Slow and immortal

Chapter 65 (1)
Chapter 65 (1)
Xiao Yao was very much looking forward to finally being able to start learning Furnace Alchemy, quietly waiting for the next step.

Fang Xuanshu picked up a handful of billets and weighed them in his hands, then said: "From now on, your homework will be increased from [-] billets per day to [-] billets per day, plus five furnaces per day. Bill, do you have an opinion?"

Xiao Yao was slightly startled, but then said respectfully: "I have no problem with you."

"En, that's good." Fang Xuanshu nodded in satisfaction, "It's already noon, so hurry up and start your homework. You are also planning to go out for the teacher, and you won't be back in three to five years. Here you have to take the place The teacher will take good care of it and make no mistakes."

After all, he wanted to leave.Xiao Yao was completely dumbfounded now, it wouldn't be a problem to ask her to do more homework.The point is that she doesn't know how to make furnaces at all. Could it be that this strange master wants to drive ducks to the shelves without intending to teach anything?She hurriedly called out: "Master..."

"What else is there?" Fang Xuanshu who was called back turned around slightly displeased.

Although she didn't want to annoy him, but in order to learn more, Xiao Yao still bite the bullet and said: "Master... this disciple has never learned the step of furnace refining..."

"So what?" Fang Xuanshu interrupted impatiently, "When you first came here, didn't you also learn to forge blanks by yourself? What don't you understand? There are quite a few jade slips in this field over there, just take it and read it yourself. "

"But, master, disciple..."

"Don't say any more! If you still want to learn from my famous master, don't talk too much, just do as I tell you, or pack up and leave here!"

She wanted to say that she hoped to have a demonstration from the master, but she was interrupted roughly by Fang Xuanshu before she finished speaking.In the end, he had no choice but to swallow the words in his stomach, silently watching the back of the strange master gradually disappear before his eyes.

Xiao Yao sighed deeply, heated up the furnace, and started to complete the homework of [-] billets.After sunset, she piled up [-] pieces of blanks, and only then did she study the furnace.

In the refining process: the billet is the most important, the furnace refining is the most difficult, the grinding takes the longest, and the molding requires dexterity.Each step has its own characteristics, and the skills to be mastered also have their own characteristics.But generally speaking, as long as the two steps of billet casting and furnace refining are done well, a slight deviation in the final grinding and forming steps will not affect the quality of the finished product.

In the second step of furnace smelting, it is necessary to continuously add spiritual energy into the furnace, and then smelt the animal bones into the blank. At this stage, one must always control the temperature of the furnace with spiritual consciousness, and even take care of every corner of the blank. .The furnace smelting time is also differentiated according to the types of mineral materials and animal bones, ranging from half an hour to dozens of days.

Xiao Yao still used the most basic black iron, fixed a piece of dark iron in the furnace, and began to inject spiritual energy into the fire according to the teaching on the jade slip.As time went by, Xiao Yao obviously felt that it was getting more and more difficult to control her consciousness.Suddenly, there was a distraction, and the fire engulfed it into a blank in an instant.Tsk, she took out the blank in annoyance, the black iron that was originally full of metallic luster was burnt black at this moment, it was obvious that she had failed.

She was not reconciled, so she continued to pick up another piece of blank and started to smelt it, and practiced like this until dawn.The continuous furnace refining consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness and spiritual power. Even if the spiritual consciousness is stronger than ordinary monks, Xiao Yao, who stores immortal energy in her body, can't support it after refining more than ten blanks in one go.

Looking at more than a dozen blanks that have been scrapped by refining, she felt that if she couldn't solve the problem of strength control, she would fail no matter how many times she practiced. This is what is usually called the bottleneck.If the master is here at such a time, at least he can ask. Now that the master has to go out for three to five years before returning, is it that I am so bottlenecked and wait until the master comes back to solve it?
Absolutely not!Time is too precious, she can't afford to waste it!After thinking about it, the master said before leaving that he would look for it in the jade slips if he didn't understand, maybe there would be a little uncertainty in those jade slips.When she came to the bookshelf where the jade slips were placed, she used her memory to search through the categories, but accidentally found three jade slips in a row of empty grids.Remember that when I was looking for books two days ago, I didn't have these three jade slips here?

Xiao Yao picked up one in doubt, pressed it to her forehead and began to read, the more she looked down, the brighter her eyes became, and she was beaming with joy.This jade slip is completely about the experience of refining the furnace, from the fire to the furnace, almost every detail is mentioned.Look at the other two pieces, both of which record some precautions for the furnace, and outline the key points.The problems she encountered this time are also explained in detail in the three jade slips.

Holding the three jade slips tightly with both hands, she was full of emotions. These three precious thoughts could never have appeared by accident... Then she thought back to Master's messy hair, thin figure, and stern face. Feel very amiable.She began to regain her strength, first entered the void to meditate to restore the loss of immortal energy in her body, and then started continuous refining exercises.

The days have returned to the boring practice. Winter comes to summer solstice. Xiaoyao's control of consciousness and spiritual power injection become more and more proficient during the refining process. If there are any problems, the corresponding notes can be found in the three jade slips , and whenever the mineral animal bones are used up, someone will send them in large quantities, so there is no need to worry about insufficient materials.In this way, in the second year, she finally smelted the first finished weapon. After one success, she was like a fish in water. No matter what kind of material or material she practiced for a long time, she could master the measure of spiritual power and spiritual consciousness. The quality of finished products produced by the furnace is also getting better and better.

Another three years passed in a blink of an eye, until Fang Xuanshu returned from abroad.He stood not far from the Zaishi Hall and glanced at it casually. It seemed that it was the same as four years ago, and there was no major change.It's just that the plaque of the Hall of Bad Equipment has been hung upright, and it can be seen that it is often wiped.And a large hole was dug out in the mountain next to the Zaoqi Hall for some reason, and it was covered with a thick curtain, and there was a restraint, so it was impossible to see what was inside.Presumably it must be a good thing done by his famous apprentice, he waved his sleeves with interest, and the restriction in front of the cave was easily broken, and the thick curtain was also torn off.

Although he had already guessed it, he still couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the blanks and finished tools of various materials piled up in the cave.This amount is really too much, if it is according to the amount specified by myself, it is impossible to fill this hole in four years.It is obvious that his disciple's daily homework load is far greater than what he planned, and the power of this girl's consciousness and spiritual power is beyond his expectation.

"Master! Are you back?"

Surprised, he heard someone calling him.The girl's cry was full of surprises, and seeing that the Taoist robe she was wearing was as old and messy as her own, she stood there smiling with eyebrows and eyes crooked.In an instant, he felt his eyes flicker, and the girl turned into a teenager in a blink of an eye, smiling happily as well.Back then, he had been looking forward to Master's return so that he could give himself some pointers...

After calming down the emotion caused by the memories in his heart, he calmly said: "Well, I am back as a teacher, Chong Rou, you can start to learn how to polish."

With the return of Fang Xuanshu, Xiao Yao's weapon refining learning was back on track, and it took her another ten years to learn how to refine weapons step by step under the strict requirements of her master.

When she gave the first magic weapon she forged to Master Fang with both hands, she stared at his unwavering eyes and felt uneasy, and even felt that she was back a thousand years ago, the little girl who was timid and eager to be praised by her master. baby.

Fang Xuanshu didn't praise her, and didn't show any expression, he just handed the things back to her and said: "From now on, all the magic treasures that are sent to the Palace of Bad Weapons will be entrusted to you to forge."

Xiao Yao squinted her eyes and smiled happily. After 15 years of getting along, she has already figured out the temper of this strange master. This is undoubtedly the greatest affirmation for herself, and it is more beneficial than praise.

After that, day after day, year after year, Xiao Yao began to formally deal with everything in the Palace of Bad Weapons, and began to enter into a life of refining weapons that was similar to retreat.Today, she is not only for forging the talisman, and not only for the spirit stone, but she really likes the craft of refining and devotes herself wholeheartedly to it.

As the saying goes: There is no time in the mountains, but there are thousands of years in the world.Unknowingly, Xiao Yao, obsessed with refining weapons, has spent a hundred springs and autumns on Qilian Mountain.One day, just as she was sealing a newly minted magic weapon into a box, Fang Xuanshu suddenly came to her side
"Chongrou, come here, I have something to say to you as a teacher."

You must know that in the past hundred years, my strange master has never taken the initiative to find me, and only came to ask for advice when I encountered problems, so I don't know what is so important.Although she was surprised, she followed Master Wei respectfully to the cave behind the hut.

(End of this chapter)