He took an alchemy furnace full of cracks out of his storage bag.
This alchemy furnace was none other than the Wood Origin Alchemy Furnace he had previously purchased at the market.
Equipment Name: Wood Origin Alchemy Furnace
Equipment Quality: Green
Equipment Effect: alchemy experience +30%, Minor Accomplishment in Alchemy, Great Accomplishment in Fire Control
Although he had never used this alchemy furnace to refine any pills, he often kept it equipped in his equipment slot to constantly ponder over alchemy experience.
Among these, what Zhang Yan found most frustrating was the Minor Accomplishment in Alchemy.
He had originally thought that the Minor Accomplishment in Alchemy referred to all pills, but after careful contemplation, he discovered it only applied to the refinement of a pill called Qi Gathering Pill.
Thinking about it carefully, this was actually quite normal.
After all, this Wood Origin Alchemy Furnace itself was not a particularly good furnace; it was merely a mid-grade first-tier furnace. Most people who used such a furnace only mastered the refinement of a single type of pill.
Moreover, as he stroked the cracks on it.
Zhang Yan strongly suspected that the cracks were actually caused by that alchemist making a mistake while refining pills, leading to a furnace explosion.
After all...
The purpose of an alchemy furnace is only to refine pills; it cannot be taken out as a magic tool for combat.
Therefore, the cracks on it could only have been caused by a furnace explosion...
"Fortunately, however, it still retained the Entry for Minor Accomplishment in Alchemy. Although it only applies to one type of pill, it is enough for me."
The Qi Gathering Pill is a type of pill frequently used in the early Qi Refining Stage. Using one can be worth several days of ascetic cultivation.
However, the price is somewhat expensive; a single pill costs a full 10 spirit stones, which ordinary cultivators cannot bear to spend.
"It is still because the number of alchemists in the Qingheng Sect is insufficient." He sighed deeply; the number of alchemists in the Qingheng Sect was not high.
There was not even a peak belonging to alchemists among the five peaks of the Qingheng Sect; they only occupied one of the twelve mountains.
Therefore, the quantity of pills circulating in the Qingheng Sect market was not high. Although it was much better than that of rogue cultivators, it was still far behind those sects that had a large number of alchemists.
Just like the few pills that Steward Bai gave him, they included a bottle of Qi Gathering Pills, while the rest were worthless pills like Inedia Pills and Detoxification Pills.
This was also the reason why Zhang Yan had not used any pills despite cultivating for such a long time; there was no other reason, the price was too expensive, and he could not afford the consumption!
But now that he had some spare money, he naturally had to buy a batch of materials to see if he could refine some pills.
In Zhang Yan's heart.
High-quality magic tools with entries, pills, and farming.
High-quality magic tools with entries were the most important, just like this Wood Origin Alchemy Furnace; he bought it without hesitation the moment he saw it.
The reason was also very simple.
The alchemy skill was a top-grade skill.
He did not know when he would encounter the next suitable magic tool with an alchemy skill that he could afford, so as long as one appeared, he absolutely could not let it go.
After harvesting all the spirit rice and selling it for spirit stones, he handed a portion to the Sect Affairs Hall and entered the market with the remaining spirit stones.
This was his second time coming to the market.
The surroundings were still extremely lively, and those coming and going were all disciples of the Qingheng Sect, so everyone was not very nervous.
It is said that one needs to be careful after entering markets outside the sect; if one is not careful, they will be killed for their treasures, which is extremely dangerous.
However, the market inside the Qingheng Sect did not have this problem.
Even if someone had the audacity to do so, they would not dare to kill and rob others under the eyes of a Golden Core Ancestor.
After wandering around a few times.
Zhang Yan let out a long sigh; there were surprisingly no magic tools in this market that caught his eye.
This did not mean that the magic tools in the market were bad.
In fact, there were indeed many good magic tools in the market.
However, most of these magic tools were brand new, and the entries on them were only the ones they came with.
For him, the cost-effectiveness was not high.
What he wanted were magic tools with special entries.
He strolled around the market again.
He had already made up his mind that if there were no magic tools with special entries, he would rather not buy anything than spend money casually.
Every single one of his spirit stones was hard-earned money!
"Hmm?"
While passing by a stall, Zhang Yan suddenly gave a soft exclamation, and then his gaze turned to a corner of the stall.
There lay a mask that was only half-complete.
Equipment Name: Mask of Concealment
Equipment Quality: Blue
Equipment Effect: Spiritual Sense Resistance (can resist spiritual sense detection), Breath Concealment Technique (Perfection) (can hide one's own aura)
"Hmm?"
"This mask is not bad!"
Seeing the two entries on the mask, Zhang Yan immediately widened his eyes.
He never expected that there would actually be a Perfection-level skill on this mask.
Moreover, the mask's inherent spiritual sense resistance was also very useful to him.
Thinking of this, he came to the side of the stall, squatted down, and asked the stall owner, "Senior Brother, how much for this mask?"
The stall owner was a Daoist in his forties with a sallow complexion.
He looked Zhang Yan up and down.
Seeing that Zhang Yan was already at the Qi Refining Second Level at such a young age, a hint of solemnity appeared on his face.
"Greetings, Junior Brother. I obtained this mask while training outside the sect, but unfortunately, the mask was already broken when I got it.
The reason Junior Brother noticed the mask must be because you could not detect it with your spiritual sense, right?"
"That is correct."
Zhang Yan nodded. During the Qi Refining Stage, one's spirit has not yet condensed, so one does not have spiritual sense, but one does have spiritual sense, which is considered a simplified version of spiritual sense. Generally speaking, it can only detect oneself, and when necessary, it can detect a distance of two or three zhang around one's body.
"It might be because the mask is broken that it cannot be scanned now, but after wearing it on the face, it can still be discovered by others..."
When the sallow-faced Daoist said this, he showed a look of regret.
If this mask were not broken.
It would definitely be an extraordinary treasure.
But now that it was broken and only half remained, it basically had no value.
Every time he thought of this, the sallow-faced Daoist's heart felt more painful than being stabbed by a knife.
If this magic tool were complete, considering its special effect of resisting spiritual sense, it could at least be sold for hundreds of spirit stones, even more expensive than some high-grade magic artifacts.
Unfortunately.
It is broken.
It is worthless!
However, this was good news for Zhang Yan.
Because he did not care about the equipment itself, as long as there were entries on the equipment.
To others, it was something worthless, but to him, it was a priceless treasure.
Today, he had picked up a huge bargain!
"No matter, I just think it looks good and want to use it as an accessory. Senior Brother, name a price." Although he was secretly happy, he did not show too much expression on his face and just casually found an excuse.
Anyway, he was not old, and this excuse was perfectly plausible.
"If Junior Brother does not mind, then let's say 15 spirit stones." The Daoist pondered for a moment and said to Zhang Yan.
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