Li Jian found something strange in his bamboo forest.

Because he thought that the wild bees in his bamboo forest had suffered a lot of losses because he had fought with the invading evil bees, Li Jian didn't provoke them for a few days. Later, one day, Li Jian remembered the bamboo tubes he had placed under the wild beehive to collect honey, and he didn't know if it was full, so he went into the forest.

As a result, in the hive of wild bees in the bamboo forest, he found that the original wild bees had changed a lot.

The size of ordinary wild bees seems to be larger, and the size of the giant bee that was originally the size of an egg is even larger by two points, and not only that, but the color of the body has also changed. It used to be jet black, but now it's black and translucent, and it looks even more ferocious. Not only is the sound of flapping wings louder, but even the flight is more agile and fast.

Li Jian flashed under the hive, took two bamboo tubes dripping with honey and wanted to leave, but was entangled by this changing bee colony. Originally, Li Jian thought that it should be easier for him to break through the cultivation and deal with these wild bees than to deal with those evil bees in the short pine forest, but how did he know that he used the bamboo branches in his hand to resist for a while, and found that it was more difficult than before?

This made Li Jian very excited, he thought that after his breakthrough, this bamboo forest wild bee would be able to produce honey to himself, but he didn't expect this wild bee to be much more powerful than before.

What is the reason for this? Li Jian suddenly remembered that when the evil bee invaded that day, after he helped the evil bee to fight back, the ground was full of dead bees, and the wild bees in his forest fell to the ground one after another to bite the corpse of the evil bee.

Li Jian didn't know about the knowledge of raising spirit insects, but this was a good thing for him, and the current bee colony seemed to be able to accompany him to practice swords, which was enough.

After wrestling with the wild bee colony for a long time, Li Jian escaped heartily.

However, after taking the two bamboo tubes dripping with honey, Li Jian was a little surprised when he tasted them. The honey in the two bamboo tubes should be divided into two layers, and the honey below is no different from the one collected before, but the thin layer on top not only tastes slightly sweeter, but also seems to have a trace of aura in the mouth, which is very useful.

Li Jian suddenly understood that the wild bees in his bamboo forest must have either been of high grade or advanced, that is, it happened after the invasion of the evil bees that day, and this bamboo tube has been under the hive, and it has dripped into two different kinds of honey.

Thinking of this, Li Jian immediately returned to the place of the wild beehive in the bamboo forest, and while dodging the attack of the wild bee, he replaced the wild beehive with a new bamboo tube, and got some of the new honey to share a point with his friends, maybe it would be helpful for cultivation.

……

Qian Chao has put his mind on those two books since Senior Brother Fang of the Inner Hall sent them that day.

One of these two books is called "Mountain Spirit Stone Notes" and the other is called "Armor Technique". Qian Chao used to be in the library building, and Senior Brother Cheng once gave him a copy of "Mountain Essence Stone Essentials", and the "Mountain Essence Stone Notes" he just got was a commentary on "Mountain Essence Stone Essentials". However, it is not a simple annotation, in the "Mountain Essence Stone Note", the various materials that can be used for refining gas and building the foundation are recorded in great detail, how the ore of each material is refined, and how it is used to refine the weapon, and what experience this senior brother has in each step, and what insights the senior brother has, are recorded in detail one by one. The dense combination of large and small characters in the book made Qian Chao feel very benefited from it. He didn't use the materials used in the foundation building period now, he only picked the materials he could use at the moment, in addition to having a lot of impressions of high-level materials such as iron in gas refining, even the most common green copper also knew a lot of new uses.

That book of "Armor Techniques" is full of the methods of refining weapons at the beginning of the inner hall. In this book, Qian Chao saw the refining method of the six-rune green copper spirit sword, which was actually no different from the spirit sword he refined on weekdays, but the spirit sword refined by this material of green copper could only withstand six runes at most, so the time of refining the six runes was much more important than the five-rune spirit sword. It's like a person can carry a maximum of 100 pounds of things, and it is natural for him to carry 80 pounds, but when he really carries a 100 pounds of things to reach the limit of this person, it is important whether the weight is placed on the shoulders or on the back, otherwise the person may be crushed. Qian Chao began to think that the six-rune spirit sword was the same as the five-rune spirit sword, and it was enough to engrave six runes on the sword embryo, which was to know that when the limit of the green copper was reached, the position of the runes on the green copper sword embryo was also very important, otherwise the six runes would be engraved, and the sword embryo might collapse.

As for why green copper can only withstand six runes, Qian Chao also found some answers in the book, and it was also the first time he came into contact with the theory of rune coercion. According to the book, if the runes are written with pen and ink, there will naturally be no coercion, and it will be fine to write all over the spirit sword with a pen dipped in ink. However, when refining the spirit sword, the rune can be engraved with aura, which makes the rune produce a "coercion" on the material, which has nothing to do with the aura consumed during the engraving, as for the rune itself. The coercion of the six runes in "Six Runes of True Meaning" is almost the same, and the material of green copper can only withstand six parts of this pressure, and if there are more, the material will not be able to support it and collapse.

In that "Armor Technique", there is also a refining method for the iron spirit sword, the iron is more advanced than the green copper, in addition to the material itself is tougher than the green copper, the spirit sword refined with it can withstand up to twenty runes, which is much stronger than the green copper. However, the greatest use of the iron is not to refine the spirit sword, but to make armor.

The armor is made of iron, connected together with green copper wire, and lined with red bear skin or other demon animal skins, which is the simplest piece of armor.

Qian Chao looked at the refining process and the materials required, and couldn't help but sigh. The simplest piece of armor actually costs nearly 200 pieces of iron armor, and the silk made of green copper is easy to say. It's just that it has to be lined on the outside of the monster's skin, which is not simply draped on the outside, but also has to be sewn firmly with a thread. The key is that the runes used to refine the armor are completely different from those used to refine the spirit sword, and the runes on the chest, back, shoulders, and armpits of this armor are also different. Not only that, but even the inner lining of the demon beast skin must be engraved with runes, and the runes on the animal skin cannot be injured when sewing the armor. The runes used on the skin are different from those used on the armor.

It's tedious and difficult.

No wonder this sword can be used as an examination school for entering the inner hall.

There is a little bit of iron money tide, and when I used to help people, other senior brothers gave them, and those were definitely not enough. He has a lot of green copper, since the five-rune spirit sword can be exchanged for pattern iron, then the next step is to refine more five-rune spirit swords to exchange some for use. The skin of the demon beast, Brother Lu gave a lot of it at the last party, and it must be enough. It's just that Brother Lu gave himself raw skins, and he didn't deal with it, but he knew how to deal with it, but unfortunately he still needed several spiritual grasses to tann the potion of demon animal skins, and Sister Yan had it, and it seemed that he was going to Qixia Mountain to ask Sister Yan for it these days.

Instead, you can try this six-rune spirit sword first, the armor prepares things first, and the six-rune spirit sword is much simpler.

Thinking of Sister Yan before, Qian Chao's heart was still moved, and he got a lot of books in the library, one of which was specifically written about the refining methods of various alchemy furnaces, I don't know if Sister Yan can use it now, the refining of those Dan furnaces is not difficult, and the materials used are all low-level materials, of course, there are also high-level ones, but he doesn't have them. Well, ask when you see Sister Yan, and if Sister Yan needs it, she will help her refine one.

……

Tang Ping couldn't be idle, and after a few days of work, she took advantage of the opportunity of her aunt's fairy retreat to say a word to her senior sister Ruoyu and slipped out.

Where do you sneak out and play? She thought about it, next to Shuiyun Valley is Jiuxuan, forget it, go and see the money boy, I don't know if this guy has broken through the cultivation.

She arrived at Chengqitang first, but when she inquired, she found that Qian Chao was not there. Then he went straight to Qian Chao's residence.

Probably working hard for a breakthrough, Tang Ping thought.

I didn't know that when I opened the door of Qianchao's small courtyard, I was a little confused when I saw it.

There was a strange smell in the small courtyard, and there were a few large vats against the wall, and the strange smell was coming from it.

A shelf made of wooden strips, with a piece of animal skin tightly stretched on it, Lu Pingchuan actually sat on the ground with his back to the courtyard door and carefully scraped something on the animal skin with a knife.

Qian Chao sat at the stone table, holding a pen on a piece of paper, not knowing what he was drawing.

"Brother Lu!" Tang Ping screamed.

"Eh, Sister Tang, why are you here?" Lu Pingchuan turned around and asked with a smile when he saw Tang Ping.

"What about me, why are you here?"

"Hehe, my master gave me a book, and he didn't teach me, so I came to let Brother Qian teach me, which didn't do Brother Qian a favor. What about you? ”

"I'm fine, I just sneaked out to play. Hey, boy Qian, what does this smell like in your yard, it smells so bad! ”

Qian Chao looked at her, put down the pen and said helplessly: "No way, the leather of the demon beast has to be processed, and this is the taste of tanning, and it will be fine in a few days." ”

Lu Pingchuan interjected at this time and said: "Hehe, there will be more in a few days, I can catch more wild things outside after this breakthrough." ”

"Brother Lu, have you broken through?" Tang Ping immediately asked.

"Well, one night my master gave me something good, and alas, I broke through. Not only me, Brother Qian has also broken through, what about you, Sister Tang? ”

"Well, I also broke through, I didn't expect the money boy to break through so quickly, it's rare. Well, something good, something good? ”

"Ahem! Don't mention it, my master took out the gall of a big snake that I killed and stuffed it into my mouth without washing it, alas, it's bitter to death! ”

"Huh?" Tang Ping listened with disgust, "Senior Kang is really, fortunately, he finally broke through." What about you, money boy, when did you break through? ”

"Just a few days ago, at night, when refining the spirit sword, I broke through."

"Oh, so magical, are we all at night? Can refining the spirit sword also break through cultivation? In this way, Sister Yan and Brother Li are probably about the same. Hey, what are you drawing, like an incense burner? ”

Tang Ping walked to Qian Chao's stone table as she spoke, and asked curiously when she saw what Qian Chao had drawn on paper.

"I went to Sister Yan once," Qian Chao said and pointed to the jars on the wall, "To tann the skin of demon beasts, you need a few flavors of spirit grass to make potions, I went to Sister Yan to find spirit grass, Sister Yan asked me if I would refine the Dan furnace, she said that a better Dan furnace is good for her alchemy, I also went to the Nanyu Hall in Qixia Mountain to take a look at the Dan furnace there, it's not difficult, I'll design it first, and then give Sister Yan a try." Speaking of this, Qian Chao suddenly remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, Sister Yan also broke through, and it was also at night, when she was refining the pill, and it was also a coincidence." ”

"Really?" Tang Ping said in surprise when she heard this, "Then the five of us don't know what to do with Brother Li, but we must have almost broken through, okay, when we get together again in a few days, we will all be on the second layer of qi refining." ”

At this time, Lu Pingchuan had already scraped the animal skin, looked at it carefully, untied it from the wooden shelf, rolled it casually, and went to the jars by the wall.

Tang Ping also followed after seeing it, to see how Lu Pingchuan got it.

Those large vats were covered with wooden lids, Lu Pingchuan opened one, and Tang Ping immediately retreated.

"It smells terrible! How can you stand it so pungently? ”

"Hehe," Lu Pingchuan smiled when he saw Tang Ping's appearance, "Hey, isn't this the taste of this skin?" In the past, when I was at home, I followed my father to clean up those animal skins, which didn't smell good, and when I got used to it, it was fine. ”

Qian Chao also said next to him: "No way, there are many people in Jiuxuan, and my yard is too small, if there is a big yard, it will be much better to separate a small courtyard to specialize in this." ”

Lu Pingchuan put the demon beast skin in his hand into the dark green potion in the jar, poked it down with a stick, and then closed the lid.

"Our Houtu Temple is a big place, in the future, I will get this skin from me first and then bring it to you, there are so many people living around you, don't make people suspicious."

Tang Ping asked, "What are you doing with this skin?" ”

"Of course it's to make armor, we have a rule in the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, if you can refine a sword and a piece of armor, you can become a disciple of the inner hall, and this demon beast skin is used to refine armor."

"Inner Hall, I've never heard of it, do you still have a distinction between inside and outside? What does the inner hall do? Tang Ping asked again.

"The inner hall of the Chengqi Hall is actually a place dedicated to refining magic weapons for those senior brothers who build a foundation, and it is usually our senior brothers who build a foundation in Jiuxuan, but Qi refining disciples can also join, and if you want to learn a higher level of refining techniques, you can only enter this inner hall, so I want to give it a try."

"Oh, that's right."

Coming out of Qian Chao's residence, Tang Ping was worried about Yan Xuan, so she went to Qixia Mountain again, found Yan Xuan, and the two girls chattered for a long time. Originally, I wanted to go to see how Li Jian was doing, but it was a little late when I came out of Yan Xuan, and Tang Ping slipped back to Shuiyun Valley.

Lu Pingchuan stayed at Qian Chao's residence for another two days, and helped him get all the demon beast skins in Qian Chao's hands before returning to the Houtu Temple.