In the Chengqi Hall, since he had made up his mind to get an armor for everyone to wear, Qian Chao planned to complete the refining of Senior Brother Cheng's piece as soon as possible.
At this time, there were already a lot of people in Chengqi Hall. The reason why Qian Chao of Chengqi Hall likes to stay here is not only because he can refine weapons here, but also because there are many people here, so there are more people talking. You can also hear all kinds of interesting and useful things, and you can also have an understanding of some things inside and outside the headquarters.
However, most of what people in the Chengqi Hall said today was related to the accidental death of Senior Brother Xun outside the sect.
Qian Chao could tell from other people's conversations that Senior Brother Xun, whom he did not know, was a very popular person. He found that anyone who talked about Senior Brother Xun would sigh, then feel extremely sorry, or Looks heavy or is silent. Some people also talked about the benefits that Senior Brother Xun had given them, and some couldn't help crying when they talked about the emotional aspects.
Qian Chao learned from those people that Senior Brother Xun went out with three people when he went out. I heard from the person who escaped and came back to deliver the message that everything went well at first, but then something happened at a place outside the sect called Guanxikou, where It is where the two rivers meet, and there are many bamboos growing there. They encountered several good spiritual grasses there, but encountered danger while picking them.
What they encountered was the "Drilling Bamboo Wind", a kind of monster insect that made the monks change their colors when they heard it. The reason why it was called wind was because the number of these monster insects was so large that they were like a strong wind when they flew. The word "drilling bamboo" is not a description. I heard those people say that in the bamboo forest near the mouth of Guanxi, you can often see holes passing through the bamboo. That is when this kind of monster flies over and hits the bamboo. The hole it made made a hole in the bamboo, and then flew away safely, which shows how ferocious this monster insect is.
However, the most frightening thing about these bamboo-striking winds is their violent toxicity.
When the body of Senior Brother Xun was brought back to the school, it was said that his whole body was swollen but extremely hard, like a stone. Several senior brothers who were close friends removed nearly a hundred of the poisonous thorns left by the bamboo wind from his body. The condition is truly horrific.
In the wind of bamboo, Qian Chao wrote down the name of this kind of monster in his mind. He would ask Tang Ping later. She might know something about this kind of monster, and then think about how he would encounter similar monsters if he went out. How individuals should cope.
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In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.
Because he had made an appointment with Cheng Qantang in advance, Qian Chao was waiting in his courtyard that day to pick up the refined armor.
However, when Cheng Qiantang came, he did not come alone, he also brought someone with him.
"Junior brother Qian, come here, this is senior brother Mo Wen. Junior brother Mo, this is the junior brother Qian Chao I often talk about." As soon as Cheng Qiantang came in and saw Qian Chao, he introduced the people around him to Qian Chao.
They were probably looking for him to refine armor or other spiritual weapons, so Qian Chao hurriedly gave him a gift.
"Hello, Senior Brother Mo. I've met Senior Brother Mo."
Brother Mo also returned the greeting to Qian Chao.
"Well, Junior Brother Qian, we are not in a hurry. Junior Brother Mo, just tell us if you have anything to do." Senior Brother Cheng said at the side.
"Then thank you Senior Brother Cheng." Na Mowen said, took out a small wooden box and put it on the stone table, and said, "Junior Brother Qian, I heard from Senior Brother Cheng that you are superb at refining weapons. I have a spiritual weapon here. It was damaged during use, and I would like you to take a look and see if you can repair it."
After saying that, Na Mowen opened the small wooden box.
Lying in the box was a shining hairpin with a phoenix-shaped head and a small beaded flower in its mouth, which was very delicate. The slender needle-shaped hairpin collar was broken off in the middle, and both parts were inside the box.
Qian Chao looked at the hairpin, but the more he looked at it, the more suspicious he became. He looked up at Na Mo Wen and said, "I want to take it out and have a look."
"certainly."
Taking out the hairpin, Qian Chao looked at it carefully. In fact, he quickly figured it out, but he couldn't figure out what Mo Wen was doing by bringing this thing to him. In order to see carefully, Qian Chao also raised the two hairpins to look at the sun, and then looked away from the sun. When he turned away from the sun, his back was to the two people, so that the two people could not see the twinkling in his eyes. The constant blue light means that the blue eye technique has been used at this time.
"Sorry, Senior Brother Mo, I can't fix this thing."
When Mo Wen heard this, he was a little surprised and a little dissatisfied. He glanced at Cheng Qantang, knowing that this senior brother Cheng could talk about Qian Chao's weapon refining skills in front of him.
Cheng Qian's appearance was also somewhat ugly.
"Why is this? Can't Junior Brother Qian still repair it with his abilities?" This was what Cheng Qantang asked.
"Senior Brother Cheng, Senior Brother Mo, this thing is not a spiritual weapon, but a magic weapon..."
"Nonsense..." Qian Chao was interrupted by Senior Brother Mo as soon as he said this, "This is obviously a spiritual weapon, how can it be said to be a magic weapon? I have seen her use it more than once. Could it be that she is a Qi Refining Disciple? Can I also use the magic weapons of the foundation-building brothers?"
"Senior Brother Mo, please be patient and please listen to what I have to say," Qian Chao said, picking up the two hairpins and showing them to Mo Wen. "Senior Brother Mo, please look at it. If you look at the cross section of the broken hairpin collar, it is obvious that it can It can be seen that this is made using the layer-refining method of refining magical weapons, and the spiritual weapon cannot be used for so many layers."
After Na Mo Wen and Cheng Qantang saw it clearly, Qian Chao put the two sections of the hairpin together and showed them to them again.
"Two senior brothers, look at it again. What does this broken spot look like?"
"this……"
Neither of the two people could understand that the circle at the break was like a weird circle surrounding the hairpin collar, and the crack was on that circle.
"This is the spirit-cutting method in the weapon refining technique. This circle is actually made up of very small runes. Of course, with the cultivation level of our Qi-refining disciples, we cannot use high-level magic weapons, but if the magic weapon is used to cut spirits, If treated in this way, it is like downgrading this magical weapon into a spiritual weapon. Although it still retains some of the power of the magical weapon, Qi Refining disciples can almost use it, and it is more powerful than ordinary spiritual weapons. There are many. However, the spirit-cutting method also has a disadvantage to this magical weapon, and that is..."
Having said this, Qian Chao separated his hands, each holding a broken hairpin.
"Easy to break."
After saying that, Qian Chao put the two hairpins back into the small wooden box.
"But to repair it, the difficulty is still equivalent to repairing a magic weapon. Brother Mo, please forgive me. With my cultivation level, I am still unable to refine and repair the magic weapon."
As he said that, he pushed the small wooden box towards Mo Wen.
After listening to Qian Chao's words, Cheng Qantang took out the two hairpins from the wooden box and looked at them carefully. Although his weapon refining skills are now not as good as Qian Chao's, he has stayed in Jiuxuan longer than Qian Chao. What he has seen and heard He also had more experience than Qian Chao, so after looking at it carefully, he put it back into the wooden box, nodded and said to Senior Brother Mo: "Junior Brother Qian is right, this The hairpin is indeed a magical weapon."
Brother Mowen's face was white and red at this moment. When he was white, he looked extremely decadent, but when he was red, he looked extremely excited. He stood in front of the stone table and seemed to think for a while before grabbing the wooden box on the table. He said "goodbye" and hurried out the door.
When Cheng Qiantang saw Brother Mo, who seemed worried, he said to Qian Chao, "Wait for me a moment" and chased him out.
That hairpin was definitely a magic weapon. Qian Chao was not wrong about this, nor was he wrong about the spirit-cutting technique. The style of the hairpin must have been used by a woman, which meant that Senior Brother Mo was here to repair the hairpin for a woman, but he didn't know that the hairpin was not a spiritual weapon but a magical weapon.
Being able to use the spirit cutting method to turn a magic weapon into a spiritual weapon for Qi refining disciples is not something ordinary people can afford. According to Qian Chao's estimation, those elders who form pills dote on their Qi refining disciples. Only angry juniors would do this.
It must be that I don't know which senior woman can make this senior brother Mo fall in love so much. When I saw that the hairpin was broken, I put it away and found someone to repair it, and then went to please me.
Outside the door, separated by a wall, Qian Chao heard the voice of Senior Brother Cheng.
"Don't ask... when will you wake up... I've told you to stop thinking about this and stop thinking nonsense... You should have seen that that person is playing tricks on you... Magical weapon! You have so many souls Stone?...Hmph! Then it's up to you...I don't have that much wealth..."
Qian Chao couldn't hear clearly what he said intermittently, but it seemed that Senior Brother Cheng had an unusual relationship with Senior Brother Mo. Alas, it sounded similar to what Qian Chao had imagined. No matter what, the magic weapon was repaired by himself anyway. No, let’s wait until Senior Brother Cheng comes in later.
After a while, Senior Brother Cheng returned to Qian Chao's small courtyard, with a trace of anger still visible on his face. He walked straight to the stone table and sat down, lowering his head and thinking for a while.
When Qian Chao saw him, he also sat opposite Senior Brother Cheng, took the teapot and cup and poured Senior Brother Cheng a cup of tea.
"Hey! Don't ask about this!" Senior Brother Cheng raised his head and looked at Qian Chao, "Junior Brother Qian, it was Senior Brother who caused trouble for you today. I didn't know that what he brought was a magic weapon. If I could have known it earlier, I I’ve advised him a long time ago.”
"It's okay, Senior Brother Cheng. Speaking of which, today is also the first time I've used a manual weapon. However, this Senior Brother Mo... Senior Brother Cheng seems to have a close relationship with him?"
"Well, don't ask about this. Speaking of which, we are still related. Our two aristocratic families are married to each other. So he is actually a junior of mine. He is not bad, but he is a bit too straightforward... and too crazy. There are some things that he just can’t understand, and he always looks at some fanciful things so simply. As a result, he suffers one loss after another, and he doesn’t even know it, alas!”
"I won't mention him anymore. I will try to persuade him later. Who knows what other stupid things he will do."
Qian Chao nodded. Senior Brother Mo's affairs had nothing to do with him. Senior Brother Cheng's things should be given to him. He took out a wooden box and handed it over.
"Senior brother Cheng, this is the armor. Senior brother, please take a look."
Perhaps because he was reassured by Qian Chao's weapon refining skills, or perhaps because he was disturbed by Mo Wen, Senior Brother Cheng opened the wooden box and took one look at it before closing it again and said: "Junior Brother Qian refined it, so of course I am relieved. No need to look any further.”
Qian Chao took out another small wooden box and pushed it over.
"Senior Brother Cheng, I also refined this. It was good when I went out last time. It can protect me well in times of danger. I refined one more when I came back and gave it to Senior Brother Cheng. Senior Brother Cheng might as well give it a try. , if you use it smoothly, it will be more secure outside."
"Oh?" Senior Brother Cheng became curious after hearing this. He stretched out his hand to open the small wooden box and saw a small black sign like a tortoise shell inside.
"Is this... a shield?" He asked Qian Chao guessing.
"Exactly."
In this world of cultivation, spiritual weapons and magic weapons that can hurt people, such as spiritual swords, are very common. However, armors and other armors used to protect monks are rare because they are complicated to make and use a lot of materials. Qian Chao has armor and shields because he has excellent weapon refining skills. However, ordinary disciples rely mostly on the spiritual sword in their hands and some of their own spells. They just want to be safe before getting injured. Just eliminate the danger. But if these disciples can get a piece of armor, they will definitely not let go of such an opportunity, let alone having armor on them and a shield that can be used to protect themselves.
After all, Senior Brother Cheng is an intermediate disciple of Qi Refining. He took out the shield and tried it with the Object Control Technique. It didn't take long for him to understand the beauty of the shield. If you encounter any difficult monsters outside, it can really give you an extra layer of self-protection.
At this time, the gloomy look on his face that had previously been caused by Mo Qian's annoyance was wiped away, and he couldn't put it down and took the shield back in his hand to look at it.
"Thank you so much, Junior Brother Qian," Senior Brother Cheng said gratefully. He knew that since Junior Brother Qian gave this thing on his own initiative, it must have been given to him. "With it, I will feel more at ease outside."
"Well, a few days ago, oh, the matter of Senior Brother You need a little more protection outside.”
Hearing Qian Chao say this, Senior Brother Cheng smiled, he didn't care about this.
"Yes, it's really a pity for Senior Brother Xun. Three people went out and only one came back. Senior Brother Xun still found the body. The other Senior Brother didn't even find the body. Alas!"
"I have never dealt with that senior brother Xun, but after listening to the discussions among the senior brothers in Chengqi Hall, this senior brother Xun is quite a good person. Many people feel sorry for him."
"Yes, Senior Brother Xun is indeed a good person. He does not learn from our weapon refining, but specializes in Five Elements Magic. Therefore, he rarely appears in Chengqi Hall. Speaking of which, Senior Brother Xun and I have only interacted with each other a few times. Well, he They all helped me. However, I heard that there are still many doubts about Senior Brother Xun’s death, and I heard that the seniors of the sect are already investigating."
"What! Doubtful...could it be?"
"Well, Senior Brother Xun has a master after all. His master is Elder Jin Rong of our sect. How could Elder Jin let his apprentice die in an unknown way? It is said that Elder Jin has seen some clues and has asked him to Several of my disciples went to investigate, but I don’t know how the investigation went. Alas, if this is really the case, then the evildoers will definitely not have a good ending."
Qian Chao nodded after hearing this, wondering what news he would hear in the future.
Thinking of this, Qian Chao thought of Senior Brother Wu Ku's late-night visit that night, and wanted to find out if there was any festival between Senior Brother Wu Ku and Senior Brother Luan Xiuzhang.
"There is one more thing I want to ask Senior Brother Cheng."
"Junior brother, tell me."
"There is a senior brother Wu Gu in Chengqi Hall. Are senior brothers Cheng familiar with him?"
"Senior Brother Wu Gu, of course we know each other and have interacted with him before, but we can't say we are familiar with each other. Junior Brother Qian, what's wrong with Senior Brother Wu Gu?"
Qian Chao told the story of the quarrel between Senior Brother Wu Kuan and Senior Brother Luan Xiuzhang that day and Senior Brother Wu Kuan's visit that night. He did not say that he had taken the map fragments and burned them.
After hearing this, Senior Brother Cheng rubbed the shield in his hand and lowered his head to think.
"Speaking of Senior Brother Wu Gu and Senior Brother Luan Xiuzhang, they both entered the sect earlier than me, and their cultivation levels are deeper than mine. However, during the years I have been in the sect, these two senior brothers I have never heard of any discord or hatred between them. Moreover, the reputations of these two senior brothers are pretty good. I have never heard of them doing anything to deceive others or deceive people. Alas, what you said , I don’t understand either. Did Senior Brother Wu come to see you again after that day?"
"No, even though we met in Chengqi Hall later, Senior Brother Wu never mentioned it again."
"Well, it must be that Senior Brother Wu made a mistake. You don't have to worry about it. Well...I remembered it. I don't know who said this when I was chatting with me. It is said that Senior Brother Wu When he entered the sect, he did not come alone. He also had a brother. It seemed that he was not a biological brother, but a cousin. However, the two seemed to be very close. Senior Brother Wu's brother later encountered danger when he went out. He couldn't come back. It is said that Senior Brother Wu was sad for a long time because of this, and he seemed to be a different person. But that was all a long time ago, and his brother did not go out with Senior Brother Luan. Alas , who can tell these things clearly."
"However," when Senior Brother Cheng said this, he raised his eyes and looked at Qian Chao, "Junior Brother Qian, and Senior Brother Wu, he came a year earlier than your group of junior brothers. There are many Qi Refining disciples in our Nine Mysteries. They are more than two decades old. With so many people gathered together and crowded together, and such a long time has passed, there will be discord and so on between those who are not in harmony with others. As time goes by, it is inevitable that hatred will arise. On weekdays If you look at someone who is amiable, you might be thinking behind the scenes and plotting against others. This is inevitable. Don’t get involved in the affairs of your fellow seniors. Just do your own thing well. Do you understand? ?”
"Senior brother, don't worry," Qian Chao said, "I've written it down."
"Um"
"However, Senior Brother Cheng, I still have a curiosity."
"What is it?"
"The treasure map, oh, it's not the one from Senior Brother Wu. I can go out now, and I've heard some things about the treasure map. Speaking of which, some senior brothers have come to me to sell them. I'm just curious about those maps they have. Where did it come from? Since the treasures can be found by following the map, why don’t they go there and get those good things themselves?”
"Hmph! Those! Most of them are lies, eh." As he said that, Senior Brother Cheng took out a few pieces of paper from his storage bag, "I have been fooled a few times. Look at these maps. I've been there, well, let alone not finding anything there, but compared to the spiritual stones I bought for this map flower... I was at a loss anyway."
Qian Chao curiously picked up the maps and looked at them.
"The origin of these maps is also simple. For example, I went out once and found a place outside. There were some spiritual grasses and the like there, but they were not of good quality or old enough, so I drew a map there. I guess it will be there after a while. The spiritual herbs are almost here, and I’m too lazy to go, so I’ll sell you this map. Of course, when I sell it, I’ll talk to you in a garish way and coax you to pay for more spiritual stones.”
"Well, there is another way. A junior brother with your level of cultivation has found a place guarded by some powerful monsters outside. You or a few of you are unable to deal with it, but you are not willing to accept it. You can also draw it and find some cultivators. If you sell it for the advanced senior brothers, even though you can’t take away the contents, you still won’t lose anything, right?”
"There is a third type, but that's just some rumors. It is said that there are some senior brothers." At this point, Senior Brother Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Qian Chao. "Those are extremely smart people. They have the ability to follow the example of senior brothers. From the few words in the conversation or from the books in the library, I could see some clues, and coupled with my own intelligence, I could guess where the treasure might be, but brothers like that don't sell maps. I probably went looking for it myself after I got a certain number. Even if they drew it as a map, they didn't sell it, um, but wrote it in the book with great satisfaction."
"Junior Brother Qian, you don't need to pay attention to any treasure maps. If you go out, you can only do some errands around the sect. Who knows whether those maps are true or false? Or they will come up empty, or there will be something you can't deal with. Despite the danger, it’s better to be safe.”
"Senior brother, don't worry, I understand."
