Chapter Forty-Seven: Meeting a Famous Teacher
In fact, Lu Yingying came back yesterday evening, and she also received the military introduction letter issued by Lu Yanyan handed over by Xiao Chetuo's shopkeeper for the first time. However, she read the letter and knew that her sister had said something about Xiao Yuan in the letter.
Recently, the Xuan Gang has made a lot of noise in the northern countries, and as the second lady of the Lu family, who is mainly engaged in business, Lu Yingying naturally knows. It's just that she didn't expect that Xiao Che was also one of those ten.
Xiao Che came to Lingbao Hall early in the morning, and the shopkeeper told him that Lu Yingying had received his letter of introduction and would come to see him at noon. This made Xiao Che very happy, and he waited for Lu Yingying in the Lingbao Hall.
At lunchtime, Lingbaotang also arranged a meal for Xiao Che, and he did not refuse. Not long after lunch, Xiao Che was taken by the shopkeeper to see Lu Yingying.
It was not the first time Xiao Che had seen Lu Yingying, and he was quite familiar with her. However, Lu Yingying saw that the person who came was short in stature and mediocre in appearance. It didn't feel like what she had imagined. She would never have thought that this person would be Xiao Che.
"Xiao Yuan, I received my sister's letter of introduction. If you have any requests, please do my best to help you as long as I can do it. Seeing that this letter was so useful, Xiao Che was also very surprised. Originally, he thought it would take a little more talking. I didn't expect Lu Yingying to agree to help herself so easily.
It seems that Lu Yanyan's prestige in the Lu family is definitely not small. And this matter is Xiao Che who accepted Lu Yanyan's love. Xiao Che kept it in mind, thinking that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely repay the Lu family.
"Miss Lu, I want to ask to see the refining master of the Qingxuan family. Saying that, Xiao Che is to explain the meaning and discernment.
"You actually know the Qingxuan family's cultivator master? Hearing Xiao Che's request, Lu Yingying was also embarrassed.
Seeing Lu Yingying's expression, Xiao Che also understood that this matter was not easy to do. But this matter is very important to me. Even if it's hard, you have to give it a try. Fortunately, Lu Yingying just said that it was difficult to do and not completely impossible, which let Xiao Che know that there was still something to be done in this matter.
Xiao Che didn't say anything anymore, but stood quietly aside and waited. He knew that Lu Yingying would definitely be able to come up with a suitable solution. Sure enough, after Lu Yingying pondered for a long time, she said to Xiao Che.
"Xiao Yuan, this matter is difficult, but it is not impossible, there is a way at the moment, I can give you a chance, but whether you can meet that refining master or not, everything can only depend on your own creation. You have to remember that whether it succeeds or not, that's all my Lu family can do. Since you promised, then come with me. Seeing Xiao Che nodding in acceptance, Lu Yingying took Xiao Che out of the Lingbao Hall.
Out of the Lingbao Hall, Xiao Che followed Lu Yingying all the way, only to see Lu Yingying first pass through the most prosperous place in Qingxuan City, and then go more and more remotely. Finally, I came to a very inconspicuous and even somewhat dilapidated ordinary blacksmith shop in the west of Qingxuan City.
Xiao Che never thought that Lu Yingying would bring herself here. He also knew that this was the most ordinary place where the people of the entire Qingxuan City lived. This blacksmith shop only serves the daily needs of ordinary people. Create a place for farm tools, tableware and other equipment.
Could it be that the Qingxuan Family's cultivator master is in this kind of place? Xiao Che also muttered in his heart. However, he didn't show it in the slightest, but followed behind Lu Yingying honestly.
I saw Lu Yingying push the door directly in.
"Uncle Qingxuan, I brought someone, and he wants to ask you to help him refine the spiritual weapon. I saw Lu Yingying say bluntly to a middle-aged sloppy uncle in the house.
Xiao Che was extremely excited when he heard Lu Yingying call him, he was a member of the Qingxuan family, and he was the refining master? Not to mention Xiao Che, I was afraid that anyone who saw the Qingxuan family would only react more violently. After all, this is a legendary family. Looking closely, this is a middle-aged man dressed in gray, I saw that he looked dirty, unkempt, and his clothes seemed to have never been washed, but fortunately, there was no smell in the house, which made Xiao Che feel less uncomfortable.
"Hmph, Xiao Yingying, you should know, I'm not just anyone who will help, I won't help this person, you still have to go back and forth from where you are. Saying that, this middle-aged man is driving people, but listening to his tone, he is very familiar with Lu Yingying.
"Uncle Qingxuan, he was introduced by his sister, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have brought him to you. Lu Yingying slowed down her tone and made a coquettish appearance of a little girl and her father.
"Oh, it was introduced by Xiao Yanyan, that's not good, let's go, let's go. Originally, Xiao Che thought that the middle-aged man would let go, but when he said the next sentence, he was still rejected.
"Senior Qingxuan, the junior is familiar with medical skills, and he also knows a little bit about refining weapons, in the eyes of the juniors, have you been worrying about refining a certain spiritual weapon recently? If the seniors don't dislike it, the juniors can stay and help the seniors. Do what you can. Seeing that there was no hope for this matter, Xiao Che hurriedly spoke, he wanted to fight for the last chance.
Xiao Che saw that although this person was in rags, if it wasn't for his personality, it was because he was obsessed with refining weapons, and he had just failed to refine a powerful spiritual weapon recently, and was counterattacked. Xiao Che's medical skills are excellent. Even with just his eyes, he could see that the middle-aged man was trying his best to suppress an extremely fiery energy. With such a guess, Xiao Che also tried his best to fight for it.
However, he still reserved a lot of leeway in his words, and did not directly say the speculation in his heart, but said that the man's injury was annoying, so as not to make him lose the face of his elders in front of Lu Yingying.
Hearing Xiao Che say this, the essence in the middle-aged man's eyes flashed, and after a moment of silence, he agreed to Xiao Che to stay. Then let Lu Yingying leave alone.
This made Xiao Che breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Boy, can you see my injuries?" Lu Yingying had just left, and the middle-aged man looked directly at Xiao Che and asked.
"The younger generation has been practicing medicine with his grandfather since he was a child. There was a unique power in the middle-aged man's gaze, which made him subconsciously say, which made Xiao Che feel terrified, and a strange coercion rose from Xiao Che's heart. It was like an ordinary person seeing a beast. This made Xiao Che shiver all over his body. Busy running exercises to eliminate the discomfort in the heart.
Seeing that Xiao Che recovered as usual so quickly, the middle-aged man was also a little surprised. Of course, he knew what he had just done in an instant, and under his gaze, it was not very human to recover so quickly. What's more, Xiao Che's cultivation is so weak.
In fact, this strange ability of middle-aged people is exclusive to the Qingxuan family. This is the dragon power that inherited the bloodline power of the dragon man Qingxuan. There are countless races in the world, and some races are naturally strong, such as dragons, demons, elves, etc. For most races, they are naturally superior and inherently powerful. This is actually related to the level of life. They belong to the highest level of life among all things in the world.
It has an innate coercion over other races, just as a tiger is to a hundred beasts in a beast.
But fortunately, God is fair, although these races are naturally strong, their fertility is very poor, and the chance of being able to conceive offspring is extremely low. And races like the Terrans, although they are naturally weak, have an extraordinary ability to reproduce. This keeps the world relatively stable and balanced.
However, no matter what, the inherently powerful race still has an extremely strong cultivation talent. Like the Qingxuan family.
Xiao Che learned from the mysterious old man of the Xiangcheng Sage Academy that as long as the Qingxuan family had the blood of the dragon clan, they could cultivate to the Supreme Realm. Although Xiao Che didn't feel the slightest spiritual power on the middle-aged man in front of him, he believed that this person must also be a peerless powerhouse of the Supreme Realm.
This made Xiao Che very worried, how terrifying the spirit weapon that could seriously injure the Supreme Realm powerhouse should be.
"Boy, since you know how to refine tools, then you can help me sort out the materials in the house. I'm going to go to sleep first, and hopefully when I wake up, you'll be done. With that, the middle-aged man left the place and yawned and walked towards the inner room.
Xiao Che said yes and began to sort out the messy materials in the house.
These materials are only difficult for novices to distinguish, but Xiao Che, who can refine the Spirit Devouring Sword, is obviously not a novice. When middle-aged people are sleeping, they are quickly tidying up.
These materials are strange and varied, ranging from ordinary refining materials to very precious ores. Some made Xiao Che look greedy. But he didn't have any other thoughts, and honestly sorted it out.
The middle-aged man in the room is so cultivated, he is indeed resting, but it is not sleeping as he said, but meditating and healing. Although his eyes were closed, his spiritual sense could clearly see Xiao Che's every move, even every subtle expression.
He was also surprised to see Xiao Che sort out these materials so quickly and accurately. It seems that Xiao Che's attainments in refining weapons are not as simple as he said.
The middle-aged man was extremely obsessed with refining, which made him have a good impression of Xiao Che, who had a good talent for refining. He originally wanted to test Xiao Che's patience to see if Xiao Che was really sincere in seeking the spiritual weapon. Unexpectedly, he was unintentionally allowed to discover Xiao Che's talent for refining, which made him love talents.
Soon, before his time limit, Xiao Che finished sorting out all the materials in the house. This made Xiao Che very tired. Although Xiao Che's process of sorting out the spirit weapon did not seem to be difficult, the effort involved in it was impossible for outsiders to know.
It's not easy to identify these materials, let alone organize them separately. However, Xiao Che also gained a lot from it. After all, he has only seen a lot of materials in "Senluo Wanxiang", and has not really seen them. Now I have seen it with my own eyes, and I have benefited a lot.
Because he was too tired, and he didn't know if he would be able to meet the refining master as he wished, Xiao Che always had a sense of urgency in his heart. Now that he is relaxed, he feels tired. Before he knew it, he was meditating and resting. Seeing Xiao Che like this, the middle-aged man didn't make a sound to disturb, didn't see how he moved, just raised his hand casually, and Xiao Che was instantly transferred to a clean room. And Xiao Che was unaware of this.
I don't know how long it took for Xiao Che to wake up from meditation. Seeing himself sitting on a futon in a clean room, he suddenly thought that he had been sorting materials in the blacksmith's shop. It must have been Senior Qingxuan who transferred him here. This made Xiao Che have a good impression of middle-aged people.
When the door is opened, the night is thick, the moon is in the sky, and the stars are shining. There was silence all around. Xiao Che hadn't felt so peaceful for a long time. In the past, when he was young, he liked to watch the stars at night with Grandpa Xiao.
Thinking of Grandpa Xiao, Xiao Che suddenly felt infinite light in his heart. He will definitely get the natal spirit weapon as soon as possible, break through the Venerable Realm, and return to Black Rock City to find out.
In Xiao Che's thoughts, time passed unconsciously, and then the sky was already white, dawn was coming, and a new day began.
Early in the morning, after a simple breakfast, the middle-aged man called Xiao Che and took him to a very deep and spacious underground secret room. I saw a huge refining furnace sitting quietly in the center. There are also many relatively small refining furnaces next to it. Such a generous gesture made Xiao Che amazed. He knew how unusual this huge refining furnace was, but he was afraid that the entire continent would not be able to find a second one.
Even those refining furnaces that are slightly smaller in size are all refining treasures to the outside world. However, thinking that the middle-aged man was the supreme realm powerhouse of the Qingxuan family, Xiao Che also felt that this was not an exaggeration. After all, this middle-aged man was a veritable No. 1 refiner, a peerless powerhouse of the Supreme Realm, and a member of the first family, the Qingxuan family. It's normal to have such a super refining furnace.
When the middle-aged man saw Xiao Che's surprised expression, he was also secretly happy. After all, this refining furnace is the only one in this continent, and it is still in his own hands, which makes him very proud. Although this thing is something left by the Dragon Man Qingxuan Ancestor.
"Boy, you see these refining furnaces, except for the largest one, the other refining furnaces are at your disposal. I'll give you a drawing now, and you can refine it according to it, when to refine it, and when to go out. You don't have to worry about food and the like, there are precious spiritual foods here, and you can eat them by simply making them yourself. I'm going to do my own thing, and when I'm done, I'll leave your business to me. Saying that, the middle-aged man left this place to Xiao Che and left by himself.
When Xiao Che heard the middle-aged man's words, he was also overjoyed, which meant that the middle-aged man had promised to help him refine the natal spirit weapon. It made him very happy. As for staying here to refine the weapon, for Xiao Che, there is only a good thing and no harm. Although he didn't know what the drawings given to him by the middle-aged refining master were, as long as Xiao Che could refine them, it would also be beneficial to his alchemy.
At this time, Xiao Che didn't know that from this moment on, he had entered the refining test given to him by the middle-aged refining master. The middle-aged refining master was full of expectations for Xiao Che. He didn't accept any disciples all these years because no one met his requirements. Although in the past, there were many talented alchemists who wanted to worship under him. But none of those people passed his test.
But Xiao Che gave him a special feeling. Therefore, he wanted to see if Xiao Che had the ability to refine weapons that met his requirements. In fact, no matter whether Xiao Che can become his disciple or not, he will refine the natal spirit weapon for Xiao Che. But there's a big difference.
After getting the drawings given by the middle-aged man, Xiao Che began to look for the materials he needed, the materials here are very rich, and there are all the things he needs, Xiao Che just needs to find them. It didn't take much effort, Xiao Che just found all the materials he needed.
However, each of these smaller refining furnaces has different attributes, and Xiao Che has never used a refining furnace before, so he needs to be familiar with it first. So Xiao Che chose the closest refining furnace to him and immediately injected spiritual power into it. He was going to refine a small thing first, and try to see how these small refining furnaces were different. When Xiao Che's spiritual power was injected into it, he saw that this refining furnace emitted a rich green light.
Xiao Che clearly felt that this refining furnace was actually a wood attribute refining furnace. Based on this, the rest should be gold, earth, water, and fire attribute refining furnaces. This made Xiao Che extremely excited. It is rare that there is a refining furnace with all the attributes of the five elements. Xiao Che plans to use each one of them. So Xiao Che began to refine the weapon. One by one, the materials were put into it by Xiao Che, and it soon failed. In this way, in the midst of repeated failures, Xiao Che finally succeeded in refining a part of the spiritual weapon on the drawing. After getting acquainted with the five refining furnaces, Xiao Che's success rate became higher and higher. The middle-aged people who were secretly observing were extremely amazed by Xiao Che's refining talent.
Time passed day by day, and in the underground secret room where Xiao Che was, there were more and more strange spiritual weapons that were refined by Xiao Che. You must know that refining weapons have a fairly high failure rate. Although the refining furnace can increase the success rate of refining weapons, it is extremely rare to be able to do something like Xiao Che. It can be seen that Xiao Che is extremely talented in refining.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and on this day, Xiao Che finished refining all the spiritual weapons on the drawings given to him by the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man really arrived as promised, and at this time he looked at Xiao Che with a soft and eager gaze. This made Xiao Che a little nervous.
Seeing Xiao Che like this, the middle-aged man also found that he was a little out of shape. The next moment, he patted Xiao Che on the shoulder and said to him, doing a good job. This let Xiao Che know that he had passed the test of a middle-aged man.
What Xiao Che didn't know was that now he had not only passed the test of the middle-aged man, but greatly exceeded the expectations of the middle-aged man. Originally, according to the middle-aged man's thoughts, if Xiao Che wanted to refine the spiritual weapons on the drawings, it would take at least half a year, but Xiao Che would refine them all in a month. In his opinion, Xiao Che's refining talent far surpassed his own.
Then came the final test. This test is easy to say, but it is also the most difficult.
"Boy, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. You would like to be my disciple. Because of the continuous refining, Xiao Che's brain was a little dizzy at this time. Suddenly hearing the middle-aged man's words, he thought he had heard it wrong, and he was shocked. But it was precisely this that made him sober up quickly.
"Master is above, please accept the disciple's worship. Saying that, Xiao Che bowed down to the middle-aged man, if he could become a disciple of this person, it would be a great opportunity for Xiao Che.
But before he could bow down, he was stopped by a middle-aged man.
"Now there is one last test, and this test is not for you, but for it. As he spoke, the middle-aged man pointed to the giant refining furnace in the center and said.
Soon Xiao Che understood what the middle-aged man meant.
The final test was to see if Xiao Che could get the approval of this giant refining furnace.
Xiao Che used his spiritual power and injected it into the giant refining furnace, only to see that in an instant, the refining furnace made a humming sound, and a dazzling light followed. This scene shocked Xiao Che and the middle-aged man at the same time.