Chapter 78
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Chapter 78: BGM
"Master, every time I fight someone in there, some mysterious music always starts playing."
"It sounds like regular music, but it feels like it’s infused with spiritual energy, making my opponents fight harder and harder," Wang Xiangchi said, a flicker of frustration in his eyes.
In the Mystical World, his enemies were clearly weaker than him. Sure, they exploited his weaknesses, but he could still take them down. Yet, just as he was about to finish them off, this weirdly uplifting music would start playing, giving his opponents a second wind and making them fight like crazy.
Each fight left a faint mark on his mind, but over time, he got used to it. Whenever the music played, he’d just dance around his opponents, and after a few rounds, they’d tire out on their own.
"This music can boost mental strength. You’ve probably seen its effects by now," Xu Fan explained.
"Absolutely. When that music plays, even an enemy who’s just slightly weaker than me could actually kill me if I didn’t fight back," Wang Xiangchi said, a shiver of fear in his voice.
"That’s the power of an uplifting spirit for you."
At that moment, Xu Fan handed Wang Xiangchi a spherical music player artifact.
"Does it feel like this music was made just for you?" Xu Fan asked.
"Yeah."
"This kind of music is called BGM back in my hometown. We’ve got a saying: No one can beat me when my BGM is playing."
"Do you want this BGM?" Xu Fan asked with a quirky smile, suddenly reminded of a funny scene from his past life where Qiao Feng stumbled upon a recording device in *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*.
"Yes, I want it," Wang Xiangchi nodded. The music was grand and inspiring, but it never felt like it was *his*.
"The artifact in your hand is my gift to you. When you activate it, it’ll play your battle anthem based on your mindset and the fight’s situation."
"The artifact’s name: Unmatched Battle Song."
Xu Fan lightly tapped the music artifact in Wang Xiangchi’s hand, and suddenly, an ethereal swordsmanship melody echoed across the little hill.
As the music played, Wang Xiangchi instantly entered a state of enlightenment.
"Ha, this artifact suits you perfectly," Xu Fan said with a grin, watching his enlightened disciple.
He imagined that in the future, whenever his third disciple showed up, the music would play before he even arrived. It’d be quite the spectacle.
A thousand years from now, when his disciple had mastered his craft, there’d be legends in the cultivation world about how to defeat the BGM Sword Immortal: the only way was to destroy his music artifact.
Three days later, in the artifact crafting room, Xu Fan started crafting the long-awaited precious artifact—the palm-sized farm—using materials provided by Pang Fu.
"With the Expansion Runes and ethereal runes, the Artifact-level palm-sized farm has grown to 20 acres."
"Too bad it can’t double as a Space Artifact. The only upside is that it’s cost-effective, making it handy for growing rare spiritual herbs," Xu Fan mused, stroking his chin. He wasn’t sure if there was a market for it in the cultivation world.
"If there’s no market, I’ll just keep it for growing veggies and improving my quality of life. Not a bad deal."
With that, Xu Fan crafted two more palm-sized farms to sell through Pang Fu.
Five days later, after Pang Fu took the two farms, he returned to Xu Fan’s little hill within an hour.
"I sold the two for 200,000 spirit stones, and a big shot wants to order ten more."
"I’ve brought the spirit ores needed too," Pang Fu said, clearly excited.
When he first got the two farms, he casually mentioned them to a fellow cultivator. Within minutes, that cultivator’s master showed up, bought both on the spot, and placed an order for ten more.
The deposit? A whopping 1 million spirit stones upfront, like they’d struck gold.
"That’s a 200% profit! Should we raise the price?" Xu Fan asked Pang Fu. Selling two could’ve been a fluke, but an order for ten? That was something else.
However, directly ordering ten pieces poses a problem.
"Raising the price isn’t the best move; let’s auction them instead."
“First, let’s test the waters within our Que Tian Gate, and then promote it throughout Xiangzhou,” Pang Fu said after thinking for a while. He believed that this palm-sized farm could create a trend.
Xu Fan gave Pang Fu a thumbs-up; indeed, a businessman is different.
“By the way, Master Xu, how easy is it to replicate this precious artifact?” Pang Fu asked, as this was a concern for him.
“Well, let’s say that only artifact masters with Space Runes can craft it. Anyone below the Grandmaster level shouldn’t even think about it, while those above Grandmaster have no need to.”
“Furthermore, most people in artifact crafting tend to follow the rules.”
“Once a precious artifact appears in large quantities, other artifact masters usually won’t replicate it, unless it’s for themselves or friends.”
“They have their pride and won’t steal business,” Xu Fan replied lightly.
“I understand.”
“Come back in a month to pick up the goods,” Xu Fan said.
It was time for the spirit of the workaholic to come out.
Whenever his wealth dropped below ten million spirit stones, Xu Fan felt an uncomfortable sensation in his heart, not knowing when it all started.
After Pang Fu left, Xu Fan saw his first disciple and second disciple return together, looking quite serious.
“Master, a large number of beast race individuals have appeared in a remote area of Xiangzhou, with a Great Ascension Beast Sovereign stationed there.”
“It’s said that all the people of the Western Jin Kingdom were slaughtered.”
“Now, all the sects of Xiangzhou have united. It won’t be long before a human and demon realms battle begins,” Xu Gang reported to Xu Fan.
“A war between the two races?” Xu Fan murmured.
For some reason, this felt connected to Ye Xiaoyao.
“War is on the horizon; I have the identity of both an alchemist and an artifact master.”
“If fighting breaks out, you both will have to join the fray.”
With that, Xu Fan began to ponder. To be honest, he didn’t want his disciples to go to battle; it was selfish, but also realistic.
These siblings had been with him since they were six or seven years old, raised to this age. They were just like his own children.
Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian looked at their worried master with deep feelings, moved that after all these years of being together, they regarded him as their closest family.
“From today on, you two will abandon all tasks and stay home to cultivate the secret technique I taught you, practicing in the soul illusion realm,” Xu Fan instructed.
In Que Tian Gate, once a large-scale battle began, all disciples above the Qi Training Stage would be called to fight, with alchemists and artifact masters dispatched by the sect.
“Additionally, I will teach you an escape secret technique, so you won’t have to worry when you’re on the battlefield,” Xu Fan said.
A blank jade slip appeared in Xu Fan’s hand, and he input information into the slip.
“This is a list of spiritual herbs. Yuexian, you will personally go procure them.”
“Xu Gang, you go collect the souls of beasts above the Foundation Establishment Stage; the more, the better.”
