044, 埏埴 as a device (above)
To make pottery, you must first make a clay embryo and then fire it in a kiln. If the blank material is very poor or the heat is not right, and the kiln seal is not qualified, the pottery production will fail. The monks in the world will also use supernatural magic to help people make all kinds of utensils, but those are things that ordinary people can't do or are difficult to do, and almost no master will be idle and have nothing to do to make pottery, because pottery is something that ordinary people will make, but Li Qingshui just let Huwa do it.
What's more interesting is that Li Qingshui didn't tell Huwa what to do, but just asked him to refine a clay pot, what kind of thing can be refined.
In fact, the cultivation of the Three Realms has been able to make some artifacts with supernatural mana, but Li Qingshui has never let the tiger baby try it before. Li Qingshui told Huwa at this moment that he could do it, as for what to do, then according to the means he had in the realm of cultivation, go to the natural play.
The tiger baby naturally used a means, that is, "fire", which is not a flame lit with fire, but a "heart fire" inspired by mana. He did not use fire after the pottery embryo was completely formed, because this is not the process of ordinary people making pottery first and then firing the kiln, and the pottery embryo is slowly refining at the same time as it is formed. The shape of the clay embryo appears in the air, and the color of the silt also changes, turning into a pure white and flawless appearance.
The tiger baby feels the breath of the things around him in the fixed state today, and this breath also contains the characteristics of all things, and he also knows how to fire pottery, but at the moment he is just using another means. Just as he is refining his body and mind, he is also refining the purest physical properties in the mud, accompanied by the condensation and formation of utensils.
A delicate clay pot slowly rotates in the air, and the whole body is reddened and gradually turns orange and translucent, and it glows due to the heat. Then the light faded, the temperature gradually recovered, and it fell on the altar and became a white clay pot. The lid rotates on the mouth of the can and stands still after a few moments.
It looks like an ordinary jar, without any superfluous ornamentation, and the shape is simple and beautiful. The texture is delicate and the color is very beautiful, and if you sell it at the market, the value is estimated to be very expensive. But the refining process is not over, the tiger baby is still warming this device in the fixed realm, so that its material and material properties can play the best role.
The biggest disadvantage of ordinary pottery is that it is easy to break, but this clay pot cannot be broken, and it is shockproof, sound and heat-insulated. Theoretically, it could have more characteristics or spirituality, but Tiger Doll didn't completely refine it this time.
In fact, according to Li Qingshui's meaning, the tiger baby can refine the jar, and now this appearance has not only succeeded. And it was perfect. But the tiger baby did not take the work, he continued to use his mana to sense, refine, and nourish his physical properties at the same time, and just sat in the refining device for a day and a night, without any pause at all.
If other monks saw this, they would be dumbfounded, but Tiger Doll did it naturally. When he first performed the power of the Imperial Object, he picked a Langji fruit and hung it in front of him for a night, as if he had forgotten to put the Langji fruit back on the altar, but in fact, he had been experiencing it in a fixed state.
Now it is the first refining of the tiger baby. When the mountain god told him that he could make a clay pot, he also introduced a lot of other information—about the difference between the various artifacts in the world.
Not everything can be called a "vessel", and the properties of items made of stone, bone, bamboo, wood and other materials have not changed. As long as you pay manpower and material resources, you can do it by mastering certain skills or processes, which can only be called utensils. And pottery may be the closest to a "vessel" because it has a more complex process. It also needs to be fired in a kiln.
The most common "vessel" is gold, and the so-called gold does not necessarily refer to gold, but to all metal objects in general. People need to refine the essence of ore and refine metal materials. With various methods to remove its impurities, you can also add some things or fuse with each other to change their physical properties, and then shape them by means of casting and forging to obtain metal artifacts.
If a large city can concentrate enough manpower and material resources, it is also possible to make gold objects, but the process is very difficult and very expensive. Moreover, there are some metal artifacts that ordinary people can't process, and only monks can refine them with supernatural powers, such as steel. But in Li Qingshui's view, this is nothing more than the lack of manpower and skills, if the ability of ordinary people is further advanced in the future, it can also be created.
This kind of thing is called "mortal weapons" by monks, and ordinary people are called "treasure weapons". Treasures are also divided into upper, middle and lower grades. For example, bronze artifacts, as long as you master the method of production, you can concentrate enough manpower and material resources to refine, most of the time people can't process it, just because the conditions are not available. This kind of artifact belongs to the inferior treasures.
Zhongpin treasure is different, it has some characteristics that it does not usually have, so it is more useful, sometimes the material may be very ordinary, but others can't process the same thing. The most typical example is the wooden bridge that Shan Ye erected on the cliff back then, as well as the muntjac skin he gave to Gu Xin.
The giant tree that built the bridge was cut down from the mountain by the joint efforts of the clansmen, but the mountain master did a special thing, which was to condense it with mana to make it durable and immortal. This kind of wood, which is exposed to the air, often washed by rain and exposed to the scorching sun, is the most susceptible to decay. However, after the refining of the mana of the mountain master, if it was not destroyed by the Yu people later, the wooden bridge would still be able to be used as usual for another hundred years.
The wooden bridge between Lulu Village and Huahai Village can be called a medium-grade treasure, but the clansmen don't know it very well. And this weapon is quite huge and amazing, and only a master like Shan Ye can refine it, he took a long time and a lot of effort, and Granny Shui also helped. Objects like this either have the eye of a great connoisseur or have experienced its characteristics in actual use, otherwise it is unlikely that ordinary people can distinguish it at a glance.
As for the high-grade treasures, they have very special physical properties. For example, a clay pot is not only unbreakable and insulating from sound and heat, but a piece of steel not only does not rust, but also has a strange change in hardness and toughness.
The tiger baby has a high-grade treasure, which is the azure rattan ring he wears on his wrist. This thing is not only an ordinary azure ivy, the knife is constantly chopping, the fire is not broken, and it has the effect of calming the nerves, moisturizing the skin, relaxing the muscles and invigorating the blood. Azure ivy originally had these effects, but it was very weak, and it was contained in the rattan butter that slowly seeped out of the surface after drying up and slowly seeping out through natural changes. And this Azure Vine Ring has been refined by mana, which can allow this effect to play naturally and slowly, and play the best spiritual effect.
This azure rattan ring may be very precious and special in the eyes of ordinary people, and it can be called a high-grade treasure, but in the eyes of the monks, it is just a "mortal weapon". Limited to the reason for the Azure Ivy material itself, it is not a natural treasure, no matter how it is refined, it can only be a mortal weapon and cannot become a magic weapon, so masters rarely spend money to create this kind of thing.
The utensils on top of the mortal or treasure vessels, the monks call them magic weapons, and the world often calls them magic weapons, and the materials that can refine the magic weapons are the so-called heavenly and earthly treasures. There are some things in the world that are particularly pure, and they can be refined with supernatural mana, and after they are formed, they can be sensed by body and mind, as if they can be integrated with each other, which is a magic weapon.
Theoretically, everything in the world has various physical properties, and it is possible to refine and refine them separately, but in practice this is almost impossible to do. It is impossible for monks to expend endless energy refining things that have no spiritual use. And the refining weapon has a success rate, sometimes the mana is slightly deviated, the mind fluctuates slightly, and sometimes it is purely because of bad luck, insufficient skill or improper methods, if you are not careful, it will be damaged, not only will the previous efforts be wasted but people may also be injured.
Therefore, when refining magic weapons, monks should not only look for suitable heavenly and earthly treasures, but also be cautious.
A ritual weapon is something that can be controlled freely in harmony with the body and mind, just like using one's own hands and feet, rather than simply the power of the object. The so-called inferior magic weapon is not endowed with other wonderful uses, but only has the spirituality of the material itself. As for the medium-grade magic weapon, it was endowed with a more unique magical power by the refiner.
And the high-grade magic weapon is rare to see, and ordinary monks can rarely have it, its magic has gone beyond the material itself, and there is more than one kind of supernatural power change, with the help of which you can also cast magical spells that the monk himself has not cultivated.
The artifacts that surpass the treasures and magic weapons are the legendary artifacts. The artifact may also be divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, or it doesn't matter what it is, Li Qingshui didn't introduce the tiger baby much, because even he himself didn't have the ability to create an artifact. It is said that only the immortal family who has stepped into the path to heaven can refine the artifact, not only with the purest natural treasures and the most exquisite refining skills, but also with mysterious chances, even the immortal family is difficult to build successfully.
One of the characteristics of artifacts is that they can be found by people, and most of the artifacts themselves have inheritance. For example, if an immortal goes out with an artifact, he can't find it by searching his body. The artifact can be integrated with the body and mind, just like using one's own hands and feet, and the artifact can be integrated into the form of the god without leaving any traces, and it itself can change with the form and god.
Theoretically, only immortals who have crossed the path to heaven can use artifacts like this, but there are exceptions to everything, and monks above the six realms can also integrate it into the form of gods if they get an artifact and also get its inheritance. If it is a person who has cultivated less than the Six Realms, even if he obtains an artifact, he may only use it as a powerful magic weapon, and he will not be able to fully exert its magical power.
Regarding the artifact, Li Qingshui's introduction is very simple, he focuses on treasures and magic weapons, and he only introduces the difference between various artifacts, and many monks pay attention to the division of the realm when refining the artifact but do not tell the tiger baby. (To be continued......)