Chang Xiao immediately stepped forward and took the axe. He looked around but couldn't find anything that could be chopped.
Li Chuan was afraid that he would tear his house apart if he succeeded, so he suggested, "Go to the nearby forest. It's so cold, so there shouldn't be anyone there."
Jiang Mei said, "No need."
As he spoke, he took out a thick, light yellow transparent stone slab and stood it on the ground, and said, "Just chop this. This is used in Tianyu Sect to test the strength of new disciples."
Gong Er saw this and said: "The Four Gods Palace also has similar stone slabs. There are a few slabs next to the martial arts field. It is said that they are difficult to cut and they are only replaced every year or two."
Jiang Mei nodded and said to Chang Xiao, "Use all your strength."
"Okay." Chang Xiao tightened his grip on the ax, bent his body slightly, shouted lowly, and swung the ax straight towards the stone slab. After a dull impact, the blade of the ax struck into the stone slab.
"Is it broken?" Gonger stretched his neck to see.
It only penetrated about an inch, and Chang Xiao moved the ax away with some disappointment.
At this time, everyone present heard a crisp sound, and then the stone slab cracked outward from the split place. After a while, the cracks spread all over the surface of the stone slab.
Jiang Mei nodded and said: "In terms of effect alone, it is comparable to some middle-grade magic weapons."
"Is it just middle-grade?" Gong Er asked.
Jiang Mei said: "As for magic weapons, low-grade and mid-grade seem to be just two grades. In fact, to the weapon refiner, the gap is like a chasm. Most of the weapon refiners may never touch the middle-grade in their lifetime." However, when he steps into the middle grade, he is very close to creating a high grade. And the heavenly grade is another gap."
Li Chuan asked: "Is it because I made up for it, or was the ax already there?"
Jiang Mei said with certainty: "Your repair skills. Although the ax has some ingenuity and merits, it is still not good." He added: "This weapon refiner... obviously has not received a more orthodox training. After being trained as a weapon refiner, being able to do this is already a very talented person.”
Li Chuan said: "He is a blacksmith. He makes weapons for the monster hunters, and he also makes ordinary kitchen knives and the like."
"That's it." Jiang Mei said, he took the slate back, and then said: "I still have some formation fragments belonging to the demon clan, but I didn't bring them with me. Next time you and I go to Tianyumen , I'll give it to you. Maybe you can find out something from the details."
Li Chuan thanked him immediately, and then asked: "Will there be any future trouble if I learn these things from the demons?"
"What kind of trouble?" Jiang Mei was confused.
"For example..." Li Chuan immediately thought of several possible consequences, "For example, what I understand will actually slowly change my physique and turn me into a demon. Or, there is some trap hidden in this. , is a part of the demon clan’s revenge and revival plan..."
Jiang Mei thought about it seriously and said: "It's not impossible. However, you can't stop eating because of choking. According to my guess, the reason why you can understand the secrets of the demons from the gravel is that the "Pattern Sutra" allows you to Be able to understand these mysteries from a higher level."
He said: "Since the demons can come here and be sensed by us, it means that they can be tolerated by heaven. And as they live and multiply here, they will become more and more integrated here, so that they can no longer easily leave. "
As he spoke, Jiang Mei seemed to have thought of something. He caught a flash of inspiration and said, "Maybe the influx of strange ghosts into the world is the method of the demons."
"Demon spirit?" Li Chuan asked.
"They taught the alien ghosts strategies to survive in the surge, and then slowly blended in here and merged with the way of heaven," Jiang Mei said, taking a long breath and said: "If the gods and demons did not come, then maybe the aliens would Ghosts cannot yet appear in the walking world...then it can be inferred that the earliest time when ghosts entered the walking world was after the Great Tribulation of Gods and Demons, that is, 30,000 years ago."
After listening to this, Li Chuan felt more and more that Jiang Mei was mature and reliable.
Jiang Mei gradually guessed a lot of things, "And this strategy of surviving in the surge may have been informed by the high priest of the gods to the demon spirits."
"Thirty thousand years ago, Tianyu Sect and Sishen Palace were already there. Although Xuanyue Sect came out later, it was actually inherited from a sect in the medieval period. So the three sects of Tianyu Sect alone You may be able to find some clues in the records in the classics. At that time, please invite some monks who are good at deduction to drive the Yuanhuo Mirror together, and maybe you can get a glimpse of the secret."
Jiang Mei immediately looked at Li Chuan and said, "Brother Li, please pay more attention to repairing the Yuanhuo Mirror. Try to repair it within three to five years."
Li Chuan quickly replied: "Don't worry, Chief Jiang, I will do my best."
Jiang Mei glanced at Chang Xiao a few more times, but didn't speak again.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the house.
Li Chuan knew that Tong Luo Wukong was probably here, so he went out and opened the door. When he opened the door, he saw that the three blacksmiths, Tong Luo Wukong and Cen, had arrived. Li Chuan smiled and asked, "You guys came together?"
Wu Kong replied: "Brother Tong and I came out early in the morning. We were delayed for a while on the way. When we entered Yunqiao Township, we happened to see Blacksmith Cen, so we came over together."
Blacksmith Cen said: "I saw the two of them from a distance, so I stopped and waited."
At this time, Wu Kong saw Chang Xiao standing not far behind Li Chuan. He said, "Mr. Chang, we meet again. Are you feeling well?"
Chang Xiao said: "It's all thanks to Mr. Li that I'm fine."
"Come in and talk," Li Chuan welcomed them in. After they sat down, Jiang Mei also walked in from the backyard.
After some pleasantries, the reserved vegetarian banquet was delivered.
While eating and drinking, I had no time to ask about Li Chuan's experience of going out this time. Li Chuan drank a few glasses of wine and relaxed a lot. He told Wo Chi and his entourage vividly, adding fuel to the fire and bragging about himself.
This time, not only did Gong Er help with the blowing, but Chang Xiao also praised Mr. Li for his cleverness from time to time. It turned out that Mr. Li had already had foresight.
So after Li Chuan finished speaking, Wukong and the three of them all admired him very much and toasted him with many more drinks.
Wu Kong then talked about his situation during this period. He said: "I just came back last month. Someone came all the way to Chongfu Temple for help, saying that the house was haunted. They invited many monks and Taoists, and even invited officials from the Qintian Prison through connections, but it was all in vain. I Seeing that he was very pitiful and that he happened to be fine, I followed him back for a walk."
"Did you catch the ghost?" Gong Er asked.
"Of course not. It was his wife who was dissatisfied with him staying in the concubine's room all the time, so she started to pretend to be a ghost." Wu Kong sighed and said, "After I found out, I was so embarrassed that I left directly. We walked halfway , I thought it was not possible, I had to go back and at least get my travel expenses, but when I went back, I met a real monster."
(End of chapter)
