Section 36 Experience

(The dreams of youth, the excitement of embarking on a journey—if these two precious qualities are not sharp enough, then make up for them with courage.)

- Bladeless Sword)

"We don't make such expensive alchemy weapons, we use the materials we have at hand, let's make some equipment with slightly less functional functions according to the method of alchemy weapons, do you think it's okay? You can also think of it as a practice for you. Xu Yun said what he thought.

Nan Qi poked the corners of her mouth with her fingers, thought for a moment and said: "The idea of a low-end version of alchemy weapons has been proposed for a long time, and this method of reducing costs is used to popularize alchemy equipment in large quantities, but the threshold of alchemy equipment is on the main material, and ordinary white iron and black iron cannot guarantee that they can carry elemental circuits and magic circles at the same time with sufficient strength. Moreover, even if white iron and black iron are smelted into alloys, the elemental conduction ability is insufficient, which will greatly weaken the elemental ability excited by the alchemy equipment. ”

"I think the main material should be fine, although it is just a scrap material discarded when mining crystal ore, but the quality is far beyond ordinary iron ore." Kerry took out an old cloth bag and secretly swept it left and right to make sure that his classmates were discussing the weapons he was about to make, before quietly opening the bag to reveal a bit of ore in the cloth bag.

It is near-pure crystal ore gravel.

Shuma also took out a cloth bag of almost the same style, revealing that the bag contained a blue magic crystal ore.

"Where did you two get these?" Xu Yun reached out and pinched out a small piece of crystal ore fragment from Kerry's pocket, which was much better than the miscellaneous ore that Clark gave to several people with a wave of his hand when he was mining in the Favonius Eagle Temple before, but if you look closely, you can still find that it is mixed with a very light reddish-brown.

"Who told you not to work after you came back yesterday, this is the waste ore cut by Instructor Hiro and Instructor Clark when they cut the crystal ore, even if it is a small fragment of the pure crystal ore of the real essence, it has been collected and ground into powder by Uncle Clark, it should be the thing on this material list." Shuma raised her head triumphantly and smiled.

Kerry lowered his voice and whispered: "Tell you secretly, don't tell anyone else, after cutting the crystal ore and the magic crystal ore yesterday, all the fine powder milled from the crumbs is only three parts, and I can't buy more." ”

"Only three? But we can't afford it, it's too expensive. Xu Yun rubbed his chin and said.

Nan Qi showed a tangled expression, but she really didn't have that much money, and even if she had the heart to buy it, she didn't have the ability.

"What is the use of crystal powder? Is the same effect as Magic Crystal Powder? Xu Yun saw the change in the expression on Nanqi's face, so he asked.

"Crystal powder and magic crystal powder are both the main materials used to fill the elemental circuit, and the price of one on the market is about three hundred gold mora. The entry of the bill of materials is only sold for 100 gold mora, which can be said to be very cheap. But the materials I usually use in the alchemy class are all distributed by the class, and the monthly allowance is only two gold mora, and it is okay to buy some inconsequential small materials, but the material of crystal dust, even if you save for a few years, you can't afford it. Unless I advance to the level of alchemist, I will help in the alchemy workshop. ”

"Alchemist? What kind of rank is this, I haven't heard of it. Shuma asked

"Alchemist is the rank after the alchemy apprentice advances, to this rank is the lowest level of the alchemist system, many alchemy workshops will hire alchemists as helpers, alchemists have mastered all the basic alchemy formulas, have a certain amount of alchemy experience, and are recognized as formal alchemists who have alchemy talent and hope to advance to higher fields in the future.

And the yield of an alchemist is much higher than that of an apprentice.

An apprentice can only be said to be an ordinary person who is still learning alchemy, while an alchemist has already taken the first step on the path of an alchemist. Nan Qi patiently explained.

"Let's talk about the difference between crystal dust and magic crystal dust." Xu Yun

"Crystal dust and magic crystal dust are both the main materials for filling the internal elemental circuit of alchemy equipment, because even the main material of ordinary alchemy equipment is made of crystal ore or magic crystal ore, and simply filling the elemental circuit with these two kinds of dust loses its meaning. However, when refined with other ingredients, they become new alchemy materials with excellent energy conductivity. ”

"Because of the excellent elemental energy conduction effect, crystal dust can take into account all known elements, and its purity will not affect the user, whether it is to make weapons or armor, it can be used. It is the most sought-after rare material.

As for the magic crystal dust, because it is a material born from the dark power, it cannot be used to make armor equipment that has more contact with the body.

Most of them will be used as the main circuit material of the weapon, and the dark power contained in the magic crystal dust can apply negative effects when attacking, causing more damage, and some people will engrave curses, corrosion, fear, life sucking and other special skills related to darkness in the weapon, and use the dark power in the magic crystal to give amplification, and the effect will be stronger.

But the flaws are also obvious, the owner of this kind of weapon is often because the weapon kills too many lives, the dark power of the weapon itself increases, and in turn is affected by the weapon's mind, and the temperament becomes irritable, bloodthirsty, irritable, and finally falls into endless killing madness, until he finally dies before stopping. ”

Of course, there are also people who use them directly as filler materials for the elemental circuit, and use them on substrates made of non-rare materials, such as gold and silver pocket watches, certain jewelry with special functions, decorations, and even home furnishings. These items are not directly involved in combat, and the requirements for the substrate are not as high. Nanqi said.

"This is really terrifying, the magic crystal weapon is simply a double-edged sword, while slashing the enemy, he is also unknowingly 'slashed' by the weapon." Kerry said.

"It works like this." Xu Yun suddenly thought that he could think of others, and he could naturally think of it.

"It's a pity that the main materials such as crystal dust and magic crystal dust are always in short supply in the market, and those who can really use them to refine these impractical items are the nobles and wealthy merchants." Nanqi said.

"Then if we use these miscellaneous ores we have at hand to forge weapons, can we use high-quality miscellaneous ores as the filler of the elemental circuit, and high-strength alloys as the base material to make a low-end version of the alchemy weapon?" Xu Yun then asked

"Theoretically, yes, but as far as I can guess, the effect of the Seal Carving Elemental Technique will be much worse than the original effect due to the low energy conduction effect. And there is no guarantee of durability, and it may not take long for the interior to break. Although the strength of the alloy is good, it still cannot be compared with the equipment made of pure rare crystal ore. Nanqi said with a gesture of her chubby little hand.

"It's okay, after all, this is just transitional equipment, I believe we will get better materials in the future, and we can ask you to help refine alchemy weapons when the time comes." Xu Yun waved his hand, not caring at all.

"How can it be as easy as you say, as if you have a crystal mine at home, how difficult it is to obtain rare ores, it seems that you don't have an idea in your heart." Lulu Mara pouted.

Xu Yun shrugged: "Let's talk about the future in the future, who can say for sure?" Maybe we're lucky, and maybe we'll meet it. Lord Barbatos, the god of wind, will bless us. ”

"No matter how bad it is, as long as the weapon itself is not damaged, even if the elemental skill is unusable, it can still be used in battle. Let's give it a try, shall we? Xiuma was obviously also moved by Xu Yun's thoughts, and looked at Nan Qi with some expectation.

Kerry nodded, his eyes full of anticipation. Lulu Mara didn't say anything, but her eyes had already told everyone that she had the same idea.

"Then I'll draw a new drawing, you forge the original embryo according to the drawing, the seal carving circuit, and I'll seal the rune technique."

After a few people had decided on it, they began to divide up and get busy.

At this time, the place where the class was held was in the rented blacksmith's workshop in the training class, and there were all the necessary equipment next to it, but there were few apprentices who really made the decision to start building weapons, the weather was too hot, and the scorching furnace around the blacksmith's workshop was unbearable, and the other apprentices were studying the refining method and drawing their own weapon modeling schemes.

Hiro gave the basic weapon refining blueprints, and the old blacksmith punk who has been working with him as a consultant to guide the creation of weapons, but he did not say that the weapons he created must be exactly the same as the drawings, and some apprentices with their own ideas certainly wanted the shape of their first weapon to be different.

The children's thoughts, Hiro and the old blacksmith punk were naturally clear, and there were no apprentices to ask how to forge weapons at this time, so the two chatted and watched the apprentices busy like a swarm of flies.

The iron ingots in the hands of the apprentices are all metal ingots that Shuma and Kerry have smelted and forged, and the quality is acceptable. But the other apprentices didn't know how to smelt ore and refine useful materials, let alone craft weapons from iron ingots, and the two old fellows stood by and waited to see what jokes the little ones came up with.

This is also part of the curriculum, so that these children know that the weapons in their hands are not easy to come by, and they will cherish them more when they use them in the future.

Xu Yun's team completed the collection of opinions, and there are actually many things that can be done before new drawings are drawn, such as smelting alloys.

Xu Yun and the three of them had already mastered the steps of smelting raw ore in the blacksmith shop, and they cooperated in an orderly manner, adding coke to the blast furnace to heat up, and putting in the newly obtained high-quality crystal miscellaneous ore.

While waiting for the ore to melt, the three of them took out the low-grade miscellaneous ore metal ingots and white iron ingots that had been cast, and smelted the alloy in another furnace.

Although the three of them had not studied the process of smelting alloys, they had also seen the work process of the blacksmith shop master and learned some rough skin.

Xu Yun knew in his heart that alloy smelting had a proportional demand, not that several metals could be mixed together at will to produce high-quality alloys.

However, now only a few cold weapons are cast, and the main material in the metal used for mixing is of excellent quality, and white iron is also a better base material than black iron, even if the smelted alloy is not so ideal, it is still more than enough to be a knight's apprentice weapon.

"Luckily, these guys didn't come to the furnace because it was too hot. Our materials are much better than other people's iron ingots, and one glance will be jealous. Shuma said with a grin. The miscellaneous iron ingots they use are called the best fine iron in Clark's mouth, although they are still in the category of iron ingots, the quality and condition are very different from ordinary black iron, and the iron ingots that are smelted and forged are mixed with blue and iron gray, wrapped in a layer of faint lustrous glow, and the appearance alone is very different from ordinary iron ingots.

"These guys are probably going to wait for the evening to get cooler before they start working." Kerry pouted, "But even at night, the temperature around the furnace won't drop, don't they understand?" ”

"Maybe they don't know that, after all, none of us are blacksmith children." Xu Yun said a good word for the students. "The three of us often come to the blacksmith shop to help with the work, but they take the basic lessons step by step, and we are indeed better than them in smelting and casting."

"But if we really have to compete now, I think most of the losses will be us. After all, we didn't have any fighting classes or swordsmanship classes, and our fighting skills were almost blank. He continued.

"A well-trained soldier can easily take down ten bandits, my dad used to tell me." Shuma nodded.

"What about the knight?"

"A full knight can face a hundred times more ordinary opponents at the same time. My dad said that. Kerry puffed out his chest proudly, he rarely showed such a flamboyance, and it was clear that his father, Tima, was the pride of his heart.

"Well, I've seen Tima shoot, and when she kills monsters, she is ruthless and accurate, and she can kill him with one blow as long as he is given a chance." Xu Yun

"Ah, you're talking about the fight where the beast hounds attacked the village, I saw it in the house too." Kerry's face flushed with excitement, and his right fist clenched unconsciously.

"Hey, hey, hey~ Why haven't I heard you talk about this? It's not a good buddy to have adventure stories that don't know how to share. Xiuma was unhappy, Xu Yun and Kerry were talking hotly, what could they do if they were left out in the cold.

"It's not a risky thing, ······ day." Kerry recounted the battle with the Bloody Dogs on that winter morning from his own perspective.

Xu Yun recalled the life-and-death battle he faced just after the crossing, and listened with a smile on his lips.

High-quality crystal miscellaneous ore requires higher temperatures to smelt, and several people are telling stories while constantly adding coke to drive the blower.

The crucibles of the furnace were burned red by the blue flames blown by the blower, and most of the azure crystal ore melted into a mixture of azure and crimson liquid little by little.

This is a feature of rare minerals such as Crystal Ore and Magic Crystal Ore, and other metals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron will turn into a red metallic liquid when smelted.

Kerry, who was tasked with tending the crucible, signaled that the miscellaneous ore had completely melted.

The three of them worked together to pour out the solution in the crucible, cleaned the crucible with a special iron brush, and put in the high-quality magic crystal miscellaneous ore obtained.

"Let's use these high-grade miscellaneous ores to make weapons handles and grips and other parts, and use magic crystal miscellaneous ores to make the blade part, and the damage ability will be higher." Xu Yun proposed.

"Hey, it's so beautiful, this azure solution, it's a pity that it's not pure enough, it would be nice if I could get rid of these impurities." Xiuma looked at the high-grade miscellaneous mineral solution poured into the mold and sighed with some regret.

"If we can get rid of them, do you think the instructor will give them to us for nothing?" Kerry said

"I can't say it's for nothing, I think these miscellaneous mines are actually the instructor's reward for our work, or the salary." Shuma has her own opinion.

"Anyway, I almost didn't tire me out last night. Two people to operate the furnace is much more troublesome than three. He is also responsible for filling the fuel, taking care of the crucibles, and driving the blowers on wheels. My back is still sore. ”

"It's really hard for you, do you want me to rub it for you?" Xu Yun approached Xiuma with a wicked smile.

"Get out! You want to tickle me again, so I won't give you a chance. Xiuma raised his foot and kicked, and Xu Yun hurriedly dodged.

After a busy time, all kinds of metals were re-smelted, and on the other side of the workshop, Nan Qi also drew new drawings, in fact, the new drawings are not much different from the original drawings, Nan Qi drew a planing drawing, in the planing drawing, the center of the weapon is depicted with many groove lines, and the blank space for the seal carving skill technique.

The first time she tried to refine alchemy weapons, Nan Qi was also quite excited, but when she really started to do it, she found that her knowledge was still slightly insufficient, and asked Lulu Mara to go back to the dormitory of the training school to bring her alchemy textbooks and some reference books, and kept flipping through to find the knowledge she needed.

The difficulty of making alchemy equipment far exceeded Xu Yun's earliest expectations, and after really understanding it, Xu Yun realized that he was still too optimistic.

To make an alchemy weapon, you first need to cut the equipment you plan to make into two parts, carve elemental circuits, fill in energy-conducting materials, and engrave rune spells. Among them, the step of seal carving rune technique is the most complicated, one side of the seal of the rune and the other side of the seal when the two halves of the weapon are fused together, the completely opposite rune characters must be engraved.

Now Nan Qi can't do it, but the weapon that is divided into two parts is perfectly fused into one, so that the hard-carved magic circle and the elemental circuit are misplaced, resulting in the failure of refining, and it is not something that Xu Yun and the three laymen who have just touched the threshold of the blacksmith apprentice can do.

Eventually, the team's plans had to be put on hold for the time being, and the production schedule was stopped at the stage of finalizing the prototype of the weapon and drawing more detailed drawings.

Xu Yun's team reformulated the plan and honestly used low-grade miscellaneous ore ingots doped with white iron ingots to make weapons.

Finally, the hard work of another blast furnace smelted alloy was not in vain.

The other preparatory knight apprentices began to work officially after dark, but the blazing blast furnace gave them a blow to the head, and finally smelted the metal, poured it into the mold, and was blocked again at the stage of forging the original embryo.

It's one thing to watch an apprentice in a blacksmith make a prototype of a weapon, but it's another to go into battle with a hammer on his own.

Day 3

It's time to test the final results.

Except for Xu Yun's team, which was equipped with decent primary weapons, the finished products in the hands of the other apprentices were even worse than the worn-out weapons that adventurers sold at roadside stalls and didn't know where to pick them up.

The long iron rod is fine, wait for it to cool down after injection molding, polish it smooth, and wrap the belt around the grip position.

But even if the production process requires such a simple weapon, there is not a single weapon that can look decent in appearance. Not to mention other equipment.

This time, Hiro did not taunt or scold, but comforted the frustrated boys and girls again, and taught them that weapons are the most loyal companions of warriors.

The following day, everyone listened to the old blacksmith punk talk about the theory of making weapons, focusing on the various ways to maintain them.

It's the fifth day of the squad's formation

"Since you have formed a combat squad, you will always attend classes, which will not help you quickly integrate and understand each other. The fastest growth is to find it in battle, and only those who have really experienced it can become a qualified fighter. Back-to-back battles can build friendships between comrades-in-arms faster. ”

"Next, for the first time, our training course will go to the field for a training camp, the training area is selected on the outskirts of Wangfeng Heights, and the goal of the training is to clean up hilichurls and slimes in the wilderness. The day before yesterday, the Scout Knight delivered a message that the watchtower on the shores of the Fruit Wine Lake in the Lookout Heights had been occupied by a new tribe of hilichurls, and that the watchtower defenders had lost one dead and four wounded.

We will work with our newly formed Apprentice Squad in Year 2 to reclaim this watchtower and avenge our compatriots and comrades!

The watchtower is ours, and these mob monsters must not be allowed to occupy it! ”

The freshmen of the first grade suddenly exploded, but they didn't expect to see the third-grade seniors return injured a few days ago, and today it was their turn to go out of the battle, and the first time they went into battle was so sudden, it caught people off guard, and the female apprentices couldn't help but whisper.

'Has the influence of the power of the abyss reached this point?' It takes a new apprentice to start training so early. Xu Yun thought in his heart.

Mondstadt is a small country compared to the Celestial Empire in which he lived on earth, but the population is actually quite sparse, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small country in Tsoor. There are only two cities in the entire Mondstadt that can be regarded as first-tier cities, and most of the others are towns, and the towns in Mondstadt are not as large as the county seats of the Celestial Empire. The population is even more on par with the township level.

The village is really a small village in the countryside, a village of more than 100 people is considered a big village, and the number of people in the snow chip village where Timmy lives is even less than 50.

According to Xiuma, there are even a few families in more remote places, because they are too remote, patrol knights generally do not go there, when they are destroyed by monsters, it may take a year or even longer to be discovered.

The Four Knights looked quite beautiful, but Mondstadt's mobility seemed to be severely lacking, and the Knights were stepping up to train new warriors and expand their strength. ’

"Where the hell are so many hilichurls?" Kerry whispered, "It takes time for hilichurls to give birth, it was normal before this year, and it is impossible for the number of years to be so much." ”

"What do you care about so many hilichurls? If the darkness is not slippery, maybe it will come out of the ground? Shuma couldn't help but touch the great sword behind his back, this sword was the result of the hard work of the past few days, and he couldn't wait to see the hilichurls try the edge of his great sword.

It was definitely impossible to go to war with the weapons forged by the apprentices themselves, so Hero issued the apprentices with new weapons and equipment, a unified standard of primary weapons, a hard leather breastplate with metal plates, and a wooden shield.

At the same time, he also returned the Dawn Sword and the Mechanical Wind Wings that Xu Yun had received from Sasria.

Seeing the Dawn Excalibur and the Wings of the Wind, Xu Yun remembered the heroic sword-wielding bishop Sarsria, who had not been seen in the next few days since they had met the day they had cooperated with the church to form a new battle group.

Although she was glad that there were no tasks called courses and actual work assigned by Sasria these days, but after not seeing this beautiful instructor for a few days, Xu Yun couldn't help but think about what she was doing.

The other side.

The huge golden rock elemental energy sword shadow slammed to the ground, splitting a barricade into countless debris, and the hilichurls holding torches behind the barricade were also torn apart.

"Upper!" Amid the cacophony of howls and wails around them, a brief reminder sounded in front of the side.

Sasria looked up, and two tumbling fire slimes in the sky had fallen in the air to the top of her head.

Rumble! Rumble!

The Fire Slime exploded like a cannonball, engulfing Sasria with a huge fireball.