Chapter 97 Ancient Treasures
A month later, Li Fei studied the "Heavenly God Chapter" carefully, and had a general understanding of refining weapons. At the same time, he also made a decision in his mind that he could not study the refining weapons in depth, because the refining weapons is too complicated. Theoretically, all things can refine weapons, and all things themselves are also tools. △↗,
Li Fei felt that the "Tiangong Divine Chapter" could be used as a treasure book to pick up the ropes. When necessary, you can just learn the relevant content again. There is no need to remember it all. As for the practices involved, it is even more impossible, unless you have a lot of time to study. Although cultivators live much longer than mortals, for a higher level of cultivation, most cultivators are still racing against time.
Regarding the ongoing shield refining, Li Fei spent two days studying it in depth. He realized that after having good materials, in addition to the very important refining techniques and related techniques, the other important thing is the arrangement of the formation.
Refining techniques and related techniques are something that can only grow slowly through long-term accumulation and continuous practice. It is impossible to make great progress in a short period of time. However, the formation can be quickly achieved to a certain extent, that is, choose useful formations to copy them directly. Although the effect is one less than that of the formation, the basic effect is still there. Therefore, Li Fei spent another half a day to select four or five practical formations and write them down.
At this point, even if Li Fei's study of the "Heavenly God Chapter" came to an end, he found that the old man's preparation and refining work was coming to an end. Now, Li Fei looked at the old man's work again and found that he had some interest and no longer felt bored.
Although the "Tiangong Divine Chapter" is a relatively advanced treasure book, it is not much different from ordinary refining methods in basic routines. The real difference exists in the details of each link. "Details determine success or failure" is also applicable to refining weapons. The difference in details is still an unknown area for Li Fei now, and it is impossible to have the ability to distinguish them.
In the next few days, Li Fei kept observing carefully, combining theoretical knowledge, deepened his impression and gained more or less some new gains.
Five days later, the old man had completed the preliminary refining and structural adjustment, and began a new round of refining and initial integration. In this process, Li Fei was able to occasionally put forward his own opinions. The old man was very surprised by the question raised by Li Fei. He did not expect that the outsider who claimed to not know how to refine weapons could actually give him insights. Especially with several problems, the old man himself had been troubled for hundreds of years and had not found a solution, which made Li Fei hit it!
A month later, the shield has basically taken shape, and looks like a big black iron pot. Now, in addition to some partial changes, the most important task is the inlay and connection of the formation.
Li Fei had a long idea of choosing the formation, so he had an exchange with the old man before the official start. During the exchange, Li Fei was not very satisfied with the main formation arranged by the old man. Finally, Li Fei proposed that other guidance and correlation work would still be completed by the old man, and the main formation would be sealed by himself.
The old man agreed. After spending time together, he had found that Li Fei was simply a genius. He often didn't know about ordinary problems, but he could always put forward different ideas at some key points, but he ended up being much better than his own idea. Therefore, he was also very curious about whether he would seal those formations in. Anyway, he had to complete them himself in the end, so he naturally knew the secrets.
Li Fei naturally knew this, but he didn't care. First of all, because he had a good impression of this old man, and he never kept his questions in his mind and would seriously explain them. The second reason is that he felt that it was difficult for ordinary low-level cultivators to survive and it was too difficult to access advanced information. Therefore, for mutual benefit, he deliberately disclosed some.
In fact, for the old man, he had similar thoughts. He did not say such good things in normal times, and did not have the "subtle insights" that Li Fei raised from time to time, which solved some problems for him. He was not interested in answering Li Fei's questions in vain.
In the next half month, under the guidance of the old man, Li Fei gradually sealed the five main attribute formations of "rotate", "slide", "absorb", "rebound", and "sturdy" at the designated position of the shield.
After finishing his work, Li Fei was so tired that he was much harder than refining a furnace of elixirs. He was almost as labor intensity as he started to refining the alchemy. Therefore, after the seal was finished, Li Fei immediately swallowed a medium-grade spiritual transformation elixir and practiced while recovering.
From this sealing formation, Li Fei realized that it was not what he had imagined at first. As long as the formation that could be understood, it could be easily copied. Especially this micro-form that needs to be embedded in magic weapons requires sealing the inside of the shield through the air through ultrasonic techniques, which have strict requirements on magic power and divine consciousness. Otherwise, it would be impossible to complete it in one go. Once it was interrupted, it would have to start over.
The old man took over the work and checked the formation sealed by Li Fei at the same time. After only one look, he was shocked and began to seriously doubt Li Fei's cultivation. The old man had been immersed in refining weapons for hundreds of years. The formations sealed by Li Fei were not something that could be done in the ordinary foundation-building stage. Although he could learn these formations quickly, he was unable to practice them, and he could only learn from them one or two at most.
After the shock, the old man quickly became excited. There was no need to think so much about doing what he could do. As for the situation of others, it would be useless to know and it had nothing to do with him. It would be better to do the subsequent work seriously. Maybe if the other party is happy, he can give more rewards.
Three days later, Li Fei basically recovered and continued to watch and study.
Ten days later, the last process, overall tempering and nourishment are also required to be carried out in a special refining tripod. The specific time varies, and it depends largely on the quality of the finished product.
The next time is relatively easy, and you only need to intervene in a few specific links.
The old man has become accustomed to the rhythm of refining weapons. He has been busy for several months and does not feel very tired. He remembered Li Fei’s special features and made friends with him. He smiled and said, “I am very happy to spend several months with fellow Taoists. This is also my most special refining experience. I, Duan Yi, hope to be friends with fellow Taoists.”
Li Fei smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Duan doesn't have to be so formal. My name is Li Fei. I think we are already friends."
Duan Yi sighed: "I think fellow Daoist Li has the talent for refining weapons. To be honest, I have been refining weapons for more than four or five hundred years. There are many problems that are not as profound as Fellow Li. I am really ashamed!"
Li Fei felt that he was truly ashamed. The knowledge was just a temporary copy from the "Heavenly God Chapter", but naturally it was impossible to be straightforward, so he had to vaguely reply: "My interest in refining weapons is average, and my talent is even less important. My words may be related to my experience and the classics I have read in the past, and at most they are at the level of talking about war on paper."
Duan Yi observed the situation of the tool cauldron, and saw nothing abnormal. He continued: "Fellow Daoist Li is too humble. It is because you have never had much contact with it before. Now, as long as you practice a little, I believe you will achieve great achievements."
Li Fei no longer wanted to talk about this topic, so he asked instead: "Is Fellow Duan a local cultivator in Qingxi City?"
"It can be considered as it is. My hometown is not far from Qingxi City. I have been learning to practice cultivation in Qingxi City with my grandfather. After successfully building the foundation, I started to learn how to refine weapons by myself."
"That should be considered a real local cultivator. In recent years, the cultivation world of Fang Yuanxing has been really chaotic. Have Qingxi City been greatly affected?"
"If it is just from the perspective of chaos, it is acceptable. The biggest impact is that business is difficult. In such a chaotic world, as long as you can choose, ordinary cultivators will choose to buy finished treasures directly and are not patient to refine them slowly."
"Yes. Now the Xianyuan Sect may have a full-scale war with the Demon Spirit Sect at any time. By then, a large number of ordinary cultivators will definitely be in trouble."
"The Xianyuan Sect has indeed declined. It has been the boss for tens of thousands of years. Now it can't even handle the Demon Spirit Sect! The most fundamental reason is not caused by internal struggle! The originally extremely powerful sect has become two factions, fighting for power and profit, and not giving in to each other. After hundreds of years of fighting, it will be like this now."
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A month later, Duan Yi was anxiously circling around the cauldron and kept muttering: "Strange, it should be possible, why is there no sign of ending yet..."
Li Fei comforted: "Don't worry, the longer the time, the higher the quality."
"No, I have also refined the best magic weapon. It won't take so long. It's really strange, but now I can only wait..." Duan Yi comforted himself uneasy.
A full forty-nine days later, a pleasant ringtone finally came from the tripod...
Duan Yi's face was flushed with excitement. He thought that the weapon refining failed, so he was embarrassed. He heard the ringtone of success and couldn't wait to open the cauldron cover. As a result, with a "bang", the cauldron cover opened itself, and the refined shield "jumped out" by itself...
"Ancient treasure?" Duan Yi and Li Fei shouted in unison.
Duan Yi looked at the "Black Pot" slowly rotating on his own in disbelief. With his trembling hands, he took a lot of effort to take it over. After checking it carefully, he said excitedly: "Fellow Daoist Li, take a look, I have really refined the ancient treasure!"
Chapter completed!