Li Dong, who was looking around at the forging pool, suddenly asked,""Daoist Priest Ou Yezi, I would like to ask you a few questions regarding forging.”
"Please speak."
"Is there any difference between forging magic tools and ordinary blacksmithing?”
"The two concepts are not only unique in terms of the forging process and materials, but also have great requirements for the forger himself. First of all, the forger must have a fire and metal-elemental dual spiritual root, and must also obtain a fire spiritual seed of at least Yellow Grade among the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow grades.”
"How are magic tools graded?"
"Magical artifacts are divided into ten grades: Altar, Sacrifice, Soul Summoning, Spirit, Five Elements, Great Dao, Eternal Life, Five Immortals, Ancient God, Creation.”
Ou Yezi continued," Every grade has its own unique abilities and uses. In a sense, there are no useless magic tools. There are only people who don't know how to use them.”
"Then the conditions for smithing magic tools should be very harsh, right?”
"It's precisely because of the complexity of forging magic tools that we can't use the assembly line process until now. We can only rely on manual forging, which is an extremely inefficient method. Becoming a blacksmith doesn't require a high cultivation level, but one must have strong physical strength. Not every body cultivator is a blacksmith, but every blacksmith is definitely a body cultivator.”
"It's a pity that I don't have a metal element spirit root. Otherwise, I would be quite suitable to be a blacksmith.”Li Dong said regretfully.
"Heh, stupid kid! If you don't have a metal spirit root, why don't you find someone who does?”
"Uh, you can still find someone to help?" Li Dong asked in puzzlement," But I've read in some books that alchemy and forging are all done by one person. I've never heard of anyone working together to complete this.”
" That's because they're all orphans. Before the Age of Chaos arrived, Cultivators all had a certain level of strength. Therefore, matters of great interest such as alchemy and forging were often completed by one person alone. After all, it was impossible to let others interfere without absolute trust.”
"Then, with my current strength, what level of magic tools can I forge?" Li Dong asked in confusion.”
"…You can probably forge a second-tier sacrificial ritual implement, but if you have a cultivator with a metal spiritual root and whose spiritual sense has reached the Jade Void Realm to assist you, you might be able to forge a fourth-tier inferior-grade spiritual implement.”
At this moment, Ou Yezi transmitted his voice into the void,""Jinzi, come over."
Not long after, a burly man with a height of eight feet and a muscular body walked over. He was wearing a pair of glasses. If one only looked at his face, one would think that he was a bookworm from some school. However, if one looked at him as a whole, he gave off a feeling that even though he was a scholar, he was not ambiguous when fighting.
Looking at his muscles, Li Dong was secretly envious. After all, he belonged to the type of guy who gained weight quickly and lost weight quickly, but no matter how hard he trained, he could not get abdominal muscles. It could be said that he looked thin when he wore clothes, but he still looked fat when he took off his clothes. However, this appearance was far from the masculine type.
"Alright, follow me." Ou Yezi led the two of them to the Weapon Spirit Platform right above the Sword-Crafting Pool. They passed through the curved passageway in the center of the Water-Fire Sword Pool and climbed up a spiral staircase. A huge platform appeared in front of them.
On the platform, there was a huge iron smelting furnace that was fifty feet wide and thirty feet tall. The furnace was located on the left side, facing the Lava Sword Pool. A pipe fell vertically into the sword pool, providing fire elemental Qi to the furnace.
The cooling water tank was opposite to the iron smelting furnace, and right below it was the Cold Spring Sword Pool, which provided water elemental Qi for the cooling water tank. On the platform, there were forging hammers of various sizes, such as a mountain hammer that could remove impurities, a heavy hammer that could increase the toughness of steel, and a small hammer that could shape and correct steel.
Ou Yezi pointed at the various magic tools on the platform and asked,""Xiaodong, what kind of magic tool do you think you need the most right now? Was it a magical treasure that could increase the power, speed, and range of attacks of magical techniques, or a magical treasure that could strengthen close combat, or an auxiliary magical treasure that could eliminate negative effects, or a defensive magical treasure that could increase one's survivability?”
"Is there anything with more comprehensive functions?”
"Then there's only the Life Source Magical Treasure. It's currently the most comprehensive Growth-type Magical Treasure because its strength directly depends on the host's own cultivation and later cultivation. If it's nurtured well, not only can it be used in battles and close combat, but it can also automatically take a fatal blow for the host at critical times. However, this is also the biggest flaw. If the magical treasure is damaged, the host's body will also be damaged. There had been cases of people losing their lives because of this.”
Hearing Master Ou Yezi's explanation, Li Dong scratched his head and said,""As expected, I'm still unwilling to entrust my life to a tool.”
"A life-bound magic tool isn't as fragile as you think. At the very least, it's much stronger than the host's own body. Furthermore, forging a magic tool depends on the blacksmith's luck and experience. The grade of an ordinary magic tool is fixed and won't grow with the user. It can only be upgraded through recasting or tempering, which consumes a considerable amount of precious materials.”
"Alright, what right do people like me have to be picky? I'll take the life-bound magic artifact.”Li Dong shrugged helplessly.
Ou Yezi crossed his arms and said seriously,""In addition, there's a chance that a magic tool can produce a weapon spirit. Magic tools below the level of having a spirit will never produce a weapon spirit. Only magic tools above the level of having a spirit have a certain chance of producing a weapon spirit. Therefore, this kind of magic tool is also called a spirit tool. The probability of a life-bound magic tool producing a weapon spirit is 100%. Once it has a weapon spirit, the power of the magic tool will undergo a qualitative change. This is equivalent to installing a precision guidance device on a rocket. Its lethality and accuracy are incomparable.”
Hearing this, Li Dong could not help but laugh. Ou Yezi continued,"Moreover, the most important advantage of a life-bound magical treasure is that it cannot be forcefully taken away. If the host is killed, the life-bound magical treasure will also be destroyed.”
Upon hearing this, Li Dong immediately had the idea of forging a life-bound magical treasure, so he said,"Grandmaster, please teach me the forging method."
"The forging method is not difficult. First, you have to choose the model of the magic tool. What kind of weapon do you prefer? Now that the times had changed, there were also magical artifacts in the shape of firearms. It was just that the manufacturing process was a little troublesome, but that was not important. It depended on which weapon you felt was more handy.”As he spoke, Ou Yezi placed the casting molds in front of Li Dong.
Looking at all kinds of molds, there were not only cold weapons, but also pistols, rifles, submachine guns, and even machine guns. Li Dong asked in shock,"Is this really a magic tool? It has the function of a magic tool?"
"Of course, although it can't be used for close combat or summoning spirits due to its appearance, it's powerful when used in combat!”Ou Yezi gave him a thumbs-up.
Hearing this, Li Dong broke out in a cold sweat. He imagined a person wearing a Daoist robe and holding a machine gun magical artifact in his hand. When he fought with others, he shouted, Look at my spell! Then, the magic tool shot out countless primordial qi bullets, turning the other party into a sieve.
No! The scene was too intense. Li Dong shook his head violently and asked,""I don't know much about it, but I feel that cold weapons might be more suitable for me. After all, I have the ability to travel through space, and my physical strength is equivalent to a body cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage.”
" Then we'll use cold weapon molds. Since ancient times, the most popular weapons in the cultivation world are swords and sabers. Swords are the king of weapons and have the title of the king of a hundred weapons. They have balanced abilities and can be said to be extremely versatile weapons. Sabers are fierce and domineering, and they are the commander of a hundred weapons. They are not good at long-range casting, but they are very good at close combat. Other than that, weapons like spears and staves are also very good…"
" It's more traditional. Let's make it a sword mold." Li Dong said without hesitation.
Ou Yezi instructed Jin Wuqi to move the sword mold to the side of the smelting furnace. Then, he pushed and pulled the handle on the furnace a few times. Soon, a stream of fiery red lava was drawn from the lava sword pool and poured into the iron canal. Then, Jin Wuqi threw in the black iron, red copper, refined gold, red sand, blue crystal, jade soul, and dozens of other minerals.
Li Dong carefully observed this process. The order in which Jin Wuqi threw the metal seemed to have a rhythm and pattern. Whenever minerals such as iron and copper produced a large amount of gas, he would immediately pour in red sand, white sand, or jade. Then, the gas would immediately disappear. When minerals such as sand and stone did not melt into the metal liquid immediately, he would pour in some red copper to speed up the reaction of the sand and stone.
"It looks quite complicated." Li Dong muttered to himself.
" You won't think so when you get used to it in the future. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. The reason why you need a metal spiritual root is because the metal spiritual root has a natural adaptability and sensitivity to metal. Cultivators with metal spiritual roots can sense what changes will happen inside the metal. Therefore, you can smelt the metal perfectly to the greatest extent without causing the leakage of primordial qi, thus avoiding the production of excess impurities that will affect the quality of the magic tool. However, if you are old enough to be familiar with it, Even without the help of a self-cultivator with a metal spiritual root, he could still achieve the same result.”
"Then what are the next steps?”
" Next is the selection of materials. The most difficult part of a magic tool is the selection of the core. Generally speaking, the better the initial material, the higher the quality of the life-bound magic tool. Moreover, it's best to have something close to the body as the core of the material so that the life-bound magic tool can be easily controlled. Some cultivators with good conditions will use their own spiritual roots and blood essence as a primer to forge the magic tool.”
"I have the Ice Spirit Root. Is it possible to use the Thousand-Year Icy Soul as the core of the magic tool?”
"Ice Soul, huh? The accompanying product of a Tier Nine Protocosmic spirit-treasure, the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus. Hmm, how nostalgic. Although it's not the best choice for you, I believe she'll be very happy to know that you're using Ice Soul as your life-bound magic treasure.”Ou Yezi muttered to himself sadly.
While Li Dong was filled with doubts, Ou Yezi continued,""Put the Thousand-Year Icesoul into the mold first. When the molten iron has completely dissolved all the minerals, you can make the appearance of your life-bound magic weapon.”
After about two hours, the red molten iron gradually turned indigo. Jin Wuqi knew that he had succeeded, so he poured the indigo molten iron into the sword-shaped mold that contained the Thousand-Year Ice Soul.
"Hurry up! Xiaodong, circulate your Ice Spirit Qi and inject it into the mold. You must ensure that the Thousand-Year Ice Soul will not be melted by the Fire Origin Qi.”Ou Yezi hurriedly shouted.
As he watched the violent steam rising from the mold, Li Dong circulated all the Ice Spirit Qi in his body to supply the Thousand Year Ice Soul with an endless supply of Primordial Qi. As the Primordial Qi continued to be injected, a thin layer of frost gradually condensed on the indigo molten iron.
"Good! Let's begin!" At this moment, Ou Yezi's fingers tapped lightly, and the ice shards in the mold rose and fell onto the forging table. He turned to Li Dong and said," Any good weapon needs to be tempered a thousand times. The rest will depend on your strength.”
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"Junior brother, how is it? Did everything go well?"
Outside the Sword-Crafting Pool, Su Zhe looked at the Shepherd Boy on the yellow cow and asked with concern.
"Not yet known." Ou Yezi said calmly," Although he is now an adult and his soul is close to maturity, his primordial spirit has been damaged and his body's hidden illness has not yet recovered. Even the process of forging iron has certain risks.”
"Sigh, Dong 'er's World-Purifying Karmic Fire was abnormally violent back then. He was still young and couldn't control it. Although he managed to successfully forge a Life-bound Magical Treasure in the end, he was forced to seal it because the Artifact Spirit went berserk.”Su Zhe said with a worried expression, his eyes fixed on the Tool Spirit Platform.
Ou Yezi patted Su Zhe's shoulder and comforted him,""Dong 'er is a blessed person. Since ancient times, no one has been able to possess two life-bound magic tools. However, I believe that the more impossible it is, the more likely it is that it will happen to him, because his existence itself is a miracle!”
"You're right. He will definitely succeed.”Su Zhe's eyes shone as he prayed silently in his heart.
Wrought Iron's voice was sonorous and powerful. It did not stop from morning till night. Time passed quickly. Su Zhe and Ou Yezi did not leave and silently guarded the place.
On the tenth day, Wrought Iron's voice stopped. On the Tool Spirit Platform, Li Dong was dressed in white and had white hair. A flying sword gradually formed in front of him, and everything around him was covered in a thick white cotton jacket. The originally hot temperature was frozen, and a murderous aura rippled in the air. Li Dong opened his eyes, and green light flickered in his eyes.
Suddenly, the flying sword in the air shone brightly. The thick snow around it gradually melted, turning into warm water that filled the air with a fresh and natural aura. The water on the Tool Spirit Platform suddenly boiled and rolled, turning into streams of water that rushed towards the body of the flying sword, rolling up a water tornado that wrapped around the ice sword.
Su Zhe and Ou Yezi, who were outside the Sword-Crafting Pool, first felt a bone-chilling aura, followed by a gentle Water Spiritual Qi. The two of them immediately knew that Xiaodong had succeeded, so they quickly ran towards the Tool Spirit Platform.
Li Dong pointed at the sword in the water tornado and shouted,""Sword!"
As if it had sensed something, the longsword broke through the water ring and shot straight at Li Dong. Just as it was about to pierce through his skull, it hovered in the air a foot away from Li Dong.
Li Dong held the longsword gently. The appearance of the magic sword was not much different from an ordinary double-edged bronze sword. It was filled with a metallic texture, but the body of the sword was light and lean towards greenish black. Moreover, light could pass through the body of the sword without causing any reflection.
At this moment, Ou Yezi and Su Zhe arrived in front of Li Dong. Master Ou Yezi only took a glance before shouting,""Good sword!"
"Next, you just need to drip your blood essence on your life-bound magic weapon and then use your telegnosis ability to connect to the magic sword's weapon spirit. It will recognize you as its master.”
"Blood essence from the heart?"
"The Qi of the kidney palace passes through the heart palace. The thickest blood in the mixture of the two palaces is the essence blood. As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart. You bite open your finger and use the Qi circulation technique to condense the drop of essence blood on your finger.”
Following Master Ou Yezi's instructions, Li Dong extracted a drop of blood essence and dripped it onto the magic sword. In an instant, he felt a connection with the magic sword, as if there was an additional part of his body. When his telegnosis ability entered the magic sword, a pure white scene appeared in front of him. It was a place with heavy snow and ice. It was extremely similar to the northern polar regions. A huge ice crystal about 20 to 30 cubic meters lay quietly in the snow nest. Li Dong could vaguely sense the tiny life sealed in the ice crystal.
'This should be the interior of the magic artifact, and the life embryo in this ice crystal must be the artifact spirit,' Li Dong thought to himself.
After sending his Spiritual Sense into the block of ice, Li Dong's Essence Soul gently wrapped around the newborn life. Following that, a green stream of water imprinted itself on Li Dong's Essence Soul and Bai Xiaochi's forehead.
Returning to reality, Li Dong flicked the sword with his index finger, and a crisp sound immediately rang out, just like a musical instrument. Then, he poured his own spiritual qi into the magic sword. The greenish-black bronze sword became crystal clear and as thin as a cicada's wing. The green transparent sword gently rippled with spiritual qi, and an astonishing chill spread out in all directions. Rather than calling it a weapon, it was more like a priceless piece of art.
At this moment, Ou Yezi said," Excellent, excellent. It's a Level Four superior-grade spiritual weapon at the start. If it's properly nurtured in the future, it might be able to advance to Level Seven Auric Life Spiritual Weapon."”
Li Dong looked at the natal sword in detail and couldn't bear to part with it. However, for some reason, his Lingtai acupoint kept throbbing. His entire left arm felt abnormally hot, as if something was about to come out.
This feeling lasted for a few dozen breaths before disappearing. Li Dong frowned. A blurry memory flashed through his mind just now. The sudden abnormality made him somewhat confused. After thinking about it, he decided to go back and see the old teacher when he had the chance, so Li Dong did not say anything.
"Master Ou Yezi, the weapon spirit of my natal magic sword hasn't formed yet, and the completion rate of my magic sword isn't high either.”
"Silly boy, your life-bound magic tool is different from other magic tools. It doesn't need to go through more than 200 processes such as carving, copper infiltration, rough grinding, fine grinding, fine grinding, grinding, and light collection. In the future, you just need to place the magic tool in your dantian to nurture it.”Ou Yezi said with a smile.
"Oh right, what is your life-bound magical treasure called?”
"It said its name is Bi Luo Qing Ying."
The weapon spirit of the Clear Shadow Sword could only communicate with each other through the spiritual sense link. It could not answer more complicated questions.
"Clear Shadow Sword, huh? Hmm, a very elegant name. From the characteristics of the sword, it does have a sense of Chengying and Hanguang.”Master Ou Yezi said.
Just as Ou Yezi was appraising the name of the magic tool, Li Dong hesitated for a long time before saying,""Master Ou Yezi, other than the magic tool, there is another thing that I would like you to evaluate…"
"Oh? What is it?"
"This item is called the Heaven Raising White Jade Pillar!"
Faced with Ou Yezi's doubtful gaze, Li Dong had already made a decision. Since he intended to tie himself to the Daoists, he should not hold back any of the methods he had already revealed. Hence, he summoned the Heaven Raising White Jade Pillar and placed it in front of Ou Yezi.
Ou Yezi's eyes lit up when he saw it, but he did not rashly take it without permission. Instead, he carefully stroked the golden words on the rod and said in a nostalgic tone,"This is a superior-grade Connate spirit-treasure.”
"What is a Connate Numinous treasure?"
" Spiritual treasures are natural treasures forged by nature through the uncanny workmanship of nature. They are also primordial spiritual treasures. Primordial spiritual treasures are top-notch treasures that have existed since the creation of the world. They are divided into primary, middle, top, and supreme grades. The upper limit is primordial supreme treasures. Every primordial spiritual treasure has the power to defy the heavens and change fate. Moreover, their value is far greater than all other celestial devices and postcelestial treasures of the same grade. The difference is equivalent to strategic weapons and fire sticks. These Connate Spiritual Treasures were supreme treasures that could only be encountered by luck during the ancient God Sealing Era.”Ou Yezi sighed.
"Then what is the difference between a Postnatal Dharma treasure and a Connate Numinous treasure?”
"Well, how should I put it? Generally speaking, Postnatal magic treasures are divided into two types. One is a magic treasure that is artificially replicated according to the ability of a Primordial spirit treasure, and the other is a product that is accompanied by a Primordial spirit treasure at the beginning of its birth. These two Postnatal magic treasures have similar abilities to Primordial spirit treasures, but their power is completely different. After the end of the era of seclusion, almost all the magic treasures that are circulated in the market or in the immortal cultivation sects are Postnatal magic treasures, because any Primordial spirit treasure, even if it is the lowest grade... The world of Xiuzhenists was different from the mortal world. Killing and looting were common. Therefore, unless you encountered a life-and-death situation, you must not easily reveal this primordial spiritual treasure. Although there were not many Xiuzhenists who knew its value, you might encounter some old monsters. If they targeted you, you would be in a bad situation.”
Hearing this, Li Dong's heart trembled. He knew that this weapon was extremely valuable, but he did not expect it to be so precious. He could not help but be curious as to who had given him such an incomparably precious Connate Numinous treasure.
" It's not just the Primordial Spiritual Treasures. In the future, you must treasure any magic weapons or magic weapons that you get. There were many cases of killing people and snatching treasures in the Apotheosized Era, not to mention the Dharma Ending Era where cultivation resources are scarce. Therefore, unless you encounter a life and death situation, you must never use magic weapons easily.”Ou Yezi warned solemnly.
Li Dong nodded knowingly and retracted the white jade pillar back into his body.
At this moment, Ou Yezi said," You've been busy for so many days. I think you must be tired. Why don't you rest in the Taoist school for a few days before going down the mountain?"”
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Li Dong listened to Ou Yezi's suggestion.
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