Zuo Mo opened his eyes, shook his head, and still didn't see any changes in his cultivation. This was already the fifteenth day that his cultivation hadn't made a sound. Pu Yao was still in meditation, it was unknown when he would wake up.

  He shook his head vigorously, shaking off the jumbled thoughts in his mind. His gaze refocused on the yard. The yard was behind the shop's facade and couldn't be compared to the small courtyard in Xifeng Valley. The small yard was filled with various materials: jade stones, golden threads, emerald bamboos, and more. Most of these materials were inexpensive, but their quantity was impressive.

  He began to manipulate the materials, sometimes calling out for the bellows to smelt the materials, and sometimes taking out a small knife to process the materials into the desired shape. He would suddenly stop and fall into deep thought. The materials flowed through his hands like a revolving lantern, some were carefully placed in the corner, while others were casually thrown on the ground.

  After two periods of time, the sound of the jade pendant reminded him that the time had come, and he woke up from his ecstatic cultivation.

  It was time to start working and earning crystal stones, so he reluctantly got up. He used to have no feeling for the symbol array, only thinking it was difficult to learn, but now that he has been studying it carefully, he found many interesting things about it.

  The methods of swordplay and the like often have many places where the language is unclear, emphasizing intuition. Only the study of talismans emphasizes the changes in yin-yang and the five elements. Although it is extremely complex, after careful research, one can still find the underlying thread.

  After Zuo Mo left, Li Yingfeng came over to clean up the courtyard.

  She was picking up, and she felt emotional. No wonder her junior brother would think that the crystal stone was not enough to spend, how could it be enough with this kind of spending? All the materials needed by Zuo Mo were purchased by Li Yingfeng, who was very clear about Zuo Mo's daily expenses. Every day, her junior brother spent tens of thousands of third-grade crystal stones on materials, sometimes even over a hundred thousand third-grade crystal stones. This was because most of the materials her junior brother needed were some low-level materials, if it involved mid-level materials, the cost would immediately soar to an alarming level.

  She had never heard of anyone learning Fuwen like this before.

  However, her junior brother was a weirdo. He learned things differently from others and earned crystal stones in the same way. Several times she wanted to advise him to be more frugal, but thinking of the crystal stones he earned every day, she swallowed back the words that had reached her lips.

  Younger brother now spends only three hours a day receiving guests, and the rest of the time is all spent on these piles of materials in the courtyard.

  She stopped in her tracks, her eyes falling on a formation plate at her feet. In the first few days, formation plates were what her junior brother produced the most of, but afterwards, the number of formation plates he produced became fewer and fewer, and it had already been several days since he last refined a formation plate.

  How did you think of refining the Array Disk again? Is it for preparing for the Sword Trial Conference?

  Li Yingfeng picked up the formation plate from the ground and examined it carefully, only to find that she couldn't understand the symbols on it at all.

  She fell silent, unable to laugh. Wei Sheng and Zuo Mo were both geniuses, with thoughts that ordinary people couldn't understand. Before Zuo Mo, Li Ying Feng had never seen an array disk before. She carefully put this array disk in the corner, helping Zuo Mo sweep away so many things, what was useful and what wasn't, she could easily distinguish.

  Zuo Mo's business has been mediocre today, and it has been declining since a few days ago. He also knows that this is an inevitable thing, after all, there are only so many cultivators who need his services. He can still make a good amount of money, thanks to the Sword Testing Conference. Most of the people who can bring out good stuff are foreign cultivators.

  Xiū zhēn de shì jīng shí duī chū lái de, zuǒ mò hěn zǎo jiù zhī dào zhè jù huà, dàn shì yán jiū fú zhèn, tā cái duì zhè jù huà yǒu zhe gèng zhí jiē ér shēn kè de lǐ jiě. Fú zhèn wán quán shì yòng jīng shí duī chū lái de!

  It seems that the financial road is not long-lasting, and one's own research may soon be interrupted.

  But before long, it was his turn to participate in the Swordsmanship Conference. For now, he didn't even want to think about earning crystal stones; he'd worry about that after the conference.

  As Zuo Mo was about to leave work, Li Yingfeng handed him a jade slip.

  "What is this?" Zuo Mo asked somewhat strangely.

  "Some information about the contestants for the Sword Trial." Li Yingfeng saw Zuo Mo looking at her strangely and explained, "The sect leader had me handle the logistics, I couldn't just do nothing. Hmm, also some information about this Sword Trial."

  "Oh." Zuo Mo took it over and casually asked: "Is there any for Big Brother Master and Luo Li?"

  Li Yingfeng's face turned dark, and the veins on her forehead throbbed. She didn't say anything at first, but as soon as she mentioned this matter, she became extremely displeased. The sect leader had assigned her to be in charge of logistics, so she specifically sent the collected materials to Wei Sheng and Luo Li. Wei Sheng was nowhere to be found, while Luo Li looked at her with a puzzled expression, asking: "What's the use of this stuff?"

  She was so angry that she almost died.

  She looked at Zuo Mo's careless attitude, her discontent reached its peak in an instant. She let out a cold hum and turned to leave. Zuo Mo was confused, not knowing which sentence had angered his sister.

  He returned to his room and picked up the jade slip, casually browsing through it.

  There were a lot of materials in the jade slip, especially some masters' materials. It seemed that Shizhi had put in a lot of thought. As he looked through them, Zuo Mo's interest grew.

  Like Gu Yongping, he comes from Tianming Lake and is known as the number one master of the younger generation of Tianming Lake. Don't look at his gentle and elegant demeanor, this number one master of Tianming Lake is truly fought out. From two years ago, he started to fight past each school, undefeated, which earned him the title of number one master of Tianming Lake.

  The scenery of Tianming Lake is beautiful, the spiritual energy is strong, and it is more prosperous than Dongfu. The number of sects far exceeds that of Dongfu. This number one expert is still quite valuable.

  After reading Gu Rongping's information, Zuo Mo had a feeling that Gu Rongping would be the greatest rival of his Eldest Senior Brother. As for himself, he didn't have any thoughts about it at all. If not for the order from the Sect Master, he absolutely wouldn't participate in the Sword Test Assembly.

  It's better to go and earn some crystal stones instead of wasting time like this, Zuo Mo muttered to himself.

  Looking down, there were Nanmen Yang, Gui Feng and others, each of whom was not a simple person. However, Zuo Mo still saw several very familiar people, Dong Fu Hall's Yu Bai, Ling Ying Sect's Chang Heng, Dong Qi Sword Gate's Zong Ming Yan and others were all among them, he even saw another person he had seen long ago, Lie Jian Men's Liang Luo, but the other person who gave him the Ice Crystal Sword, Shi Xiang was not on this list.

  Huh?

  Zuo Mo's gaze suddenly fell on a virtual image in the Jade Slip, wearing a black mourning hat. Wasn't this the person who came to his place to cut the Cold Magnetic Iron? It turned out that this guy was also a participant!

  The remaining people, he didn't know them.

  However, when he saw their cultivation, he was suddenly speechless.

  Condensation period, condensation period, condensation period... all the same condensation period! All the foreign cultivators who have passed the trial sword meeting are all in the condensation period. This formation looks at Zuo Mo, who has already completely given up any idea of struggling, and is now considering whether to surrender directly from the start. But suddenly, a gentle and kind smile of his master appears in his mind, and he suddenly comes to his senses, quickly dispelling this thought.

  It's just a minor injury, but if the master remembers it, your future days will be miserable!

  After looking at this luxurious name list, he felt that only the Great Master had a chance of winning. Even Luo Li Shixiong was not enough to be considered.

  Fortunately, there were no cultivators in the Golden Elixir stage present; otherwise, Zuo Mo thought that his heart would also be unable to withstand it.

  Next, are the rules for this trial by combat. Li Yingfeng probably knew that the three of them wouldn't care about these things, so she listed them out in their entirety. The rules weren't anything that was hard to understand; after the pre-trial by combat, the trial by combat would begin.

  The first two rounds are random one-on-one matches, and then it's a free-for-all! At that time, Senior Tian Songzi will open the Dongfu Hall Songtao Pavilion, allowing all participants to enter. Inside the Dongfu Hall Songtao Pavilion, any participant can attack anyone else until they lose their combat effectiveness. The last ten people remaining will become the winners of this competition. To ensure that no participants die, about ten Golden Core cultivators will be watching throughout and intervening at any time to save lives. As for the ranking among these ten people, it will be judged by those Golden Core experts.

  Wow, even top players from the Golden Dan period have come out as judges, and there are ten of them right off the bat. This lineup is indeed impressive!

  Zuo Mo has always been puzzled by this Sword Testing Assembly, such a grand and extravagant event that exhausts the people and wastes money, what's the point of holding it at all?

  Hum, maybe the big shots have their own ideas, anyway, looking down casually, suddenly felt a boost of energy.

  Next is the prize for this trial by combat.

  Zuo Mo's eyes lit up and he stared fixedly at the rows of prizes, drooling.

  Fourth-rank Wensong Qingfeng Sword, Fourth-rank Baihuang Rui Beast Belt, Fourth-rank Scattered Gold Crown, Third-rank Luoyun Water Sleeves, Third-rank Tianzhi Clothes, Third-rank Hanyuan Ling Armor...

  There are a total of ten exquisite treasures, and the selection rights will be determined by the final ranking. Zuo Mo suddenly realized why so many cultivators came to Dong Fu to participate in the Sword Testing Assembly.

  It's indeed true that people die for wealth and birds perish for food! He gritted his teeth, thinking indignantly. Every time his gaze swept over a prize, countless waves would surge up in his heart, and he was so envious that at this moment, he could only regret his own weakness.

  The first ten pieces of the law treasure are all top-notch, far surpassing those he had snatched from the hands of the young masters of the Lingying Sect. Several of the prizes were so coveted by Zuo Mo that he almost wanted to sell himself in exchange for them.

  Greedy and meticulous, Zuo Mo finished looking at the top ten rewards, but he still wasn't satisfied and continued to look further back.

  The treasures behind were also above third-grade, but they were obviously several grades lower than the first ten. However, Zuo Mo was still very interested in them. Well, even if he couldn't get any of them, just looking at them could satisfy his cravings, Zuo Mo comforted himself. These days, he had been completely absorbed in the world of talismans, spending a lot of mental energy every day. Now that he relaxed, he felt quite comfortable.

  Browsing through the prizes in a casual manner, occasionally calculating their prices and drooling.

  Suddenly, when his eyes scanned one of the prizes, he was taken aback at first, and then sprang to his feet!