Chapter 48: Reforging the Flying Sword
The new school year has begun. Qingshi, Chen Tianye, Duan Wutian, Zhang Hao and others all walked around each other. Duan Xiaoyu and Shen Binghong also brought Shen Jiayun to visit Qingshi, and they all brought some hometown specialties or small gifts to Qingshi.
Study life quickly got on track.
In the first week of school, Qingshi practiced martial arts in the gravity room every other day to squeeze out his potential. He adjusted the gravity to five to ten times the normal level, and then practiced the movement and martial arts wind shadow until he was exhausted.
This kind of training is extremely difficult, but the effect is also very obvious. In addition to being very helpful in understanding and mastering martial arts, it also stimulates the improvement of Qingshi's Qi cultivation.
On the night when he walked out of the gravity room for the third time, Qingshi's Qi cultivation reached another level, and he finally reached the seventh stage of Qi Gathering Realm and entered the high level of Qi Gathering Realm. As a student of the inner courtyard of alchemy, Qingshi's cultivation level is not very low.
Ou Changzhi is so busy with college affairs every day that he has no time to teach Qingshi for a whole month after the semester started. It wasn't until the first weekend of the second month that Qingshi received the message from Ou Changzhi asking him to go.
This time Qingshi came prepared, and after two hours of consulting, he digested the accumulated problems. Qingshi took out the Xiufeng Feijian and presented it to Ou Changzhi, saying, "Master, I have a broken sword here that failed to be forged. Do you think it can be forged again to fulfill the original design intention?"
"Oh, what kind of sword is this?" Ou Changzhi was curious. He took the flying sword and examined it carefully. After a while, he raised his head and asked Qingshi, "Is this the legendary flying sword? Tell me its origin."
Qingshi was overjoyed. Hu Bai once said that there is no flying sword technique in this world. Now the master actually knows about flying swords. It seems that there is hope for repair.
"Yes, this sword is..." Qingshi was about to explain the origin of this flying sword to Ou Changzhi, but his words suddenly stuck on his lips.
Ou Changzhi was looking at the Xiufeng Sword carefully when he noticed something strange in Qingshi's voice. He couldn't help but turn around and saw Qingshi's mouth wide open, veins on his forehead bulging, his face flushed with pain, his body stiff and unable to move, and even his breathing stopped. .
Ou Changzhi was shocked, and quickly reached out to touch Qingshi's wrist, and then exclaimed: "The Speech Suppression Technique!"
Ou Changzhi raised his hand and patted seven or eight air points on Qingshi's body. Qingshi's body suddenly shook, and then he coughed violently. It took him a long time to recover slowly.
"Master!" Qingshi already understood what was going on and wanted to explain to Ou Changzhi, "I am..."
"Don't say it!" Ou Changzhi raised his hand to interrupt Qingshi and said, "Don't say anything, otherwise the consequences may be serious."
Seeing Qingshi nodded and closed his mouth. Ou Changzhi then said slowly: "You kid, since you are bound by the forbidden language, how can you tell me? Remember, don't do it again. It's normal for you to have secrets. You don't need to tell me everything." But I was very happy in my heart.
Qingshi nodded repeatedly. It turns out that Qingshi had long forgotten Hu Bai's warning in Yunlu that nothing about Yunlu should be told outside. If it weren't for Ou Changzhi's vast knowledge and skills, Qingshi might have been counterattacked by the silence spell.
Ou Changzhi nodded and said: "We will only discuss the forging and repair of the sword itself, not the origin or anything else."
"Yes, Master." Qingshi replied, finally uninjured and able to speak again.
"How do you want this sword to be forged and what effect do you want it to achieve? Tell me what you think." Ou Changzhi asked.
"First of all, complete the forging." Qingshi didn't dare to talk nonsense. "I think if the forging is successful, it should reach the Earth-level low-grade or even the Earth-level mid-grade, and the wind attribute should be more obvious. Then design and install a driving profound formation on the hilt of the sword. , and then use four or six high-grade spiritual stones as the power source, and the spiritual stones can be replaced."
Currently, the flying sword does not have power and a complete driving array. Although it can fly at close range with mental power, it cannot be used in combat, so it is necessary to install a driving array and a power source.
Qingshi took out the formation disk presented by Liu Changqing and presented it to Ou Changzhi, and continued: "This formation disk serves as the control hub of the flying sword. I control the design, installation and formation of the formation by myself. Its control and use I know how to do it."
"Okay, very good!" Ou Changzhi kept nodding. "This design and control method are very amazing, although I don't quite understand how it is done. Oh, don't explain it to me, I can understand its principle. You say No problem, I can complete the forging in ten days at most, and it will definitely meet your requirements." Ou Changzhi was very excited and agreed.
Only seven days later, Ou Changzhi called Qingshi.
On this day, after receiving the call, Qingshi rushed to Ou Changzhi's residence. Ou Changzhi didn't say much when he saw Qingshi. He waved his hand and the Xiufeng Sword flew to Qingshi.
Qingshi took it and saw that the Embroidered Wind Sword had been completely forged. The sword body was as smooth and clear as a stream of autumn water, with no cracks at all. Its wind attribute characteristics were very outstanding. It turned out to be a low-grade earth-level sword.
Qingshi concentrated his mental power to perform the flying sword martial arts, controlling the flying sword to fly up and down around himself, feeling that he could control it as he wished, like an arm commanding him. He immediately bowed to Ou Changzhi to thank him.
Ou Changzhi laughed and said: "With this technique, you will be able to dominate the world in the future. However, your cultivation is still too low. You need to practice harder, and you still need to find ways to become stronger mentally."
Although Qingshi couldn't explain it, given what kind of person Ou Changzhi was, he naturally understood that the flying sword technique was mainly controlled by mental power rather than true energy.
Qingshi had already taken the Yunji fox essence blood obtained from the auction, and his mental strength increased by nearly 20%.
Qingshi retracted his sword, but saw a small hole in the hilt, which was not there before. He couldn't help but ask his master.
Ou Changzhi said, "According to your design, two or three high-grade spiritual stones are placed on both sides of the sword hilt. I thought it was not good, so I improved it. The small hole in the center of the sword hilt can accommodate a top-grade spiritual stone. , whether the power lasts or explodes, it’s better, and it looks better, don’t you think? Haha!”
"Thank you, Master." Qingshi naturally understood the benefits.
"I still have some top-quality spiritual stones, and I'll give you a few later." Ou Changzhi took out the formation disk and said, "This formation disk is good, and it is very good to use as a control hub. How to complete the control array spell, you can first Tell me your design ideas and I will help you refer to them."
"I've already designed it," Qingshi took out two design drawings and handed them to Ou Changzhi. One is for the formation disk, and the other is for the flying sword.
Ou Changzhi looked at it for a while and said: "After all, I have no experience in this area, so I don't have any better suggestions for you. Just follow your design first. I feel that your design still has some imperfections. There will be some problems during use in the future. Let’s improve it if there is any problem.”
"Yes, Master," Qingshi replied, "When I'm done, I'll show it to Master for guidance."
For more than half a month, Qingshi went to class and practiced as usual. He would set aside two hours every night to arrange the formations and carve the formation patterns. He deliberately did not rush the schedule and worked slowly and carefully.
On this night, Qingshi finally completed the formation arrangement and spiritual stone inlay, and a complete set of flying swords was finally successfully produced.
Ou Changzhi gave Qingshi five top-quality spiritual stones, one to be installed on the Xiufeng Sword, one to be installed on the control array disk, and the other three were kept for spare use.
Qingshi couldn't hold back his excitement and immediately conducted a test on the terrace. The flying sword flew across the lake and he could control it as he pleased. The array disk could control its connection with the flying sword with his mind without taking out its special storage device. .
After testing, Qingshi found that the flying sword can be controlled within a hundred feet away from the body. This is the effect of installing the best spiritual stone as a power source.
When there was no power source installed, Qingshi could only control the flying sword within ten feet of him at most.
Qingshi tested its power again. The flying sword shuttled back to the terrace, and easily penetrated a transparent hole in the wooden puppet used for practicing Qingfeng Finger on the terrace. It seemed to be piercing through paper, and it was more powerful than Qingfeng Finger.
As for the speed, it is even more astonishing. It only takes two breaths to travel a distance of a hundred feet. This control array method was explored by Qingshi himself based on the advanced object control array spells in the Taixuan Sutra. It was also his own idea to use array disk control.
Qingshi judged that Yunlu regarded the Flying Sword Array Control Technique - the Flying Sword Mysterious Array Dafa as a top-grade earth-level technique. His control technique could be considered a top-grade Xuan-level technique at most. Therefore, he would get a real flying sword in the future. After using the Mysterious Formation Technique, the power of this flying sword is simply unimaginable. Of course, this also depends on the user's cultivation and understanding. At present, even if I obtain the Flying Sword Mysterious Formation Technique, I still cannot use it.
However, with the current magic circle control method plus flying sword martial arts, Qingshi is confident that the combat power of using flying swords is no less than anyone in the inner martial arts academy.
Having mastered the flying sword skill, Qingshi showed it to his master Ou Changzhi. Ou Changzhi was very satisfied, but told him not to show off in front of others.
Qingshi naturally understood this truth. Ou Changzhi was pleased and gave Qingshi ten top-quality spiritual stones as backup energy.
In the next few weeks, Qingshi will practice Flying Sword Technique for at least two hours every day. In addition to Kung Fu, the martial arts skills he must practice every day include Wind Shadow Footwork, Qingfeng Finger Technique, Burning Sky Sword Technique and Iron Whip Kick. Law.
Other yellow-level martial arts such as Fire Cloud Fist and Fire Cloud Sword Technique have been practiced to perfection, so there is no need to practice them frequently.
As for the large number of yellow-level, middle and low-level martial arts borrowed from the Sutra Pavilion, Qingshi followed the master's instructions and did not deliberately practice them. Instead, he observed their general outlines, experienced the essence of their theories and creative martial arts skills, and did not insist on practicing any one of them. One move.
Wind Shadow Step and Qingfeng Finger are both martial arts powered by wind-attributed Qi, so Qingshi's use of wind-attributed Qi has made great progress.
The Fire Cloud Sword Technique and the Burning Sky Sword Technique are both martial arts driven by fire attribute Qi. Qingshi has more experience and skills in using fire attribute Qi.
The use of several other types of Five Elements Qi is mainly used in elixir refining and formation formation. Qingshi has not practiced martial arts with these attributes. As for the thunder attribute infuriating energy, there is basically no application.
Ou Changzhi's guidance to Qingshi mainly focused on the basic theories of martial arts and weapon formations and the direction of later development. Ou Changzhi didn't value Alchemy at all.
After Qingshi obtained the qualification of a fourth-level formation master, Ou Changzhi began to teach Qingshi the art of weaponry. Therefore, starting from the second month of the new school year, Qingshi would come to Ou Changzhi's residence every weekend to secretly learn basic blacksmithing techniques from his master.
Ou Changzhi's requirements are not high. He only requires Qingshi to master basic blacksmithing knowledge and skills, so he only teaches privately for two hours a week, and requires Qingshi to practice on his own for more than three hours a week.
According to Ou Changzhi, Qingshi's main research direction in the art of weapons in the future is not forging, but the design and manufacture of high-level magic weapons combined with the mysterious array.
Basic blacksmithing techniques were taught in Ou Changzhi's forging room, but self-practice was done in Qingshi's own residence.
Qingshi's basement was already a wine cellar and alchemy room. There is no room for forging. Therefore, Qingshi found the logistics office of the college and rented the tenth building on the east side of Cuihu Road next to him. Wen Siyu was one of the persons in charge of the logistics office, so it was easy to do.
Qingshi moved his automatic alchemy machine and the complete set of Qi Dao infrastructure and forging equipment presented by his master to Building 10. He built a Qi Dao research room in the basement, but placed the automatic alchemy machine in the living room. Qingshi also arranged seven or eight mysterious formations in the ten buildings to prevent outsiders from breaking in.
The practice of alchemy in Qingshi has been set to the minimum standard of three classes per week. He rarely practices alchemy at other times. Qingshi has been improving his automatic alchemy machine. Now he only needs to spend a quarter of an hour to prepare, reserve the alchemy fire, and then start the machine. Generally, he will collect the elixir after three hours. .
It's just that at present, you can only refine part of the Three-Star Pill, and the quality is basically lower than refining it yourself, but the output is more than three times higher, and the time is saved by 70%.
Therefore, while the number of elixirs sold through Zhang Hao has increased a lot, Qingshi can also take on many alchemy tasks to earn credits, which is basically enough to cover 60% to 70% of what he usually spends on entering the Gravity Room of the Awareness Room.
After the start of the new school year, Qingshi originally had about 4,000 credits left, but Ou Changzhi asked him to borrow a copy of "Eighteen Lectures on the Way of Qi" to study, which cost him 1,000 credits.
I also borrowed a Xuan-level high-grade martial art, Xuanjin Hand, which is suitable for metallic Qi. This martial skill is an excellent offensive and defensive martial skill, especially the defensive ability. After successful practice, the whole body's ability to resist blows will be very good. Strong, especially the hands. When the martial arts is activated, the hands can even resist the sharp weapons of spiritual weapons, no less than a mysterious shield. If equipped with advanced hand protective gear, its defensive effect will be even more outstanding.
Choosing this martial skill was also Ou Changzhi's request, because practicing this martial skill also has a very good auxiliary effect on the practice of weapon forging. However, this martial skill cost a full three thousand credits and one thousand special contribution points.
Now Qingshi almost takes on two alchemy tasks every week and earns 500 to 600 credits. These credits are not enough for him to frequently use the trial room, perception room and other academy facilities.
Therefore, Qingshi can only accept some item contribution tasks from time to time. To put it bluntly, he uses spiritual stones to buy the items required for the tasks and then exchanges them for credits. This is how most martial arts students earn credits.
According to Duan Xiaoyu, she once accepted a task of donating the inner elixir and blood essence of the seventh-level spiritual beast Red Dragon. The credits were 18,000. For this purpose, the Duan family sent more than a dozen people to Dadonghai to search for the Red Dragon. The deadline for the final mission was approaching and he failed to hunt down a red dragon, so he had to buy it from the Chaoge Chamber of Commerce. He spent a total of 8,800 high-grade spiritual stones, which shows the importance of family background.
People like Zhang Hao, who comes from a small family, have been studying in the academy for ten years and have only earned a total of more than 50,000 credits. Thanks to his flexible mind and hard work, Zhang Hao can earn an average of 5,000 credits a year, which is already more than most students.
Speaking of Zhang Hao, when he came back from vacation this time, Zhang Hao told Qingshi a secret, that is, he took advantage of the vacation to take the first-level alchemist qualification certificate in his hometown of Wuhua County.
Qingshi knew that although Zhang Hao was in the martial arts academy, he really liked alchemy, so he came to sell elixirs. Of course, this was also because he had the two attributes of fire and wood and was qualified to be an alchemist.
However, at this age and level of cultivation, he has only passed the first-level alchemy master examination, which shows that his talent in alchemy is not very good.
Qingshi thought of the feasibility of having him operate and take care of the automatic alchemy machine. If an alchemist managed and looked after the whole process, Qingshi felt that the automatic alchemy machine could theoretically increase the number of alchemy furnaces to nine, and the quality of the resulting elixirs could also be improved. improve.
This idea was later realized. Many years later, the director of Qingxuan Pharmaceutical Factory, the first pharmaceutical factory in the Tianlong world founded by Qingshi, was Zhang Hao. Of course, this is a story for another day.
