Chapter 247 Introduction to Equipment Refining (1/2)
Lin Mu returned to the island in the middle of the lake with the ten thousand catties of spiritual grain and the red flame furnace.
Before he was on the road, he had already thought about what he would do in the future.
Refining equipment is an important part of it.
Whether it is Elder Luo Yan's expectation or the needs of the fifty disciples, Lin Mu cannot escape this matter.
Fortunately, Lin Mu does not hate refining equipment, but he does not want to be too distracted. After all, the time of a cultivator is limited. It is better to be proficient in one thing than to be proficient in everything. If he condenses the golden elixir, Lin Mu may no longer have this concern.
Now the third-grade spiritual medicine in the spiritual field will take another four years to mature. These four years are all Lin Mu's leisure time.
Lin Mu plans to do as much as possible in these four years.
After the next batch of spiritual herbs are harvested, Lin Mu will concentrate on hard work.
Refining equipment is what he has to do in these four years. In addition, training fifty disciples is also a top priority.
Although the fifty disciples are now at the tenth level of Qi Refining, there is still a certain distance between them and the foundation building.
Now the disciples only rely on the Gathering Spirit Pill to raise their cultivation to the tenth level of Qi Refining. The spiritual power in their bodies is superficial and not solid.
Compared with the general disciples who have cultivated to the tenth level of Qi Refining, the quality of their spiritual power is far worse.
At the current level, the failure rate of attacking the foundation is at least more than 60%!
The seventy foundation-building pills given by Shi Weihan will not be enough.
In such a predicament, there is no other way but to cultivate hard and accumulate spiritual power.
Lin Mu knew that he was only a five-element spiritual root. Although he also used pills to improve his cultivation, he stayed in the Qi Refining Stage for several years until he was invincible in the Qi Refining Stage. He took the foundation-building pill to break through, and naturally succeeded at one time.
Now Lin Mu is ready to copy the previous method and try to make the spiritual power in the bodies of fifty disciples more solid.
Alchemy is actually a good way, but it is obviously not suitable for fifty disciples.
Lin Mu simply does not have so many materials to spend on fifty people.
He can't just take the third-grade spiritual medicine and let a bunch of Qi Refining disciples squander it.
The only solution now is to let the disciples practice hard and reach the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining.
In addition, there is the mind method.
The mind method is extremely important to the cultivator.
The quality of the spiritual power in the cultivator's body, the speed of operation, the depth of cultivation, and the speed of spiritual power recovery are all related to the mind method.
A good mind method often determines the future and fate of the cultivator.
Nowadays, these outer disciples are only practicing the second-grade mind method, which is ordinary stuff.
Relying on such a mind method, it is nothing but a foolish dream to want to build a foundation.
Lin Mu was prepared for this. He copied a lot of mind methods in the Sutra Library, including all five elements.
The first thing Lin Mu did when he returned to the island was to teach fifty disciples the mind method.
Under Lin Mu's call, fifty disciples quickly gathered around him.
Lin Mu looked at the disciples and said with a smile: "I will have free time in the next four years. During this period, I will do my best to help you build your foundation. Don't be lazy. Let's strive to build your foundation within five years! Let those genius disciples see that ordinary people can also shine as long as they work hard! And it should be more brilliant!"
The fifty disciples were all excited and ready to do a great job.
Build a foundation within five years!
Who doesn't want it?
Such a good thing, even if you are tired, you must stick to it.
Fight!
The fifty disciples all had a longing light in their eyes, and Lin Mu also looked at them sideways.
Lin Mu smiled and said: "If you want to build your foundation, you still have a long way to go. With your current mental method, the hope of the host is really slim. Fortunately, I brought enough mental methods from the sect this time, so you don't have to worry about this. Now, each of you can get a mental method from me. After returning, you must work hard to practice and reach the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible."
The fifty disciples nodded in unison, their eyes eager.
Lin Mu then distributed the mental methods according to their individual spiritual roots.
Each of these fifty disciples has three or more spiritual roots. If they only practice one system, they will no longer be able to use the spiritual power of other systems, and naturally they will not be able to perform the magic of other systems.
The most important thing for magic practitioners is to be flexible and versatile, and to combine various magic methods to achieve unexpected results.
If you only practice one system, although the attack power of magic becomes stronger than before because of the purer spiritual power, you will lose your own characteristics. Generally speaking, no matter how powerful the attack power of magic practitioners is, they cannot compare with sword practitioners.
Lin Mu discovered a secret that is not a secret. Most of the mental methods he has seen are extremely suitable for sword practitioners. Because after practicing, the spiritual power in the body becomes more and more pure, and the attack of flying swords becomes more powerful. But for magic practitioners, there are not many benefits.
I don’t know if it is only the Tianxiao Realm or all realms.
Lin Mu’s "Five Elements Mental Method" is very perfect.
Not only did he cultivate all five elements, but his spiritual power was flexible and varied, so he could perform magic with ease.
For a magic practitioner, this was a rare and excellent mental method.
At the same time, after practicing the "Five Elements Heart Method" to the state of unity of the five elements, the spiritual power in the body can be transformed at will, and the five elements are mutually generated and transformed into the spiritual power you want. For example, Shitou uses a gold flying sword, so he can easily transform the spiritual power in his body into pure gold spiritual power, the quality of which is comparable to that of a cultivator in the Spiritual Silence Stage. Therefore, although Shitou practices swordsmanship, his attack power is not bad at all.
"Five Elements Heart Method" is also suitable for sword cultivation!
The only drawback is that once you practice the "Five Elements Heart Method", you will only have a lifespan of 200 years.
After all, only a few cultivators can cultivate golden elixir.
If you choose to practice the "Five Elements Heart Method", but you cannot condense the golden elixir in the end, it is better to practice other heart methods and reach the Spiritual Silence Stage, which can also add more than 100 years of lifespan.
Lin Mu also thought so, so he did not pass the "Five Elements Heart Method" to these fifty disciples.
The resources required to practice the "Five Elements Heart Method" are too many, and ordinary people can't afford it at all.
Rather than living to the age of 200 and dying of old age, it is better to practice other mental methods and live for more than a hundred years.
Lin Mu now owns 400 acres of third-grade spiritual fields and has a Xuanyue pendant. His alchemy skills are not bad, but he has been practicing hard for nearly a hundred years and still cannot condense the golden elixir. At this rate, the hope of condensing the golden elixir after the age of thirty is slim.
These disciples are most suitable for these third-grade mental methods.
One by one, the disciples came to Lin Mu. Lin Mu explored the disciples' spiritual roots, and then asked the disciples about their preferences. He decided which mental method to choose to practice. The disciples were also very happy.
Lin Mu taught all 50 disciples the third-grade mental method, and many disciples practiced the same mental method.
When Lin Mu checked the spiritual roots of these disciples, he also checked their cultivation.
At this time, he was secretly shocked at how wise his decision was.
Among the fifty disciples of the tenth level of Qi Refining, only more than ten of them have solid and condensed cultivation in their bodies. The rest of them have spiritual power in the form of gas, floating and free, floating in the Dantian, and are vulnerable.
Although the spiritual power in their bodies has reached the tenth level of Qi Refining in terms of quantity, in terms of quality, it is not even as good as that of ordinary disciples.
Lin Mu couldn't help but ask himself secretly, is it appropriate to force the growth of seedlings like this?
But now that things have come to this, regret is useless.
Lin Mu can only think of ways to remedy it. He remembered that his spiritual power was much more solid and condensed than that of ordinary Qi Refiners, and the power of his magic was far superior to that of ordinary disciples.
The reason is nothing more than that Lin Mu often refines pills, and his spiritual power is quickly consumed and recovered.
In this repetition, the spiritual power in his body has become more solid, his endurance has also greatly increased, and his spiritual power recovery to the fourth degree is much stronger than that of ordinary people.
Consumption and recovery!
This is the most important thing!
In fact, it is what is called training!
Lin Mu had seen Shi Jian training his body. He would only stop when he was exhausted and unable to stand up.
But the next day, he became full of energy and continued to train.
Repeating this process, his body became stronger day by day, and his defense was also enhanced.
Now Shi Jian can easily break a huge rock with one punch!
Lin Mu was very relieved about Shi Jian.
Shi Jian's cultivation was entirely achieved through his own hard work. The Soul Gathering Pill only increased his spiritual power by a small amount, which was useful for tempering his body. His real strength was all achieved through his own hard work.
The body can become stronger day by day through repeated training, and the spiritual power can naturally also be strengthened.
After half a day, fifty disciples all obtained their own satisfactory mental methods.
Lin Mu then sent the disciples back to their rooms to practice hard, specializing in new mental methods and transforming the spiritual power in their bodies.
The disciples left one after another, the noise in front of Lin Mu faded away, and everything returned to peace.
Lin Mu stood there, silent for a moment, and his mind became calm.
The mist was quiet, and the island in the middle of the lake was peaceful and serene.
Lin Mu took out the "General Principles of Refining" from his storage bag and input spiritual power into it. The words suddenly appeared in his mind. He hurriedly read it carefully, and after a while, he was immersed in it.
"General Principles of Refining" was written by Tian Zhu Zhenren. It is full of refining skills and refining experience. When Lin Mu first started refining, he was like an ant wandering in the sea. Although he was free, he was boundless and didn't know where the end was.
"General Principles of Refining" is divided into three chapters: materials, formations, and miscellaneous chapters.
The same is true for refining.
The most important thing is the material.
If you want to have a high-level magic weapon, you must have good materials. This is the foundation, otherwise everything is empty talk.
At the beginning, the Five Elements Ring was just a low-grade magic weapon. Although it has great potential, its power is only average because of the ordinary materials. Later, Lin Mu got many flying swords and let the Five Elements Ring swallow them, and the power of the Five Elements Ring gradually increased.
Lin Mu read the materials section and had some insights into refining.
His insights were naturally related to the Five Elements Ring.
Before, Lin Mu had always mistakenly believed that the Five Elements Ring must devour magic tools to advance.
But after reading the materials section, he realized how wrong he was.
The reason why the Five Elements Ring can continue to advance is essentially that it devours many high-quality magic tools. The materials used in high-quality magic tools are all rare, and the quality of the Five Elements Ring is also improving.
In fact, if those flying swords are replaced with excellent refining materials, the same advancement effect can be achieved.
Lin Mu agreed with this in his heart.
When the Five Elements Ring devoured the broken flying swords, those flying swords were completely damaged and could no longer be used, but the Five Elements Ring could still be upgraded.
The essence is the material!
The current Five Elements Ring can only be comparable to the best magic weapon, but its actual grade is only the upper grade magic weapon level.
If you want to truly reach the level of the best magic weapon, you must devour the spiritual grade materials.
For example, the low-level spiritual grade material Shuiyunjing for refining the best cloud-stepping boots is completely sufficient.
If you want the "Small Five Elements Formation" in the Five Elements Ring to operate normally, Lin Mu must gather the five spiritual grade materials to allow the Five Elements Ring to advance. Otherwise, the power of the Five Elements Ring cannot be fully exerted, and it is better not to advance.
"Small Five Elements Formation" is the content of the formation chapter.
Materials are only the basis of a magic weapon. Although they are extremely important, the power depends on the grade of the formation engraved in the magic weapon.
The higher the grade of the formation, the greater the power of the magic weapon.
Moreover, the most important thing is that the efficacy of the magic weapon is completely related to the formation.
For example, the formation engraved inside the top-grade cloud-stepping boots is mainly the "Cloud Piercing Formation"!
Therefore, the flying speed of the top-grade cloud-stepping boots is super fast.
The Five Elements Ring is completely different. It is mainly engraved with the "Small Five Elements Formation" and the "Treasure Devouring Formation", so its function is completely different from the cloud-stepping boots. The main characteristics of the Five Elements Ring are the five elements and the devouring of other magic weapons.
The different functions of magic weapons are all due to the different formations engraved inside.
Of course, different materials are suitable for different formations.
If a fire formation is engraved in a water-based material, the power will be greatly reduced.
Many times, the same materials, from different people's hands, the magic weapons refined have different powers and even different functions.
Elder Luo Yan used water cloud crystals to refine the top-grade cloud-stepping boots. Perhaps if it were replaced by other Jindan stage cultivators, they might have refined a top-grade water-based flying sword!
If a weapon refiner wants to learn how to refine weapons, in addition to having a good understanding of the materials, the most important thing is to engrave the formation, which determines the function, type, and power of a magic weapon.
Below the formation chapter, there are also vast and complex formations.
From the first-grade formation to the fifth-grade formation, everything is included.
Lin Mu felt dizzy when he looked at the names of the formations.
You should know that learning these formations is not easy at all.
When Lin Mu refined the Earth Spirit Hoe and engraved the first-grade formation "Zhen Gan Formation", it took several hours before he succeeded in engraving.
This is just a first-grade formation!
Generally, the lower-grade magic weapons are engraved with the first-grade formation.
The middle-grade magic weapons are engraved with the second-grade formation.
The upper-grade magic weapons are engraved with the third-grade formation.
As for the best-grade magic weapons, it is not fixed.
If the materials are super good, even if the third-grade formation is engraved, it can be classified as a best-grade magic weapon.
If the material is ordinary, and it is engraved with a fourth-grade formation, it can also be considered a top-grade magic weapon.
Of course, this is only relatively speaking, in fact, the material is still extremely rare.
If the material is super good, and the engraved formation is a fourth-grade formation, it can be considered a top-grade magic weapon.
Lin Mu's top-grade cloud-stepping boots and blue sand shield are not only made of low-level spiritual materials, but also engraved with fourth-grade formations. These two magic weapons are considered top-grade magic weapons.
As for the Five Elements Ring, although the "Small Five Elements Formation" is a fifth-grade formation, and the "Treasure Devouring Formation" is also a fifth-grade formation, the materials used are too ordinary, and there is no edge of spiritual materials. Therefore, although the engraved formation is of a high grade, the power can only be comparable to the top-grade magic weapon, and it is not considered a top-grade magic weapon.
After reading this, Lin Mu admired Tianzhu Zhenren even more.
This is a true master of refining.
Let alone anything else, just saying that he can engrave a vast and complex fifth-grade formation in the lowest-grade materials, and the materials are not broken. Such skill makes many people far behind and unable to match him.
Many people have good materials, but cannot refine top-grade magic tools, the reason is the formation.
The higher the grade of the formation, the more complex it is, with thousands of lines.
Ordinary materials cannot withstand the impact of so many spiritual lines, and they will collapse and break, unable to maintain stability.
The skill required to engrave high-grade formations in low-grade materials is too difficult.
If Lin Mu wants to learn to refine tools, he must first learn formations.
He decided to start with the first-grade formation, from the shallow to the deep, and advance step by step.
As for the miscellaneous chapters at the back, they record the experience of Tianzhu Zhenren in refining tools, as well as some tips for offering sacrifices to refining magic tools.
Lin Mu roughly browsed through the miscellaneous chapters, but felt that they were too grand and could not be finished in a short time, so he simply gave up.
Thanks to this "General Principles of Weapon Refining", with Tian Zhu Zhenren as his master, and having seen Luo Yan making top-grade magic weapons before, Lin Mu already had a deep enough understanding of weapon refining, but it was limited to understanding.
In terms of real weapon refining, he has not even refined a low-grade flying sword.
Now, he can only learn from the most basic.
The first-grade formation is what he wants to learn.
Learning the formation is nothing more than the operation of the formation, the depiction of the spiritual power flow route, how to make the formation and the material fit perfectly, etc. All of this is not easy for Lin Mu.
Lin Mu studied the formation little by little, and gestured on the ground from time to time. The chaotic lines spread across the island, and then were covered by new lines, and so on, over and over again, without stopping.
At Lin Mu's current speed, he can only learn one first-grade formation a day.
However, as his understanding of the formation deepened, his learning speed became faster.
Many formations have similarities, and Lin Mu has carefully compared the differences between two formations.
Starting from all aspects, after such a comparison, his understanding of the formation became deeper.
Time passed quickly.
When Lin Mu learned the sixtieth first-grade formation, two months had passed.
Lin Mu estimated that the disciples had adapted to the new mental method, so he decided to start implementing his previous plan.
Fifty disciples of the tenth level of Qi Refining gathered quickly under his call.
Lin Mu looked at the disciples and felt that everyone's temperament had changed.
Compared with before, these people are now more calm and their temperaments are more restrained.
Unlike before, they are not impetuous and flamboyant.
Lin Mu smiled and nodded, and said with a smile: "The third-grade mental method is indeed extraordinary. The spiritual power in your body has improved a lot now, and it is more solid than before. But this is far from enough! If you want to build a foundation, you must make the spiritual power in your body extremely solid and thick. Otherwise, rashly attacking the foundation will only waste the foundation pill."
The disciples nodded in unison, and Jing Qi plucked up the courage to ask: "Master, how can I make the spiritual power in my body more solid?"
Lin Mu looked at Jing Qi and smiled: "Exercise! You just lack exercise! From today on, you have to exercise well under my eyes, and you can't be lazy. If you want your spiritual power to become solid, you must experience tens of thousands of times of spiritual power consumption and Recovery, as you are now, your spiritual power is as soft as cotton wool, which is still far from enough. ”
Jing Qi seemed to not understand, and asked again: "How to train?"
Lin Mu pondered for a moment, and said: "There are too many methods, as long as you can consume spiritual power. For example, you can continuously perform magic, or you can continuously control the flying sword, or you can fight with others, as long as you can consume spiritual power. ”
"Of course, you don't have magic weapons now, so you should learn magic, release magic every day, until the spiritual power in your body is exhausted, and then you can rest. Repeat this at least ten times!" Lin Mu looked at the disciples and smiled again: "As for the future, there will be magic weapons and flying swords!"