According to the instructions of the map worth hundreds of points, Xia Yuan walked for a long time and finally came to a huge courtyard.

Before he entered it, he had already heard the endless sound of 'clanging', standing at the door of the courtyard, the corners of Xia Yuan's mouth twitched.

"Sure enough, it's iron..."

Before coming here, Xia Yuan also learned about refining weapons in advance.

To refine a tool, it is natural to constantly temper the raw materials and forge them into suitable utensils in the way needed.

Of course, it is easy to say, but the process is extremely complex, and it takes a lot of effort to succeed.

"This junior brother is also a student of our Instrument Department?"

When Xia Yuan hesitated at the gate of the Academy, a senior student walked over.

Xia Yuan looked at the senior brother and nodded with a smile on his face.

"Yes, senior brother, I'm a new student, I'm here to try it today. ”

Hearing Xia Yuan's words, the senior brother was full of smiles.

"It seems that it's really a junior brother, my name is Meng Tong, and I am a fourth-year student, what is your name?"

"My name is Sun-Xia Yuan..."

Xia Yuan felt that the name Sun Tianqi had been integrated into his soul, and every time someone asked for a name, he always unconsciously wanted to say it.

Well, it's a problem, and it needs to be fixed.

"Senior Brother Meng, my name is Xia Yuan..."

Xia Yuan reintroduced himself again.

Meng Tong nodded and said, "Senior Brother Xia, this is the first time you have come to our Academy today, so let's follow me to get acquainted with it first." ”

"Today is not the day of the formal lecture, just for those students to practice. ”

While speaking, Meng Tong took Xia Yuan into the instrument courtyard.

first took Xia Yuan around one place after another, introduced Xia Yuan to the purpose of each place, and finally brought Xia Yuan to a square.

At this moment, countless people in the square were tinkling, and it seemed that they were striking iron-refining weapons.

"This is a place for novices to practice, come to the junior brother, I will teach you some simple knowledge first and then you are practicing. ”

"Don't worry, all the points you consumed today are out for you!"

Meng Tong patted his chest with great enthusiasm, a picture of everything being there with his senior brother.

However, Meng Tong's enthusiasm made Xia Yuan vigilant.

If you're not vigilant, you can't do it!

I was deceived twice on the first day I came, and if I wasn't vigilant, even if Xia Yuan had more than 60,000 points now, I wouldn't be able to bear it. The elders of Shengdu are unreliable, and the students of the academy are liars.

Now these two pieces of iron have been deeply engraved in Xia Yuan's heart.

Seeing Xia Yuan's slightly hesitant eyes, Meng Tong naturally knew why.

He still understands the truth of being a traitor or a thief.

Meng Tong didn't have any unhappy look on his face, and still explained with a smile: "That's the case, there is a rule in the Academy, that is, you need to help every new junior, if the other party has something to achieve, then the person who helps can be rewarded by the Academy." ”

Explaining it this way, Xia Yuan believed it.

The other party didn't know his name, and obviously didn't know his situation, so he was so enthusiastic just for points.

So Xia Yuan calmed down.

"Then thank you, brother. ”

Although Xia Yuan was not short of points, he couldn't resist the kindness from this senior brother.

Of course, Xia Yuan would never admit it, he just couldn't bear that little bit of points.

Taking Xia Yuan to an idle furnace, Meng Tong introduced: "This is a furnace, which is specially used for refining instruments. ”

"Many students use a stove to soften the material when they don't have enough strength or don't have fire properties. ”

Xia Yuan also knew this, and he knew it before he came here.

Meng Tong casually picked up a piece of ore next to the furnace and handed it to Xia Yuan.

"This is raw ore, just an ordinary ore, specially for disciples to practice, the value is not very high, but it is not low. ”

"So the junior brother has to listen clearly at the beginning, after all, no matter how many points there are, they can't afford such fearless consumption. ”

Xia Yuan nodded.

The other party was kind and willing to bear all the points loss, but he, Xia Yuan, couldn't let this enthusiastic senior brother be too expensive.

"The next thing you have to do is use the power of the furnace to melt the ore. ”

As he spoke, Meng Tong directly turned on the firepower of the furnace and sent the raw ore into the flames casually.

In just a quarter of an hour, the entire ore was extremely soft, and smoke of various colors came out of it.

"These fumes are all impurities, in fact, the process of softening the raw ore is also the process of purification, and the useless substances are completely refined. ”

Meng Tong explained to Xia Yuan while operating, and Xia Yuan listened quietly.

"After the ore is softened, it can be shaped with strength, which is one of the more important processes in refining. ”

"The shape of the artifact is also one of the key points that determine the attributes of the artifact. ”

"For example, if I want to forge a killing artifact now, I naturally can't shape it into clothes and shoes. ”

The raw ore held in mid-air with its strength, under the pull of Meng Tong's power, gradually turned into the appearance of a long knife.

"Next, it's time to engrave some runes on it, and these runes determine the final characteristics of the artifact. Of course, a raw ore like this can't hold a few runes, and can only build some of the most basic. ”

Different runes have different functions, such as solidity, sharpness, concentration, etc.

After thinking about it for a while, in order to show that he was a master, Meng Tong gritted his teeth and carved four runes on this long knife-shaped embryo in a row.

It's just that there was a little accident when the fourth rune was carved.

Bang –

Looking at the long knife embryo that had turned into crumbs in his hand, Xia Yuan was a little stunned.

Why hadn't he heard of this process before?

Xia Yuan looked at Meng Tong, and Meng Tong was extremely silent, and after a while, he smiled heartily: "Senior Brother Xia, see it, this is what happens after you don't control your strength well and the rune portrayal fails..."

"I'm deliberately showing you the end, this time the loss is only the raw ore, if it is those high-grade ores, then it will be a big loss. ”

"So, in the future, you must do what you can..."

Xia Yuan: "..."

Okay, okay, you're a senior brother, you're right, as long as you're happy.

Then, Meng Tong picked up a piece of raw ore at one time and continued the steps just now.

lost a piece of raw ore, in fact, Meng Tong's heart was also painful.

You know, these lost points are his own...

Soon, it was time to depict the formation again, but this time Meng Tong was obviously much more serious.

He was already embarrassed just now, if he was embarrassed, he would still have the face to mess around!

The first formation, success.

The second and third formations were equally successful.

Finally, it came to the fourth formation, and at this moment Meng Tong was cautious, and his eyes were full of images of the long knife embryo in front of him.

Fortunately, this time Meng Tong was not embarrassed, and succeeded once.

Quietly breathing a sigh of relief, Meng Tong looked at Xia Yuan with a smug expression and said: "Now, this instrument is basically formed, and carving the formation is the most important step, which requires you to carefully carve it with your own strength." ”

"The same kind of rune is depicted with different attribute powers, so the effect is also different. ”

"Any piece of equipment can theoretically be infinitely stacked with runes, of course, this is only theoretical, because after carving one, when carving the second rune, the difficulty will increase a lot. The further back you go, the more difficult it becomes. ”

"And this is also one of the basic conditions for the refiner's assessment. ”

Listening to Meng Tong's explanation, Xia Yuan also knew how the refiner assessment was completed.

The third step is the inscription today.

After other conditions are met, if you can carve two runes on one instrument, then you are an apprentice refiner, and if you can depict four, you will become a one-star refiner.

If you can portray six, then you will become a two-star refiner.

And for any human-level magic weapon, six runes are the most basic condition.

In other words, only a two-star refiner could refine a magic weapon.

Once you become a five-star refiner, then you can become a refining master, which is the existence of refining earth-level magic weapons.

There are at least twelve formations on the earth-level magic weapon, and eighteen on the heaven-level magic weapon.

Therefore, if you want to get the title of Refining Grandmaster who can refine a heaven-level magic weapon, then you need to carve at least eighteen runes on a magic weapon embryo.

Now Meng Tong is a quasi-two-star refiner.

is just a quasi-two-star refiner who can portray the existence of five inscriptions, but he failed to portray four inscriptions, which made Xia Yuan's eyes look at Meng Tong strangely.

Holding the long knife in his hand, Meng Tong continued to explain: "The last step is tempering. This process is the easiest, but it is also the most physically demanding. ”

"Under continuous tempering, those runes will eventually be completely integrated into the instrument and completely transformed into a whole, which is the final process of refining the weapon. ”

The last step is actually the final integration of the utensils that have been inscribed, and once the integration is completed, then the inscriptions will be completely integrated with the utensils themselves, so that the various uses and attributes of the utensils will be presented.

Then, under Xia Yuan's gaze, Meng Tong put the long knife in his hand into the water to solidify, and began to polish it continuously.

Xia Yuan finally knew why the other schools called the instrument department iron.

Isn't this just striking iron?

"Actually, we don't have to strike iron, if you have water attributes, then you can skip this step. But it's a pity that Tianjiao, who generally has a fire attribute, rarely has a water attribute in the birth..."

This is a fact, fire and water are mutually reinforcing, and it will also be reflected in the body.

There are almost no Tianjiao with the two attributes of water and fire, and even if these two attributes appear, then there will inevitably be a third attribute, which can be used as a regulating attribute.

Successfully forging the utensils in front of him, Meng Tong's face was full of smug color.