Five hours later, as night fell, next to the No. 23 Special Waste Disposal Site was the "Chaoyang New Village."
Despite its pleasant name, Chaoyang New Village is the most dilapidated public housing complex in Fuguo City.
Due to its proximity to the Magical Treasure Cemetery, the environment here is extremely harsh, with a pungent odor constantly lingering in the air. Even though the main urban area enjoys blue skies and white clouds, this place is always shrouded in a gray haze. Among the nineteen public housing complexes in Fuguo City, it is the lowest in grade, and naturally, the rent is also the lowest.
However, even with such low rent, not many people like living next to a garbage dump. Many residential buildings are entirely vacant, and due to years of disrepair, their exteriors are riddled with cracks, and the hallways are filled with cobwebs, making it seem like a ghost town.
Li Yao is a permanent resident of this "ghost town."
He likes the quietness here, as he can work on magical treasure maintenance and modification at home without disturbing others. It's also close to the Magical Treasure Cemetery, and the rent is cheap, which is a win-win situation.
His home is a small apartment of about fifty square meters, with two rooms. The outer room is used for daily activities, while the inner bedroom has been converted into a magical treasure maintenance workshop.
Upon entering the door, the first thing that catches the eye is hundreds of crystal brains hanging from the ceiling with ropes, like hundreds of tiny skulls.
Most of these crystal brains are antiques from hundreds of years ago that have lost their computing capabilities. Li Yao picked them up as collectibles—he is a crystal brain enthusiast and is very interested in these magical treasures that can imitate the brain of a cultivator to calculate countless thoughts.
The small living room is filled with rare physical books from this era, ranging from "An Introduction to Magical Treasure Maintenance," "A Brief Tutorial on Basic Flying Sword Refining," "Self-Cultivation of a Refiner," to "Maintenance Manual for Black Mountain Old Demon Level Crystal Warships," "Ninety-Nine Ways to Explode a Planet," many of which are ancient books from hundreds of years ago, gray and yellow, brittle and decaying.
Surrounded by books and crystal brains is a semi-old straw mat, which serves as Li Yao's dining table, chair, and bed.
In the inner magical treasure maintenance workshop, there are piles of treasures he picked up from the garbage dump, such as gleaming flying swords, calligraphy-like talismans, and fragrant pills...
More magical treasures have been disassembled into their most basic components, randomly piled in the corners, forming several mini garbage mountains.
At this moment, Li Yao was holding a silver-white box-shaped magical treasure, his eyes shining brightly, like a big gray wolf seeing a little white rabbit, almost drooling.
The flying sword with black wings was peeking behind him, like a curious fat snake.
"It's actually the latest generation of 'Stereoscopic Light Screen' launched by Qian Huan Sect, with a market price of more than 20,000! If it can be repaired, it can definitely be sold for ten thousand or eight thousand. Xiao Hei, we're rich this time!" Li Yao couldn't help but whistle.
The black flying sword "chirped" and "chirped," its two wings flapping up and down, dancing, and even showing a hint of "greed" like its owner.
Li Yao's hand trembled, and seven or eight strange maintenance tools appeared between his fingers, some like screwdrivers, some like small tweezers, and some long and thin silver needles and curved tools that couldn't be named.
"Xiao Hei, guess how many seconds?"
The black flying sword "chirped" and "chirped," drawing a "50" in the air with its sword tip.
"Fifty seconds? Underestimating me!"
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, calmed down for three seconds, and when he opened his eyes again, the greed and excitement were gone, leaving only a calm and overflowing confidence.
Li Yao's hands suddenly started moving, his ten fingers turning into ten beams of light, completely covering the silver-white magical treasure. At first, you could still vaguely see the trajectory of his fingertips, but later, you could only see a dazzling white light, and the sound of "rustling" came from the light.
Half a minute later, the white light trembled, the "rustling" sound disappeared, and the hundreds of afterimages gradually returned to their original form. Li Yao's hands were still in the initial position, not moving an inch.
And the silver-white magical treasure "Stereoscopic Light Screen" had been disassembled into four hundred and twenty-five components.
"Thirty-nine seconds, done!"
Li Yao cheered, proudly winked at the black flying sword, and began to study it attentively.
"Wow, it's really the latest model of the light screen made by Qian Huan Sect. The structure is exquisite, and the balance of spiritual energy is as if it were naturally formed. The most amazing thing is this main crystal chip. There are more than three hundred spiritual symbols engraved on a fingernail-sized main crystal chip, which are mutually attracted and form more than twenty talismans, it's like an art piece!"
Li Yao held a magnifying glass and carefully observed the disassembled main crystal chip, his face full of a kind of worship and intoxication. The more he watched, the more serious his expression became.
"No, it's not just three hundred spiritual symbols. This main crystal chip seems to use crystal folding technology, which is three crystal chips stacked together, storing more than a thousand spiritual symbols and forming hundreds of three-dimensional talismans, it's too incredible!"
The more he studied, the more profound he felt. Li Yao was completely immersed in it, forgetting the passage of time. He studied for more than three hours and couldn't parse out even a complete talisman, but he made himself dizzy and his vision dark.
He is now at most at the level of a "Junior Magical Treasure Repair Technician" , which is far from the level of a master refiner from Qian Huan Sect.
If there is a problem with this "main crystal chip," he has no way to deal with it and can only sell the stereoscopic light screen as scrap.
Fortunately, after inputting a spiritual energy with a "energy storehouse", Li Yao found that the spiritual energy of the main crystal chip was smooth, the spiritual path was clear, and the talisman was stable, with no abnormalities.
After careful inspection, it was found that the problem was with a low-level crystal circuit tube, which was burned out due to abnormal fluctuations in spiritual energy.
This kind of crystal circuit tube is a standard part, and it is easy to replace. Li Yao quickly found a substitute from his home stock.
He closed his eyes, silently recalled the disassembly process just now, and a detailed structural diagram appeared in his mind. His hands naturally started moving, and in a whirlwind, the stereoscopic light screen was reassembled!
After inputting a spiritual energy with a "储灵器", the white shell emitted a faint blue glow, like a whole piece of crystal clear jade, or like a living elf.
And after the blue glow swept over his forehead, dozens of control talismans naturally appeared in the depths of Li Yao's mind.
"Light screen, start!" Li Yao silently thought, and a control talisman in his mind immediately lit up.
The blue glow on the light screen converged into a "回" shaped talisman, like a vortex, and rotated rapidly for two circles. A blue beam shot out from the center of the vortex, and a huge light screen was formed in the air. The light screen flickered and showed the image of a middle-aged cultivator wearing a Bagua robe, with every detail clearly visible.
Behind this cultivator was an even larger light screen, with red and green talismans, numbers, and arrows interwoven on it, constantly jumping and changing.
The middle-aged cultivator had no expression and said calmly, "Next, we continue to broadcast financial news for everyone. Here is the stock market summary - the biggest news today is undoubtedly the 'Invisible Sword Sect' announcing the launch of the latest generation of flying sword drive talismans 'Purple Lightning'. It is said that after applying 'Purple Lightning', the maximum speed of the flying sword can be increased by nine percent, the instantaneous destructive power can be increased by eleven percent, and the consumed spiritual energy can be reduced by five percent, which significantly improves the comprehensive performance of the flying sword."
"Affected by this good news, the stock price of the 'Invisible Sword Sect' has been rising all the way, approaching the limit-up before ten o'clock and maintaining it until the close."
"And the entire sword cultivation sector, including twenty-two sects such as 'Giant Sword Sect', 'Extreme North Sword Sect', and 'South Sea Sword Sect', has also been rising all the way. As of the close, the sword cultivation sector has risen by 5.42 percentage points."
"On the other hand, the stock price of 'Golden Armor Sect', which focuses on defense, has been falling all the way. Analysts generally believe that with the continuous emergence of new talismans such as 'Purple Lightning', flying sword technology will make a revolutionary leap, and the current mainstream armor cannot defend against