten percent higher than in Golden Talisman City, and if not urgently sold, prices could’ve been even higher, an unexpected delight, turning Yan Chuan’s previous operation of ’Star Transformation Original Stone Shop’ into a joke—

"Should’ve done this sooner!"

With the Fifteen States of Great Yan as a stepping stone, Yan Chuan can easily shuttle through the Mountain and Sea Realm’s Yu Fang Dynasty’s Mo Yin continent once of the thirteen regions, selling here and there, how could he ever lack Primordial Pills?

What was the point of painstakingly managing ’Star Transformation Original Stone Shop’?

Of course.

If it wasn’t for Tan Yunqing joining, if there wasn’t such a great expert to command, Yan Chuan couldn’t run around by himself, it would be a waste of time, as for Ding Xiang and Situ Fei, newly promoted innates, lacking strength, carrying large funds would be unsafe.

Then there’s Chen Ze.

But although Chen Ze is strong, he has his shortcomings.

Until Tan Yunqing arrived—

Withdrawal.

Shipment.

From then on, it was easy and stable.

After selling this batch of 34 Primordial Pills’ worth of Gold Talisman Stones, Yan Chuan still has Second-Rank and Third-Rank Raw Stones from his previous hoarding in Golden Talisman City yet to refine, worth about sixty to seventy more Primordial Pills, Yan Chuan nearly wiped the slate clean of single attribute, mutated attribute, balanced attribute of second-rank, especially third-rank dual attributes, gold and earth single attributes, thunder mutated attributes in major raw stone markets in Golden Talisman City.

This alone, hundreds of Primordial Pills worth of Gold Talisman Stones could’ve created a trading volume of at least ten times, over a thousand Primordial Pills in Golden Talisman City, all swept by Yan Chuan to fatten himself alone.

Remaining 15.

Withdrawal 30.

Sold 34.

Yan Chuan came prepared, with nearly 80 Primordial Pills to Five Blessings City, buying the ’Fifth Rank Purple Gold Shuttle’ requires only 60 Primordial Pills, more than enough.

Purple Gold Shuttle in hand.

But after this—

"I only have less than 20 Primordial Pills in cash on hand, and even after refining all the remaining third-rank and second-rank Gold Talisman Stones, I can sell at most another 70 Primordial Pills."

Yan Chuan!

Is poor!

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"Thank you for your patronage, welcome to visit again." The attendant completed a big transaction, beaming with joy, and handed Yan Chuan a brochure: "We’re holding an auction in ’Five Blessings City’ in ten days, showcasing many rare materials, Spirit Pills, surprise weapons, exotic treasures, etc., for auction. If you’re interested, feel free to come by."

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"Auction."

After leaving Feiyu Trading Company, Yan Chuan casually flipped through the brochure in his hand, which introduced some treasures that will be auctioned at the auction—

"’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ set, the ’Eight Gates Holy Element Array’ is similar to the ’Five Elements Release Origin Array’, which releases the essence energy from Essence Stones, with approximately eighty percent utilization rate." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

But unlike the ’Divine General’s Courtyard’ in Golden Talisman City, this ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ set is portable, usable anywhere, anytime, even in the wilderness, for temporary cultivation.

Seems somewhat chicken ribbed.

After all, in the city, ’Divine General’s Courtyard’ is more than enough.

Outside the city, there’s the ’Primordial Pill’.

The actual utility of this ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ isn’t much.

But on second thought—

"’Eight Gates Holy Element Array’ does increase efficiency over ’Primordial Pill’ by twenty percent, though cumbersome, there will be those willing to use it, just not sure if any Divine General who cares for this twenty percent can afford this array flag set."

"Or not."

"There are also caravan and escort agencies, who should be very interested."

Yan Chuan casually skimmed over the Feiyu Trading Company auction catalog, focusing on the items—

Apart from this set of ’Eight Gates Holy Yuan Array Flag’ personally refined by Five Blessings City Lord and Array Master ’Zhonghang Lu’, the most intriguing item at this auction for Yan Chuan was a seventh-rank odd weapon—

"Seventh rank."

"God Slaying Spear!"

Yan Chuan doesn’t use a spear, he’s not interested in this seventh-rank odd weapon but in the seventh-rank odd weapon itself.

In the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Peak State often use third-rank odd weapons.

First Rank Divine Generals often use fourth-rank odd weapons.

Second Rank and Third Rank Divine Generals often use fifth-rank odd weapons.

Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank Divine Generals often use sixth-rank odd weapons.

Beyond Sixth Rank Divine Generals, the pursuit is seventh rank or even higher-grade odd weapons.

But this is the usual situation.

In fact.

Many Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank Divine Generals do not own sixth-rank odd weapons, dirt poor. A sixth-rank odd weapon costs at least 500 Primordial Pills, and the monthly income of Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank Divine Generals is generally just two or three, even one or two Primordial Pills, plus the cost of cultivation, who knows when they could save up 500 Primordial Pills to buy a sixth-rank odd weapon?

Poor!

Too poor!

Only a tiny handful of Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank Divine Generals own sixth-rank odd weapons, yet they still seek the elusive seventh-rank odd weapons.

Some even rarer Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank Divine Generals, due to opportunities or background or wealth, have seventh-rank odd weapons on hand.

Different situations.

Different Divine Generals.

Cannot be generalized.

But the distinctiveness of ’seventh-rank odd weapons’ is undeniable—

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