104 Ji Ruo's choice (1)
On the first floor of the hall, all the artifacts on display were ordinary grade magic weapons, which were the so-called "lower grades". In fact www.biquge.info no one would bother to make a low-grade magic weapon when making it. But the process of making a magic weapon is not as simple as a talisman, as long as a few charms are attached.
-- The reason why the magic weapon can play a role is that it relies on the many magic circles engraved on it, combined with the characteristics of its own materials, and absorbs the aura of heaven and earth or the mana of the controller to take effect. Depending on the purpose, the way of control, and the amount of power, the circle engraved on the instrument is more or less, simple or complex.
But even the simplest and lowest magic circle, compared to the spell, the number of words contained in the Heavenly Seal and Earth Book in it has increased to a hundred times, and through many ways such as collocation, conflict, and harmony, it forms an incomparably complex formation. Then it is tempered by fire, or dissolved in water, or milled by wind, or struck by lightning...... And so on, through all kinds of magical immortal methods, under the guidance of the maker's divine consciousness and mind, these formations are fixed on the embryo of the magic weapon.
These are all done by hand by the monks, and so, like all human handicrafts, there will inevitably be some mistakes and mistakes in the process. For example, the pattern itself was not well thought out from the beginning, the circle failed to give full play to the material characteristics, and there were one or two seal inscription errors in engraving...... And so on accidents are inevitable.
These should be taken into account in advance when designing, and any kind of excellent and mature ritual design cannot be expected to meet the design requirements completely through the accuracy of production and no mistakes at all. Those clever craftsmen often take into account the possibility of errors when arranging the pattern from the very beginning, and leave enough safety margin in the design of the pattern in advance, so that even if there are some small mistakes in the production process, it will not affect the use of the final product, or in other words, the finished product can still meet the requirements of the original design, which is a qualified instrument.
-- But it is only qualified, that is, the so-called "ordinary grade" or "lower grade".
On the other hand, people are the best at making miracles: the magic weapon is designed to leave enough safety margin, but there is no mistake in the actual production, and the finished product is perfect, without a single flaw, so that the perfect finished product is naturally much stronger in power than the flawed one - those margins are not wasted at all, and all of them are reflected in the final product.
This so-called "safety margin" is not one or two percent, but usually around two to three times. In other words, if a magic weapon is very accurate when it is made, then after it is finally formed, its power effect will be two to three times stronger than those of ordinary quality, even if the materials used and the design pattern are exactly the same!
Although it is customary in the immortal cultivation world to refer to this kind of ritual artifact as "medium grade", in the mouths of professional artifact makers and many members of small and medium-sized sects, most of them are called "refined products" or "perfect quality" - this is in line with their true quality.
And this is often the strongest item that those members of small and medium-sized sects or rootless cultivators can obtain by their own ability after a lifetime of hard work - it is unlikely that they will make a top-grade product by themselves, and even if they encounter a big chance and get a top-grade item, most of them will not be able to keep it.
When it comes to "high-grade magic weapons", it is another kind of origin - most of the high-grade magic weapons in this world are not actually made as "magic weapons", and most of the purpose of manufacturing them is to use them as embryos for cultivating magic weapons.
The so-called "body control is a weapon, and heart control is a treasure", magic weapons are only tools used to assist immortal cultivators in casting spells, and they still have to rely on the hands, feet, limbs, or divine consciousness and mind of immortal cultivators to control. The magic weapon is different, the magic weapon already has a certain spirituality, and it can execute orders on its own flexibly according to the mind of the immortal cultivator - for example, if you want to attack a certain target, the immortal cultivator who uses the magic weapon must personally control the artifact, or step forward to chop, or spit fire and water...... All the actions have to be done yourself. And if it is a magic weapon, you only need to move an attack idea in your heart, and the magic weapon will act on its own, and before the master changes his mind, it will continue to attack the target with all its abilities, without the need for the immortal cultivator to be distracted and controlled.
If this spirituality is further increased to the point where the wisdom of the divine soul is generated, that is, the so-called "machine spirit", then this item will be called a "spirit treasure". Possessing spiritual magic weapons is extremely rare, and of course, the help for immortal cultivators is far greater than the operation of rigid magic weapons. Many monks in the world closely link their divine souls with magic weapons through various blood sacrifice rituals, so that the magic weapons are transformed into some kind of extension of the immortal cultivator's body, and the control of the divine soul is extremely flexible and fast, which can be regarded as obtaining a function similar to that of a magic weapon.
But they also have to pay a corresponding price - from then on, the quality of that magic weapon must continue to improve as the master's realm improves, otherwise it will slow down the monk's advancement speed - yes, that is the "natal magic weapon". Kunlun and the large number of sword cultivators on Qishan Mountain all followed this path - if they had magic weapons, they wouldn't have to do it.
The preciousness of the magic weapon lies in that wisp of spirituality, but this kind of spirituality cannot be artificially formed, but can only be produced naturally, that is: the magic weapon cannot be directly "manufactured". Even if the immortals in ancient times used the most precious and rare materials and the best craftsmanship, they could only make a dead artifact first, and then put it in a suitable environment to warm it.
As for the ways to cultivate spirituality, there are many kinds of them, and they can be cultivated naturally with the help of the power of nature in an environment full of spiritual energy - for example, the Qishan Sword Cultivation Pond was the place where the ancient Kunlun immortals specialized in cultivating magic weapons flying swords. It is also possible to rely on artificial cultivation to speed up the generation of spirituality -- the cultivation of "natal magic weapons" by monks is actually a way to cultivate magic weapons. In addition, through certain secret methods, it is even possible to forcibly pour the soul into the artifact to force it into the instrumental spirit, of course, this kind of behavior is often not tolerated by the righteous path.
The magic weapon is so precious and rare, and the materials and methods of its production are of course completely different from ordinary magic weapons. Ordinary magic weapons only require that their materials can be matched with the engraved pattern, so that the wielder of the magic weapon can use its power to cast spells. To put it simply, "the material doesn't have to be too good, just meet the needs".
The magic weapon embryo material, but most of them are based on those most rare and rare natural treasures, in the production process requires very accurate and stable, can not make a little mistake, so that the utensils, even if there is no spirituality, only as a magic weapon, its power is far more than ordinary magic weapons - is the so-called "top grade".