Leaving the General Affairs Palace, Zhou Yang went straight to the top of Yuquan Peak.

The monk stationed on the top of the mountain is still the seventh grandfather Zhou Yun, the old man sat under the tall [dragon scale tree] on the top of the mountain as always, and when he saw Zhou Yang coming up, he forced him to sit down and taste his newly made medicinal tea.

The elders invited him so warmly, Zhou Yang naturally couldn't refuse, not to mention that he really liked the medicinal tea made by the old man.

However, when he was drinking tea with the old man this time, most of his eyes were on the [Dragon Scale Tree] beside him.

The Dragon Scale Tree is a very rare special spirit tree, named after the scales that grow on its tree.

The scales grown by the hundred-year-old [Dragon Scale Tree] are black, hard as fine iron, and can be used to refine first-order defensive magic weapons, which are first-order spirit wood.

The [Dragon Scale Tree] that is more than five hundred years old, the scales will turn into a silver-gray color, and the hardness exceeds that of the dark iron, which can refine a second-order defensive magic weapon, and it is a second-order spirit wood.

If the [Dragon Scale Tree] can grow for more than a thousand years, the scales will turn silver, and then the scales can be used to refine the third-order defensive magic weapon, which is a third-order spirit wood.

It is said that once the age of the [Dragon Scale Tree] exceeds 5,000 years, the scales will turn into a golden color like real dragon scales, which can be used to refine fifth-order defensive magic weapons, and it is a treasure that the ancestors of the Jindan period will fight for when they break their heads.

The [Dragon Scale Tree] of the Zhou family is about eight hundred years old, and it is not far from becoming a third-order spirit tree.

After that, about every ten years or so, the Zhou family would take a few scales from the [Dragon Scale Tree] to refine them, and Zhou Yang's [Silver Gang Shield] magic weapon, the main material was a piece of tree scales taken from the tree.

Although Zhou Yang knew the origin of this tree before, he had seen many kinds of hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old giant trees on the mountain, and he didn't have much feeling for this spiritual tree that looked like a pine tree.

At that time, in his eyes, the value of this second-order spirit tree was far less than that of several second-order spirit fruit trees in the spirit orchard on the mountain, "Fire Crystal Jujube Tree".

At least the "Fire Crystal Jujube Tree" can bear fruit once every five years, and a monk below the level of Qi cultivation who practices the masculine exercises like him, the benefits obtained from eating one jujube are worth ten days of penance, not to mention that the taste of the jujube is also excellent, far surpassing any fruit he has eaten in his previous life.

However, now that he has become a refiner, the value of the [Dragon Scale Tree] in Zhou Yang's eyes has risen all of a sudden.

"Hehehe, Xiao Jiu, you also want to fight this [Dragon Scale Tree] idea? It's not that the old man looks down on you, although you are already a second-order refiner now, but the scales of this [Dragon Scale Tree] are not your turn to use, each of these scales falls into the hands of the old patriarch, it is a second-order high-grade magic weapon, his old man just values you again, and he will not let you waste such treasures in vain, and when you become a second-order high-grade refiner, it will be almost the same!"

Seeing that Zhou Yang's eyes were always looking at the [Dragon Scale Tree], the old man Zhou Yun didn't know what he was thinking, and even if he smiled, he unceremoniously hit him.

For the elderly, it is also a great sense of accomplishment to be able to see such an outstanding junior as Zhou Yang eating deflated.

It's just that the smile on the old man's face just bloomed for a few seconds, and he was shocked by Zhou Yang's next words.

"What Seventh Grandpa said is that with the strength of his nephew's current second-order mid-grade refiner, it is indeed not enough to use the scales of the [Dragon Scale Tree] to refine weapons, like such treasures, it is better to wait for his nephew to upgrade his alchemy technique to the second-order upper grade in the future, and it is not too late to start refining it when he has enough certainty. ”

"What, your alchemy technique has broken through to the second-order middle grade!"

Old man Zhou Yun looked at Zhou Yang with a shocked face, and his voice was a little out of tune.

Didn't you say that this kid only became a second-order lower grade refiner last year?

Why is it that it has only been a year since he became a second-order mid-grade refiner again?

Could it be that the old patriarch quietly went down the mountain to make up for him again?

The old man looked at the young junior in front of him with a shocked expression, feeling that his brain was a little insufficient.

Could it be that this young junior is not only a genius in cultivation, but also has an even more genius talent for refining?

Otherwise, how could it be that in less than five years, he had gone from a layman who didn't know anything to a second-order mid-grade refiner?

If he remembered correctly, even if the old patriarch was the third-order high-grade refiner with the most refining talent in the clan's history, it would have taken him twelve years from learning to refining a second-order middle-grade refiner!

"Seventh grandfather, seventh grandfather?"

Zhou Yang looked at the old man Zhou Yun who was stunned by the news revealed in his words, and said in his heart that it was a lie.

After all, the twenty-two-year-old second-order mid-grade refiner is indeed a thing worth boasting about, not to mention the Zhou family, a foundation building family with a history of only more than two hundred years, even in the Huangsha Sect, which has been inherited by the sect for more than two thousand years, this speed is enough to rank among the top few in history.

Even he himself never thought that his refining talent would be so good.

Originally, when he was a first-order refiner, he hadn't shown anything unusual, but after being promoted to a second-order refiner, when he needed to use several materials to mix refining magic weapons, he found that he had an extremely good control ability in the most critical metal solution allocation control, and in the control of heat and temperature.

Later, comparing the deeds of other refiners recorded in those refining classics, as well as the refining experience notes given by the old patriarch, he found that his talent in this area was several times stronger than most refiners of the same level.

If it weren't for the fact that his cultivation was still poor, and he didn't have the materials to refine second-order high-grade magic weapons in his hands, he felt that he could try to refine second-order high-grade magic weapons now.

"Is Xiao Jiu here? Come to the cave mansion, the old man just has something to explain to you." ”

The greeting from the old patriarch Zhou Minghan was regarded as a timely relief for the embarrassed old man Zhou Yun, only to see that the old man's tense face was relaxed because he was too shocked, and he hurriedly said with a relaxed face: "Xiao Jiu, did you hear it? The old patriarch is calling you, hurry up, don't let him wait for you." ”

If you don't see through it, it's still a good grandson.

Of course, Zhou Yang would not let the old man lose face for a momentary mood, and when he saw this, he forced a smile and bowed to the old man to say goodbye, and strode briskly towards the old patriarch Zhou Minghan's cave mansion.

"Hey, old man, I can't keep up with the pace of young people!"

Under the [Dragon Scale Tree], the old man looked at Zhou Yang's departing back, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

However, this sigh only lasted for a few seconds, and the expression on the old man's face changed, and he instantly became full of red light, and his eyes were full of laughter: "Hahaha, the young people now are really powerful, the twenty-two-year-old second-order mid-grade refiner, tsk, I didn't expect that my old man would be able to see such a genius appear in my Zhou family in his lifetime, God bless my Zhou family, God bless my Zhou family!"

For an old man like Zhou Yun, who has worked hard for the family all his life, there is probably nothing that makes him happier than seeing the outstanding descendants of the family.

Those big families who have been in charge of the ancestors of the Jindan period or even the great monks of the Yuan Infant Period, who have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, may have infighting and secret fighting because of things such as the dispute between the descendants and the distribution of resources.

However, for a small family like the Zhou family, which has only been passed down for five or six generations, has a family history of less than three hundred years, and has only one foundation building monk to support the façade, only by uniting and uniting again, uniting everyone's strength in one place, and concentrating all resources to cultivate a small number of talented children in the family who have foundation building qualifications, is the only right way.

Think about it, in the case that the purchase of a "Tsukidan" will deplete the savings of the whole family, if the family fights and divides the factions again, then the final result will definitely be that no one can build a foundation, and eventually the inheritance of the entire family will be cut off.

Immortal cultivators have a lifespan far beyond mortals, and their wisdom is far beyond that of mortals, so of course they would not make such a stupid mistake.

In this environment, even if a few people are greedy for profit and want to harm the public and private interests, once they are discovered, they will definitely be attacked by other groups of people to correct the family rules.

Therefore, seeing that Zhou Yang, a descendant, is so outstanding, even if he is not his descendant, the Zhou family elders like Zhou Yun are all very relieved and happy from the bottom of their hearts.

When the family is strong, their descendants will be able to live a better life, and they will have more cultivation resources in the future, and the possibility of building a foundation will be greater, the reason is as simple as that.

On the other side, after Zhou Yang entered the Cave Mansion on the top of the mountain and saw the old patriarch Zhou Minghan again, before he could salute, he was directly taken by the old patriarch to his refining room.

"What you said outside just now, the old man heard it, and now you refine a second-order mid-grade magic weapon to show the old man, and tell the old man what materials you want, and the old man will open up the supply for you!"

The old patriarch Zhou Minghan is worthy of being the head of the clan, and he has confidence when he speaks, and the second-order spiritual objects that ordinary Qi cultivation period cultivators break their heads and compete for are like cabbages in his eyes, which can be supplied openly.

What else is there to say about Zhou Yang?

Of course, just roll up your sleeves and just dry it.

In this way, after wasting three materials in a row, when he was refining it for the fourth time, he successfully refined a second-order mid-grade magic weapon flying sword.

"Yes, yes, your alchemy skills have really made great progress, even if this flying sword is placed in those shops, it is up to standard, it seems that your refining talent is much higher than the old man originally expected. ”

After the old patriarch inspected the magic weapon flying sword newly refined by Zhou Yang, he who had never smiled in front of the juniors of other families, couldn't help but smile this time.

The old man was in a happy mood, so he naturally had a reward, only to see him stretch out his hand, and said to Zhou Yang with a smile: "Now you come to see the old man's refining weapon, take out the [gold-eating rat] rat skin and rat teeth you obtained at the beginning and give them to the old man, the old man will refine two second-order high-grade magic weapons for you for free this time, which can be regarded as the reward that the old man gives you to become a second-order refiner." ”