ragginovel Chapter 5 Refining
Chapter 5 Refining
At this moment, Lin Changqing received the twenty-three spirit stones issued by the Chen family.
The extra 2,300 catties of spirit rice were exchanged for spirit stones by Lin Changqing. As for his daily meals, he ate ordinary rice, so Lin Changqing's Qi Refining realm has not improved so far.
The effect of ordinary rice is only to satisfy hunger, and it may even hinder cultivation. However, Lin Changqing doesn't care about that. He is lucky to have something to eat. He is not a Foundation Establishment cultivator and cannot practice fasting.
However, in the second half of the year, with time to rest, he could focus on cultivation without having to worry about the trivial matters in the spirit field. In addition, he had devoted himself to research over the past six months, and the books on the basics of weapon crafting were worn out. He also constantly simulated crafting scenarios in his mind. The day he had been waiting for had finally arrived. As long as he succeeded, he could get rid of the grueling life in the spirit field and enter the true path of cultivation.
Lin Changqing was confident in his ability to refine basic magical artifacts. He had good comprehension skills, and his passion for artifact refining gave him this confidence. He believed that he was a genius with extremely high comprehension and could succeed on his first try.
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The next day, Lin Changqing, who had prepared the spirit stones, was about to go out when he heard a voice behind him.
"Good morning, Brother Lin!"
"Are you heading to the market? Not bad, you've already amassed quite a few spirit stones on your first visit." Wang Yi glanced at Lin Changqing's bulging bag, guessing he must have a considerable amount of spirit stones.
"Yes, I'd like to go to the market to buy some refining materials and try it out." Lin Changqing's intentions were seen through by Wang Yi, but he wasn't shy at all, since he was poor and didn't even have a storage bag.
"That's perfect! I was just about to go out too. How about we go together?"
Hearing that Wang Yi also wanted to go to the market, Lin Changqing naturally wouldn't refuse. Wang Yi was a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, and even if he was a rogue cultivator and a bit poor, he wouldn't be interested in his little bit of spirit stones. Besides, Wang Yi had a better harvest from the spirit fields this time than he had.
"Okay! Let's go together."
Walking towards the market, Lin Changqing couldn't help but wonder what Wang Yi was going to do there, but he soon found himself speechless.
"Brother Wang, what supplies do you need to buy at the market?"
"Ah! It's not a big deal for me to go to the market. I just need to find the Chen family's manager in Qingzhu Market and ask him to send me a few more concubines. My two concubines are already pregnant, and they've been losing their energy for practicing martial arts lately."
"Go and collect your rewards. You'll receive a small amount of spirit stones as long as you conceive successfully, and a large amount after the child is born. If you have spiritual roots, you can also get Chen family merit points, which can be exchanged for some rare cultivation materials."
"This...congratulations, Brother Wang..." Lin Changqing was thinking to himself, "Isn't it said that it's difficult for cultivators and mortals to conceive? How come the King has produced two babies after only half a year of trying?"
"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing. I'll come over for drinks with you guys after the baby is born."
Upon hearing Wang Yi mention drinking, Lin Changqing thought to himself.
"I've only just received twenty-three spirit stones, and I'm already being targeted?"
Soon, the two arrived at the market and said their goodbyes.
Wang Yi went to collect the Chen family's reward, while Lin Changqing entered a shop run by a Qi-refining family.
"After inquiring about so many shops, this one is still the best place to save some spirit stones."
Lin Changqing looked up and saw a two-story building with the words "Li's Grocery Store" on the plaque.
The shop occupies a considerable area, with a backyard containing several buildings.
The first floor of the shop is filled with a variety of goods, which are quite messy and include almost all the basic materials needed for the Qi Refining stage.
In addition to these, there were also many pills for the Qi Refining stage, as well as some alchemy items, such as alchemy furnaces, pill formulas, and medicinal herbs.
The second floor features suites for alchemy and weapon crafting, allowing others to use alchemy furnaces and weapon crafting furnaces for alchemy and weapon crafting. The services offered are very comprehensive, essentially a simplified version of Wanbaolou.
As for why a small Qi-refining family could have a place in Qingzhufang City, it was because they had a significant relationship with the Core Formation stage cultivators of Huangfeng Valley.
As soon as Lin Changqing entered the shop, a young man of similar age approached him.
"Sir, what would you like to do?"
Lin Changqing calmly sized up the person opposite him. He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a tall and straight figure, and a handsome face, only slightly inferior to himself.
However, he wasn't interested in men, but he didn't forget why he was there.
"Fellow Daoist, I need two sets of refining materials and I want to refine them here. How much will it cost?" Lin Changqing took out the list he had prepared and handed it to the man.
"A small amount of spirit silkworm silk, spirit silkworm molts... plus the cost of using the refining furnace, totaling eighteen spirit stones."
After calmly stating the price, the man didn't ask any further questions and waited for Lin Changqing's instructions.
"Okay, I'll take these two."
Lin Changqing saw that the materials were decent and not too bad, and the price quoted by the seller was reasonable, so he decisively bought them and reluctantly took out eighteen spirit stones from his pocket.
Seeing that Lin Changqing did not haggle, the man glanced at Lin Changqing casually and handed over the supplies to him.
"The weapon-refining room is upstairs. Use this token to open the door."
Lin Changqing accepted the token, thanked him, and a complex feeling welled up in his heart. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, as if he was preparing for an assessment and didn't know if his efforts over the past six months would be in vain or if he would have made some progress.
After entering the weapon-refining room, he sat cross-legged on the futon and arranged all the materials needed for refining in an orderly manner in front of him. This time, he was going to refine a basic storage bag.
Storage bags are common magical artifacts in the cultivation world, but the basic storage bag is the lowest grade. Not only is the space small, only about one square meter, but it also consumes more magical power when retrieving and storing items than other high-quality storage bags.
Therefore, these low-level storage bags are all for cultivators entering and leaving the cultivation world.
At this moment, Lin Changqing first spent half an hour circulating his cultivation technique to adjust his state to its peak, focusing wholeheartedly on refining the weapon without any distractions.
The process of refining a magical artifact requires removing impurities from the materials, shaping the refined material, and finally engraving the artifact's design. Engraving the design is the most difficult and crucial step, determining the success of the refining process and the key to the artifact's creation.
After achieving mental and physical unity, Lin Changqing made a hand seal and activated the earth fire to begin forging the weapon-refining furnace.
He also precisely controlled the flames in the furnace to a critical point, so that they would neither burn the materials nor force out their impurities.
Lin Changqing's fingers flew across his hands, constantly changing the familiar hand seals to control the fire, causing the originally mixed materials to undergo strange changes.
As the materials were continuously burned in the flames, wisps of dark gray turbidity could be seen rising from them. The originally dull spiritual silkworm silk and spiritual silkworm exoskeleton gradually became crystal clear and soft, and the spatial fluctuations on their surfaces became increasingly pure and stable.
After about an incense stick's time, most of the impurities were removed.
He took out a hollow, thin needle, threaded the silkworm silk through it, and at the same time, injected a wisp of spiritual power into the silk thread, causing it to glow faintly.
Lin Changqing wielded his needle with lightning speed, the silk thread precisely passing through the pre-marked nodes. With each stitch, he infused a simple incantation to ensure the stitch was firm and the spiritual energy flowed smoothly. After sewing the three sides together, a simple storage bag with an opening was beginning to take shape.
After the magical artifact was completed, the most important step came: he held the inscription brush, the tip of which was dipped in spiritual liquid.
Take a deep breath and infuse your magic into the tip of your pen.
The pen tip landed on a corner of the bag and began to wander. The lines of the formation must not be interrupted from the very first stroke. Every curve and every node is precise to the millimeter.
Lin Changqing had already simulated the engraving pattern in his mind tens of thousands of times. Although his engraving was still rusty, it was steady and never let his inspiration run out.
As the final stroke was completed, connecting with the beginning, the entire pattern instantly lit up with a soft, ethereal light. The space inside the storage bag seemed to ripple and twist as if a pebble had been thrown into the water.
A brand new space, about one cubic meter in size, was pried open by the texture of the vessel.
"I did it! I really did it on my first try!"
"No more spirit stones needed! I'm a weapon refiner now! Hahahaha!!!"
A voice that sounded like both crying and laughing came out of Lin Changqing's mouth, venting the bitterness of the past six months.