Chapter 745 Follow Me

"I'll give you this spine."

The ink painting is generous.

Ouyang Mu was flattered for a moment and shook his head repeatedly: "I can't have it..."

"Don't you want to?"

Mo Hua shook the spine in his hand.

Ouyang Mu was completely attracted by the spine, his eyes swayed left and right along the spine, and he couldn't bear to leave.

But he still gritted his teeth and said firmly:

"I want it, but I didn't get it from hunting monsters. I can't have it."

Mo Hua said: "Senior Brother Feng took care of me before, and now I will take care of you too. Just hold it, it's okay."

Ouyang Mu still shook his head, "No reward for no merit."

Mo Hua was a little surprised, and his eyes were a little appreciative.

Although this little piece of wood is a bit stubborn, he has a good heart, has principles in doing things, and doesn't like to take advantage of others.

"Yeah," Mo Hua nodded. "If you don't want it, forget it."

The ink painting gesture is to collect the spine of the fire demon wolf.

But seeing that the spine at hand was about to disappear, Ouyang Mu was startled and became a little anxious.

He struggled for a long time and said quickly:

"Senior Brother Mo, can I buy it with merit?"

"Merits?" Mo Hua thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright, but the backbone of this fire demon wolf, according to the general market, requires 800 merits. Do you have it?"

"Eight hundred?!"

Ouyang Mu was stunned for a moment, then blushed a little, "I... don't have that much..."

"how much do you have?"

"Just...three hundred..."

Ouyang Mu muttered.

Although he is also a direct descendant of the Ouyang family, when he joins the sect, he must follow the sect's rules and rely on himself in everything.

These meritorious deeds were accumulated little by little by forging iron and forging swords for others.

I used some before, but now I only have three hundred left.

"How about I sell you three hundred?" Mo Hua said.

Ouyang Mu shook his head repeatedly, "No, how can I let Senior Brother Mo suffer, I..."

He hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Can I owe you first and pay you back later?"

Mo Hua touched his chin, thinking about something and said nothing.

Ouyang Mu thought Mo Hua didn't believe it and quickly assured him:

"I will definitely pay it back!"

"How do you pay it back?" Mo Hua's eyes were intriguing and he asked in a persuasive manner.

Ouyang Mu said: "I will work hard to earn merit..."

Mo Hua sighed, "It's hard to earn merit."

Ouyang Mu looked troubled.

Merit is indeed not easy to earn.

Good tasks are all up for grabs.

If you can't get it, you can only do some low-level tasks and slowly save up.

At the same time, there are many places where the sect needs to spend meritorious deeds, such as various exercises, Taoist methods, weapon refining manuals, elixirs, spiritual weapon inheritance, etc.

When merit is accumulated, it is like accumulated sand; when used, it is like running water.

Most of the disciples' achievements are due to their ability to make ends meet.

Generally speaking, by the middle stage of foundation building, disciples can enter Demon Refining Mountain.

Entering Demon Refining Mountain, as long as you learn quickly, gain experience, and successfully hunt demon beasts and extract materials, it is not difficult to earn merit.

But if it's the other way around, if you learn slowly and fail to hunt monsters many times, it will only make things worse, and it will become harder and harder to earn merit.

Ouyang Mu has no confidence at all in hunting monsters.

And he had saved these three hundred meritorious deeds for a long time...

If you buy this fire demon wolf's spine, you will owe five hundred merits.

These five hundred meritorious deeds were accumulated little by little by doing tasks on weekdays. I didn't know how long it would take to save them.

He wasn't sure about going into the mountains to hunt monsters. If something unexpected happened and he couldn't earn any meritorious service and couldn't pay the debt, wouldn't it mean that he was breaking his promise and causing Brother Mo to suffer a loss?

Ouyang Mu lowered his head, his expression changed, hesitating.

Seeing this, Mo Hua smiled slightly and said in a kind tone: "If it's not enough, you can do something for me."

Ouyang Mu was a little stunned when he heard this, "What...can I do?"

Ouyang Mu thought for a moment and said slowly: "If Senior Brother Mo doesn't mind, I can refine weapons...I can also forge swords..."

Mo Hua raised his eyebrows. He had waited for this sentence, and nodded immediately:

"OK!"

Ouyang Mu felt guilty, "But my sword-making skills are average..."

"It doesn't matter," Mo Hua encouraged, "No one knows everything at the beginning. You can learn and practice slowly."

He was born in Tai'amen and has an orthodox sword-making heritage. He is better than himself, Master Gu, and other Taixumen disciples.

Moreover, Mo Hua felt that although Xiaomu was a little dull, he was sincere and had a good nature.

If you have a good temperament but lack of ability, you can exercise slowly.

But if you have good abilities but not good character, then there is basically no need to make friends.

Ability can be improved, but once the character is broken, it basically cannot be changed.

Ouyang Mu was indeed greatly encouraged and said solemnly: "Senior Brother Mo, don't worry, I will not let you down!"

Seeing his serious look, Mo Hua laughed and said:

"Just do your best, no pressure."

"Um!"

Ouyang Mu nodded seriously.

Mo Hua thought about it again and said:

"You owe me five hundred meritorious deeds. Let's do this. Forging a spiritual sword for me is equivalent to paying back one hundred meritorious deeds. I'll give you the materials."

Mo Hua gives the general market price.

The bounties within the sect are generally second-grade spiritual weapons. Because they take a long time, the refining fee ranges from fifty to eighty merit, with occasional fluctuations.

Spirit swords will be more expensive.

One hundred meritorious deeds is considered the normal price.

Of course, these are ordinary spirit swords.

The orthodox inherited "sword weapon" with the sword array engraved on it is much more expensive, but it is not something that ordinary disciples can make.

Ouyang Mu is only in the middle stage of foundation building and is still studying in the sect, so he definitely doesn't know this kind of sword-making skills.

It is impossible for Tai Amen to teach them "Sword Formation" now.

He doesn't need to know how to draw ink, and what he needs is not the "inherited" spiritual sword.

Ouyang Mu can forge ordinary spiritual swords.

When Ouyang Mu heard this, he shook his head.

"Is the price low?" Mo Hua asked.

"No, no," Ouyang Mu said quickly, "I usually give people 40 merits for making weapons, but only 60 for making a sword. 100 merits is too much. I have little experience and rusty skills, so I'm not worth that much. ”

Ouyang Mu looked at the ink painting and said a little embarrassedly:

"Senior Brother Mo, I will charge you sixty, and I will refine eight...nine spiritual weapons for you to pay off your debt."

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment.

He often bargained with people, but this was the first time he encountered such reverse bargaining, and he was a little uncomfortable for a while.

"Then eight spiritual swords!"

Mo Hua said with a smile.

He stuffed the backbone of the fire demon wolf into Ouyang Mu's arms, not allowing him to refuse:

"Then it's settled, you take this spine first, and you can come to the mountain to find me next week, and I'll tell you what sword you want to make."

After speaking, Mo Hua waved his hand and left.

Ouyang Mu stayed where he was, holding the fresh wolf demon spine with the residual heat of the flame in his hand, and his heart seemed to be warmed by the blazing flame.

This Senior Brother Mo is such a good person!

Ouyang Mu looked at the ink painting's retreating figure, feeling grateful in his heart.

…

Ten days passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was Xunxiu, and Mo Hua went to Demon Refining Mountain again.

And Ouyang Mu was waiting for him as promised.

He is now burdened with a "debt" of five hundred meritorious deeds, and feels a heavy pressure on his shoulders. He does not want to live up to Mo Hua's kindness in giving the fire demon wolf's spine, so he urgently wants to do something for Mo Hua.

"Senior Brother Mo, what sword do you want to make?"

Mo Hua handed the sword-making diagram he had prepared in advance to Ouyang Mu.

Ouyang Mu took it, glanced at it, and said:

"Senior Brother Mo, your sword is so strange...it's not the shape of a normal spiritual sword..."

Mo Hua thought that he was indeed from Tai Amen, but it was hard to tell at a glance.

"This sword is indeed somewhat different." Mo Hua nodded.

Ouyang Mu muttered while watching:

"The appearance is the same, but the structure is different..."

"The materials are a bit cheap and not very strong."

"There is room for formations in it, but this seems...not the reinforcement or opening formation used by ordinary spirit swords?"

Ouyang Mu drew a sword diagram with his hand and said in surprise:

"...It's a sword formation!"

"The sword formation is not sealed inside, the sword making is open source..."

…

Ouyang Mu muttered, his face fell, and he said dejectedly: "Senior Brother Mo, I can't refine this kind of spiritual sword..."

"What's wrong?"

Ouyang Mu said: "This is not a standard spirit sword. It does not use an ordinary formation, but a sword formation."

"I haven't learned the sword formation yet. I have to wait until I enter the inner sect and sign a death contract before the sect can teach it."

"What the elders and teachers are teaching now is the 'Tai'a Sword Forging Technique' at the level of pure weapon refining, in addition to the sword formation."

"It's okay," Mo Hua said, "You don't have to worry about the sword formation, just refine the sword."

"oh."

Ouyang Mu nodded.

He didn't know how Brother Mo was going to solve the sword formation issue.

In his impression, Taixu Sect did not seem to have a special sword formation inheritance.

Even if there were, it would be impossible to teach it now.

But Ouyang Mu was polite and didn't ask any more questions.

It's just sword making, no sword formation is involved. Even if the shape is a bit special, it's not difficult to refine it.

Ouyang Mu looked at the sword-making diagram given by Mo Hua several times.

Mo Hua was observing the words and expressions on the side, and suddenly asked: "Xiao Mumu, what do you think of the design of this sword casting diagram?"

Ouyang Mu was startled, "How about what?"

"That's right," Mo Hua thought for a while and said, "How is the level? Is there anything that needs improvement..."

Ouyang Mugang was about to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he asked carefully:

"Senior Brother Mo, who designed this sword-making diagram?"

Mo Hua blinked and said vaguely:

"I asked... a junior from the sect who is in the middle stage of foundation building and has some knowledge of weapon refining to design it..."

Ouyang Mu felt relieved and commented:

"It's a mess."

Mo Hua felt a little pain in his heart.

This sword-making diagram was "carefully" designed by him by referring to many spiritual sword diagrams and combining it with the sword formation.

As a result, Xiaomu said it was "a complete mess"...

Ouyang Mu didn't notice Mo Hua's expression, and continued: "He should be an amateur...not really an amateur, half a layman, half a bucket of water..."

Mo Hua's eyelids twitched and he took a deep breath, "Then what do you think should be done to change it?"

As soon as Ouyang Mu talked about sword making, he was completely absorbed in it. He immediately took out a pen and paper and showed Mo Hua a drawing on the spot.

"First of all, the material of the spirit sword is not very good."

"Spiritual swords are made of gold, so they all use metal monster materials. Generally speaking, it is correct. However, these types of materials have poor fusion properties and are not good at transmitting spiritual power."

"Also, the five elements produce and restrain, there is both 'restraint' and 'creation'."

"For a gold-type spiritual sword, sometimes it is not necessary to use all gold materials. Among the five elements, earth produces gold, so using some materials of earth-type monsters appropriately will have a finishing touch..."

"This is a problem of materials, and the second is the shape."

"The shape of this spiritual sword is a bit conflicting."

"Generally, if a spiritual sword focuses on close-range killing, the material must be hard and the blade must be sharp, striving to cut hair and iron like mud..."

"If the emphasis is on sword energy, the sword body must be thinner and the spiritual power transmission must be better..."

" This sword is very heavy, but the material is not good, not hard enough, and the spiritual power is not good at penetrating..."

"Although the sword formation is open source, judging from the formation medium layer left behind, this sword formation is not compatible with this spiritual sword at all."

"The sword is a sword, and the sword formation is a sword formation. The two have nothing to do with each other."

"This won't work. Only when the sword is adapted to the sword formation can the power of the sword technique be maximized..."

...

Ouyang Mu, who is usually dull, suddenly became eloquent when talking about sword forging.

And what he said was something that Mo Hua had never noticed before.

It's true that different trades are like different mountains.

Even if they are both refining tools, sword forging and other refining tools are very different, and there are extremely deep doors in them.

Mo Hua looked at Ouyang Mu with admiration.

This is "professionalism"!

As expected of a direct disciple of the Ouyang family of Tai'amen.

As Ouyang Mu was talking, Mo Hua looked at him with a sharp gaze, and he suddenly became shy again, "I... just said it casually. If I said something wrong, please don't mind it, Senior Brother Mo."

"It's okay, it's well said."

Mo Hua smiled and nodded, but thought to himself, even if you said something wrong, I can't hear it...

Mo Hua looked at Ouyang Mu again and asked:

"Do you want to be a swordsmith in the future?"

Ouyang Mu heard this, but his expression was a little complicated, and finally he sighed, "My father won't let me..."

Mo Hua was very surprised and asked curiously:

"Why doesn't your father let me?"

Ouyang Mu said: "My father thought that the reason why Tai'amen was not well-known before was because it paid too much attention to "swordsmithing."

"Those who are in the limelight are those who use swords, not swordsmiths."

"The Tai'a Sect is now on the rise because the elders decided to vigorously promote the Tai'a Sword Technique of the Tai'a Sect based on sword-making, and to carry it forward step by step."

"And in the sect, any qualified disciple must learn swordsmanship."

"Only those who cannot practice swordsmanship will learn sword-making."

"I am a direct descendant of the Ouyang family. Many people are watching me. I must practice swordsmanship like my brother and set an example for the disciples of the sect."

"If I learn sword-making, my father will be unhappy..."

Speaking of this, Ouyang Mu looked a little lonely, "It's just... I am far behind my brother. Whether it is spiritual roots, cultivation, comprehension, temperament, sect prestige, or how to treat people, I am far inferior to my eldest brother..."

The more Ouyang Mu spoke, the smaller his voice became.

Mo Hua sighed.

Having a brother who is too outstanding, the pressure on Xiao Mu can be imagined.

The two brothers are as their names suggest. Senior Brother Feng is like a tall, steady, conspicuous and warm maple tree.

Ouyang Mu, however, was thin and taciturn, like a "little wood" who had not grown up yet.

The gap between the two brothers was really too big.

"Do you want to be a swordsmith?" Mo Hua asked.

Ouyang Mu nodded, "I don't know anything else, I'm not good at speaking, I'm average at swordsmithing, and I'm clumsy at hunting monsters. I'm only happy when I'm forging swords."

Mo Hua encouraged, "Then don't worry about it, learn what you want to learn."

Ouyang Mu was obviously very embarrassed, "But, my father..."

Mo Hua asked, "Is your father happy that you are practicing swordsmanship now?"

Ouyang Mu shook his head, "My father despises my poor swordsmanship and is not happy either."

"That's right," Mo Hua said, "Your father is unhappy when you learn swordsmithing, and your father is still unhappy when you learn swordsmanship. Anyway, they are all unhappy, so what does it matter?"

"In that case, why not learn something that makes you happier."

Ouyang Mu was stunned.

His little head turned several times with great effort, and suddenly realized that what Senior Brother Mo said seemed...

very reasonable.

His father was not happy with learning swordsmanship or sword forging.

No matter which choice he made, the result would be the same.

So what was he struggling with?

But even so, he was still somewhat uneasy and hesitant.

Mo Hua did not expect him to figure it out for a while, but comforted him:

"Don't think too much, refine the spiritual sword you owe me first."

Although Xiao Mu wanted to practice swordsmanship, he had to earn merits before practicing swordsmanship.

His swordsmanship was not enough to support him to earn merits.

Then he could only earn merits by forging swords.

He just had to lead him to the "right path" of sword forging step by step.

Mo Hua said silently in his heart:

"What's so good about swordsmanship..."

"There are a lot of disciples who practice swordsmanship in Qianxuezhou, and there is no shortage of Xiao Mu."

"Besides, Xiao Mu himself has no talent for swordsmanship, and his heart is not good at killing. Forcing him to practice swordsmanship will be misleading..."

"Such a good sword-making seedling, Tai Amen doesn't know how to cherish..."

Mo Hua shook his head.

Ouyang Mu came back to his senses and nodded, "Okay."

No matter what, we must refine Brother Mo's eight spiritual swords first.

"That's right," Mo Hua pointed at the sword-making diagram in Ouyang Mu's hand, "For me...that junior fellow in Taixu Sect, who has average weapon-making skills, change the sword-making diagram so that it is as you just said. The change..."

Ouyang Mu was still not confident after all, so he hesitated and said:

"Is this okay? If I change someone else's sword drawing, wouldn't it be appropriate for me to change it..."

Mo Hua nodded, "It's very suitable. Don't worry, you can change it!"

Under Mo Hua's strong request, Ouyang Mu really took it seriously and meticulously changed the formation diagram of the spirit sword for Mo Hua.

After seeing the ink painting, I was greatly shocked.

It was okay not to compare, but when he compared it, he suddenly felt that what he had drawn before was just a piece of shit.

Mo Hua quietly rubbed the sword diagram he had drawn before and threw it into his storage bag.

"Just practice like you do!"

The ink painting said to Ouyang Mu.

"Okay, Senior Brother Mo!"

Ouyang Mu's confidence increased greatly when he saw that Senior Brother Mo, who looked very powerful even though he didn't know why, recognized him so much.

After returning to Tai'amen, he put other things behind for the time being and concentrated on making swords for Mo Hua.

Another eight days passed, and it was Xun holiday.

In the forest of Demon Refining Mountain.

Ouyang Mu handed the refined golden spirit sword to Mo Hua with both hands.

Because this was his first time refining this kind of spiritual sword, he was a little unsure about its specific effect, so he only refined one and asked Mo Hua to take a look.

Mo Hua took the spirit sword and was slightly shocked.

This sword is not heavy in texture, has a restrained luster, has a precise internal structure, is sharp in shape, and has a lot of exquisite craftsmanship.

Even before the sword formation is drawn, you can feel the slightest hint of sword energy.

At first glance, it was not on the same level as the flying swords I had used before.

Mo Hua was overjoyed and decided to try the sword.

With three strokes, five divided by two, he drew the Broken Gold Sword Formation on the spirit sword. Because the speed was so fast and the pattern was so special, Ouyang Mu didn't even see clearly what was drawn in the ink drawing.

After drawing the sword formation, Mo Hua came to an open space, looked up at the sky, let go of his consciousness, and searched for prey.

After a while, a ferocious falcon soared past in the clear sky.

Mo Hua meditated on the spot and placed the golden spirit sword in front of him.

Then he held his breath and concentrated, running the Golden-Breaking Sword Control Technique, using his spiritual thoughts to control the sword, and using his spiritual consciousness to track down the enemy.

Above the golden spirit sword, the light suddenly surged.

The golden light appears briefly and then disappears.

Then a golden thread soared into the sky, heading straight towards the ferocious falcon monster in the sky.

In just a split second, a dazzling golden light exploded.

The sword energy, which was sharper than before, bloomed in a short period of time, like a golden lotus in full bloom, completely wrapping the hawk demon, and then twisting its wings and flesh into pieces.

The hawk demon was completely strangled by the Broken Gold Sword Qi.

He died on the spot before even falling to the ground!

What a strong sword!

Mo Hua looked shocked, turned to look at Ouyang Mu who was even more shocked, reached out and patted his shoulder, saying domineeringly:

"From now on, just follow me!"

Thank you Nian Qing, Let’s Cultivate Immortality Together, and the underlined reward~

An update today.

I've been updating for two days in a row. I'm a little tired and I need to take a breather.

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