Chapter 66 Make Preparations for War (3)
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After Lu Ping came out of the Elixirs Selling Pavilion, he came to Chen's Weapon-Refining Shop. The shop was the same as before. Chen was not in the shop, but Chen Lian still remembered Lu Ping. Seeing Lu Ping, he hurriedly walked up to him. He stood in front of Lu Ping and said with a surprised look, "Oh, you've also entered the Blood Dissolving stage? Awesome! Have you found the spiritual materials to upgrade your 'Landslide' this time? Is it deep-sea cold iron, golden-black iron, or wind dust iron?"
Chen Lian mentioned the matter about refining weapons as soon as he saw Lu Ping. Knowing that Chen Lian was obsessed with refining weapons, Lu Ping was amused and said, "I didn't find deep-sea cold iron, but I got a piece of wind dust iron. It is only the size of an egg. I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough."
Lu Ping got the wind dust iron from Qiao Xipeng. He remembered Chen's previous instructions, so naturally kept the iron.
Chen Lian scratched his head and said, "Hee-hee, I was too excited. The most important thing about 'Landslide' is gravity attack. To upgrade it, it needs a lot of spiritual materials, and the egg-sized wind dust iron is far from enough."
Lu Ping said, "Since it needs a lot of spiritual materials, and these three kinds of spiritual materials are rare, why don't we collect them and refined them together? It would be easier."
Chen Lian shook his head and said, "No, no, if we do that, 'Landslide' will be at most a top-grade magic weapon, and it will be much more difficult to upgrade it to a magic artifact."
Lu Ping knew nothing about refining weapons. Hearing this, he hurriedly asked, "Why?"
Chen Lian said seriously, "Refined iron, dark iron, deep-sea cold iron, golden-black iron, and wind dust iron are all spiritual materials of the gold attribute. However, deep-sea cold iron inclines to be water attribute, golden-black iron is of fire attribute, and wind dust iron is of wind attribute. If we only use one of the three kinds of spiritual materials to upgrade 'Landslide', there will naturally be no problem. But if all the three kinds of spiritual materials are used, their attributes are difficult to be compatible with each other. Even if 'Landslide' is upgraded to a top-grade magic weapon, its power will be greatly weakened, and it could never be upgraded to a magic artifact in the future."
Lu Ping felt that he had gained new knowledge and hurriedly asked, "Will the owner's Cultivation Method be taken into account?"
Chen Lian nodded and said, "Yes, I almost forgot that. What Cultivation Method are you cultivating?"
Lu Ping said, "It's a Cultivation Method of water attribute."
Chen Lian said "I see" and continued, "In that way, we'd better use deep-sea cold iron, which is just suitable for your Cultivation Method. In fact, the best spiritual material to upgrade 'Landslide' is diamond iron, which is a spiritual material of pure gold attribute. However, in that case, you can't bring out its full power, because you cultivate the Cultivation Method of water attribute."
With that, Chen Lian suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, what are you here for?"
Lu Ping said with a smile, "I thought you were not going to ask me that. I'm here to ask you about natal magic weapons."
Chen Lian smiled embarrassedly and said, "Well, usually, there is information about them in the Traditional Cultivation Method you cultivate."
Although Lu Ping's "Hearing Waves Near Seas Skill" was not one of the five Traditional Cultivation Methods of the True Spirit Sect, it was also relatively complete. Naturally, it recorded the method of refining natal magic weapons, which was a necessary part of a complete cultivation system. Lu Ping came here just to learn more about it. After all, natal magic weapons were very important, so Lu Ping had to make some careful inquiries about them. He said, "You're an expert in this aspect, so I want your advice."
Chen Lian took Lu Ping's question seriously. After lowering his head and thinking carefully, he said, "The most important thing about natal magic weapons is the spiritual materials that are used to refine them. The spiritual materials should be compatible with the attributes of the Cultivation Method cultivated by the cultivators, so as to maximize the strength of the cultivators. Secondly, although natal magic weapons will be promoted as cultivators' cultivation improved, their power increased differently. One of the important reasons is the quality of the spiritual materials. In addition, nine Prohibitions need to be put into natal magic weapons to promote them continually. If the quality of the spiritual materials is not high, natal magic weapons might collapse after a few Prohibitions are put into them. The second important thing is whether the Prohibitions of Xuan Rank have compatible attributes or not. The nine Prohibitions are different, but they should come down in one continuous line. If their attributes are incompatible, it will inevitably affect the power of natal magic weapons. Then, the magic power of cultivators and the quality of their Cultivation Methods are also important. In the end, a good weapon refiner is necessary!"
Lu Ping looked at Chen Lian's proud expression and knew that Chen Lian was implying that he was the good weapon refiner, but he still thanked Chen Lian for his detailed explanation, so he said, "If I want to refine my natal magic weapon, I'll certainly ask you to be my weapon refiner."
Hearing this, Chen Lian was overjoyed and said, "Really? That's great. So far, I've only refined the natal magic weapon for myself. Don't worry. I'll definitely refine a good natal magic weapon for you."
Hearing this, Lu Ping broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly asked, "You said the most important thing about natal magic weapons is the spiritual materials that are used to refine them. What kind of spiritual materials are the best for refining them?"
Chen Lian said, "Spiritual objects of heaven and earth that have lost their spirituality."
Chen Lian looked at Lu Ping's puzzled look and said, "Spiritual objects of heaven and earth are spiritual objects with various attributes generated by heaven and earth, such as the Stone Jade Fire in my family. Such things are divided into three ranks and nine grades. Although the Stone Jade Fire is low-grade of Xuan Rank, it's classified according to its power and functions. In fact, each spiritual object of heaven and earth is very rare and precious."
Lu Ping knew a little bit about these things because he had a spiritual object of heaven and earth, the Blue Spiritual Fire of alchemist Sheng Tao. It was high-grade of Xuan Rank and was much more precious than the Stone Jade Fire. However, the Stone Jade Fire was fierce and suitable for refining weapons, while the Blue Spiritual Fire was relatively mild and suitable for refining elixirs.
Seeing that Lu Ping listened carefully, Chen Lian talked with more and more gusto and said, "Although these spiritual objects are generated by heaven and earth, they are not everlasting. A long time later, without the supplement of energy, they will slowly dry up and degenerate into some highest-grade spiritual materials. Like the Stone Jade Fire, without the nourishment from my father, it might degenerate into a stone jade hundreds of years later. Such spiritual objects are the most suitable for refining natal magic weapons. It will be easier to upgrade such natal magic weapons to natal magic artifacts in the future, and they would be quite powerful."
Lu Ping said with pity, "Where can I find such good things!"
Chen Lian said, "There's no rush. Although natal magic weapons are powerful, there are not many differences in their power when they are at the Blood Dissolving stage. You can use other magic weapons in place of your natal magic weapon for the time being, such as your 'Landslide'. Even the ordinary high-grade natal magic weapons may not be as powerful as it. The grade of natal magic weapons will rise as cultivators' cultivation develops. Only cultivators at the later stage of Blood Dissolving could have high-grade natal magic weapons, so whether natal magic weapons are powerful or not also depends on who has them. However, it's best to refine your natal magic weapon before you enter the Alchemy stage, otherwise, it will hinder your natal magic weapon from being upgraded to a natal magic artifact. However, I don't know why that would happen, because I haven't reached that stage yet."
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