Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 911 Practice
Gu Shiyi asked hurriedly,

"How...why haven't they come back yet?"

The old man came up and sat cross-legged, smiling and said,

“We are lucky too!”

It turned out that Gu Shiyi noticed that the terrain of Beiling was strange, and there might be something strange underground, so she and Lao Ma and his men split up. She and the fox went to seek revenge, while Lao Ma and his men sent Jin Er and his wife first. With this pair of three-legged toads, they found out within a quarter of an hour that the treasure was under the main peak where the Sun family mansion was located.

The group then dived underground together. The Jin Er couple led the way, followed by the king who turned into a ball of green light and led everyone. After they went a hundred feet underground, they saw a lake of fire. The lake was full of magma. There was a spring below that went straight to the center of the earth, and liquid kept gushing out from the center of the earth. They saw something flashing faintly in the fire eye, but they didn't know what treasure it was.
Although the Jin couple like to hunt for treasures, they prefer moisture and dislike heat, so they dare not go deep into the magma lake. Although the king is also able to escape underground, he is a plant spirit and is afraid of fire!
Lao Ma and Wang Yue are water beasts, and they are also afraid of fire. Shi Jie can use the demon-subduing pestle to enter the fire spring, but such a fierce earth fire is not something that ordinary magic tools can withstand. Only Gu Shiyi's magic mirror can help them escape unscathed.

"We don't dare to enter... But the dragon soul is the body of a weapon spirit, and the bronze tripod and the treasure mirror are also magical weapons of the same kind, so we can enter..."

The dragon soul is a spirit of the artifact, and it was originally not allowed to run around without the bronze cauldron. However, now that it has made some progress in its cultivation, as long as the cauldron is in Gu Shiyi's hands, it can move freely even if it is a hundred miles away from her. Seeing that no one dared to go, the dragon soul volunteered to go into the fire eye to check, and saw a palm-sized fire crystal floating in the fire eye that was constantly spewing magma. The dragon soul went up to check, but did not expect that the fire crystal turned into a flame and rushed out. Seeing this, everyone hurriedly chased after it.
"We chased it for thousands of miles, but it still got away!"

The dragon soul couldn't go too far, so it didn't chase after them, and stayed in the lake of fire. When everyone came back, the dragon soul told everyone,

"This is probably a natural fire crystal that was born from the Fire Eye. It has developed intelligence over time. It must have escaped because we startled it. But... there's no need to worry too much. This is where it was bred. It will come back even if it runs far away... As long as we are here... it may not show up for a while..."

So they discussed it.
"We first sent a monk back to report to you, and then found a hidden place nearby. We plan to build a cave there and guard it there. We must catch the Fire Crystal Spirit!"

Lao Ma has been following Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan for many years and has also helped Pu Yanlan to refine pills. Naturally, he knows the importance of the Earth Fire Spirit to alchemists. It is no less important than the second Nascent Soul in the body. He thinks Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan will definitely want to get it, so he arranged it in advance!
"Um……"

Gu Shiyi nodded with satisfaction. Old Ma has been doing business in the mortal world for so long, and his cleverness has really increased!

Old Ma said again,

"We originally planned to come back, but the king said that he was a spirit of grass and trees, and was the same kind as the earth fire spirit. So he planned to take the fur balls and stay on the snowy plains in the north to lure the earth fire spirit out, while the dragon soul stayed in the fire lake..."

Gu Shiyi nodded when he heard this.

The king is good at burrowing underground, so there is no need to worry about him getting into trouble. Although the furry balls look cute, they are actually ferocious beasts that eat everything. Not to mention ordinary people, even cultivators will suffer if they encounter them if they are not careful. Moreover, these furry balls are not afraid of cold or heat, so there is no need to worry about them freezing in the snow and ice outside. They can keep the king company!
At that moment, everyone got up and went to the hidden place. Gu Shiyi personally expanded the cave several times and made many rooms. Everyone had their own arrangements. He also settled Wang Xuying down and asked Wangyue to take care of her.

After everything was ready, a message was sent out to let Pu Yanlan come over. Pu Yanlan, who was in the Great Abyss, received the message and personally sent Jie and his son back to the Demon Realm. Three days later, she came to meet Gu Shiyi.

Pu Yanlan was surprised and delighted after hearing what Gu Shiyi said. She was about to go and see it, but everyone stopped her and mentioned the Earth Fire Spirit.
"If it senses the presence of a stranger in the lake of fire, I'm afraid it will run away!"

Pu Yanlan could only suppress her thoughts after hearing this, and began to prepare for the weapon refining in the cave. She discussed with Gu Shiyi,

"Although refining tools and refining pills are both the same, a slight mistake can lead to a huge loss. This cannot be taken lightly. I plan to learn to refine some small magic tools first to practice!"

Gu Shi nodded,

"Of course we have to be cautious!"

So Pu Yanlan began to refine magic tools. They had been traveling around for years and collected a lot of natural treasures, as well as various books and scrolls, which contained secrets of martial arts, as well as techniques for refining elixirs and tools. Pu Yanlan carefully selected an easy-to-use book called "Thirty-Six Decisions for Making Tools", which was only an entry-level book for tool refiners.
"Use this to practice!" Refining equipment is different from refining pills. Refining pills requires the alchemist to be alone and quiet, but refining equipment is not the same. It requires at least one person to help. And Gu Shiyi is strong and powerful, and he can swing a hammer better than anyone else. Therefore, this time Gu Shiyi is not so leisurely. Except for taking care of Danzai every day, she spends the rest of her time in the secret room with Pu Yanlan. Fortunately, when she was in the wilderness before, she also helped Grandma Jinhua to refine her own strange sword, so she has experience. The two of them have a tacit understanding, and their cooperation is really seamless.

Many times, they don't need words, just a glance and the two of them can communicate with each other. Pu Yanlan is responsible for controlling the ingredients and the temperature, while Gu Shiyi is responsible for shaping the magic weapon after it comes out of the furnace. When the fire is insufficient, he also needs to provide fuel on the side. The first magic weapon refined was just a small dagger, only the size of a palm, and it was finished in just five days.

"puff……"

Pu Yanlan watched as the small silver dagger pierced into the hard rock of the cave wall with a slight sound, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face.
"This is a bit sharper than ordinary weapons. Although it can cut iron like mud, it is still a far cry from a magic weapon!"

Gu Shiyi went over and gently pulled out the dagger, carefully looking at the trembling blade.
"Look...it's not like it doesn't have any spirituality at all. It's not as bad as you say..."

After saying that, he tried to inject some demonic power into it.
"boom……"

The dagger exploded in Gu Shiyi's hand, which frightened him so much that he quickly jumped up.
"Luckily I have thick skin!"

Pu Yanlan frowned.
"What is the difference?"

According to what I saw in the book, there was not a single mistake step by step, so why can what I refined only be called a weapon? It cannot carry spiritual power or demonic power, so how can it be called a magic weapon?
Pu Yanlan flipped through the ancient book in her hand, but couldn't figure out the key to it. Gu Shiyi also thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, so he simply waved his hand and said,
"If you can't figure it out, go to sleep. We haven't had a rest for five days. Maybe you'll figure it out after a good night's sleep!"

He immediately pulled Pu Yanlan to rest, and the two of them went to wash up together. Gu Shiyi suddenly remembered,

"Beiling is rich in geothermal energy. I've seen people in the city below the mountain bring water into their homes and build their own hot spring pools for bathing. We can't be left behind!"

So he urged Pu Yanlan to go to bed, and he excitedly went to find the Jin Er couple to find the fire vein so that he could make a hot spring for everyone!
The Jin Er couple were extremely skilled at finding a pulse, and they returned within an incense stick of time.

"You came back so soon, but did you find it?"

Jin Er responded,

"Master, this place is not far from the Earth Fire Lake. Fire veins are everywhere. There is a fire vein only one mile away from our cave. Although it cannot be used to refine weapons, it is enough to make warm water springs!"

Gu Shiyi was overjoyed, so he simply dug a passage out of the cave and found the fire vein. He first made a few pools on top, led the fire vein upwards, and led the snow water from above down to the top pool. When the two pools met, the snow water boiled and flowed into the pool below, paused for a while and then dropped in temperature, flowing all the way to the bathing pool which was as big as two regular swimming pools, just the right size for people to soak in!

The Jin Er couple were the best at this kind of drilling and perforating work. Gu Shiyi just said something to them and decided to go there again a few days later. The place had been divided into several large and small hot spring baths with various temperatures!
Gu Shiyi sighed,

"If we go back to Yan'er's previous world, how much labor costs can be saved!"

Opening a hot spring homestay will definitely make money!
Gu Shiyi asked everyone to come here to take a bath, and asked how the king was doing outside. Old Ma said,
"When you were in the secret room earlier, a group of people came back to report that they had not seen any trace of the Earth Fire Spirits, but they were quite comfortable outside and were living well!"

Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan finally felt relieved. After a few days of rest, they entered the secret room again. Pu Yanlan said to Gu Shiyi,
"Eleven, I thought carefully about our last weapon refining experience and found that we only focused on how to put in the materials and how to refine it into shape. Although we also carved the magic array and talismans inside, we forgot to use spiritual power to circulate while carving. I think the problem should be here!"

The talismans in this magic weapon are like human tendons and veins. When carving them, they should be expanded with spiritual power at the same time. The talismans should be activated immediately before the magic weapon takes shape. If the talismans are expanded after the magic weapon is formed, the magic weapon is not like a human. Human tendons and veins can repair themselves after being injured. Once the magic weapon fails to operate properly after the spiritual power is input, it will naturally end up exploding!