Su Xiaofan quietly sneaked into the entrance of the death zone, carefully observing the situation inside.
It was daytime, some herbivores were carefully looking for food, and the valley seemed very quiet and peaceful.
If Su Xiaofan hadn't witnessed the violent thunder in Devil's Valley, he wouldn't have been able to believe that this place was actually a hellish existence.
Su Xiaofan did not let Duobao follow him during this trip. He parked the car at the foot of Kunlun Mountain and Duobao stayed in the car.
Su Xiaofan planned to come and go quietly this time, not taking away a cloud, only taking away a piece of thunder stone.
After observing at the entrance of the valley for more than half an hour, Su Xiaofan did not feel any danger. After more than a month, the monster deep in the restricted area should have gone back long ago.
Su Xiaofan sneaked in along the rock wall. After almost experiencing death, Su Xiaofan was more careful than ever.
More than forty meters away from the valley entrance, there is a thunder stone weighing more than 600 kilograms. Su Xiaofan thought it was too small before, but it was the target this time.
When he came to the Sky Thunder Stone, which was mostly exposed on the ground, Su Xiaofan held the gap between the stone with his hands and secretly shouted "Get up!"
Using both arms, Su Xiaofan forcefully pulled out the Thunder Stone from the ground.
Without any hesitation, Su Xiaofan lifted the Heavenly Thunder Stone over his head and left the restricted area in a flash.
Thunder roared behind him, lightning struck down, and the roar of the giant ape came from deep in the restricted area.
Su Xiaofan was also a little puzzled. Every time Thunder appeared, the giant apes would run to the valley entrance to check. What were they guarding? He was so afraid of people from outside coming in.
However, Su Xiaofan had no intention of meeting the giant ape during this trip. Even if he had accomplished anything after obtaining the Thunder Stone, he did not stop when he left the restricted area and swept directly out.
Carrying a boulder weighing six to seven hundred kilograms, Su Xiaofan's physical skills were inevitably affected. It only took him more than an hour to get here, but it took Su Xiaofan a full three hours to get back.
Su Xiaofan is now somewhat glad that he bought this large pickup truck. The actual load capacity is more than one ton. Even if it is not overloaded, there will be no problem in loading such a stone.
After two days of running around, Su Xiaofan's car entered Dachuan Province.
However, after calling Zhao Yijian, Zhao Yijian did not ask him to go to Qingcheng, but drove to Luogou.
When Su Xiaofan came to Luogou, he discovered that it was actually a glacier scenic spot. It was winter and there were a lot of tourists coming to visit.
According to the phone number given by Zhao Yijian, Su Xiaofan contacted the disciples of Jian Zong here.
"Uncle Su, I am Zhao Yi. My fifth uncle asked me to wait for you here."
The man, who was in his forties, introduced himself after getting in the car, but Su Xiaofan almost broke his guard when he called him uncle.
"Brother Zhao, let's talk about our own business. Let's just dispense with the title of uncle."
Su Xiaofan gave a bitter smile, and was really a little uncomfortable being called uncle by a middle-aged man with a beard.
Zhao Yi shook his head repeatedly, "Uncle, the etiquette must not be revoked, otherwise my fifth uncle will have to break my legs if he finds out."
"Senior Brother Zhao is your fifth uncle? Are you a relative?" Su Xiaofan asked.
"Cousin, he is the sixth child in the family, and my father is the eldest."
Zhao Yi glanced at Duobao in the back seat and shrank his neck, obviously knowing that Duobao was an extraordinary creature.
"It's okay, it won't hurt."
Su Xiaofan looked at the bustling tourists at the entrance of the scenic area in front and said, "How did Brother Zhao arrange it? Is the weapon refining room here?"
"In the back mountain, we have to bypass the scenic area."
Zhao Yi said: "Uncle, please drive directly into the scenic spot. Let's take a shortcut. If we go around from the outside, we will have to cover an extra seventy or eighty kilometers."
Su Xiaofan nodded and started the car. When he drove to the gate of the scenic spot, Zhao Yi stretched out his head and said hello, and he was let through directly.
There are buses in the scenic area, but the only private car is Su Xiaofan's. Under Zhao Yi's guidance, Su Xiaofan drove from the foot of the snow mountain to the back mountain.
Zhao Yi is very familiar with people here. When he encounters some places with obstacles and checkpoints, he can basically pass by just swiping his face.
"Is this scenic spot related to our Sword Sect?"
Su Xiaofan looked a little strange. He didn't expect Jian Zong to have such a great influence in the world.
"Of course it does matter, Uncle Master. Half of the annual income of this scenic spot belongs to our Sword Sect. Otherwise, where would our Sword Sect's annual expenses come from?"
Zhao Yi said with a smile: "I entered the profession twenty years ago, but my cultivation has never been able to break through to the foundation building stage, so I was arranged by the sect to work here as a vice president..."
After hearing Zhao Yi's explanation, Su Xiaofan realized that Jian Zong still had many industries in society.
As for this scenic spot, it was acquired by Jian Zong in exchange for members of the restricted area.
Initially, the Qingcheng restricted area was controlled by two forces: Jianzong and Qingcheng Taoist Temple. Among them, Jianzong was the main force, accounting for 70% of the members.
Since there are very few fights in the Qingcheng restricted area, it is the most peaceful and peaceful restricted area, which is very suitable for relevant departments to carry out research and personnel trials.
So the relevant departments conducted tripartite consultations with Jianzong and Qingcheng Taoist Temple. In the end, Jianzong gave up 30% of its members and Qingcheng Taoist Temple gave up 10%, which was regarded as re-dividing the share of Qingcheng restricted area.
However, this is not without cost. The relevant departments have made many concessions in secular society and put some industries under the name of Qingcheng Jianzong. This scenic spot is just one of them.
The reason why Jian Zong wanted this place was because there was a volcano under this glacier scenic spot, which also gave birth to the famous Snow Valley Hot Spring in this scenic spot.
"Uncle Master, would you like to soak in a hot spring first and take a rest before going to refine the weapon?"
Zhao Yi knew the purpose of Su Xiaofan's trip, but as the host, he naturally had to do a good job of reception.
"That's okay, I'll stay here for one night to recuperate, and then start refining tomorrow."
Su Xiaofan nodded when he heard this. He basically didn't get much rest in the past few days and was a little sleepy.
As the vice president of the scenic spot, Zhao Yi arranged for Su Xiaofan very well. He did not let Su Xiaofan go to the public hot spring scenic spot, but directly arranged a villa.
There is a hot spring in the backyard of the villa, but there are three pools with different temperatures. From cold to hot, you can experience different hot springs.
Lying in the hot spring pool and looking at the white snow in the distance relieved Su Xiaofan's sleepiness a lot.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yi came over to have breakfast with Su Xiaofan, and then the two of them continued driving towards the back of the restricted area.
The car drove for a longer time this time, more than four hours, and passed through a section of road that was very difficult to walk. No one was seen along the way.
At noon, the car stopped in front of a small building, and Zhao Yi jumped out of the car first.
"Uncle Master, the weapon refining room is inside, but the car can't get in."
Zhao Yi said: "We have to bring in the materials for refining the weapon ourselves. Do you want me to bring a cart over?"
"No, the cart doesn't bear enough weight."
Su Xiaofan shook his head and looked at the small building.
From the outside, it looked like a simple two-story building, but Su Xiaofan discovered that guarding the door on the first floor were two practitioners in the late stages of Qi training.
"Is this also from our sect?"
"Yes, this is an important area of the sect. Uncle Master will need to show his token later!"
Zhao Yi nodded and said, "Someone will take my uncle to the weapon refining room later. I will wait outside for my uncle to come out."
While talking, Zhao Yi opened the trunk of the car, but after seeing the huge stone, Zhao Yi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Uncle Master, I can't move this... this thing."
Zhao Yi tried to pull the boulder out of the car, but after two attempts in succession, the boulder only moved slightly, but could not be pulled out.
Zhao Yi suppressed his face and turned red. Only now did he know why Uncle Su said that the cart could not bear enough weight. The weight of this huge stone was at least five hundred kilograms.
"Let me do it."
Su Xiaofan stretched out his hand and held it under the boulder, and easily pulled the Thunder Stone out of the carriage, without the Thunder Stone rubbing against the ground of the carriage during the whole process.
"No wonder Fifth Uncle asked me to receive him with caution. Master Su's cultivation is indeed amazing."
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yi's throat twitched and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
When they arrived at the door, the two Sword Sect disciples guarding the door were shocked by Su Xiaofan's strength, but they still carefully checked the sect tokens of Su Xiaofan and Zhao Yi before letting them in.
It was freezing and snowy outside, but it was warm as spring inside. After the two of them were allowed to rest in the lounge for a while, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his late forties or nineteen came in.
"Hello, Uncle Wen!" Zhao Yi stood up quickly when he saw the person coming.
"Well, this is Junior Brother Su, right?"
The man nodded, looked at Su Xiaofan, and then glanced at the Thunder Stone, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"Hello, Senior Brother Wen, I am Su Xiaofan."
Su Xiaofan also stood up. He heard Zhao Yijian mention this senior brother Wen, who was the person in charge of the weapon refining room.
Moreover, the cultivation level of this senior brother Wen is even higher than that of Zhao Yijian. He is already a cultivator in the realm of Yin God out of body, and it is said that he is only one step away from Yang God.
After meeting Senior Brother Wen, Su Xiaofan had a feeling that there seemed to be an indescribable layer of Qi on the other person's body, blocking his ability to detect the past.
"My name is Wenming, and Junior Brother Su is really generous."
Senior Brother Wen introduced himself to his family, and the name was somewhat similar to the person. Senior Brother Wen looked gentle and elegant, with a scholarly temperament.
"How did you make this thing?"
Wen Wenming looked at the Sky Thunder Stone, with a trace of heat flashing in his eyes, "Junior Brother Su, didn't our ancestor explain it to you? To refine a flying sword, you only need a 100-pound Sky Thunder Stone."
"Ah? One hundred and ten pounds is enough?"
Su Xiaofan was stunned when he heard this, "No, the ancestor just said to go to the Death Forbidden Zone to get a piece of thunder stone, and then extract fine gold from it as the main material for refining the flying sword."
"Ancestor is really..."
Senior Brother Wen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Back then, I wanted to go in and get a 100-pound thunder stone, but I was almost killed by lightning. I didn't expect you, Junior Brother Su, to be able to get such a big piece."
"Senior brother, is there anything I should pay attention to when refining weapons?" Su Xiaofan's heart moved and he asked for advice.
“The first thing is to purify it!”
Senior Brother Wen didn't hide his secrets, and said: "You must first purify the thunder gold from the Thunder Stone of this day. Remember, the purer the thunder gold you extract, the better!
I heard that the thunder stone can also purify a metal called thunder gold essence, but it is very rare. It is estimated that only a few hundred grams can be extracted from a thousand pounds. You can try to refine it. "
"So the weapon-refining material our ancestor mentioned was thunder gold?"
After hearing what Senior Brother Wen said, Su Xiaofan had already realized in his heart that it seemed that he had added some tricks to the repair system and purified the Thunder Gold Essence in one step.
"Then there's integration."
Wen Wenming looked at the backpack behind Su Xiaofan and said: "After you refine the thunder bamboo and thunder gold of that day, you must let the two be completely integrated before you can refine the rough embryo. There is a flying sword mold in the refining room. You You can choose the style.”
"Okay, senior brother, I will pay attention."
Su Xiaofan nodded. The steps that Senior Brother Wen mentioned later were all learned by Su Xiaofan in the weapon refining technique. He only had to act according to his own script.
"Without further delay, Junior Brother Su, please go over now."
Wen Wenming stood up, took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to Su Xiaofan, saying, "I don't know how long it will take for junior brother to refine it. This is my wish..."
"Brother, what is this?" Su Xiaofan took the porcelain bottle and looked at Wen Wenming with some doubts.
"It's the Bigu Pill refined by the sect. One pill can fill your stomach for three days. There are ten pills in it, which is enough for Junior Brother for thirty days."
Wen Wenming thought for a moment and took out a jade bottle from his body. "Give this Yuan-Building Pill to Junior Brother. If you run out of true energy when refining the weapon, a Yuan-Building Pill can restore 30% of your true energy. There are three pieces."
"Thank you, senior brother!"
Su Xiaofan was not polite and took the jade bottle. One Yuan-Building Pill can restore 30% of the cultivation level. This Yuan-Building Pill may be more useful in a fight.
Of the two elixirs, Bigu Pill and Buyuan Dan, Buyuan Dan is obviously more valuable. It can be seen from the containers containing the elixirs that one is made of porcelain and the other is made of jade.
"I'll send my junior brother there."
Wen Wenming showed his favor and immediately led the way to the weapon refining room with Su Xiaofan.
Su Xiaofan picked up the Sky Thunder Stone and followed behind. He originally thought that the weapon refining room was in this small building, but it was beyond his expectation.
After walking about fifty meters and arriving at the innermost room, a large iron door more than three meters high appeared in front of the two of them.
Civilization opened the iron door, and a gust of cold wind suddenly blew out. Outside the iron door, there was a cave.
Perhaps it was because it was at the foot of the glacier. Except for the feet, the walls of the cave were covered in ice, and the temperature was at least twenty degrees below zero.
With a reminder to be careful of slippery roads, Wenming walked in first.
"Senior brother, is the weapon refining room underground?"
Su Xiaofan followed. Although the pace of the two of them was not very fast, they should have walked 700 to 800 meters in three minutes.
Moreover, Su Xiaofan discovered that the terrain gradually went downwards. After walking out for seven or eight hundred meters, he felt that he should be thirty or forty meters underground.
This grotto has traces of artificial excavation. It is very spacious and well ventilated. I did not feel any stuffiness after entering.
"Yes, you have to get closer to the ground fire to draw it out,"
Wenming nodded and said: "It's a pity that this is not an active volcano. The power of the ground fire it draws is limited, and there are only three fire outlets. Fortunately, it is enough for us."
Following Su Xiaofan, the two of them walked for another seven or eight minutes. The slope of the road became more and more obvious. Su Xiaofan felt that they were at least a hundred meters underground at this moment.
"Junior brother is young and really good at cultivation."
Wen Wenming looked back and saw that Su Xiaofan was holding a boulder weighing nearly a thousand kilograms and walked so far without blushing and his heart beating, which showed that his cultivation was very solid.
"Senior brother has become a Yin Shen, so he is worth learning from."
Su Xiaofan smiled and complimented Senior Brother Wen. The only Yin Shen cultivator he had seen so far was Senior Brother Wen in front of him.
Of course, there might have been Yin Shen cultivators present on the day of joining the sect, but Su Xiaofan didn't notice it at the time.
"arrive!"
After arriving at a huge space, Wenming stopped and said: "No one is using the three refining rooms now. Junior brother can choose the one in the middle. The earth fire in that place is the most powerful."
"Okay, thank you, senior brother."
Su Xiaofan nodded and observed the space.
This space is about ten meters high and about thirty meters wide. It should have been opened manually. The grotto reaches the end here. The three large stone doors represent three refining rooms.
"Junior brother can put down the Dragon Breaking Stone when he is refining the weapon, so that even if there are foreign enemies, he will not be disturbed."
Wen Wenming smiled and said, "Actually, you can let it go or not. Senior brother, I will protect you outside."
"Thank you, senior brother. I'll go then." Su Xiaofan saluted Wen Wenming and pushed open the stone door in the middle with the Sky Thunder Stone.
The stone door seemed to be three or four meters high, but Su Xiaofan felt very relaxed when he opened it.
After entering, Su Xiaofan closed the door with his backhand and lowered a huge door latch above. This should be the so-called Dragon Breaking Stone.
The area of the refining room is not small, it is fifty or sixty square meters, and there is a bed outside the door, which should be used for resting when people are sleepy.
I don't know how the ventilation was done, but in this almost airtight place, Su Xiaofan couldn't feel a trace of stuffiness.
In the middle of the refining room, there were many tools, including hammers and electric saws, as well as some molds, which Su Xiaofan guessed were used to make flying swords.
In the inner position of the refining room, there is a stone platform raised above the ground like the mouth of a well.
The stone platform is round in shape and one meter high. There are several operating levers on the sides of the stone platform. On top of the stone platform, there is a large furnace suspended from the stone platform.
There was a table next to the stone platform. There was a tablet computer on the table. Su Xiaofan walked over and turned on the computer to read it.
"Is this using modernization to refine weapons?"
After seven or eight minutes, Su Xiaofan put down the tablet, which contained instructions on how to operate the underground fire outlet and how to use the steel-making furnace.
"This earth fire is indeed extraordinary. No wonder they expended so much energy to create these refining rooms."
Su Xiaofan learned from the tablet that the maximum temperature of ground fire can reach 6,000 degrees Celsius, but it only takes 1,500 to 6,000 degrees Celsius to melt steel.
It can be said that earth fire can melt almost all metal materials and extract their essence.
Moreover, this underground fire outlet is also designed extremely cleverly, so that such high temperature will only act on the smelting furnace above and will not make the temperature in the smelting room too high.
"Okay, let's be a steel worker."
Su Xiaofan came to the middle of the room and picked up the big hammer. He had to break the Sky Thunder Stone into pieces before putting it into the smelting furnace.
