Chapter 348: Half of the True Essence

"You want to make a sword!?"

"yes!"

"This piece of Yuan Magnetic Divine Iron is the congratulatory gift I received at the Danqiu Yuanying Dharma Ceremony, right? I didn't expect it to be in your hands! Could this be the Heavenly Meteor Star Crystal formed by mixing the Milky Way Star Sand and the Heavenly Meteor Fire Spirit Crystal? What a pity! Two good eighth-level spiritual materials were wasted! As for this exquisite gold wire, although it is not precious, it is rich in weight, but it is rare... Wait, don't you think you want to refine it? The Heavenly Star Geomagnetic Flying Sword, right?

"Senior has unparalleled discernment!"

"You kid! You came to me at such a juncture, are you afraid that I won't help you refine the sword at another time? But this time you miscalculated! I can't refine this sword!"

Xiao Mian was stunned when he heard this, because the scholar said he couldn't practice, not that he refused to practice!

"You should know that my weapon-refining spirit fire is the sixth-level cold flame blue ice flame. After being blessed by the weapon-refining tripod, the sixth-level spiritual fire can also be used to process seventh-level spiritual materials, but the one you took out Both of these spiritual materials are not suitable for processing with cold flame! If the grade is one level lower, I am sure that the spirituality of the spiritual material will not be harmed. However, the seventh-level spiritual material is rare. If it is forcibly refined with Blue Extreme Ice Flame, Transformation, I'm afraid the gain is not worth the loss! Let me tell you this, if it is refined properly, this flying sword will be a low-level magic weapon when it is made, but if I force it to be refined, I am afraid it will be a top-level magic weapon..."

Xiao Mian was stunned by the scholar's words and didn't know why.

Although there is only one level difference between the first-level magic weapon and the top-level magic weapon, the value of one is heaven and the other is earth, and their value is more than ten times different.

Xiao Mian was happy for a while when he got these spiritual materials, but he didn't expect that in the end it would be like this - even the top scholar in Wan Zong City's weapon refining couldn't do it!

"What's your expression like? Although I can't refine the flying sword you expected, it doesn't mean that others can't! I have a senior brother, and the spiritual fire he uses to refine the weapon is the sixth-level 'Star Core Explosive Flame' , If you let him refine this flying sword, you can get twice the result with half the effort! But..." Seeing Xiao Mian's eager face when he said this, the scholar sighed softly: "He doesn't have long life, but if there is a secret from the Bai family! Life-sustaining pill..."

Bai family? It’s the Bai family again!

"If you can get a life-sustaining pill from the Bai family, I will promise to help you refine your sword!"

The scholar said it lightly, but it made Xiao Mian frown: Just by listening to the name, you can tell that this life-extending pill is absolutely extraordinary. All pills that can extend people's life are above the fifth grade. Besides, even people like scholars do not have life-extending elixirs, which shows that the elixirs are either very small in quantity or extremely rare, or most likely both.

"Senior! Are you forcing me to go to the Bai family?"

"I didn't expect you to be able to find these seventh-level spiritual materials to make a sword, but my senior brother does not have long life, and your sword must be made by him..."

The scholar has never been good at trickery. If he thought about it carefully, his words and deeds seemed to be meant to force Xiao Mian into submission, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Xiao Mian was relieved when he saw this. If the scholar really tried his best to force him into the Bai family, he might just slap his ass and leave.

After all, it doesn't matter if you can't refine the flying sword in Nanyue State. You can go to other states to refine it, but it's not worth it if you risk your life.

Thinking again about the scholar begging Wan Zongsheng to come to him, Xiao Mian could also feel the scholar's good intentions. Suddenly, he remembered something, and Xiao Mian was silent in thought.

"Let's put aside the matter of sword refining for the moment. I dare to ask senior, what is so unique about the skin of the ten-thousand-year-old fire beast that it cost the Bai family a huge sum of five hundred thousand souls?"

"Is this what you are talking about?" While Xiao Mian was stunned, a piece of fiery red animal skin appeared in the scholar's palm. It was the fire beast skin passed down from Xiao Mian's hand. The scholar explained: " After the auction ended that night, Boss Bai brought this thing to me. Of course, he didn't give it to me for free. He asked me to help him refine an auxiliary magic weapon. He is taking steps back to make progress! "

"As far as I know, at the auction at that time, the only people bidding for this piece of animal skin were Mr. Bai Da and Senior Wenyuan. Could it be that this thing..."

"That's right! If it is an ordinary animal skin, it can only be used to refine some defensive weapons. Even if it is a ten thousand year animal skin, it can only increase a little defensive power. But the fire beast skin is different! Although the fire beast itself is weak, it only It is a second-level spiritual beast, but its innate magical power is the art of fire control, and for us weapon refiners or alchemists, the art of fire control is the most important auxiliary spell! In addition, this fire beast! Although the skin has some flaws, it is well preserved and has obviously been sealed in a fire-attribute secret realm. It has indeed reached the state of ten thousand years, and it can be called a treasure! "

"Mr. Bai Da has such a deep scheming! He immediately sent this piece of animal skin to senior, and explicitly asked senior for help. Given your character, senior, since you agreed to him, it is naturally impossible for you to go back on your promise to enrich yourself. It saves him the trouble!"

"That's why I said he was taking retreat in order to advance!"

Xiao Mian was stunned when he heard this, and then continued to ask for a long time.

"What can it refine?"

"It can refine a top-level magic weapon-level 'fire-preventing gauntlet'. Its function is to ward off fire, allowing the alchemist or weapon refiner to more freely control flames and train spiritual materials! If Boss Bai has this item to supplement it, His alchemy success rate will increase by about 30%!" The scholar shook his head and said with a little regret: "It's a pity that this piece of animal skin is too small and the quality is not very good. Otherwise, if we can find a piece of red scale, Jia Xiangzuo is enough to refine a primary magic weapon level 'Nine Dragons Fire Control Arm'!"

Xiao Mian's heart moved after hearing this, but he didn't say anything else.

After that, Xiao Mian asked the scholar for advice on some difficult points in his practice. Many of the things that troubled Xiao Mian's practice were immediately revealed and enlightened.

"I dare to ask senior, how can a monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage enter the Golden Core Stage?"

"There is a proverb in the cultivation world: when the true energy exceeds half, a small catastrophe will come; when the spiritual thoughts exceed ten thousand, a great catastrophe will come! In short, when the true energy in the monk's body reaches half of the total amount of true energy, the difference between the true energy and the true energy will The balance between them will be broken, and all the true energy in the monk's body will spontaneously move towards the true essence. When all the true energy in the monk's body turns into true essence, it will be the time when the small heavenly tribulation will come. As for the second part of your sentence. Still far away!”

"If the true energy exceeds half, a small catastrophe will come; if the spiritual thoughts exceed 10,000, a major catastrophe will come? Senior, what you mean is that in order to hit the pill formation level, you must convert more than half of the true energy in the body into true energy in one go? Is that true? How much infuriating energy does it equal?”

"Normally speaking, one point of true energy is equivalent to the total amount of true energy contained in a meridian. In other words, the total amount of true energy in a monk's body is about twelve points of true energy."

Twelve o'clock of true energy?

Doesn't that mean that if a monk has six points of true energy in his body, he can trigger a small heavenly tribulation? But there are clearly ten points of true energy in his body!

What's going on?

Although he was puzzled, Xiao Mian did not dare to tell the scholar about this.

After saying goodbye to the scholar, Xiao Mian exited the teleportation formation under the guidance of Kong Yuanren. Sure enough, he saw the Jade Hoe Ancestor still waiting there, and Xiao Mian hurriedly caught up. After saying goodbye to Kong Yuanren, the old man and the young man returned to the small courtyard.

That night, Xiao Mian and the Jade Hoe Ancestor had a secret meeting for a long time.

No one knows what the old man and the young man discussed. They only know that the Jade Hoe Ancestor’s hearty laughter came from his quiet room several times that night.

After bidding farewell to the Jade Hoe Ancestor, it was already approaching dawn. Xiao Mian returned to his quiet room but did not stop. Instead, he called out Gui Tou and started discussing.

"If the true essence is over half, will a small disaster come? If the divine thoughts exceed ten thousand, a big disaster will come? This idea is quite new! But there was absolutely no such idea in our time. After devouring Lu Jiu's soul, I remembered a lot of things. , the monks of my time could easily cultivate to the level of becoming a god, so the Heavenly Tribulation of Condensing Infants was a no-brainer. But from my perspective, the reason why you haven't been able to usher in a child after condensing ten points of true energy. There should be two reasons for the heavenly calamity: first, practicing the "Three Pure Scriptures" has made the total amount of true energy in your body far greater than that of ordinary monks of the same level; second, you have cultivated the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!"

Guitou's words awakened the dreamer, making Xiao Mian suddenly enlightened.

Putting aside the "Sanqing Bible", Xiao Mian, who has sorted out and practiced all the eight extraordinary meridians, has a total amount of true energy equivalent to twenty points of true energy.

Calculating this, if Xiao Mian wants to trigger the Small Heavenly Tribulation, he must at least condense ten points of true energy in his body. If he also considers reading the Sanqing Bible, it may be more!

Xiao Mian, who came to this conclusion, immediately stopped condensing his true energy. Now that Wan Zong City is surrounded by soldiers, it is not a good time to overcome the calamity.

As a result, Xiao Mian had to shift the focus of his practice to studying the "Soul Separation Technique" and at the same time distracted himself from studying the "Five Elements Sword Code".

The "Five Elements Sword Code" is extensive and profound. It is the first sword art passed down by the Five Elements Sect for thousands of years, and it is not just a sword art. In addition, the "Five Elements Sword Code", the Five Spirit Swords and Xiao Mian's Five Elements Spiritual Roots are extremely If it matches, Xiao Mian will naturally not waste it.

What's even more rare is that even Guitou also admires the "Five Elements Sword Code".