Just as Shi Mu was looking around, green-skinned stewards with short stature and narrow ears came over, saluted him and asked:
"The distinguished guest seems familiar to me. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"My Lord, Shi Mu, I came here this time to pay a visit to Master Yongzhu. I wonder if I can pass the message on my behalf." Shi Mu cupped his hand and said with a smile.
"If your guest has nothing particularly important to do...wait a minute, who did your guest say he is?" the green-skinned steward asked.
"I'm Shi Mu." Shi Mu said.
"It turns out it's Taoist Friend Shi. Master Yongzhu once passed down a message. If you come again, you don't need to pass it on. You can just take it to him directly." The green-skinned steward said.
"Then let's go." Shi Mu said, about to turn around.
"Dear guest, please be patient. Master Yongzhu did not retreat to refine weapons today. He happens to be in the hall at the moment. Please follow me upstairs." After saying this, the green-skinned manager turned around and led Shi Mu up to the third floor.
Through a wooden door, the green-skinned steward said inside:
"Master Qi, distinguished guest Shi Mu is here to visit."
"Oh? Let him in." A rough voice came from the room.
Shi Mu pushed the door open and walked in, and saw a large reception room in front of him. A short, stout man was sitting next to a desk, lowering his head and looking at a spiritual weapon in his hand.
"Master Yongzhu." Shi Mu said with cupped hands.
"Hahaha... You are a good boy. You have not insulted my Ruyi Iron Cudgel and have become a disciple for a thousand years ahead of schedule. Not bad!" Master Yongzhu raised his head and laughed loudly.
"I didn't expect that the master is still paying attention to me." Shi Mu said.
"I don't have that spare time! It's just that you used this iron rod to make a name for yourself in the Holy Land. Others know that this stick was made by me, which has given me a lot of face." Master Yongzhu said with a smile.
"I see." Shi Mu murmured.
No wonder that when I came this time, I not only didn’t need a token, but I didn’t even need to report.
"Tell me, what are you looking for to see me? Could it be that there is something wrong with the Ruyi Iron Rod? As I said before, the high-grade spiritual weapon I refined is of first-class quality." Master Yongzhu asked.
"This iron rod is very easy to use without any problems. This disciple came here because he wants to ask the master to upgrade a flying magic weapon for me." Shi Mu said.
"Oh? Take it out and take a look." Master Yongzhu asked.
Hearing this, Shi Mu came to the center of the reception room, and with a flash of light in his hand, a Green Wing Speedster appeared on the ground out of thin air.
Master Yongzhu stepped forward and circled around the Green Wing Speedster, carefully inspecting the parts and engraved runes on it, and from time to time he stretched out his hand to tap on the car body.
"The materials used for this Qingyi Speedster are quite exquisite, and the design and rune selection are also very careful. Overall, it is not bad. It's just that the grade is too low, and the speed may not be able to keep up with your needs, right?" Master Yongzhu
He stroked his thick beard and said.
"Master Mingjian. When I went out on a mission last time, the disciple already felt that it was not enough." Shi Mu nodded.
"It's not difficult to upgrade this thing, but I don't have any suitable materials on hand at the moment. You may have to wait for a while," Master Yongzhu said.
"I wonder what materials Master needs?" Shi Mu asked.
"The main material used in the casting of the Green Wing Speedster is originally a spiritual material called Qingyi Wood, so if you want to upgrade it, it is best to use high-level spiritual materials with the same wood attribute." Master Yongzhu said.
After hearing this, Shi Mu pondered for a while, then a light suddenly lit up in his hand, and a large piece of blue wood as light as a feather appeared in his hand.
"I wonder if this spiritual material is acceptable?" Shi Mu asked.
Master Yongzhu focused his gaze, and a strange light suddenly lit up in his eyes.
"Flying Crane Wing Wood? Where did you get such a good thing?" Master Yongzhu took the piece of sacred wood and shouted in surprise.
"When the disciple went out on a mission, he accidentally obtained it." Shi Mu said.
"Okay! With this item, there is no problem in upgrading your Green Wing Speedster to a mid-grade spiritual weapon." Master Yongzhu said confidently.
"Then Master Lao. I wonder how to charge this fee?" Shi Mu asked, holding up his hands.
Master Yongzhu's eyes glanced back and forth on the flying crane's wing tree. He obviously liked it very much. He waved his hand nonchalantly and said:
"Just give me fifty top-quality spiritual stones."
"Fifty..." Shi Mu was stunned.
"Don't think that the collection of fifty top-grade spiritual stones is too little. It's still the old rule. The unused sacred trees belong to me." Master Yongzhu said.
"Okay, then it's settled." Shi Mu smiled.
"Okay, after one month, come to Bailiantang to pick it up." Master Yongzhu said.
Shi Mu happily agreed and immediately left.
After he left Tongliufang, he came to Wanfa Pavilion and took on several difficult but well-rewarded tasks in one go, which made all the disciples in the pavilion speechless.
Those missions are spread all over the Eastern Saint Star, and some of them are even far outside the Eastern Saint Star. The farthest one is even on the Qingye Star, one of the four affiliated planets of the Qinglan Holy Land.
This arrangement was not without purpose. Shi Mu originally planned to travel around while completing the mission, hoping to find some heavenly materials and earthly treasures that would help condense the golden elixir and break through to the heavenly realm.
…
One month later.
When Shi Mu came to a hall behind Bailian Hall under the guidance of the steward, he saw Master Yongzhu drinking tea and waiting for him.
Before Shi Mu could speak, Master Yongzhu stood up and raised one hand. After a flash of light, a green speed car appeared in front of Shi Mu.
I saw that the speeding car was about three feet long, slightly smaller than the previous Green Wing Speeding Car. Its surface was covered with mysterious golden spiritual patterns that were difficult to distinguish, and there were wing-shaped patterns engraved on both sides of the body, which looked quite exquisite.
"Don't be stunned, give it a try." Master Yongzhu said.
Shi Mu stepped forward according to his words, put his hand on the speeding car, and slowly released the spiritual power into it.
Whoop!
The golden spirit pattern on the surface of the car suddenly lit up, and bursts of white mist appeared on the surface.
"During the refining process, I had another enlightenment, so I erased all the original runes on the speeding car, and re-engraved new wind spirit runes and protective restrictions, so that it not only greatly increased its speed, but also could resist the chaotic power of the stars.
Erosion. Now this speeding car is a truly high-grade spiritual weapon. Not only can it travel thousands of miles a day, it can also travel in the star field like the rumored magic weapon-level giant ship. Of course, its speed is still far inferior.
By the way, I named it Lingyu Speeder." Master Yongzhu said with a proud look on his face.
"Thank you, Master!" Shi Mu was overjoyed when he heard this.
I originally just wanted to improve the level of Qingyi Speeder, but I didn't expect that Yongzhu was really unique in refining weapons and actually refined it into a high-grade spiritual weapon.
In this way, the efficiency of completing tasks can be greatly increased, and traveling to and from some extremely remote places in the Eastern Saint Star can be accomplished in a short time.
"Master, are these grooves..." Shi Mu looked at the seven grooves arranged in the shape of a colander on the head of the speed car and asked.
"Oh, if you embed top-grade wind attribute spiritual stones in it, it can increase the speed of the car. If you embed seven of them, it can temporarily reach the level of top-grade spiritual weapons, and its speed can be increased by at least three times." Master Yongzhu said.
"The master is very good at refining weapons. I've made you bother this time. This is the reward agreed upon before." Shi Mu said, handing over a bag of spiritual stones.
"It doesn't matter, I'm helping you so wholeheartedly, and it's not for nothing." Master Yongzhu took the spirit stone, put it directly into the storage ring without looking at it, and said.
"Master, it doesn't matter," Shi Mu said with a thought in his heart.
"Hey, don't be nervous. I have devoted my life to refining weapons and have no other requirements. If you have any top-quality spiritual materials such as earth gold essence and unicorn blood crystal in the future, you must remember to leave them for me.
Purchase it at the market price. Of course, if you have any needs for upgrading and casting spiritual weapons in the future, you can just come to me." Master Yongzhu said.
Hearing this, Shi Mu smiled bitterly in his heart. It seemed that the meteor black iron and flying crane wing wood that he had taken out earlier had misled the other party, causing him to think that he had some special channels to obtain many top-quality spiritual materials.
"Master, don't worry, it's natural." Shi Mu didn't say it clearly and nodded in agreement.
…
Three days later, on an ice field in the extreme north of the Eastern Saint Star.
Shi Mu, covered in wind and snow, stood on a low ice field hill, squinting his eyes and looking into the cloudy, windy and snowy sky.
He was only wearing a single coat, but he didn't feel cold at all.
Suddenly, a scream came from mid-air.
Then a huge shadow broke through the lead-colored clouds accumulating in the sky and swooped down from the layers of snow.
I saw a huge snow kite, with its long and narrow beak more than three feet long, its body tensed, shooting down from the sky like a javelin, and attacking Shi Mu's head.
A smile appeared at the corner of Shi Mu's mouth, and he raised his right hand, and a cold breath surged out, freezing his arm with the ice and snow in the sky, turning into a huge ice crystal palm in mid-air.
The palm was three feet in size, and with just one squeeze, the snow kite was tightly held in it.
Before Snow Kite could even let out a cry, it was frozen into a huge ice sculpture by Shi Mu.
Shi Mu carefully moved the ice sculpture down from mid-air. He was relieved when he saw that the eyes of the northern snow kite in the ice sculpture were still moving.
This fresh blood of the Arctic Snow Kite is an important spiritual material for refining the cold condensation pill. Shi Mu's mission this time is to bring back a living Arctic Snow Kite.
The Snow Kite is actually not strong at all, it can even be said to be very weak. It is not difficult to capture it.
However, because it can only adapt to the extremely cold environment, it will die immediately once it leaves the arctic ice field. Therefore, although the reward for this task has increased again and again, it has always been pending in Wanfa Pavilion and no one has completed it.
Shi Mu's Zhiyin power can create an extremely cold environment with just a little transformation, so the first task he obtained from Wanfa Pavilion was this.
Shi Mu took out a special spirit beast bag, activated his spiritual power, opened his mouth and put away the huge ice sculpture.
He waved his hand to summon the Lingyu Speeder and jumped on it.
The surface of the speeding car flashed with golden light, and white mist rolled out, turning into a golden stream of light. In the blink of an eye, it flew out of the ice fields and hills and disappeared into the sky. (To be continued.)