Volume 1: Kitazawa Volume Chapter 8: Refining
The news of Ye Xuan's victory over Tian Qingyang spread all over Yutian City, and for a while, this matter became people's after-dinner conversation. Ye Xuan felt very uncomfortable on the way home, especially after arriving at the street where he lived, people suddenly surrounded him and asked this and that.
Ye Xuan was not good at words and felt extremely embarrassed, and those children followed all the way, as if they regarded Ye Xuan as a hero of the world, and Ye Xuan ran home as if he was fleeing.
As he thought, his aunt was not at home, she should have gone to the hospital to accompany Tian Fu, he must have been sad to be beaten so badly. Ye Xuan looked at the stove in the kitchen and there was still some hot porridge, it should have been just out of the house, which also saved him a lot of trouble.
"Grandma, I'm back. Ye Xuan ran to the warm house, grandma can't get out of bed, she must still be at home.
When the old woman saw Ye Xuan coming back, she hurriedly put down the needle and thread in her hand, and a distressed look appeared on her wrinkled face: "Sit down, sit down, don't freeze my grandson." ”
"Grandma, I'm fine. Ye Xuan tucked the quilt and looked at the skinny old man lying on the bed, and felt a cramp in his heart. His divine soul power could clearly feel the death intent in her body, grandma's body was irreversibly degenerating, and only the elixir could achieve the effect of healing her, and ordinary herbs were no longer useful.
Grandma's illness is very strange, and the doctor can't diagnose what is going on, only that her vitality is fading little by little, and the rate of aging is getting faster and faster. Lang Zhong said that I am afraid that there are only some life-sustaining elixirs that can be tried, so Ye Xuan will insist on going to the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm to find medicine.
"Grandma, I won, do you know, I'm qualified to enter the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm!" Ye Xuan's eyes lit up as he spoke.
"That's a very dangerous place, can you not go?" The old man held Ye Xuan's hand and was very worried, she naturally knew about that dangerous place and knew what Ye Xuan wanted to do. She didn't want to see her grandchildren in any more danger, but the reality was that she couldn't do anything.
"Don't worry, grandma, I'll be fine. Ye Xuan patted his chest confidently, he has grown up, and there are some things he must learn to decide by himself.
"Grandma is too old to stop you, I hope you can come back safely, and your sister is the same. It doesn't matter what the elixir is, what matters is your safety, got it!"
"Well, I know grandma, and I'll be back safely. Ye Xuan grinned, holding the old man's hand that was still cold while lying in the warm pavilion, and secretly made up his mind that he must find the elixir.
He must find an elixir to extend his vitality in the territory of Winter Spirit Gu, definitely!
At noon, the uncle came back, and the swarthy and short man was very happy to see Ye Xuan come back, so he immediately closed the blacksmith shop in the afternoon and asked Ye Xuan to drink two cups of wine. Uncle naturally heard about Ye Xuan's victory over Tian Qingyang, no matter what, it was a great thing, and after eating, he went to the market to buy a leg of mutton, saying that he wanted to make up for Ye Xuan's body.
Ye Xuan couldn't help refusing, it was the first time that he had grown so big and been valued by a family other than his grandmother. My aunt also came back in the evening, taking Tian Fu, who was on crutches and wrapped in a white cloth. Ye Xuan wanted to go up to help, but he gave up when he looked at his aunt's eyes.
In the evening, the house was as lively as the New Year, and the neighbors all came to see Ye Xuan to see how this usually silent boy defeated Tian Qingyang. It was lively for a while, and the uncle was very happy, with a proud smile on his face uninterrupted, and drank a lot of wine.
"Why do you buy such an expensive thing if it's not a holiday? Besides, Xiaofu is like that, you, the father, are still celebrating this wild cub?"
"How can you say that? Xiao Fu's bad cultivation is his own business, Ye Xuan is indeed doing a good job, why are you a woman doing so much!" Uncle drank a lot of wine at night, and after the neighbors came, they all praised Ye Xuan's ability and praised him for raising a good son.
Although they all knew in their hearts that he had never admitted Ye Xuan and had always used him as a tool, it was his family's child in the end. Uncle usually only strikes iron and has no ability, but this time he was very happy to be praised by others, and his dark face was constantly flushed.
The aunt glanced at Ye Xuan fiercely, and without saying anything, she took away the mutton in front of him that had not yet been eaten and brought it to Tian Fu.
"Your brother needs to eat more when he's injured, understand?"
"Well, Xuan'er knows. Ye Xuan didn't say anything more, and drank the cooked rice porridge.
"I heard that Ye Xuan is going to the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm to find an elixir to treat his grandmother, I heard that it is very dangerous, your Ye Xuan is really filial. ”
"That's right, how dangerous that place is, I remember a few years ago the stupid bald head and his son followed the mercenary group in and didn't come back. ”
"Isn't it ......?"
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Some people who came to see the excitement quickly shifted the topic to Ye Xuan, and they all sighed. Ye Xuan listened a little unnaturally, he was not used to being praised by others.
"What's wrong with the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm, my family Xiaofu can also go, but it's just bad luck this time. Aunt looked at Tian Fu, who had an uncomfortable face, and couldn't get used to seeing Ye Xuan's appearance in her heart, so she couldn't help but interject.
"Come on, Xiaofu,, my pillar can tell me when I go home, Xiaofu was beaten and cried at that time, and it was Ye Xuan who found someone to carry him down. ”
"That's it, how do you see how he looks lame now?" Suddenly, some people began to sarcastic, these people were usually Ye Xuan's patrons who carried water, and they had a good relationship with him. The same neighbors naturally know about their family's situation, and they will definitely give a lecture when they seize the opportunity.
This is also the fun of the people.
"Mother......" Tian Fu was about to cry when he heard this, lowered his head and put down the half-gnawed sheep bones, and wanted to go back to the house with a crutch. But as soon as she took two steps, her round body fell to the ground, and she let out a miserable scream, which made her aunt feel distressed and shed tears. Let the spectators next to him look embarrassed, how can Tian Fu be promising?
The uncle kept watching and didn't say anything, and Ye Xuan also stayed quietly in place until he finished drinking the porridge.
By the time everyone dispersed, the stars had already hung all over the night dome, and Uncle and Ye Xuan were still sitting in the courtyard.
"Then the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm, do you have to go?"
"Go! Only in there can we find the elixir and cure grandma. "Uncle has been sober after blowing the cool breeze for a while, and he has also heard that this year's Winter Spirit Ancient Realm is extremely dangerous, and he doesn't quite agree with Ye Xuan going to that kind of place. But he knew Ye Xuan's stubbornness, and at the same time, he also hoped that Ye Xuan could bring back the elixir, which made him very entangled.
"Uncle, don't worry, I'll go with Tian Yueyu, she's very strong. ”
"It's going to be dangerous. ”
"I'm grown up and can take care of myself. Ye Xuan muttered as he looked at the stars above his head and clenched his fists. He knew he had a long, long way to go, but he was ready to keep going.
"Since you have thought about it, then I will not stop you, you have grown up. Uncle finally relented, he also knew that Ye Xuan wanted to find his sister, this road was as difficult as climbing to the sky, but as he said, he had grown up.
"Drink. When the uncle arrived, two bowls of wine were pushed in front of Ye Xuan: "I usually know that the family treats you badly, and if you go out in the future, you have to rely on yourself, even if the uncle thanks you." Ye Xuan's heart suddenly rose a trace of sadness after hearing this, the uncle's words were very clear, he gave Ye Xuan the absolute right to choose.
How many times has he imagined that he would go to the outside world to find his own way, but when he really traveled away from home, his heart was full of thorough sadness and reluctance. Even though this home fills him with gray memories, at least he has lived for more than a decade.
The uncle took the bowl of wine, and his dark face looked extremely serious. Ye Xuan took a deep breath and picked it up, and drank the bowl of wine with the stars with his uncle, the spicy taste poured into his chest and slowly spread, Ye Xuan's eyes gradually blurred.
"Go to bed early and get some rest. Uncle got up and left.
"Uncle I may not come back for the next two days, if someone comes to me, I will let him go to the back mountain. ”
"Good. Uncle waved his hand and went back to the house. Only Ye Xuan was left to sit alone in the courtyard, looking up at the starry sky. After a long time, he drank all the remaining half of the jug.
The rest of the road can only be faced by him alone.
Only by becoming stronger can you protect your family, this is an iron rule, only by becoming stronger, stronger than everyone.
After that, Ye Xuan went back to the house and took out a small wooden box, and took advantage of the night to come to a small cave in the back mountain. He was about to start preparing, and the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm would be the first battlefield in his life.
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Ye Xuan has not had a war spirit since he was twelve years old, only divine soul power, and his sister who promised him to come back six years ago did not come back, so the idea of wanting to find his sister in the heart of the little Ye Xuan sprouted, and Tian Xuan's way of being a strong man was not an encouragement, so Ye Xuan began to follow the path of cultivation and began to practice hard in his body and soul power.
If you don't have a cultivation method, you have to use stupid methods, Ye Xuan, who has never received cultivation, thought of carrying weights, so he began to wear iron armor. So far, four sets have been replaced, one is heavier than the other, and now it has reached more than 300 catties. Now Ye Xuan's shoulders and joints have been ground out of thick calluses.
And the same is true of the Divine Soul Power, which manipulates stones. From the first one pound to ten pounds, then to 100 pounds, to the current three hundred pounds. It can crush rocks with full force, and can be controlled in separate strands, and can control six objects at the same time in the limit state.
You can still fight when you encounter mild vitality such as water, wind or wood attributes, but when you encounter violent vitality, such as fire and thunder, you can't fight it, and the damage to the soul power will be great.
Just like the battle with Tian Qingyang, the consciousness of the seven orifices bleeding was traumatized.
Divine Soul Power is a very magical power, it can penetrate some matter. Or pull his consciousness away, now Ye Xuan can let the divine soul power carry his consciousness to a place of about ten meters, and he can also penetrate some loose things, such as wooden planks or gaps and the like.
It's just that Ye Xuan is not satisfied with this, he has heard of the high profession of machine spirit master, which can create spirit weapons. And the most demanding requirement to become an instrument spirit master is to have divine soul power, Ye Xuan heard that the instrument spirit master can use divine soul power to penetrate the metal, grasp the veins inside the metal and refine the spirit weapon.
But the specific method is not clear, Beize County is too remote, and even a first-grade spirit master can't be found, and even Ye Xuan is the only person with divine soul power.
However, Ye Xuan's patience can only be described in two words: terrifying.
The blacksmith shop run by the uncle sometimes creates some weapons for the nearby mercenary groups, and the materials are provided by those mercenaries, and over time, some leftovers are collected by Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan sat in the cave and opened the wooden box, which was filled with colorful metal blocks, the most conspicuous of which were three fist-sized ice-blue crystals-Ice Cold Iron Crystal.
The texture of this thing is extremely hard, and it only softens when it encounters high temperatures, and Ye Xuan has been using his divine soul power to penetrate these three iron crystals.
From the very beginning, you can't get in, to puncture a small part, and then to completely pierce in, and you can see the internal structure clearly. The whole process took Ye Xuan two years, and at the same time, his divine soul power became more and more solid.
It's just that he hasn't dared to start building, there are only these three pieces of this precious material, and the other metals have been tried. Starting from the first bronze, after melting, he used his divine soul power to penetrate and transform the internal metal patterns, and wound all the original single lines together to create an iron hammer.
The texture of the hammer has been more than doubled, and it is extremely strong, and it will not deform at all. Now it is still in Tian Tie's hands, and he has been using it to strike iron for three years.
Later, Ye Xuan found that the denser the texture of the metal was grasped, the stronger the metal became, and it could improve its texture by reducing the volume of the metal. Over the years, Ye Xuan has been building weapons in this cave, some are kitchen knives, some are heavy hammers, and of course some have failed.
Once it fails, the metal is scrapped, and it can only last once, as is the case with any metal. As long as it fails, it will be scrapped.
"I've been waiting for you for two years, it's time to use you. Ye Xuan's divine soul power overflowed, holding up the three pieces of cold iron crystals that exuded cold aura.
His divine soul power can't be used to attack head-on, and using a hidden weapon is the best way, so Ye Xuan plans to create six hidden weapons such as darts, and when the time comes, it may surprise him when he uses it with Tian Yueyu.
"Come on, don't let me down. Ye Xuan walked to the furnace in the center of the cave, which was ten feet high and made of various high-temperature resistant metals, which took a year. Or the splicing technique he learned from his uncle.
The cave was about a hundred square meters, and it was opened up by Ye Xuan into four neat walls, one side was covered with abandoned metal that had failed to refine, and the other side was covered with successful metal weapons, more than two hundred pieces of large and small. On one side is a spring, while on the other side is a stone bed and several pieces of furniture.
Ye Xuan began to add coal to the refining furnace, and after it was completely ignited, he threw the small beast core fire that his sister had left for him, and the temperature in the refining furnace increased by as much as two times for a while.
"Look at your little fire. Ye Xuan closed the cave and only left a vent, and then Ye Xuan's divine soul power flew out and probed into the terrifying temperature refining furnace and began to transform the internal texture of the icy iron crystal, if you want to practice the weapon, you must withstand the scorching of the divine soul power by this high temperature.
Because only in the half-melted state, Ye Xuan's divine soul power could have the strength to forcibly rewrite these lines, making them entangled together and become sharper and harder.
And the premise of all this is that the divine soul power can endure this terrifying high temperature, so Ye Xuan has already adapted to it.
The flames in the refining furnace had turned light purple, and the temperature was terrifying, Ye Xuan sat in front of the refining furnace with his eyes closed tightly and his body was already sweating. It is a war of attrition that can only be completed with enough patience and perseverance.
Ye Xuan's divine soul power turned into thin silk threads and poured into the icy iron crystal, pulling the fragile metal lines little by little, repeating the cycle. The weapons in the entire cave were vibrating slightly, as if they were trembling, and they were all cheering, they were all created by Ye Xuan. The subtle sounds vibrate rhythmically, and when combined, they seem to be a piece of steel.
Outside the cave, the stars are moving......