Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 47 Refining a Mid-Grade First-Tier Magic Weapon (Please read on!)
"Fortunately, the clan leader's cultivation is about to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm, otherwise the clan might have to migrate again!" Lu Cheng'an sighed softly.

The crisis the Lu family encountered this time was mainly because they established a market town in Black Pine Mountain, which attracted the attention of bandits from Green Flame Valley, 400 miles away.

However, Lu Wenxing advocated establishing a market in Black Pine Mountain mainly because he had spent too many of his family's resources on purchasing Foundation Establishment spiritual items, and establishing a market was simply to allow his family to earn more resources.

He just didn't expect that even though he was so far away from the Qingling Chen Clan, he still attracted the attention of this Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan.

Lu Cheng'an's thoughts wandered slightly, but after a moment, he calmed down and focused on treating his injuries.

Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

By this time, Lu Cheng'an's injuries had completely healed. His cultivation had been delayed due to his injuries, so as soon as he recovered, he immediately devoted himself to cultivation.

More than half a month has passed, which is not a short time. Lu Wensheng and his two companions, who went to the Burning Flame Mountains to explore an escape route, have now returned from the Burning Flame Mountains.

They had found a relatively safe escape route and a suitable place to take shelter.

But they also brought even worse news: the volcano deep in the Burning Flame Mountains may erupt in the near future.

The Liu and Song families had lived near the Burning Flame Mountains for a longer period of time, and they had a better understanding of the Burning Flame Mountains.

The rising temperature and restless spiritual energy in the Burning Flame Mountains are all signs of an impending volcanic eruption.

The volcanic eruption of the Burning Flame Mountains is both a danger and an opportunity for the cultivators living near the Burning Flame Mountains.

When the volcanoes of the Burning Flame Mountains erupt, the monsters living deep within the mountains will rush to the outer perimeter of the mountains.

Monsters are treasures to cultivators; if they can kill them, they can obtain cultivation resources.

Of course, for human cultivators, demonic beasts are also extremely dangerous.

If the monster cannot be killed successfully, it may die in its mouth.

For a cultivation force like the Lu family, which lacks a Foundation Establishment cultivator to oversee its operations, the emergence of demonic beasts from the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains is definitely more of a disadvantage than a benefit.

Besides the demonic beasts in the Burning Flame Mountains, a large number of cultivators will also come to the Burning Flame Mountains to search for treasures.

These treasure-hunting cultivators are a mixed bag, and a slight misstep could potentially deal a devastating blow to a Qi Refining power like the Lu family.

Fortunately, the volcanic eruption in the Burning Flame Mountains is just a sign, and it may not erupt at all; even if it does erupt, according to Song Yuanshan and the other man's estimate, it may take two or three years.

This period of time is still quite long. Compared to the current crisis facing the three families, the danger brought by the eruption of the volcano in the Burning Flame Mountains is nothing.

At this time, Lu Wenhua and the other cultivators from the Liu and Song families had not yet left the Qingling Chen clan; they were still monitoring the Qingling Chen clan's movements.

The bandits of Green Flame Valley are indeed related to the Qingling Chen Clan. Chen Lin, the leader of the bandits in Green Flame Valley, is a collateral member of the Qingling Chen Clan.

So much time has passed, and the Chen family of Qingling now knows that the bandits of Green Flame Valley have been wiped out by the Lu, Liu, and Song families.

This news naturally enraged the Qingling Chen Clan. However, because their only Foundation Establishment cultivator was absent, the Qingling Chen Clan kept a low profile during this period and did not immediately seek trouble with the Lu, Liu, and Song families.

Instead, as Lu Wensheng and the others had predicted, they planned to wait until the Foundation Establishment cultivators in their clan returned before making any decisions. Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans naturally have their own troubles. Take the Qingling Chen Clan for example; they have more than one Foundation Establishment force that is hostile to them.

Lu Wenhua and the others kept watch near the Qingling Chen Clan. If any Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Qingling Chen Clan returned, or if the Qingling Chen Clan prepared to attack their family, they would be able to detect it immediately.

Although Lu Cheng'an was in Huohuai Mountain, he was still keeping an eye on the situation of his family.

The news from the Lu family did not cause Lu Cheng'an much emotional distress.

After his injuries healed, he devoted himself to cultivation.

As his understanding of the Heavenly Fire Profound Technique deepens, although his cultivation level has now broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, his cultivation speed has not slowed down at all, and he may be able to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining in an even shorter time.

Besides his cultivation time, Lu Cheng'an also kept busy in his spare time, and he began to try to refine a mid-grade first-level magic weapon.

The difficulty of crafting a low-grade first-tier magic weapon is not significantly different from that of a mid-grade first-tier magic weapon; at least in terms of crafting the weapon embryo, there is not much difference.

The only difference between the two is the quenching pattern!

First-tier mid-grade magic artifacts require more rune arrays to be imprinted, but the types of rune arrays are still relatively limited.

Take a mid-grade first-tier refined iron magic sword as an example. The only runes that need to be imprinted are still the three types: Spirit Gathering, Sharpness, and Armor Penetration. However, the number of Spirit Gathering and Armor Penetration runes that need to be imprinted has increased to two. This magic weapon requires five runes to be imprinted.

The rune arrays required for a mid-grade first-tier blazing flame magic sword are somewhat different from those for a mid-grade first-tier refined iron magic sword. This magic weapon has an additional fire return rune array, and in addition, the number of the three rune arrays of gathering spirit, flame spirit, and sharpness needs to be increased to two each.

This means that seven rune arrays are needed to forge a mid-grade first-tier Fiery Blaze Sword, which sets it apart from a mid-grade first-tier Refined Iron Sword, resulting in a significant difference in the power of the two swords.

Lu Cheng'an still had the materials for forging a first-grade mid-level refined iron magic sword that Lu Wenhua had given him last time. In addition, first-grade mid-level refined iron magic swords were easier to forge, so he took the lead in trying to forge a first-grade mid-level refined iron magic sword.

Lu Cheng'an's talent for weapon crafting was quite good. With the added bonus from his stats, he successfully crafted a mid-grade first-tier refined iron magic sword after three attempts.

Lu Cheng'an carefully inspected the first-grade mid-level refined iron magic sword that he had just successfully forged, and then put it into his storage bag.

Weapon Forging (Mid-Tier 1, 38/100)

Lu Cheng'an checked the changes on the panel and found that the weapon refining progress, which had not been updated for a long time, had finally improved.

"I guessed correctly. Continuously refining first-grade low-level magic weapons limits the progress of weapon refining. Only by refining higher-grade magic weapons can the progress of weapon refining continue to increase."

After checking the panel, Lu Cheng'an put away all the refining tools, then sat cross-legged on the bank of the lava river and began to meditate to recover the mana he had lost while refining the tools.

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