Chapter 193 Refining Grade

Mo Hua nodded proudly.

Master Chen was shocked, "How long have you been here? You can draw a first-grade formation?"

"This is all trivial." Mo Hua waved her hand and continued:

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

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

Master Chen felt mixed emotions and sighed, saying, "Don't worry, a first-grade refining furnace plus a first-grade formation, no refiner can refuse it."

The skill level of a refiner depends largely on the refining furnace. There are only a few first-grade refining furnaces in the entire Tongxian City, not to mention drawing a first-grade formation on the furnace.

If he refused, what would he be if not a fool?

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

Then he thought of another question, "Master Chen, how is the grade of the refining tool determined?"

"Grade?"

"Yes," Mo Hua nodded, "Just like a formation master, nine formation patterns are a first-grade formation. What kind of standard spiritual tool can be called a first-grade spiritual tool?"

The refining furnace is actually a kind of spiritual tool, but it is a spiritual tool used for cultivation production, which is different from the spiritual tools used by ordinary cultivators for attack or defense.

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

But there should be first-grade refiners among the casual cultivators, why can't they forge a first-grade spiritual tool?

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

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

Master Chen took a sip of wine, sorted out his thoughts, and began to say:

"First of all, it is the most difficult to determine the rank of a formation master. Only cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining can become first-grade formation masters..."

Master Chen said this, looked at Mo Hua, and coughed, "Generally, only cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining can become first-grade formation masters."

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

"Why can't casual cultivators refine a first-grade spiritual weapon?" Mo Hua asked.

"There are many reasons. For example, the first-grade spiritual weapon is expensive and the materials are scarce. Ordinary casual cultivators cannot afford it. Or there is a lack of inheritance. Many spiritual weapon refining charts 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?"

"Of course," Master Chen sighed, "This refining furnace is the weapon of the refiner, just like the sword in the hands of a sword cultivator. What swordsmanship can you learn without a sword? Without a refining furnace, what spiritual weapon can you refine?"

Mo Hua nodded frequently, thinking it made sense.

Master Chen pointed at his refining furnace and said, "Don't look at my refining furnace, which is old and small, but it is already quite good among the refining shops opened by independent cultivators in Tongxian City."

Master Chen was a little proud, "Many people covet my refining furnace and want to borrow it to refine spiritual tools, but I didn't agree. How can a guy who eats a meal borrow it casually!"

"So, many independent cultivators can't become first-class refiners, in fact, because they don't have a good refining furnace and can't refine first-class spiritual tools?"

"Yes," said Master Chen, "Without a refining furnace, it's impossible to make a spiritual tool at all. How can you become a first-class weapon refiner if you don’t have the opportunity to refine a first-class spiritual weapon? "

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

Master Chen said: "The refined iron ore and even the bones of monsters in the cultivation world are extremely tough and must be refined with furnace fire before they can be forged. There is no Dan fire in the Qi Refining Stage, so you can only rely on furnace fire. The grade of the furnace is low and the firepower is weak. The materials cannot be refined, and naturally it cannot be forged..."

Mo Hua understood, and then asked: "If there is a good refining furnace and the furnace fire is strong, how can you forge a first-class weapon? What about the spiritual weapon? "

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

Mo Hua poured him a glass of wine, "Please drink some wine and talk slowly."

Master Chen looked at Mo Hua's curious eyes and said helplessly, "Since you want to hear it, I will briefly explain it."

"The grade of the spiritual weapon is determined by the standards set by the Dao Court. The number of refined iron or equivalent materials contained in a first-grade spiritual weapon, the number of processes, and the number of times it has been forged are all the standards for measurement. "

"The most important thing is the number of forgings. Generally, the first-grade spiritual weapon is The standard for making a weapon is to forge it a hundred times, and then make appropriate additions and subtractions based on whether the material of the weapon is hard, whether the shape of the weapon is special, and whether the method of making the weapon is complicated. After being recognized by most weapon refiners and agreed upon, it is then clearly stipulated by the Dao Court and recorded 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, you will naturally understand everything after swinging a sledgehammer and forging fine iron for a few days according to the weapon refinement chart."

Mo Hua looked at his small arms and legs, thought about it and decided to forget it.

Master Chen smiled and said, "To put it simply, it depends on how many times you can forge iron. The more times a spiritual weapon is forged, the higher its grade will naturally be. As the saying goes, 'A thousand hammers and a hundred forgings will make a weapon', which is what it means."

"That's similar to drawing a formation. The more formations you draw, the more formation patterns you include, and the higher the grade will be. 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 formations, but according to your statement, it is indeed the case."

Mo Hua asked again, "What about alchemy and talisman making, are they similar?"

"Alchemy and talisman making... I guess they are similar, but I haven't learned them, and I don't know the tricks in them. After all, different trades are like different mountains, so it's not easy to make rash assertions."

Mo Hua nodded, which was the truth.

Although he was quite proficient in formations, he only knew the basics when it came to refining weapons and alchemy. He had never learned or refined many of the details in them, so he was confused when he thought about it.

Not only in alchemy and weapon refining, but also in formations, there is a big difference between complex formations and single formations. He is more familiar with the five elements formation, but he is not particularly clear about other formation structures or attribute types.

For example, the Three Talents Formation, and other formations mentioned by Mr. Zhuang, such as the Two-Yin Formation, Four-Xiang Formation, Seven-Star Formation, Eight-Trigram Formation, etc.

It is estimated that when you really learn and use them, they are also very different from the five elements formation.

Not to mention that Mo Hua has heard of some evil formations such as magic formations, demon formations, evil formations, ghost formations, and corpse formations, which are cruel and evil, and are expressly banned by the Dao Court.

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

"Not very familiar." Master Chen said truthfully.

"I know a little bit."

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

"What is the difference between making talismans and array formations?"

When Mo Hua was practicing in Tongxianmen, he also took some courses that simply introduced talismans, but those courses were too superficial and too academic, which was inconsistent with the actual situation of practicing Taoism.

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

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