Yanxuan locked himself in his residence and spent a whole day without leaving.
The fastest way to consume spiritual power in the fire control technique is to release the spiritual power with your hands, forming a ball of flame that burns continuously. The scene of a day in Yanxuan's courtyard is full of fire.
She tested how long she could last with all her spiritual power, and then tried using the "Southern Fire Technique" and the Fire Control Technique together to see if she could last longer.
The first problem I encountered was that the "Southern Fire Technique" was always not smooth when used together with the Fire Control Technique. Either the "Southern Fire Technique" stopped, or the Fire Control Technique stopped. It took a day of practice before I could barely use these two spells together.
This is not surprising. If Yanxuan is like Qian Chao, who has the ability to memorize three books backwards with wrong words at the same time, then she can also master the method of using these two spells at the same time. But a freak like Qian Chao There are really too few, at least not for Yanxuan.
Refining alchemy is somewhat similar to refining weapons, that is, it must be carried out with the help of the firepower in the fire eye.
The spiritual grass is placed in the middle of the alchemy furnace and cannot fall to the bottom of the alchemy furnace. If the spiritual grass falls, it will be destroyed. The spiritual grass is melted at high temperature into a juice, which is called elixir in Qixia Mountain. Different elixirs from several kinds of spiritual grass must be fused with each other in a certain order at different times to finally become elixir.
Yanxuan's previous failure in alchemy was because she could not control the temperature of the elixir when it was fused. After all, she could not see through the thick wall of the alchemy furnace. She did not know what the temperature of the elixir was when it was fused. She completely followed the book As Senior Sister He Min said, judging the temperature of the alchemy furnace based on the time it burns on the eye of the fire is naturally very likely to make mistakes. If she can practice the art of controlling objects like money tides, she will know the situation inside the alchemy furnace. If it is clear, then refining alchemy will naturally be much easier.
There are also several important periods when different spiritual herbs receive different heat in the alchemy furnace. Some are higher and some are lower. At this time, fire control techniques must be used to adjust. The purpose of this fire control technique is to isolate or strengthen part of the heat to different spiritual grasses in the same high-temperature alchemy furnace, so that different spiritual grasses can generate elixir liquid at different high temperatures. If the alchemy furnace is At the same high temperature, some spiritual herbs may be overheated while other spiritual herbs may not be fully cooked yet, which is just a waste of spiritual herbs.
Yanxuan's use of the fire control technique and the object control technique together was not smooth, but she felt that this was definitely feasible, but she still lacked the firepower.
After a day's work, Yanxuan felt a little tired, so she stopped to rest. She would continue tomorrow. She thought, no, there is still time tonight. Even if she sleeps less for a while every day, she must work hard these days. This method makes it clear.
Generally speaking, whether a person can practice cultivation depends on his qualifications. This qualification is an iron threshold. If he cannot cross it, he cannot practice cultivation.
However, after entering the world of spiritual practice, how far a monk can go on the road of practice and how successful he or she will be in the future cannot be determined by a single qualification.
There are four factors that play a decisive role: first, qualifications, second, character, third, talent, and fourth, opportunity.
Let’s not talk about qualifications, it’s just the quality of spiritual roots.
To put it simply, character refers to the temperament of a monk. The better the character, the more tenacious and unshakable the character.
Talent can be broadly understood as a person's intelligence.
As for opportunity, the two words separated are opportunity and fate.
According to this standard, the gap between Qian Chao, Tang Ping, Yan Xuan and others is still not small.
Yanxuan's qualifications are good, his character is the second best, and his talent is the second best.
Qian Chao has the best talent, followed by temperament, and even less qualifications.
It is said that this talent is a person's intelligence, such as Qian Chao. If he does not have this talent, he is probably just an ascetic monk with mediocre cultivation. Fortunately, he was so smart that he was able to find his own path to practice in a unique way.
If Yanxuan wants to learn Qian Chao, he can't learn it completely. For example, Qian Chao can now use three spells at the same time. After Yanxuan learned Qian Chao's method and practiced it for a long time, even if he broke through Qi Refining II After the level, you can only use the two spells together. This is the difference in talent. Fortunately, Yanxuan has good qualifications, and coupled with Qian Chao's methods, he will have impressive achievements in alchemy in the future.
Among the other three of the five, Lu Pingchuan has the best qualifications and a good temperament. Not to mention talent, it is a mess.
Li Jian has the best temperament, and her qualifications and talents are pretty good.
Tang Ping's situation is quite special. Her qualification is the rare spirit companion. She only found out about this after entering the inner sect and becoming a master. If she can do it step by step according to what Fairy Guhuo told her, her qualifications are no worse than Lu Pingchuan. Therefore, Tang Ping's qualifications are very good now, but they are ranked behind her talent. Tang Ping is an extremely talented person. A smart girl, her talent is on par with Qian Chao's, but it's just a matter of practice, and Qian Chao's methods are of no use to her. The last thing is her character. Tang Ping is playful, so her character comes last.
Only chance is really elusive and elusive. In fact, the five of them had a pretty good chance. After all, they had experienced what happened to Little Lotus Lake when we were in Youming Valley. If the chance had not been good, how could there be these five little guys in the inner sect of the Five Spirits Sect?
Qian Chao discovered a new way to play in Chengqi Hall.
The fire eyes used for smelting ores or refining tools in the Chengqi Hall are basically regular, but there are a few special places. It is not known whether the gap between the two fire eyes was intentional during the excavation, or caused by careless excavation. , in short, the two fire eyes are very close to each other, almost touching each other.
Basically, if one person sits in those places to refine weapons, no one will use the fire eyes next to them. If they are close, they will inevitably affect each other.
After Qian Chao discovered it, he thought it was a good place.
There are dozens of ores in his storage bag that were exchanged for the Spirit Sword. The quantity is not small. It will be troublesome to smelt so many ores. If two fire eyes are used together, will the smelting speed of the ores be faster? How many?
Qian Chao tried it and found that it was okay. The two fire eyes were close enough that the object control technique could take care of them, but the two firepowers were smelting two pieces of ore at the same time. He was cautious at the beginning, but gradually after smelting a few green copper ingots, Qian Chao became familiar with it.
"Junior Brother Qian, what are you doing?" A passing senior brother looked curious and came over to ask.
"Well, there is more ore, so the smelting can be faster." Qian Chao said.
"Haha, not bad, I'll give it a try later." After saying that, the senior brother walked away.
Qian Chao found that since he could refine spirit swords, fewer people asked him to help smelt ore. In fact, this is normal. Although Qian Chao is still a junior apprentice in the Chengqi Hall, after wearing the Chengqi Hall brand, he is no longer a junior apprentice in the craftsmanship hall. In the eyes of those senior brothers and sisters, Junior Brother Qian has been able to skillfully refine the four-talisman spirit sword, which is much better than many people who hang around in the Chengqi Hall all day long. Why are you so embarrassed to ask him to do it? What about little things like this?
Fortunately, Qian Chao had saved a lot of ore himself, which was enough for him to refine for a while.
If two ores can be refined at the same time, can two spiritual swords be refined at the same time? Qian Chao thought that it would not be easy to do. Once the Blue Eyes Technique was activated, the "Yuan Chu Technique" would stop. At that time, coupled with the engraving of runes, the spiritual power consumption would be too fast for him. Without the supplement of "Yuan Chu Shu", my own inherent spiritual power is still not enough. Alas, my cultivation! If my spiritual roots could be better, I'm afraid... Oh, what are you thinking about those useless things!
But there must be a way to increase my cultivation even a little bit, so that I can engrave the fifth rune on the spirit sword!
Later, Qian Chao actually tried it, but instead of refining two spirit swords at the same time, he continued to smelt ore on another nearby fire eye while refining the spirit sword. The first time because he was extra careful, even though he was frightened, he actually did it.
After several more attempts with success, he gradually became more courageous, and actually tried to refine two spiritual swords at the same time. Once the Blue Eyes Technique was activated and the runes were carved, his spiritual energy was consumed too much. Secondly, he was in a hurry the first time he did this, and ended up watching helplessly as the two refined sword embryos fell into two flaming eyes respectively.
Qian Chao stared at the two scarlet blazing eyes for a while, and then cursed in his heart that he was really full. It's not that he felt sorry for the little material, but when the two sword embryos fell into the eye of fire just now, he found that he seemed to be very anxious about this breakthrough. Firstly, he was eager to break through, and secondly, he was inexperienced and didn't know what to do at this time. How to prepare.
Looking around, the Chengqi Hall is full of people, all senior brothers and sisters. I am not bad at popularity. Wouldn't it be good to find someone to ask?
"Senior Brother Cheng"
"Junior Brother Qian, sit down quickly."
Senior Brother Cheng looked up and saw Qian Chao, and asked him to sit down and talk.
"Senior Brother Cheng, I have something I want to ask you."
"Well," Cheng Qantang nodded, "What's the matter, tell me."
Speaking of which, Qian Chao has always admired the way that Senior Brother Cheng has always been calm and calm.
"Senior Brother Cheng, well, I always feel like I am being shackled all over my body, but I don't know where the problem lies. Sometimes I feel agitated for no reason and can't meditate. When practicing, Senior Brother Is this the case?"
After hearing this, Cheng Qantang did not speak immediately. Instead, he stared at Qian Chao carefully for a few times, and finally smiled slowly.
"I didn't expect that Junior Brother Qian has only been in the inner sect for a few months, and he is about to break through in cultivation. Congratulations!"
"Is there really going to be a breakthrough?" Qian Chao asked anxiously.
"Well, according to what you said, it shouldn't be wrong. When you said it just now, it reminded me of the first time I broke through in cultivation. The feeling was almost the same as what you said, it just felt like I was tied up and couldn't break free. Open it, and when you finally break free, your cultivation level will advance to a higher level."
"Then...how long did it take Senior Brother Cheng to break through the cultivation level?"
"I can't remember this clearly. It happened many years ago, but it seems that it didn't take long from the time I felt that way to the final breakthrough. It was more than ten days or more than twenty days. Alas, that's how it is."
Having said this, Senior Brother Cheng looked at Qian Chao and smiled, and continued:
"Junior Brother Qian, are you a little impatient?"
"To be honest with Senior Brother Cheng, there are indeed some. I myself suspect that I am about to break through, but I am also afraid that there is something wrong with my practice. It has been more than ten days, and I was still worried at first, but besides having this feeling, Normally, no matter what I do, nothing happens. I can’t figure it out, so I came to ask my senior brother.”
"It has been more than ten days, so it should be soon. Junior Brother Qian, I think you are a little anxious. No wonder, let alone the first time, I was still anxious when I broke through the cultivation level for the second time, but finally I broke through. Only later will you laugh at yourself for being fussy. It is useless to be anxious at this time. Although it is an important thing for you, it will not help you if you are anxious. It is better to just do what you should do. When you make a breakthrough, you will have wonderful things. Feel it, don’t forget to savor it carefully.”
"Well, it's just like summer has just begun and it's impossible to jump to winter all at once. After autumn begins, the leaves on the trees can't fall off overnight. There has to be a process. Don't be anxious, Junior Brother Qian. This is also something that can't be rushed. Come."
Qian Chao nodded, Senior Brother Cheng's words made him feel at ease.
Back in the Chengqi Hall, there was nothing going on. Qian Chao thought about what he usually does.
After looking for a random fire eye, Qian Chao continued to refine the spirit sword.
However, when I do these things now, my mood is naturally much calmer than at the beginning. After using the blue eye technique to look at the neatly carved runes on the sword embryo one by one to confirm that they were correct, Qian Chao placed the sword embryo on Quenched in potion.
In fact, it's hard to say that Qian Chao really let go of his mentality at this time and did this very naturally. On the contrary, it was more like Qian Chao suppressing the impulse in his heart, forcing himself to do things patiently, and quietly waiting for something to happen while doing it.
After refining several spiritual swords, Qian Chao didn't care about the four-talisman spiritual sword now. He took it with him and got up and walked towards the inner hall.
He does the same thing on weekdays, refining his sword and then going to the inner hall to change materials.
The person sitting in the inner hall today is still Senior Brother Fang. In fact, there are several senior brothers who have established the foundation in the inner hall taking turns to sit here. This is also their assignment in Jiuxuanmen after they established the foundation.
Senior Brother Fang was also very familiar with Qian Chao. When Qian Chao came in, he smiled softly and said, "You know Junior Brother Qian is still so diligent."
Qian Chao smiled, said hello and bowed before handing his newly refined spirit sword to Senior Brother Fang.
After inspecting it, Senior Brother Fang asked, "Should I change the materials?"
Qian Chao nodded, and Senior Brother Fang counted the ores for Qian Chao.
Qian Chao hesitated for a moment, then took out a wooden box from his storage bag and placed it on Senior Brother Fang's desk, and said: "Senior Brother Fang, I went to Helou with a few friends yesterday. I saw some senior brothers selling jewelry bought from outside. The jewelry was made of gold and silver and was not a spiritual weapon, but it gave me some inspiration. I tried to make one myself and asked Senior Brother Fang for advice. one time."
"Oh?" Senior Brother Fang opened the wooden box out of curiosity after hearing this, and saw a hairpin inside. The hairpin was long and needle-like, and the head of the hairpin was made into a cluster of flowers. It was quite unique. If you look at it more pickyly, The color is a bit dull and not gorgeous.
Senior Brother Fang weighed the hairpin in his hand and tried it with the Object Control Technique. He looked at Qian Chao with some surprise and asked, "The one with the four talismans?"
"Yes, I used two flying bird talismans, a running wolf talisman and a spirit turtle talisman."
"Well," Senior Brother Fang nodded, weighed the hairpin again and put it back into the wooden box, "Junior Brother Qian, someone has done this before. I can guess how to use your hairpin, but I want to tell you that it is not that simple to fight with others when you are in danger. Every move you make is under the watchful eye of others. It can be said that if you cannot defeat an opponent with a spiritual sword, this hairpin will also be difficult to use. Understand?"
Qian Chao nodded after hearing this.
"But with your cultivation experience, it would be good to think more about things. It's just that your thoughts are a little biased. Look."
As he spoke, Senior Brother Fang clenched his right hand into a fist and stretched it out to show Qian Chao.
Qian Chao saw that Senior Brother Fang was wearing this ring on his ring finger. There was no jewelry on the front of the ring, but a small square frame like a small seal with some strange words engraved inside.
"This ring is a magic weapon. Its function is not to help me defeat my opponent, but if the opponent uses some specific spells, I can use this ring to defend against it. Don't underestimate this defense." Maybe I can turn the situation around or get out of danger. You use the art of refining weapons to refine things like jewelry. Firstly, it is too early, and secondly, for jewelry, offense is not as good as defense, but that requires higher levels. The art of weapon refining and the study of runes, that’s why I said it’s too early, do you understand?”
After listening, Qian Chao understood. He saluted Senior Brother Fang and said, "Thank you Senior Brother Fang for teaching me."
"What's there to thank you for? I might as well tell you more about the art of refining weapons. When you first learn the art of refining weapons, you usually classify them according to the materials for refining them. This classification is correct, but in the future you will We know that the more refined weapons are classified according to their use. This classification method generally classifies the weapons being made into swords, armors and miscellaneous weapons.
Swords are easy to understand, but not just spiritual swords, many spiritual weapons that can attack opponents fall into this category. Armor is a variety of protective spiritual weapons, whether worn on the body or held in the hand, it is mainly used to defend against the opponent's attacks. The last miscellaneous utensil is truly all-encompassing and has everything. The accessories worn on this body are naturally considered miscellaneous utensils. Well... it can be said that the refining of swords and armor can reveal the basic skills of a weapon refiner, and the refining of miscellaneous weapons can truly reveal the ability of the weapon refiner.
You will come into contact with what I have said in the future.
This hairpin of yours cannot be said to be useless, but it can only be used when you are at a low level of cultivation. In my opinion, you don’t need to spend too much time on it. Now is the time to lay the foundation. If the foundation is laid firmly, what can't be achieved in the future? "
Senior Brother Fang also has good intentions. According to what he said, the practice of weapon refining can be compared to a tree. The trunk of this tree is the refining of swords and armor, while the refining of miscellaneous weapons is It's the canopy. All mature trees have thick and tall trunks. Only in this way can the tree's crown be lush with branches and leaves. If the tree is overgrown with branches when it is a sapling and is not pruned, the tree will grow crookedly in the future and will not be able to become useful.
The same is true for Qian Chao, a younger brother. He only learned how to refine spirit swords before he began to think about how to refine miscellaneous weapons. Although it is a good thing to think more about it, it is still like a small tree growing slanting branches. It is too early. The basics should be It’s best to do other things after you’ve hit a solid target.
Senior Brother Fang had a good impression of Qian Chao, so he talked so much. These things gave Qian Chao a new perspective, and he kept them in his heart and said his sincere thanks.
As for the last hairpin, Qian Chao didn't take it back, and exchanged it for some ore like a four-talisman spiritual sword.
"Senior Brother Fang," Qian Chao originally planned to leave, but he thought of asking Senior Brother Cheng about the breakthrough. Senior Brother Cheng told him some things. I wonder if Senior Brother Fang, who is a foundation builder, has anything better to say about this issue. opinion.
"Speaking of which, you can ask me anything you want." Senior Brother Fang asked.
"Please tell me about Senior Brother Fang. I have always felt strange when practicing recently. It seems to be a sense of oppression that I can't use my hands and feet happily. I have asked some Senior Brothers for advice. They all said that my cultivation is about to break through. No. Know what I should do at this time.”
"Oh, so fast? Brother Qian is really hardworking. How long have you been like this?"
"It's been more than ten days. Senior Brother Cheng Qantang told me not to be impatient and to just do whatever I do on weekdays."
"Well, he's right, that's what it should be. It's been more than ten days, so it's really fast. In this way, you might as well use more of your elixirs and spiritual stones when you continue to practice. The breakthrough is right These things should be used more often, and then, hey, you will be calm and calm, and you will not be in a hurry."
It turned out that it was time to use more spiritual stones and elixirs at this time. Qian Chao nodded after hearing this.
After a busy day at Chengqi Hall, Qian Chao prepared to practice quietly for a while after returning to his residence.
According to what Senior Brother Fang said, Qian Chao took out his spiritual stones and elixirs from the storage bag, as well as a small pot of wine, which was the spiritual wine given to him by Tang Ping.
Qian Chao used his spiritual stones and elixirs very sparingly. Due to his own cultivation methods, his cultivation level was not slow to improve. A few days ago, when I was pondering the blue eye technique, I used some spiritual stones and elixirs, and the rest are here.
He took a pill and drank a glass of spiritual wine. After sitting cross-legged, he folded his hands in front of his abdomen and held a spiritual stone in his hand. Abandoning many distracting thoughts, the whole world seems to have become silent with the calmness of the mind. At this time, the money tide is like a small tree in the forest. Although it is silent, it is slowly sprouting branches.
