Chapter 7 Refining
Wang Xing said: "This is a refining furnace, put the iron ore in it, calcined it with spiritual charcoal below, smelt away impurities, get refined iron, and then use refined iron to make a weapon embryo, and then engrave the talisman array, and the refining will be considered successful! Okay, the refining is as simple as that, you can refine it yourself, my refining furnace will lend you for use, and there is more iron ore next to it, you can use it as you like!"
Wang Xing was about to go out after speaking, Zhu Youdao was dumbfounded, and hurriedly grabbed him: "Wang Daoyou, this is the end?"
"And what else do you want?"
"This ...... Are you going to make a demo and let me see it? I don't even know how to make a fire!"
"I don't have time, I still have to practice dragon snatching skills!"
The dragon snatching technique is the mana version of the dragon snatcher that Zhu Youdao taught him.
Zhu Youdao gritted his teeth and said: "My family also has a dragon palm spell, which is infinitely powerful......"
Wang Xing hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'll refine a magic weapon for you to see, and you can teach me the Dragon Descending Palm!"
This dragon descending palm was specially created by Zhu Youdao for Wang Xing in the past few days, he imitated the special effect of the eighteen dragon descending palms in the TV series in his previous life, and used mana to show a few dragon shapes, flying under the body, and the actual combat effect is not mentioned, but from the outside, it is like manipulating a few flying dragons, and it is indeed very appetizing for Wang Xing.
Wang Xing dragged out a box of spirit charcoal from the corner and lit it under the refining furnace, and in just a moment, the refining furnace was burned red. He threw the iron ore in the corner of the room into it for calcination, this step was very time-consuming, Wang Xing said boredly: "See, the refining tool is not interesting, these ores alone will be burned for half a day!"
Zhu Youdao asked, "Does your uncle also use this refining weapon?"
Wang Xing gave him a blank look: "How is it possible, this is just Fan Tie, which my uncle specially bought for me to practice! How can Fan Tie refine magic weapons? This refined thing is only for you! My uncle uses spiritual materials, such as hundred-year-old cold iron, fire copper, spirit wood, skeletons and minions of demon beasts, and so on!"
Zhu Youdao nodded again and again.
Wang Xing said again: "Take advantage of this kung fu, I will teach you to draw two rune arrays, this is the sharp rune array, this strong rune array, the sharp rune array is refined on the weapon, the gold and steel are not a problem, and the strong rune array is refined on the magic weapon, so that it will not be easily damaged......"
Compared with Master Zheng of Yipinge, Wang Xing is definitely not a good teacher, he teaches upside down, fortunately, Zhu Youdao's comprehension ability is strong enough, remember what he doesn't understand, and slowly straighten it out when he turns around.
Zhu Youdao has a foundation in talisman making, and he learns talisman arrays very quickly, but although the runes of talisman making and the rune array of alchemy have something in common, they are very different.
The talisman is to seal the power of the spell in the spirit rune, the power is fixed, the low-level spirit runes are all one-time, and they are gone after use, and the refining tool is to refine the rune into the magic weapon, the purpose is to enhance the power of the magic weapon, depending on the strength of the user's mana and the power is different.
Zhu Youdao used what he had learned to compare talisman making and alchemy, and soon discovered the difference between the two.
These are two completely different systems of creation, and it's no wonder that few people are proficient in both talisman making and refining weapons.
Zhu Youdao quickly learned to be sharp and tenacious.
An hour later, Wang Xing poured the refined iron juice into a dagger mold: "If it is my uncle's refining weapon, there is no need for a mold, he can use mana to shape the magic weapon and brand the rune array with mana, this is at least in the middle and late stages of qi training!"
"Before the iron juice is completely solidified, the talisman array must be engraved on it......"
Wang Xing took out a carving knife and began to carve, but after just a few knives, the rune array blew up the half-solidified dagger and the mold into two parts, and this refining weapon was declared a failure!
Zhu Youdao was speechless, judging from his experience in talisman making, this was caused by Wang Xing's excessive mana input when he was depicting the talisman array.
Wang Xing pretended to be calm and covered up: "Well, this talisman array is the first time I have used it, and I am not familiar with it, so you can try it yourself......"
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After Wang Xing learned the Dragon Descending Palm, he asked Zhu Youdao to explore the alchemy technique by himself, and he went out of the refining room to practice the "spell".
Wang Xing's refining room is full of all kinds of materials, and Zhu Youdao is not polite, adding enough spiritual carbon under the refining furnace, taking iron ore, and operating step by step.
Perhaps because he was refining a mortal weapon, Zhu Youdao didn't feel anything difficult, but he also failed in the level of depicting the talisman array.
After all, refining tools are different from talismans, and it is not surprising that he used the habit of drawing talismans to depict magic circles.
After summing up the experience, Zhu Youdao started the second attempt, and with the first experience, Zhu Youdao successfully completed the portrayal of the sharp rune array. Unfortunately, he was not skilled enough to carve the Tenacity Talisman Array, and the dagger was completely solidified.
I don't know why, Zhu Youdao has a very smooth feeling when refining weapons, this feeling is very subtle, like instinct, which he has never experienced when making talismans.
Zhu Youdao has heard people say that the four arts of the Dan Weapon Talisman Array need to have their own talents in order to achieve something. Some people fail to learn alchemy, and as a result, it is smooth sailing to learn alchemy, and some people are idiots in refining tools, but they become geniuses in talisman making. There is no condition for picking and choosing for casual cultivation, but the disciples of big families and big sects, Dan Array Talismans have to try it again to choose the skills that suit them.
When Wang Xing came in and saw Zhu Youdao's successful refining of the dagger, he was overjoyed: "It's okay now, with this dagger, my uncle won't scold me for being lazy, come on, come on, refine a few more, and I won't have to work hard in the next few days!" He didn't think that it took him half a year to successfully refine a dagger, and Zhu Youdao only took two hours.
Zhu Youdao smiled bitterly in his heart: "Am I helping the bear child with his homework?"
After refining another dagger, Zhu Youdao offered to leave. He was worried that he would be bumped into by Wang Xing's uncle, and if people thought that he had secretly learned his skills and killed him, no one would seek justice for him.
Back at home, Zhu Youdao finished cultivating today's Tongzigong and began to carefully sort out what he had gained today.
He felt that his talent in refining weapons far exceeded that of talisman making, and he decided to put more effort into refining weapons in the future.
Zhu Youdao even thought about giving up the study of engraving talismans, but after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to verify this idea, and if the engraving talisman failed, there would be no regrets. And once successful, the benefits are significant. Having experienced the era of science and technology, he naturally understands that whether it is refining tools or making talismans, it is manual labor, and engraving talismans are barely machine-made, how can the efficiency of manual labor be compared with machines?
Early the next morning, Zhu Youdao didn't rush to set up a stall, but first went to the shop that sold refining supplies to take a look, and then went back to continue setting up a stall without a word.
He was frightened by the price of refining items, the cheapest refining furnace also cost two hundred spirit stones, a box of spirit carbon and ten spirit stones, and iron ore was cheap, one spirit stone five boxes......
Zhu Youdao silently calculated, he consumed a lot of spirit carbon yesterday, at least five spirit stones! It was worth the money he earned from selling spirit runes for half a month!
This is only during the apprenticeship, and the mortal materials are used, if it is replaced with the spiritual materials for refining magic weapons, Zhu Youdao will not dare to think about it for the time being!
Sure enough, alchemy ruined three generations, and refining weapons was poor for a lifetime!
Can't afford to learn!
Zhu Youdao was glad in his heart, fortunately, with Wang Xing, a bear child, he could use his family's materials for free for the time being.
"Well, you have to be kind to the bear child in the future, then help him write more homework, and also, the eighteen palms of the dragon descending also have to take time to make up for it!"