Volume 3: Ignorance Qi Refining Forty-Nine: The Inner Hall of the Chengqi Hall
Cheng Qiantang took two junior disciples into the Chengqi Hall from the small door, and the two of them were finally able to enter his eyes after nearly half a year of repeated practice, and they were qualified to be brought in by him.
As soon as Cheng Qiantang came in, Qian Chao saw it, he watched Senior Brother Cheng find a fire eye and sat down, and began to explain to the two people how to refine ore, and then took out the ore and demonstrated it to the two several times, and when the two nodded and understood, Senior Brother Cheng stood up and went back to the courtyard through the small door.
This Senior Brother Cheng is a good person and has given him a lot of help, and Qian Chao feels very good about him.
"Senior Brother Cheng" Qian Chao called softly, then walked around from behind and sat in front of Cheng Qiantang.
"Senior Brother Qian," Cheng Qiantang didn't care when he saw Qian Chao coming, Qian Chao, a junior brother, was smart and studious, and it was really rare to make progress quickly; Second, he is also very polite, and has always respected him as a senior brother. If he has something to do with him, Qian Chao never refuses, so the relationship between the two is very good, Qian Chao has to come to ask for advice from time to time, and Cheng Qiantang is also endless.
However, after Qian Chao sat down, Cheng Qiantang suddenly felt that Senior Brother Qian sitting opposite was a little different today, he didn't speak, he looked at it carefully with some surprise, and finally said to Qian Chao with a smile:
"Congratulations to Senior Brother Qian, when did it happen?"
"It was last night." Qian Chao knew that Senior Brother Cheng had seen that his cultivation had broken through, so he said truthfully.
"Yes, yes, in less than half a year, Senior Brother Qian will be able to cultivate to the second level of Qi refining, and at least none of these junior disciples I have taught have entered the inner gate together like you, so it can be seen that you usually work hard." Finally something paid off. ”
"I also want to thank Senior Brother Cheng for his usual teachings."
"Most of what I taught you is the art of refining, and your cultivation is all obtained by yourself little by little, thank me for what to do."
"Senior Brother Cheng is too humble," said Qian Chao, and took out a spirit sword wrapped in fine linen cloth and placed it on the case between the two of them, just as he asked Cheng Qiantang to identify the three-rune spirit sword that day.
"Please take a look at Senior Brother Cheng for me."
Cheng Qiantang saw that Qian Chao's expression was a little solemn, and his heart moved, he knew that Qian Chao had been able to refine the four-rune spirit sword, and the ones he handed in to the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall every day were also four-rune spirit swords, and today he let himself see it, is it ......?
"Five-rune spirit sword?" He didn't move the spirit sword, but asked Qian Chao first.
Qian Chao nodded.
"It is the five-rune spirit sword, which was also refined last night, but I don't know how I refined it, so I still have to ask Senior Brother Cheng to help take a look."
Only then did Cheng Qiantang gently uncover the fine linen wrapped around the spirit sword, and a bright and brilliant long sword appeared in front of him.
Cheng Qiantang just held the sword in his hand, and judged by his feelings that it was a five-rune spirit sword, and if the spirit sword was five runes, it would feel very different from the four-rune spirit sword. The best thing he can refine as a senior brother is the five-rune spirit sword, but from the time he entered the Nine Metaphysical Refining Weapon to the time he was able to refine the first five-rune spirit sword, there was a gap of some years, and even so, Cheng Qiantang's alchemy skills were among the best among his peers.
In less than half a year, this Senior Brother Qian in front of him can actually refine the Five Runes Spirit Sword!
That's really ...... Saying that it is false not to be jealous, Cheng Qiantang also had a slight sour feeling in his heart, but he quickly eliminated this mentality, this Senior Brother Qian's attainments in alchemy in the future must be far beyond himself, unlimited, he can have a good relationship with him, then he should always be good friends, this jealousy is useless, and secondly, it will ruin the friendship between the two, or not!
"Senior Brother Qian, don't hide it, the best I can refine is this five-rune spirit sword, you see"
As he spoke, Cheng Qiantang took out the five-rune spirit sword he used from his storage bag and put it on the case, side by side with Qian Chao's.
"The two swords are a little different in shape, but the others are basically the same. Speaking of which, this five-rune spirit sword is not something I can identify for you, my sword was also shown to me by the senior brother in the inner hall at that time, and your five-rune sword is a five-rune sword, so it should also go to the inner hall to identify it. ”
Qian Chao nodded when he heard this, and looked at Cheng Qiantang's spirit sword carefully.
"Actually, our Jiuxuan senior brothers who have refined qi to the sixth or seventh layer, they use this kind of five-rune spirit sword, generally speaking, disciples in the qi refining stage, if they practice the art of refining, they can refine the five-rune spirit sword, and then in addition to consolidating the refining technique of this spirit sword, which direction are you going to work to?"
"It's because I don't understand it, that's why I came to ask the tutorial brother. Senior Brother Fang told me a few days ago that the art of spiritual weapon refining can be divided into swords, armor and miscellaneous weapons. Miscellaneous weapons first, Senior Brother Fang said, the art of refining weapons is based on swords and armor, and I still focus on refining spirit swords, how to refine this armor, I want to learn it, and I asked Senior Brother Cheng to teach me. ”
"Senior Brother Qian, this is a little difficult for me, the senior brothers in the inner hall have also said the same thing as me, but I am not a cultivator, like me, the Five Elements Spell and the Refining Technique are cultivated at the same time, and it is almost like this to be able to refine a five-rune spirit sword, and I will talk about the higher-level refining techniques later, there are still many Five Elements Spells that I need to work on, and I don't have so much energy. Still, you wait. ”
As he spoke, Senior Brother Cheng took out a pen and paper, wrote on the case, picked up the paper and blew it after writing, and handed it to Qian Chao.
"These are all some bibliographies, what the senior brother of the inner hall and I have talked about before, you can go and take a look, the sword and armor are included. But it's best to ask the senior brothers in the inner hall, they speak much better than my half-ass. Well, Senior Brother Qian, since you specialize in cultivating instruments, it is better to find a way to get a brand of the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, which will be of greater help. ”
Qian Chao secretly moved in his heart when he heard this, and asked curiously.
"How can I get the brand of the inner hall, isn't there only the senior brothers who build the foundation in the inner hall?"
"The sign in the inner hall is not made of green brass, but made of patterned iron, which is instantly recognizable. Now, it is true that there are only the senior brothers who build the foundation in the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, but there are several senior brothers who have the qualifications of the inner hall when they are still qi refining disciples, in addition to all kinds of conveniences, it can also save you a lot of trouble. ”
After saying this, Cheng Qiantang looked at Qian Chao with deep meaning.
Qian Chao understood the meaning of Senior Brother Cheng's words, and he was really moved when he heard this.
The Nine Xuanmen is the most populous in the Five Spirits Sect, accounting for more than half of the population in the sect, and there are thousands of low-level Qi refining disciples alone. There are so many people, their temperaments and personalities are different, don't think that there is only one Du Sha who is doing nonsense in Jiu Xuan Neng, Du Sha is just a small foot, much more hateful than him!
The second layer of qi refining is indeed a lot of progress for Qian Chao's cultivation, but in the eyes of other senior brothers, the cultivation of the second layer is far from enough. However, his cultivation is low, but he can refine the five-rune spirit sword, and the five-rune spirit sword can only be obtained by disciples of the high-level qi refining level. Qian Chao's current situation is like a person who is powerless but wants to keep his money bag in front of a group of unreasonable evil men, how can it be so easy.
Therefore, if you can get a sign of the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, if it is really like what Senior Brother Cheng said, it is a very good thing to let those domineering people not come to find trouble for themselves.
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Leaving from Senior Brother Cheng, Qian Chao went directly to the inner hall.
In the inner hall, Senior Brother Fang was still on duty. It is said that there are about 100 foundation building monks who have the qualifications to complete the inner hall of the Instrument Hall, but there are only about 10 people who usually sit here, and the rest are still busy with their own affairs on weekdays. These dozen or so people usually stay in Chengqitang for nearly a month, and then rotate with each other. Sitting in the Chengqi Hall is naturally not done in vain, but what is the benefit, it is not known to Qian Chao now.
This Senior Brother Fang's name is Fang Yan, although his surname is Fang, he has nothing to do with the Fang family of the Liang Kingdom where Li Jian was born.
"Senior Brother Fang"
Qian Chao stood outside Senior Brother Fang's house and saluted.
"Senior Brother Qian, come in."
Senior Brother Fang was not surprised to see Qian Chao, among these Qi refining disciples outside, it seemed that this new Senior Brother Qian was the one who entered and exited the inner hall the most.
"Huh?" As soon as Qian Chao entered, Senior Brother Fang noticed the difference in Qian Chao, and after taking a closer look, he smiled and said, "Senior Brother Qian's cultivation has reached the second floor?" Not bad, how about it, the breakthrough was going well. ”
"Well, everything is fine, thanks to Senior Brother Fang's reminder."
"Hehe, that's nothing, come, sit down and talk."
"Senior Brother Fang," after Qian Chao sat down, he took out his five-rune spirit sword again, and respectfully placed it on Senior Brother Fang's case, "I tried to refine a five-rune spirit sword, I don't know how it was refined, Senior Brother Lao Fang will take a look at it for me." ”
"Oh? Five-rune spirit sword" Senior Brother Fang was a little surprised when he heard this, so he grabbed the spirit sword wrapped in fine linen, held the hilt of the sword and pulled it out of it.
When the cultivation reaches the foundation building, and then looking at the spiritual weapons used in qi refining, it is like letting an adult person look at the wooden knife and wooden sword that a child plays with. Senior Brother Fang took Qian Chao's spirit sword and looked at it for a while, then nodded, and then put it back on his case.
"Well, your sword is not badly refined, let me guess, one wishful talisman, two wolf running talismans, and two bird talismans, right?"
"Exactly," Qian Chao replied.
"Why do you engrave two bird talismans on it?" Senior Brother Fang asked.
"Well, it's just for the spirit sword to be able to fly quickly."
"Hehe, Senior Brother Qian, in fact, there is no need for this, a bird talisman is enough. When you can go out to do things in the future, you will find that those demon beasts that you can encounter when refining qi, no matter how fast they fly, it will be effortless for a spirit sword of a flying bird talisman to catch up. On the contrary, many of those demon beasts have rough skin and thick flesh, sharp teeth and claws, and great strength, if you don't pay attention, you may destroy your spirit sword, you might as well replace a bird talisman with a spirit turtle talisman, so that the sword body is tough, and it is more practical. ”
Qian Chao understood it, remembered it in his heart and thanked Senior Brother Fang.
"Senior Brother Fang, how many ores can these five-rune spirit swords be exchanged for in the inner hall?"
"Senior Brother Qian, you can refine the five-rune spirit sword, why don't you want to sell a few to get some spirit stones instead of changing the materials, the five-rune spirit sword is not common in the small market in the door, and it will definitely be sold."
"Senior Brother Fang, although I have reached the second layer of qi refining, my cultivation is still shallow, the spirit stones, the master still gives me enough every month, instead of getting spirit stones, I still want to get more materials to continue to work alchemy."
"Well, Senior Brother Qian, it seems that you really want to specialize in this refining technique."
Speaking of this, Senior Brother Fang's heart moved, and he looked at Qian Chao again, this Fang Yan himself did not get the qualifications of the inner hall when refining qi, but he was familiar with a Xu Bo, that is, Senior Brother Xu who Cheng Qiantang had mentioned to Qian Chao, that person had the qualifications of the inner hall when he was refining qi. Fang Yan said secretly, it seems that this Senior Brother Qian's path is the same as Senior Brother Xu's.
"The five-rune spirit sword can naturally be exchanged for more materials, but the five-rune spirit sword can already be exchanged for some higher-level materials."
"Oh, which ones can I get in exchange?"
"For example, high-end materials such as pattern iron, zonal crystal, and cedar can be replaced."
When Senior Brother Fang mentioned the iron pattern, Qian Chao also glanced at the small brand hanging on his master's jade pendant, which was different from his own green copper brand, and Senior Brother Fang's small brand was silvery-white, smaller and more delicate.
"But I still don't know what these high-level materials can refine and how to refine them."
"It's easy."
Senior Brother Fang said and stood up, there was a row of black wooden cabinets behind him, he opened one, and inside it turned out to be layers of book cabinets, full of all kinds of books. He took out two books from one of the floors, closed the big black wooden cabinet, and then sat down and handed the books in his hand to Qian Chao.
"Take it and see it, you can't find the books in this inner hall in the library."
When Senior Brother Fang opened the bookcase just now, he saw that this Senior Brother Qian saw the rows of books inside, and his eyes suddenly lit up, which made him feel very interesting.
"Senior Brother Fang, you told me last time that this alchemy technique can be divided into swords, armor and miscellaneous weapons according to the use of the weapon, and I will definitely practice diligently after the refining of this spirit sword, this armor ...... I wonder if I can start ...... now? ”
Senior Brother Fang listened, clicked on the two books in Qian Chao's hand with his hand, and said, "It's all in there, just read it yourself, if you don't understand, you can come and ask at any time." ”
"Senior Brother Qian, the refining of this armor is much more difficult than the refining of the sword, not only the runes used are completely different, but also the refining is also very cumbersome, but if you can refine a six-rune spirit sword and an armor, and get the approval of the senior brother of the inner hall, then you can get the identity of a disciple of the inner hall of this Chengqi Hall."
"Oh, really?" Qian Chao was overjoyed when he heard this.
"Hehe, seeing that you have been staring at the sign in my inner hall just now, have you wanted to ask for a long time?"
"yes, I just don't know how to speak."
"It's a good thing to have this thought, what's not to say, Senior Brother Xu Boxu of the Inner Hall entered the Inner Hall when he was refining Qi, and there are several senior brothers as well. They also passed the level of one sword and one armor when they entered the inner hall, the sword, the rule is the six-rune spirit sword, and one person in the inner hall can identify it. Only this armor must be approved by five people in the inner hall at the same time to pass, so strict, it can be seen that the refining of this armor is quite difficult. ”
Qian Chao nodded when he heard this, he secretly said that this level must be passed no matter what, and it seems that the books in this senior brother's room can only be read with the qualifications of the inner hall.
The inner hall of the Chengqi Hall is simply a place where the foundation building monks in the sect practice magic weapons. This spiritual weapon also has different names at different stages of the monk, and the spiritual weapon used in the hands of the qi refining disciples is the spiritual weapon; When it comes to foundation building and cultivation, the one used is called a magic weapon; If it reaches the level of the Jiedan monk, the ones used by those predecessors are called magic weapons, such as the blue sword that Tang Bonian used to kill Suo Yuanshen in the Little Lotus Lake, and the phoenix card that Gu Hou Fairy gave to Tang Ping to hang around his neck, they are all magic weapons.
If there is an inner hall, there will naturally be an outer hall, and the outer hall of this Chengqi Hall, that is, the large courtyard surrounded by a high wall where Qian Chaotian refines the artifact, is the place where the qi refining disciples practice alchemy.
The inner and outer halls are not so much different places as different identities.
For example, in the outer hall, there are many people who have that green bronze brand, but this green bronze brand can only prove that the person wearing it can refine the spirit weapon, in fact, it is just able to refine the spirit sword. If the qi refining disciples in the sect want to get a better spirit sword to use with the spirit stone in their hand, or the spirit sword in their hand is accidentally damaged, and they want to get another one to use, they usually find a tool hall outside the hall, which is nothing more than refining a spirit sword with three or four runes, and those senior brothers and sisters who are looking for money tide, as long as they have spirit stones, they will definitely be able to do it.
And the monks who build the foundation in the sect, there are several sources of magic weapons in their hands, either given by their own masters, or they can be refined by themselves, in addition, if you want more or better spiritual weapons, you have to go to the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall and find the refiners here to refine them for yourself. In such a big sect as the Five Spirits Sect, there are more than 3,000 foundation building monks of the five sects combined, and among so many people, the basic ones who can refine their own magic weapons are in the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, so only here can they refine magic weapons for others, of course, many of the predecessors of the Nine Xuanxuan Sect can also refine them, but they are all seniors, and their own cultivation can't take care of it, who will pay attention to these little things.
The disciples of the outer hall of the Chengqi Hall couldn't earn much spirit stones at a time by refining spirit swords for others, and the five-rune spirit sword was only a dozen spirit stones, and the four-rune spirit sword fell into two or three spirit stones at once. The daily output of spiritual weapons is much more than that of magic weapons, plus there are generally few spirit stones in the hands of qi refining disciples, and the three-rune spirit sword given by entering the inner door can be used to the high-level qi refining and then exchanged, so how can so many people buy the spirit sword refined, so in the small market of Crane Tower or Jiuxuan, the price of the spirit sword is not high. The brothers and sisters of Qian Chao actually don't make much, and what they earn is just hard money. This is also the reason why Qian Chao didn't plan to do this spirit sword business since he was able to refine the spirit sword, and his own sword refining was directly changed for materials.
And if the senior brothers in the inner hall were to refine a magic weapon for other foundation-building cultivators, they would be able to earn too many spirit stones. Although there is a difference between a magic weapon and a spiritual weapon, there is an almost abyss difference. The first is that the materials used in refining magic weapons are very valuable, and there may not be ready-made materials in the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall. The process of refining the second is extremely complex and takes a long time. Because of this, the price of magic weapons has always been high, and refining a magic weapon to earn thousands of spirit stones is basically not a problem.
Therefore, this refining technique, if you want to earn spirit stones, it is not in the qi refining stage, at least it must be in the cultivation of foundation building.
In Jiuxuan, there are nearly 100 foundation building monks who have the qualifications of the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, and they are all qualified to refine the magic weapons for the foundation building monks, but when they refine the magic weapons, they do not necessarily refine them in the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, and the inner hall is just an identity. If someone wants to refine the magic weapon, go directly to the inner hall to explain what they want and when they want it, and then leave the spirit stone or material, and make an appointment to get the magic weapon, and then the inner hall will find someone from these people who have the qualifications of the inner hall to refine, and after refining, a part of the remuneration will be deducted in proportion, and the rest will be returned to the refining person.
Even if a foundation building monk privately goes to someone with the qualifications of the inner hall to refine the magic weapon for himself, after the refining is completed, the refiner gets the spirit stone, and generally hands over a part of the obtained spirit stone to the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall in proportion. It's not that the refiners are all conscious, but these refiners know that the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall is their foundation. Although the spirit stones obtained by others who privately find themselves to refine magic weapons can not be handed over, but if they are known by the inner hall after a long time, then they will be disqualified from the inner hall, and the small iron brand will be withdrawn. From now on, it is not a trivial matter that the various conveniences and benefits in this inner hall cannot be enjoyed, and the high-level alchemy techniques can only be learned in the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, which is what they care about the most.
Because of this, the refiners in the inner hall have never dared to exceed the rules of this inner hall.
There are also two types of monks with inner hall qualifications, one is sitting in the Chengqi Hall, such as Senior Brother Fang, Senior Brother Xu and others. The other type is not seated. Sitting on duty is naturally harder, this sitting duty is equivalent to a dispatch from the master, keeping an eye in the Chengqi Hall every day, dealing with some sundries, and you can't leave at will, but it is also beneficial, in addition to the income from this dispatch, you can also have a lot of spirit stone income, such as Qian Chao refining spirit swords all day long, and those spirit swords are going to the inner hall to exchange for materials. There are so many qi refining disciples in the outer hall who practice the art of refining weapons, where can the spirit sword be sold every day, and it has been pressed in their hands for a long time, and those disciples also feel bored, so they will go to the inner hall to either change materials or sell them at a low price, and those spirit swords are sold by these senior brothers who are sitting in the inner hall to find a way to get out of the sect, and the difference in the middle is earned by them.
And those who don't sit in the inner hall are more comfortable, and they can take over the refining of some magic weapons in the inner hall and earn some spirit stones. When you don't practice the magic weapons, you can practice in retreat on your own, and if you are bored, you can also go outside the sect for a spin, which is much more leisurely than those who are on duty.
The qualifications of the inner hall of this Chengqi Hall do not come by cultivation, although the general refiners are foundation building and cultivating, but there are also a few monks with high qi refining talent who have obtained the qualifications of the inner hall in the qi refining stage. Generally speaking, the sword is easy to refine, but the armor is difficult, no matter how he cultivates, the monk can refine a piece of armor, which means that he has put a lot of thought into alchemy, which is worthy of recruiting him into the inner hall. From this point of view, the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall does not only rely on refining magic weapons to earn spirit stones, but also has a greater role in discovering refining talents and cultivating them in order to magnify the art of refining.
Because of this, Senior Brother Fang intends to investigate this Qian Chao, in addition to his own good impression of Qian Chao, if this little junior brother can really refine a piece of armor, and it has also passed the approval of the five senior brothers in the hall, it is also a good thing that there is a promising junior brother in the inner hall. That's why he took the book and gave it to Qian Chao.
The various benefits in the inner hall are naturally also what the refiners care about, not only can they buy some high-level materials at a relatively low price, but the ancestors who founded the Chengqi Hall have left all kinds of high-level alchemy techniques that cannot be seen in the library, and I don't know how many years these refiners have also left all kinds of experience and skills in refining magic weapons in the inner hall, and only in the inner hall can they be learned, there is no other family. In addition, the refiners are also a special group, although they compete with each other, but they can't see the same people in the inner hall being bullied, for Qian Chao, this is what he values the most at present, if he has the qualifications of the inner hall, the iron brand hangs on the waist, if he is bullied, let alone ask the inner hall of the foundation building brother to help, any foundation building monk is willing to help him when he sees it, not for anything else, just to have a good relationship with the inner hall is good, so generally no one provokes the inner hall refiner.
After making up his mind, Qian Chao chatted with Senior Brother Fang for a while, and asked some questions before leaving. He pondered that if he could obtain the qualification of this inner hall before breaking through the third layer of qi refining, he would be able to go out with a few partners in the future with less trouble.
A must be refined, but first you have to go back to the two books given by Senior Brother Fang to read them well, and find out the number of ways first.