Longevity begins with alchemy

Chapter 43 Sword Pill
Dawn breaks in the east, the local birds are about to sing, the dew is rolling between the petals, and a few cicadas are heard...

After spending half the night reading through "Initial Interpretation of Weapon Refining", Su Yi closed the scroll and fell into deep thought.

In the previous process of learning new things, Su Yi always used the method of "point by point...total".

This time when learning to refine weapons, thanks to Shen Mo's help, Su Yi got the opportunity to learn "total...points...total" for the first time.

After just a cursory glance, Su Yi felt that this "scroll" was indeed extraordinary.

It not only outlines various knowledge about weapon refining, but also describes the introductory knowledge of weapon refining in stages and in detail, with pictures and texts for beginners to understand.

Not to mention that there are many comments and insights from Shen Mo, making it easier for Su Yi to learn.

From this, Su Yi knew that he could no longer call Shen Mo "Old Mo". Even if he couldn't call him "teacher", he should at least call him "Mr. Shen."

It can be said that "every word is a teacher", not to mention that someone lent such a "useful" scroll to me.

The feeling of danger was just one of the reasons why Su Yi suddenly asked Shen Mo to learn to refine weapons. In fact, learning to refine weapons had long been in Su Yi's plan, but the time was different.

In fact, what is commonly referred to as "magic" actually includes two aspects.

Dharma is the way to enlightenment!The technique is the technique of protecting the Tao!
The two are mutually reinforcing, complementary and indispensable.

For example, "Tianyan Dao Jing", "Wuji Demon Subduing Technique", as well as the widely spread Immortality Kung Fu, Five Elements Technique, etc. are all methods of realizing the Tao.

The various arts of cultivation, such as alchemy, weapon refining, talisman making, array formation, corpse refining, beast control, etc., all belong to the category of Tao-protecting techniques.

The reason Su Yi chose to learn weapon refining was because weapon refining was the first of all the arts of cultivation.

This does not mean that weapon refining must be more skillful or that practitioners are more powerful. After all, all cultivation arts have their own strengths, but it does mean that weapon refining covers a relatively wide range.

Those who can make elixirs may not necessarily know how to refine weapons, those who can make talismans may not necessarily know how to refine weapons, and those who can set up formations may not necessarily know how to refine weapons... But those who know how to refine weapons will definitely know something about other professions.

This is because the first thing to do when refining a weapon is to analyze various materials. In addition, you need to be proficient in runes and know how to carve formations.

If the material cannot be broken down, the object cannot be shaped.

If the runes are not outlined on the cast or shaped utensils, the utensils will not be able to communicate between heaven and earth.

Without engraving a magic circle on the artifact, the artifact cannot change in size, nor can it be charged or released using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

...It is precisely because of the above reasons that Su Yi put learning weapon refining on the agenda, because weapon refining will greatly assist him in the alchemy path he will study next.

For example, refining sword pills!
Before, Su Yi had never thought that such a legendary thing as "Jian Pill" would actually exist, until he saw the description of Jian Pill in "Song Family Alchemy Book".

"Song Family Alchemy Book" was one of the items in the transaction between Song Qianqian and Su Yi when he was dying.

According to the "Song's Pill Book", Jianwan is also a kind of elixir.

Different from conventional elixirs, Jianwan is not something to be taken, and its refining method is also based on "the method of refining elixirs."

Jianwan is also different from ordinary elixirs in that it has "growth properties."

In other words, in a sense, sword pills and magic weapons are similar in that they both have acquired growth potential.

Of course, as a magic weapon is a higher level existence than a magic weapon, its innate power should not be underestimated. When the sword pill was first formed, it had no power in itself, so it can only be said that there are some similarities between the two.

"Growing from all the sources, it grows into a cauldron, removes the false and retains the essence of the sword, then buries it in the ground to seize the fortune, and the sword is completed over the years."

This is the original text about Jianwan in the "Song Family Pill Book", which refers to the use of weapon refining methods to refine elixirs containing "sword energy".

Then bury it in the ground, and the sword pill will absorb spiritual energy from the outside world and slowly grow, eventually growing into a pill that can be used for attacks.

Of course, this "sword energy" only refers to it in general. Only swords forged from gold and iron can emit sword energy. Other materials can also be used.And the place of burial is also particular. It doesn't mean that it can be buried anywhere, but "what kind of material and what kind of sword spirit" must be buried in the right place.

For example, the Golden Sword Pill must be buried in a place full of gold energy, and the Wooden Sword Pill must be buried in a place full of wood energy...

Su Yi now had a premonition of danger and lacked the means to protect himself, so he thought of refining sword pills.

However, this is not a day's work or short-term effect. You must first learn to refine the weapon. Even if the refinement is successful, you still need to bury it in the ground and wait for it to grow.

Calculated this way, I don’t know how long it will take.

Therefore, Su Yi also needs to learn a technique that can produce quick results in a short period of time.

Why hasn't Su Yi paid much attention to the study of magic in the past ten years since he traveled through time? After all, his golden fingers are still good for this?
This is actually not difficult to understand and can be explained in one sentence, because human time and experience are limited.

Besides, "mana" is the foundation of all magic. If the magic power is low, the spells cast are bound to have little power.

After ten years of hard training, Su Yi is now at the seventh level of Qi training and has entered the late stage of Qi training, barely able to stand up among the Qi training monks.

At this time, it is natural to choose to practice one or more offensive or defensive techniques.

Seeing this, Su Yi went out again after breakfast. This time he did not go to Shen Mona.

You cannot always catch a sheep, but you must give full play to your subjective initiative and try your best to solve problems by yourself.

So Su Yi walked around the bookstores selling various spells in Fang City.

Although the control and restrictions on martial arts in this world are extremely strict, even to the point of being inhumane, the control on magic is still much looser.

But even so, the total of several stores is not much, and many of them are duplicated.

Most of these repetitions are basic spells such as "Cleaning Technique" that are of little use.

The remaining ones that are not duplicates are also mixed in good quality and bad, and are mixed with true and false ones. The buyer needs to distinguish them by himself.

So are there any fake spells?Of course there are.

This "fake" does not mean that you will become obsessed after practicing, but it is like fake medicine.

If you eat it and it will kill you, it is not fake medicine but poison. If you eat it well and it is not bad, it is fake medicine.

The same goes for fake spells.

If you buy it, it will have no side effects, but it will be a waste of time.

The key point is that you can't reason with him yet, because he can slap you back with just one sentence.

"You say there's something wrong with my technique? I think it's because your understanding is too poor!"

If you are still dissatisfied, he can show you how to perform it on the spot, and then say that he learned it after watching it.

As for whether it was this one he was reading, there was no way to prove it.

As for saying this won’t damage your own brand?

In fact, Fangshi is a place with relatively high mobility of people, and there are still many people coming and going. After all, there are only a few people like Su Yi who have the money to buy a house here.

Fortunately, Su Yi has lived here for so many years, so he can be considered a half-native, and with his reputation as a top alchemist, the shop owners will give him a little favor.

Finally, after going around in a circle, Su Yi first chose two spells: one attack and one defense.

(End of this chapter)