Li Jian discovered another strange thing in his bamboo forest.
Thinking that the wild bees in his bamboo forest had suffered a lot from fighting the invading evil bees, Li Jian did not provoke them for a few days. Later, one day Li Jian remembered the bamboo tubes he had placed under the wild beehive to collect honey. He wondered if they were full, so he went into the forest.
As a result, at the wild bee nest in the bamboo forest, he found that the original wild bees had changed a lot.
The size of ordinary wild bees seemed to be a circle larger, and the size of the giant wasp, which was originally about the size of an egg, was even two points larger. Not only that, the color of the whole body also changed. It used to be jet black, but now it's black and translucent, looking even more fierce. Not only is the sound of flapping its wings louder, but its flight is also more flexible and faster.
Li Jian originally ducked under the beehive, took out two bamboo tubes filled with honey, and was about to leave, when he was entangled by the changed swarm. Originally, Li Jian thought that it would be easier for him to deal with these wild bees after he broke through the cultivation level than to deal with the evil bees in the short pine forest. Who knows that he used the bamboo branch in his hand to resist for a while, but he found that it was more difficult than before.
This made Li Jian very excited. He thought that after his breakthrough, the wild bee in the bamboo forest could only produce honey for him. Unexpectedly, this wild bee turned out to be much more powerful than before.
What is the reason for this? Li Jian suddenly remembered that day when the vicious bees invaded. After he helped fight off the vicious bees, the ground was full of dead bees. The wild bees in his forest fell to the ground to bite the corpse of the vicious bees. Is it possible? Eating a meat meal caused such a big change in them?
Li Jian didn't know the knowledge of raising spiritual insects, but it was a good thing for him. It seemed that the current bee swarm could still accompany him to practice swordsmanship, which was enough.
After fighting with the wild bees for half a day, Li Jian escaped happily.
But after taking the two bamboo tubes dripping with honey and tasting them, Li Jian was a little surprised. The honey in the two bamboo tubes should be divided into two layers. The honey below is no different from the honey collected before, but the thin layer on top not only tastes slightly sweeter, but also seems to have a faint aura in the mouth, which is very useful.
Li Jian immediately understood that the wild bees in his bamboo forest must be either high-quality or advanced, which happened after the evil bees invaded that day. The bamboo tube had been under the beehive, and two different kinds of honey were dripping in successively.
Thinking of this, Li Jian immediately returned to the wild bee's nest in the bamboo forest. While dodging the wild bee's attack, he replaced the wild bee's nest with a new bamboo tube and got some of the new honey to distribute to his friends. One point, maybe it will be helpful to practice.
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Qian Chao has been focusing on those two books ever since Senior Brother Fang from the Inner Hall gave them two books that day.
One of these two books is called "Notes on Mountain Essence of Stone" and the other is called "The Art of Soldiers and Armor". Qian Chao was in the library before, and Brother Cheng had brought him a copy of "Shan Jing Shi Yao". The "Shan Jing Shi Yao" he just got was an annotation of "Shan Jing Shi Yao". However, it is not just an annotation. In "Notes on Mountain Essence Stones", various materials that can be used for refining Qi and building foundations are recorded in great detail. How are the ores of each material refined and how are they used? Refining weapons, every step of the process, what this senior brother's experience is, what other senior brother's insights are, are recorded in detail one by one. The densely packed large and small characters in the book made Qian Chao feel very benefited from reading it. He couldn't use the materials used in the foundation building stage now. He only looked at the materials he could use at the moment. In addition to having a lot of impressions of high-end materials such as grained iron for Qi refining, it was the most The common green copper also has many new uses.
The book "The Art of Weapons and Armor" is full of elementary weapon refining methods in the inner hall. In this book, Qian Chao saw the refining method of the Six Talisman Green Bronze Spirit Sword. In fact, it is no different from how he usually refines the spirit sword. However, the spirit sword made of green copper can only withstand up to six runes, so imprinting six runes during refining requires much more care than a five-talisman spiritual sword. It's like a person can carry a maximum weight of one hundred kilograms. It's natural for him to carry eighty kilograms. But when he really reaches his limit by carrying a hundred kilograms of things, the weight is placed on his shoulders. It is still very important to carry it on the back, otherwise people may be crushed. At first, Qian Chao thought that the six-talisman sword was the same as the five-talisman sword, and only six runes could be engraved on the sword embryo. Only then did he realize that when the green copper reached its limit, the runes would be on the green bronze sword embryo. It is also very important to pay attention to the position. Otherwise, if six runes are engraved on it, the sword embryo may fall apart.
As for why green copper can only withstand six runes, Qian Chao also found some answers in the book. It was also the first time that he came into contact with the idea of rune pressure. According to the book, if the runes are written with pen and ink, there will naturally be no pressure. It will be fine if the pen is dipped in ink and written on the spirit sword until it is full. However, when refining a spiritual sword, the runes are engraved with spiritual energy, which gives the runes a "pressure" on the material. This pressure has nothing to do with the spiritual energy consumed during engraving. As for the runes themselves, Type related. The pressure of the six runes in "The True Meaning of Six Talisman" is almost the same, and the material of green copper can only withstand six times of this pressure. If it is more, the material will not be able to support it and collapse.
There is also a method for refining the iron-patterned spiritual sword in "Weapon Armor Art". The iron-patterned spirit sword is higher-grade than green bronze. In addition to the material itself being tougher than green bronze, the spiritual sword refined with it can withstand up to two Ten runes are much stronger than green bronze. However, the greatest use of patterned iron is not to refine spirit swords, but to make armor.
Armor pieces are made of patterned iron, connected together with green copper wire, and lined with red bear skin or other monster skins. It is the simplest armor.
Qian Chao looked at the refining process and the required materials, and couldn't help but sigh. The simplest piece of armor actually costs nearly 200 pieces of patterned iron armor, and the silk made of green copper is better. It just needs to be lined on the outside of the monster's skin. It can't be simply draped on the outside. It also needs to be wrapped and sewn firmly with strings. The key point is that the runes used to refine the armor are completely different from those used to refine the spirit sword. The runes used on the chest, back, shoulders, and armpits of the armor are also different. Not only that, even the lining of the monster skin must be engraved with runes, and the runes on the skin must not be damaged when sewing the armor. The runes used on the animal skin are different from the runes used on the armor.
Both tedious and difficult.
No wonder this sword and armor can be used as a test for entering the inner hall.
There is only a small amount of money for tattoos. I used to give it to other seniors when I was helping people. Those were definitely not enough. He does have a lot of green copper. Since the five-talisman spiritual sword can be exchanged for patterned iron, then he should refine more five-talisman spiritual swords and exchange for some. Brother Lu gave a lot of monster skins at the last party, so they must be enough. It's just that when Brother Lu gave it to me, it was all rawhide and had not been processed before. However, he knew how to deal with it. Unfortunately, the potion for tanning monster animal skins also requires several kinds of spiritual herbs. Sister Yan has them. It seems that he will have to go to Qixia Mountain to find them in the next few days. Sister Yan asks for it.
You can try the Six Talisman Spiritual Sword first. The armor is prepared first, but the Six Talisman Spiritual Sword is much simpler.
Thinking of Sister Yan before, Qian Chao was still moved. He got a lot of books in the library. One of them was dedicated to the refining methods of various alchemy furnaces. I wonder if Sister Yan can use it now. , The refining of those pill furnaces is not difficult, and the materials used are all low-level materials. Of course, there are also high-level ones, but he doesn't have those. Well, ask Sister Yan when you see her. If Sister Yan needs it, help her refine one.
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Tang Ping couldn't stay idle. After using her skills for a few days, she took advantage of Fairy Guhuo's retreat and sneaked out after talking to her senior sister Ruoyu.
Where can I go to play when I sneak out? She thought about it, next to Shuiyun Valley was Jiuxuan, forget it, let's go see Qian Boy, she didn't know if this guy had any breakthrough in cultivation.
She arrived at Chengqi Hall first, but when she inquired about it, she found that Qian Chao was not there. Then he went straight to Qian Chao's residence.
She was probably working hard for a breakthrough, Tang Ping thought.
Unexpectedly, when he opened the door of Qianchao's small courtyard and took a look, he was a little confused.
There was a strange smell in the small yard. There were several large vats placed against the wall, and the strange smell came from inside.
There was a shelf made of wooden strips, with an animal skin stretched tightly on it. Lu Pingchuan sat on the ground with his back to the courtyard door, carefully scraping something on the animal skin with a knife.
Qian Chao was sitting at the stone table, holding a pen and drawing something on a piece of paper.
"Brother Lu!" Tang Ping shouted.
"Hey, Sister Tang, why are you here?" Lu Pingchuan turned around and asked with a smile when he saw Tang Ping.
"You're still talking about me, why are you here?"
"Hey, my master gave me a book, but he didn't teach me anything, so I asked Brother Qian to teach me. I'm not doing Brother Qian a favor. What about you?"
"I'm fine, I just sneaked out to play. Hey, Qian boy, what does this smell like in your yard? It smells so bad!"
Qian Chao looked at her, put down his pen and said helplessly: "There is no way, the monster's leather needs to be processed. It smells like this when it is tanned. It will be fine in a few days."
Lu Pingchuan interrupted at this time and said: "Hey, if we can't guarantee that there will be more in the next few days, I will be able to catch more wild animals outside after this breakthrough."
"Brother Lu, have you made a breakthrough?" Tang Ping asked immediately after hearing this.
"Well, one night my master gave me something good to eat, and alas, I had a breakthrough. Not only me, Brother Qian also had a breakthrough. What about you, Sister Tang?"
"Well, I did break through. I didn't expect that Mr. Qian would break through so quickly. It's rare. Well, I ate some good food, what good food?"
"Ahem! Forget it, my master took out the guts of a big snake I killed and stuffed it into my mouth without washing it. Oh, it was so painful!"
"Ah?" Tang Ping had a look of disgust on her face, "Senior Kang, it's okay, he finally made a breakthrough. What about you, Mr. Qian, when did you make a breakthrough?"
"Just a few days ago, at night, I made a breakthrough while refining the spirit sword."
"Oh, it's so magical. Are we all at night? Can we break through the cultivation level by refining the spirit sword? In this way, Sister Yan and Brother Li are probably about the same. Hey, what are you drawing? It seems An incense burner?"
Tang Ping walked to Qian Chao's stone table while talking. She saw what Qian Chao drew on the paper and asked curiously.
"I went to Sister Yan's place once," Qian Chao said, pointing to the vats on the wall. "To tan the demonic animal skins, you need some spiritual herbs to make potion. I went to Sister Yan's place to find some spiritual herbs. Sister Yan asked me if I knew how to refine alchemy furnaces. She said that a better alchemy furnace would be good for her to refine alchemy. I also went to their Nanyu Hall in Qixia Mountain to have a look at the alchemy furnace there. It was not difficult. , I will design it carefully first, and then refine one for Sister Yan to try." At this point, Qian Chao suddenly remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, Sister Yan also had a breakthrough, also at night, when she was refining the elixir. The breakthrough was quite a coincidence.”
"Really?" Tang Ping said in surprise after hearing this, "Well, I don't know how the five of us except Brother Li are doing, but we must have almost made a breakthrough. Okay, when we get together in a few days, we will all be Qi Refining II. Layered."
By this time, Lu Pingchuan had finished scraping the animal skin. After looking at it carefully, he took it off the wooden shelf, rolled it up and went to the vats on the wall.
Tang Ping looked at it and followed him to see what Lu Pingchuan would do.
Those large vats were covered with wooden lids. Lu Pingchuan opened one, and Tang Ping immediately backed away.
"It smells so bad! It's so pungent, how can you stand it?"
"Hehe," Lu Pingchuan smiled when he saw Tang Ping's look, "Hey, isn't this the smell of making skins? I used to do the same thing when I was cleaning up the animal skins with my father at home. They didn't smell good. I'm used to it. It’ll be okay.”
Qian Chao also said from the side: "There is no way, there are many people in Jiuxuan, and my yard is too small. If there is a big yard, it would be much better to separate a small yard just for this."
Lu Pingchuan put the monster skin in his hand into the dark green potion in the vat, poked it down with a stick, and then closed the lid.
"Our Houtu Temple is a big place. From now on, I will prepare the leather at my place first and then bring it to you. There are so many people living around you, so don't let anyone offend you."
Tang Ping asked: "What are you using this leather for?"
"Of course it's about making armor. There is a rule in the inner hall of our Chengqi Hall. If you can refine one sword and one armor, you can become a disciple of the inner hall. This monster skin is for refining the armor."
"I've never heard of the inner hall. Is your Chengqi Hall divided into internal and external areas? What does the inner hall do?" Tang Ping asked again.
"The inner hall of Chengqi Hall is actually a place dedicated to refining magic weapons for those senior brothers who are building foundations. They are usually our senior brothers who are building Jiuxuan Foundation. However, Qi refining disciples can also join, and if they want to learn higher The art of refining weapons at this level can only be entered into this inner hall, so I want to give it a try."
"Oh, that's how it is."
After coming out of Qian Chao's residence, Tang Ping was thinking about Yanxuan, so she went to Qixia Mountain again and found Yanxuan. The two girls chatted for a long time. I originally wanted to see how Li Jian was doing, but it was getting late when I came out of Yanxuan's place, so Tang Ping slipped back to Shuiyun Valley.
Lu Pingchuan stayed at Qian Chao's residence for another two days, helping him get all the monster skins in Qian Chao's hands before returning to Houtu Temple.
