After Qian Chao walked through the door, he discovered that it was a very large courtyard. It was flat and wide under the surrounding high walls. The ground was made of flat bluestones. On top of the bluestones were rows of small houses, and there were also rows of small houses. Although the small sheds are densely packed, they are neat.
"Junior Brother Lu," Senior Brother Cheng called.
A monk who was about the same age as Cheng Qantang stood up from a small shed and walked over.
"Senior Brother Cheng, what's the matter?"
"Junior Brother Lu, this is Junior Brother Qian Chaoqian. Although he has just started training, he has worked hard. I will continue to teach him the art of weapon refining here. If he comes in the future, don't stop him, even if I am not with him. in this way."
When Junior Brother Lu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Qian Chao curiously, and Qian Chao hurriedly saluted and greeted him.
"It seems that Junior Brother Qian must be very attentive. Generally speaking, new disciples cannot enter this courtyard without having practiced for more than half a year. Okay, if Junior Brother Qian comes to refine weapons in the future, just come in. Hey, this is for you, the gate Over there, there is no need to go through this small door in the future, if someone asks you to show it to them when I'm not around."
What was handed over was a small dark green sign. The material should be green copper. There were three Chinese characters on the sign, Cheng Qitang, and a hole, which seemed to be used to string a belt around the waist.
Only then did Qian Chao notice that the small green plaque on the jade plaque on the waist of Senior Brother Cheng was this one.
"Junior Brother Qian, don't hang up this sign yet. Just make it a voucher to enter here. Otherwise, if you hang it on your waist and someone sees it and asks you to help refine a spiritual weapon, you will No, wouldn’t it be embarrassing? Once you can completely refine the spiritual weapon by yourself, you can put up this little sign.”
So that's it. Qian Chao looked at the small sign in his hand again and put it into his storage bag.
After Brother Lu gave him the sign, he said goodbye and left. Cheng Qantang took Qian Chao and found a small shed to sit down at random.
There were cases, futons, and a large wooden barrel filled with water in the shed, but what attracted the most money was a raised well-like place on the floor of the shed, which was also covered with a stone slab. Senior Brother Cheng told him that Under the stone slab are the fire eyes of the underground fire veins. There are many places where fire is used in Chengqitang's weapon refining technique. There are as many as four to five hundred fire eyes in this courtyard alone. However, Qian Chao felt that there were obviously not that many people in the courtyard at this time and it was quiet.
"There are not many people today, and the courtyard seems deserted. It will be different when you come tomorrow. Today, Senior Brother Xu Ke is teaching in Chengqi Hall, and people all over the courtyard have gone to listen. Well, then Senior Brother Xu is teaching today. I have heard what you said, but you must not understand it if you go there, so just listen to what I am telling you."
"Senior Brother Cheng, Senior Brother Lu just said that new disciples cannot enter this courtyard for half a year. Is it true?"
"Half a year? He said less. When the master asked me to take you junior brothers and sisters this time, he told me that the control should be stricter than in previous years. Otherwise, the good and the bad in the Chengqi Hall will be uneven and not what it looks like. . What you demonstrated to me today, I don’t know if I will see again in half a year.”
"Okay, let's not talk nonsense. Junior Brother Qian, your ability to control objects is pretty good now, but you still need to practice more in the future. The ability to control objects is the foundation of weapon refining. What I want to teach you today is the basics of weapon refining. , making materials.”
As he spoke, Cheng Qantang took out a piece of green copper ore and a green copper ingot from his storage bag.
"Generally, the green copper ore delivered to Chengqi Hall is of this size. After smelting, you can only get such a green copper ingot."
Qian Chao heard this and looked at the green copper ingot that was much smaller than the inkstone.
"How about I do it first and you watch?"
Qian Chao nodded.
Cheng Qantang first used the spirit sword to cut the ore into four parts, then removed the stone slab covering the fire eye, revealing a dark hole the size of a sea bowl. He used the fire control technique to lure the earthly fire out of the fire eye, and suddenly the sea bowl A tongue of fire about a foot high emerged from the hole. The hot breath made Qian Chao feel like he was being scorched. His cheeks felt hot and his mouth and tongue were dry.
However, Brother Cheng didn't care at all. He even put his hand closer to the tongue of fire to test the temperature of the fire. When he was satisfied, he used the magic of object control to hang a piece of cut ore above the tongue of fire.
As the flames roasted the ore, the ore gradually turned dark red in color, as soft and glutinous as sticky rice porridge. When the ore became whiter and brighter, it turned out to be like magma. It becomes a bright red ball under control, and there is a bright white ball the size of a walnut hanging above the magma ball. This is the molten green copper in the ore.
The magma ball was thrown directly into the hole by Brother Cheng, and the remaining bright white and extremely hot green copper ball was put into the large wooden barrel full of water. White steam evaporated with a "chi" sound, and the barrel The water boiled and rolled.
When refining the second piece, after the magma ball stabilized, Senior Brother Cheng asked Qian Chao to try to hold the magma ball with his own hands. Touch, but the heat felt by spiritual power also made him feel the same.
"There is a fire-preventing technique in the fire control technique, which is used at this time, otherwise you will definitely not be able to withstand such high temperatures."
Senior Brother Cheng said.
Qian Chao suddenly realized that when he used the Fire Preventing Technique and tried it again, it turned out to be much better.
After testing the magma, Senior Brother Cheng asked him to try the molten green copper. After Qian Chao finished testing, he put it into the bucket to cool down.
When it came to the third piece, Senior Brother Cheng asked Qian Chao to try it by himself while he watched.
Qian Chao thought it was a simple matter, but it turned out to be anything but.
Even though he had the fire-proofing technique, sitting in front of the fire eye was still extremely hot, and soon he felt like he was about to be roasted into a piece of dry meat. What's more, after the ore and the green copper in it were melted into liquid, it was extremely difficult to separate them with the object-controlling technique under the high temperature. Qian Chao failed despite repeated attempts and could not separate them clearly like Brother Cheng. Two balls, but he also saw Brother Cheng throwing the molten magma directly into the eye of the fire, so he controlled the object-controlling technique to drip the magma in bit by bit, and only when the magma was much less, he dropped the two balls. Separate and put the molten green copper into the barrel.
Senior brother Cheng thought that when he got here, junior brother Qian would be unable to hold on and ask for help from him. Unexpectedly, he did it, and he couldn't help but nodded secretly.
At this time, there was only the last piece of ore left. Brother Cheng asked Qian Chao if he wanted to continue. Of course, Qian Chao did not miss any opportunity to practice.
The fourth piece was smoother than the third piece. Qian Chao already knew where the difficulty was, so it took a little faster than the last time. However, Senior Brother Cheng did not let him throw the ball of green copper into the barrel, but asked him to He took out the three pieces of green copper from the barrel and placed them on the eye of the fire to burn. After they were all melted and mixed into one, Qian Chao, under the guidance of Senior Brother Cheng, restrained the lump of green copper juice into a square ingot using the magic of object control. The shape is then put into the wooden barrel.
After a while, when the water in the bucket stopped boiling, Brother Cheng took out the piece of green copper. After cooling, the green copper was no longer bright white, but turned into the dark green color Qian Chao had seen.
"Junior brother Qian, it seems that you have good spiritual roots. You can persist for such a long time. To be honest, when I first learned how to make this material, I had to divide the whole piece of ore into more than a dozen pieces. It would take just one piece at a time to melt the whole body of spiritual energy. I have almost used it, and I have to meditate for a while before I can continue. Junior Brother Qian really impressed me!"
After seeing Qian Chao's performance, Cheng Qiantang sighed again. He expected that Qian Chao's spiritual roots must be very good, and he couldn't help but feel envious.
Of course Qian Chao knew why he could smelt two pieces of ore in one go, but those were the things he had thought hard about. He had just started dating this senior brother Cheng, and they were not close to each other, so he didn't explain. He just changed the topic and asked:
"Senior Brother Cheng, won't this fire eye be blocked by us?"
"How could it be possible? This fire eye is like an underground river of fire. The lower it goes, the hotter it gets. Once the melted water goes in, it will flow to nowhere. It cannot be stopped."
"Junior Brother Qian, do you know how much this green copper ingot is worth?"
Qian Chao naturally didn't know, so he shook his head.
Senior Brother Cheng weighed the green copper ingot in his hand and said, "Two spiritual stones." After saying that, he threw it to Qian Chao, "You junior brothers and sisters, as long as you are qualified to enter this courtyard, everyone will have one. The block is yours.”
Qian Chao looked at the green copper ingot in his hand, then at Senior Brother Cheng, and said: "Senior Brother Cheng, I have just learned how to make materials. It is estimated that it will be quite some time before I actually start refining weapons. For this green copper ingot It’s not that I’m in urgent need, could you, senior brother, take back this piece of green copper and give me another piece of ore for me to refine?”
After listening to it, Cheng Qiantang seemed to have expected what Qian Chao would say, so he smiled and said, "This quick green copper is given to you in accordance with the rules of the sect. I will not take it back again. Well, it seems that Junior Brother Qian wants to It's okay to lay a good foundation, then you might as well give me a favor. I recently saved some ores and thought about melting them into ingots, but I haven't been able to find the time. If Junior Brother Qian is willing, please help me. Melt them."
After saying that, Senior Brother Cheng took out a storage bag from his body and handed it over. Qian Chao took a look and found that there were more than twenty pieces of ore in the bag. He couldn't help but be very happy, secretly thinking that these were enough for him to practice for a while. Then he said to Senior Brother Cheng, "No problem, I will be refining these ores exclusively in the past few days."
"Junior brother Qian, in the future, you should pay more attention in this Chengqi Hall. If those senior brothers and sisters here are too busy, please go and help if you can. You can also learn a lot. At least you can help me." If you are well-connected, it will be a blessing for you to suffer losses at this time. If you do more, you will gain more knowledge. Of course, if someone bullies you, you can just come to me."
"Yes, thank you, Senior Brother Cheng."
"Oh, by the way, you should take a look at the "Six Talisman True Meanings". You will definitely need it for refining weapons in the future."
"yes"
