My Master Only Breaks Through on the Edge of Death

"First, calculate how we can make No.1 and No.2 complete the postnatal spiritual treasure-level spaceship more quickly under the existing conditions," Xu Fan asked.

"Master, I request the consumption of Xuanhuang Qi."

"How much Xuanhuang Qi is expected to be consumed?" Xu Fan asked.

"There’s no data model, but it won’t exceed one crystal of Xuanhuang Qi at most," Pu Tao’s voice answered.

"One crystal of Xuanhuang Qi!" Xu Fan was calculating its value.

"Go ahead then. We need to have a data model anyway," Xu Fan assessed his family assets.

In the treasure house, there were a total of four crystals of Xuanhuang Qi. He could afford to spend one.

As Pu Tao was authorized, one crystal of Xuanhuang Qi integrated into Pu Tao’s origin.

Then, Xu Fan felt a strange ripple coming from Pu Tao.

This ripple disappeared after a quarter of an hour.

"Master, the deduction is complete."

"With the use of Xuanhuang Qi and the secret method as aid, it can boost No.1 and No.2 to the level of God Craftsman. It only takes 500 years to refine the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Level Spaceship," Pu Tao quickly answered.

"How much Xuanhuang Qi was consumed in this calculation," Xu Fan was more concerned about this problem.

"0.7 crystals of Xuanhuang Qi," said Pu Tao cautiously.

"0.7 crystals of Xuanhuang Qi!!"

"That’s several hundreds of billion fairy jades." Although Xu Fan felt pained, he knew there wasn’t a better solution.

Consider this as trying something new this time, he could use less in the future.

"Then how much Xuanhuang Qi will it take for these 500 years?" Xu Fan asked.

"Exactly one crystal of Xuanhuang Qi per person," said Pu Tao cautiously. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Counting materials and labor costs, should I ask Tianding Commerce Guild if they have any ready-made Acquired Spiritual Treasure Spaceships on sale?" Xu Fan was still mourning about his 0.7 crystal of Xuanhuang Qi.

"Master, Pu Tao has inquired. A common Acquired Spiritual Treasure Spaceship that can reach above the Nine Heavens requires at least 20 crystals of Xuanhuang Qi and is often out of stock," Pu Tao quickly answered.

"If master refines the spaceship himself, a crucial benefit is that once No.1 and No.2 become God Craftsmen, they can redesign the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Spaceship Blueprint."

"No need to resort to some unconventional methods to forcibly refine an Acquired Spiritual Treasure Spaceship."

Upon hearing Pu Tao’s words, Xu Fan stroked his chin.

"That makes sense. Besides, now that we’ve got fairy jades, it would be inappropriate to just refine some simplified versions forcefully."

"Tell No.1 and No.2 to recalculate the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Spaceship based on the capabilities of becoming God Craftsmen," Xu Fan ordered.

"Yes, master."

Originally, Pu Tao wanted to ask Xu Fan if he wanted to use Xuanhuang Qi to calculate the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Spaceship Blueprint.

But he saw Xu Fan’s pained expression and wisely shut up.

On the Giant Lake outside the Hidden Spirit Sect, a pained Xu Fan wanted to find good brothers to soothe his mood.

"What’s wrong? Brother Xu seems upset about something?" asked Wang Yulun, who was currently fishing.

"The sect recently acquired four crystals of Xuanhuang Qi. I had Pu Tao test it, and she burned through 0.7 crystals of Xuanhuang Qi in one go. It really broke my heart," said Xu Fan, who also took out a fishing rod and started fishing. But he was fishing for real fish.

"Xuanhuang Qi?" Wang Yulun thought for a moment, then took out ten crystals of Xuanhuang Qi from his Space Ring.

"Is it this?"

Xu Fan’s eyes widened in surprise, asking, "Did you catch this fishing?"

"No, it was pocket money given to me by my sister-in-law."

"According to her, in my past life, I used to give her a lot of pocket money when she was younger. Now that she’s grown up, she’s returning the favor."

"Besides her complaints about me having many female friends, I’m quite satisfied with how my sister-in-law treats me." Wang Yulun grinned, recalling his chats with her were quite amusing.

"So these Xuan Huang Qi were from your sister-in-law, what do you owe me?" questioned Xu Fan.

"Alright then, if you don’t want it, I will just store it in the treasure house for future use."

"Pu Tao, construct a teleportation array to the treasure house, I need to deposit something."

A special teleportation array to the Treasure House swiftly appeared next to Wang Yulun, quickly absorbing the Ten Crystals of Xuan Huang Qi.

"Brother, I don’t know how I will be able to return this favor to you..." Xu Fan said sheepishly.

"We’re brothers, there’s no need to talk about repaying favors. Just don’t forget that you’ve still got me." Wang Yulun looked at Xu Fan earnestly.

Just at that moment, Wang Yulun’s fishing rod suddenly sunk down. Something else had taken the bait.

Wang Yulun had to use all his strength, struggling for a while before he could pull his catch out from the water.

A gigantic stone sculpture of a real dragon appeared mid-air, and was then shrunk down and reeled in by Wang Yulun.

"Brother Xu, can you help me identify what this is?" Wang Yulun passed the miniaturized stone sculpture to Xu Fan.

"It seems to be a true dragon that has been petrified, and judging from its condition, it probably happened instantly."

Xu Fan further examined the dragon’s eyes, scales, claws, and tail, and finally confirmed that this was a true dragon of Golden Immortal level.

"Based on the age of the carving, it must be at least a hundred million years old," Xu Fan continued observing.

"You hate dragons the most, Brother Xu. Why not keep it as a stepping stone?" Wang Yulun joked.

"Forget stepping stone, I’ll just put it in my small courtyard as a rockery," Xu Fan suggested.

Looking at the pose of the petrified dragon, it could perfectly fit on top of the mountain in the small courtyard and serve as a decoration of a dragon coiling around a pillar.

Xu Fan chatted with his good brother for a while longer, feeling much better.

He then returned to the underground space and started delegating tasks.

"Pu Tao, calculate a design for a Golden Immortal puppet that No.3 can make, so No.3 can focus on crafting Golden Immortal puppets from now on," Xu Fan decided after a moment’s thought.

"Yes, Master. Should I use the Xuan Huang Qi to speed up the task?" Pu Tao inquired.

"No need. If necessary, I’ll tell you. You don’t need to raise such questions every time," Xu Fan replied.

"Yes, sir."

After everything was well arranged, it was already late at night. Xu Fan returned to his small courtyard, lying in his lounge chair, appreciating the starry night.

"I’ve been really busy recently. I need to unwind…" Xu Fan stared at the sky and mumbled to himself.

Just at this moment, a strange sound came into earshot.

"Crack, crack, crack", it sounded as if someone was munching on something hard.

The sound was very faint, but Xu Fan still caught it.

Locating the source, Xu Fan found a palm-sized white jade turtle munching on the petrified dragon he had just placed on the small courtyard’s mountain.

The little turtle, busy gnawing at the petrified dragon, suddenly noticed Xu Fan and was overjoyed.