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Mo Hua nodded proudly.

Master Chen was shocked, "How long have you been able to draw a first-grade formation?"

"These are all trivial matters." Mo Hua waved his little hand and continued:

"With a first-grade weapon refining furnace and a first-grade molten fire formation, we should be able to recruit many weapon refiners."

Can drawing a first-grade formation be a trivial matter...

Master Chen had mixed feelings in his heart and sighed, "Don't worry, no refiner can refuse a first-grade weapon refining furnace plus a first-class formation."

A large part of the craftsmanship of a refining master depends on the refining furnace. There are only a few first-grade refining furnaces in the entire Tongxian City, let alone the first-grade formations painted on the furnaces.

If you refuse this, what would you be but a fool?

"That's good." Mo Hua felt relieved.

Then he thought of another question, "Master Chen, what is the grade of the weapon refining based on?"

"grade?"

"Well," Mo Hua nodded, "just like a formation master, the nine formation patterns are the first-grade formation. What kind of standard spiritual weapon can be called a first-grade spiritual weapon?"

The weapon refining furnace is actually a type of spiritual weapon, but it is a spiritual weapon used for monastic production, which is different from the spiritual weapons used by ordinary monks for attack or defense.

The casual cultivators in Tongxian City cannot forge a first-grade weapon refining furnace, so the first-grade weapon refining furnace promised by Elder Yu must be bought from outside. ♦♗

But there should be first-level weapon refiners among casual cultivators, so why can’t they forge first-level spiritual weapons?

"This is a long story..." Master Chen said.

Mo Hua was sitting on the small bench, looking like he was waiting to hear a story.

Master Chen took a sip of wine, collected his thoughts, and then began to say:

"First of all, it is the most difficult to determine the rank of an array master. Only monks at the ninth level of Qi Refining can become a first-rank array master..."

When Master Chen said this, he looked at the ink painting and coughed, "Generally speaking, only those who have reached the ninth level of Qi refining can become a first-grade formation master."

Then he continued: "Compared with formation masters, the standards for determining products for weapon refiners, alchemists, and talisman makers are much looser. As long as you reach the later stage of Qi refining, after training and accumulating experience, your weapon refining skills reach a certain level. With such a level, you can refine a first-grade spiritual weapon, and you can basically become a first-grade weapon refiner."

"Then why are casual cultivators rarely able to refine first-grade spiritual weapons?" Mo Hua asked.

"There are many reasons. For example, first-grade spiritual weapons are expensive to make, materials are scarce, ordinary cultivators cannot afford them, or there is a lack of inheritance. Many spiritual weapon refining manuals are not available to casual cultivators, and some refining techniques cannot be learned. …”

Master Chen sighed, "Of course the most important thing is that we don't have a good refining furnace."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "Is the refining furnace important?"

"That's natural," Master Chen exclaimed, "This weapon refining furnace is the weapon of the weapon refining master, just like the sword in the hand of a swordsman. Without a sword, what swordsmanship can be learned? Without a weapon refining furnace, how can one refine a spiritual weapon?"

Mo Hua nodded frequently, feeling that it made sense.

Master Chen pointed at his weapon refining furnace and said, "You may think that my weapon refining furnace is old and shabby, but it is not big, but among the weapon refining shops in Tongxian City, it is already quite good."

Master Chen was a little proud, "Many people are jealous of my furnace and want to borrow it to refine spiritual weapons, but I don't agree. How can a guy who eats just borrow it!"

"So, many casual cultivators are unable to become first-grade weapon refiners. Is it because they do not have a good weapon refining furnace and cannot refine first-grade spiritual weapons?"

"That's right," Master Chen said, "Without a refining furnace, there is no chance to refine a first-grade spiritual weapon. How can one become a first-grade weapon refining master?"

Mo Hua was a little curious, "Is the refining furnace really that critical?"

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Master Chen said: "The refined iron ore in the cultivation world and even the bones of monster beasts are extremely tough and must be refined in furnace fire before they can be forged. There is no elixir fire during the Qi refining period, so we can only use furnace fire. The furnace is of low grade. , the firepower is weak, and the materials cannot be refined, so naturally they cannot be forged..."

Mo Hua understood, and then asked: "Then if you have a good weapon refining furnace and a strong fire, how can you forge a first-grade spiritual weapon?"

Master Chen sighed: "It's a bit troublesome to talk about this."

Mo Hua poured him a glass of wine, "Take a sip of wine and speak slowly."

Master Chen looked at Mo Hua's curious eyes and felt helpless, "Since you want to hear it, I'll just tell you."

"The grade of a spiritual weapon is determined by the standards set by the Taoist court. The amount of fine iron or equivalent materials contained in a first-grade spiritual weapon, how many processes it has gone through, and how many times it has been forged are all the standards for measurement. "

"The most important thing is the number of forgings. Generally, for a first-grade spiritual weapon, the benchmark is to forge it a hundred times. Then, depending on whether the material of the spiritual weapon is hard, whether the shape of the spiritual weapon is special, and whether the technique of the spiritual weapon is cumbersome, appropriate increases or decreases will be made. After many weapon refiners Identification is established by convention, and then it is explicitly stipulated by the Taoist court and entered into the product specification."

"It sounds very troublesome..."

"That's because you are not a weapon refiner, so it sounds complicated. If you become a weapon refiner, follow the weapon refinement manual and swing a sledgehammer for a few days and forge fine iron for a few days, you will naturally understand everything."

Mo Hua looked at his little arms and legs, and after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

Master Chen smiled and said, "To put it simply, it depends on how many times you can strike iron. The more times you strike iron on a spiritual weapon, the higher its grade will naturally be. As the saying goes, 'Thousands of times of hammering, a hundred times of tempering will make a weapon,' and that's what it means. reason."

"Then it's almost like drawing a formation. The more formations you draw and the more formation patterns it contains, the higher the grade. It seems that the principles in this world are all the same." Mo Hua nodded.

Master Chen also smiled and said: "I don't understand the formation, but according to what you said, it is indeed the case."

Mo Hua asked again: "What about alchemy and talisman making, are they about the same?"

"Refining alchemy and making talismans...I guess they are similar, but I haven't learned it before, and I don't know the secrets inside. After all, it's hard to make rash conclusions."

Mo Hua nodded, this is the truth.

Although he is quite proficient in the battle method, when it comes to weapon refining and elixir refining, he only knows a little bit about it. He has never learned or practiced many of the details in it personally, so he is still confused when he thinks about it.

Not only for alchemy and weapon refining, but also for formations, there is a big gap between complex formations and single formations. He is familiar with the Five Elements formations, but when it comes to other formation pivot structures or attribute type formations, he is not special. clear.

For example, there are the Three Talents Formation, and other Liangyi Formation, Four Symbol Formation, Seven Star Formation, Bagua Formation, etc. mentioned by Mr. Zhuang.

It is estimated that when you actually learn and use it, it will be quite different from the Five Elements Formation.

Not to mention that Mo Hua had also heard of some cruel and evil formations such as magic formations, demon formations, evil formations, ghost formations, and corpse formations, which were banned by the Taoist court.

Then Mo Hua had another doubt and asked: "Master Chen, are you familiar with making talismans?"

"Not very familiar." Master Chen said truthfully.

"You know a little bit."

Master Chen asked doubtfully: "What do you want to know?"

"What's the difference between talisman making and formation?"

When Mo Hua was practicing at Tongxian Sect, he also took some courses that briefly introduced talismans, but those courses were too superficial and academic-oriented, and were different from the actual situation of Taoism.

When learning formations, Mo Hua always felt that the formations he drew on paper were very similar to the "talisman" in his impression of another life.

What is the difference between the two? Mo Hua has never quite understood.