Zhong Rong didn't believe it at first.
"Lu Ming, a tiger-headed orc, the right half of your body was crippled by me. I say you are the most unpleasant useless disciple!"
Xue Tong's words made Zhong Rong's doubts disappear.
The next thing happened naturally, Xue Tong paid the money and materials, and vowed that if he got the tempering skills, he would never teach it to outsiders, even if he faced life and death danger, there would be no exceptions.
Zhong Rongzhong's Blood Soul Oath was full of loopholes. He deliberately copied a copy and was immediately snatched away by Xue Tong.
The Dwarf Tribe's "Tempering by Fire" is divided into six chapters.
From the first level of earth level to the fire quenching method of heaven level.
"As far as Xue knows, no one in the world has refined the fourth-grade earth-level scriptures. Half of these tempering scriptures cannot be verified. Even the first three chapters, the authenticity is still doubtful and needs to be verified before knowing." Xue Tong said.
"Even if the first three articles are verified, no one can guarantee whether the rest will be believed or not." Zhong Rong said.
Lu Ming kept panting and was very angry.
"My fellow Taoist is not happy, why don't we just say goodbye and take Zhong Rong as a hostage. If the tempering scripture is not true, I will take his life immediately and then kill all the dwarves in the underground tempering net!" Xue Tong threatened Lu Ming.
"It's best to kill this fool! Lu will never admit to the matter of the Tempering Sale. It's best for you to stay away. Even if others suspect it, there will be no evidence."
"Speaking of which, your business failed, so you kidnapped Zhong Rong and forced him to become a special weapon master."
Lu Ming glared and said to Zhong Rong: "Don't go back to Shuntai Mansion. If Xue Tong wants you, just follow him. If not, just go further away!"
Zhong Rong looked aggrieved: "Master..."
"Needless to say, the fate between you and me is over. I have earned you tens of millions of spiritual stones by teaching you the tempering technique. You have tempered a second-grade magic weapon yourself. I am worthy of you!" Lu Ming interrupted.
Lu Ming's face was pale and covered with bandages. The smell of concoction and ointment was tangy, and Tengyun slowly flew away.
…
"That's what the teacher said, and it coincides with Xue. Buying and selling tempered scriptures is the scum of the whole clan, and Lu Ming will not admit it. If his identity and cultivation level are there, you will be in trouble, and there will be no shortage of people coming to make trouble for you!"
"It's time to stay away from Zhongzhou!" Xue Tong said.
He had long wanted to make friends with Zhong Rong and bring him to Yun Xi.
In the later period of Grandmaster Zhong Rong, he was also a hard-to-find weapon tempering master with a lantern, and he could win over thousands of troops.
Zhong Rong never expected that he would be in such an embarrassing situation. He originally thought that Xue Tong would be defeated, so he didn't think much about it. After Xue Tong said that he had killed a heavenly being, he thought about it briefly. What he thought at that time was that there was no benefit anyway. Can explain the relationship clearly.
Unexpectedly, Lu Ming drove him away and refused to admit selling scriptures. Xue Tong also said that he couldn't even stay in Zhongzhou.
Zhong Rong remained silent.
"Xue can guarantee that if you follow me to Yunxi, your life will be ten times better than in Zhongzhou. Friends of the demon clan and ghost clan will be comfortable in my place. You have the magical skill of tempering weapons, so why not worry about being comfortable? Be respected by others!" Xue Tong continued to persuade.
"I never thought that I would be respected. Master's long-winded accusations are not enough. My tempered treasure tripod is still in the villa. I must get it back." Zhong Rong muttered.
"This matter will be easy to handle. You can draw a picture of the villa and explain the prohibition to break the curse. Xue will get the tripod back tomorrow night!"
Zhong Rong was hesitant. The change was so big that it couldn't be so easy to decide.
"Xue has many magical weapons. To improve his weapon quenching skills, you need more practice. You have never seen the magical weapons of the demon clan and the ghost clan, right?"
Xue Tong took the ghost and demon magic weapon.
Zhong Rong's eyes shone, and his heart was moved by the alien magic weapon he had never seen before.
The weapon master has an unstoppable love for the magic weapon!
"Well, since there is no suitable place to go, let's go with the Taoist priest first!" Zhong Rong said.
…
The two chatted about lighter topics.
"Master is so disgusted with you, why?" Xue Tong asked.
"The main thing is that I have a good temper and am handsome." Zhong Rong smiled bitterly.
Xue Tong couldn't help but laugh, and only then did he realize that Zhong Rong was indeed a handsome man among the dwarves.
He is four feet eight inches tall, with a well-proportioned body, fair skin, smooth face, well-proportioned facial features, thick brown and black hair, straight teeth and a straight nose.
"I was accepted as a disciple by my master when I was young. As I grew older, I became more and more handsome. I also had an honest and gentle personality. I was incompatible with my five senior brothers."
"The master looked...difficult and had a bad temper. The more he looked at me, the more disgusted he became. In the end, he drove me far away and sent me away, leaving me to be the weapon tempering master behind small and medium-sized Xuanmen such as Wuxiang Pavilion."
Zhong Rong said.
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The next day and night, Zhong Rong was waiting in the suburbs of Shuntai City.
Xue Tong sneaked into the villa alone.
The three-legged tripod in the quenching chamber has its soles connected to the ground and the chamber walls. If it moves, a warning signal will sound.
Xue Tong solved the curse and removed the mechanism.
After taking away the tripod, he also packed several large vats of quenched soil in the storage room and stuffed them into storage bracelets.
The quenching cauldron is different from the ordinary refining cauldron. Its fire storage function is greatly enhanced, and the stored fire power can often be released for several months.
"It's roughly the same, but there are more things like fire rings on the upper edge of the tempered tripod." Xue Tong said, looking at the tempered tripod that was more than ten feet tall.
"Yes, it can be modified with a cauldron."
Zhong Rong took the tripod back and said happily.
"Fellow Taoist's cauldron tempering magic weapon, what level of magic weapon can it temper at most? Earth level third or fourth level?" Xue Tong asked.
"The magic weapon cauldron can be made to the third level of the earth level, and the tempering is similar. The highest can be tempered to the third level, and can be tempered to the fourth level."
"Can the cauldron be improved through tempering?" Xue Tong asked a special question.
"The cauldron can be tempered, but no one does it. Because high-level tempered earth is difficult to find in the human world, the effectiveness of the magic weapon-level tempered cauldron cannot be fully exerted. Spending a lot of money to temper the cauldron is a waste." Zhong Rong said.
Xue Tong took out a jar of quenched soil.
"This is the most common tempered soil that has been accumulated for many years and has been idle." Zhong Rong said.
"Xue can use it to practice and refine the top-grade and best magic weapons."
"Where can I buy quenched soil?" Xue Tong asked.
"The dwarves have the most trade fairs, and there are occasional human spiritual goods shops in Zhongzhou and the Western Regions. Tempering soil requires mining and collection. The dwarves have the best skills in finding mineral veins. For the differences and explanations of hundreds or thousands of types of quenching soil, see the Tempering Scripture for details. .”
"Uh-huh"
Xue Tong consulted for a while about the knowledge of quenching tools, and then said: "We need to find a place for Xue to try it. Fellow Taoist is familiar with Zhongzhou. Where do you think it is best to go?"
"Zhong has lived in a very small circle since he was a child and has very little contact with the outside world. I'll let you know." Zhong Rong said.
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Xue Tongshan found a place and dug a hole to build a house.
Take out the "Swallowing Cloud Cauldron" from the ring.
The Cloud Swallowing Cauldron is a thing that was brought to Huiyuezhou in the Demon Realm, and is a thing that can be used by gods, humans, and demons.
Xue Tong had not been refining weapons for a long time. After snatching away the magic weapon-level Cloud-Tunning Cauldron, the ring-throwing space remained untouched for more than a hundred years.
The Tunyun Cauldron is a small bronze cauldron with three legs and two ears, about nine inches high. The body of the cauldron is engraved with patterns of phoenix wings and dragon scales. A snake is entwined in the cauldron ears. The cauldron lid is in the shape of a flat double-layered pagoda.
Don't look at the cauldron, which is small but extremely heavy. The inside of the cauldron is hazy, as if there are clouds and mist.
The scripture at the bottom of the cauldron describes that this cauldron is called Tunyun, and it can refine a giant weapon ten feet tall.
Xue Tong placed the Huntian Ju at the mouth of the cauldron. Sure enough, the Cloud-Tombing Cauldron slowly and evenly expanded in size until it completely swallowed up the Iron Ju.
Worthy of the reputation of Tunyun!
Xue Tong poured into the Jingyan Fierce Fire. The temperature of the fire did not decrease but became much docile. It was like a tamed flame, burning quietly in the cauldron.
"Well, the correction speed of Yanhuo is equivalent to that of an ordinary magical tripod. However, the expansion and contraction times of the tripod's body are much higher. Although it is not at the earth level, it is still a bit stronger than Zhong's tripod."
"Please, fellow Taoist, please transform Xue's fire storage disk into a ring!"
Xue Tong's fire storage disk is a top-quality magic weapon, and it can be used to refine magic weapons with the Yundunyunding Cauldron.
It took Zhong Rong half a month to refine the six-foot-wide fire-accumulating ring.
"The level of this ring is not good, and the size is fixed. According to Zhong's experience, a six-foot-diameter cauldron can be used for 95% of the magical weapons. Let's use this size for the Taoist Priest's Yundun Ding."
Xue Tong placed the fire ring on the mouth of the cloud swallowing cauldron.
The Cloud Swallowing Cauldron slowly grew in size until it fit tightly into the fire storage ring and was the same size.
To understand the Tempering Sutra, Xue Tong could only rely on himself.
Zhong Rong will not give any explanation.
Xue Tong has studied it repeatedly within one month.
"The essence of the dwarf's tempering technique lies in the control of fire release; the type of fire storage and the quality of the tempered soil are the other two major factors."
Xue Tong's fire refining is still the Jiuquyan from many years ago. It is not advanced, but it is enough to temper magic weapons.
As for tempering earth-level magic weapons, you need to learn a new fire spell.
Xue Tong sprayed nine curves of flames that were hot for ten seconds from his palm until the fire ring was filled.
It took an hour, and the amount of fire accumulated was amazing.
Xue Tong selected the top grade Yan Ling Dao from the ghost clan, threw it into the cauldron, and lit the nine-curved fireworks that were seven quarters and four quarters.
The flames in the Cloud Swallowing Cauldron can last for about two hours before the temperature of the fire drops below seven quarters and three points.
Xue Tong threw the quenching soil into the cauldron.
The quenched soil is as fine as flour and uniform in size. It is rolled slowly in the hot fire. The amount of soil thrown in is based on the standard that it does not accumulate on the bottom of the tripod.
The higher the level of quenched earth, the more types of rare metals it contains, the particles are finer, and the amount of tumbling in the fire is greater than that of lower level quenched earth.
It is said in the Tempering Sutra that when tempering a second-grade earth-level magic weapon, the magic weapon is submerged in fine particles of tempered earth like a thick mist. It is almost impossible to see that the tempered earth is rolling and releasing metal particles driven by fire power.
Xue Tong used the most common method of tempering soil to practice the "Fire Release Spell".
He compiled a whole page of fire-releasing spells, injected them into the fire-accumulating ring, and released a certain amount of fire at regular intervals to maintain the required firepower within the cauldron.
The time and quantity need to be adjusted according to the situation. Usually the temperature gradually becomes higher in the later stage in order to burn out the metal particles in the remaining soil particles.
Only when the high-order metal particles are uniform and adhered layer by layer, and penetrate into the magic weapon that expands in the flames, can the tempering be successful.
The arrangement of the quenching spell is extremely complex, with many influencing factors, such as the type of flame, the quality of the quenching soil, the size of the magic weapon, the cycle of replenishing the quenching soil... Therefore, it is said that only dwarves who are proficient in alchemy can fully control it.
Xue Tong's training was unusually difficult.
In half a month, the ring of fire was stored and breathed out one hundred and twenty-seven times, and it was replenished once and tempered with earth, and it finally ended.
Xue Tong once inspected the blade with a nine-curved blue flame. The metal particles were messy and could be seen at a glance.
A successful quencher should have no metal particles visible, only a slight difference in reflected fluorescence, and will eventually be completely infiltrated and return to normal after a few days.
Zhong Rong glanced at the side and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the number of particles is not too small. You are not a god, so you can't rush this matter. Take your time, you can practice it."
"Well, it's true that tempering is not easy, otherwise the streets would be full of tempering masters." Xue Tong said with a smile.
"When practicing tempering sutras, you should temper them while practicing. The fire ring will automatically emit fire. You don't need to keep an eye on it all the time. You can live in a temporary cave."
Xue Tong collected the Yundun Ding and said.
