God rewards those who work hard: no pains, 100% gains 2

Chapter 93
Forging, there are so many things to learn.

At the very least, the first thing to learn is to identify various minerals and identify various refining materials.

A large proportion of the refining classics that Xu Ke copied in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion are all about various minerals and materials, how to identify them, and how to deal with them.

Fortunately, these contents only need to be memorized.

Even so, it took Xu Ke two days to finish reading the knowledge of identifying and handling refining materials.

In order to deepen his memory, Xu Ke even spent a hundredfold harvest to keep this knowledge firmly in his heart and thoroughly understand it.

After finishing the introductory knowledge, Xu Ke began to learn the method of refining weapons.

Refining is different from the "forging iron" that Xu Ke originally imagined. The method of refining by fire is only one of the methods of refining, and of course it is the most common one. There are many other methods of refining.

Most of the utensils in the five elements category can be refined using the five elements method.

For some special utensils, the refining techniques are quite special.Some need to be tempered with thunder, some need to be tempered with cold air, all kinds of things.

There are even some magic artifacts with even weirder refining techniques. The embryos of the artifacts are implanted into the human body, and the artifacts are directly refined with human life.

Among the classics transcribed by Xu Ke, it mainly talks about the method of fire refining, and other various methods of refining weapons. It just mentioned that there is such a thing, and there are no specific details.

The method of fire refining is relatively universal, and it is enough for the time being.

Xu Ke picked up the copied Art of Refining Artifacts and began to read it.There is not much content, Xu Ke read it quickly.

After reading it, Xu Ke was a little speechless.

It's still the same old way!

In addition to the basic fire control method, quenching method, and tempering method, the Artifact Refining Art compiled by the Artifact Refining Palace only lists several methods of refining magical artifacts.

For example, the magic weapon long sword, such as the communication talisman, and the five magic weapons belonging to the five elements.The refining method of each magic weapon is described in detail and very specific.

As long as you follow the same pattern and continue to persevere after failing countless times, after you waste countless materials, you will definitely be able to learn how to refine weapons.

But... there is absolutely no theoretical knowledge of refining weapons.

It just tells you that you must do this, without explaining why you should do this at all, without explaining the reason at all, let alone any "principle".

Isn't this the same as learning to draw symbols back then?

It just tells you that you have to draw like this, and you can just follow the painting, and doesn't tell you why you have to draw like this at all.

This is entirely a method of cultivating craftsmen, not a method of cultivating craftsmen.

For Zongmen, it really only needs you to be able to operate, not to understand the principles.However, for Xu Ke, it is not enough to just know how to operate.

Since no one teaches the principle, it can only be studied by yourself.

Xu Ke sighed. Fortunately, he learned the Taoism and spells. Otherwise, he didn't know how to start with these art of refining weapons.

Reaching out to take out a communication talisman, Xu Ke compared the refining method of the communication talisman in the method of refining the weapon, and began to analyze the reason.

Communication Talisman, this is the simplest entry-level refiner.

Xu Ke has already mastered the method of drawing the communication spell, and even deciphered the communication technique from it, and he has mastered it very deeply.

Taking the communication talisman as a starting point, comparing spells, spells and communication talismans, one can deduce the same principles from them.

After some comparison, Xu Ke found that there is almost no difference in the essence of the communication talisman and the communication charm.

The only difference is that the Communication Charm can only be used once, and the Communication Talisman can be used repeatedly.

In essence, the communication talisman is to carve out a rune structure on a piece of jade, and then fill it with spiritual materials to transmit spiritual power, just like Xu Ke's arrangement of rune arrays in Kunwuyuan before.

So... Refining tools, drawing talismans, and setting up formations are essentially the same?
Formation is to draw talismans on the ground, and refining equipment is to draw talismans on various refining materials.

Xu Ke took out the magic weapon and long sword again, compared it with the refining method described in Art of Refining, and came up with the same answer.

The long sword, a magic weapon, is actually using mysterious crystal wires in the metal material to construct runes one by one to achieve various rune effects.

Such as firmness, such as sharpness, such as floating... Several different rune structures, combined together, is a magic weapon long sword.

Of course, it is still a little different from the talisman. There is an additional energy storage structure in the magic weapon to store spiritual power.

How much spiritual power this energy storage structure can store is the standard for judging the grade of a magic weapon.

It can only store the spiritual power of the third level of Qi training at most, which is a low-level magic weapon.

It can store up to six levels of spiritual power, which is the middle-level magic weapon.

By analogy, a magic weapon that can store twelve layers of spiritual power is the so-called top grade magic weapon.

That's it?

Artifact refining, that's it?

Xu Ke shook his head.There is absolutely no technical content in the refining technique during the Qi training period!

To refine the "demonstrating tool", this kind of unskilled refining technique alone can't solve the problem at all.

What Xu Ke needs is the kind of refining technique that can lay down the "spiritual ban" and refine spiritual weapons, not the basic refining technique that draws symbols on refining materials.

It seems that Junior Sister Li Muzi needs help again.

Xu Ke took out the messenger talisman and sent a message to Li Muzi.

"Brother Xu?"

Li Muzi yawned, "It's so late, you have something urgent to do with me?"

so late……

Xu Ke was stunned for a moment, then looked up, and saw that it was dark outside.

Well, doing research has been around the clock.

Xu Ke smiled, "I'm sorry, I forgot to check the time for a while. I'm bothering Junior Sister Li."

"Okay, okay, talk about something, I have to catch up on sleep!"

Li Muzi was yawning again.

"Junior Sister Li, can you obtain the art of refining the foundation-building spirit weapon?"

Xu Ke didn't delay, and directly stated his purpose.

"Refining a foundation-building spiritual weapon?"

Li Muzi was stunned for a moment, "You want to refine weapons again? It is said that you can make wine, build formations, draw talismans, control beasts, farm, and now you want to refine weapons. Brother Xu, how many things do you have to learn!"

"Hey, learn to play, learn to play!"

Xu Ke casually said, "I also ask Junior Sister Li for help."

"Fine!"

Li Muzi didn't say much, "Tomorrow, I'll go to the Formation Hall to ask for a copy of the refining method of foundation-building spiritual weapons."

For true disciples, this kind of refining knowledge can be obtained casually.

It's like Xu Ke, as an inner disciple, can enter the Sutra Pavilion at will to read all the classics during the Qi training period.

"Then thank you, Junior Sister Li! Don't disturb Junior Sister Li's rest."

Xu Ke thanked him and hung up the summons.

The refining method of the foundation building spirit weapon has been completed.

Xu Ke smiled, got up and went back to his room to sleep.
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The next morning, a flash of sword light whizzed over.

Because the sword light carried Li Muzi's spiritual power, the magic circle of Bishuitan did not block it, and the flying sword passed through the magic circle and landed at the gate of Xu Ke's Kunwu courtyard.

See also Feijian Chuanshu.

Xu Ke stretched out his hand and waved a wave of spiritual power. The flying sword floating in front of him flickered, and a scroll of jade slips fell into Xu Ke's hands.

"This is the foundation-building spirit weapon refining technique you want. Just read it for yourself, don't spread it to outsiders! This is the sect's inheritance, and it would be considered illegal for me to give it to you!"

Li Muzi's voice came from Feijian.

"understand!"

Xu Ke nodded, and cupped his hands towards Feijian, "Thank you, Junior Sister Li."

"You're welcome!"

Li Muzi grinned, "Long-distance Yujian, even with the help of master's warship to amplify the spiritual consciousness, I'm not very proficient in operating it, so I can't stay for a long time, let's go!"

"Okay, walk slowly."

Xu Ke handed him off again.

The next moment, the flying sword was shaken, pierced through the air, and went straight to the sky.

Xu Ke picked up the jade slips, went back to the Kunwu courtyard, and sat in the study.

Released a spiritual sense, probed into the jade slip, and Xu Ke saw... This is just a detailed introduction of a method of refining a foundation-building spiritual weapon.

Is it still an old routine?It is still teaching skills without teaching the Dharma, and teaching the Dharma without preaching the Tao.

Xu Ke smiled and didn't care, as long as there is a refining method of the spirit weapon as a reference.

The Jade Slips introduced a spirit weapon refining technique called "Golden Crow Talisman".

This "Golden Crow Amulet" is similar to the amulet issued to Xu Ke by the sect when he was promoted to the inner sect.

It's just that Xu Ke's Golden Crow Talisman is a one-time golden elixir-level charm, and the Golden Crow Talisman introduced here is a foundation-building spiritual tool that can be reused.

Aside from the material handling, controlled fire, quenching and tempering methods, what Xu Ke saw was the essence.

In line with Xu Ke's original prediction, the key to the refining technique of the Golden Crow Talisman is to create a "spiritual ban" in the embryo.

This method of laying down the spirit ban is not fundamentally different from the way Xu Ke used to lay down the rune circle on the monkey and the purple skylark.

Sure enough, the previous deduction was not wrong, the method of refining the foundation building spirit weapon is to lay down the "spiritual ban".

After understanding the essence, those details are not important.

Xu Ke put away the jade slips, stepped out of the study, walked all the way through the backyard, and came to the cave in the mountain.

Walking into the reserved refining room in the cave, Xu Ke sat cross-legged on the futon.

According to the Jade Slips, to refine the foundation-building spiritual weapon, materials with the same attribute as the "spiritual taboo" must be used.

In order for Xu Ke to verify his own practice, he had to use materials containing twelve spiritual power attributes to refine the required "demonstration tool".

Other materials are easy to talk about, but the space-time attribute is not easy to deal with.

Hmm... the space attribute can also be solved.

The storage bag, and the jade gourd must all contain space attributes, otherwise the space magic weapon would not be able to be refined.

Materials with time attributes... I don't know if Gao Zhengzhi can buy them.

If he can't buy it, then he will have to trouble Junior Sister Li Muzi again.

Since there is still a lack of materials, let's first use ordinary five-element attribute materials to refine a five-element spiritual weapon. Anyway, it needs to practice craftsmanship.

Therefore, Xu Ke took out some five-element attribute spiritual materials from the storage bag.

These are all the materials that Gao Zhengzhi bought back to set up the array of Kunwuyuan, and there are still some unused.

A piece of copper, a piece of gold, a piece of earth stone, a piece of pyrolite, and a piece of wood core.

These materials are only materials in the Qi training period. If you want to use the materials in the Qi training period to refine the foundation-building spiritual weapon, I'm afraid... the possibility of success is not very high.

Anyway, it's just practice, it doesn't matter!

Arrange these five pieces of materials according to the five elements.

Xu Ke stretched out his hand and mobilized the spiritual power of the Five Elements Formation, using that piece of copper as the embryo to smelt other materials.

The transformation of the five elements and the circulation of spiritual power.

With the circulation of spiritual power, the other four materials quickly decomposed and merged into the copper.

The original metallic copper embryo body immediately became complete with five elements and balanced aura attributes.

Under the refinement of the spiritual power of the Five Elements, other impurities in the Yuan Bronze were also purified and removed, leaving only the pure attributes of the Five Elements.

Material handling has been done.

In the next step, Xu Ke drives the firepower to smelt Yuan copper and shape the Yuan copper embryo.

Under Xu Ke's control, the molten copper gradually condensed into a hub-like thing with five blades growing out.

This is the Five Elements Wheel!
From the center of the middle circle, five supporting ribs extend to connect the outer rim, and a half-foot sharp edge protrudes from the rim.

When the five-element wheel is played and rotates rapidly, the five sharp blades cut out the five-element sword energy, and rotate and cut rapidly.

Such a rotary cutting, the power should not be bad, right?

Forget it, it's just practice anyway, let's get it done first.

After condensing the embryo, Xu Ke stopped the five-element formation, drove his own spiritual power, differentiated the five elements, and condensed the rune ring structure in the embryo.

Just like condensing the rune ring in the monkey's body, Xu Ke used his own spiritual power to construct the five-element rune structure in the embryo, laying down a "spiritual ban".

Of course, this is just a prototype, and it is far from the real "spiritual ban".

What's wrong?Of course it's a lack of spiritual power!

With the Five Elements Array, the problem of spiritual power can be solved easily.

So, Xu Ke picked up the weapon embryo, stepped out of the refining room, and came to the altar of the cave mansion.

With a wave of his hand, the embryo floated in mid-air.

Xu Ke stood on the altar, activated the five-element formation, circulated spiritual power, and passed it into the embryo.

At the same time, Xu Ke drives his own spiritual power to operate the "spiritual prohibition" in the embryo, constantly absorbing the majestic spiritual power from the refining formation.

With the continuous absorption of spiritual power, the spiritual prohibition in the embryo gradually stabilized.

Fortunately, it didn't explode!

Even with Xu Ke's strength, under the precise calculations of Dayan's divine calculation, under the precise judgment of spiritual power by the Wang Qi technique, and under the control of Xu Ke's powerful spiritual power, he still operates cautiously.

The operation of the spirit ban is fairly stable, and the entire operation process is fairly smooth.

Of course, this is not the completion of the refiner.

Now it is only the "spiritual ban" that has been stabilized, um...in fact, it is not considered a "spiritual ban", it can only be regarded as a preliminary condensed rune structure, and it will take a long time to accumulate spiritual power before it can be transformed into a "spiritual ban" , become a spirit weapon.

For this five-element wheel, the possibility of refining failure is even greater.

Even if it is cultivated with spiritual power, it may not be transformed into a "spiritual ban", after all, the material is too poor.

A spiritual weapon already has a powerful power comparable to that of a foundation, but it is not so simple to practice.

According to the legend, there is a master who forges weapons, and he can practice for decades, even hundreds of years!
It is certainly not an exaggeration to say that it takes decades to refine a foundation-building spiritual weapon, but even if there is sufficient spiritual power provided by a large formation, it must be refined for at least ten days, right?
It can only be cultivated slowly like this first, if the spiritual power is instilled a little more, it might explode.

Xu Ke activated the large formation, added a layer of protection around it, and left the five-element wheel on the altar.

It was the first time I tried refining a weapon, and the process went smoothly.As for the result...it's just practice, the result is not important.

God rewards hard work, add points!
"Artifact Refining Technique: Artifact Chapter (Consummation), Spirit Artifact Chapter (Mastery)."

The principles of practicing the four arts and the array of alchemy and talismans are all interlinked.

With the foundation of spells and formations, it will be easy to learn how to refine weapons.

With a hundredfold harvest, the magic weapon refining level is directly at full level, and the spiritual weapon refining is also proficient.

The next step is to find Gao Zhengzhi to buy foundation-level refining materials, and prepare to formally refine the foundation-level spiritual weapon and the weapon of enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)