A month later.

Inside the Ye family's refining room.

"The sword is formed!"

Looking at a complete maple leaf sword in front of him, Liangchen was happy, but he couldn't help but feel a little lost.

After more than a month of practice, he could finally condense a complete sword, but the next step of quenching was impossible to complete no matter what.

It also allowed him to know the limit of his current mana.

"With your current mana, it's already rare to do this. Ye Lao looked at the maple leaf short sword and said with a smile.

"And how much am I left to complete the last step?" asked Liangchen with a little eagerness.

"If the mana consumed to refine this maple leaf sword is divided into ten parts, it takes thirty percent to smelt the material, forty percent to refine it, and thirty percent to quench it.

Of the three stages of refining, you can only barely complete the first two steps. This means that you still need a minimum of 30% mana to complete the whole process.

Therefore, it should be necessary for you to advance to the late stage of Qi cultivation. Uncle Ye paused slightly, and then continued.

"Your mana advancement speed is too slow, based on my observation in the past few years, if you want to advance to the late stage of qi cultivation, it will be two or three years fast, five or six years slower, or even longer. ”

Uncle Ye said a time that made Liangchen unacceptable.

"But you're still young, and you have time, and a few years are just a flash. ”

Uncle Ye comforted him with a frustrated expression.

"Uncle Ye, a few years is too long. Is there any other way for me to complete the refining?" Liangchen asked unwillingly.

"Let me think about it. Uncle Ye began to think about whether there was any other feasible way.

After a while, Uncle Ye seemed to remember something and shook his head again.

After doing this several times, suddenly Uncle Ye said:

"There is a way to make your wish come true, but it is not a long-term solution. ”

"Uncle Ye said it. When Liangchen heard that there was a chance, he hurriedly asked.

"There are some pills that can make you increase your mana for a short time, but most of these pills have side effects and hurt your body and nerves. The cost is a bit too high to be worth it, so this kind of method of increasing mana in a short period of time is not feasible.

It is also not possible to take pills to speed up the recovery of mana, because low-level pills require you to meditate, and high-level pills are too expensive.

You're short of 30% of your mana, and if the mana required for the first step can be saved to complete the last step, that's it. Uncle Ye said.

"That's right. But how do you save it?" said Liangchen.

"Blazing Place. Uncle Ye named a place.

"Yes, the fire of the leylines of the Burning Place, why didn't I think of it!" said Liangchen happily.

"Using the leyline fire, you can save most of the mana of the smelting material, so that the mana can be saved for the final step. It's just that controlling the fire of the leylines still requires a part of the mana, so your mana is still not enough, and you probably need to increase your mana by about 10%, so you can try.

If it's just to increase one's mana, with your speed, it will take a year and a half to be fast, and about two years to be slow, which should be reluctantly acceptable.

But even if you can use the leyline fire, the cost is still a large expense, and although the refining materials are made of the lowest grade ore, they still have to be included in the cost. With your qualifications, it is also unknown when you will be able to practice your first sword.

If it's to satisfy your wish to complete the refining of a sword, it doesn't matter if you rent it for three or two days. If you want to use the fire of the leyline to refine and learn the method of refining weapons for a long time, the cost is really not acceptable to you. Ye Lao analyzed the pros and cons of it.

Liangchen listened to it for a long time, and was also thinking about the possibility.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally figured it out, even if the method is feasible, we must first improve the mana. Use this time to practice the first two steps to the level of proficiency.

When the mana is sufficient, strive to quench it successfully as soon as possible.

"Temper with the sword. Liangchen thought of such a method in his heart.

After all, two or three years is too long. I am afraid that the enthusiasm in my heart will not last that long with the passage of time.

"Nephew, don't worry, just be at ease. Everything has its own certainty.

It's only been a year since you learned this refining weapon, but you know that I studied with my master for three years before I started refining it.

Your foundation is not solid enough, and you still have a lot to learn. It's a good time to learn. Uncle Ye said.

"The nephew understood. "Liangchen also wants to open it, anyway, it's not a hurry.

"By the way, Uncle Ye, I would like to inquire, is there any exercise that can be practiced when you are resting? I heard that most of the high-level cultivators don't need to rest, so I wonder if there are any exercises?" Liangchen suddenly asked.

"Where is the exercise, but the art of meditation. It's just that this method is much slower than that of meditation and practice, exercising and walking the muscles and veins, and accumulating mana.

Moreover, this kind of exercise can only be cultivated after the foundation building period, and with your current realm, you can't learn it yet. Ye Lao said.

"You have to build a foundation to learn. Alas. Liangchen couldn't help but sigh when he heard it.

"By the way, Uncle Ye, like me, who used to be in the foundation building period, can you learn now that you have fallen into the realm?" suddenly thinking that he had also been in the foundation building period, he asked without giving up.

"This ...... I don't know yet! Or I'll pass on your meditation technique, and you can try it. If it can succeed, it will be closer to the day of refining. Ye Lao said.

"Okay. Liangchen said happily.

"The so-called meditation technique is very different from your daily practice, when you usually practice, your divine consciousness is inward, and the exercises flow slowly at will, using the mana of the dantian as a guide to hook the elemental power between heaven and earth. A cycle is a week, and a cycle of 12 weeks is a cycle, and it is mainly controlled by the mind.

Whereas, the art of meditation is a kind of cultivation technique similar to rest. By allowing yourself to enter a meditative realm, the mana in the body flows on its own, and because there is no control of the mind, the flow is extremely slow.

But no matter how slow it is, as long as it keeps flowing, it can accumulate over time. This will both restore energy and increase mana. ”

Uncle Ye then taught a passage of Dharma decision, explaining the method of entering a meditative state.

"If it works, it's the best. If you can't, don't be discouraged. Uncle Ye said a few words of encouragement before leaving the room.

After Ye Lao left, Liangchen adjusted his mentality and began his daily cultivation. When he was resting, he tried to let himself enter the meditation realm according to the method taught by Ye Lao.

The so-called meditation realm is to relax the body, use a spell to send a subconscious seed in the depths of your soul, as the initial force, and then use a special breathing method as a way to guide the body to communicate with the aura of heaven and earth.

There are many postures to choose from, including sitting and recumbent, provided that it is easy to relax the body, because the final goal of meditation is to rest the body and increase energy and mana.

Liangchen chose to lie down as he normally sleeps, then inhale slowly and fully, close his eyes, and focus on the natural flow of his breath.

At this time, we should abandon all distracting thoughts, all distracting thoughts that come to our minds, and simply observe them, without being disturbed by them, let alone falling into them and not extricating ourselves.

But when he lay down, he found that when a person wanted to be quiet, his thoughts became more and more confused.

The ridicule of everyone during the family test, the helplessness of coming here, the distress of the slow progress of mana in the past few years, and the depression of refining weapons in the future...... The past is the same.

The more Liangchen thought about it, the more his breathing became shorter, and his emotions became more and more excited.

"When you perceive an influx of distracting thoughts, absorb them by inhaling them, and don't get angry, angry, or try to suppress them.

Imagine yourself as a spectator, look at it, acknowledge it, feel it, and then exhale it gently and slowly.

In this way, after a period of breathing, the mind becomes quieter and calmer. ”

Suddenly, Liangchen remembered Ye Lao's words in his mind.

He hurriedly began to follow the method, and he didn't know how long it took, but he finally felt that his spiritual platform was clear, his heart was calm, and he didn't have so much sorrow anymore.

Only then did he begin to recite the mantra silently, so that the mana in his body would flow slowly, and he would use his breath as a guide to feel the aura of heaven and earth.

Gradually, I imagined that I was one thing between heaven and earth, and finally merged into one.

In the end, Liangchen felt as if he had fallen asleep, and he felt as if he had become a point of light and floated.

Floating out of the window, facing the light of the moon, drifting between heaven and earth, there were countless points of light around him, butterflies, fireflies, and bats, dancing together.