Volume 2 The Grass Grows and the Eagle Flies Chapter 51 Refining Ore
This is a spell that Xiaobai teaches to be taught incidentally when he is learning ore refining, the fire trick, which can be used to adjust the size and temperature of the flame with the formula.
This ore refining is a high-intensity physical work, and the refining process of each ore cannot be interrupted, and it has to be refined once, and it has to be concentrated, and it is not even possible to take a nap in the middle, and it is necessary to change the fingers and spiritual power output at any time.
A basketball-sized piece of high-grade iron-rich ore, the refined iron essence is only the size of an egg.
Moreover, the iron essence refined by these Qi cultivation cultivators cannot be called iron essence at all, and they have to be refined again by the monks in the foundation building period to obtain the real iron essence, and the refining ratio is even more terrifying, saying that it is the iron essence stone of basketball, and it can only be refined to a point the size of a fingernail at most.
Intuitively speaking, that is, 1 ton of steel in the world, after at least two processes, can be refined to less than 1 tael of iron.
After practicing the fire trick several times, Xiao Bai took a piece of iron ore from the shelf on the side and put it on the small circle in the middle of the bracket, and then put a spiritual power into the formation together, and the fire dragon spewed out blazing flames and exercised the iron essence.
After working for two days, Xiaobai gave his work a vivid analogy, artificial blower, referred to as drum worker.
These words were released at the practice experience exchange meeting organized by the old man, and everyone was immediately happy.
Because he was not proficient in making fire, there were always mistakes in the output of spiritual power and the matching of fingers, and he did not refine any ore for several days on the first day of the first month. Later, under the guidance of the old man and others, he practiced the tricks and mastered some tricks, not only did the speed of true qi consumption be greatly reduced, but he was also able to play tricks, and he was much more relaxed and happy to work.
Because of the repeated aura output and meditation recovery, after a month, the true qi in Xiaobai's body has not only condensed a lot, but also increased a lot, which made him happy for a while.
But the joy did not last long, and was shattered by the meager pay at the end of the month.
Gritting his teeth, Xiao Bai took out 17 of the 37 iron essence coins from his salary and gave the old people a small banquet in the Huimin Restaurant, after all, they have not only given him a lot of help these days, but also given him a lot of guidance for his cultivation.
This is much stronger than his alone blind groping without touching his head, and under the guidance of the other party, the condensation of true qi, the cultivation of the state of mind, and the use of spells have all been greatly improved.
What made him even happier was that combined with the knowledge of the bookstore, and talking with the old man, he had gained a lot of knowledge and had a general understanding of the Qi cultivation world, which was what he lacked the most and needed to be supplemented.
After settling the accounts of the restaurant, Xiaobai suddenly only had 3 iron essence coins left in his hand.
Less is less, but no matter what, it can be regarded as having money in his pocket, Xiaobai immediately happily visited all the shops in Fang City one by one, not to mention those brilliant and strange-shaped magic weapons, aura-filled talismans, and the Qi Gathering Pill that cost at least 100 iron essence coins for a bottle alone, it trampled his confidence to shreds in an instant.
What made him vomit three liters of blood even more was that the Qi Gathering Pill was in a bottle of 10 pieces.
This is a good calculation, according to Xiaobai's current efficiency, it takes 2 hours to refine a piece of iron ore, and at the end of a day, it can be refined at most three or four pieces.
I didn't eat or drink for a week, a total of about 80 working hours, and I could exchange it for a Qi Gathering Pill, which had to be opened and sold at night, and it was said that there was no business for the time being.
There are really a lot of good things, not to mention those sparkling and fragrant flowers and fruits that can't be named, they make people drool when they look at them, and the price also makes people vomit blood in shame.
What haunted him the most was those magical spells, but he mustered up the courage to ask the bookstore owner, grandma's, a summary of the Five Elements Method, or just a basic theoretical knowledge, it seems that it is a primary school student-level thing, and the opening is 150 iron essence coins.
When it comes to a spell in particular, the price is even more staggering.
I have to cheer myself up secretly, I can't be discouraged, I can't be discouraged, there will be spells, there will be elixirs, and there will definitely be good days.
In order to save enough money to buy these things quickly, Xiaobai had to cultivate more diligently, tightened his pants and competed with himself, every day was green vegetables and rice, and the fragrant spiritual tea that cost 0.5 iron essence coins, no matter how greedy he was, he never ordered it.
In order to take revenge on the bookstore owner's black belly, Xiaobai slipped away to read books wherever he had time, and never left until it was dark.
Life is pure and sad.
This is also a matter of no choice, at that time, I was envious of the opportunity to Fang City, so I refused to go out so easily. Refining techniques plus fire tricks, and then a temporary waist card, Xiaobai signed a one-year part-time job agreement with others. If you complete the specified iron ore refining share every month, you can get 50 iron refining coins, and there is also a commission for doing more.
Because there is no inheritance, I know less, I don't know anything, I want to know everything, so I want to learn everything, I want everything, but none of these are cheap, according to Xiaobai's estimate, I want to learn all the spells I want to learn, and I don't even think about it without two years of part-time work.
Xiang Old Man and the others would hold a meeting every few days, where everyone would exchange some experiences in spiritual practice. got acquainted with the old man Xiang, and Xiaobai was added to this circle. Every time he saw the old man and them demonstrating the communication spell at the party, Xiaobai was itchy and scratchy, but he just watched more, listened more and remembered more, spoke less, and restrained himself from saying anything excessive and begging. Everyone also had a very tacit understanding and didn't take the initiative to ask him about spells.
Only in the refining technique and fire-making technique that everyone knows, will they humbly ask questions to others.
From the mouths of Xiang Old Man and others, Xiao Bai knew that his cultivation realm was four layers in the Qi cultivation period, only one level lower than the most powerful Bao Qiangxing, and as high as Xiang Old Man. This made him feel very proud in his heart, after all, Bao Qiangxing is 34 years old, and he is more than one round older than him.
What he is currently looking forward to most is the ninth layer of the Qi cultivation period, such a person is very respected in the valley, anyone who sees it is polite, and after the ninth layer, he can start refining copper essence, and his income is more than three times that of iron refining essence.
But when Xiaobai heard that the old man was stuck in the realm of the fourth layer for 15 years, and when Bao Qiangxing was 7 years old, his heart suddenly felt like pouring a basin of cold water on someone's head in the winter.
Old man Xiang has now rested on a higher level, and the coins he earned from his part-time job have all bought things like the Qi Gathering Pill, intending to leave them to his worldly descendants as heirlooms.
The situation of the other people in the party was similar, they lost confidence in the path of qi training, but they still had a meager hope, in addition to exchanging the pill to take it themselves to continue some hope, they also became families in the world, and some people brought their families into the market to do some work of sprinkling and cleaning.
Xiao Bai was gloomy for a few days after hearing this, but every day as long as he saw those foundation building period monks flying in mid-air with various colors of glow, his determination to practice qi would be stronger, and later, he simply forgot that this road was thorny and difficult, except for envy is envy, and then it was full of enthusiasm.
Life has become more regular, every day is to meditate and practice, refine ores, go to Li Ji to read books, occasionally participate in the new acquaintances to the old man organized a few practice experience exchange meetings, and then put aside the Manfang City to wander around to increase knowledge.
Such days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, half a year passed, and it was the end of the year.
Xiaobai's refining technique is already comparable to that of the old man Xiang, who has worked here for most of his life, after all, the fire trick is only a primary spell, and it is not difficult to master, and it is not easy to innovate on it.
Xiaobai went to the attic at the east end of the valley to change his permanent identity waist card, and the monthly basic salary rose to 60 iron coins, and the commission ratio was also higher.
After getting along these days, everyone knows the roots. After a party, Xiang Lao called Xiaobai to the side alone, and suddenly asked him if he wanted to learn spells, mysterious, that look was the same as the woman holding the doll under the overpass peddling wool pieces, which made him excited all of a sudden, swept his eyes back and forth, left and right, and shook his head closer, "Xiang Lao, what good movies do you have, golden retriever?
The expression of the thief's head and rat's brain suddenly almost choked the old man, and he looked at him in a daze for a long time before he eased the depression in his chest, and said hatefully, "Summary of the Five Elements Method, 80, or?"
What's not to understand about this? Waste resource reuse.
In the end, after a fierce debate between Huang Shiren and Yang Bailao, who is not easy to live, he won it with 78 iron essence coins, and before Xiaobai was proud, he immediately gave Xiaobai a Sichuan opera stunt with a sad face, changed his face, and continued happily, "When you finish reading, 38 recycling, remember, don't lose it."
The ancestors were stiff, Xiaobai glanced at the old man very calmly, "No need, I want to pass it on to future generations as an heirloom."
The old man immediately twitched his old face again.
Then he gritted his teeth and bought a bottle of Qi Gathering Pill, and used the remaining money to buy a set of books on secular martial arts in the bookstore, so as to restore the identity of the poor bare.
After taking the first Qi Gathering Pill for half an hour, Xiao Bai suddenly scolded silently in the room, such a garbage pill, and it is sold so expensive, it will definitely not be able to give birth to a son, and it is not a fart to give birth to a daughter.
Then he looked up to the sky and laughed silently, and his whole body was pulled one by one, like a duck with a cut neck and bloodletting.
In the following days, Xiaobai has been in an inexplicable excitement, which made the old man Xiang laugh at him very much, just a summary of the Five Elements Method, as for it?
Xiao Bai smiled incomprehensibly, and did not take the stubble, and worked hard for another three months, and then took out all the wages and came to Shubao Pavilion to buy a set of Gathering Spirit Array Flags.
The Gathering Spirit Array, after being laid down, can absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of one mile, thereby speeding up the speed of Qi practitioners' meditation and cultivation. Of course, since you can absorb the aura, you can also prevent the aura from escaping.
After two months of embarrassment with himself, he snatched two spells, the Spirit Eye Technique and the Light Spirit Technique, from the old man.
The spirit eye technique is the kind of spell that glows with blue light in the eyes, you can see the cultivation realm of others, you can also see the aura of heaven and earth, and you can also find a simple prohibition and shielding of the public. For mortals or those whose cultivation is lower than their own, performing this technique also has a spiritual deterrent effect.
Xiao Bai, who had just learned this technique, was elated and did not know the heavens and the earth, and once in the outer valley to the monks who were speeding in the sky to perform a spell to inspect, before he could see clearly, suddenly a cold snort came from his ears, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, the white light in his eyes shone, stabbing people's eyes only tears, and the blood in his chest was also churning, and he took a few steps back and sat on the ground with a fart, and he was uncomfortable for a long time before he eased up.
From then on, Xiaobai didn't dare to use this technique at will, but when no one was around, he used it to look at the sky, flowers and trees.
Not to mention, the spiritual eye technique is really magical, after the operation, the eyes are better than the microscope, within a radius of 10 meters, even the texture on the ant's body can be seen clearly. The limit is 50 meters, beyond which your eyes will be sore.
As you can see from the name, the light spirit technique is similar to the light skill of the world, but the effect is more significant.
Seeing those monks who stepped on the five lights and flew like the wind in the sky, Xiaobai could no longer raise the proud interest of stepping on the branches of the trees.
Then he took leave with the factory manager Wang Laotou, and went out of the city in the inexplicable eyes of the old man and others.