Chapter 454 Exquisite Heart

Hearing Shi Chun's voice, Zhen'er smiled like a flower.

The people outside who were looking up at the mirror image could not hear the voices in the valley. For the sake of Lihuo Sect's reputation, the elder of the Lihuo Sect who was presiding over the competition pretended not to hear anything. He walked to the incense burner, inserted the incense stick steadily into the burner, and then stretched out his arms and shouted loudly: "Competition, begin!"

These words were like an order. The fifty-two people holding the iron lumps immediately gave out flames and softened the hard iron lumps in their hands.

I was really eager to start, for fear of wasting even a little time. Even if I could gain a little more time, it would be good.

After the first round of competition, the contestants had a good idea of who was the supporting role and who was qualified to compete among the remaining people. While there was still some free time when the materials were softening, some of them looked around at their opponents.

Yan Chunlai from Dongxiao Island and Duda from Luoyan Mountain were both inattentive to other things and did not care about the huge consumption in the previous round. This time, they went all out and tried their best. The flames wrapped in the refining materials in their hands were thick and fierce, giving people a dazzling feeling, which made the two of them conspicuous.

There was no other opponent or person in Gu Lianni's eyes. She stared directly at the handsome bald man diagonally opposite her. Seeing the different colored flames on the other's hands increasing one after another, the colors on her hand also burst out one after another to catch up, as if she was determined to catch up and not be inferior.

Her ambition was commendable, but the reality was that after the seventh color of flame burst out from her hand, she no longer had the ability to catch up. She could only watch helplessly as the eighth, ninth, and tenth colors of flame popped out from Luo Shengsheng's hand.

The only way she could compete was to increase the output of her magic power in order to harness more powerful refining energy. At the same time, she also hoped that her talent for refining could be stronger than the other party's, so as to narrow the gap between them.

Looking at the whole place, Luo Shengsheng was the only one she wanted to catch up with.

Her every move touched the hearts of everyone in Shudao Mountain, and almost no one paid attention to Yuan Yao, Pang Hou and others who were also participating in the competition.

However, Luo Shengsheng's primary attention was not on her. He subconsciously looked at Li Hongjiu at the beginning.

The reason was simple: it was because of the outrageous remarks Li Hongjiu had made to him in public before.

In the face of the absolute gap in refining strength, he was not worried that Li Hongjiu could beat him, but his master had instructed him to be careful. His master was worried that Li Hongjiu would not be able to win in refining and would suddenly attack him.

As long as we knock him down on the spot and make him unable to continue to participate in the competition, wouldn't it prove what others say, that as long as Li Hongjiu is around, you can't win the championship.

Logically speaking, a disciple of the Yanbao Sect would not do something that violates the rules in public. If they really did that, not only would the Yanbao Sect lose the qualification to participate in this competition, but also the qualification to participate in the next one.

But the problem is that the person who was barking was Li Hongjiu.

To be on the safe side, Daming Pavilion carefully sorted out all the information they could find about Li Hongjiu's life. It turned out that Li Hongjiu did all kinds of unreliable things. He was the kind of person who was punished to kneel for three out of ten days. His master had broken so many sticks by beating him.

He had done many incredible things. If his master was not the leader of Yanbao Sect, this evil disciple would have disappeared from this world, at least from Yanbao Sect long ago.

It’s okay if you don’t know. The more you know, the scarier it is. This can still be found out. This guy is just a scoundrel who dares to do anything.

But his background is there. Before he does something like that, you can't convict him based on speculation, and you can't do anything to him. Even a warning is not appropriate.

When encountering such a person, the entire Daming Pavilion became nervous and asked Luo Shengsheng to stay away from Li Hongjiu when he was choosing the competition position.

There is no way. They are very good at fighting. No matter how much Luo Shengsheng Divine Fire you absorb, you cannot defeat them. They don't compete with you in refining skills, they compete with you in fists.

If they keep a distance, once Li Hongjiu does something wrong, the commanders in the stands will still have space and room to rush to his aid and will not be caught off guard.

So, the location chosen by Luo Shengsheng was right opposite to Li Hongjiu, which was a bit like the right place.

At this time, the top leaders of Daming Pavilion were ready to take action at any time, secretly preparing for the moment, and half of them were keeping their eyes on Li Hongjiu at all times.

So Li Hongjiu glanced around and met Luo Shengsheng's gaze. She didn't expect that the other person valued her so much. Li Hongjiu smiled and even raised her chin slightly to tease him.

Then Gu Lianni discovered that Luo Shengsheng only had eyes for Li Hongjiu, which made her feel upset and humiliated. She felt that the other party did not take her seriously, even though she was the only one in the audience who was most qualified to be his opponent.

Of course, in her eyes, whether it is Luo Shengsheng or Li Hongjiu, from the perspective of the opposite sex, they are two people of the opposite sex that she admires.

Luo Shengsheng's future in weapon refining, Li Hongjiu's fighting ability, and Shi Chun's ability would all attract her at some point. At this moment, she only felt the anger of being ignored, which became the driving force for her efforts.

At this time, although Tong Mingshan, like Mi Liangmeng of Jin Maotang, could be classified as one of the top competitors, he was not taken seriously by Luo Shengsheng and Gu Lianni.

Li Hongjiu also did not take him seriously.

Tong Mingshan deliberately chose a position to face Shi Chun. At this moment, he was holding a flame and making eye contact with Shi Chun. Although four-color flames were blooming in his hands, he showed a bit of helplessness towards Shi Chun on his face.

It is indeed helpless. To be honest, the first step in the current refining process is to soften the refining materials.

He only needed to bring out the true power of one of the Three Samadhi True Fires to easily refine it, but he didn't dare to be so straightforward. If he really did that, the tricks of the fire would be immediately exposed. So now he had to hold the four divine fires in his hands and pretend to do it, and measure his own progress by looking at the progress of others.

Because Shi Chun told us that we should try our best to win, but we can't win too easily because we are not strong enough yet. Although we can do things in a high-profile manner, we still need to hide our strength appropriately.

Seeing Tong Mingshan's relief, Shi Chun also felt relieved and smiled in return...

On the terrace, Miao Yilan stared at the mirror image and suddenly asked, "How will this round be decided?"

Lan Qiaoyan, who was about to explain to her daughter, suddenly stopped, tilted her head slightly, and looked at Gong Shaoci with a slight smile.

Gong Shaoci didn't know whether this was to give him a chance to communicate more with the girl or to test him, so he responded in a gentle manner, "Refine the 'Exquisite Heart', this is also a common method used by the weapon refining world to test the skills of disciples in the weapon refining school, that is, to use the weapon refining materials in their hands to imitate the human heart.

They are divided into nine levels according to the orifices in their hearts, from one orifice to nine orifices, and the highest level is the Nine-orifice Delicate Heart. Now it depends on who can refine a higher level first, and the one who reaches it will be the first. "

Hearing this, Gong Yuanzhi, as a father, corrected him, "In the Linglong Heart refining competition, refining a 'Nine-aperture Linglong Heart' is not the highest standard. The highest standard is a 'True Nine-aperture Linglong Heart'."

Lan Qiaoyan smiled and said, "Actually, what Shaoci said is not wrong. For the weapon-refining disciples like them who are competing, the normal 'Nine-aperture Exquisite Heart' is the highest standard. The 'True Nine-aperture Exquisite Heart' is already another realm, how could they achieve it?"

Miao Yilan's bright eyes flashed with a thoughtful expression, "Mom, is 'True Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' the so-called 'True Heart'?"

Lan Qiaoyan nodded slightly, "That's right, the abbreviation of 'True Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' in the refining world is 'True Heart'. As the name suggests, it is to refine a piece of refining material to have a structure similar to a real heart. Give it a breath, and it will beat and come alive.

Being able to refine a 'true heart' is something that only a master who has reached a certain level of weapon refining skills can do. For these weapon refining disciples, within this stick of incense, let alone refining a 'true nine-aperture exquisite heart', being able to refine a 'true one-aperture exquisite heart' or two-aperture exquisite heart is already very good."

Gong Yuanzhi nodded in agreement and said, "Mrs. Miao is right. That's the truth. With the abilities of these weapon-refining disciples, it's good enough if they can refine an ordinary 'Nine-aperture Exquisite Heart'. It's really too much of a stretch to force it to the level of 'True Heart'."

Miao Yilan seemed to understand what was said, but her face still showed a puzzled look.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Lan Qiaoyan turned her head and saw what she was arguing about, so she asked, "What's the difference?"

Upon hearing this, Gong Yuanzhi and his son turned to look at Miao Yilan.

Miao Yilan nodded, "My daughter is indeed wondering what the difference is between the 'Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' and the 'True Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart'."

Gong Yuanzhi smiled at Lan Qiaoyan and said, "She is a smart and studious girl. Whoever marries her will be blessed."

Miao Yilan blushed when she heard this, while Gong Shaoci pursed his lips with a lively look. At the same time, his heart was moved by Miao Yilan's pretty and shy look, and he was secretly distressed as to why Miao Dingyi was so reluctant to give in.

"You're too kind." Lan Qiaoyan said modestly on behalf of her daughter, and then explained: "Let's put it this way, the 'Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' can only be regarded as refining a rough outline of a heart, and only refines the main veins of the heart. As mentioned before, the structure of the 'True Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' is the same as that of a real heart, but the material is different from that of a real heart."

Gong Yuanzhi patted the armrests of the chair with both hands and hummed, "Although there is only one word difference between the two, there is actually a world of difference. The vigor contained in the phrase 'a whim' requires countless subtle veins to work together.

The 'Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' only needs to refine the general veins connected to each aperture, and the 'True Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart' is called the 'True Heart', which means that it cannot be faked and cannot be careless.

The "True Heart" must replicate all the countless fine veins connected to each acupoint, and the final result must be just as your mother said. Compared with a real heart, it is just made of different materials. Give it a breath and it will come alive. This is the difference between the two, the difference between a dead thing and a living thing, the difference is as great as heaven and earth!"

(End of this chapter)

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