After listening to Senior Brother Cheng's explanation, Qian Chao returned to Chengqi Hall from the small door.

The small bag that was handed over to Senior Brother Cheng just now was the second time that Qian Chao had refined green copper ingots for Senior Brother Cheng.

The first time was when Senior Brother Cheng taught him how to refine green copper ingots, also known as the method of "making materials", he saw that Qian Chao's refining method was very fast, so in order to let Qian Chao practice more, he took out some of his own green copper ore and handed it to Qian Chao for refining.

Those green copper ore Qian Chao had already been refined and returned to Cheng Qiantang, a total of more than 20 whole green copper ingots, plus less than a whole piece of green copper, which was half a small ingot.

That time, Senior Brother Cheng didn't let Qian Chao work in vain, and gave Qian Chao the small half of the green copper ingot.

In this Chengqi Hall, there are not many people who are willing to help others refine green copper ingots, and if there are, they are also juniors who have just started like Qian Chao. However, there are not many people who can rest assured that they will hand over their ore to others to smelt, and as for the reason, Qian Chao only learned about it later.

That time, a senior brother surnamed Guo couldn't be busy, and when he saw that Qian Chao was idle, he asked Qian Chao if he was willing to help him smelt a piece of ore, and Qian Chao was naturally willing, so he found a fire eye next to Senior Brother Guo to smelt for him.

After getting the ore, Qian Chao found that this ore was different from the ones he had refined for Senior Brother Cheng before, first it was smaller, and then Qian Chao used the Imperial Technique to explore and found that there were still some things in this ore that were not green copper.

However, no matter what the material, this refining technique is the same, after Qian Chao got the ore, he used the spirit sword to cut the ore and began to refine.

The refining of green copper Qian Chao was already familiar at that time, but the material that was not green copper made Qian Chao spend some time and some effort to completely refine it.

There is not much to say about the green copper, there is not much green copper in that piece of ore, less than the amount of one ingot. But the extra thing Qian Chao had never seen, a stone the size of a pigeon's egg, almost transparent, with a clump of hoarfrost-like stuff distributed in it.

When Qian Chao returned the green copper and the small stone to Senior Brother Guo, Senior Brother Guo was surprised and delighted, and looked at Qian Chao strangely.

When Qian Chao asked him what the stone was, Senior Brother Guo realized that this Senior Brother Qian didn't know much and didn't recognize this thing, if he did, hehe, this Senior Brother Qian might have ignored this stone by himself.

Later, I heard Senior Brother Na Guo say that there are three sources of gold and stone minerals used in their refining, the first is the Chengqi Hall, which can be bought or exchanged for spiritual stones; The second is that there is one day every month in the Crane Tower by the lake, where the disciples of Qi refining sell goods and exchange ideas, or there are also several small markets in the Nine Xuan Sect, and generally the Nine Xuan disciples buy and sell some refining materials and other things with each other; The third is that when he was sent by the Imperial Court to work outside the sect, he found it and brought it back.

The green copper ore obtained from Chengqitang, such as the batch that Qian Chao first refined for Senior Brother Cheng, there are very few other materials mixed with it, and the ore must be carefully inspected when it arrives in Chengqitang, and the amount of green copper in the ore is about the same, and it must be a green copper ingot after smelting, even if there is a discrepancy, it will not be too big.

Buying ore from other people, what they bought is also brought back from outside the sect, but the general fineness is not good, if the fineness is good, why not melt it yourself and sell the ingots?

The ore I found from outside the sect is actually mostly in poor condition, and after a large piece of ore is smelted, I only get a small piece of green copper, but the ore I found also has an advantage, that is, I don't know what other refining materials are hidden in this ore, green copper is the lowest level material, so as long as there are other materials in this ore, it must be a better material than green copper, and then it will be earned.

After the monk practiced the Imperial Relics, he could naturally roughly determine what materials were in an ore, but not everyone had the patience to check them one by one, so whenever other materials were refined in the ore, it could be regarded as an unexpected joy, and because of this, although these senior brothers in the Chengqi Hall felt that refining copper ore was a difficult and troublesome thing, they were willing to do it themselves, but they were worried that if they found someone else to refine the ore for themselves, If any high-level materials were deducted or ignored by the person refining them, wouldn't they suffer a loss.

The small stone that Qian Chao helped Senior Brother Guo refine, according to Senior Brother Guo, is a material called snow crystal, which is named after the clumps of hoarfrost-like things inside. According to the division of material grades, there is also a middle-level middle grade and a lower-grade upper grade, and then it is a middle-level lower grade, which shows that the middle-grade lower-grade snow quartl is much more precious than this green copper.

That Senior Brother Guo was very happy to get the snow crystal, and even wanted to give the green copper refined together to Qian Chao, but Qian Chao confiscated it, not that he didn't look down on the green copper, but Qian Chao saw that this Senior Brother Guo was not a generous person, and now he gave this green copper to himself, maybe he regretted it after a cup of tea, that would be bad, it was better not to, let him admit his own favors.

In fact, it is also valuable to help others refine ores, and according to the practice of Chengqitang, it is possible to collect one spirit stone for helping others refine ten green copper ingots.

However, Qian Chao helped others smelt ores, but he never mentioned the matter of spirit stones, he just practiced making materials.

Ever since he knew that the ore from outside the sect might be able to refine some other high-grade materials, when Qian Chao helped someone refine the ore again, no matter what the source of the ore was, he always had to find a fire eye closer to that person to refine, which could almost be regarded as doing it in front of others. Later, Qian Chao really encountered a few more things about refining high-grade materials, because of the proximity, Qian Chao told the other party that after the refining was completed, how much or how much would be returned to the other party, and he was never greedy even the slightest.

This made Qian Chao gradually popular in Chengqitang, and it also had a reputation of "good luck".

However, people also understand that in fact, where is the luck, it is clear that this Senior Brother Qian has no crooked intentions, which is just reassuring.

Since then, there have been more people looking for Qian Chao to help refine ore, and Qian Chao is also happy to do so, as long as there is ore smelting, he can practice the material, the imperial art and the Yuan Chu technique together, why not?

Qian Chao never mentioned the matter of the spirit stone, after a long time, there were many times, but those people were embarrassed in the end, so they gave Qian Chao the extra or more or less scattered green copper that was refined to the end, and Qian Chao did not refuse these, and after thanking him, he accepted it with peace of mind.

Green copper, I will always use it in the future.

Qian Chao once counted his storage bag in his residence, although he has not yet refined, but the green copper ingots in the storage bag plus the scattered ones, there are a lot, if those scattered ones are also melted into ingots, it is estimated that there can be as many as five, Senior Brother Cheng gave a piece when he taught himself to make materials, that was given by the master, then he has a total of six green copper ingots, plus today Senior Brother Cheng gave another piece, that is a total of seven green copper ingots, which is also a lot.

Back in Chengqitang, when Qian Chao was about to try again according to what Senior Brother Cheng had just said, he found that something seemed wrong with a senior sister he was passing by.

That senior sister is seventeen or eighteen years old, she is not very familiar, she seems to have seen it a few times in the Chengqi Hall, but she has not spoken, this senior sister's surname is Gong, as for her appearance, she can only be said to be average among many female cultivators, her cheekbones are slightly higher, her cheeks are slightly thinner, and she seems to be a little harsh.

But at this time, Senior Sister Gong didn't know what she was smelting, and a hot and bright white thing was entangled above the fire eye, and Senior Sister Gong seemed to have reached the time when her spiritual power was exhausted, her face was full of sweat and anxiety, and her hands were trembling slightly, and the bright white thing on the fire eye was gradually unstable, floating up and down, and almost falling into the fire eye.

Qian Chao couldn't understand it, and he was still very puzzled, it is said that in this case, put the refining thing first, meditate for a while to recover his spiritual power, and then continue, why did this Senior Sister Gong not stop at this point?

Qian Chao came to the front of Senior Sister Gong, sat down opposite her, and used the Imperial Technique to hold up the mass of objects that kept bumping up and down, and said, "Senior Sister Gong, I'll take over to help you hold it first, you can meditate quickly, and then continue." ”

After the pressure was greatly reduced, Senior Sister Gong did not thank her, but asked, "Little Senior Brother, do you estimate how long you can hold it." ”

Qian Chao felt it, he didn't know what that mass of objects was, but Senior Sister Gong forced out all the firepower of this fire eye, and the temperature was extremely high, so she said: "If you just hold it like this, it will be more than a moment, and it will not take more than two moments at most." ”

Senior Sister Gong was obviously relieved and said, "That's enough." He took out a small bottle from his storage bag, the size of a palm, and after taking it out, Senior Sister Gong was still very reluctant, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and pulled out the stopper, poured the light blue wine syrup in the bottle into her mouth, and then took out a spirit stone and held it in her hand and began to meditate.

Qian Chao's eyes were sharp, seeing that the spirit stone was not big, it must have been used many times before, although it was so, this battle of Senior Sister Gong still made Qian Chao feel that the blazing thing he was lifting with the Imperial Technique was definitely not simple.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Senior Sister Gong finished meditating, as if she had recovered her spiritual power, her eyes flashed, and she stared closely at the mass of objects that Qian Chao was lifting.

"Senior Sister Gong, I can still hold it, I'll hold it, you just have to separate the three of them in twos."

Hearing Qian Chao say this, Senior Sister Gong glanced at Qian Chao with some surprise, and asked while moving.

"Little junior brother, do you know that there are three things in this?"

No matter how Qian Chao answered, Senior Sister Gong began to use the Imperial Technique to separate the mass of things little by little.

With Qian Chao's help, the two of them performed their own duties, and it was easier to do this again, and in less than a moment, Senior Sister Gong divided the fiery thing into two groups, which looked like no difference, but under the Imperial Technique, Qian Chao could still find subtle differences, so he asked this Senior Sister Gong to only concentrate on separating the two things.

"Little junior brother, thank you, I don't know what your name is?" Senior Sister Gong asked while looking at the wooden barrel beside her that was tumbling like boiling water.

"My name is Qian Chao."

"Oh, you're the Senior Brother Qian that people often say, I've heard of you."

Senior Sister Gong turned her face to look at Qian Chao, and said, "So, you did me a favor, how can I thank you?" ”

How did Qian Chao speak, saying that you give me spirit stones or do you give me green copper? Qian Chao's original intention was not like this, he noticed that Senior Sister Gong seemed to have a trace of ridicule in his eyes when he looked at him, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, as if what he did just now was deliberate, and he had some meaning of taking advantage of the opportunity to be self-respecting. Then he stood up and said:

"It's not enough to worry about it, since it's okay, then I won't bother Senior Sister Gong."

After speaking, Qian Chao bowed slightly, turned around and left.

"Thank you very much." There was a sentence from Senior Sister Gong behind him.

What's going on with this woman, she was kind enough to help her, why did she seem to be calculating her, forget it, there are many people in Jiuxuan, and you can meet any kind of person, so you can deal less with it in the future.

However, Qian Chao is still curious about what Senior Sister Gong is refining, why can't he stop and continue, why the two things are so similar There are only slight differences, but that Senior Sister Gong's cultivation is higher than that of Senior Brother Cheng, and that thing is estimated to be something that he can't use now, and he will definitely know it in the future, and he has also used it, and he knows the difference between the two things, which can be regarded as an increase in knowledge.

The scene just now was seen by Senior Brother Lu in Chengqitang, and after a while, after Senior Sister Gong packed up her things and left, Senior Brother Lu slowly paced in front of Qian Chao and sat down.

"Senior Brother Qian, are you curious about why Senior Sister Gong was like this just now...... Well...... Rude? ”

"Maybe Senior Sister Gong's temper is not very good." Qian Chao replied.

"Well, a bad temper is just one side, on the other hand, she can be regarded as a person who has been cultivating this refining technique in the Chengqi Hall for a long time, and has spent more than forty years in this refining technique, speaking of level, cough, in fact, it is average, so if she listens to others praise someone in the Chengqi Hall, she may not feel very comfortable in her heart, you don't go to your heart, see you in the future, just stay away."

"More than forty years? What is the age of Senior Sister Gong? After hearing this, Qian Chao first became curious about the age of this Senior Sister Gong, and had spent more than forty years on alchemy, but although Senior Sister Gong was mediocre, she was still seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Oh, that's it, I've just served the Zhu Yan Dan, hehe, don't judge her age by her face when you look at a female monk in the sect. You've also seen some female seniors, which one is not young...... The appearance is not bad, in fact, they are all hundreds of years old, otherwise where can there be such a terrifying cultivation? Well, if nothing else, you look at me and guess how old I am? ”

"This ......" Qian Chao stared at Senior Brother Lu's face, wanting to say seventeen or eighteen, but he couldn't be sure, and finally he could only say, "I can't say this." ”

"Haha, what's not to say, it's similar to what you guessed, I haven't taken that Yan Dan yet."

Later, in Senior Brother Lu's words, Qian Chao learned that there were many Qi refining disciples over 100 years old within the Jiuxuan, which reminded Qian Chao of his old ancestor Qian Shoulin, if he was not also a 100-year-old Qi refining disciple in the sect? However, his old ancestor must have served that Zhuyan Dan, and the person who is more than a hundred years old looks more than ten years older than his father.

However, Senior Brother Lu told him that these Qi refining disciples over 100 years old should not be provoked if they are fine, especially outside the sect in the future, their slow cultivation is already in a hurry, and seeing the young disciples who practice fast and have good qualifications is even more jealous in their hearts, so it is better to hide a little. For example, Senior Sister Gong, who is not yet sixty years old, has such a strange personality, and she doesn't know what to do in the future.

Qian Chao only understood here that there were not many people in this Chengqi Hall, why was there no one to help Senior Sister Gong just now, and it was not that there were many people who offended, and no one was willing to pay attention to her. That Senior Sister Gong herself needs help but doesn't ask for help, so she competes with herself there, isn't it also the reason for her eccentric and extreme temperament? Or did my newcomer to the past a favor, but it turned out to be uncomfortable, alas, why bother!

Later, Qian Chao told Tang Ping about this incident, and Tang Ping glanced at him and said jokingly: "Who makes you troublesome, and abuses good people everywhere!" Later, he said, "What do these people do with her, do they make themselves angry?" Now that our cultivation is low, she can still give you a look, and then look at it when you build the foundation, it is estimated that your senior sister is probably less than a hundred years old, see what kind of face she will be at that time! ”