Chapter 102: Chapter 102: Profound Annihilation Flying Daggers
If any Artifact Refining Master had seen this, they would have been stunned.
The process of removing impurities from Soul Profound Steel is extremely complex. Generally speaking, being able to refine Soul Profound Steel to a purity of over ninety-eight percent is already astonishing. Yet Ye Xuan had actually refined the Soul Profound Steel to a bluish-purple color—a color that could only appear in Soul Profound Steel with one hundred percent purity.
Ye Xuan curled his lip in dissatisfaction. ’After several hours of refining, I’ve finally removed all the impurities from this Soul Profound Steel. Now to shape it.’
A sharp glint suddenly flashed in his eyes. With a low shout, his hands became a blur of black shadows. Streams of Profound Sense and Soul Sense abruptly plunged into the bluish-purple Soul Profound Steel being refined by the true fire.
The originally fist-sized, spherical piece of Soul Profound Steel suddenly split into three, spinning rapidly in the air. At the same time, under the control of his vital energy, it gradually stretched into a streamlined, bluish-purple throwing knife.
"Hah!"
Ye Xuan let out a sharp cry and suddenly thrust his hands upward. "Condense!"
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Three throwing knives, glowing with a deep, ghostly blue light, instantly fell into Ye Xuan’s hands.
"Hooo..."
Ye Xuan let out a long breath. He seemed completely drained, slumping down with an unusually pale and unsightly complexion.
’That was exhausting. Refining this Soul Profound Steel is just too tiring. It seems I’ll have to find a Celestial Fire when I get the chance. If I had a Celestial Fire, this probably would have been done in a few minutes.’
If any other Artifact Refining Master heard this, they would absolutely want to kill Ye Xuan. Soul Profound Steel was terrifyingly hard and possessed the effect of breaking through Profound defenses.
For them, just melting the Soul Profound Steel into a liquid state would take nearly ten days. Ye Xuan had melted it, removed its impurities, and shaped it in just a few hours, yet he was still complaining about the time. It was simply outrageous.
Ye Xuan rested for a moment before carefully examining the throwing knives in his hand.
They were three throwing knives, dark blue all over, filled with a streamlined beauty. The tips were incredibly sharp and radiated a cold, eerie light that was enough to make one’s heart palpitate just by looking at them. They were true deadly weapons.
"Not bad." Ye Xuan nodded in satisfaction. In his mind, his Soul Sense, like soft threads of silk, quickly wrapped around one of the throwing knives.
These soft threads of Soul Sense continuously left behind traces of Soul Power patterns on the throwing knife, forming a complex and strange Array. When the last thread of Soul Sense entered it, the entire throwing knife suddenly flashed brightly before gradually returning to its original state.
"It’s done!" Ye Xuan’s eyes lit up.
"Rise!" Ye Xuan stared intently at the throwing knife in his hand.
BUZZ! BUZZ!
The throwing knife controlled by Ye Xuan’s Soul Sense began to tremble violently, then with a WHOOSH, it levitated in front of him. The blade quivered subtly, as if pulled by invisible threads.
"Go!"
Ye Xuan, his focus absolute, suddenly waved his hand.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
The ghostly blue throwing knife shot through the refining room like a phantom, as nimble as a swallow. Its speed was so fast that it was impossible to react.
"Strike!"
With a low shout from Ye Xuan, the throwing knife shot into the refining room wall with a THUNK, the entire blade sinking into it.
He raised his hand, and the throwing knife shot back out of the wall and into his grasp.
"Heh heh!" Glancing at the narrow hole in the wall, Ye Xuan smiled, very pleased with his creation.
If a sudden attack were launched with such force, even a Third-Layer Earth Martial Artist would be severely injured, or even killed, if caught off guard.
Next, Ye Xuan refined the other two throwing knives one by one.
’I’ll call these three throwing knives the Xuan-Annihilating Flying Daggers. Since the Soul Profound Steel has the effect of breaking Profound, the name is very fitting.’
Ye Xuan put away the throwing knives but didn’t leave the refining room. Instead, he resumed his cultivation.
Ever since he broke through to the Third Layer of Warrior in one go, Ye Xuan had been continuously consolidating his Profound Qi. By now, the Profound Qi in his body was incredibly dense, and he could even attempt to break through to the realm of a Tier Two Xuanwu Realm Martial Master.
But for Ye Xuan, it was still too early.
Having been reborn, his standards for himself were naturally extremely high.
The Nine Profound Prideful World Art was based on the principle of "overflowing when full," where one’s achievements could rival creation itself. To break through, the Profound Qi in all ten of his Profound Veins had to reach its absolute limit.
Otherwise, it would have a huge impact on a Cultivator’s future development.
Therefore, Ye Xuan remained calm and unhurried. He cultivated silently whenever he had free time, and his Profound Qi progressed by leaps and bounds. He believed that in another month or two, he would naturally break through to the Martial Master Realm.
After a period of cultivation, Ye Xuan finally walked out of the refining room.
The Alchemist Association had been incredibly busy lately. Customers flocked here from morning till night in an endless stream, almost wearing down the association’s doorstep.
"Steward Zhou, congratulations on your fortune." The moment Ye Xuan stepped out of the refining room, he saw Zhou Huarong bustling about, his face glowing with excitement. He immediately spoke with a smile.
"Ah, Young Master Xuan, you’ve come out of seclusion?" Seeing Ye Xuan, Steward Zhou was overjoyed. He enthusiastically approached Ye Xuan and chuckled, "I wouldn’t dare say I’m getting rich, but business at our Alchemist Association has indeed soared recently."
Zhou Huarong’s face was filled with immense excitement.
Business at the Alchemist Association had been just too good these past two days. The swarming crowds not only bought large quantities of the three special-effect Pills, but even the sales of the Alchemist Association’s own Pills had increased significantly.
According to their calculations, the Alchemist Association’s revenue in the past two days was nearly equal to their previous month’s profit. When the report came out, Zhou Huarong himself found it hard to believe.
When Ye Xuan had first introduced these three Pills, the Alchemist Association hadn’t actually expected to earn much.
After all, the Ye family took most of the profit, while the Alchemist Association only received a small percentage.
But the result had stunned Zhou Huarong.
And Zhou Huarong was a very smart man. He knew full well who was responsible for all the Alchemist Association’s success. Therefore, upon seeing Ye Xuan now, his enthusiastic attitude was simply beyond description.
He knew that only by hitching his wagon to Ye Xuan could he attain wealth and glory. Everything else was just fleeting clouds.
"Young Master Xuan, here are the latest shipment and profit figures for the Pills. Take a look! Hundreds of thousands of Profound Coins in profit in just two days! That’s equivalent to our Alchemist Association’s profit from an entire month before. It’s incredible!" Zhou Huarong said, still excited. Having just gotten the report, he’d had no one to share it with and was about to burst. Now, he had finally found someone to tell.
"Hmph. You get this excited over earning just a few hundred thousand Profound Coins?" Ye Xuan shot him a look. "This is all small potatoes. What will you do when we’re earning ten or a hundred times this profit every day? Won’t you go crazy then?"
A net profit of hundreds of thousands of Profound Coins in two days—an income faster than robbery—was considered ’small potatoes’ in Young Master Xuan’s eyes. Zhou Huarong’s face turned pale. When he heard the last sentence, his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He said, speechless, "Ten times, a hundred times the profit? How is that possible? Young Master Xuan, the only reason profits are so high these past two days is because of the new product launch. Many Martial Artists are frantically stocking up. After a few more days, once all the Martial Artists in Blue Moon City have bought the Pills, sales will definitely drop."
Ye Xuan said flatly, "And you call yourself the general steward of the Alchemist Association? Is this the extent of your vision? So what if the Blue Moon City market gets saturated? Can’t we sell to other cities in the kingdom? And even if the market in the Liuyun Kingdom gets saturated, we can still sell to other kingdoms. There’s always more business to be done."
"Sell to other cities... other kingdoms?" Zhou Huarong’s eyes lit up. "Of course! Why didn’t I think of that?"
Imagining the scene Ye Xuan described, Zhou Huarong could no longer remain calm. The events of the past few days had already been eye-opening, but now, hearing Ye Xuan’s words, he realized just how narrow his previous outlook had been.
"Right, Young Master Xuan, your father and Patriarch Ye are both at our Alchemist Association today. They’re discussing future strategies with the President right now. We can tell them this plan!" Zhou Huarong said hurriedly.
Ye Xuan nodded. "Let’s go."
Soon, the two arrived in the Alchemist Association’s meeting hall. Upon seeing Ye Xuan, the group exchanged another round of pleasantries.
When Zhou Huarong explained Ye Xuan’s idea, Hua Luoxuan immediately slapped his thigh. "Heh heh, Young Master Xuan, that’s a great idea of yours."
Ye Zhanxiong also nodded. "Exporting to other cities is indeed a good idea, but our Ye family is still small. This involves many different aspects and isn’t something that can be resolved in a short time."
To export to other cities, you first need strong logistics capabilities to safely transport all the Pills. Second, you need to establish a presence in those other cities and build good relationships with the local families.
For the still-weak Ye family, these were not matters that could be resolved easily.
But Hua Luoxuan just laughed. "Patriarch Zhanxiong, I know what you’re worried about. You can rest assured on this point. Let me, Hua Luoxuan, handle it. I have some connections with the Alchemist Association presidents in several nearby cities. We can definitely sell the Pills through them."
"That’s right! Before we’ve established our own connections, we can sell the Pills through the Alchemist Association." The eyes of Ye Zhanxiong and the others lit up.
"Father, has there been any movement from the Wang family and the Zhou family recently?" Ye Xuan would not be careless when it came to the Wang and Zhou families.
Although the two families’ decline was inevitable, Ye Xuan would absolutely not allow them to strike back after being wounded.
Ye Zhanyun smiled. "The Wang family and the Zhou family have been very well-behaved recently. They haven’t made any big moves. They even took the initiative to close down several of their shops. It’s clear they don’t dare to compete with our Ye family anymore."
