Chapter 158 Sword Refining

Two days passed in a flash.

In the inn, Yuan Ming slowly opened his eyes, his eyes sparkling.

His mana fluctuations became much stronger. The Nine Yuan Jue combined with Pei Yuan Dan and the spiritual incense helped him improve his mana very quickly. In less than two days, he was able to achieve the effect of nearly half a month of cultivation.

Presumably, the original purpose of spiritual incense such as Qingxuanxiang was probably to assist high-level cultivators in cultivation, or to be used for offerings by the sect.

Moreover, each time you practice, you consume more than one spiritual incense. A single practice consumes several spiritual stones, which is not something that ordinary small sects can afford.

There should not be many people who have the financial resources to use in this wild land of Southern Xinjiang. No wonder the old Taoist's business is so bad.

According to the agreement, the Thousand Machine Mask can be taken today. I don't know if Master Huo Lian succeeded.

Yuan Ming checked out of the inn room and came to Master Huo Lian's magic weapon shop.

Since the other party already knew his identity, he didn't deliberately hide it this time.

"Haha, you've come just in time. The Thousand Machine Mask has been refined. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission." Without waiting for Yuan Ming to speak, the bald man laughed.

"Thank you! Isn't Master Huolian in the store?" Yuan Ming heard this and was certain.

"Oh, my master is busy in the inner room. Please take a look, fellow Taoist." The bald man said, taking out a wooden box from under the counter and handing it over.

Yuan Ming opened the wooden box, and inside was a white mask that looked a bit translucent. The texture was extremely thin, and the touch was soft, and it felt almost like a human face.

He picked it up and tried to put it on his face. The size was just right, and he could hardly feel the existence of the mask.

"My master said that fellow Taoist was lucky. This time the refining was quite successful. This Thousand Machine Mask can be used three times. Fellow Taoist must use it carefully." The bald man said again.

"What! It can only be used three times?" Yuan Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

"Don't you know, fellow Daoist? The Thousand Machine Mask is a consumable magic weapon. The main material of this item is the skin of a human-faced spider, which is only a first-level beast material. The spiritual power contained is too weak. It is already very good to be able to maintain three transformations." The bald man explained.

Yuan Ming was silent.

The magic weapon shop is doing a business of opening the door to welcome customers. It should not deceive him on such things. The Thousand Machine Mask is made of first-level beast materials, but the effect is very amazing. Even the foundation-building cultivators can't see through it. It is indeed unreasonable. It seems that he has some extravagant expectations.

Thinking of this, he didn't entangle anymore, paid the other half of the refining fee, and left with the Thousand Machine Mask.

Yuan Ming didn't stay in Black Rock City for long, and left quickly, heading for the Biluo Cave Sect.

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Yuan Ming was still worried about being targeted and robbed along the way, so he made full preparations, but it was calm.

After returning to Biluo Cave, Yuan Ming couldn't wait to go straight to the back mountain and found the third cave master.

"Is this Yin Jade?" The Third Cave Master's expression changed when he saw him take out the half-piece of white Ruyi.

"Not bad." Yuan Ming nodded.

"I didn't expect you to find Yin Jade as a substitute. The quality of this thing cannot be compared with the Millennium Cold Crystal, but it is not easy to find. In addition, its own properties are also unique, so it is considered good luck. Just be careful, long-term activation of such magic tools may hurt your own soul. I will try to reduce its backlash during refining, but you still have to pay attention." After checking the Yin Jade brought back by Yuan Ming, the Third Cave Master nodded slightly and warned.

"Then I'll trouble the Third Cave Master." Yuan Ming clasped his fists.

"Come with me." After the Third Cave Master said, he stood up and took Yuan Ming to the back hall of the courtyard.

When he arrived at the back hall, Yuan Ming saw a black casting furnace at a glance. The style was similar to that of Master Heimu, and many secret patterns were also engraved on the surface.

The third cave master came to the casting furnace, picked up some charcoal, sulfur and the like from the shelf beside, and put them into the casting furnace.

Then, she raised her hand and pinched a spell, pressing it on the furnace.

The next moment, a flame lit up from her palm, like a wildfire spreading, lighting up the patterns on the furnace.

Red light marks gathered from all directions, all concentrated into the furnace, condensed into a ball of blazing flames, and ignited the furnace.

An extremely hot breath rushed out of the furnace, and the air wave made Yuan Ming's face tight, and he subconsciously stepped back a little.

The third cave master was calm and had no reaction.

Huo Chan'er, who was squatting on her shoulder, raised his head, bent his waist, stretched beautifully, and looked very comfortable.

"Give me the sword." The third cave master said.

Yuan Ming heard the words and immediately offered the Green Fish Sword with both hands.

Huo Chan'er followed his outstretched arm and climbed onto his shoulder.

The Third Cave Master raised his hand and opened a sealed door on the furnace, and a cluster of flames immediately surged out like a flood from a flood outlet.

She raised her palm and pressed the surging flames through the air, and an invisible magic force pressed the flames back into the fire pit.

Then, she used her magic power to lift the Green Fish Sword and slowly sent it into the furnace.

The Green Fish Sword entered the center of the fire pit and was immediately surrounded by blazing flames. The flames licked the sword body as if they had found delicious food.

Yuan Ming was just feeling strange, and when he looked again, he found that it was the Third Cave Master who was using his skills to deliberately control the flow of flames.

"You should have a fire spirit root. You can choose a fire attribute technique during your daily practice and practice the technique of controlling fire. This is very necessary for a weapon refiner." The voice of the Third Cave Master sounded, but he was reminding Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming subconsciously wanted to say that he had practiced, but he stopped talking immediately.

Not to mention that the source of his technique itself was problematic, even the violent technique of burning and exploding had nothing to do with controlling fire. If it was really used, I'm afraid even the foundry would explode immediately.

"Yes." Yuan Ming nodded in response.

"For the second smelting, the temperature is particularly important. You should watch carefully." The Third Cave Master said.

"The Third Cave Master personally instructed, and the disciple must keep it in mind."

In fact, even without her reminder, Yuan Ming would not miss such a rare opportunity to observe.

After the Third Cave Master finished this sentence, he stopped talking and concentrated on controlling the temperature of the flame and the furnace.

After all, the Green Fish Sword was smelted for the second time. Unlike the first smelting, it was necessary to melt all the materials, remove impurities, and fuse them together. Instead, it was necessary to calcine them to a critical state where the shape remained but the gas was dispersed.

Once this critical state was passed, the shape of the Green Fish Sword would melt and lose its original solid structure. However, if it failed to reach this critical state, it would be impossible to integrate the Yin Jade into it.

Yuan Ming understood this principle, but he could not actually operate it with his current skills.

After burning for about half a quarter of an hour, the temperature in the casting furnace rose sharply, and the Green Fish Sword lit up with a blazing white, golden, and bright red luster from the inside to the outside.

"Yin Jade." The Third Cave Master frowned and said.

Yuan Ming immediately offered it with both hands.

The Third Cave Master took the Yin Jade with one hand and gently stroked the sealing door of the casting furnace with the other hand.

The sealing door on the furnace was opened again, and a more blazing air wave burst out, but the flame was still controlled by the Third Cave Master.

Then, she hooked her finger, and a wisp of magic power pulled out the Green Fish Sword and placed it on the casting table.

Almost at the same time, the Third Cave Master grabbed Yin Yu's hand and pressed it down on the Green Fish Sword.

"Hiss..."

With a light sound, a large amount of white mist rose up, obscuring Yuan Ming's vision.

He only saw that the Third Cave Master closed the fire pond and grabbed the casting hammer next to him with one hand and smashed it on the casting table.

"Clang, clang, clang"

The hammering sound rang out one after another. No sparks could be seen on the casting table, but one after another light circles could be seen shining with each hammering.

In the diffuse mist, only a vague and graceful figure could be seen, and the movements were smooth and flowing, which did not give people a sense of vulgarity at all.

Yuan Ming's eyes condensed, and he concentrated the magic power on his eyes, and his vision was greatly improved immediately.

Only then did he see that when the Third Cave Master hammered, the flying rainbow on the Green Fish Sword shone, and a thin layer of white jade powder was covered on the outside. No matter how it vibrated, it was always attached to the sword body and would not dissipate.

After each hammer fell from the Third Cave Master, some jade powder would enter the sword body and merge with it.

After each fusion, the light of the sword body would converge a little, and the heat on it would obviously decrease a little.

At this time, the speed of the Third Cave Master swinging the hammer became faster and faster, and the "clang clang" sound of hammering began to become continuous.

Yuan Ming was dazzled and secretly amazed in his heart. Not to mention the number of continuous hammering, this speed was already beyond his reach for the time being.

However, Yuan Ming could see clearly that the reason why the Third Cave Master suddenly accelerated was to maintain the temperature of the sword body through hammering to ensure that all the Yin Yu crystal powder could be integrated into the sword body.

At this moment, a cry suddenly came from outside the front yard: "The Third Cave Master is here, the Great Cave Master ordered his disciples to come and invite him, there is an urgent matter to discuss."

"So unfortunate?" Yuan Ming frowned, fearing that the Third Cave Master would be affected.

The Great Cave Master had an urgent matter to invite him. How could the affairs of a small nominal disciple of his be compared with that? If the Third Cave Master stopped at this point, all the previous efforts would be wasted. Not only would the spiritual materials that he had worked so hard to find be scrapped, but the Green Fish Sword would also lose the possibility of upgrading its grade.

Fortunately, the latter's movements did not slow down at all, as if he had not heard it and was not affected at all.

The people outside seemed to have heard the movement inside, and for fear that they had not heard it, they used their magic power to shout loudly, and the sound immediately came in more clearly.

But the Third Cave Master continued to swing the hammer, as if nothing could disturb her.

Yuan Ming was relieved when he saw this scene.

He counted silently in his heart until the Third Cave Master swung the hammer 3,681 times in a row, and the sound of the hammer finally stopped, and the mist around him had long since dissipated.

The Third Cave Master put down the casting hammer, held the brand new Green Fish Sword in one hand, and raised it in front of him to observe.

The appearance of the long sword has not changed much, but there are countless white stars on the blue sword body, which looks like snow falling from the blue sky, and like a star curtain, which is more gorgeous than before.

Yuan Ming's eyes lit up, and he saw that the sword body was looming, and there were strands of white cold air overflowing.

"Is it done?" He couldn't help asking.

"The materials are well integrated, and the properties of Yinyu and Qingyu Sword can also perfectly match. As long as there is no problem with engraving the talisman and infusing the spirit, this sword will at least be a mid-grade magic weapon." The Third Cave Master was also quite satisfied and said.

"Thank you, Third Cave Master." Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming immediately bowed and thanked sincerely.