One month later.
In the Ye family's weapon refining room.
"The sword is taking shape!"
Looking at the complete Maple Leaf Sword in front of me, I was happy but also a little disappointed.
After more than a month of practice, he was finally able to condense a complete sword, but the next step of tempering was impossible to complete no matter what.
This also lets him know the limits of his current mana.
"With your current mana, it is very rare to achieve this step." Mr. Ye looked at the Maple Leaf Dagger and said with a smile.
"Then how far do I have to go before I can complete the last step?" Liangchen asked a little eagerly.
"If the mana consumed in refining this Maple Leaf Sword is divided into ten parts, 30% is needed to smelt the material, 40% is needed to refine it into shape, and 30% is needed to quench it.
There are three stages of weapon refining, and you can barely complete the first two steps. This means that you still need at least 30% of your mana to complete the entire process.
So you should be able to advance to the later stage of Qi training. "Uncle Ye paused for a moment and then continued.
"The speed of your mana advancement is too slow. Based on my observations in the past few years, if you want to advance to the late stage of Qi training, it can take two to three years at the fastest, five or six years at the slowest time, or even longer."
Uncle Ye said a time that was hard for Liangchen to accept.
"But you are still young and have plenty of time. A few years have just passed by in a flash."
Uncle Ye saw his depressed expression and comforted him.
"Uncle Ye, a few years is too long. Is there any other way for me to complete the weapon refining?" Liangchen asked unwillingly.
"Let me think about it." Uncle Ye began to think about any other feasible methods.
After a while, Uncle Ye seemed to remember something and shook his head again.
This happened several times, and suddenly Uncle Ye said:
"There is a way to achieve your wish, but it's not a long-term solution."
"Uncle Ye, just say it." Liangchen asked quickly when he heard about the opportunity.
"There are some elixirs that can increase your mana in a short time, but most of these elixirs have side effects and are harmful to the body and mind. The cost is a bit high and it is really not worth it, so this method of increasing your mana in a short time is not feasible.
Taking elixirs to speed up the recovery of mana won't work, because low-level elixirs require you to meditate, and high-level elixirs are too expensive.
You are 30% short of mana. If the mana required for the first step can be saved to complete the last step, then that's fine. "Uncle Ye said.
"Yes. But how to save it?" Liangchen said.
"Zhihuofang." Uncle Ye named a place.
"Yes! Why didn't I think of the Earth Vein Fire of Zhihuofang?" Liangchen said happily.
"Using leyline fire can save most of the mana for smelting materials, so you can proceed to the last step by saving mana. But controlling the leyline fire still requires a part of mana, so your mana is still not enough. You need to increase your mana by about 10%. , you can try it.
If you only increase your mana by 10%, at your speed, it can take a year and a half at the fastest, and about two years at the slower time. This time should be barely acceptable.
But even if you can use the fire of the earth veins, the cost will still be a lot of money. Even though the refining materials are made of the lowest grade ores, they still need to be included in the cost. With your qualifications, it is still unknown when you will be able to master your first sword.
If it is to satisfy your desire to refine a sword, it doesn't matter if you rent it for three or two days. If you want to use earth vein fire refining to learn the art of refining weapons for a long time, the cost is really not something you can accept. " Mr. Ye analyzed all the pros and cons in his words.
Liangchen listened silently for a long time, also thinking about the possibilities.
After thinking about it for a while, I finally figured out that even if the method was feasible, I had to increase my mana first. Use this time first to practice the first two steps until you are proficient.
When you have enough mana, try to quench it successfully as soon as possible.
"Use the sword to practice." Liangchen thought of such a method in his heart.
After all, two or three years is too long. I'm afraid that the passion in my heart will fade away with time and I won't be able to last that long.
"My nephew, don't be anxious, just take things as they come. Everything will take its own course.
You have only been learning this weapon refining for a year, but you know that I studied with my master for three years before I started refining weapons.
Your foundation is not solid enough yet, and you still have a lot to learn. This is a good time to study more. "Uncle Ye said.
"Nephew, I understand." Liangchen also thought about it. Anyway, this is not an urgent matter.
"By the way, Uncle Ye, I would like to know if there are any techniques that can be practiced while resting? I heard that most high-level monks don't need to rest, so I wonder if there are any techniques?" Liangchen suddenly asked.
"What kind of exercise is it? It's just a meditation technique. It's just that this method is much slower than meditating and practicing, moving the exercises and walking the muscles, and the accumulation of magic power is much slower.
Moreover, this kind of technique can only be practiced after the foundation building period. With your current state, you cannot learn it. " Mr. Ye said.
"You have to be in the foundation building stage to learn. Alas." Liangchen couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
"By the way, Uncle Ye, can someone like me who was once in the foundation building stage and now has fallen behind, learn from it?" Suddenly thinking that he was once in the foundation building stage, he asked without giving up.
"This...I'm not sure yet! How about I teach you the meditation technique and you give it a try. If you can succeed, you will be closer to the day of refining the weapon," said Mr. Ye.
"Okay." Liangchen said happily.
"The so-called meditation technique is very different from your daily practice. When you practice, your spiritual consciousness will be introspective, and the skills will flow slowly with random thoughts, using the magic power of the Dantian as a guide to stir up the power of the elements between heaven and earth. A cycle is one week. Heaven, twelve weeks of heaven form a round, and it mainly depends on the control of thoughts.
The art of meditation is a practice similar to rest. By allowing yourself to enter a meditative state, the mana in your body flows by itself. Because there is no control of your mind, the flow is extremely slow.
But no matter how slow it is, as long as it keeps flowing, it can accumulate over time. This can both restore energy and increase mana. "
Uncle Ye then taught a spell and explained how to enter a meditative state.
"If you can succeed, of course it would be best. If you can't, don't be discouraged." Uncle Ye encouraged him for a few words before leaving the room.
After Mr. Ye left, Liangchen adjusted his mentality and started daily practice. When resting, follow the method taught by Ye Lao and try to get yourself into a meditative state.
The so-called meditation state is to relax the body, use a spell to send a subconscious seed deep in one's soul, use this as the initial force, and then use a special breathing method to guide the body to communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. , as long as the breathing does not stop, the communication will not stop, and the magic power will gradually increase in this way, which is the art of meditation!
There are many postures you can choose for meditation, including sitting and lying. The premise is that it is easy to relax the body, because the final goal of meditation is to rest the body and increase energy and mana.
Liangchen chose the horizontal position, lying flat as he usually sleeps, then inhaling slowly and fully, closing his eyes, and focusing on the natural flow of his breathing air.
At this time, you should abandon all distracting thoughts and simply observe them without being disturbed by them, let alone get stuck in them and be unable to extricate yourself.
But when he lay down, he realized that when a person wants to be quiet, his thoughts become more and more chaotic.
The ridicule of everyone during the family test, the helplessness of coming here, the distress of the slow progress of mana in the past few years, the depression of the elusiveness of weapon refining...the past events all came to mind.
The more I thought about Liangchen, my breathing became more rapid and my emotions became more and more excited.
“When you notice distracting thoughts coming in, breathe in to absorb them without getting angry, irritated, or trying to suppress them.
Imagine yourself as a bystander, watching it, acknowledging it, feeling it, and then exhaling it gently and slowly.
In this way, after a period of breathing, your thoughts will become quieter and more peaceful. "
Suddenly Liangchen thought of Mr. Ye's words.
He quickly started to follow the method, and he didn't know how long it took. Finally, he felt that his spiritual platform was clear, his heart was peaceful, and he no longer had so many worries.
At this time, he began to recite the mantra silently, allowing the mana in his body to flow slowly, using his breath as a guide to feel the aura of heaven and earth.
Gradually imagine that you are a thing between heaven and earth, and finally merge into one.
In the end, Liangchen seemed to have fallen asleep, feeling as if he had turned into a point of light and floated up.
Floating out of the window, facing the radiance of the moon, he fluttered between heaven and earth. There were countless light spots around him, including butterflies, fireflies and bats, dancing together.
