Chapter 174: Nine Steps of Refining Instruments
"How about Master, I'm qualified like this, right?" Su Nan walked over with a dough-like piece of iron and asked crisply.
Although I feel good about myself, I still feel a little apprehensive in my heart, and the master will not make things difficult for himself.
"Ahem!" Shangguan Huo had already woken up from the shock, picked up the iron block and inspected it, and said pretending to be profound: "It's barely qualified, but don't be proud, refining weapons is not as simple as you think." ”
Su Nan's eyes were shining, and he asked expectantly, "Then master, can I continue to learn the next step?"
It's best to learn alchemy directly, it's too much time to strike iron or something.
Su Nan's happy appearance, looking at Shangguan Huo's eyes, pride is the enemy that kills genius, he looked at Su Nan seriously, "There are a total of nine steps in the refining tool, and striking iron is only the first one, although you are quite talented in striking iron, it doesn't mean that you will learn so fast in the other steps." ”
"What's the second step?" Su Nan was a little depressed, thinking that he could learn refining weapons right away, but he didn't expect that there were still eight difficulties to overcome.
"The second step is to learn how to control fire. ”
Su Nan asked suspiciously: "Learn to control fire, isn't that what alchemists should learn?"
"Don't think that only alchemists can control fire, flames are equally important to refiners. Different materials, different refining furnaces, and even different weather require different flames, otherwise the materials will not be able to be used to the extreme, refining the best magic weapon. Speaking of this, Shangguan Huo became even more dignified.
Fire control is not easy for both alchemists and refiners, and many gray-haired alchemists and refiners are still improving their fire control abilities.
Su Nan flicked her fingers, and an orange-red flame rose up at her fingertips, "Master, what kind of fire control skills do you need to learn to be qualified?"
In order to make perfect food, Su Nan has never stopped exploring flames, and has always mastered the relationship between fire temperature and ingredients.
Therefore, she has confidence in controlling fire.
Seeing her like this, Shangguan Huo felt that she was proud again.
"You're in the learning stage, so you should be humble. When the old man first learned to control fire, it took him three full years to become a teacher, but until now he is still improving. As for your senior brother, he has been learning fire control for decades, and he can't teach yet. ”
Saying that, Shangguan Huo couldn't help but want to sigh again, one of the two disciples studied diligently, but his talent was not good, and the other was talented, but he was unwilling to study steadily, and he always wanted to take shortcuts.
Su Nan put down the raised hand, and the flames on his fingertips disappeared, a little embarrassed, half-bowed his head, "Master, I don't think I need to learn fire control, I have studied alchemy before, although I have no talent, I can't practice pills, but I have mastered the fire control technique very well." ”
People in this world don't like chefs very much, and they think that this is not a proper job, so Su Nan did not directly say that he is a chef with excellent fire control skills.
Shangguan Huo looked at Su Nan's eyes, and he was a little accusatory, he really didn't know the height of the sky, and he dared to say that he had learned fire control skills very well at a young age.
"In that case, the old man will test you. Shangguan Huo deliberately wanted to frustrate Su Nan's spirit, and only by letting her know her own shortcomings could she learn from her with an open mind.
Shangguan Huo's hand was in the direction of the refining furnace, and as soon as the void was touched, the flames under the electrical furnace were completely attracted, and the red-hot iron in the refining furnace made a crackling sound together.
"The sudden drop in temperature and the lack of other defenses are extremely dangerous in refiners, and it is easy to cause the explosion of iron materials, so you can use the flames to make them docile now. ”
Before Shangguanhuo's voice fell, Su Nan began to act, a wisp of flame rose from his fingertips, and then bounced under the refining furnace.
Shangguan Huo laid an enchantment around the three of them to prevent the weather from exploding and injuring the three of them later, and he really had a smug smile on his face.
Ordinary people would definitely think that the flame would be directly raised to its previous size, but they didn't know that the flame suddenly went out and suddenly became larger, which would make the iron material more likely to explode.
Su Nan's face showed a confident smile, but the smile quickly faded, her face became serious, and the flames under the refining furnace, under the control of her divine sense and aura, slowly became prosperous, and it was not until a quarter of an hour passed that it returned to the previous high temperature.
At this point, the iron in the refining furnace had completely calmed down, and the blasting sound had long since disappeared.
"How about the master, have I passed the test?" retracted his fingers, Su Nan asked with crooked eyebrows.
"That's it, so will your senior brother. Now again, you continue to control the flames. "If it was an ordinary disciple, Shangguan Huo would have praised him without hesitation, but now he has the intention to frustrate Su Nan's sharpness, of course he won't praise her, so he changed the temperature under the refining furnace with a finger of his hand, and let Su Nan continue to adjust the temperature.
After Su Nan slowly controlled the flame back to its original size due to the sudden high temperature, Shangguan Huo changed the flame again, and Su Nan adjusted it again......
The two of them used the flames as the battlefield, and fought hundreds of rounds in half an hour, Su Nan's face did not change, his breath was stable, and Shangguan Huo was already panting and sweating profusely.
handed Shangguan Huo a pure white towel and poured another cup of tea, Su Nan couldn't bear to embarrass his old man anymore.
"Master, if I don't lose, let's stop competing. ”
Shangguan Huo's age is several times that of Su Nan, where can he have the face to ask for such a false victory, while wiping the sweat on his face, he blushed and said: "The old man admits that your fire control technique is indeed superb, and you have passed the second step of learning refining weapons." ”
Shangguan Zhu on the side almost wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it, the refining weapon he had learned for nearly a hundred years was not as good as this new little junior sister for half a month, and everyone had already started the third step directly, and he was still wandering in the first and second steps, and the master still said that he was not qualified.
"What is the third step of the master to learn the refining weapon?" If it was something as simple as striking iron and controlling fire, Su Nan felt that he could skip it directly.
"The third step is easier than the first and second steps, but there are no shortcuts. Shangguan Huo was a little proud, this third part was finally going to stop Su Nan and let her calm down and study slowly.
"What is it?" Su Nan urged.
"The third step is to memorize all the refining materials, including their form, characteristics, location of production, and special use...... This book is handed down from the old man's master, and it basically contains all the refining materials in the ghost world, and you need to memorize it by heart. ”
Shangguan Huo took out a half-human-high book, except for some micro-patterns, it was full of dense fly-headed small characters.