Chapter 52

Update Time: April 23, 2013

"Life isn't easy for a groundhog!"

Yun Mo looked at himself, covered in mud, and couldn't help but think of the small animals in nature documentaries that dug holes for fun. At the time, he found it amusing, but after studying architecture and having so many handy tools, he found it interesting. Today, he understood the difficulty of those small animals' lives, moving through the ground with their own strength and avoiding predators like owls and snakes. These cute little creatures really had it tough!

"I am a groundhog digging holes to survive!

And people like Gongsun and Cheng Fugui are the snakes and owls, those treacherous scoundrels!

Today, I will make you understand the anger of a groundhog and let you know the revenge of a small person!"

Yun Mo gritted his teeth, found the gap between two thick stone slabs, and carefully pried them open with a spade, revealing a crack. Then he squeezed through it!

"What a grand atmosphere!" Yun Mo thought to himself. He put away his tools and looked around. Inside, it was a holy place for martial arts practice. Countless white pearls, each as big as chicken eggs, were embedded in the walls over ten meters high, illuminating the place brilliantly. Various weapons were neatly arranged on the racks on the left side of the room. Besides the familiar eighteen weapons and bows, there were also many unique weapons specific to this world!

For example, at the head of the metal rack, there was a long golden chain, one end connected to a sharp, conical weapon. This was called a wind spike, a unique weapon. Without the corresponding cultivation technique and a strong physical body, one couldn't use this weapon! This weapon had immense destructive power and a wide range, making it perfect for group battles. Unfortunately, few cultivators knew how to use it, as it was too difficult to master. It required high physical strength and reaction speed, so although it was powerful, it wasn't favored.

Moreover, such a material-intensive weapon, even if made of ordinary metal, would cost a lot of gold coins, let alone this yellow-grade lower-quality weapon with a faint magical aura and hidden spiritual patterns! It would cost millions of gold coins to obtain!

Yun Mo's eyes lit up. He looked at the terrifying weapons on the racks and really wanted to take a few and put them in his storage belt!

But he couldn't do that. If Gongsun discovered any signs of intrusion, given his cautious nature, he wouldn't dare to enter until he investigated thoroughly. Then all his efforts would be in vain, and it would be useless!

"Endure it!" Yun Mo thought to himself, his eyes filled with reluctance as he looked at the yellow-grade lower-quality weapons!

The weapons used by cultivators were divided into many levels. The most common classification was into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mystery, and Yellow. Each grade was further divided into four qualities: Lower, Middle, Upper, and Supreme. Even the lowest yellow-grade lower-quality weapons were extremely expensive! In the city lord's residence, unless one had reached the Heaven Punishment level, they wouldn't dare to use such weapons with various auxiliary attack or defense spells, as it would attract covetous eyes and bring disaster! Therefore, cultivators at the Heaven Protection level generally used weapons made of refined steel, without the spells added by master weapon makers, which were more affordable for people like Hu Changqing.

Such items were too expensive, and if your status was low and your income was not high, you couldn't afford them! Of course, if you had money and were bold, even if your cultivation was low, as long as you weren't afraid of being robbed, you could still buy them at the large market in Ziyeh City that specialized in selling these treasures, but you had to be careful about your safety!

And Gongsun had rows of such weapons, which showed his outstanding ability to amass wealth! He could probably squeeze oil out of a stone, truly a top-notch money-grubber!

Yun Mo's current status was too low, so he had only just seen such yellow-grade offensive weapons. As for higher-level divine weapons, he hadn't had the chance to see them in person!

The memories of Ye Lianhua were not his personal experiences, so they were far less impactful than what he saw with his own eyes! As for the bracelet on Yingying's wrist last night, it was a super protective magical tool that could protect the body and soul, with only a repelling effect, not an offensive weapon. Yun Mo judged that its quality should have reached the Heaven level, a legendary treasure worth a fortune.

To distinguish the quality of weapons, it was actually very simple: observe the spiritual patterns on the weapon!

The spiritual patterns were seals placed on the weapon by soul force cultivators skilled in weapon making during the weapon's formation!

For example, on this wind spike, one could see a wind vortex-like spiritual pattern on the surface of the chain and the sharp cone. It was faint and hard to see clearly unless one had keen eyesight!

This wind vortex-like spiritual pattern was painstakingly carved by a wind-type soul force cultivator. The more powerful the spiritual pattern, the more complex its composition, with no upper limit but a minimum of ten lines!

Ten lines were required for a yellow-grade lower-quality weapon! For each higher quality, the number of lines increased tenfold. In other words, the more complex the spiritual pattern, the higher the weapon's quality!

The wind spike had only 12 lines forming the wind vortex, so the wind-type auxiliary attack power it added wasn't very strong, only about the level of a tenth-grade Heaven Protection cultivator! Therefore, Yun Mo easily determined that it was a yellow-grade lower-quality weapon and one of the lower-quality ones in that grade! Similarly, the bracelet on Yingying's wrist had an astonishing number of spiritual patterns. Yun Mo secretly calculated that it reached the Heaven level.

But even a yellow-grade lower-quality weapon like this, Yun Mo couldn't afford before today, no wonder he was tempted!

In front of the weapon racks was a training ground paved with half-meter-thick stone slabs! The stone slabs covered only about 500 square meters, with countless pits and dents, indicating that Gongsun practiced very diligently. The remaining half of the space was mud, with various auxiliary training equipment, such as stone rollers for strength training, various obstacles for agility, and countless metal balls hanging from three-meter-high metal frames. Yun Mo could imagine how crazy Gongsun's training must be. Once these human-sized balls started swinging, it would be terrifying. If one couldn't instantly grasp the direction of the balls, getting seriously injured was very likely.

Hmm? Yun Mo suddenly noticed something familiar on the ground in the distance. He lightened his steps, being careful not to leave many traces, and went over, only to burst out laughing.

There were a total of 81 wooden stakes of varying heights, arranged in a strange pattern in the mud. A discerning person could immediately tell they were used for training light body techniques!

Yun Mo, of course, understood this. It was similar to the plum blossom stakes from his previous life!

Since he had seen them, Yun Mo naturally wouldn't be polite. He carefully memorized the positions of the stakes and planned to study them in detail later! He now lacked a decent weapon and a good body technique! Climbing and leaping over obstacles with a grappling hook wasn't enough! This was far from his ideal of effortlessly walking on walls and roofs. Therefore, practicing body techniques and lightness skills was absolutely urgent! Not to mention, if your lightness skills were excellent, you could run away when you couldn't defeat someone, unless they could fly or had a flying magical tool, they wouldn't catch you! It was the best way to save your life!

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