The Emerald Forest Sea, in the artifact room of the Purple Heart Tree House.

Fei Noah and Bernd were carefully admiring a long sword, this sword was forged by Chen Rui just now, it didn't take too much time, the shape looked very simple, it seemed that any ordinary blacksmith could make it, but the expressions of the two master masters were very serious.

"This sword is quite good, it seems to be clumsy but it hides a deep ingenious truth, and it has the essence of weapon-making, although its grade is only excellent, but the level of craftsmanship has surpassed the level of the master. Undisguised admiration flowed in Fei Noya's eyes, "It turns out that His Excellency Richard is a dual quasi-grandmaster of magic array and weapon making, which is really amazing. ”

"Ugly in front of the two grandmasters. Chen Rui hopes to hear not this kind of appreciation, but really useful opinions and even criticisms, "Please give me some advice." ”

Bernd took a sip of wine: "Don't worry, young man, this guy Fenoa has a bad habit of saying nice things to make you flutter, and then kicking you off the cliff with merciless criticism. ”

Chen Rui smiled and nodded: "This is exactly what I was looking forward to." ”

Sure enough, Fei Noya's face was straight: "As far as the weapon-making technique is concerned, your techniques, applications and other aspects are quite outstanding, and you even have a certain understanding of the artistic conception, and you have reached the quasi-grandmaster-level level of forging quasi-artifacts." However, in the eyes of the Grandmaster, you have made a most basic mistake, so this sword is quite substandard, as worthless as a dead corpse. ”

Corpse?Chen Rui understood Bernd's previous analogy, and this jīng spirit master was really bitter and mean when criticized. didn't give face at all, but he didn't feel frustrated at all, and his eyes lit up: "I want to hear about it." ”

This chapter is a heroic hand-hit) Maybe you have reached a state of near-perfection in making jishu and details, but no matter how high the manufacturing genus is, it is just a dead thing after all. Qualitative change cannot be achieved. That's why I said your sword was a corpse. ”

The familiar word made Chen Rui think deeply, and Bernd spoke: "I don't have Fenoah's eloquence, he said the dwarf proverb 'The hammer speaks the truth best', so I'll show you." ”

Bernd came to the forge table, picked up the hammer, shook it, and used the pliers to pull out a piece of red-hot iron, and began to beat it. Under the blow, a sword gradually took shape, and it was also a sword that was not amazing, and the old dwarf's technique was not special. But it reveals a kind of spirit that Chen Rui's sword does not have.

"Any piece of equipment is unique, artifact or non-artifact. Fei Noya's voice rang in Chen Rui's ears: "It's like life." ”

Chen Rui was shocked, and suddenly thought of the quasi-artifacts created by the exchange drawings in the super system, Lei Yin, Bei Ming, and Judgment...... These equipment are produced by the system, and the purity of the materials has reached 100%. And the craftsmanship is so perfect that even a grandmaster can't achieve that level of perfection. It stands to reason that every detail has reached the realm of flawlessness, but it has never been able to create a real artifact, and it seems that something crucial is missing, now it seems. What was missing turned out was "spirit xìng" or should it be called "soul"!

Only then did Chen Rui know that he had unknowingly walked into a dead end before, pursuing all kinds of perfection and perfection, but ignoring the most fundamental and important things. It is like a painter who, after years of hard work, has brought his skills to the pinnacle, and can copy the works of various famous artists, even confusing the real with the fake, but he has never been able to become a real master - although the difference between manufacturing and creation is only one word, there is a difference between cloud and mud.

To use another shijie term, it is the difference between "art" and "dao".

Chen Rui fell into deep thought, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the old dwarf who had been busy for a long time walked over with the freshly made haode sword, and found that this guy didn't even look at the sword, and couldn't help but blow his beard and stare at it.

However, Grandmaster Jīng Ling showed surprise, and after Chen Rui came back to his senses, he asked, "You understand?"

Chen Rui nodded, the old dwarf who was originally a little angry was taken aback, what he had only understood in hundreds of years, this human kid was so fast......

"But it's one thing to understand the truth, it's another thing to be able to actually use it, and I think I've found a new starting point, and maybe I need to understand more than just the art of making weapons. Chen Rui is telling the truth, although he understands the key to it, but if he wants to truly comprehend and achieve a qualitative breakthrough, it will definitely not be able to achieve it in a short period of time, no matter what, this will be a crucial turning point on his path to weapon-making.

"You...... Do you really understand?" Bernd felt frustrated, "It seems that I am really old...... Fenoa, what are you laughing at, in terms of age, I'm younger than you!"

"Your Excellency Fei Noya, I will stay in the Emerald Forest Sea for a while, can I come here again in the next few days to ask for advice?"

Seeing Grandmaster Jīng Ling nodding, Chen Rui was overjoyed, and said to the old dwarf again, "Your Excellency Boend, can you give me this sword?"

"Finally thinking of this sword?hmph, don't think about it!, cunning human," the old dwarf pressed on the sword, "unless you can get something good in exchange, preferably wine, this guy's orchid wine tastes good, it's just not strong enough, dwarves like to drink......"

Before he finished speaking, a burst of rich wine aroma made Bernd's eyes straighten: "It's so fragrant!"

Even Fei Noya couldn't help but look at the bottle of wine in Chen Rui's hand, and the old dwarf stepped in front of Chen Rui with a step that was seriously inconsistent with his height, stuffed the sword into his hand, and then grabbed the wine bottle. At this moment, a red shadow shot at the old dwarf's hand, which was none other than Miss Duoduo, who had been appeased very obediently before.

Miss Duoduo has always been bored, but now she sees someone who dares to steal her father's things. Immediately an offensive began.

The old dwarf seemed to be startled, but Miss Duoduo's bullet shè was off the beaten side, and the wine bottle had already fallen into the hands of the old dwarf: "Hey, I said, the bird you raised is so fierce, will it be a bottle of wine soon, and you can learn anything else from Fenoa." Don't learn that kind of petty family!"

Miss Duoduo was about to continue to send shè, but was gently scooped in her hand by Chen Rui and comforted.

"Dad. What is that, Duoduo wants it too!"

Chen Rui didn't want his adopted daughter to develop the bad habit of drinking since she was a child, so she hurriedly said: "That flower can't be eaten." Will you go out in a while, will Dad give you a fire spare?"

"Oh no!

"Fire spar and grilled fish!"

"One more pudding!"

Chen Rui didn't expect his adopted daughter to learn to bargain without a teacher, and when he was embarrassed, the old dwarf over there couldn't wait to take a sip of wine, and as soon as he guessed the entrance, he showed an extremely intoxicated appearance, and was full of praise: "What a mellow taste! The taste is excellent, especially the lingering stamina, what kind of wine is this? I have drunk wine for hundreds of years, and it is the first time I have drunk this kind of wine! Lanxiang wine is simply plain water in comparison!"

Chen Rui sent another bottle to Fei Noya and replied, "This is called rice wine." Be...... Left behind by my grandfather, made from a secret recipe. ”

These superb rice wines are naturally produced by the Demon Realm, and when Chen Rui took out the rice wine, the emotions of seeing things and thinking about people surged in his heart, and in a few days. The Faith Crystals have also changed to almost one million, and they can return to the Demon Realm to reunite with their relatives and friends. Before that, he had to hurry up and learn more from the two grandmasters, not only for his own weapon-making skills, but also for the sake of gaining more life for his teacher, Tetenis.

"That's it!" the old dwarf slapped the table hard, "I'll stay in the Purple Heart Tree House for the past few days. I'll point you in with Fei Noya, but every time you come, you must have a bottle of rice wine like this!"

"No, two bottles. Fenoa added, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled.

A few hours later, the students who were trying in the purple forest invariably felt the fluctuations of the mysterious force field around them, and under a great force, the students were involuntarily sent back to the entrance.

The students shouted out in surprise: "Didn't you say that the trial time was before dark? Why did it end early?"

An indifferent voice sounded: "It's very simple, because the magic array of the trial was broken by people other than the students, so for the sake of fairness, it will end early, and the current results shall prevail." ”

"Master Taranna, who is this guy?"

"Merodan, shut up!" it turned out to be Fili who spoke, and the jīng spirit princess stepped forward and bowed respectfully to "this guy", "Lord Fenoa." ”

It turned out that this was the Sect Master of the Jīng Spirit Clan! Including the three teachers of the Starlight Academy, they were all taken aback, and hurriedly saluted. Lan Bisi saw Chen Rui beside Grandmaster Jīng, and thought of the sentence "Break the six magic arrays" just now, and her heart was shocked.

"Teacher! Richard!" Michelle, who was bored waiting, was playing with Blanche, who arrived later, by the lake, and hurriedly ran over when she saw Fenoah and Chen Rui coming out.

"Michelle, don't be rude, call Richard 'Your Excellency'. Taranna, Henceforth His Excellency Richard may enter and leave the Purple Forest at will, without notice. He will also stay in Xiandu for a while, if you have the opportunity, you have to ask him for more advice, I believe you will benefit a lot. ”

Hearing the teacher's address to this human youth, Talana knew that the other party's level had surpassed the master level, at least the quasi-grandmaster level, and there was disbelief in his eyes, and he solemnly bowed to Chen Rui.

Chen Rui returned the salute to Talana and said, "Your Excellency Fei Noa is serious, if I have the opportunity, I will communicate with Master Taranna, as for His Royal Highness Michelle and that Miss Blanche...... I was able to come to the Silver Moon Immortal Capital, thanks to them, we are friends, so naturally there is no need to be polite. ”

When Blanche heard the word "friend", her eyes trembled slightly, and she bowed her head and said nothing. Fei Noya nodded to Chen Rui, didn't talk to everyone, turned around and walked towards the woods, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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