Chapter 19: The First Refiner
In the eyes of the people around him, Pang Maimai is a talented and hardworking model disciple.
However, in just three years, most of her muscles and veins have been opened, her aura has grown a lot, and the hundreds of small spells in those two books have all been learned, except for the small spells of life at the beginning, there are also many offensive ones later.
For example, the fire technique, the five thunder technique.
She learned to resist the wind and can glide short distances.
She even learned the Water Escape in the Five Elements Escape Technique.
Lu Zhen was very satisfied with her.
Three years, three three hundred and sixty-five days, that is, more than a thousand days and nights, four times a day, she did not pull down a single cultivation.
The rest of the time she had a full schedule.
She doesn't even have much time to sleep and rest, let alone have fun.
She doesn't look like such a hard-working girl.
But she did.
It's as if something is chasing after you.
In Lu Zhen's opinion, not only is she talented and diligent, but this female disciple is also good at learning, and she is also very smart and intelligent, and her mood is also very calm and understanding. If such a girl is not good, what is good?
Lu Zhen simply felt that Pang Maimai was probably the closed disciple of his dreams.
What made him happiest was that Pang Maimai had already secretly refined his own weapon.
Usually Pang Maimai will serve him to refine the weapon, play and learn, sometimes there are some materials left, not very expensive and a little special, take it, the remaining star is useless, don't accept it, it's a pity, so I gave it to her, but Pang Maimai put away these leftovers, pondered every day, and actually figured out something.
Pang Maimai's first work was a pair of clogs, which she named the clogs.
It was the height of summer, although it was said that the fairy clothes and cinderella issued by the sect were not invaded by cold and heat, but wearing cloth boots in the summer, even if it was not hot, it still felt unpleasant, just Lu Zhen made a phoenix flute for people, and the whole tree of a Qingling sycamore tree was left with a piece of wood on the top, because the material was worse than that close to the roots, Lu Zhen cut it off, and there was a whole set of thousands of years of turtle beads left in the end of the four poor. Lu Zhen felt that although things were slightly worse, they were all rare things after all: the legend of the Qingling Sycamore Tree was once inhabited by the Qinghuang, and its sinking gold could float in the water; The Turtle Feather Bead is a jewel that grows in the shell of a giant sea turtle, resembling a pearl, shining brightly, not only accumulating the spiritual power of the giant turtle during its lifetime, but also avoiding water. - So Lu Zhen gave these two things to Pang Maimai, which was regarded as letting her be a specimen and see good things.
Pang Maimai thought about it when she got it, she happened to have a small piece of Yunjiao tendon that Lu Zhen gave her before, as well as the tail feathers of the lark stork sent by the four senior brothers, Yunjiao needless to say, the famous demon beast in the water system, although it can't be compared with the dragon, but it is also a non-Jindan real person who does not dare to plunder its edge, its tendons are extremely tough, and it just happens to be a stumbling block on the clogs.
Although the lark stork is not such a powerful creature as Yunjiao, it is very rare, and its feathers can be made into a fan to summon the wind, although it is not as exaggerated as the iron fan princess, it is also quite magical. If you collect too much, you can also refine them into wings, which are lighter and more agile than flying with a sword.
Pang Maimai added two feathers and two turtle feathers to each clog as decoration.
Maybe everything is easier said than done, she thought it was simple, when she used her divine sense to guide her spiritual power to cut the piece of green spirit plane tree, she felt that it was really difficult, and in the end, the shape was not very regular, not enough to satisfy her.
Exercising Yun Jiao's tendons is to ask the senior brother to come out, because Pang Maimai himself can't master the three flavors of true fire, this is a hard injury, there is no way.
By the way, speaking of the senior brother, Pang Maimai only met him in the second year of entry, the senior brother's surname is Yun, and he looks like he is already fifty or sixty years old, Pang Maimai almost called grandpa when he first saw him...... The senior brother is more than 270 years old, and the longevity of the Huaqi period is 300 years old, he has been stuck in the Huaqi consummation for decades, and the master can be called a pair of hard-working masters and apprentices, one is stuck in the Jindan consummation and the other is stuck in the consummation of the Huaqi, but the master is only 400 years old this year, and the Jindan period is 800 years old, he still has time, but the senior brother is only about 20 years.
In fact, this is very common for refiners and alchemists, because they are lazy in the way of refining alchemy, although they are wealthy, their cultivation can be improved by the elixir, but their state of mind is easy to delay.
Because the senior brother was not good, Pang Maimai didn't dare to disturb him too much. However, the senior brother is very kind, and often turns out various refining materials to give to Pang Maimai, and if he has questions to ask him, he never hides himself.
Lu Zhen looked at Pang Maimai's first work: light-colored wooden soles, cloud-dyed silver clouds, silver-gray turtle beads and king-blue lark stork feathers, a very peculiar style.
If this pair of shoes appears on Taobao, it is estimated that Pang Maimai will write "Pacific Island Resort Style" in the title, and there will definitely be a bunch of customers taking photos and commenting "It's so beautiful!" Buy, buy, buy! ”
But judging from this era and Lu Zhen's aesthetics...... Lu Zhen frowned, "Is this cloud Jiao tendon melted with Mithril?" You've carved light and flying into this? It's not easy, such a small place...... But why is this lark feather dyed this color? ...... used Qu Lan and Dianjin? This...... What's the use? It's not much better than regular dyes, right? ”
Pang Maimai is a little embarrassed, can't he tell Master that this is all to conform to his own aesthetics?
Silver gray with gold tones of royal blue, how beautiful!
Pang Maimai cleared his throat: "Master, the apprentice thinks that although the effect is very important, the appearance is also very important, so ......"
Lu Zhen gave her a blank look after listening to her euphemistic Yan control theory.
Lu Zhen used his spiritual sense to look at the water avoidance tips and poison avoidance tips engraved on the soles of his shoes, and he was a little satisfied: "It's not easy to think of doing poison avoidance tips, this spell is not easy to engrave, I can't imagine that you have done a good job, how did you come up with the idea of carving this?" ”
Pang Maimai smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "The disciple feels that if it is only the two effects of avoiding water and flying short distances, it is a bit of a waste of the spiritual power of the Turtle Ling Bead. ”
Lu Zhen hummed and nodded, "Do you know what is the biggest failure of your work?" ”
Pang Maimai said respectfully: "Please advise the master." ”
"Waste!" Lu Zhense said, "The most wasteful thing is the cloud Jiaoji!" Yun Jiao tendon is strong and rare, and it is best to use it to refine magic weapons such as bundling immortal ropes, even if this is not enough, it is always enough to make a bowstring for a small bow, you use it here, where do you play the benefits of Yun Jiao tendon? ”
Pang Maimai was solemn, "What the master said is right, I just because the materials used in the clogs are excellent, and I always feel that some good things should be used here." ”
"Inferior materials can be used here, as a refiner, the most important thing is to understand that good steel is used on the blade, when it should be generous, it is not stingy, and when it is time to save, it is not a dime, and only when you do this, can you be considered a good refiner!"
Pang Maimai bowed down and said solemnly: "Thank you for the teachings of the master, the disciple has been taught." ”
Lu Zhen nodded.
In fact, he was very satisfied.
What was your first work back then? Anyway, it is far inferior to the pair of clogs in front of me, not only the materials, but also the concept and layout, which are inferior, not to mention the technique and spirituality.
Although some details can be seen as immature and clumsy, there is nothing wrong with it in general.
This is the first time I've never practiced before.
Moreover, very few refiners have their own first works, and they are generally refined according to the genealogy of their predecessors, and they were newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers, but the previous two disciples did not have this idea, and they didn't expect to accept a female disciple, and they actually designed it themselves for the first time, and the effect was quite good.
The most satisfying thing for him is the spiritual harvest.
A refiner has to learn a lot of things, from being familiar with the materials to being familiar with the processing methods at each stage, all kinds of details, and the most secret is the final secret of the soul.
The secret of collecting the spirit is to collect the entire refining process, inject and dissipate the spiritual energy, condense it into one, and pass through its tricks. This is a crucial step in how high a magic weapon or magic weapon can achieve.
Pang Maimai did even better than he imagined.
It doesn't look like an apprentice.
He even sensed that there was something unique to it that wasn't what he was taught.
This...... Is it true talent?
Lu Zhen naturally didn't know that what Pang Maimai used was actually the most basic eye-fixing technique in "Eye-Dotting Spirit".
If you are proficient in this finishing touch, you can take your work to the next level.
According to Pang Maimai's understanding, the method of combing the spiritual energy is actually to complete the spiritual power cycle, as if you need to make a good circuit, and the eye-catching technique is also a kind of spiritual energy collection, in addition to the way of combing the spiritual power cycle is more ingenious, in fact, the more important thing is to set up a magic circle in it, as the core of spiritual power, like a small vortex that can increase spiritual power. Of course, there are some more detailed requirements and practices in the specific refining process.
Pang Maimai's second work is currently under construction, and it has been named "Guiding Thunder Hairpin".
If the clogs are a fun gadget, the thunderbolt is a real weapon.
Pang Maimai has a top-grade high-grade fire spirit root, and he can use the thunder method last year, and the five thunder recipes are used very well. And although she has two or three magic weapons given by her master, none of them are suitable for thunder attacks.
There weren't many people who could have actually used the thunder method.
Pang Maimai wanted to refine a thunder-based magic weapon for himself as his main attack weapon since years ago. She begged her master and brothers to keep some for herself if they had thunder attribute raw materials, but there were really not many thunder attribute raw materials, so she got the thunder wood and the return thunder bead not long ago.
The Thunder Wood was born of heaven and earth, and it happened to be buried by the earth due to natural disasters at the moment when the giant tree was struck by thunder, so the power of thunder was completely preserved. And because of this thunder power, the giant wood has not rotted for thousands of years, and has slowly been tempered into a pure thunder attribute.
Therefore, although it is made of wood, it is as solid as gold.
And the Returning Thunder Bead is a condensed thunder bead that the monks above the Yuan Infant directly went to the Nine Heavens to collect.
The Thunder Wood and Gui Thunder Bead obtained by Pang Maimai were all given by the ancestor Qixu Daojun who had recently gone out of the customs.
The thunder wood was a small branch that he used many years ago, only five inches and seven minutes long, and there were seven thunder beads, which he condensed with his own hands.
Such a good thing is also cherished by the Jindan monks, although it is only left, but it is also very generous to reward it to the disciples and grandchildren of the Qi Induction Period.
Even Lu Zhen felt that the master was too doting on his apprentice.
Pang Maimai was naturally ecstatic when she got it, she asked for some gold dust from her master, this metal is a very good refining material, which can fuse all the attributes of the material, especially with the thunder attribute, which can increase its power.
Of course, it is also expensive.
This time, she didn't ask her master or brother to do it, although she couldn't control the three flavors of true fire, but because she had mastered the five thunder tricks, it was appropriate to use thunder power to refine the thunder magic weapon.
This is also a little trick she learned from "Eye-to-Eye".
Because her thunder power is not very strong, it took three full months to quench this time.
I originally wanted to make a dagger, but the thunder wood is so small that it can't be big enough to make a dagger, it's not easy to carry, and it's not easy to inlay beads, so she finally made a hairpin.
Seven beads are made into the Big Dipper's seven star-shaped hairpins.
The hairpin tail is sharp and sharp.
Thunderwood retains its natural branch-like shape and is made as little alteration as possible.
The gold shavings are forged into thin gold wires and wound around the hairpin body, creating a thunder amplification array, and finally connecting to the Thunder Bead.
The whole hairpin does not even need to be inlaid, and the original color of the raw material is maintained as much as possible.
Lu Zhen is very approving about this.
He knew that it was very laborious to forge such a high-grade material with the spiritual power of the Pang Vein Qi Channeling Period, so she would try to minimize forging and use the prototype of the raw materials, but it was amazing that the prototype could be so delicate and harmonious, and the spiritual power flow was very smooth.
This apprentice of his own, although he is only a beginner in the refining department, always makes something full of aura and inspiring.
The finished thunderbolt hairpin is five inches and three minutes long, intertwined with dark gold and pale gold, even the beads are pale gold, because there is no bright color and gemstone embellishment, it is very simple, but the overall shape is slender and exquisite, the whole body flows faintly electric thunder from time to time, the style is unique, it is unforgettable.
But the hairpin on the head, hidden behind other jewelry headdresses, is inconspicuous because of its color.
After Pang Maimai finished the spiritual harvest, he took the finished product and looked left and right, and it was difficult to hide the joy in his heart.
It's hard to describe how you feel when you make a work that surprises even you.
It is like a beautiful child that is expected to be born by parents. How to look at it, how to rejoice.
Showing it to the master, Lu Zhen said: "Yes, this hairpin can be used before the Dan, even if it can't be used as the main weapon after turning into Qi, it can also be used as an auxiliary." ”
Pang Maimai couldn't help but smile.
Lu Zhen hesitated, but still reached out and touched her head, the corners of his mouth rising slightly.
"We will continue to work hard in the future. Presumably, you are already beginning to experience the joy of being an alchemist. ”