The orange-yellow flames of the palm-sized lamp were bubbling like ghosts, crackling in the empty hall. Zhang Xiaoshun, whose palms were red and swollen and his eyes were full of tears, slowly walked back to the bronze furnace under the gaze of everyone's mocking eyes. Every step seemed difficult and heavy, as if there was a huge force pressing on him.

Ye Chenfeng couldn't bear it, and he was very sympathetic to Zhang Xiaoshun, who was a little wronged, but he had no choice but to cast a relieved look at him.

As the initiator, Zhou Lao didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, and his teaching method was always strict, with clear rewards and punishments. With fault, naturally there is no escape from punishment.

Zhou Lao looked around, and then said slowly: "The essence of the word refining is to integrate the way of heaven and earth into all things in the world. Therefore, if you want to refine a weapon, you must first refine your heart. If the mind is not quiet, it will not be able to comprehend the way of heaven and earth. If you can't realize the Tao, how can you talk about refining weapons? This is also the reason why the Pavilion set up the Qinglian Meditation Tan. ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod secretly, Zhou Lao combined refining tools with enlightenment, which was really novel and unique.

Zhou Lao paused for a moment, and then said: "The refining tool is divided into three steps: refining, carving, and melting. Everything in the world is a combination of the Dao, and the refiner wants to refine and strip the Dao of Heaven and Earth from the combination to prepare for the subsequent fusion of the Dao.

Engraving, which refers to the use of an engraving pen to engrave the vessel pattern, is the central link of the refining. It is difficult to be compatible with the Tao, so the ancestors of the refining instrument created the instrument pattern as a bridge to integrate the Tao.

The grade division of the vessel pattern is generally the same as that of the refiner, with the first grade of the vessel pattern being the lowest and the ninth grade of the vessel being the highest. Similarly, the patterns of the same grade are also divided into low, medium and high grades.

A first-grade low-grade spiritual weapon can accommodate three first-grade artifact patterns, and a first-grade medium-grade spiritual artifact can accommodate four artifact patterns. When it comes to the first grade, it can accommodate five patterns. But when it comes to the second-grade low-level spiritual weapon, it is enough to accommodate the seven weapon patterns. Each step up can accommodate two more patterns. ”

For this magical pattern, Ye Chenfeng and the others were all amazed. With Zhou Lao's narration, they seemed to realize a trace of the law, but they were a little uncertain, and they seemed to stop talking.

Seeing this, Zhou Lao smiled and nodded: "Presumably you have already guessed some rules of the instrument pattern." As you can imagine, a third-grade low-level spiritual weapon can accommodate fourteen weapon patterns, and each time the level increases, it can increase the capacity of three weapon patterns. By analogy, the number of four-grade spiritual weapons is four-grade vessel pattern, and the fifth-grade artifact pattern is five-grade artifact pattern......"

After confirming the guess in their hearts, the thirteen students were a little surprised, proud of their delicate thoughts. It seems that the law of refining weapons is so simple that they guessed it, and it is not as difficult and complicated as the rumors say.

Zhou Lao didn't say anything about this, he just shook his head, and then said calmly: "Although a first-grade low-level spiritual weapon can only accommodate three weapon patterns, but it can accommodate three first-grade low-level weapon patterns and three first-grade high-grade weapon patterns, and its power is obviously not small.

In the same way, among the three vessel patterns, even if only one reaches the second-grade vessel pattern, its power is already the difference between heaven and earth. However, if a first-grade artifact pattern is accommodated in a second-grade spiritual weapon, its overall performance will be greatly reduced. ”

Hearing this, the smugness on the faces of the thirteen students in the hall gradually tightened. Never thought that there were so many doorways for a small vessel?

Zhou Lao casually picked up a cup of white porcelain and decorated with blue and white tea cups from the sandalwood table next to him, took a sip, and continued after breathing a sigh of relief: "In fact, there will be a gap between carving three patterns of different natures and carving three patterns of the same kind. The pattern is essentially a part of the Tao. The more types of patterns a spiritual weapon contains, the more complete and stable the Dao inside it will be.

But having said that, there are very few refiners who are really willing to do this. There is no other reason, after all, a refiner's energy is limited, if he concentrates his attention on the carving pattern, it will delay the follow-up fusion path, and I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.

In addition, the mere ability to carve the pattern does not mean anything, what is really difficult is to coordinate the rhythm of each pattern to form a unified whole. You must know that even if there are three identical patterns, the rhythm within them is different, and it will take some twists and turns to reconcile them, not to mention the completely different patterns. ”

At this point, the smugness on the faces of the students was gone. They smiled wryly and laughed at their own ignorance. The predecessors did not deceive me, it is difficult to refine the weapon, and it is difficult to go to the sky!

Zhou Lao put down the white porcelain teacup in his hand, and an imperceptible smile appeared in his eyes. I am not afraid that young people will make mistakes, but I am afraid that they will be wrong and not know it. He looked at the people with shame on their faces, and although his voice was a little vicissitudes, it was not muddy: "The last step of refining the weapon is to melt the Dao." With the pattern of the instrument coordinated in the middle, the different Dao can be fused with each other, and finally the spiritual weapon can be refined. ”

Everyone nodded, finally knowing the basic principle of refining. It's just that this principle is more complicated than you think.

Zhou Lao did not depart from the water, his face was straight, and he directly cut to the topic: "Today, the old man will teach you to carve a low-grade instrument pattern! The instrument pattern is called Yaohuo, the old man will demonstrate it first, and he will teach you the principle later." You need to wait and see, and you must not be sloppy in the slightest. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and excitement and anticipation emerged one after another. Even Zhang Xiaoshun, who was deeply aggrieved just now, was holding his breath at this time, not daring to breathe, and had already left the suffering of Fang Cai behind.

Zhou Lao didn't say anything more, he took a deep breath, and a gleam flashed in his cloudy eyes. I saw him let out a deep sigh, and the fiery red spiritual power in his body erupted out, slowly injecting the aqua blue engraved pen taken out of the storage ring in his hand. In an instant, the seven-inch-long aqua blue engraved pen hummed continuously, and there was a faint glow flickering.

Immediately after, more spiritual power in Zhou Lao's body rushed out and split into two parts in the air. One of the spiritual powers continued to flow into the engraved pen, making it hum even louder, and even Zhou Lao's right hand holding the pen was trembling slightly. The other spiritual power was a group of spiritual power that turned into a fiery red, slowly squirming around the engraving pen.

To do all this well, Zhou Lao did not stop at all, and his thin left index finger and middle finger stood up side by side, forming a finger sword. I saw that Zhou Lao's spiritual power was surging with his left finger sword suddenly stretched forward, and he connected eighteen times on top of the fiery red spiritual power light.

In a short time, eighteen points of light flickered on the aura light cluster, and it actually formed a strange magic circle, slowly condensing it into a palm-sized fiery red light seal!

After the light print was formed, Zhou Lao did not breathe a sigh of relief, he raised the trembling engraving pen in his right hand, and carved four light marks on the fiery red light print. The light of the four light marks, three short and one long, flickered endlessly, but suddenly a raging flame appeared, and when combined, it was a simple fire character!

Zhou Lao took a breath, stopped this dazzling but charming technique, slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and looked at the thirteen students who were dumbfounded.

He couldn't help but smile rarely, but not a smug smile when vanity was satisfied, but a knowing smile. He remembered that when he saw his master demonstrate Yaohuo, he seemed to have such a slightly funny face. It's just that the years are ruthless, and the old man who was stricter than him back then has left, but he doesn't know when he has been as strict as him, so that the students of the past batch are afraid of themselves.

The thirteen people in front of Zhou Lao had already dropped their jaws in shock, and it was the first time they had seen such a miraculous technique. This kind of technique is like the immortal of the idle clouds and wild cranes, and everything is created between talking and laughing.

Then, Old Zhou pulled the thoughts of his memories back to reality, and restrained the faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and then said with a straight face: "The old man's spiritual attribute is fire, and carving and shining fire is naturally not a problem. There must be some of you who are non-fire spiritual powers, but you don't need to panic. Refiners can absorb the aura of other attributes from heaven and earth, so as to achieve the purpose of refining spiritual weapons across attributes.

It's just that the refiner is still limited by his attributes after all, and he can't refine a spiritual weapon equivalent to his own grade. However, if you want to refine low-grade spiritual weapons across attributes, it is more than enough. ”

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and finally dispelled the worries in their hearts.

Zhou Lao's face remained unchanged, and then explained: "To get back to the point, although Yaohuo is a low-grade instrument pattern, it is not easy to carve. If you want to successfully carve a flame, there are three things you need to keep in mind. First, the position of the eighteen points of light is fixed and cannot be easily changed. Second, the size of the photoprint should be moderate, too large and too small can not accommodate the subsequent light marks. Third, the length of the four light marks is also fixed, and the slightest difference will be wasted!"

The thirteen students beside the bronze tripod furnace nodded solemnly, not daring to be careless.

Next, Zhou Lao taught them the specific steps of carving the flames one by one. It's a pity that although Zhou Lao almost taught them to carve the flame by hand, none of the students who tried to carve the pattern for the first time could not even take the first step. Fortunately, Zhou Lao was not discouraged, but more patiently solved their doubts one by one, giving them enough tolerance and understanding.

Half a day passes in this atmosphere. When everyone waved goodbye to Zhou Lao, the sky was already full of stars. Zhang Xiaoshun had to pull Ye Chenfeng along, but Ye Chenfeng had no choice but to agree. Along the way, Zhang Xiaoshun, who was very excited, told about the various frustrations he encountered when carving Yaohuo, and Ye Chenfeng on the side just listened casually, but his mind was repeatedly recalling the whole process when he tried to carve Yaohuo.

Ye Chenfeng, who tried to carve the pattern for the first time, felt very difficult, but he was full of expectations for this new everything. He seemed to be stunned, like a moth to a fire, tirelessly trying to carve a flame. But even in the end, he never even took the first step.

It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, but this is difficult, and it is a little more difficult than common sense, so difficult that people want to retreat. is like a basin of ice water, ruthlessly splashed on Ye Chenfeng's blood. Ye Chenfeng, who was soaking wet, had blurred his vision, and he just looked into the distance in a daze. Ahead, the road was dark, and there was no light in sight, which made people despair.

Fortunately, the interest and love for refining tools in his heart urged him to grit his teeth and persevere, although he did not really take the first step, but he was secretly accumulating the strength to bottom out. He believed that one day, the Flame Flame Pattern would become a solid foundation for him to transform into a Refining Grandmaster!

Leaving the Pavilion and returning to the inferior cave area at the bottom of Xiaosumeru Mountain, Ye Chenfeng waved goodbye to Zhang Xiaoshun, who was not spitting up, and under his envious gaze, he returned to the No. 7 inferior cave that belonged to him.