A Budget Portable Grotto-Heaven for Eight Thousand
The two looked up at the sky and saw celestial islands intertwined and connected among the clouds, with mythical beasts flying about.
"Look at these immortal islands; together with the entire Qin Heaven Divine City, they form a three-dimensional defensive array. This not only increases vertical space but also supplements the defense."
"This is the best way to use the fairy island."
"So what do we call this? A miniature artificial fairy island?"
"It should still be considered a magical artifact, a large-scale, movable architectural magical artifact."
"Moreover, if a custom-made magical artifact is crafted and refined into a natal magic weapon, it's equivalent to a simplified version of a portable cave dwelling."
"However, the portable cave dwelling is already a rudimentary form of a grotto-heaven, allowing one to hide in it for refuge in times of crisis."
"These external spiritual dwellings are more suitable for alliances between factions, while offering less privacy for individuals. Although formations can be crafted to prevent prying, they are ultimately far inferior to a portable cave dwelling that isolates one from the outside world."
"Alright, let's start from this direction."
"Tianxin, go find that Divine General Zhenhua. Let's also take over a shop on this street."
"Yes, Master. I'll go right now."
After Lu Tianxin left, Wang An continued to refine the design blueprints of the Heavenly Palace Pavilion in his mind while heading to the Earth Spirit materials market to purchase suitable materials.
First, create a simplified version of the Spirit Building. It cannot be scaled down, but it can be moved and used for cultivation.
The first step is to have the ability to move in mid-air, which can be achieved using a levitation array as a base.
The second step is to fit the framework of a tower-type magical artifact. However, these spiritual structures are larger than tower-shaped magical artifacts, so the cost of setting up scaled-down materials and magic arrays is higher.
The third step is to remove most of the attack power and add an energy-gathering array. This is not only to maintain self-sufficiency but also to further improve the stability of the cultivation environment.
The fourth step is to ward off the calamity using array patterns. This can be done using the [Jade Earth Heavenly Palace]'s Divine Ability runes that partially conceal the aura and isolate the inside from the outside.
The fifth step was to reduce costs. Wang An scanned the entire spiritual material market, trying to use the cheapest materials to achieve the most complete functionality.
"Thousand Star Bamboo, Dark Yellow Earth, Ironwood Pine..."
"You can add some Evil-Warding Lightning Bamboo to the roof; it can not only ward off evil spirits but also guide lightning."
"Finally, and most importantly, is the arrangement of the roof tiles. The tiles are what best fit the imagery of ' Rooftop Earth.'"
"Using materials that can absorb fire and light for refining should yield excellent results."
After quickly buying the materials, Wang An returned to Lingzhu Street and saw Lu Tianxin talking with a celestial official.
"Perfected Heavenly Heart, what do you think of this shop? The sales area in the front is quite large, and there's also a workshop in the back; it's a complete integration of production and sales."
"Sure, how much is the rent?"
At this moment, Wang An landed in front of the two of them.
Sensing the intense pressure of the laws, the celestial official immediately bowed to him and said, "Great Perfected Heavenly River, our Divine General Zhenhua spoken to you. We'll grant you a three-year rent-free period and a three-year tax exemption, after which we'll come back to confiscate it."
"Alright, please thank Divine General Zhenhua for me."
Please rest assured, I will definitely convey your message.
Although this celestial official was only at the Second Tier rank, he was quite worldly-wise and immediately offered to show the two of them around the shop.
"If you two don't mind, let me introduce the place to you."
"Can."
Soon, led by the celestial official, the two opened the shop door and went inside.
"The previous tenant of this shop used to sell and manage spirit-related structures, such as spirit beast farms, artificial fish farms, and small-scale customized spirit fields."
"So why did they move away in the first place?"
"I heard that business wasn't good and they were squeezed out by another company."
At this moment, the celestial official closed the shop door and, after confirming that the anti-eavesdropping barrier was activated, whispered, "I'm telling you two, but please don't say that I told you."
"It's said that the shop ' Spirit Source Residence Workshop,' run by the Earth Wood Sect, sold the same products as this shop, kept lowering prices, and eventually squeezed them out."
"You're new here, so be careful not to get targeted by them, or you'll run into a lot of trouble."
Wang An and Lu Tianxin exchanged a glance and listened attentively.
"Furthermore, I've heard that Spirit Source Residence is particularly fond of poaching master weapon refiners from other shops. The original owner, who was the chief master weapon refiner, was poached, making it impossible for them to continue operating, and they eventually withdrew from the business."
"There are even some unsubstantiated rumors that after the previous tenants left Sky-Pillaring City, they were robbed by a group of bandits and are now missing, their fate unknown."
"However, given your strength and status, even if the sect behind this shop had a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing. Our Divine Generals won't let them off the hook then."
Upon hearing this, Wang An nodded.
He wasn't afraid of these schemes and tricks. With the [Great Forest Wood] suppressing his Qi Destiny, all demons, monsters, and schemes would only turn into good things for him.
Let's go check out the workshop!
"Okay, sure."
The two arrived at the backyard and saw a vast expanse of land covering thousands of acres.
Although there were no large cutting devices, some of the fixed arrays and procedures saved them a lot of setup time.
The celestial official then explained the purpose of the workshop to the two of them, explaining that it was similar in principle to the large factories built by some corporations on Blue Star.
After the man left, Wang An deployed 10 puppets from his spatial equipment and then separated some of his thoughts to move in, quickly setting up a small weapon-refining team.
Since Lu Tianxin only came to the [Ancient Immortal Heavenly Realm] as a thought, Wang An arranged for him to handle affairs at the shop counter and arrange new decorations.
Ten days later, a bamboo courtyard covering thousands of square meters was set up above the workshop area, and several puppets were undergoing final adjustments.
At this moment, Lu Tianxin walked over from the front desk and, seeing the Second Tier- tier courtyard, asked curiously, "Master, why does this courtyard feel a bit simple?"
"That's right, it's a bit rudimentary, but if you knew the price of this spirit building, you'd definitely want to buy one too."
"How much?"
"The price here is around eight thousand top-grade spirit stones, while our cost price is around five thousand."
"So cheap? A Second Tier, level-two magic weapon only costs 10,000 yuan. Something this big is indeed much cheaper."
"Take the fixed spirit dwellings sold in some shops on Spirit Dwelling Street as an example. The size and function of such spirit dwellings are at least 10,000, which is the price of a higher-level magic weapon of the same period."
After the puppets were tested and adjusted, Lu Tianxin and Wang An entered the bamboo courtyard.
"Huh, the spiritual energy here is even more stable than in the Sky-Pillaring Immortal City, and it even has some ability to purify the mind and dispel evil. Moreover, this energy concentration is enough for two Second Tier, first-level cultivators."
The two strolled around for a while, and Wang An scanned them with his Yin Spirit thoughts.