Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 59 Well, just make do with it...
"Methods to speed up cultivation? There are many." Ban Yilou stroked his beard and said slowly, shaking his head, "For example, cultivate for six hours a day, eight hours... or twelve hours? Well, these are the three most commonly used methods."
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"What's wrong? It's not enough?"
"Then there are four other methods: practicing for seven hours, nine hours, ten hours, and eleven hours."
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"What's wrong? Seven isn't enough?"
"Enough." Tang Zheng half-closed his eyes and looked at him, "Besides, I think the method of practicing for twelve hours is very, very good."
"Uh..." Ban Yiluo sat up straight.
"Is there any elixir that can allow people to practice continuously for twelve hours without sleeping? If so, why don't you take it out quickly?" Tang Zheng said with a smile.
Ban Yilou, who originally wanted to play a trick on Tang Zheng, was so angry that he broke down again: "What the hell! How can there be such a pill!"
"Hahahahahaha..." Tang Zheng pounded the table again.
Not to mention that there is no such elixir, even if there really is, Tang Zheng would not use it.
Twelve hours a day, that is, twenty-four hours of non-stop practice, who knows how to overdraw the body's potential?
Ban Yilou's old face turned red and white, and he tapped his nose sullenly: "If your strength can be improved as fast as you said, it would be more than enough! When I was your age, I couldn't even get enough food, but I insisted on practicing star power every day. Under such difficult conditions, my strength was still a little stronger than yours!"
"It took you more than 20 years to become just a little bit stronger than me?" Tang Zheng looked curious.
"It's already pretty good!" Ban Yilou blushed again, "Besides, aren't the conditions there tough?"
"Yeah, yeah." Tang Zheng nodded quickly and didn't criticize Ban Yilou on this issue.
According to what Ban Yilou said, there are probably quite a few people who take more than 20 years to cultivate to the high level of one star or the peak of one star.
Then what does it mean that he has already reached the intermediate level of one star after only traveling here for more than a month?
"No, pride is the mother of success... Oh, no, no..." Tang Zheng resolutely extinguished his arrogant and complacent thoughts, and strived to be a humble and studious young man with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor. "Then, let me ask Master Ban in a different way. Are the box of 'Golden Fragrance Baimei Dan' and the piece of [Purple Jade True Luan Pendant] in the cabinet suitable for one-star use? How is the effect?"
Since you can’t cast it yourself, can’t you just buy a ready-made one?
Ban Yilou felt much more relieved when he heard his tone change: "Golden Fragrance Hundred Plum Pill is the best pill sold outside Tianyi Valley, but I don't recommend using it casually."
"Oh? Why?" Tang Zheng asked.
“Golden Fragrance Hundred Plum Pill is not an elixir to assist cultivation, but an elixir that directly increases star power! This kind of free star power that has not been condensed by your own star veins has no main star attributes, and is far less handy to use than the star power formed by the star tide…” Ban Yilou shook his head, “With an unstable foundation, forcing things to grow is not a good choice!”
"Is it the same as the Duanxu Pill you gave me the first time?" Tang Zheng remembered the pill that Ban Yiluo casually threw to him when he first came to Jubao Pavilion.
"Almost. However, compared with the Jinxiang Baimei Pill, the Duanxu Pill can only be regarded as dregs. Both Duanxu Pill and Jinxiang Baimei Pill are refined to cope with the examinations of certain sects with specific star power requirements. For you, this kind of thing can only do harm and no benefit." Ban Yilou said, stroking his beard.
Tang Zheng recalled that after he took the Duanxu Pill, not long after, the Double Stars entered the palace and lit up one star. Then, the star power in his body was washed twice by the power of the Double Stars...
Therefore, he really couldn't tell which was the star power generated by the star tide and which was the free star power that was difficult to grasp.
Although Ban Yilou always spoke to him in a nasty way, he probably wouldn't harm him, so when Ban Yilou said that it was not recommended to use Jinxiang Baimeidan, he put it aside for the time being.
"As for pills, the 'Heze Pills' are enough." Ban Yilou skillfully took out a box of pills from the shelf in the outer pavilion. "I know you have money, but you don't need expensive and good pills since you are only a one-star mid-level one. On the contrary, because the potency of the medicine is too strong, it may have side effects on you."
"Okay, then let's order 'Heze Maru'." Tang Zheng paid readily.
“As for the [Purple Jade True Luan Pendant]… you really know how to pick. In the Jubao Pavilion in Wulong Town, there is no better pendant than this one!” Ban Yilou said.
Tang Zheng smiled and said, "Just look at the most expensive one, right? Everyone who comes will choose!"
Ban Yilou said: "In fact, the token of your friend that you brought back earlier is already a very good training accessory. The craftsmanship in the relief is definitely at the master level."
"Fu Ke?" Tang Zheng's ears pricked up.
"Well, all arrays that assist in cultivation must be engraved with purple gold. There are three types of engraving: relief engraving, clear engraving, and dark engraving! The relief engraving is the kind you brought before. The array pattern floats on the surface of the substrate. With the passage of time and wear, the effect of the array pattern will become worse and worse. Of course, this is also the fastest and most common way to engrave an array."
"Which type is the [Purple Jade True Luan Pendant]?" Tang Zheng continued to ask.
"The [Purple Jade True Luan Pendant] is a Qing-carved one, which means that the array grooves are first carved on the base material, and then the array is formed with purple gold. Bailianfang has a lot of experience in purple gold array carving, but they are not good at carving precise and beautiful array grooves on jades of different materials... Therefore, all the Qing-carved pendants are first processed by the Yaoshan tribe, and then handed over to Bailianfang for production. Each of them is not only a hanging array to assist cultivation, but also a work of art."
Tang Zheng understood what he heard here.
Based on his understanding of the Yaoshan tribe, there is only one thing that is produced in high quantity in the Yaoshan tribe, and that is handsome men and beautiful women. Apart from this, the production of all other items is shockingly low!
Therefore, ornaments carved in the Qing Dynasty are already extremely rare.
No wonder there is only this one item in the cabinet of Jubao Pavilion.
However, Tang Zheng remembered that Ban Yilou also mentioned An Ke: "Then...what about An Ke?"
"Hidden engraving is a magical craft. The purple gold array pattern is engraved into the middle of the jade, but the jade itself is not damaged at all!" Ban Yilou sighed, "It's a pity that the craft of hidden engraving has been lost."
After Ban Yiluo said the second half of his sentence, Tang Zheng couldn't even ask the following question "how much?"
Without damaging the jade, the purple gold array pattern was carved into the middle of the jade. It sounds like a very high-end skill.
Unfortunately, it was lost...
"There are not many engraved ornaments left now. Most of them are passed down from generation to generation. It is impossible to sell them." Ban Yilou said to Tang Zheng helplessly.
Since there was nothing to sell, Tang Zheng naturally had no choice but to grab a few purple gold coins from the shopping bag: "Then let's go with the [Purple Jade True Luan Pendant]. It's the best one at the moment, after all. I'll just make do with it..."
Ban Yiluo's face twitched again.
That piece of jewelry cost as much as one hundred and eighty taels of purple gold!
And on Tang Zheng’s flyer, the price was as high as three hundred taels of purple gold!
Such a rare piece of Qing Dynasty carved pendant was only described by him as "just make do with it", which was really embarrassing for Jubao Pavilion.
Tang Zheng had already called Tang Xiaotang in: "Xiaotang, have you prepared the list of goods for the next batch?"
Because the demand for purchasing on behalf of others is so great, it is impossible to go to the cabinet for everyone, so Tang Xiaotang’s current arrangement is to buy in batches of ten, and only go in once after receiving ten deposits.
Tang Xiaotang looked at the list in her hand: "Soon, nine."
"When you go in later, please help me bring something out as well." Tang Zhengdao.
"Okay. What do you want?" Tang Xiaotang asked.
"Purple Jade True Luan Pendant." Tang Zheng said.
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, Tang Zixie outside said to Xiaotang: "Xiaotang, come out and remember, the young man outside wants the Purple Jade True Luan Pendant!"
Tang Xiaotang and Ban Yilou were both stunned.
What surprised Tang Xiaotang was that it was such a coincidence that the thing Tang Zhenggang wanted was actually wanted by someone else outside.
Ban Yilou was surprised. The original price of the [Purple Jade True Luan Pendant] was as high as one hundred and eighty taels of purple gold, and the price on Tang Zheng's flyer was as high as three hundred taels. He was absolutely sure that no one in Wulong Town could afford the huge sum of three hundred taels of purple gold to buy this pendant!
"Hey, which brother and I have such a good understanding?" Tang Zheng raised his eyebrows and stood up with a smile.
