There are so many things to learn about weapon refining.
At the very least, the first thing to learn is to identify various minerals and various materials for refining.
A large proportion of the weapon-refining classics that Xu Ke copied in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion dealt with various minerals and materials, how to identify them, and how to deal with them.
Fortunately, these contents only need to be memorized.
Even so, it took Xu Ke two days to read through the knowledge of identifying and processing the materials for refining.
In order to deepen his memory, Xu Ke even spent a hundred times the harvest to keep this knowledge firmly in his heart and fully understand it.
After mastering the basic knowledge, Xu Ke began to learn how to refine weapons.
Weapon refining is different from the "forging of iron" that Xu Ke originally imagined. The fire refining method is only one of the weapon refining techniques, and of course it is also the most common one. There are many other weapon refining methods.
Most of the artifacts in the Five Elements category can be refined using the Five Elements method.
Some special artifacts have special refining techniques. Some need to be tempered with sky thunder, some need to be tempered with cold air, all kinds of things.
There are even some magic weapons whose refining techniques are even weirder. The embryos of the weapons are implanted into the human body and human life is directly used to refine the weapons.
Among the classics that Xu Ke copied, they mainly talked about the method of refining by fire, and various other methods of refining weapons. They only mentioned that there was such a thing, but there were no specific details.
The method of refining by fire is considered to be relatively universal and is sufficient for the time being.
Xu Ke picked up the copied weapon refining technique and started reading. There is not much content, and Xu Ke finished it quickly.
After reading it, Xu Ke was speechless.
It’s still the same old thing!
This weapon refining technique compiled by the Weapon Refining Hall only lists several methods of refining magical weapons, in addition to the basic fire control methods, quenching methods, and tempering methods.
For example, the magic weapon long sword, such as the communication talisman, and there are five types of magic weapons belonging to the five elements. The refining method of each magical weapon is described in detail and specificity.
As long as you follow the same instructions and continue to persist after countless failures, you will definitely learn to refine weapons after wasting countless materials.
But... there is absolutely no theoretical knowledge about weapon refining.
It just tells you that you must do this, without explaining why you should do it this way, or the reason at all, let alone any "principle".
Isn't this the same as when you first learned to draw talismans?
I just tell you that you must draw like this and just follow the drawing. I don’t tell you why you draw like this at all.
This is entirely a method of training craftsmen, not a method of training weapon refiners.
For the sect, you really only need to be able to operate it, but you don’t need to understand the principles. However, for Xu Ke, just knowing how to operate is not enough.
Since no one teaches the principles, you can only study it yourself.
Xu Ke sighed. Fortunately, he learned Xuanmen magic and spells. Otherwise, he wouldn't know how to start with these weapon refining techniques.
Reaching out and taking out a communication talisman, Xu Ke compared the refining method of the communication talisman in the Weapon Refining Method and began to analyze the rationale.
Messaging talisman, this is the simplest entry-level refining weapon.
Xu Ke has already mastered the method of drawing the communication talisman, and even interpreted the communication technique from it. He has mastered it very profoundly.
Taking the communication talisman as a starting point and comparing spells, spells and communication talismans, we can conclude the similar principles.
After some comparison, Xu Ke discovered that there was almost no difference in essence between the communication talisman and the communication talisman.
The only difference is that the communication charm can only be used once, while the communication charm can be used repeatedly.
In essence, the communication talisman is to carve a rune structure on a piece of jade and then fill it with spiritual materials for transmitting spiritual power. It is no different from Xu Ke's previous arrangement of rune arrays in Kunwu Academy.
So... refining weapons, drawing talismans, and setting up formations are essentially the same?
To set up a formation is to draw symbols on the ground, and to refine weapons is to draw symbols on various weapons-refining materials.
Xu Ke took out the magic weapon long sword again, compared it with the refining method described in the art of refining weapons, and came to the same answer.
The long sword, a magic weapon, actually uses black crystal silk to construct runes one by one in the metal material to achieve various rune effects.
For example, strong, sharp, floating... Several different rune structures, when combined together, become a magic weapon long sword.
Of course, there are still some differences from the talisman. There is an energy storage structure in the magic weapon to store spiritual power.
How much spiritual power this energy storage structure can store is the standard for determining the grade of a magical artifact.
It can only store the spiritual power of the third level of Qi training at most, which is a low-level magic weapon.
It can store up to six levels of spiritual power, which is an intermediate magic weapon.
By analogy, a magic weapon that can store twelve levels of spiritual power is the so-called top-quality magic weapon.
That's it?
Weapon refining, that's it?
Xu Ke shook his head. The weapon refining technique in the Qi training period has no technical content at all!
To refine the "instrument of enlightenment", this kind of weapon refining technique with no technical content alone cannot solve the problem at all.
What Xu Ke needs is the kind of weapon refining technique that can lay down the "spiritual taboo" and refine spiritual weapons, not the basic weapon refining technique of drawing talismans on the weapon refining materials.
It seems that Junior Sister Li Muzi's help is needed again.
Xu Ke took out the summons talisman and summoned Li Muzi.
"Senior Brother Xu?"
Li Muzi yawned, "It's so late, you have something urgent to do with me?"
so late……
Xu Ke was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw the darkness outside.
Well, I have been doing research day and night.
Xu Ke smiled and said, "Sorry, I forgot to check the time. I disturbed Junior Sister Li."
"Okay, okay, tell me if you have something to say, I still have to catch up on my sleep!"
Li Muzi was yawning again.
"Junior sister Li, can you get the weapon refining technique to refine foundation-building spiritual weapons?"
Xu Ke didn't waste any time and directly stated his purpose.
"Refining a foundation-building spiritual weapon?"
Li Muzi was stunned for a moment, "You want to refine weapons again? Setting up formations, painting talismans, controlling beasts, farming, it is said that you can also make wine, and now you want to refine weapons, Senior Brother Xu, how much do you have to learn!"
"Hey, learn to play, learn to play!"
Xu Ke said casually, "Please ask Junior Sister Li for help."
"Fine!"
Li Muzi didn't say much, "Tomorrow I'll go to the formation hall to ask for a refining technique for foundation-building spiritual weapons."
For true disciples, this kind of weapon refining knowledge is easily accessible.
Just like Xu Ke, as an inner disciple, can freely enter the Sutra Pavilion and read all the classics during the Qi training period.
"Thank you so much, Junior Sister Li! I won't disturb Junior Sister Li's rest."
Xu Ke thanked him and hung up the summons.
The method of refining the foundation-building spiritual weapon has been figured out.
Xu Ke smiled, got up and went back to his room to sleep.
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The next morning, a sword light roared over.
Because the sword light contained Li Muzi's spiritual energy, the magic circle in Bishuitan did not block it. The flying sword passed directly through the magic circle and landed at the entrance of Xu Ke's Kunwu Academy.
See Feijian passing the book again.
Xu Ke stretched out his hand and waved out a burst of spiritual power. The flying sword floating in front of him flickered, and a roll of jade slips fell into Xu Ke's hand.
"This is the foundation-building spiritual weapon refining technique you want. Just see it for yourself, don't tell anyone else! This is a sect inheritance, and even if I give it to you, it's against the rules!"
Li Muzi's voice came from the flying sword.
"clear!"
Xu Ke nodded and cupped his hands towards Feijian, "Thank you, Junior Sister Li."
"You're welcome!"
Li Muzi chuckled, "Remote sword control, even if I use Master's battleship to amplify my spiritual consciousness, I'm not very skilled at it. I can't stay for a long time, so I'm leaving!"
"Okay, walk slowly."
Xu Ke gave him away again.
The next moment, the flying sword shook, shot up into the sky, and went straight into the sky.
Xu Ke picked up the jade slip, returned to Kunwu Courtyard, and sat in the study.
Released a ray of spiritual consciousness and probed into the jade slip, Xu Ke saw... it only introduced in detail the refining method of a foundation-building spiritual weapon.
Is it still the same old routine? It is still about teaching skills but not the Dharma, and teaching the Dharma but not the Preaching.
Xu Ke smiled and didn't care, as long as he had a method of refining spiritual weapons as a reference.
The jade slip introduces a spiritual weapon refining technique called "Golden Crow Talisman".
This "Golden Crow Talisman" is similar to the one the sect gave to Xu Ke when he was promoted to the inner sect.
However, Xu Ke's Golden Crow Talisman is a one-time golden elixir level charm, while the Golden Crow Talisman introduced here is a reusable foundation-building spiritual weapon.
Putting aside the techniques of material processing and controlled fire quenching and tempering, Xu Ke looked at the essence.
Exactly in line with Xu Ke's original expectation, the most important thing about the refining technique of the Golden Crow Talisman is to lay a "spiritual ban" inside the embryo.
This method of laying down the spiritual ban is not fundamentally different from the way Xu Ke laid down the rune rings on the monkeys and purple skylarks.
Sure enough, the previous inference was correct. The method of refining the foundation-building spiritual weapon was to lay down the "Spiritual Taboo".
Once you understand the essence, the details are not important.
Xu Ke put away the jade slips, walked out of the study, walked all the way through the backyard, and came to the cave in the mountain.
Entering the refining room reserved in the cave, Xu Ke sat down on the futon.
According to the jade slip, to refine the foundation-building spiritual weapon, you must use materials with the same properties as the "Spiritual Forbidden".
If Xu Ke wants to verify his own practice, he must use materials containing twelve kinds of spiritual attributes to refine the required "instrument of enlightenment".
Other materials are easy to deal with, but the space-time properties are not so easy to deal with.
Hmm... spatial attributes can also be solved.
The storage bag and the jade gourd must contain space attributes, otherwise the space magic weapon cannot be refined.
Materials with time attributes...I wonder if high integrity can buy them.
If he couldn't buy it, he would have to trouble Junior Sister Li Muzi again.
Since there is still a lack of materials, let's first use ordinary five-element attribute materials to refine a five-element spiritual weapon. Anyway, you need to practice your craftsmanship.
So, Xu Ke took out some five element spiritual materials from the storage bag.
These are all the materials that Gao Zhengzheng bought in order to set up Kunwu Academy's formation, and there are still some unused ones.
A piece of copper, a piece of gold, a piece of earth stone, a fire crystal, and a piece of wood core.
These materials are only for the Qi training period. If you need to use the Qi training period materials to refine a foundation-building spiritual weapon, I'm afraid... the possibility of success is low.
Anyway, it’s just practice, it doesn’t matter!
Place these five pieces of materials according to the five elements.
Xu Ke stretched out his hand and mobilized the spiritual power of the Five Elements Formation to use the piece of copper as an embryo to smelt other materials.
The five elements transform and spiritual power flows.
With the flow of spiritual power, the other four materials quickly decomposed and merged into the copper.
The originally metallic copper embryo body immediately became complete with five elements and balanced aura attributes.
Under the purification of the five elements' spiritual power, other impurities in the copper were also purified and removed, leaving only the pure five elements attributes.
Material processing has been completed.
In the next step, Xu Ke used firepower to smelt Yuan copper and shape the Yuan copper embryo.
Under Xu Ke's control, the molten copper gradually condensed into a hub-like thing with five sword blades.
This is the Five Elements Wheel!
From the center of the middle circle, five supporting ribs extend to connect to the outer rim, and a half-inch sharp blade extends from the rim.
The Five Elements Wheel was launched and while it was spinning rapidly, the five sharp blades cut out the Five Elements Sword Qi, spinning and cutting rapidly.
Such rotational cutting should be quite powerful, right?
Forget it, it’s just practice anyway, let’s do it first.
After condensing the embryo, Xu Ke stopped the Five Elements Formation, used his own spiritual power to divide the five elements, and condensed the rune ring structure in the embryo.
Just like the rune ring that was condensed in the monkey's body, Xu Ke used his own spiritual power to build a five-element rune structure in the embryo, laying a "spiritual taboo".
Of course, this is just a prototype, and it is still far from the real "spiritual confinement".
What's missing? Of course it’s because of the lack of spiritual power!
With the Five Elements Formation here, the problem of spiritual power can be easily solved.
So, Xu Ke picked up the weapon embryo, walked out of the weapon refining room, and came to the cave altar.
With a wave of his hand, the embryo floated in mid-air.
Xu Ke stood on the altar, activated the Five Elements Formation, circulated the spiritual power, and transmitted it into the embryo.
At the same time, Xu Ke used his own spiritual power to operate the "Spiritual Taboo" in the embryo, constantly absorbing the majestic spiritual power coming from the refining array.
With the continuous absorption of spiritual power, the spiritual confinement in the embryo gradually became stable.
Fortunately, it didn't explode!
Even with Xu Ke's strength, under the precise calculations of Dayan Divine Calculation, under the precise judgment of spiritual power by the Qi Watching Technique, and under the control of Xu Ke's powerful spiritual power, he still operates cautiously.
The operation of the spiritual ban was relatively smooth, and the entire operation process was relatively smooth.
Of course, this does not mean that the weapon refining is complete.
Now we have only stabilized the "Spiritual Taboo", well... Actually, it is not considered a Spiritual Taboo. It can only be regarded as the initial condensation of the rune structure. It will take a long time to cultivate spiritual power before it can be transformed into a "Spiritual Taboo". , become a spiritual weapon.
In the case of this Five Elements Wheel, the possibility of refining failure is even greater.
Even if it is cultivated with spiritual power, it may not be able to be transformed into "spiritual imprisonment". After all, the material is too poor.
A spiritual weapon already possesses a power comparable to that of a foundation, but it cannot be mastered so easily.
According to legend, there are masters who practice weapon refining for decades or even hundreds of years!
It is certainly not as exaggerated as it takes decades to refine a foundation-building spiritual weapon, but even if there is a large formation to provide sufficient spiritual power, it will take at least ten days to refine it, right?
It can only be cultivated slowly at first. If the spiritual power is infused a little more, it might explode.
Xu Ke activated the formation, added a layer of protection around it, and left the Five Elements Wheel on the altar.
It was my first time trying to refine weapons, and the process went pretty smoothly. As for the result...it's just practice, the result is not important.
God rewards hard work, extra points!
"The Art of Refining Weapons: Magical Weapon Chapter (Perfection), Spiritual Weapon Chapter (Mastery)."
The principles of practicing the Four Arts and the Alchemy, Talisman and Weapon Formation are all the same.
With the basics of spells and formations, it will be easy to learn to refine weapons.
A hundred times the harvest at once, the magic weapon refining level was immediately maxed out, and the spiritual weapon refining was also proficient.
The next step is to find Gao Zhengzheng to buy foundation-level weapon refining materials, and prepare to officially refine the foundation-building spiritual weapon and the weapon of enlightenment.
(End of chapter)
