Chapter 160 Night Star Pickaxe
Back at Liu's house, Li Qing returned to his small yard as quickly as possible.
After confirming that Fan Tong was still lying in the nest safe and sound, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him, Li Qing felt as if he was suddenly separated from another world.
Without waiting long, Li Qing immediately took out all the hundred spiritual stones stored in the Extreme Night World.
After carefully checking all the spiritual stones and confirming that the loss of spiritual energy was not much, Li Qing quickly put them back into the storage bag.
Soon, a feeling of peace of mind came over me.
"Although there are not many spiritual stones now, the blatant flowers will definitely attract attention."
Li Qing thought for a while and then made a decision.
"Save it all first and wait for the trade fair in a few months. Then keep a low profile and it will definitely not attract too much attention."
"In addition, there is Tianhe Sect's Fangshi. I will definitely look for opportunities to hide my identity and go there."
"It's time to learn more about the prices in the world of immortality and make more friends."
After saying that, a strong feeling of sleepiness came over him.
After nine consecutive days of mining without sleep, I only slept in the mine for one day, and then drove for another day and a half.
Even if Li Qing wanted to practice at this time, it would be difficult to concentrate.
Simply, Li Qing fell asleep.
There is a rice bucket guarding the door, so you don't have to worry too much about someone breaking in.
In this way, the day and night passed quickly.
When Li Qing woke up again, it was already noon on the third day after returning.
Li Qing, who was full of energy again, immediately carried a jar of winter plum wine out of the door and went to visit Old Man Zhou in the courtyard No. 16.
"Senior Zhou, this junior brought wine here to drink!"
Li Qing walked into the courtyard with a smile, and saw old man Zhou still sitting on the futon.
But it was obvious that after Li Qing came in this time, Old Zhou had a kinder smile on his face.
Although Li Qing learned about mining experience and techniques from the other party, he did not intend to stop sending wine to the old miner.
Because that would be too deliberate and appear too shrewd.
After all, the other party is a practitioner in the middle stage of Qi refining, and his cultivation level is a bit higher than that of Li Qing. If he can make friends with such a senior in the world of immortality by giving him wine regularly, it will definitely be beneficial without any harm.
Not to mention anything else, at Zhou Tong's age and having been among immortal cultivators for so long, he must know more than him.
Looking at the jar of wine in Li Qing's hand, Zhou Tong shook his head, smiled, and said, "You have some conscience, hurry up and fill it up for me."
As the mud seal of the wine jar was opened, the strong aroma of wine overflowed, and the relationship between the two people obviously became closer again.
"Hey, I came back in a hurry this time. I accidentally slept all day and all night and didn't have time to bring the food and wine. Senior Zhou shouldn't be blamed."
As he spoke, Li Qing filled the other party's glass with a glass.
"Well, the first time I went into the mine was like this. I was no better than you at the time!" Zhou Tong drank a full cup and then sighed: "Mining is not a long-term solution after all. The place is dark, and people will become ill after staying there for a long time. Becoming numb.”
"If you want to make your path smoother, it's best to learn some skills in cultivating immortals. Not to mention the alchemy and talismans, even if you learn some skills in brewing spiritual wine or becoming a spiritual chef, it will be better than a miner."
Li Qing was silent for a while, then showed an educated expression, nodded and drank a drink.
To learn these things, the most important thing is to open the way with spiritual stones.
Even for a spiritual brewer or spiritual chef with a relatively low status, it is difficult to find a way, and it is a secret that is not passed down by others.
Of course, an old miner like Zhou Tong might not have saved enough spiritual stones. With his wealth, he could spend hundreds of spiritual stones and buy one or two spiritual wine recipes to become a spiritual brewing apprentice. It's totally fine.
It's just that, as the other party said, people will become numb after working in a dark mine for a long time.
The mining pick swung day after day not only breaks the rocks, but also a person's heart.
The long-term mining career has made these veteran miners happy with the situation and no longer willing to make progress.
Thinking of this, Li Qing immediately sounded the alarm in his heart. No matter what, he must make progress!
"Mr. Zhou, I plan to buy spiritual rice from the man named Jinchuan next door. The price he gave me is six pounds of spiritual rice for one spiritual stone. Is this price appropriate?" Li Qing asked, blinking.
Having been in the world of immortality for so many years, Zhou Tong naturally knows the prices of some basic things very well.
"Well, it's about the same price. Generally, the spiritual rice sold by these spiritual farmers is cheaper than that of the Liu family." Old man Zhou replied casually.
Next, Li Qing asked many questions about prices in the world of immortality that he was concerned about.
For example, storage bags, beast control bags, beast feeding pills, as well as the prices of some magic weapons, or the price of elixirs for immortal cultivators to increase their magic power.
Regarding these questions, Zhou Tong answered them all and happily told Li Qing everything he knew.
This saves Li Qing from asking around for Kung Fu, but in the world of immortality, prices are definitely not constant and will fluctuate according to various circumstances.
Mr. Zhou's remarks only gave Li Qing some peace of mind.
While the two were asking questions and chatting, the jar of wine was just finished.
"To practice, you really need to spend spirit stones everywhere." Li Qing sighed, then stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhou, I won't disturb you, I'll take my leave!"
"Yeah." Zhou Tong waved his hand slightly drunkenly, dismissing Li Qing.
Not long after, it was District C, Courtyard No. 45.
Ling Nong Jinchuan stood at the entrance of the courtyard with a smile on his face, saying goodbye to Li Qing who had just bought twelve kilograms of spiritual rice.
"Brother Li, walk slowly. If you need spiritual rice next time, you can come to my place."
After spending the only two spiritual stones on the surface, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the life of a low-level monk was really hard.
If he hadn't had the ability to travel to the polar night world, such hard work would have only been enough to maintain daily practice.
Back in the courtyard, Li Qing cooked a pound of spiritual rice for himself this time without feeling any distress at all.
"No wonder the Liu family values the help of foreign monks so much. They are really walking wealth."
No matter how many spiritual stones a helper like Li Qing earns, in the end these spiritual stones will eventually fall into the pockets of the Liu family.
Unless someone is really stupid enough to be a hamster, the spiritual stones earned are not used to improve one's own strength, but are all stored.
Usually for such people, in the end, the spiritual stones they have accumulated for most of their lives will be snatched away by others.
Youdao is like my neighbor hoarding food and I hoarding guns, and my neighbor is my granary.
As for Li Qing, he naturally didn't want to become someone else's granary.
"If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. The mining pick provided by Tianhe Sect is too crude. Although it is only a low-quality magic weapon, it is not as good as refining a better one myself."
He is not worried that this will reveal that he has a weapon refining inheritance, because there are actually many spiritual miners who have their own exclusive mining picks, and the Liu family has been selling such magical weapons.
At worst, hide it in your clothes before taking it to the mine, and try not to let other miners see it.
As for the inspection of Tianhe Sect disciples, Li Qing felt that the disciples of those large sects would not care that a small miner like him had a brand new mining pick.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Qing immediately took action.
Open the furnace and refine the weapon!
boom!
As Li Qing activated the pure spiritual power in his body, igniting a blazing fire, the forge quickly heated up.
Melting iron, forging, and casting, all in one go.
The iron part of the pickaxe head was forged from fine iron that he had hammered thousands of times with an unparalleled hammer, while the handle part of the pickaxe was made from a section of the antler of the Stag King.
When the two are combined, a brand new and very handy mining pick is formed.
Holding it in his hand, Li Qing felt that it was much more comfortable than the inferior mining pick provided by the Tianhe Sect just from the heavy feeling in the palm of his hand.
"The next step is to temper the spirit. I don't know how difficult it is to temper this kind of ordinary antlers."
Li Qing muttered to himself, then held the mining pick with both hands, infiltrating his pure spiritual power into the forged mining pick.
Li Qing, who already had experience in soul quenching, was obviously much more proficient this time.
Although the material of antlers is far different from that of fine iron that has been tempered over time, under Li Qing's careful tempering, it soon became spiritual.
This time the spirit quenching went quite smoothly, and it only took two attempts before it was successful.
"If this mining pick is going to be able to open mountains and crack rocks, it is best to engrave it with metallic spiritual patterns to maximize the sharpness of the metal pickaxe."
As he said that, Li Qing briefly recalled the spirit patterns of the mining pick provided by the Tianhe Sect, and then combined it with some of the spirit patterns recorded in the weapon refining inheritance he had obtained.
Soon, Li Qing had confidence in what kind of spiritual pattern he should engrave.
A trace of pure spiritual power burst out from Li Qing's fingertips and quickly seeped into the mining pick.
With the touch of his fingertips, spiritual patterns containing extremely sharp meaning began to appear on the mining pick.
laugh!
After a while, the spiritual patterns quickly dissipated from Li Qing's fingertips, and some of the spiritual patterns that had just been engraved on the mining pick also faded.
Failed!
"The inscription of the Lijin Spirit Pattern is a little rushed, but if it is placed at the end, it will be difficult to condense it into a whole."
"It might be better if we use Geng gold pattern and Xun gold pattern."
Li Qing did not feel depressed at all, but rather patiently summarized the experience brought about by this mistake.
Metallic spirit patterns are about hardness and sharpness. If you want to take into account these two characteristics at the same time, the refiner's technique is very particular.
In this way, Li Qing tried to engrave spiritual patterns again and again, but failed again and again.
During this process, his understanding of the inscriptions became clearer and clearer, and he also quickly gained some understanding.
After being refined repeatedly until dawn the next day, this mining pick was re-tempered four times. One can imagine how many times Li Qing had engraved spiritual patterns during this period.
Until his fingertips turned red, a brand new magic weapon ore pickaxe was released!
"Call me Ye Xinghao. It's dark in the mine, and you are the only starlight in the darkness."
After finishing speaking, Li Qing named the mining pick, and a prompt to increase life span also appeared:
[Successfully forged inferior magic weapon: Night Star Pickaxe, rewarded with six years of life! 】
Looking at the text message that emerged, Li Qing smiled, then held the mining pick tightly with his hand and injected a bit of spiritual power.
Buzz!
A layer of dazzling golden light emerged from the pickaxe head, and the sharpness contained in it far exceeded any mortal divine weapon.
"Yes, now in addition to the Red Shadow Umbrella, I finally have a second magic weapon that can be used for attack."
As he said, Li Qing waved it twice, and several golden lights flashed in the air, with quite impressive power.
Now Li Qing has successfully forged two inferior magic weapons, and now has the initial ability to forge magic weapons.
"It's time to find a time to refine the Wushuang Hammer again."
The Wushuang Hammer is a weapon mixed with ink gold. The reason why Li Qing has been hesitant to try it is that he is worried that if the inscription fails, it will damage the spirituality of the spiritual material.
Once there are too many failures, the ink gold will be useless.
This is also the reason why it is said that refining also has a success rate.