Compared with Zhang Yan's rapid improvement in cultivation, his minor skills are actually not up to par.
It's not that Zhang Yan doesn't pay attention to it, but that he simply doesn't have time to spend on these aspects.
The minor training method is different from the cultivation level. Zhang Yan really has no shortcuts to take. You can only rely on skills to slowly accumulate experience, and then complete each stage of representative problems, so as to slowly improve.
For example, weapon refining and elixir refining.
It's not that with Zhang Yan's cultivation, weapon refining and elixir refining are useless. He uses them sparingly simply because his two skills can no longer keep up with his cultivation. Even some elixirs, magic weapons, and fairy weapons that were inappropriate or useless for him to use now were of little significance.
And with the Wanxiang Pearl in hand, Zhang Yan can still master at least one of the most basic offenses and defenses, but the trouble is that he can't do both. As for the elixir, his cultivation level had soared, so he couldn't use it for the time being.
However, to become a powerful force, minor skills are essential.
benefit? Look at how Zhang Yan was able to cross two small realms of Earth Immortals and kill two late Earth Immortal Realms with his Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife. Even the opponents couldn't resist or escape. This is the power of minor training: when resources are good enough, you can greatly improve your own strength and achieve the result of the weak defeating the strong.
Zhang Yan has always had this idea. Otherwise, he would not have spread the basic methods of alchemy and weapon refining to the outside of Duoya Mountain early against all objections, just to lay a foundation for the monks in the Wild Sky Territory. Everything is difficult at the beginning, but as long as there is a solid foundation, time will gradually allow the monks to develop more and more powerful methods. It is even very possible to create a new auxiliary path that is different from the prehistoric world.
As for Duoyashan itself, Wang Nian, who currently has the highest level of cultivation and the most solid method of refining alchemy and weaponry, has been taking care of it and has never slacked off in the slightest.
It can be said that aside from the convenience brought by his cultivation and the difference in the properties of elixir and fire, Zhang Yan cannot compare to Wang Nian in terms of his craftsmanship in weapon refining and elixir refining.
So when he was refining the mountain-suppressing thing, Zhang Yan found three of his disciples without thinking and asked them to participate and serve as the main refiners.
The refining place he chose was not on land, but in the sea. There was no land or human habitation for thousands of miles around. It was the most suitable refining place that Zhang Yan chose and had the least worries. After all, this Zhoushan mountain rock is not just a few hundred feet in size exposed to the sea, but the bulk of it is hidden under the sea.
Then I saw stone pillars rising from the bottom of the sea, each one covered with fine formation patterns. The characteristics of the texture were carved under Wang Nian's supervision. There are ninety-one such stone pillars in total. Although the stone pillars were raised from the seabed rock formations using the five elements of earth magic, there are still many spiritual stones and auxiliary materials added to the formation inside. Finally it can be done.
Most of the ninety-one stone pillars jump out of the sea about thirty feet, with a thickness of more than nine feet in diameter. Four of them are more than ten feet thick and one hundred feet high are used as formation nodes for casting spells and regulating the other stone pillars. Afterwards, these nodes will be personally controlled by Zhang Yan and his three apprentices.
Of course, the combination of this large formation did not originate from Wang Nian's ideas, but Zhang Yan moved it directly from Wan Xiangzhu's library hall, and then gave it to Wang Nian to get familiar with it before taking shape.
"Master, there are too many mysteries in this "Nine-Star Compound Refining Formation". It also involves many things about the power of rules. The lower limit and upper limit are extremely high. My current level of refining can only be used to this extent. The power of this large formation is only 30%. Counting the immortal energy boost and elixir fire replacement you gave me, it can only push the power of the formation to 40% at most.
Therefore, the limits of what can be refined are still within the category of immortal weapons, and cannot reach the level of spiritual treasures that Master mentioned. "
Wang Nian was both excited and anxious. I was so excited that I had the opportunity to preside over such a big battle and refine an immortal weapon for the first time in a long time. And the master has to cooperate with him. For him who has always been keen on refining weapons and alchemy, this is naturally an extremely rare opportunity to hone and improve his skills.
"But I can leave a suitable path for improvement of this fairy weapon. In the future, as long as my ability improves and I can continue to refine it, I can refine it again. By then, I may be able to achieve the kind of weapon you mentioned, Master. It’s reached the Lingbao level.”
Wang Nian's plan is to divide the refining of Zhoushan rocks into two or even three steps. First refine Zhoushan into an immortal weapon, and then wait for the auxiliary skills and other skills to improve before trying to further refine it into a spiritual treasure.
Zhang Yan had no objection to Wang Nian's plan. He was also debating before whether to take the risk and try the spiritual treasure, or to seek stability in refining the fairy weapon. Now Wang Nian has come up with a stable and scalable solution, which is much better than what he had planned before. After all, his weapon refining methods have not yet come into contact with the exquisite weapon refining methods that will be used for secondary refining after the "Leave a Way" is released.
After the plan was finalized, Wang Nian and his junior brothers and junior sisters worked hard. It took half a year to erect the ninety-one stone pillars and let the formation begin to take shape.
During this period, Zhang Yan also had the rare opportunity to calm down and get familiar with the weapon refining methods that he had left behind little by little. After Wang Nian is ready, he needs to play the main force on the Danhuo side. Wang Nian is responsible for commanding, and Yang Rui and Liu Xin are responsible for stabilizing the formation and tying up some corners.
The four masters and apprentices worked hard, and it took more than half a year before they were officially ready to start refining weapons.
"Let's start the formation."
"Yes, Master!"
There are ninety-one stone pillars, Zhang Yan, Yang Rui, and Liu Xin each manage thirty, and Wang Nian sits in the middle to regulate them. Zhang Yan sat in the "refining" position, while Yang Rui and Liu Xin sat in the "formation" position.
At the command, the sea surface with a radius of more than a thousand miles suddenly sank, as if some kind of force was emptying the sea water in this radius. In less than half a day, a "furnace" as huge as several cities and hundreds of feet deep was created. It was built under the influence of the large formation. The lines of the magic formations built a solid barrier, trapping the huge Zhoushan Mountain rocks in the middle of the "smelting furnace".
"Fire!"
Wang Nian immediately entered the state. Under his command, Zhang Yan and the three of them each stabilized the magic circle and began to sacrifice the elixir fire in their own Dao Dan. They gathered together along the channel of the magic circle to form a "refining furnace fire". "Unify and obey Wang Nian's instructions.
"This is..." Wang Nian saw the master's elixir fire for the first time. Black and white, weird and unusual, and seemingly devoid of any "fire" properties.
Master's elixir fire is so strange. I wonder if it can play a role in raising the temperature of the furnace? Wang Nian was curious in his heart and kept holding the seals on his hands. No matter what, the first thing he did when refining the furnace was to raise the temperature of the furnace to test whether the materials in the middle could be tempered directly with the temperature...
