Chapter 103 Refining the Way

Chapter 103 Refining the Way

Chapter 103 Refining the Way
A figure stepped on the fire and landed on the White Tiger Mountain Patrol Office.

The Jiucha Mansion has high walls and black tiles. It is less magnificent and noble than the Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion, but more solemn and majestic.

The Supervisory Office is divided into two departments and two courts.

The two departments are the functional agencies of Sanqing Mountain. The Correction Department is in charge of the discipline within the sect, and the Supervision Department is in charge of external investigations.

The two academies are places for cultivation. The Weaponry Academy practices the art of refining treasures and casting weapons, while the Puppetry Academy practices the art of making mechanical puppets.

Cheng Xinzhan was not too familiar with Jiufengsi, and to be honest, I'm afraid that no one in the sect was very familiar with Jiufengsi, after all, they all stayed away from him. The background colors of the Taoist robes of Sanqing Mountain were different, but they all had mountain mist patterns on the chest and eight trigrams on the back. Only Jiufengsi had a Bi'an pattern on his chest, which was really conspicuous.

He was familiar with the other three. He was related to the Tongchasi because he took the initiative to visit them after returning from Baiyujing half a year ago and told them about the relationship between Huangshan and Emei. He also said that there was a suspected little Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain who was hanging around in the brothel. These two were the leading sects in the Eastern and Western Taoism, and were also the ones that the Tongchasi paid the most attention to.

The Puppet Academy was where Zhu Jianmo practiced, and the two of them often met. Although Cheng Xinzhan did not take Zhu Ming's bloodline seriously, Zhu Jianmo always thought of them as brothers in his heart. He usually took good care of Cheng Xinzhan and sometimes even sent him some of the puppet gadgets he made.

As for the Weaponry Academy, it was because he was attending classes there as an auditor.

Yes, the day after returning from Baiyujing, the head master announced that the 26th generation disciple Cheng Xinzhan, the true disciple of Mingzhi Mountain, would listen to the thunder method at Shuji Mountain in the early morning of each month, listen to the sword method at Toujian Mountain in the middle of the month, and listen to the refining method at Baihu Mountain in the late month. All mountain and prefecture officials must cooperate fully and teach the method according to the true method without keeping any secrets. The period is for two years.

Now half a year has passed, and most people in the mountain gate now know that a great figure has emerged in Meiji Mountain, who is highly skilled in talisman, thunder and sword skills. If you look deeper, you will find that he was also able to make it onto the Nandou list by eating qi with six breaths.

Now it is Taoist Master Jiang Weishan, the deputy dean of the Weapon Academy, who is personally leading Cheng Xinzhan.

Cheng Xinzhan walked into the weapons yard, turned several corners, and took the stairs to an underground cave, which was called the Alchemy Cave.

The underground space is very large, with a height of more than ten feet. The soil and rocks on the top of the cave have been smoked into a glass-like state by the fire, which reflects the firelight and creates a shimmering effect underground.

The alchemy cave is too big, so even though it is filled with many tall, red refining furnaces, it still looks very empty.

Each furnace is about sixty to seventy feet high, with a fire underneath that burns all year round, so the cave is very hot and smoky.

People are not even as tall as the feet of the stove, and walking in the cave feels like walking in a forest of copper and iron.

Cheng Xinzhan greeted people along the way and came to a furnace that was emitting colorful rays of light. There was someone sitting at the mouth of the furnace. He approached and saluted.

"Teacher."

Jiang Weishan looked to be in his fifties or sixties, with a red face and not much hair. He was not wearing a Taoist scarf in the hot underground, and only a few strands of hair were fluttering. He once explained to Cheng Xinzhan that this was caused by his bad habit of sitting by the fire all year round.

Therefore, when Cheng Xinzhan saw his master meditating on the floor by the stove at night, he also proposed to do so in order to learn more, but was sternly rejected by Jiang Weishan, who smiled and said that if such a handsome young man were to disfigure himself by learning from him, not only Wen Sukong, but even the head master would not forgive him.

"Xinzhan is here, please sit down."

Jiang Weishan smiled and asked Cheng Xinzhan to sit down. He was very satisfied with this boy. He was smart, sensible, polite, and could learn anything after being taught. He could draw inferences from what he had learned. It was only after he became his apprentice that he realized the joy of being a teacher.

I really envy Wen Sukong!

Cheng Xinzhan sat down, took the fan from Jiang Weishan, and fanned the fire gently, saying,
"Master, I went back and checked, and I may have found the reason why the Blue Water Earth Gold and the Red Ring Precious Tin cannot be smelted together."

"Oh, tell me."

Jiang Weishan did not look down on this young man who had only been practicing alchemy for half a year. Sometimes many of his brilliant ideas really helped him.

"I found out from the Danjing: The Fairy on the River is the most spiritual and divine. She can fly when she gets fire and is not affected by dust. If you want to control her, the yellow buds are her roots.

"When a girl gets fire, she can fly. This is called flying mercury. So I guess this blue water earth gold will have some similarities with the nature of a girl. The difference may be that the temperature of blue water earth gold's fusion is much higher than that of a girl. However, the temperature required to melt the red ring precious tin is very high. When the red ring precious tin melts, the blue water earth gold may have already fused. That's why we don't see the combination of the two every time we open the furnace."

Jiang Weishan listened carefully and nodded. Blue water gold is a very rare treasure that can only be found in the deep valleys where there is no sunlight all year round. In the damp and cold underground, it is light yellow gold. Once it is brought to the surface, it will turn into blue water.

"So what do you think?"

Jiang Weishan asked.

"The Danjing says that yellow buds can make a beautiful girl. The yellow buds in the Dandao are sulfur stones. Among the sulfur stones, I found that wild fire sulfur stones and red ring precious tin are very compatible. Melting them together will not change the fire affinity of the red ring precious tin. On the contrary, it can further stimulate the fire ring phenomenon of the precious tin. Can I add some when I open the furnace this time?"

Cheng Xinzhan answered.

"How much?"

"Based on the remaining blue water gold we have, we can refine it in three batches. Let's just give it a try this time. Adding two taels of wild fire sulfur stone should be enough."

Jiang Weishan closed his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded, "You can give it a try. Use Ding San Fire first, and then switch to Ding Liu Fire after half an hour. If it works, the Wild Fire Sulfur Stone should have solidified the Blue Water Earth Gold by then. Maintain it for ten breaths, then switch to Bing Fire and use Bing Ten Fire to quickly refine it."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. The combination of different materials and yin and yang firepower is a very profound knowledge. He is still learning this, but Master Jiang’s teaching is very detailed and he is gradually getting the hang of it.

The fan in his hand was also a magical weapon. It was not easy to control the fire nature and fire power of the earth fire with the wind nature. Fortunately, Cheng Xinzhan had been gradually improving in his practice of "Tian Gang Di Xun Ren Ling Zhang Shen Ben Jing" and was even more familiar with fire methods. Therefore, he learned this very quickly. Less than a month after he came to the Alchemy Cave, Jiang Weishan had already let him be a fire-fanning boy without any worries.

It is said to be refining equipment, but in fact what is being refined are the four elements of wind, fire, earth and gold.

Open the furnace, light the fire, add gold, close the furnace, change the fire, and open the furnace again.

About an hour and a half later, the furnace was opened. The master and the disciple looked into the furnace and immediately smiled.

The piece of refined gold in the furnace was a watery blue, but was surrounded by a ring of fire. This was the gold they wanted, which was made from the combination of blue water gold and red ring precious tin. It was fire-friendly, had a ring of fire, and could absorb fire to refine itself. At the same time, it had the flexibility of water, and when it met a water-based treasure, it would not be too passive due to the conflicting attributes.

This was one of the main materials for the first magic sword forged by the Weaponry Academy for Cheng Xinzhan.

This was an order that the headmaster secretly gave to the weapons academy. All materials must be sent to the headmaster's secret vault, and Cheng Xinzhan must be brought along when refining the sword so that he can fully master his sword.

Jiang Weishan looked at Cheng Xinzhan. It is said that one can polish jade with stones from other mountains, but finding the method of refining weapons from the alchemy classics is not something that ordinary people can think of. His strange ideas and understanding always surprise him again and again. "Xinzhan, don't you really consider coming to the Weaponry Academy? As long as you nod, I can ask the ancestor to talk to the headmaster."

He asked the question again.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled bitterly and shook his head. In the past six months, he had heard too many similar words in Shuji Mountain, Toujian Mountain, and Baihu Mountain.

Jiang Weishan sighed, but still did not give up. There was still a year and a half left, so there was still a chance.

He began to continue to train Cheng Xinzhan with the materials and explain the properties of the five metals.

Most of the day passed.

He came to another stove and sat in the main seat at the stove entrance. This was a stove specially allocated to him by the Weaponry Academy. If someone from outside the sect came in to borrow the stove, it would cost fifty gold a day.

Every day he would first act as a fire-fanning boy, listening and watching, learning how to refine weapons from Jiang Weishan, and then he would practice on his own and become the main refiner.

Cheng Xinzhan opened the furnace, and inside the furnace was "Taodu".

Now the three sections of "Taodu" have been combined into one, but if you look closely you can still see two tiny cracks. However, the cracks are only one finger wide at this time, which is much better than the completely horizontal appearance when it was first refined.

He had already found out through the Tongcha Division that "Taodu" was a set of seven flying swords refined by immortals before their ascension to heaven. He had already seen the other five, and the other two were said to be in the hands of Daozi, the head of the Emei Sect.

It is truly worthy of being a flying sword refined by an immortal. Even when the sword body was broken and its spirituality was greatly reduced, Cheng Xinzhan used the earth's fire and the sword spirit to recognize its master. It still took nearly four months to melt the broken surface of the sword body and put the three sections back together.

The sword body of "Taodu" is made of a strange iron from outer space. Jiang Weishan guessed that it might be star iron that fell from Mars or the Pleiades, but it is unlikely to come from the Sun.

The hilt is also rare. It is likely to be a branch of the ancient Taodu tree. This tree is the only one in the world and it disappeared in ancient times. It is the place where "Taodu" stores yang fire.

There is nothing much to say about the hilt. The body of the Flying Star sword gives "Tao Du" agility and sharpness, but it is easy to break due to its hardness. The single gold material also makes "Tao Du" lack a bit of toughness.

Jiang Weishan's idea for Cheng Xinzhan was to add Fire Feather Cinnabar. Fire Feather Cinnabar is in the form of flakes with feather patterns on it. It is said to be made from the feathers of the Vermilion Bird. It is fire-friendly, soft and light. It can enhance the toughness and strength of gold materials without affecting the light and agile nature of "Taodu".

Fire Feather Cinnabar is also very rare, but it is available in the master's secret vault. Jiang Weishan asked for some of it under the pretext of forging a magic sword for Cheng Xinzhan.

When Cheng Xinzhan started the furnace, he chose to use the underground Ding fire to slowly calcine the Fire Feather Cinnabar into the "Taodu". Moreover, he also ingeniously added a little bit of the Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil Water forced out of his physical body. Although it was only a small amount, when combined with the Fire Feather Cinnabar, it could achieve the effect of showing softness in hardness, yin in yang, and regulating fire with water.

Therefore, due to the smelting of Fire Feather Cinnabar and Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil Water, faint feather patterns appeared on the sword of "Taodu" now, and the sword body also exudes the unique brilliant light of Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil.

Cheng Xinzhan has been repairing the "Taodu", adding Fire Feather Cinnabar and Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil Water in small amounts and multiple times. It has been two months since the three parts were merged into one. He plans to smelt it for 9981 days, so in about another 20 days, it should be ready.

When the sword body is refined, it still needs to be slowly nurtured to restore its spirituality. However, seeing the rooster sword spirit spreading its wings and bathing in the underground fire, the sword spirit should not have been seriously damaged, especially during the final sword fight in Bai Yujing, when his soul and sword spirit fought against the broken sword together and fought back in desperation. The man and the sword became one, and the sword spirit's spirituality also increased greatly.

What's more, he has a cultivation method in mind that is more in line with "Taodu", but it is still being verified.

During this period, he not only repaired "Taodu", but also used the refining furnace to melt the flowing frost and flying mercury given by the owner of Huanzhu Tower and the gold essence he collected into "Qiu Shui".

Liushuang Feiqian was a gift from the Sword Immortal, and it is full of spirituality. The grade of "Qiu Shui" has also improved a lot.

Now he has three weapons in his hands.

The material and refining method of "Taodu" are both top-notch. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a semi-immortal weapon. However, the problem is that the White Eyebrow Patriarch of Emei ascended to heaven after refining the Seven Cultivation Sword. The sword was sealed in the Tianbo Wall. Although it was blessed with the essence of the sun and the moon, it did not go through the heavenly tribulation with the sword master. After it was born, it was obtained by several juniors, and it has never been refined by the heavenly tribulation. Therefore, it cannot reach the level of a true semi-immortal weapon. Now it falls into the hands of Cheng Xinzhan, and at most it can exert the power of a pill weapon.

The material of "Gao Zhen" is very high. Now Cheng Xinzhan is nurturing it with his magic power, engraving runes, and tempering it with thunder. As long as there is enough time, it will be no problem to become a semi-immortal weapon. But now the time is not long after all. It can be considered top-notch among magic weapons, but it is not a magic weapon.

The material of "Qiu Shui" is actually not bad, but it is far inferior to "Tao Du" and "Gao Zhen". Fortunately, I have recently smelted Liu Shuang Fei Mercury, so it can be regarded as a mid-grade magic weapon. How far it can go in the future depends on the sword master's feeding.

After training in "Taodu" until nightfall, he said goodbye to Jiang Weishan. After leaving the Weaponry Academy, he did not return to Meiji Mountain, but went directly to Pingding Mountain.

He walked into the Chunyang Palace.

Taoist Master Tongxuan was already waiting for him.

"Master."

He salutes.

Taoist Master Tongxuan smiled and asked him to sit down.

"As a disciple, you are actually busier than me, the deputy headmaster."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled bitterly. He didn't want to disturb his master so late at night. However, his master was out to overcome the tribulation, and he was unsure about what he wanted to do, so he had to ask his master for help.

Cheng Xinzhan sat down, and Taoist Master Tongxuan also stopped smiling and looked at him.
"I've thought carefully about the idea you told me a few days ago. It should be feasible, but it's not without risks, especially the pain. Do you really want to try it?"

"May I ask how much risk there is, Grandmaster?"

He only asked about the risks, not the pain.

Taoist Master Tong Xuan smiled and said, "With your master here, it's hard to say for sure. Let's just take the risk."

Cheng Xinzhan also smiled, straightened his back and bowed, "Master, please take care of me for a while."

Even a figure like Taoist Master Tong Xuan couldn't help but feel a little admiration for this younger generation from the same branch.
Using the Yang Palace as a furnace, the Yang Gang as fire, and tempering the flying sword in the eyes, can such a bold idea be thought of by a young man who has only been exposed to the Tao for half a year?

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