Chapter 26: Refining Treasures is Like Refining People
Chapter 26: Refining Treasures is Like Refining People
"Li Quanqing, first place in this weapon hall assessment, with an A-grade score!"
As the invigilator announced, the jade bell rang, and all the disciples' eyes focused in the same direction.
Li Quanshu looked at the high-spirited young man with complicated feelings.
She also signed up for the assessment of the local school, but unfortunately failed.
To be precise, there were more than sixty boys and girls who studied and learned to read in the same room.
Only Li Quanqing succeeded.
Leaving his peers far behind.
"Brother, congratulations."
Li Quanlin smiled: "A Heaven-level apprentice can already be called a quasi-weapon refiner. He is only one step away from the finish line!"
But this one step has trapped many people for decades.
"Brother, does the promise you made back then still count?"
Li Quanqing chuckled. After spending more than half a year together, the two of them had already become familiar with each other.
Li Quanlin nodded: "Of course it counts, I have kept your Qingli Sword!"
The two agreed on a time, and after Li Quanqing settled the chores in the fish pond, he followed his brother into the Dharma Hall area.
The family's weapon refiners all have an exclusive weapon refining hall deep in the weapon hall.
The formation rumbled open, the light faded, and Li Quanqing carefully looked at the layout of the refining room.
The walls were made of huge black rocks, which were hard and immortal and could block out noise. The ground was paved with ice jade, and the cold air dissipated the remaining heat in the air.
Various minerals and spiritual materials were piled up around the forging table, in a chaotic yet orderly manner. In the corner lay a ruined magical weapon, covered with a thick layer of dust.
Li Quanqing glanced at Li Quanlin, who was wearing a bright and beautiful Taoist robe. He didn't expect that this senior brother had such a sloppy side.
"How is your fire control technique, Junior Brother?"
Li Quanlin also looked a little embarrassed and deliberately changed the subject.
"The spiritual root compatibility is not good, and this spell is average."
Li Quanqing answered honestly that when refining medicine and weapons, one always has to deal with fire.
"For cultivators like us who do not have an advantage in fire spirit roots, if we want to reach the peak of weapon refining, we often need to rely on external objects."
Li Quanlin pointed to a pile of warm and burning wood in the distance: "For example, Yang attribute spiritual wood, the flames are gentle and peaceful when burning, and it is easier to control."
"Or we can tame a few fire monsters and use their fire to refine weapons. The temperature is so high that it is more suitable than a cultivator with fire spirit roots."
The senior brother took out a spirit beast bag, and out of it flew three black fire crows with red claws and golden pupils.
quack!
The fire crow flapped its wings and looked at Li Quanqing curiously, its feathers spread out and wisps of high-temperature flames burning on its wings.
"Which one do you want to choose?"
Li Quanqing looked at the spiritual wood, then at the fire crow, and asked tentatively: "Brother, can I have them all?"
Li Quanlin was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily: "Of course, we just happen to be refining two magic weapons, which is just right."
This time, refining equipment is of teaching nature, so we don't mind the trouble.
Li Quanqing brought in a magical wood, which was called Qingyang wood. It was emerald green like jade, and had oval leaves that continuously released heat. A small piece of it could make the whole room warm.
The Li family planted thousands of acres of land in the Spiritual Medicine Valley, exclusively for use by weapon refiners.
laugh!
Flames rose in the palms of the two brothers' hands and they lit the sacred wood. The faint fragrance of plants and trees instantly lingered around their noses.
A Qingyang wood about a foot long is enough to burn for a day and a night. It can only be ignited by the magic power of immortal cultivators and is difficult to be harmed by mortals.
A light blue spiritual fire rose up, and a heat wave swept around, burning the furnace red.
Li Quanlin took out a few pieces of ore and placed them in the furnace. While using fire control techniques to warm the furnace, he took out two tool embryos and explained them.
"To engrave spiritual patterns on a magical instrument, we must first determine the nodes of the mana, just like we must find the acupoints in our own body before we can refine the spiritual energy and practice."
"Junior brother, please determine the location of the mana node of this Qingli Sword."
Li Quanqing took the Qinglin sword, and his magic power slowly and gently seeped into the sword body.
The magic power flows slowly inside the embryo, just like a stream flowing in a dark maze with no visible way forward.
If the magic power is stagnant, it means there are too many impurities and the conductivity is too poor, so it needs to be avoided when engraving.
Sometimes mana can get through, but it is extremely difficult and obscure. When engraving spiritual patterns here, the failure rate will be very high.
Li Quanqing marked out the mana nodes one by one and was able to connect them into a line from beginning to end, which was a mana conduction route that ran through the entire magic weapon.
The nodes of each embryo are unique, requiring the refiner to tailor the material and engrave spiritual patterns.
Swish! ! Under the guidance of his senior brother, Li Quanqing's fingertips glowed with golden light, and he used the Gengjin Finger to begin engraving patterns, some deep and some shallow.
This process is the same as drawing talismans, it must be done in one go. Any pause will result in all previous efforts being wasted.
hum! !
After the thirteen spiritual patterns were carved, the sound of the sword resounded, and spiritual energy automatically gathered, coating the embryo with a layer of precious light.
"Leave it to Brother next!"
Li Quanlin placed the sword blank into the furnace. The ores had already been melted into the essence of gold and iron, like flowing magma.
"disease!"
The senior brother kept making seals with his hands, and his magic power surged out, emitting rays of forbidden light.
The essence of various materials covered the surface of the embryo and actively drilled into the spiritual patterns, making hissing sounds.
The entire Qingli Sword was shrinking continuously, various iron filings and impurities were precipitated out, and then were burned into nothingness by the flames.
Li Quanqing stared intently.
Each spiritual material is integrated into a different position, requiring extremely fine manipulation to finally be integrated into one.
An hour later.
Zheng! !
The sword body vibrated and a sharp aura rushed towards me.
Li Quanlin formed the last seal, and a layer of fish-scale-like green spiritual light bloomed, transforming into strands of silk threads that penetrated deep into the sword along the spiritual patterns.
Dozens of mysterious symbols quietly burned and condensed, and finally disappeared, making it difficult for outsiders to see.
"It's done!"
Li Quanlin used his magical power and the Qingli Sword flew out of the furnace and landed in front of his junior fellow apprentice.
The residual heat of the Green Carp Sword had not yet faded, burning the air so much that it slightly distorted.
Li Quanqing looked at it carefully. The sword was pure green and flawless. The sword light was flowing, and it had an extra layer of warm luster than before, like rippling water.
The quality is barely enough to be considered a upper or lower grade magical weapon.
"Rest for three hours, and then we will continue to refine the Green Scale Shield."
Li Quanlin looked at his fellow apprentice who seemed to have realized something, and gave him time to think and summarize.
Two days later.
Li Quanqing walked out of the refining room in a very happy mood.
"With my senior brother's endorsement, I can show my true weapon refining level and become a true weapon refiner."
He left Qingyu Island and thought while controlling the spirit boat, carefully recalling what he had gained this time. It can be said that he had gained a lot.
I finally got to practice and observe all the knowledge about refining equipment myself, and gained new insights.
"The spiritual patterns engraved inside the magic weapon are like the bones and meridians in the human body. The magic power activates the patterns and finally casts various spells."
“No wonder those Jindan Zhenren and Yuanying Zhenjun like to refine their own life magic treasures the most.”
"Isn't this a systematic summary and verification of one's own path of cultivation?"
"Even if the cultivation method is the same, there may be huge differences when refining the life magic weapon."
"Refining a weapon is like practicing cultivation, and refining a treasure is like refining a person!"
Li Quanqing sighed slightly.
Although there is light group cheating, the knowledge has really entered my brain, and I always have some thoughts of my own.
Returning to the fish pond and opening the formation, I saw an iron-boned crab as big as a washbasin lying on the reef basking in the sun. It was a circle larger than the spirit crab next to it.
Gululu~
The big crab was spitting water bubbles from its mouth, its eyes were rolling, and it was glancing at Li Quanqing lazily.
This is the Iron-Boned Crab King who has conquered all his brothers and sisters. He is the only crab in the crab group that has not yet reached maturity.
He is also the one with the most stubborn temper.
Wow!
The Iron-Bone Crab King stretched out his big claws and stirred the water a few times. Amidst the splashing water, he suddenly caught a big, lively blue carp.
What does this mean? Are you treating me to fish to repay your kindness in raising me?
Li Quanqing was looking at the big black carp with a dazed look and was somewhat confused.
There was a sound of snap, and the crab's claws fell down, cutting the herring's body in half!
Blood splattered and bodies were torn apart!
All of a sudden, Li Quanqing's blood pressure rose sharply!
"Crab, you dare to kill my fish?!"
(End of this chapter)